Since effectively inventing the genre of electroclash, Felix Da Housecat has enjoyed a fair amount of success. Even though he hasn’t been particularly mainstream (from what I know at least), he has a loyal following, and I for one have definitely enjoyed his albums. He seems to have a sense of humour and manages to implement that into his work, but whilst also containing some full-on electro tracks. And his new album is pretty similar. We got it as an advanced copy last weak but since then its leaked, but you should buy it even so!.

It starts off with Felix’s dedication to Prince, and on first listen I wasn’t much of a fan but its really grown on me. It starts the album off very nicely and relaxingly and sets the theme for the majority of the rest of the songs. After that comes ‘Plastik Fantastik’, a song I’d consider among his joking songs, for some reason I just find it amusing. Its still a good song regardless though.

After the rather low-key start comes the club ‘banger’ ‘Kickdrum’. Before I’d heard the whole album I thought it was a really good tune, and tbf you can’t deny the synths etc are pretty epic. But, it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the album IMO. But after that comes ‘Do We Move Your World’ and ‘We’, the latter of which is probably my favourite song off the album. Both are just generally upbeat, feel-good tracks with that trademark Felix ‘wobble’ with the synths. The 3 tracks following that are in a similar mould, all very good songs.

Following on from the quite chilled middle comes ‘Elvi$’, which I’ve posted before –  a sick track on the whole, and ‘LA Ravers’, which even though its not overly fitting with the rest of the album, is another of my favourites from it. A lot more full-on electro than most of the other songs, but completely hectic. The crackling synths are too good!

The penultimate track, ‘Magic’, goes back to the ‘low-key-with-alluring-female-vocals’ feel. Again, just a very summery, modern track. The finale/title track is probably the softest track on the album and a great finisher.

Maybe 8 is a bit generous, who knows, but I really enjoyed it and I’ve already been playing it a fair bit since having it. Great summer music, and well worth buying!

Felix Da Housecat – We

Felix Da Housecat – Elvi$

Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum

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Well since ‘I’m Not Alone’ reached no. 1 in the UK people have been waiting for news on Calvin Harris‘ upcoming album, which is now entitled Ready For The Weekend. INA was obviously a lot more different from his previous stuff (but excellent regardless), and his latest single, also called ‘Ready For The Weekend’ is quite different also. It features vocals from UK singer Mary Pearce alongside Calvin himself and it basically sounds like a 90s dance tune, with those soul-like vocals and a similar beat. I wouldn’t say its bad, just no way near as good as I’m Not Alone, but then again that was always gonna be heard to beat. Also below is the High Contrast remix of it which atm I probably prefer. It sounds very similar actually to his sublime mix of Axwell‘s ‘I Found You’, with the similar vocals and piano. Unfortunately both have got a lot of talking over, specially the HC mix.

Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend (High Contrast Remix)

The latest addition to the Live Lounge is Enter Shikari‘s cover of Day N Nite. Quite a weird combination you would think and you’re not wrong, but I actually quite like it. The interlude bits between the vocals have a dubstep feel to them and I reckon on the whole its not a bad cover, even with the shouting toward the end.

Enter Shikari – Day N Nite (Kid Cudi Cover)

And lastly for today is a new song from Felix Da Housecat‘s upcoming album, He Was King. I really like Felix’s combination of electro and synths with poppy vocals but this song, entitled ‘Elvi$’,doesn’t have a pop feel to it at all, more of a spacey one. Its really good though, and very different to ‘Kickdrum’.

Felix Da Housecat – Elvi$

Well as I said earlier I’d be doing a post on the tracks played on Radio 1 last night and a few other tracks/remixes I like atm. This post has more of a house feel to it, so on we go.

I’ll start with Scott Mills. We’ve never posted about him before on TTS but we may as well start now!. He played some pretty good stuff though annoyingly his tracklisting doesn’t say who half the remixes were by so I’ve found what I could of what I heard. The Embers remix was, I think, the Bimbo Jones one; the Spaceman remix was the Tiesto one (I think I prefer it to the Aoki/Beetroots one actually); and Seamus Haji makes Take a Bow into a decent song (this is very very old it turns out but I only just heard it so oh well!). I like Haji, he makes decent summer dance music and this is no different. Have a listen below.

The Killers – Spaceman (Tiesto Remix) Listen on Zippyshare

Rihanna – Take A Bow (Seamus Haji Remix) Listen on Zippyshare

Next up we have Pete Tong. For me he played 3 new, really good house tracks. The first is Frenchman David Guetta‘s new track, called Love Takes Over. It features R&B singer Kelly Rowland (never listened to her before, but she’s good in this) who provides some great vocals over a somewhat different Guetta track – it has in fact been likened to Laidback Luke‘s work. I’ve always been undecided on Guetta, he makes some good music but I think he’s overrated and would be nowhere without his wife. Nonetheless, this track is good so listen below. The starting beat sounds very, very similar to Clocks by Coldplay actually. I can’t find an HQ version of it sadly so you’ll have to make do with a radio rip, but I’ll give you the Arno Cost & Norman Doray remix too.

The second track I mentioned was in fact called Kick Drum and its by the fantastic Felix Da Housecat. Again, this is a bit old (2 or so months I believe) but its worth posting anyway. Its got the typical Felix feel but its a bit heavier than other stuff of his – the synthy sound seems more constant than sparsely-used.

The third (and I think best) is absolutely HUGE. Its called Leave The World Behind and is by the brilliant DJs that are Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell & Laidback Luke, basically the Swedish House Mafia but with Laidback Luke instead of Eric Prydz. The vocals are brilliant and the actual beat is pinnacle, it definitely is a very good showcase of all 4′s DJing skills. Should be huge this summer.

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland – Love Takes Over ♥ Listen on Zippyshare

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland – Love Takes Over (Arno Cost & Norman Doray Remix) Listen on Zippyshare

Felix Da Housecat – Kick Drum Listen on Zippyshare

Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell & Laidback Luke – Leave The World Behind (Original Mix) ♥♥♥♥ Listen on Zippyshare

And finally the mash-up. Annie Mac wasn’t in this week so Jaymo & Andy George took it over instead and did a very good job, playing some classics like DJ Jean - Ready For the Launch, as well as some good new stuff including Louis La Roche – Me & Her, which I’ll link to as soon as I can find a good version. The 2 main new tracks they played are actually gonna be the basis of my 3rd post so I’ll leave those out for now.

So yeah, next post shall be up tomorrow probably and should be worth the wait. I’ll leave you with Fenech-Soler‘s new track The Cult Of Romance. I think its better than Black Keys personally. Very nice indie/electronic stuff though.

Fenech-Soler – The Cult Of Romance Listen on Mediafire

Oh and also I forgot to post this earlier in the week, its Ou Est Le Swimming Pool‘s remix of The Fear. You can see their style immediately and its pretty good.

Lily Allen – The Fear (Ou Est le Swimming Pool Remix) Listen on Mediafire