Ladies & Gents, Please Be Upstanding....It's 2007!*! Pt. 3

So here it is the third and final part of my end of year run-down (of sorts!*!), and 2007 saw the supposed rise of nu-rave!*! I've written here before of my utter hatred of that tag, and several months down the line, that doesn't seem to have wavered!*! I know many do not share my views on this subject, and it's not the music I have a problem with (that shold be evident from my chart below), rather the lazy journalistic effort by one particular weekly music magazine, and their effort to get everyone believing their nonsense!*! I can see lots of paralells with the rave scence of the early 90s (of which I'm an enormous fan of by the way!*!), with cheap equipment making it possible for producers to turn-out club bangers without the need for major studio time, and the internet replacing small independent labels as a means to get you gear heard, or in essence cutting 'The Man' out of the picture entirely. Regardless of your views on Myspace and it's corporate owner, there can surely be no denying that 2007 saw it really prove it's worth, enabling producers to interact directly with their audience, it's also provided a link between producers and bloggers. There's barely a week goes by where my in-box isnt chock-full of new material from folks that have found me through Myspace, some of it's been very good, others less so!*! As to how much impact it will have in the future remains to be seen, but it can't really be a bad thing!*!

For me the over-riding memory of 2007 would have to be the feeling that finally electronic music is flowing freely from all corners of the globe. This has always been the case, but what seems different this time round is the emergence of thriving scenes in some far flung places, gaining reputations through word of mouth and the obvious ease of communicating through the interweb. Portugal, Italy and Australia seem to be the real heavy-hitters this year, but I received material from producers in Canada, Lithuania and Brazil, and long may this continue!*!

As far as who's been on top this year, there can't really be anyone worth mentioning more than Justice. 2007 saw them finally release their debut long-player, which as I wrote about earlier, for me, justified it's hype, although I'd have preferred the whole thing not to have been leaked in its entirety. What struck me most however, was the fact that neither 'D.A.N.C.E', nor 'Phantom' was my favourite, rather the potential 'Godzilla' theme tune of 'Stress' that really showed that the guys from Paris mean business. A full-throttle, moody-string led behemoth of epic proportions that has been on heavy rotation for months here now, and takes pride of place high up in my end of year chart, although the top-spot was reserved for Puzique's 'Don't Go'. A suprise package from the perhaps too often noisy Boys Noize camp, this nod to the French sound of old is just sublime!*!

So without wishing to cut things short here (I could go on all day believe me!*!), 2007 was properly DIY, and with any luck 2008 will follow suit and see loads more new material arrive to get us all dancing round our bedrooms, and those places where folks congregate to drink and be merry!*!

Ok, enough typing, here's my end of year run-down for all those who may be interested:

1 - Puzique - 'Don't Go' (Boys Noize)
2 - Chromeo - 'Fancy Footwork (Guns N Bombs Thizzmix)' (Backyard)
3 - Unklejam - 'What Am I Fighting For? (LA Priest Remix)' (Virgin)
4 - The Human League - 'Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Kissy Sell Out Mix)' (Hooj Choons)
5 - Shit Disco - 'OK (Luna-C Hardcore Breaks Mix)' (Fierce Panda)
6 - Bolt Action Five - 'Tree Friend Tree Foe (Kissy Sell Out Remix)'
7 - Klaxons - 'Gravity's Rainbow (Soulwax Dub Mix)' (White)
8 - Altern 8 - 'Frequency (Hostage Remix)'
9 - Justice - 'Stress' (Ed Banger)
10 - Klaxons - 'As Above So Below (Justice Remix)' (Because)
11 - Kavinsky - 'Wayfarer' (Record Makers)
12 - Midnight Juggernauts - 'Into The Galaxy'
13 - Maximo Park - 'Terminal Velocity (Blamma! Blamma! Remix)'
14 - Stardust - 'Music Sounds Better With You (Miami Horror Mix)'
15 - Air - 'Mer Du Japon (Teenagers Remix)' (Virgin)
16 - Apache Beat - 'Tropics (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix)'
17 - Armand Van Helden - 'This Aint Hollywood (DJ Froz Remix)'
18 - Bag Raiders - 'Punch Reprise' (Bang Gang)
19 - Deportivo Street Team - 'Devils On Horseback (Digi 7" Mix)' (Five20East)
20 - DJ Inferno - 'Out Of My Head' (Repeat Offender)
21 - Breakbot - 'Summer Party' (Moshi Moshi)
22 - Alan Braxe & Kris Menace - Lumberjack' (Vulture)
23 - Timbaland - 'Miscommunication (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)'
24 - Jean Nipon - 'Raw Deal' (Arcade Mode)
25 - Kissy Sell Out - 'Her (Metal On Metal nstrumental)' (Lavolta)
26 - Midnight Juggernauts - 'Road To Recovery (Miami Horror Remix)'
27 - New Young Pony Club - 'Ice Cream (Herve Goes Bananas Remix)' (Modular)
28 - Operator Please - 'Just A Song About Ping Pong (Kissy Sell Out's White Stallion Remix)' (Brille)
29 - The Outrunners - 'Cool Feeling'
30 - Switches - 'Every Second Counts (Ocelot Remix)'
31 - Trilogyy - 'Apocolypse Rock' (Work It Baby)
32 - Spitzer - 'Avida Dollars'
33 - Justice - 'D.A.N.C.E' (Ed Banger)
34 - Daft Punk - 'Prime Time Of Your Life (Roccanova Remix)'
35 - Felix Da Housecat - 'Future Calls The Dawn' (PIAS)
36 - Chromeo - 'Tenderoni (Sinden Remix)' (Backyard)
37 - Crookers - 'Nchlinez (DJ Froz Mad Edit)'
38 - Captain Pheonix - 'Pistols & Hearts (Bloody Beetroots Remix)'
39 - Duke Dumont - 'When I Hear Mu'sic' (Turbo)
40 - Rodion - 'Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)' (Gomma)
41 - Shesus - 'Debbies Shoe's (SebastiAn Remix)' (People In The Sky)
42 - The Teenagers - 'Homecoming' (Merok)
43 - LA Priest - 'Engine (Erol Alkan's Transonic Re-edit)' (Phantasy Sound)
44 - DVAS - 'Macho'
45 - Lifelike - 'So Electric' (Different)
46 - Voodoo Chilli - 'Turn It Up (Jack It)' (Dubsided)
47 - Cagney & Lacey - 'Your Girl Pukes All Over The Dancefloor (Jesse Rose 'Sort Your Missus Out' Rmx)' (TFE)
48 - Franz & Shape - 'Tightropes (Kissy Sell Out's Bethnal Green Dub)' (Relish)
49 - New Young Pony Club - 'The Bomb (Kaos Disco Bomb Extended Dub)' (Modular)
50 - Justice - 'D.A.N.C.E (Alan Braxe Remix)' (Ed Banger)
51 - Sinden & Count Of Monte Cristal - 'Tamborzuda (3 Is A Crowd Remix)'
52 - Klaxons - 'Golden Skans (Erol Alkan's Ekstra Spektral Dub)' (Polydor)
53 - Foals - 'Hummer [McSleazy Remix]'
54 - Scanners - 'Raw (Blamma! Blamma! Scanner! Mix)'
55 - Pharoah Monch - 'Simon Says (Hostage Remix)'
56 - Midnight Juggernauts - 'Out Of The Storm (Kris Menace Remix)'
57 - Boys Noize - 'Don't Believe The Hype (Surkin Mix No.1)' (Boys Noize)
58 - Justice - 'Phantom'
59 - Moulinex - 'Break Chops'
60 - JoJo De Freq - 'Saturn Returns' (Mythic)
61 - Simian Mobile Disco - 'System' (Witchita)
62 - Brabe - '50 Ways'
63 - Like Woah! - 'Oh I Like (Whitenoise Remix)' (Bang Gang)
64 - Unklejam - 'Love Ya (Herve Remix)' (Virgin)
65 - Curses! - 'This Is The Way' (Institubes)
66 - Remi Nicole - 'Fed Up (Kissy Sell Out's Rules Of Attraction Remix)' (Island)
67 - Maral Salmassi - 'Back Up Your Ass' (Television Rocks)
68 - 3 Is A Crowd - 'Nirvanal'
69 - Strange Idols - 'She's Gonna Let You Down Again (The C90s Remixx)'
70 - Mr Hudson - 'Ask The DJ (Sinden & The Count Of Monte Cristo Mix)' (Mercury)
71 - LCD Soundsystem - 'Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)' (DFA)
72 - King Creosote - 'You've No Clue Do You (Kris Menace Instrumental Mix)' (679)
73 - Sneaky Sound System - 'UFO (Bricks! Remix)'74 - Tricky Disco - 'Tricky Disco (The Martin Brothers 'Thizzy Disco' Remix)' (IO)
75 - Scissor Sisters - 'She's My Man (Goose Remix Edit)' (White Riot)
76 - Simian Mobile Disco - 'I Believe (Switch Remix)' (Witchita)
77 - The Teenagers - 'Starlett Johansson (Blamma! Blamma! Scared Of Spiders Mix)' (Merok)
78 - Teenage Bad Girl - 'Cocotte (Boys Noize Rework)' (Citizen)
79 - Moulinex - 'Leisure Suit'
80 - Digitalism - 'Pogo (On The Road To Paris Version)' (Virgin)
81 - Krazy Baldhead - 'Dry Guillotine' (Ed Banger)
82 - Duke Dumont - 'Lean/Bounce' (Turbo)
83 - Larry Tee - 'Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix)' (Holon)
84 - The Bells - 'Target Group (C90s Remix)'
85 - 3 Is A Crowd - 'Breakdown (Mamba Mix)'
86 - D.I.M - 'Airbus Baby' (Turbo)
87 - Mr. Oizo - 'Flat Beat (DJ Manaia's Baile Kuduro Remix)'
88 - Crystal Castles VS Health - 'Crimewave' (Trouble)
89 - Patrick Alavi - 'Hell Yeah (Jaimie Fanatic Bad Boy Remix)'
90 - Harris Robotis - 'Shampain!'
91 - The Whip - 'Divebomb (Crystal Castles Remix)' (Southern Fried)
92 - Human Resource - Dominator (Hostage Ravemix)'
93 - Charlean Dance - 'Mr DJ (Speaker Junk's Tarantula Remix)' (Positiva)
94 - Faunts - 'M4 (Dvas Macho Mix)'
95 - Dada Life - 'Fun Fun Fun (Fredo & Thang 1 2 3 Piano Mix)' (Prestel)
96 - Starkey - 'Let You Go (Drop The Lime Remix) ' (Werk)
97 - Teddybears - 'Punkrocker (3 Is A Crowd Pump It Up Mix)'
98 - Blamma! Blamma! - 'Carry Me Home (Final Mix)'
99 - Foamo - 'Moving It Over Here'
100 - Chromeo - 'Bonafied Lovin' (Backyard)

As with yesterday's chart, I've put together a little 60 minute mix-up for your listening pleasure!*! I was a bit restricted in the tracks I could include because of my refeusal to mix with anything other than vinyl. There's a couple of obvious mistakes and I hope this doesn't detract too much from your enjoyment. It's loud, fidgety, and full-on with no warm-up, just straight in at the deep-end!*! Enjoy!*!

Ballpoint Pen Thief Presents 'Loud, Bad & Dangerous, Just Don't Call It Nu-Rave' Mix (Zshare Link)

Tracklist:

Duke Dumont - 'Lean/Bounce'

Rodion -'Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)'

Duke Dumont - 'When I Hear Mu'sic'

Chromeo - 'Tenderoni (Sinden Remix)'

New Young Pony Club - 'Ice Cream (Herve Goes Bananas Remix - BSWD 'Just For Xmas Extended Edit)'

Simian Mobile Disco - 'I Beieve (Switch Remix)'

Maral Salmassi - 'Back Up Your Ass'

JoJo De Freq - 'Saturn Returns'

Chromeo - 'Fancy Footwork (Guns N Bombs Thizzmix)'

D.I.M - 'Airbus Baby'

Boys Noize - 'Don't Believe The Hype (Surkin Mix No. 1)'

Bag Raiders - 'Punch Reprise'