I don’t know how I missed this info about this collaboration that came out a few months ago about the both of these fantastic bands covering/remixing each other. What a perfect pairing. Holy Ghost!’s dark, Larry Levan disco re-visioning of “On Board” featuring The DFA Celestial Choir is exactly what I love about Holy Ghost!, vintage synths and that glorious analog warmth. And Friendly Fires takes Holy Ghost’s dark disco and is able to squeeze out all its dark pop glory. Either way just dance.
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For all of us that don’t have a cassette player still here is that mixtape that Holy Ghost! threw together and was selling limited copies of for our listening pleasure. Time to scour the blogosphere for more Xmas goodies from our fav DJs and producers.
I think Van She did an amazing job covering such a cult classic of a tune now Holy Ghost! reworks this tune into a slow burner of a disco tune. Rejoice there is a cowbell in this version!
The might duo Holy Ghost! strikes back by releasing a limited edition mixtape on Cassette Tape featuring some of their amazing remixes from 2009. Check out these other goodies they posted on their blog, some demo versions and dubs of remixes released this year. Now time to find a place to listen to this mixtape…
“The cassette is worth the price of admission alone, featuring an incredible mix of all HG!’s big-dog remixes for the likes Phoenix, Prince Language, Panthers, Curses!, Moby, Cut Copy, MGMT, In Flagranti, etc. with guest drops and appearances from A- Trak, DJ AM, James Murphy, DTL, Stretch Armstrong, and more.”
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Van She has teamed up with Bacardi B-Live, another great company that is tastefully aligning themselves with important contemporary cultural movements and artists along with Scion (I am not getting paid to plug them, just love what they are doing). Van She decides to cover Blue Oyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” WITHOUT Cowbell, which maybe blasphemy but they do an amazing job transforming the track into a modern sounding synth drenched pop tune. I love the classic Van She Tech lush synths that kick in during the 2nd half of the tune. Be on the lookout for the Holy Ghost! remix of this cover.
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“Well that song has such a nice vibe to it and the harmonies in the lah lah lah section are so warm and care free, then it drops into that beautiful tube/tape sounding guitar which leaves you in this gap of contemplation and you just sit there with your headphones on going ” laaa lalaaalala “. we also chose it because a lot of people i know think the song is quite gothic and proggy, which it is due to blue oysters style, but i also think the song is very amazing lyrically and beautiful and i guess it didn’t feel like it totally comes across in their version unless you read the lyrics. so i thought we could do a version that sounded like what we interpreted the lyrics to be … romantic and deep and uplifting as well. we love the song a lot as well which also had something to do with it.” – Van She (via Stoneyroads.com)
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I love this slick and smooth summery direction Holy Ghost! and Classixx are taking the electronic world. They are songwriters that are bring back a certain class and atitude into this once distorted bloghaus landscape. Classixx need to remix that upcoming Holy Ghost! track featuring Michael McDonald to fully bring Yacht Rock into the 21st Century. I think I hear some Toto in this remix.
Amazing track by the Brooklyn duo. And it seems they have been working with Arthur Baker as seen in the photo above. As well as Michael McDonald according to their personal blog! Oh my god I cannot wait for more music.
“Known for their 2008 hit “Hold On,” remixes for the likes of Moby, MGMT, Phoenix and Cut Copy, critically-heralded Brooklyn duo Holy Ghost! is Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel. Friends since childhood, the pair grew up on NYC’s Upper West Side. Learning from NYC producers The DFA (aka James Murphy & Tim Goldsworthy), Holy Ghost! bring their love for old-school synthesizers to their new single, “I Will Come Back,” a five and a half-minute dance floor epic, featuring the angelic voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. This latest Green Label Sound single will also be featured on Holy Ghost!’s highly-anticipated debut album due out early next year on DFA Records.”
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Bonus “can’t escape Michael Jackson’s amazing pop culture influence” track:
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Not Holy Ghost!’s best production but still a fun track. Nothing beats the Classixx remix.
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Disco-tastic set from Holy Ghost! and Jacques Renault. So good, I need more productions from Holy Ghost!! Cheers, Big Stereo
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