like a monkey with a miniature cymbal

disconotdisco favorites mstrkrft (read: half of dfa 1979) have stepped out of the remix game and are gearing up to release their first original single, "easy love". check out the gorgeously filthy video here. (thanks to cliptip for the heads up)

and, just in case you've been living under a rock outside of williamsburg for the past year, here is my favorite mstrkrft remix so far:

panthers - thank me with your hands (mstrkrft mix)

some great new downloadable mixes have come up in the past few days, check out:

1. dfa mixes - james murphy and the juan maclean put together nonstop handclap and cowbell action, complete with a little bad brains. i'm also a little bit pissed because murphy drops jonathan richaman's "don't let it go to waste" on top of radiohead, and i used to start my sets with the richman track until i realized i couldn't figure out what second song would really use it as a jumping off point...damn you james murphy.

2. nick catchdubs - one of the lemon-red mixes, from december, this mix is an absolute banger.

3. diplo live at the guggenheim - our favorite favela funker posts his set from one of the guggenheim "first friday" deals. make sure to listen for his remix of the new yeah yeah yeahs single. also don't sleep on the smallchange mix posted at the same site, not only do his sets make it impossible not to wiggle around, but this guy writes the funniest email invites for his parties ever.

i have to admit that i wasn't crazy about the new goldfrapp tracks that i had been hearing - "oh la la la" and "number 1", despite their cool videos, just weren't doing it for me.

luckily, the dfa have come in and remixed "slide in", mutilating it into a dancefloor classic:

goldfrapp - slide in (dfa mix)