My In-Box Weights A Ton Pt. 3

There's been a steady trickle of material through my in-box for sometime now, but I've got sidetracked recently, so time to catch up with some of it!*!

First up, I got an email from a New York based producer who goes by the moniker, A-ux, with a link to his Myspace page. He's got some tasty downtempo treats for you to download to give you a break from the noisier output that 2007 seems to have been all about!*! After checking out his wares, there's an album up for sale on Itunes here, which is gorgeous by the way, and if your in and around the Big Apple tomorrow (22nd) then you can check the man live at the Elegantly Wasted party, details are on his Myspace page here. As a wee taster here's A-ux's refix of The Chemical Brothers' hit 'Galvanize'. I always found the original to be a little too Big Beat for my taste, so this was a welcome reminder of just how good it could have been. Starting with some block-party beats, the track is then transformed into a laid-back, off-kilter affair, that could have easily sat on Mo' Wax back in the day. Fear not however, this is no a retro fantasy, just a completely different take on something that could ahve been oh so good. If I have one slight criticism then it's that the track is nowhere near long enough!*! Excellent all the same though!*!

The Chemical Bothers - 'Galvanize (A-ux Remix)'

Next, for your delication the lovely folk over at Gomma, sent me a taster of their just released, digital-only compilation; 'Gomma Galactic No. 2'. With tracks from Danielle Baldelli, Drrtyhaze, Rodion, Tomboy and a superb cover of Ricardo Villalobos' 'Easy Lee' by Danish tikes Whomadewho, this is one compilation that should be all over your xmas list to Santa, alas no vinyl version at the present time. You can grab the tracks from Itunes here.

As a taster here's Baldelli's track 'Xilodelphia'

Baldelli - 'Xilodelphia' (Gomma)

Lastly for today the folks over at Turbo have teamed up with the Boys Noize crew for a xmas treat. If you haven't already copped a copy of Boys Noize's debut long-player, then you can get a free super-320-bit mp3 of 'I Go Raven' from Beatport by hitting-up this link. You will need a Beatport account though, but it's not like you need to buy anything from there again if you so choose!*! You gotta love xmas, with all these pressies!*!