More wizardry from the West Coast with Los Angele's Valerna. They sent us this packet of tunes about a month ago but I am severely backlogged with stuff and I am slowly making a dent in the Inbox.

'Human Meat' is fucked up and grimey as hell breakstepper that'll scare more off the dance floor than it'll retain but that doesn't mean thats a bad thing. Boundaries are meant to be pushed back.

DL : Valerna - Human Meat '''

The vocals on 'Meant To Break' are slightly derivitive but the remix potential of this one is easy for anyone to see as it rolls out a steady house beat with rock and roll sensibilites.

DL : Valerna - Meant To Break

'The Funk Is On' is almost like a clubbier Villains edit and maintains the ethos of the group with vocal inspired dancefloor appeal. Their album 'VLRNA' is availible for download on the myspace.

DL : Valerna - The Funk Is On

PS: I have just about had it with the attack on vowels by electro acts.

Dolby Anol - mix for voulesrandom

Glasgow's Dolby Anol were first to answer the call for mixtapes this year. John Baille Jr (a.k.a. JBJ) was kind enough to send us a tight mix of some hot new music to smooth out the new years wrinkles. Some of the Anol tracks in this mix have been played by the biggest names in the game like MSTRKRFT, Annie Mac, Kissy Sell Out, Drop the Lime, Meat Katie, and Boys Noize. Playing at venues from Moscow to NYC and all over Europe not to mention a spot on the BBC's Creamfields and Glastonbury stages. They have established themselves as a force to be reckoned by bringing the sounds of house, pop, techno, and serious disco infused techiness to all they touch. Thanks a mill to JBJ.

01 - intro
02 - his majesty andre - non stop music
03 - karin park - can't stop (blende remix)
04 - lee coombs - control (rogue element remix)
05 - jokers of the scene - baggy bottom boys (dz ravestep)
06 - dolby anol - puppies (anol edit)
07 - dolby anol - cancer linda
08 - pointer sisters - automatic
09 - justin martin - my angelic demons
10 - le le - breakfast (kill the noise)
11 - the invisible - london girl (dolby anol pre-op)
12 - dolby anol - tender touch
13 - dolby anol - she blinded my with dolby (cut)

DL : JBJ from Dolby Anol - mix for voulesrandom 03.01.09 (zshare)
DL : Dolby Anol - Tender Touch (original dub) '

Upcoming Shows for Dolby Anol
05 Jan 2009 20:00 Candy club w/Peaches and more Munich
30 Jan 2009 23:00 Blast Your Ghetto! Rubenslei, Antwerp
31 Jan 2009 23:00 (God’s Kitchen) Eric Prydz, Hervé Birmingham
07 Feb 2009 20:00 @ BERGHAIN KANTINE Berlin, Berlin

New Hot Chip Remix by D.I.M.

While browsing over Hypem I came across a blog called Nashville Nights and was stoked to see that they had ripped an exclusive track from a set that D.I.M. had posted on newmixes.com.
Thanks to Nashville Nights for giving us a sneak peek of this massive track culled from this live MIX.

DL : Hot Chip - Hold On (D.I.M. remix) .

Upcoming Live Show for D.I.M.
09 Jan 2009 12:00 Taste@Registratur Munich
10 Jan 2009 12:00 Patronaat Haarlem
22 Jan 2009 12:00 Monastery Brisbane
23 Jan 2009 12:00 BNR Night@Prince Band Room Melbourne
24 Jan 2009 12:00 Shape Bar Perth
25 Jan 2009 12:00 BNR Night@The Forum Sydney
30 Jan 2009 12:00 Coherent Auckland
31 Jan 2009 12:00 Electric Circus Adelaide
10 Apr 2009 12:00 BNR Night Amsterdam
11 Apr 2009 12:00 BNR Night Utrecht
18 Apr 2009 12:00 FusionClub @ Airport Münster
22 May 2009 12:00 tbc Barcelona
23 May 2009 12:00 tbc Madrid

Danse En France Belgian Style

I am loving everything by Beni lately so I was excited last month to get my hands on the Kitsune Scion Pioneer and the Fischerspooner remix contained within. We blogged this when it first came out and featured the D.I.M. remix but this cut from the Belgian newcomer is a steady house edit that reminds me of a Shinichi Osawa style execution - heavy on the hi hat and cymbals with techie house underpinnings. I meant to post this remix when I blogged about Beni regarding 'My Love Sees You' but I completely forgot. Cheers.
DL : Fischerspooner - Danse En France (Beni remix)
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Bonus:
DL : Justice - Phantom Pt 1.5 (A Cross The Universe)

Dim Mak, Dan Sena, and Weird Science

Something I forgot to mention in my posts over the last month is that we now have a Facebook fan page for you to checkout. Also our myspace friends have grown over the last couple of months from 0 to over 430 artists and blogs. We are happy to say feedback has been positive these last 12 months and as we approach voulesrandom's 1st anniversary on the 22nd we hope that you continue to visit the page on the daily because I will postin every possible moment I can without losing my day job.


Dan Sena from DIM MAK sent us cracking remix of Weird Science's 'Haus Of Cards'. If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times the West is the Best in North America right now with artists coming from Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico and of course California. There are pockets of talent all over the U.S. and Canada but none more concentrated than the Western U.S.

DIM MAK's clothing lines and record label have a had a major hand in the uprising of new scenes for parties and fashion in and around L.A. They have done for North American electro what Ed Banger and Kitsune have done for the French. In short they rule.

DL : Weird Science - Hays Of Cards (Dan Sena remix) '

Dom Terrace - Mayhem Via Minnesota

Minneapolis Minnesota is home to up and coming DJ/producer Thom Derus (a.k.a. Dom Terrace.) He sent some of his productions from the past couple of months and I couldn't be more chuffed. Thick analogue house music that has bags of dance floor appeal mixed with a solid electro base. One of the benefits of running a page is the gmail goodies that are available every day after my wage slavery. I don't know what I would do without them. Thank you Thom for sending these gems to all of us and making my job just a little bit easier. (Image : Surround @ deviantArt)

Dom Terrace Biography

"I'm way into funky grooves with a catchy hook, whatever that may be. I'm a house music nut! Very passionate. I live, eat, sleep, breathe it.

My sound tends to be a bit different. I don't try for this, it naturally happens. For the better, hopefully. I'm also not afraid to get a little cheesy, just to put a smile on someone's face. If you're not laughing, what fun is it?

I love the sound of real instrumentation. I use loads of auxiliary percussion and the vocals are all my own. My roots lie deep within melodic SoCal punk rock and Pink Floyd. Max Graham was my inspiration for all of this."

DL : Dom Terrace - The Way To Get Down '
DL : Dom Terrace - Color Needs Love

Regime Change - The Democratic Way

The new year dawns and with it the hope of a better future in the United States is at hand. Even if financial crisis looms for the newly elected Barack Obama confidence is restored with a competent and qualified President. I am a resident that resides North Of America and the paradigm shift that we have witnessed south of the border will allow Canadians to exhale a sigh of relief in seeing off the bumbling Bush. Barack Obama was the 2008 news story. (pics from U.S. National Archive)

My New Years was spent with some close friends at my favorite watering hole the Lo Pub where people grooved early to the sounds of Jamall Knight and then rocked indie with Novillero.


Norwegian duo Datarock have caught my ear with the remix they received by Villains and as a result earned a new fan. Their originals are funky, upbeat, danceable and lyrically sharp. 'Computer Camp Love' is exactly as the title suggests with the tale of love at first sight geek style. Datarock have listed Devo as one of their major influences and have even met with the band to discuss the possibility of Jerry(bass guitar) in doing the next video for them as he directed all of Devo's major singles on video. California duo Villains kept me planted on the dance floor when they visited Winnipeg in 2008. I still can't beleive the show was only 5 bones. Amazing!
DL : Datarock - Computer Camp Love (Villains remix) '


U.K.'s DJ/Producer George Lenton was gracious enough to send us all a couple of his works from 2008 and seeings how I wasn't able to squeeze them before last night that doesn't mean that they should not be shared. With electro sensitivity and progressive tendencies he walks the perfect balance beam between dark and dance floor. Heavy but spacey enough to give touches of lightness. 'Your Love' is the quintessential garage style ringer that would have killed if you had the good sense in playing as a party somewhere last night.
DL : George Lenton - Koshon
DL : George Lenton - Your Love


New stuff from Australia's Klaus Hill is always welcome. Having worked with such heavyweight labels in the industry such as Potty Mouth, Hussle and Ministry Of Sound Klaus has hit the mark again with his 'Rock The Disco' EP on Bomb Squad records just before the new year. Get the rest of the EP HERE
DL : Klaus Hill & El Matador - Rock The Disco '


Ghosts n' Stuff made me proud to be Canadian when I first heard the string infused bottom heavy bouncer that blew up the Beatport charts. Once in the firm grasp of the sought after Hamburg remixer producer it gets a Dominator style scrub down and re-build. Opting for the straight four on four beat rather than the break house of the Toronto producer works just fine when paired with the touches of this young Germanbreak out.
DL : deadmau5 - Ghosts n' Stuff (Dirty Disco Youth remix) '

I love disco house music. There's something about getting your disco fix with a big phat side of house mayhem and no one does it better than Herve. Not content with dominating dance music at present, Joshua ‘Herve’ Harvey has unleashed a new, offshoot of his Cheap Thrills label ‘Cheaper Thrills’. The first release comes courtesy of His Majesty Andre.

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Already supported by Herve (included on is his cd in this months Mixmag), Sinden, The Crookers, Rob Da Bank and many more, His Majesty is steadly increasing his magic touch in production and djing. He's part of the Italian Fluo scene, rubbing shoulders with The Crookers, Bloody Beetroots, Riva Starr. No surprise he has been captured by the Italo Gods of Wonk. Vatican House proudly and religiously welcomes in his church of wonk the Majesty Andre himself, with 2 tracks of proper noisy, odd groove. "Roxxx" takes you by the neck and slams you with no rest, while "Girrrl" sounds like a sexy phat gorilla. Always bringing on the Italo legacy in party dance music, Andre delivers his own version of a club tune: massive pumping bass and cut as fuck vacals. Another banging release from those lazy Italians.

DL : His Majesty Andre - NRG 555 '

Upcoming Shows For His Majesty Andre
31 Dec 2008 22:00 Game Over 2008 Lucca, Lucca
09 Jan 2009 1:00 Filo è un gadget molto ricercato B-day!Bologna
09 Jan 2009 22:00 RagTag Napoli, Napoli
10 Jan 2009 23:00 w/Cecile + His Majesty Andre Treviso
14 Mar 2009 23:00 Veronika w/ Faulty Kru, His Majesty Andre Parma


I've also been loving the following:

Lissat & Voltaxxx - Let There Be House (Kelevra remix) no mp3
Dave Spoon and DJ Zinc - Ghost Train (Lee Mortimer remix) no mp3

Martin Solveig has been on our radar since day one of the VR experiment. Born Martin Pechandet and hailing from Paris the seminal DJ producer began his musical journey with releases on his own Mixture records label in 1998 and having thought he'd acheived his ultimate goal with the success of the 'Heart Of Africa' track that was all the rage in 2002, he has shed new light on the electro crowd by aligning himself with some of the best producers and hippest kids around with each new EP effort.

Another producer/DJ that needs no intro is Felix Da Housecat. Remixed the already monster club jam felix rewinds the track to its deep tech house as per his style. Mason is back as well on this release with another killer edit. Having seen the success of the 'Exceeder' single that happened a couple of years ago for Dutch master it's no surprise this remix is immense.
Enjoy this promo copy of a couple of the new cuts.....

DL : Martin Solveig - One 2, 3, Four (Mason's Dark Disco remix) '
DL : Martin Solveig - One 2, 3, Four (Felix Da Housecat's ATL SIA Main remix) '

20O8' Whats So Great?

No Sunday Post yesterday and I realized it was the last Sunday of 08! Soooooo sorry bout that and also the lack of any 2008 Top 10 Lists. (even though I am being inundated with many other blogs lists as of late.) I have never been much for Polls or Lists really. Like my birthday and Christmas January 1st is just another fuckin day in the year.

Leading in to the new year we will try to deliver a wider range of topics like graphics and general design, political news, music, new technologies, new interviews with some emerging artists and a couple of bigger names as well, + more music. We will be rockin a slicker page layout after the build is complete and the site will have twice the functionality when we're done.
On a personal note we will also be DJing more in the new year so check us out and will let ya know - How the peg city flow.

Electro killer Trevor Loveys brings some more South UK magic with the 'Shake It' E.P. Not to be out done by colleagues like Herve and the rest of the Machines Don't Care crew. Oh I almost forgot that he is also one half of Speakerjunk. Whewww!

I also included a new single from Estonian princess pop star Kerli. Treasure Fingers cracks the funk whip as usual and makes the only worthwhile remix on the entire 'Walking On Air' EP.

DL : Trevor Loveys - Shake It (Original Mix) '
DL : Kerli - Walking On Air ( Treasure Fingers remix) '

PS: I am really happy to that this piece of excrement has shuffled off this mortal coil in 2008.