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Posted by Pelski on December 23, 2009 in News · 6 Comments

I know what you’re thinking: not another Crystal Fighters remix. Enough is enough. But this one really turns the trendy, maximal ruckus of the original around, stripping it back to some minimal house. The result is barely recognisable, a humming, techy buzz of bass builds a driving momentum before dropping into a satisfying medley of clicks, clacks and congas. Mesmerising stuff. Fans of Renaissance Man should lap this up:

Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Femme En Fourrure Remix) [pelski highly recommends]

You may rememmber I posted Myd’s choppy, tropical anthem a while back. Well Femme En Fourrure have produced an excellent remix of that too. Slamming techno beats disguise the original’s chipper spirit. Keep you’r eyes peeled for Femme En Fourrure’s forthcoming ‘Pull Out’ release.

Myd – Train To Bamako (Femme En Fourrure Remix)

But for me, its Canblaster’s upbeat, tribal house rejigg that trumps. It stays in keeping with the tropical vibe, while pulling back from the hectic glitch-fest that was the original:

Myd – Train To Bamako (Canblaster Remix) [pelski highly recommends]

One of my favourite Renaissance Man remixes of late just dropped in my inbox courtesy of the mighty Shir Khan. Chernobyl’s tropical number gets remixed by the likes of Samim, Dex and Edu K. Renaissance Man provide their upbeat, glitchy house beats to the baile funk original. I recommend you grab the whole EP here or here:

Chernobyl & Praga – Balança (Renaissance Man Remix)

Those feeling Pellegrino Sounds’ minimal, inventive house music should enjoy the new direction Helsinki’s Top Billin have taken their productions in. Best known for their crazy baltimore and crunk productions, Top Billin have done a mighty fine job on this one. The african percussion is low-key, minimal and yet catchy as hell:

Raziek – Die (Top Billin remix)

Bonus:

Nick Verwey – Dance Of The Sock Monkeys

Anonymous

Minimal House? Sorry, but have you made that genre up?

I swear you were angry dubstep/electro blog not so long ago, When did you become a techno connoisseur?

Pelski’s jumped on another bandwagon it seems
jackz

anonymous you clearly haven’t read this blog for a year – when he refers to minimal house i assume he means the minimal tech-house and house on deadfish and sound pelligrino that he’s been posting for ages. Why don’t you just look at the posts below?
http://www.blogger.com/profile/00320901160021649926 Pelski

Get your facts right before you throw out cynical accusations. I’m not jumping on a bandwagon – this blog is about diversity – you’ll find deep house, reggae, 2-step dubstep, electro, techno, minimal, tribal (and even hip hop in the latest playlist). I’ve been posting techno and house for over a year, go back and see for yourself. Yes it used to be alot more centred around electro & noisy fidget, but that was a while ago.

And the words ‘minimal’ and ‘house’ can go together. ‘minimal’ refers to, well, minimalism and is after all just an adjective. And ‘house’ just tells you it has a housey kick drum rather than a rolling techno structure, but still minimal.

‘Minimal house’ has also been used to refer to microhouse, and many would therefore argue that minimal house is a genre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microhouse
http://www.blogger.com/profile/10236989489332080458 Dub_For_Cash

Pelski you just did him over.
http://www.blogger.com/profile/15861454699212881364 ONEUPMAN

Anonymous is a first rate anus…the post is gold, thanks Pelski
http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027379838861462192 The Deficient

You’re right, canblaster’s remix is dope. But Canblaster is not dutch, he is french. So maybe the right quote could be “is it me or are Frenchies running things in the tech-house scene right now?”

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