RED ALERT

While politicians and governments bicker and squabble about the state of their countries and economic experts preach the doom and gloom of our existence, thank god there are some people who can come together from different parts of the world and create something for us to smile about.
I've always thought that musicians would make much better politicians than, um....politicians. You only have to spend 20 minutes at Glastonbury Festival to realise that music makes the world right....

Anyway, our international agenda sees São Paulo meeting New York City in the form of CSS & Ratatat and Toronto giving London an alternative idea as The Weeknd paints his slightly weird, left-of-centre brush of R&B over Florence + The Machine's latest banger (This got it's first play in the world ever yesterday!).


CSS - Red Alert (Feat. Ratatat)



Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix)







The Ed Sheeran mania is in full swing in the UK, the young lovable red-headed lad was top of the charts and busy playing everywhere and anywhere he can, this remix of 'The A Team' sees Koan Sound turning a beautifully sad acoustic song into a mellow electronic gem.



Carrying on with the mellow theme is a song from the depths. Back before anyone realised who The xx were (let alone a lanky, moppy haired Jamie xx) Jamie xx put out a remix of The xx's cover of Aalyiah's 'Hot Like Fire' back in 2009. It was an very early sign of what was coming: nostalgic, dreamy, and certainly bassy, the man has his trademark and it's incredible. This song is particularly hard to find on its own as its part of a mix that The xx did for Fact Magazine, but the whole mix is worth a listen.

Ed Sheeran - The A Team (Koan Sound Remix)

 by KOAN Sound


The xx - Hot Like Fire (Jamie xx Edit)




Should be nicely in the mood for a nap right now,

Enjoy....