Friday Choon

Friday 21st May Choon

2010-05-21T04:57:00.000-07:00

This weeks Friday Choon is by Pendulum. Why because I went to see them last night and they absolutely...flat out...rocked! I love Pendulum because they are really timeless, they have invented their own genre of music - heavy metal drum and bass with a wee bit of pop.

Genre creation aside they are just amazing live and sound amazing recorded... Turn up your speakers and jump around to this: Pendulum - SLAM .... BTW The video is a bit grim but funny.

Friday 14th May Friday Choon

2010-05-14T04:40:00.000-07:00

Ok this one is fresher than a pair of white nike trainers straight out of the box that was vacumn packed and stored in a summer meadow.

This guy James Blake is a 22 year old music student and is attendign the same school that Blur went to. I think this choon from his forthcoming CMYK ep is cool as. Check it out and watch out for future stuff. I reckon we can expect some nice RMX's from him. BTW he is not a 70's tennis icon...that's another James Blake.

Friday Choon 30th April

2010-04-30T04:38:00.000-07:00

This Choon is the biggest Choon since Time Deluxe's it just won't do. It got played on the radio a bit but I think it will be proper huge thropughout this summer. The Crookers have mixed i tup and made it a little bit more nasty but the original is priceless.

Dennis Ferrer's - Hey Hey

and just for some extra bonus fun here is Tim Deluxe's seminal classic it just won't do.

Friday Choon 9th April 2010

2010-04-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

OK a nice chilled summery choon to kick off the weekend. Maybe a little pre-mature for BBQ Weather but hey who knows :)Might be time to crack open the beers and eat raw meat!

I never ever thought I would like a choon that Norah jones featured on but then Q-Tip can really make anythign sound good. their new album is defo a return to form. This weeks Choon is Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones- "Life Is Better"

Totally unrelated, check out a new band I am helping to manage called Battle for 2nd Place

Friday Choon 19th March

2010-03-19T05:46:00.000-07:00

I'm not afraid to say it...this weeks Friday Choon is a shamless plug for an upcoming FLASH MOB called the ''Battle for Second Place, Easter Egg and Spoon Race'' which is actually a plug for ''Battle for Second Place '' ahead of the release of their debut single. They are planning the FLASH MOB to raise awareness of the band who's mission is to become the second best band in the world. If you want to get involved witht he FLASH MOB then go here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2344061033&gid=292049686251#!/event.php?eid=370830554115

So with all this in mind....what is the choice for thsi weeks Choon...

Well what else could it be than Green Velvet's Flash.....''cameras's ready prepare to FLASH MOB''

Friday Choon 5th March 2010

2010-03-05T04:48:00.000-08:00

This weeks Friday Choon is from way back, well a few years anyway... about 1000 years in Dance music.....since getting my new iPhone I've not actually got round to filling it with new music so I'm digging through old CD's to listen to in the car. This morning I picked up the Chemical Brothers Surrender complete with suspicously stained cover and of course broken hinges on the box. As I was powering through the Scottish countryside on the way to work this morning I found myself gradually turning up the volume on the stereo and getting a little faster until I was probably going a little too fast.

This weeks Friday Choon is from the legendary Chemical Brothers with the epic yet, relatively unheard of, Sunshine Underground.....this choon brings back memories of summer festivals and specifically T in the park before it got too huge.....

Friday Choon 26th February

2010-02-26T05:00:00.000-08:00

Ok this song has featued before but last time it was a remix of the original artist. This one is a completely new verison by an artist called Hawa. The track is of course Justice's legendary D.A.N.C.E. This version is a kind of chilled out easy listening version which I like because I feel like Friday Choon's have been a wee bit too banging recently

check this out and ....chill

Friday Choon 19th February

2010-02-18T14:01:00.000-08:00

If this choon was a fictional TV New presenter it would be Rob Burgundy....it's kind of a big deal

Yes the moment I heard this choon I just loved it. I like vocal choons and I like remixes of popular classics and I love soul music and I love dance music....this one has it all it's the big dawg!

It's also the reason why the next Friday Choon mix is not ready....I started it a couple of times with this choon but once I played it I couldn't think where to go from there, it was all over! A fine piece of music.

Enjoy this and in the meantime I'm gonna work on that mix with some lesser choons!

It's only a remix of the Ray Charles/Kanye West Gold digger Choon by the legendary Diplo of Switch and Diplo AKA Major Lazer fame.

Friday Choon 12th February

2010-02-12T05:27:00.001-08:00

This week is a return to banging electro music just because I feel in that kind of annoy your parents type music mood. It's by Dirty Disco Youth and has been remixed by F8$ck Off so I think from the name alone you understand it's gonna be nasty.

also worht mentioning that the Friday Choon Facebook group is now line join up at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=292049686251

Friday Choon 5th February 2010

2010-02-05T04:26:00.000-08:00

Ok this weeks Friday Choon is something I discovered from the Deep House Cat podcast and tracked down the choon. I managed to buy it on beatport so I have the whole thing to myself but unfortunately I can't find it on Youtube or anywhere else to stream on-line.....or so I thought.....I found a 2 minute clip of Ricardo Villalobos playing some tiny stage...I think somewhere in Spain....and guess what he's playing....yeah that's right... this weeks Friday Choon!

Now you won't hear the vocal in the clip below for Slow Swing by Inverse Cinematics but it goes like this, ''slow swing to actual double time 8:2'' now I'm not a muso in the technical sense of the word but the beats in this choon sound like a wee bit bit of a wacky time signature but what is actual double time 8:2.... I can still mix in and out of this like 4:4 time.....hmmm....someone needs to clear this up!

Anyway I'm done beardstroking...this ones a real choon..enjoy!

Oh meant to say....I'm going to flip this choon in it's entirety in to a mix with some other stuff like it....so watch out for a Friday Choon mix to download shortly

Friday Choon - Friday 29th

2010-01-29T04:48:00.000-08:00

I think that once you get to a certain age people tend to get less in to really banging music, noisy and hard music. Well Friday Choon is not about following the crowds or trends so here is a really insane noisy banging Friday Choon....this would be best cranked up to 11 on your headphones but be warned it's like thrash metal without the guitars until it gets going and more funky.

In some ways it reminds me of the prodigy but a lot more unhinged.....I lke it!

Friday 15th Choon

2010-01-15T04:28:00.000-08:00

Ok this week we've got a remix of Delphic's choon Doubt by one of my favourites RITON.

Apparently Delphic are gonna be Hooj and I can believe it because a lot of their stuff I've heard is pretty cool. I've searched long and hard to find this weeks Choon because it's been taken down form youtube but I managed to find it on a Spanish site.

It's got a kind of electro pop-rock thing going on but it sounds kind of old detroity with the string hits going on the background and the weird vocal sample going round and round.... I like it

Listen by copying and pasting the link below

http://neonized.net/blog/wp-content/files/2010/01/Delphic-Doubt-Riton-Vox-Remix.mp3

Friday 8th of Janaury Choon

2010-01-08T05:16:00.001-08:00

OK Friday Choon is back after an extended break....I think it's only fair that Friday Choon can take credit for getting RATM to Christmas number one afterall we did have a youtube video about it.....so thanks for you support :)

This weeks Choon is by one of my favourite artists of 2009 - Crazy P. Crazy P were formally called Crazy Penis and are in my opinion one of the top artists on the legendary 2020vision recordings label. Their music is a blend of disco/electro and house all in the right parts. Check it out below

Friday Choon also went in the mix over the holidays and put together a mix with some of the top non-Friday choons from 2009. You can download this mix here which does contain a slightly more housey mix of Crazy P's Caught Up......... download the Inn@theDeep mix here http://www.mediafire.com/?tzymyndnhgx

Update.....Rage for Christmas Number one

2009-12-11T04:55:00.000-08:00

It's time to take the Power Back from the X-Factor....The X-Factor is actually a good TV programme but he's developing a monopoly over music that squeezes up and coming original music even further out to the edges.

Get angry this Christmad and BUY RAGE....Take the Power Back!

Friday Choon 10th December

2009-12-11T04:29:00.000-08:00

Friday Choon is back after a week off. This weeks Friday Choon is a remix of Vampire Weekend by none other than Chromeo. I have to say I'm not huge fans of either but put them together and it seems to work pretty well.

Really I'm an indie kid at heart and when ever someone decides to make a Guitary song in to a Dancy version then it usually makes me happy..... this one is no exception. It excellently combines the necessary stompy dance beats with all the right lashings of wailing indie vocals throughout.

Sounds kinda like what the Police might have sounded like if they had born 20 years later...expecially where he says ''Stand''

Friday Choon 27th November

2009-11-27T04:24:00.000-08:00

Ok this weeks Friday Choon is a remix by RITON who over the years has been one of my favourite remixers. I would basically buy anything he remixes.

This time he has taken this supposedly bad ass female MC and put some interesting electornic noises and beats down underneath the vocal, it's very catchy and I'm sure it is going to be a Hooj Choon!

This is a new Choon by Kid Sister called Hand Hi.

As I'm feeling generous this week I'd like to share another remix by the amazing RITON. This one was orginally by Wolfmother and it's called New Moon Rising.

Here is the rocking original!

Here is RITON's Club Rub Remix which is a totally different twist

That's all from this super dooper bonus Friday Choon for another week, enjoy the weekend!

Friday 20th Choon

2009-11-20T04:42:00.000-08:00

OK this week is a Choon with a story. This Friday Choon is form Major Lazer which is a colleaboration between two Dj/producers called Switch and Diplo. They created a concept album about a guy called Major Lazer who is a bionic Jamaican super-commando and nightclub owner who fights zombies and vampires on a rocket-powered skateboard. He apparently lost his arms in the Zombie wars of 1984 and ended with Lazer Guns fitted instead.....

The music they make is pretty unusual and is exactly what you might expect from a Jamaican Super-commando quite literally armed with Lazers .... The album is very weird but also worth a listen it's called Guns don't kill people, Lazers do.

Friday 13th Choon

2009-11-13T05:23:00.000-08:00

Today is a very sad for someone close to me so this is a mellow and respectful choon in reflection of that. It's by Lykke Li and it's called Possibility, this is from the soundtrack of the new Twilight Movie: New Moon. It's one of those very haunting and beautiful tracks. Sent shivers down my spine the first time I heard it. Definitely a grower and I reckon this will be huge, remember when it's all over the radio you heard it here first!

Anyway this is for everyone who is a little bit sad today and don't worry we'll be back next week with a ear drum busting electronic monster.

Peace, love and giraffes!

6th November Friday Choon

2009-11-06T04:26:00.000-08:00

Following right up from Guy Fawkes night here's an explosive choon that sure to set your ears a light....sorry too many puns! I'll stop now... :)

This track is by some dude called Jack Splash and features none other than the legendary Missy-misdemeanour-Elliot who just says yeah, let's go and other stuff and generally sounds gangstah!!! TBH I'd play anything that features Missy E it's just one of those rules. If the rmeix features Missy Elliot then it's gotta be good.

This version has been remixed by Sinden who is one of my fav rmeixer just now, he always makes choons a little bit tougher and noisier but still funky...

Friday 30th of October Choon

2009-10-30T05:41:00.000-07:00

Following on from last weeks Friday Choon which was the xx RMX of Florence and the Machine doing You Got the Love it started me thinking about Classic House tracks and obviously one that always springs to mind is Donna Summer's I Feel Love.

Peaches being a bit of a deviant I am pretty sure this new release, I Feel Cream is a pun on this! This is the Proxy Remix

So here it is......

I've finally blogged it!

2009-10-29T15:51:00.000-07:00

After many months of using she-mail to post my favourit Friday Choon I've started a Blog