Shazam – Pool Party 2009 (mp3)

Munk – Down in LA (Shazam remix) (mp3)

Muscles – Sweaty (Shazam remix) (mp3)

Perth wonderkid Shazam made his name with the a girl-vocal version Muscles’ trance track Sweaty. He’s since done a killer rework of Munk’s Down in LA, remixed Dizzie Rascal and Calvin Harris’ Dance With Me, Empire of the Sun’s We Are The People and is now signed to Bang Gang 12″.  His first single Pool Party 2009 is currently sitting pretty at the top of the Beatport chart, very impressive achievements for this 19 year old self taught producer!

www.myspace.com/shazamperth

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Via Tania – If I Know You (mp3)

Ex-Sydneysider, now US based Via Tania collaborated with Finnish producer Jori Hulkkonen to cover The Presets’ If I Know You, resulting in a brooding dark groove. Tania has previously released two albums Under a Different Sky and Dream Of, and was also in the band SPDFGH.

www.myspace.com/viatania

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Sugar Army – ‘Acute’ (mp3)

I’ve been hearing this track a fair bit on Triple J and it’s starting to grow on me. Haven’t seen them live yet but I’ve been told that I am missing out on a great live rock band.

www.myspace.com/sugararmybarracks

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(Photo courtesy of Elle Green)

Dukes of Windsor – ‘Runaway’ (Jackson and Perry trance remix) (mp3)

Fellow Australian music blog Electrorash, in conjunction with Universal and Nova 937, recently ran a remix competition for the Dukes of Windsor track ‘Runaway’. Perth trance tastemakers Jackson and Perry took out the top spot, as crowned by the Dukes themselves. Here it is, for your listening enjoyment.

myspace.com/dukesofwindsor
myspace.com/jacksonandperry

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Grand Atlantic – ‘She’s A Dreamer’

Grand Atlantic – ‘Single Ladies’ (Beyonce Cover)

It’s important not to lose sight of the fact that this post is about Grand Atlantic’s forthcoming single She’s A Dreamer. Forget that they’ve done a cover of the best pop song of the last bazillion years. Forget that their straight-faced, soft-rock version is both moving and hilarious without actually trying to be either. Just forget that song exists for a moment.

She’s A Dreamer is less modern sounding than the previously covered Tripwires (ie. there’s no synth) but it’s no less catchy. With a chorus as big and circling as something by The Lovetones or Oasis at their wettest, its muscle and stomp is matched by a hook and bass groove that keeps the head bobbing for three and a half minutes.

The song is available for free download from their Last.fm page and is pulled from the forthcoming ‘How We Survive’ (which also includes Tripwires).

Also, apparently the band have done a cover of Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies.’ Might be worth checking out…

http://www.last.fm/music/Grand+Atlantic

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‘Woah-oh-ooh, woah-oh-ooh oh-oh-oooh…’

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