Posts Tagged ‘Mark Ronson and The Business Intl’
MNDR: Caligula (The Cold Mix)
MNDR (aka Amanda Warner + the help of Peter Wade) arrived on my radar far too late. I started hearing about her during the summer of 2010 but the sassy, inventive, electropop artist has been making her rounds of approval for quite some time before that. You may now know her as the vocalist on Mark Ronson & The Business Intl‘s “Bang Bang Bang,” (one of the most infectious tunes on that album) but MNDR is a name that has become synonymous with “crowd pleaser” in regards to her own live shows.
Although her signature look with those large glasses may leave you skeptical about another hipster fashionista, take a listen to those beats (she’s a gearhead who knows her production) and especially her vocals. I don’t know about you, but I find them very reminiscent to Santigold’s bright tone. She’s got style and creativity in all the right areas to become an even more successful electropop star than she already is.
Proof? MNDR recently announced that she will be headlining some shows over in London and to celebrate this milestone, she has offered a new mix of her track, “Caligula,” for free. You can get it from her site in exchange for your e-mail address or you can stream it after the jump. Thanks to the rad Sheena Beaston for spotting this one. You can also grab her track “I Go Away” and check the video out for “Bang Bang Bang” if you haven’t already done so.
Holy Ghost!: Static On The Wire (RAC Remix)
One band who I still haven’t seen live yet is Holy Ghost!, a fantastic dance duo from NYC. I keep missing them when they come anywhere near Los Angeles and it’s really starting to bum me out. The first time was when they opened up for LCD Soundsystem (founder of their label DFA) because I had just seen James Murphy and the gang up at Sasquatch. The next time they came near by was actually San Diego for the Chromeo tour. I should have just driven the two hours and suffered a massive hangover the next day because I have no doubt that this band would have had me dancing all night long in pure bliss.
You may remember a track of theirs titled “I Will Come Back” which I put on May’s mixtape. I still bump that song in the car every once in a while. Another track of theirs which I love is “Static On The Wire” and it’s recently been remixed by one of my favorites: RAC (aka founder/coordinator, Andre Allen Anjos). I love everything the Remix Artist Collective does. This Holy Ghost! track was already stellar yet somehow the RAC managed to enhance it with their mad talent.
You can get the original track on the same-titled EP which is out now but the duo is also great at doing remixes on their own. Holy Ghost! recently did a remix of the ever-catchy Mark Ronson and The Business Intl tune, “Somebody To Love Me.” Check both remixes out below!
