Download: Anstam - "Born and Raised (Version)"

If you've read or heard an Anstam interview (rare as they are) then you know as well as we do that this isn't your ordinary guy.  If you've heard his music, you'll also know this isn't your ordinary Berlin based producer.  Anstam who has previously released work on Modeselektor's 50 Weapons, including his Dispel Dances LP and offered up 2 excellent remixes of Radioheads TKOL remix compilation (here's 1 and 2) just posted this wonderfully strange track on his soundcloud page.  The sense of dread and uneasiness combined with a wide eyed insatiable curiosity  seems to be omnipresent in his work and it definitely rears its head in "Born and Raised (Version)".  Listen to or download the track below or visit Anstam's soundcloud page to listen to the alternate version:

ANSTAM's Quaint Freud // Born And Raised (Version) // AQF001 by ANSTAM

Jamie xx remixes Radiohead's "Bloom"....again

Just when you thought this was over with the release of the comprehensive compilation of all the 12" remixes of tracks from Radiohead's "The King of Limbs", the band unveiled another 12" with new remixes from the artists who had already contributed remixes for the project: Jamie xx, Anstam and Nathan Fake).  Listen to the new remixes below, with Jamie xx's second take on the track "Bloom" being the obvious highlight:

50 Weapons Double Post - New Music from Marcel Dettmann and Anstam

50 Weapons the second label headed by Berlin-based duo Modeselektor (the other being Monkeytown), is one of the more free-thinking and diverse independant electronic music labels at the moment.  The label's roster relies on a techno foundation without adhering to the genre's purist limitations resulting in some interesting genre-defying music.  A good example of this is Phon.o's latest release, the massive "Abaw 723", which brings together elements of british bass music and dubstep funelling them through a berlin techno aesthetic.  On this double post we will talk about Marcel Dettmann's forthcoming release on the label, as well as Anstam's new record which came out last week.

Marcel Dettmann's "Deluge/Duel" 12" is only the16th release of the 50 Weapons record label and Dettmann's first on the imprint.  On "Deluge" the Berlin based Ostgut Ton artist and Berghain resident, offers up something different, obviously inspired by the label's open approach to techno.  Preview the track below or pre-order it here:

Marcel Dettmann "Deluge" (50WEAPONS016) OUT DEC 02 by Modeselektor

Next up is Anstam, a duo we know little about but whose recent remix of Radiohead's "Separator" we thoroughly enjoyed. The mysterious Anstam are amassing plenty of hype with their few yet high-quality releases and this intensely varied and bound-to-be-big LP, which draws influences from many genres of electronic music, is no exception. Preview all the tracks from "Dispel Dances" below or order it here:

Anstam "Dispel Dances" (50WEAPONSCD/LP04) - Out on October 28th by Modeselektor

Album Stream: Radiohead - TKOL 1234567

We've been timely and on the ball with the separate 12" releases of all these excellent remixes of tracks from Radiohead's latest album The King of Limbs.  Now you can stream them all together below, plus some extras, in light of the digital release of the collection "TKOL 1234567" on October 11. Enjoy the Jamie xx, SBTRKT, Shed, Modeselektor, Lone and Four Tet remixes and more:

Jamie xx and SBTRKT remix Radiohead

 

We've been keeping you up to date with the previous releases of the Radiohead album  King of the Limbs 12" remix series with highlights including Modeselektor, Shed, Lone and Four Tet.  Now we bring you the final installment, before all the remixes are released on digital formats with the above cover, featuring such Red Cup favorites as Jamie xx and SBTRKT, as well as Anstam.  This time Jamie  departs from his characteristic sound and gives "Bloom" an ambient bordeline-balearic twist.  Anstam delivers a choppy click remix to "Separator", while our favorite, the SBTRKT remix of "Lotus Flower", is a dubstep anthem in its own right.  Listen to all three remixes below: