Remix Sunday

I have much respect for the art of remixing. Keeping the good elements of a song, then bringing it to amazing new levels. Here are two fine examples.

The first comes to us from Amsterdam's Don Diablo, who takes a mellow track from UK's One eskimO and turns it into a gorgeous, 96-bpm electro one.

Givin' Up (Don Diablo remix)


The second is a classic track from one of my favorite bands out there - Yeah Yeah Yeahs. We've all heard this song plenty of times. But the way that UK's Elite Force lays beautiful orchestrations on top of banging electro beats gets a serious tip of the cap from me.

Maps (Elite Force re-fix)

Don Diablo

If you follow the music blog world, you know that Holland's Don Diablo is massive in 2009 already. He's churned out a ton of remixes, but I've been holding out to post anything of his until I found something that really bumped.
Found it...

This track is a dance floor crusher, complete with dope MC work by J-Rock & Big Ed. Seriously I'm gonna have to start charging for these recommendations! ;)

Don Diablo - Get on the Floor (Don Diablo's just begun edit)