Modular People Modcast

Stopmakingme is a bit of bright star, a man about town. He's been filling dance-floors and has certainly got a deft touch on the remix tip, as commissions for Hercules & Love Affair, DFA 1979, Metronomy, Black Devil Disco Club, In Flagranti and Munk demonstrate. He's been up in the lab, cooking together a pretty fine Modcast for you this week. Track-list: Creepy Autograph - Murder Sex [Valentine Connexion] Tonmotiv - Tragwerk Sinus [RemuteD] In Flagranti - Peculiar Protagonist (Stopmakingme Remix) [Codek] Raiders Of The Lost ARP - Stealing My Love (Photonz LXF Remix) [Snuff Trax] Padberg & Dapayk - Stop It [Mo's Ferry] JR Seaton - Way Savvy (Gatto Fritto Remix) [Relish] Metronomy - The Bay (Stopmakingme Remix) [Because] Bozzwell - In My Cocoon [Firm] Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month (Stopmakingme Remix) [679] Obsolete Music Technology - Latency [Machine Dreams] Electric Man - Bubble Wrap [Dissident] All The Madmen - Friends [Kill Em All] Magnets - Propeller Falls [Kill Em All] Diegors - Unga [Comeme] dRUMMAN - White Tie Black Hole [Lux Rec] Heretix - The Chapter One [Glass Records] Death In Vegas - Drone Reich [Drone] Munk - Kitchen Call (Stopmakingme Remix) [Gomma] Ghost Eyes - Phantom Mountain (Stopmakingme Remix) [MUSEUM] Beta Evers - Only For My Satisfaction [Simulacron] Jackal's Doom Disco - The Tapes [Tigersushi] Stopmakingme & The Deadstock 33s - On Rushmore [How The Other Half Lives] Upcoming shows: 13th May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton 14th May - Audio, Brighton 16th May - Skint Mondays, Reading (Say Yes To Another Excess Single Launch) 20th May - Kill Em All @ Fabric 26th May - Deaf Institute, Manchester 27th May - Revier, Zurich 29th May - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh 5th June - Kill Em All Summer Residency @ Lock Tavern 10th June - Back2Back @ Dalston Superstore 12th June - Rockness 17th June - CanURelate, Thesalonki 18th June - Yes It Does! Sure It Does!, Athens 9th July - Lounge On The Farm Festival 16th July - Kill Em All Summer Residency @ Lock Tavern 15th July - Lovebox 24th July - Secret Garden Party 30th July - Underhill Festival, Bristol 7th August - Big Chill Festival 12th August - Beacons Festival, Yorkshire 20th August - Kill Em All Summer Residency @ Lock Tavern 28th August - Creamfields 9th September - Bestival

We've been getting our efficiency on over here at Modular HQ... And we're now running ahead of ourselves. We've basically decided the weekend starts now. And seeing as Thursday is the new Friday, we thought we'd celebrate and bring the Modcast on a bit early. Lucky for us, this week Andre from Remix Artist Collective (RAC) has delivered the Modcast for your enjoyment. RAC spreads across a couple of countries and continents with Andre Allen Anjos (from Portland, Oregon via Porto, Portugal), Chris Angelovski aka "Crookram" (The Netherlands), Andrew Maury (New York City) and Karl Kling (Portland). They've previously remixed some of your favourite artists including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Edward Sharpe, Hockey, Surfer Blood, Delorean, and Washed Out. This mix is pure summer-party jams. Your audio passport to international listening pleasure. Rimer London - Love Dagger Dana Bergquist - Can't Get Enough (Midnight Savari Remix) Bag Raiders - Not Over Laird and John Pickett - Ohhhh, Ma Ma Ma Hemingway - Yume Stevie Wonder - Do I Do (U-Tern Edit) Mobroder - Rush (In Flagranti Remix) Holy Ghost! - Static On The Wire (RAC Mix) David August - Hamburg is For Lovers Chymera - Curl Mario Basanov - Up Tinpong - New Religion (Marcus Marr Remix) Black Van - Moments of Excellence Karl Kling - K.A.R.L Strength - Metal (RAC Karl Kling Mix) Shit Robot - Take Em Up (Marcus Marr Remix) Van Mccoy - The Hustle (RAC Edit ft. Troupe Gammage) Golden Bug - Washing Machine (Moullinex Remix) Modjo - Lady Hear Me Now

This week's Modcast comes from Toro y Moi. It's a whimsical, reflective, sometimes a bit sassy, sometimes a bit sad, dreamy ride. Apparently he made this in bed, just for you. Smooth. Hailing from South Carolina, Chazwick Bundick as he's known to his family, is a multi-instrumentalist and quite prolific musician. He's released a stack of EPs and two full-length albums. His debut long player, Causers of This came out early last year and he followed that up with the fantastic Underneath the Pine earlier this year. We've been listening to his records on repeat. He's about to head across Europe for a bunch of shows in May, all the details are over here. Track-list: A First Class Dub - King Tubby Come Live With Me - Dorothy Ashby Part Version 8 - Piero Piccioni Pealed Tomato - Chorafas It's Choade My Dear - Connan Mockasin Mariangela e la Seduzione - Ennio Morricone Show Me To The Window- Robert Lester Folsom Chi Mi Cerchera - Enrico Simonetti with Goblin Was It All In Vain - Bixio Frizzi Tempura Rainbow Ride - Kathy McCord O Sabia - Les Wanted Clay Horses - Julian Lynch

Packing some serious mixing moves Eli Escobar takes you on a complete journey across the dancefloor with the modcast this week. He's made a reputation for himself on dancefloors across the globe with his diverse taste and skill. He's worked with folk like Chromeo, Diplo, M.I.A, Britney Spears, Holy Ghost!, Pase Rock and Amanda Blank and is currently working on his own full length album. Head to his blog and soundcloud for more.

Going left when others go right and looking in when others reach out, Nile Delta has steadily, deliberately plotted his own path through a variety of guises before landing where we are today. Half of the first ever live incarnation of Cut Copy back in the days when it was a shambolic 2 piece, half of now defunct Relish-signed Riot In Belgium, constantly co-producing with the likes of Das Moth and Comets to name a few, half of Cutters Records inhouse future-dance factory Voltage and all of DJ Belgium, he might have trouble keeping a name but when it comes to keeping party people moving Joel Dickson's got it made in the shade. The most recent Nile Delta release, Channel/All This on Cutters, is one that's almost impossible to place in the dance music continuum. At times '86, '96, 2006 and tomorrow, it's arguably Dickson's finest moment to date and most definitely a sign of things to come. Ladies and gentlemen, for the heads, hearts and heels, The Modular Agency's newest member (full announcement coming next week) - Nile Delta and his March Mix. Track-list: Spargo : A-Go-Go (Lovefingers Edit) Chicken Lips: Steppin' Serge Santiago: Gold Edits Kink: Metropole Das Moth: Moon (Jacques Renault Remix) Maxxi Soundsystem: Criticize Emmanuel Jal: Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix) Shina Williams and His African Percussionists: Agboju Logun Til Von Sein: Sista O Dissey Hercules And Love Affair: My House Daniel Wang: Warped Roxy Music: The Main Thing (Rub 'n Tug Remix) Nile Delta: Channel Soft Rocks: Light Bulb Duchess Says: Black Flag (Emperor Machine Remix)

Mighty Mouse are one of the most exciting prospects for 2011, they have been carving a name for themselves by remixing the likes of Gorillaz, Fenech-Solar, Robbie Williams, Shy Child, Bent, Performance and Shades Of Rhythm whilst receiving support from the likes of Rob Da Bank (Radio 1), Jaymo & Andy George (Radio 1), Aeroplane, Andrew Weatherall, Laurent Garnier, Mouse T, Rub n Tug, Bag Raiders, Cassian, Flight Facilities... to name but a few. Having DJ'd across the world in 2010 and with an upcoming DJ tour of Australia, Mighty Mouse show no signs of slowing down. Following the release of 'The First EP', 2011 will see Mighty Mouse release their debut full band album, which will introduce singer Natalie Lewis as well as embarking on their first live tour. The first live date is on 15th April 2011 at London's inimitable XOYO. Mighty Mouse will release their new EP, 'The First EP', on 2nd May 2011. Artwork by Neil Krug Australia Tour Dates Fri 11 March - Hugo's, Sydney Sun 13 March - Future Music Festival, Melbourne Thurs 17 March - Sugar Club, Adelaide Sat 19 March - Absolut Gallery Party & Adult Disco, Sydney Sun 20 March - Pool Party @ The Ivy, Sydney

Despite what his name might suggest, Sidwho? is no stranger. Adelaide boy soprano, bassist in disco-futurists The Swiss, full time member of Australian trailblazers Empire Of The Sun and an acclaimed producer by his own right, who has been endorsed and praised by Tim Sweeney, Future Classic and several other important techno affiliates. 2011 is going to be another busy year for Sid too. In addition to recently joining The Modular Agency, Sid has a stack of releases planned, including singles via French label I'm A Cliche and Prins Thomas' Internasjonal, as well as continuing work on his full length Love Songs Album and joint releases with DFA's Woolfy and I'm A Cliche stalwart Cosmo Vitelli. Full Grown Man Mix Tracklist: 1. Luke Million - Octubussy Pt 1 2. Lenny Williams You Got Me Runnin (Breakdown edit) 3. Ron Hardy - Welcome To The Club 4. Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find The One 5. Ron Trent & Chez Damier - The Choice 6. Shit Robot - Simple Things (DFA remix) 7. Prins Thomas - Kukkelure 8. LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow 9. Sidwho? - Pay For Love (Azarii & 3rd mix) 10. Benoit & Sergio - Full Grown Man 11. Frankie Knuckles - Baby Wants to Ride 12. Larry Heard - Can U Feel (instrumental) 13. Paul McCartney - Secret Friend 14. Logg - Lay It On The Line 15. Michael Jackson - Baby Be Mine

Erik Omen In Atlantis is the latest lovechild of Siberia and Mother Sky, two forward-thinking record labels committed to bending time (and minds). His self-titled debut EP is being duplicated to cassette as we speak. Yes, cassette. Because although a frustratingly inconvenient method of music consumption, it's perfectly suited to Erik's 1975 Summer Holiday Deckchair Mood. The Hand Held Mountain Mixtape, which he somehow managed to find the time to put together this week amidst his crowded schedule of mojitos, poolside meetings with industry big-wigs and quick Swiss Alps stopovers, is built around a similar aesthetic as his own material. In fact, he even slices a few of his own tunes around the un-named classics, which were either recorded in psychedelic basements in the 1970's or during the summer 2010 chillwave comedown. You can hear a bunch of Erik's songs over on the Mother Sky Soundcloud page. If you like what you hear, you can jet over to the Siberia Web Shop where you can pick up a copy of the cassette for just $5. Sure, you'll then need to fork over $50 to buy a second-hand walkman, but it's still a great Friday investment. For digital lads, there's also the option to purchase the EP (also for $5) from Erik's Bandcamp page. In celebration of the EP's release, Erik will be performing an ultra-rare DJ set tonight at Good God Small Club in Sydney, alongside Midnight Juggernauts DJs and the infamous DJ Google Maps. Doors open at 8pm and it's FREE entry all night.

Modular men The Swiss take a slight breather from their current "Suds, Bubbles and Man Troubles" Tour to bring you this exclusive hot mix - perfect for a cruisey summer's weekend. Mr drum machine Tony Mitolo lays down the disco beats ahead of tomorrow's Live Show at Adult Disco, Civic (Sydney) - where the boys will be joined by Flight Facilities, Softwar and Mitzi. "Suds, Bubbles and Man Troubles" Tour Dates: Sat 5 Feb - The Swiss (live) - Adult Disco @ Civic, Sydney Sun 20 Feb - The Swiss (dj set) - Trinity Bar, Canberra

There isn't much to say about old Treasure Fingers that hasn't already been implied. The US-based skirt chaser has been delivering his unique brand of up-tempo house music since we can remember, remixing the likes of Tensnake, Classixx and Groove Armada and millions more. You may also know him for a little ditty called Cross The Dancefloor, which has been firmly glued in our memory slots ever since those Fools Gold fellas released it back in summer of '08. Anyway, enough yabba. Here's a great little mix that TS threw together for us to coincide with his current Southern Hemisphere club tour, which promises to be one heck of a journey through space and time and golden good times. Dig deep. Tracklist 1. Danny Daze - Fall Away From Love 2. Alexander Holland - An Effort to Understand 3. Leonardus - Blue Moon (Adulture Remix) 4. Geisha Twins - Love Situation (DJ EQ 5x5 Remix) 5. Fred Falke & Burns - You Stopped Loving Me (Treasure Fingers Remix) 6. Treasure Fingers - Keep Up (Kenny Dope Rowdy Remix) 7. Sean Biddle - Movin' On 8. Aaron Perez & Matt Soda - Crazy Over You (Hot 22 Remix) 9. Treasure Fingers - It's Love The Fingers OZ/NZ Tour: January 25: The Bowler Bar, Brisbane January 26, 2011 26: Shore's Complex, Adelaide January 28, 2011 28: Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne January 29: Onefiveone, Wollongong January 29: Civic Hotel, Sydney January 30: Titanium Bar, Gold Coast February 5: Villa, Perth February 12: BE Club, Auckland

Rising Modular Agency star, Cassian, is currently trekking through the heartland of the United States Of Yewmerica as part of the world tour for his new Bang Gang EP. Here is a little mix he threw together to celebrate the voyage, offering a polite head nod to the founding fathers of The YEW.S.A (Jimi Hendrix), while still maintaining his credibility with the inclusion of plenty of 2014 club favourites. Tracklist: 1. Jimi Hendrix - "Star Spangled Banner" 2. Mowgli - "We Think It's Cool" 3. Jesse Rose & Riva Starr - "Start The Weekend" 4. Cassian - "Friday Night (Kidro Remix)" 5. Bag Raiders - "Strangers On The Roof" 6. U-Tern - "Style Class Flair" 7. Second City Rhythm - "You Got Me" 8. Toni Toni Lee - "Feelin Real Good (Shazam Remix)" 9. DMC - Corrected (Riva Starr Vocal Mix) (featuring Sam Sparro)"" 10. Sammy Bananas - "Move Your Body (Cassian Remix)" 11. Jan Driver - "Hornetbeef" 12. Cassian - "Getting High" 13. Brent Vassar - "Old School Slow Jams (Banana Groovz & Jackie Remix)" 14. Swivel Hips - "We Can't Hide" 15. Titan - "Rodeo (Sammy Bananas Remix)" 16. Boys Noize - "Yeah" 17. Monkey Safari - "Those Dancing Days (Cassian Remix)" 18. Pleasurekraft - "Tarantula (Hugo Remix)" 19. Swick - "Grow Up (Cassian Remix)" 20. The Tapeaters - "Satellite (Ghosts Of Venice Instrumental)" 21. Block & Crown - "Disco Ivory (Wmc Miami Beach Mix)" 22. Scuola Furano - "Colorado Strings (Cassian Remix)" 23. Rogerseventytwo - "Take Me Higher" 24. Bag Raiders - "Sunlight (G.L.O.V.E.S Remix)" Cassian's "YEW.S.A Tour" Tuesday, January 18: Dim Mak Tuesdays @ Cinespace, Hollywood, CA w/ Blaqstarr & American Royalty Wednesday, January 19: La Cave Wednesday, Newport, CA w/ Kedd Cook Thursday, January 20: Dance Right @ La City, Los Angeles, CA w/ Tormenta Tropical DJs Friday, January 21: Fuck Fridays @ Town House, Sacramento, CA w/ D.A.M.B Saturday, January 22: Boys and Girls @ El Dorado, San Diego, CA w/ Adam Salter Thursday, January 27: Yayo Tacos, Las Vegas, NV w/ Yella Finnesse Friday, January 28: Sticky Fingers Fridays @ Bar Smith, Phoenix, AZ w/ Vegas Banger Saturday, January 29: Turn It Up! @ Commonwealth, El Paso, TX w/ Personal Touch Sunday, January 30: Beauty Bar, Austin, TX w/ Sun City Hustlers

Assuming you're reading this, you've no doubt listened to Muscles' new EP, Younger & Immature and its lead single (and video), "Girl Crazy Go"? Good. For his first ever Modcast, Muscles unlocks the gates to his mind's personal glory box of music. So get yourself comfortable before you hit 'download' and get ready to: play 'spot the obtuse' influence/dance 360's in your office swivel chair/upload the Modcast to your phone and/or portable music device/listen to on the bus/train/drive home and zone out. Part 2 coming soon.

To celebrate the release of their debut self-titled record, Bag Raiders had their minds firmly set on 'permanent vacation' while putting together this self-professed 'Tropical Holiday Sound Selection'. Have a cocktail or two handy and make sure plenty of suncream is in arm's reach before you hit play. ¡Vamos! Tracklist 1. Air France - "Beach Party" "Is there a better kind of party than a beach party? Lovely song from a really great summertime band. Put it on and grab a cocktail by the pool." 2. Amadou & Mariam - "Magossa" "Love this album. Beautiful and exotic song. Kind of song that makes me want to go on holidays. More balaphon!" 3. Barrington Levy - "Murderer" "Rude boy reggae! Subject matter ain't that chilled but find me a better song to sip a cold beer to in a hammock in the sun." 4. UB40 - "Bring Me Your Cup" "These are the kind of UB40 jams I really like. "I've got the bottle, bring me your cup, we'll drink it down till the sun comes up." Nuff said." 5. Roberto Pregadio - "Funky Chopper" (Luca Toni & Luca Del Giudice Remix) "By the time you read the track title summer might be over. Where's my white suit at?! Props to the two Lucas on remix duty. " 6. George Duke - "Brazilian Love Affair" "George Duke, what a dude! Love this song. Check the cuica in the weird second level Mario Bros. break at 3.10 - man alive!!" 7. Isley Brothers - "Summer Breeze" "I wish my mind was made of jasmine. One of my favourite songs ever! How good is the guitar sound too? Amazing." 8. Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - "Pais Tropical" "You step out of your beach shack, feel the warm sand between your toes, a lady wearing a swimsuit and an open white shirt comes over and hands you a pina colada, singing as she takes you to the party where the rest of the band is playing... Life is beautiful." 9. Fania All-Stars - "Ella Fue" "Summer love never sounded so good.. These pianos, horns and group vocals will have you wiggling like the worm in your mescal..." 10. Black Star - "Brown Skin Lady" "Mos Def and Tailb Kweli ruling things as always.. The beat sounds like a summer afternoon and they bring the heat on the verses, especially digging on Mos' verse where he rhymes everything with "ooh"." 11. Diana King - "Shy Guy" "Love all that 90's reggae influenced pop with a good time feel. Great music to play beach volleyball to. Oh lord have mercy mercy mercy!!!!" 12. Dizu Plaatjies, Lungiswa Plaatjies, Nicolas Gongxeka & The Dizu Plaatjies Ibuyambo Ensemble - "Giya Kasiyamore (Danse Afrika" "When the sun goes down and you step off the beach you can hear a faint balafon being played somewhere in the distance. As you follow the sound deep into the jungle you hear the beating of drums. You part the vines to reveal a crazy dance party and these guys are playing all night!!" 13. Night Rider - Fun Time Deh Ya "Gotta have a dancehall jam to get you through those bus rides from beach to beach. Lucky the bus has monkey bartenders that make you drinks in coconuts!!!"

With Klaxons' second album Surfing the Void hitting stores today, you can now lose yourself in the record's heavy and futuristic sound waves, anytime you want. In addition, you can now grab this nifty mixtape put together by the band, highlighting a range of tastes from ABBA to Blur - to further your Void surfing experience. Tracklist 1. Josef K - "Sorry For Laughing" 2. Electric Light Orchestra - "So Fine" 3. Blur - "1992" 4. ABBA - "If It Wasn't For The Nights" 5. Brian Eno - "Third Uncle" 6. At The Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor" 7. Magazine - "Permafrost" 8. The Kinks - "Strangers" 9. Spectrum - "How You Satisfy Me" 10. Neil Young - "After The Gold Rush" 11. Bjork - "Who Is It" 12. Kraftwerk - "Computer Love"