Beggin’ (Pilooski Re-Edit) – Frankie Valli

Adidas has impressed with their marketing campaigns many times. Currently their Originals campaign is being run with super high frequency. They have brought together some massive stars from music and sports and filmed what looks to be one of the coolest house parties that ever was, with everyone wearing their crispest adidas clothes and sneaks.

Boogie Studios were involved in the creation of this ad campaign and have several different remixes of the track posted on the Boogie Studios blog. Some of them are pretty neat! The original was recorded by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in1967.

Pilooski is the DJ who put together the version that made the cut. His version is fresh, and thumpin’ and passionate. It gets me moving every time I hear it. Pilooski is currently globe trotting the world with gigs spattered all over the map. Check out Pilooski’s mySpace page for more details.

Raindrops – Basement Jaxx

Raindrops (2009)

Pete Tong premiered Basement Jaxx’s new single, Raindrops, on the Essential Selection last week. Its a pretty neat track, in typical Basement Jaxx style. The new album is called Scars, and it is set to be released in May or June.

Take Me Back to Your House – Basement Jaxx

Crazy Itch Radio (2006)

I’m posting this track for a particular Dance Fit instructor who likes Basement Jaxx. I think she’ll like this track because it’s a little bit country, and a whole lottta Jaxx.

El Vuelo – Hughes De Courson

Air Canada is currently running a particularly moving commercial with people all over the world painting airplanes in the air with their fingers. What makes the song moving is, of course, the music. This track was difficult to track down. The  lyrics of song are in a language I don’t know. The tittle El Vuelo is Spanish for The Flight, which is rather fitting for the commercial. The lyrics though, are definitely not in Spanish (I’m learning Spanish, slowly). One fellow over at YouTube is quite adamant that the language is Quechua. Quechua is a native language of Peru; the language of the Incas, to be more precise, the people who build Machu Picchu. I heard some Quechua while I was in Peru last year, and it is quite possible that the lyrics of this tune are in Quechua, but I can’t confirm this for sure.

Another detail that made this track difficult to track down is that its a cover. The song was originally written by Hughes De Courson, a classical composer. This is not his the original version, which was recorded by Fernando Lima on his 2007 album Pasion.  The version from the Air Canada commercial can be found on an album called Almost Pop: El Vuelo, of which I can only find on iTunes.

Enjoy!

Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – Das Racist

Das Racist

This track landed in my inbox about a couple of weeks ago, but it took me some time to actually give it a listen. Now that I have, life will never be the same! Download this track with care! After your first listen, it will get stuck in you head, and you might find yourself singing it to old friends on the street, and then to your boyfriend’s family, barely able to control your enthusiasm.

Seriously, be warned! This song is retarded catchy, and funny!

The following is from the promo email I received:

“Das Racist kicks your balls into outer space… these dudes are here to make hilarious topics like race relations, American consumerism, globalization and postcolonial-ass shit, fun again.”

Check out Brooklyn based Das Rasist’s myspace page, if you think you can handle it!

Bongos, Bleeps, & Baselines – Zero DB

Zero Db’s track, from the album of the same name, Bongos Bleeps & Baselines , on Ninja Tune,  is off the hook… srsly! It has one of the deepest, thickest base drops that you’ll ever hear, with interesting bongo rhythms and those crazy beats. A female vocal sample keeps asking: “Are you swinging? Are you swaying?“. 60 minutes into this song I’d be mighty surprised if your answer was no, because this one gets me movin’ every time!

Bongo Song – Zongamin

Bongo Songby Zongamin is upbeat and full of many beats and rhythms, all layered over top of each other, with the bongo showcased above all others. Good times.

Bloops, Bleeps, Bongos & Brass – Coconut Monkeyrocket

Like the other two songs on this list, this songs sounds just as the title suggests: lots of bloops, bleeps, bongos, and brass, with some funny vocal samples thrown in: “One of the most exciting sounds in the world, Bongo!” Indeed!