holy ghost! + fischerspooner + classixx

Flippin' Classixx man, flippin' Classixx. Avant-garde's and art lovers, dig the above painting or what?! It's a classic.

Fischerspooner - We Are Electric (Classixx remix) [MF]
Holy Ghost! - I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version) [MF]

lykke li

I've bitched and I've moaned, "When is Lykke Li going to release new materiaaaaaal?!" Finally, she does (I may be a little late with it) but like a dagger through my knee, it's for the Twilight movie soundtrack. What the bologne?! To be fair, with hindsight, the song is mediocre (and for a mediocre movie! I kid, I kid. You kids and your vampires). Her cover of Gerry Goffin and Carole King's Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, on the other hand, is stellar and is an on-repeat kind of song. Lykke Li should invest in a cover release. She does delicious covers.

Lykke Li - Possibility [MF]
Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow [MF]

ellie goulding

My pop heart belongs to Ellie Goulding. When I first heard Starry Eyed (I believe that was the first song of Ellie's that I heard), instantly, I fell madly in love with her as a musician. How to the ever, I believe she would do a lot better being called just Ellie as opposed to Ellie Goulding. I know it may be nitpicking, but if someone were not hip to her music and heard the name Ellie Goulding, they may associate it with some sort of Jazz act; it just sounds jazzy. What do you think?

Ellie or Ellie Goulding?

Ellie Goulding - Fighter Plane [MF]

vote for wdpk on big stereo

Hey jive turkeys! I know WDPK has undergone renovations recently and has been asking for promotion via Facebook and subscriptions. But the best of opportunities has arisen on heavy hitting blog, Big Stereo. They have put forth their 4th Annual Reader Poll for 2009 and one of the categories is "Best Blog or Website of 2009." I'm not egotistical, me saying that WDPK is the best blog of the year is not just. But I wholeheartedly think that my blog has fared quite well in comparison to the blog masses. Even if WDPK doesn't receive the accolade, I would love for WDPK to be a nominee. Publicity is publicity. So if YOU, yes YOU, think that WDPK is the best blog of 2009, head on over to Big Stereo and let it be known! You could access the poll here:

Big Stereo's 4th Annual Reader Poll

perc

Today's scenario: techno that is methodical, well-ordered, well-organized, (well) planned, efficient, systematic, structured, logical, analytic, disciplined. It is not meticulous, punctilious.

Minimally minimal, that's right.

Perc - Math Beat [MF]
Perc - Mathelete [MF]

selections from a doll, three

Let us exchange our experience. How? Why by swapping mp3's, that's how. A love discourse.

Food for thought: Compare the use of love quotes from a hip hop couple to an indie couple. Contrast!

Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You [MF]

noob & brodinski + beataucue

Peanuts are good for the brain. Electronic music is good for the brain. Ergo, this remix is great for the brain. I reckon this logic is sound.

Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (BeatauCue remix) [MF]

wdpk on facebook

I just wanted to thank all the WDPK readers for your hits, comments, downloads, and overall support. You guys are the coolness. Show WDPK your support by joining the Facebook group or subscribing through the necessary means (left side). Facebook has 130 members and Feedburner shows 150 subscribers. Plentiful numbers indeed, but WDPK still hasn't taken over the world. Let's take over the world. Not in the cliche gangster style but musically.

Let us musically take over the world.

phil kieran

Phil Kieran has been up and about in the electro discourse for quite some time but has only recently released his debut album, Shh, which by the way is techno greatness. I borrowed the following from last.fm:

"[Shh] is formulated in a completely fresh and futuristic way. Listen carefully and you can detect elements of dub reggae, old hardcore like LFO, hip-hop, early 90s electronica such as Autechre/Black Dog and other Warp staples, as well as the futuristic techno that Phil excels in. For the album Phil went back to old sound lab recordings dating back to the 1950s and 60s. Utilising some of these sounds in the initial construction, he built up tracks using a combination of old samples sourced from original and weird places and some live new instrumentation as well."

Phil Kieran is an artist techno advocates definitely need to check out. His brand of techno is unbridled. Even if you're not a techno fan, check him out anyways to appreciate his production techniques. If the selection below does not turn the dancers on your dance floor into demons, something is wrong with the speakers...seriously.

Edit: Literally minutes after upping this post, I was asked to remove the tracks. Wow, Big Brother is closing in on the Internets. The selection below can all be heard at Phil Kieran's myspace.

Phil Kieran - R.E.S.P.
Phil Kieran - Dirt
Phil Kieran - Playing With Shadows

dsl + rynecologist

ED BANGER. ed banger. Ed Banger. Remember that head banging label Ed Banger? What is on their agenda? Last I checked, Feadz put forth a mediocre album and Uffie released a music video. The electro label that I once considered the cream of the crop is probably strategizing an electro attack when the time is right. Is Ed Banger going through an electro recession?

The featured chune is a remix by Rynecologist of Ed Banger's rapping trio, DSL. What the outcome of the remix sounds like is Oizo...err, it has that Ed Banger abrasion that I once creamed for. Hearing the style actually makes me want more. It's as if a love has been rekindled. The vocals are questionable to me though. I hope 'bitches' refers to both men and women, not just women. Women do not need to be furthered objectified.

Damn...I just watched the Uffie video for Pop the Glock. What the fuck? Can anybody seriously tell me that they liked that?! Do people still like Uffie? Isn't her style a thing of the past? She's got an album coming out in 2010. Why? She's more suited to fit in with the mainstream crowd...ya know, with 'those fresh vocals she be throwin'. She actually says, "me and he." In what English dialect is that okay!? Maybe DSL is rapping about the people in the video. Check it out here...link.

DSL - Stupid Bitches (Rynecologist remix) [MF]

jori hulkkonen + tiga

It's Turbo time! Turbo talk will come subsequently. First, why is it that I complete a paper the night before it's due, putting myself through hell with only 2 hours of sleep, and rushing to school to hand in my assignment. I knew about the paper 3 weeks ago but still...procrastination is a rising epidemic. We must find a cure! Hopefully my dashing argument earns me at least a 70%.

Anyways, procrastination is a motherfuckin' conundrum. What I know, however, is this: every time I look into your eyes I see the future. [Abrupt subject shift] Jori Hulkkonen's Undercover is a progressive techno piece featuring the dashing vocals of Turbo's main man, Tiga. Awesome song to begin a mix/dj set with.

Ever since I was a boy, I was a mystery.

Jori Hulkkonen - Undercover feat. The Dove (Tiga) [MF]