Artist Profile - The Aston Shuffle

The Aston Shuffle is an excellent house outfit from Canberra, Australia, representing some of the finest remaining warriors of the Electro Wars of 2k8. Composed of DJs Mike Freeman and Vance Musgrove, they play a style of house music and generate remixes that are at the same thoughtful, progressive and banger, a bastion of taste amid the thousand and one Timmy Trombonerz that dot the Australian electronic soundscape.

I bring them up today because they recently dropped a new remix of Kissy Sellout's "Garden Friends" which is pretty much amazing. Smooth and forceful, slick yet devestating, its one of their best tracks to date.

Kissy Sellout - Garden Friends (Aston Shuffle Remix) by TheAstonShuffle

Kissy Sellout - Garden Friends (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

But in honor of their inaugural appearance on Cheetah Love, I figured I might as well post some of their past excellence, highlighting their original track "I Wanna See You," which may be the least banger of the bunch but exhibits the strength of their unedited material, and The Bloody Beetroots remix of "Stomp Your Shoes (ft. Tommy Sunshine)," which may be the most banger of the bunch, and shows what happens when Italians get their hands on Australian product. And finally, the classic "For Everyone," because it's fucking amazing.

The Aston Shuffle - MS|OS

The Aston Shuffle - For Everyone

The Aston Shuffle - I Wanna See You

The Aston Shuffle - I Wanna See You (DCUP Remix)

The Aston Shuffle - Stomp Yo Shoes (ft. Tommy Sunshine) (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

The Aston Shuffle - Do You Want More (Ft. Danimal Kingdon (The Aston Shuffle)

N.A.S.A - Gifted (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

Claude Von Stroke - The Whistler (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

Cassius

In honor of the mix that I'm working on (French House 4 Life) I'm going to be a lazy bastard and post a very, very old Cassius song. I know, I know. Weak. But I don't see anyone one else jumping to update the blog!

Anyways, Cassius were one part Boom Box and one part Phillipe Zdar, and with their work as Cassius they layed down the basics for what would come to define French house for the next decade. This song, "Foxxy," was their first release, and is still one of the highlights of the entire genre. You should listen to it.

Cassius - MS

Cassius - Foxxy

Justin Faust - Holdin' On

I suppose I do put alot of effort into finding obscure french electro outfits, so I suppose it time to share with y'all another type of beast - the enigmatic German electronic producer. Justin Fuast, the "Muscles from Munich" is a prime example of the reclusive, supremely talented individuals pumping music out of the fatherland. I know only a very little about him, though apparently he has been producing music 1992, and I've certainly seen him pop up every once and a while on places like discodust - but hes tearing up the blogs this morning with his newly released single Holdin' On.

And with good reason. The title track is absolutely incredible. It sounds like the best of smooth French house - almost Daft Punk. I know of no higher praise. The track struts in back and forth between disco and house so effortlessly and efficiently - and with such incredible Germanness.

The other highlight track is Witty, which, while still heavily disco influenced, has a bit more of that speedy, electro timbre. Both stand out tracks, from a stand out producer. Keep your eyes on Justin Faust.

Justin Faust - MS

Justin Faust - Holdin' On

Justin Faust - Witty

Anjunadeep:02

I recently got turned on to the awesomeness of progressive house and have been aimlessly drifting in that sea endlessly progressive melodies and basslines for awhile now - so prop go to Spencer for introducing me to Anjunadeep. Anjunadeep is is a sub-label of UK house label Anjunabeats that specializes in prog house, giving a home to a variety of artists such as Mat Zo, 16 Bit Lolitas and Jaytech. More importantly, however, the label puts together a compilation of their best music called, not suprisingly, Anjunadeep.

And this shit is real. Definitely one of the strongest collaborative electronic efforts Ive heard in a while, and perhaps my favorite UK Electronic music since... probably ever. If you have twenty minutes on a computer, let this preview play in the background, it gives an excellent sample of how the mix as a whole flows and feels. Deep, epic, inquisitive, booming. Pretty much fantastic.

Gui Boratto Remix

Its cloudy, dark, and pouring down rain in Seattle, the perfect weather for this incredible new remix by Gui Boratto of Massive Attack's Paradise Circus. Ive never really gotten into Massive Attack, although I understand the appeal... but I love Gui Boratto. Coming in from Sao Palo Brazil to drop the greatest electronic music of last five years in the form of Chromophobia, Gui Boratto reasserts himself his position as master of his trade with this deep, atmospheric track. I've never heard the original, so I cant comment on how it compares, but it's easy to detect Gui's distinctive percussive elements pushing the song forward and the circling structure is all Boratto.

Incredible.

Gui Boratto - WS | MS

Massive Attack - Paradise Circus Feat. Hope Sandoval (Gui Boratto Remix)

- Link removed at the request of Virgin's lawyers who dont want people to know about good music/me to help them sell Massive Attack's shitty album