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Plastiscines “Barcelona” Lifelike Remix
Dragonette “Easy” Buffetlibre Remix

Curating Mixtape Mondays is not always an easy task.  With random submissions and an ongoing hunt, the filtering process still leaves me scratching my head.  Thanks to Stoney Roads, I came across Slicker Cities who hails from Sydney, Australia.  Check out his well executed Grand Theft Auto meets Valerie Collective inspired mix below and download it here.

Track List
Miguel Campbell – Can’t Get Enough
Fred Falke – Crystal City
E-The-Hot – The Chicks
City Life – San Francisco feat. DD (Fred Falke Remix)
Kris Menace – Live & Direct
Geyster – Under The Fuse of Love (Lifelike Remix)
DVAS – Forever (Just Faust Remix)
College – Teenage Color (Anoraak Remix)
Xinobi – Day Off
Loose Shus – Total Fix
Futurecop! – As Seen On TV
Amy Holland – She’s On Fire

Early last month we decided to compile some of the more popular downloads from the Afternoon Jams segment here on Killahbeez and present that in the form of a mix, that first mix can be downloaded here. Well we had overwhelming response on that first joint that you know we had to come back and do it again. This is dedicated to all of you, the readers, who have supported the site by tweeting/re-tweeting our links, commenting on our articles and letting your friends know about our site. We do this for the love, cus as our team knows, it definitely ain’t for the money. Though if you do want to help support us, which we would more than appreciate, then we have stickers for sale that you can purchase here.

So without further ado, Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 2.

Download: Killahbeez.com Boner Jams Vol. 2 | Click on link, it will re-direct you.

Tracklist

Baxter “Proof” Lifelike Remix
Ali Love “Diminshing Returns”
Beyonce “Broken-Hearted” Alan Braxe Dub
Two Door Cinema “I Can Talk” French Horn Rebellion Remix
The Sounds “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake” Viking Remix
Chromeo “Night by Night” Skream Remix
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll” Tommie Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire Re-Touch
Miami Horror “Sometimes”
Pnau ft. Ladyhawke “Embrace” Tits & Clits Remix
Little Boots “Earthquake” Treasure Fingers Remix
Fever Ray “Seven” The Twelves Remix
The xx “Shelter” Them Jeans Drums Edit
Simple Minds “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Pacific! Remix

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Baxter “Proof” Lifelike Remix
Ladyhawke “Magic” The Swiss Remix

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Smalltown DJs – White Light Mix 11

Do it Now – Dubtribe Soundstystem
Glass House – Eli Escobar
Triangle Walks (Rex The Dog Remix) – Fever Ray
45:33 (Theo Parrish’s Space Cadet Remix) – LCD Soundsystem
We Just Won’t Stop feat. JDub – James Cur
Can You Feel It – Tensnake
Mistake (Lifelike Remix) – Moby
1517 (Morgan Geist Remix) – The Whitest Boy Alive
Aflon – Pryda
Fabric of Win feat. Saint Saviour – Joe & Will Ask?
You’re the One for Me – D-Train
Crusader – Knightlife
I Wanna Dancer (Special Disco Mix) – Faze Action
Deadbeat Summer – Neon Indian

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Weezer “Troublemaker” DJ AM and Eli Escobar Remix
Jokers of the Scene “Baggy Bottom Boys” Original Mix
Empire of the Sun “Standing on the Shore” Lifelike Remix

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Dragonette “Fixing to Thrill” Villains Remix v.2
Moby “Mistakes” Lifelike Remix

So by now y’all know former Killahbeez writer AJK has been off doing his music thing. Last Summer he released his EP, which a large portion of it was inspired from his time in New York City. Then he dropped his Ladyhawke “Back of the Van” remix for folks. Now, he’s back with a full on mix for you all to bump for the summer and beyond. The mix contains some of the dopest jams right now as well as the new Boys Noize track “Jeffer” and the unreleased The Juan MacLean “One Day” Grandtheft remix. Perfect for a road trip, the gym, the drive in to work or whatever, 74 mins of straight goodness.

AJK “Day Off”

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Tracklist

1. Knightlife – Crusader
2. Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)
3. Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (GRUM Remix)
4. Shazam – Pool Party 2009
5. Supermol – Light Years (Lifelike Remix)
6. Ben Mano – Jesus was a B-Boy (Moulinex Remix)
7. Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)
8. The Juan MacLean – One Day (Grandtheft Remix)
9. U-Tern – Pop Lock
10. Minitel Rose – Continue (Russ Chimes Remix)
11. The Golden Filter – Solid Gold
12. La Roux – In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
13. Alan Braxe & Kris Menace – Lumberjack
14. Pnau – Embrace
15. GRUM – Sound Reaction (The Phantom’s Revenge Remix)
16. Fake Blood – Mars
17. Alex Metric – Pins
18. Boys Noize – Jeffer
19. GRUM – Runaway (Calling in Sick Remix)
20. Xinobi – Day Off (Anoraak Remix)

Recently I embarked on a road trip where I drove about 10 hours (due to holiday traffic) to my destination and 8 hours back home (from 11pm – 7am) and while I was away I was on the road for about 3 hours per day for 3 days. So needless to say I got mad familiar with my MP3 player. It was then that I realized how essential your tunes are to keep you…well me, in this case, awake during these drives. With the Summer basically here and people taking road trips and such I’ve set out and brought you my top 10…ahem…top 15 essential tunes I had to have on the road and these are in no particular order (I tried but gave up essentially).

To start this I laid down some rules. No originals, the majority of the tracks below are remixes as you’ll see, but these were the jams I actually rocked as oppose to the originals. Tried to restrict myself to remixes that dropped between January of 2009 and June of 2009, so we have the freshest of the fresh here.

And yeaaaaaah I realized I cheated, but you know what, who cares, you win cus you get more songs to download. Feel I’m missing something, hit us with your input by leaving a comment below.

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Download the whole package here: Part 1 | Part 2

1. Fred Falke Remixes

• Annie “Anthonio” Fred Falke Remix
• Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” Fred Falke Extended Mix
• Sneaky Sound System “I Love It” Fred Falke Remix

2. La Roux

• La Roux “In For The Kill” Lifelike Remix
• La Roux “Quicksand” Mad Decent Remix

3. Friendly Fires “Skeleton Boy” Grum Remix
4. Santigold

• Santigold ft. Spank Rock “Shove It” Grandtheft Remix
• Santigold “Lights Out” Tepr Emo Remix (Tepr from Yelle)

5. Au Revoir Simone “Shadows” The Teenagers Remix
6. Metric “Help I’m Alive” The Twelves Remix
7. Little Boots

• Little Boots “Stuck on Repeat” Fake Blood Remix (A-Trak Edit)
• Little Boots “New In Town” The Golden Filter Remix

8. Phoenix “Lisztomania” Classixx Remix
9. Sébastien Tellier “Kilometer” MOULiNEX Remix
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Zero” R.A.C. Remix
11. Minitel Rose “Continue” Russ Chimes Remix
12. N.A.S.A. ft. Lykke Li, Santigold, Kanye West “Gifted” Treasure Fingers Remix
13. Breakbot “Penelope Pitstop”
14. Yelle “Qui est Cette Fille” (Cover of Robyn’s “Who’s That Girl?”)
15. Nightwaves “Invincible” Snow Picnic Remix

One remix that I would’ve loved to have added to this list is Grandtheft’s remix of The Juan MacLeans’ “One Day”, but the track hasn’t officially dropped yet and I ain’t gonna be the one that leaks it. After all that camp has been great with Killahbeez. I will say though that I had this remix on repeat numerous times on my road trip, so be on the look out for it when it drops.

Tons of jams available for download here. Nothing more to say.

Annie “Anthonio” Fred Falke Remix [MP3]
Amanda Blank ft. M.I.A. “Take It Easy” [MP3]
Green Day “Know Your Enemy” [MP3]
La Roux “Quicksand” Mad Decent Remix [MP3]
Private “My Secret Lover” Lifelike Remix [MP3]

Awwwwwww shit. Our man Laurent, or better known as Lifelike is back with his first remix, I think, for 2009. He places the “French Touch” on the La Roux track “In For The Kill” and makes the song even more beast. If you haven’t read our interview with Lifelike, make sure to check that epic piece out here. The next remix we have for you is also BANANAS. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs get remixed by Legobeat Dark Cuts on the track “Heads Will Roll”. The opening few bars reminds me of some old school electro hip-hop stuff, I’m talkin “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa type ish.

La Roux “In For The Kill” Lifelike Remix [MP3]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Heads Will Roll” Legobeat Dark Cuts Remix [MP3]

Source: Asian Dan

For this week’s Mixtape Mondays, I came across DJ PANTS OFF via The Buffet Libre Djs.  The track listing is filled with Fred Falke’s midas touch, a hint of Aeroplane, Likfelike, DFA and several other disco gems.  Despite being called “Winterland Sadness”,  I think its the perfect mix to ease those of us gainfully employed into a weeks full of work.  Hit play on Imeem stream and enjoy your Monday.

Download for DJ PANTS OFF’s Winterland Sadness Mix is available here.  On a side note, I’d really like to see someone book PANTS OFF on the East Coast.

Track Listing:
1. Max Berlin-Elle and Moi (Joakim Remix)
2. Enzo Ponzio-My 80’s Funk
3. Only Fools and Horses-Spectacle Wins (Holy Ghost! Remix)
4. Tracey Thorn-It’s All True (Escort Remix)
5. Allez Allez-Allez Allez (Aeroplane Remix)
6. Canyons-Apples and Pears
7. Runaway-Brooklyn Club Jam (Brennan Green’s Version)
8. Sneaky Sound System-When we were young (Gloves Remix)
9. Matthew Dear-Pom Pom (The Juan McClean B-Boy remix)
10. Public-Odyessy
11. Galactic Boys-Planet 72
12. Sneaky Sound System-I Love It (Fred Falke Remix)
13. The Energies-Born Again Runner (Lifelike Remix)
14. Roy Davis Jr feat Erin Martin-I have a vision (Fred Falke Remix)
15. Roland Clark and the Montanas-Music Talking (Fred Flake Remix)
16. The Outlanders-Vamp (Prins Thomas Disco Remix)
17. Zero 7-Futures (Rub N Tug Remix)

There’s something to be said about a musician who can almost effortlessly captivate you within just moments of their sounds gracing your ears. Whether you’re drawn in by the hypnotizing arpeggios, sweeping emotive strings or invigorating bass lines – the music of Laurent Heinrich aka Lifelike can simultaneously serve as the quintessential soundtrack to both a daydream and a night to remember.

With a discography of sonically impeccable original works and remixes drenched in unforgettable melody, its no mystery Lifelike’s approach to music has produced one of the most acclaimed sounds in recent memory – definitive yet timeless.

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to interview him and inquire about his musical beginnings, process of production, inspirations and what the future holds for the France based producer.

Killahbeez: Let’s start with your name; Lifelike. What’s the significance behind it and/or how did you come up with it?

Lifelike: I wanted to do a little remix for myself of a track from Depeche Mode “Master And Servant”. I had sampled a short part in a break of the song where Dave Gahan was singing “Like life” I chopped it and swapped the words round to make “lifelike”, and thought that would be a cool name for my music project.

KB: From doing a bit of research I discovered that you have some classical training in piano and also played bass in high school – how and when did your relationship with samplers, drum machines, sequencers and of course synthesizers begin?

Lifelike: Yes I learned piano for 3 years and had a short career as a bass player in a band at school. It’s when I was playing in that band that I bought an Amiga computer and a sampling cartridge called “perfect sound”. I used music tracker and started to do my own music. It was quite simple at that time with only four tracks and a limited memory. Once you had sampled something in that computer it was never sounding like the source because you had to economise the memory to be able to have enough room to make enough samples to use. But I have good memories of this time. From there I went quite normally to buy a synthesizer to connect to the computer, and that is how I started to compose little tracks a bit more seriously.

KB: How influential would you say your early musical experiences were before you started producing electronic music?

Lifelike: It had and still has a huge impact in my way of seeing music. I still think in terms of doing a pop synth track more than doing something like “techno” if I can still use that word today. But at that time I wanted to do like my idols, the same music, I was sampling Cabaret Voltaire or Simple Minds, or whatever sounded great to use those loops and sound in my little tracks at home.

KB: Being a producer who uses plenty of vintage analog synthesizers, where do you stand on the seemingly endless Analog vs Virtual/VST debate?

Lifelike: Well I use both of them. I bought an Apple Macintosh computer for audio and plugins to open my music to new sounds. And I was amazed to discover that in between all those new software and vst instruments, they both have respective sounds of their own. I was thinking a computer cannot have a special kind of sound, not like an analog synth has, but in fact it has a specific sound, depending on how you use it and how you’re recording your sound. Both analog and digital are great.

KB: The melodies in your music are very distinct – however, in addition to melody and sequencing it’s clear that you put plenty of thought into processing the dynamics of the overall sound of your music – how important would say that aspect of production is in achieving the trademark Lifelike sound?

Lifelike: That’s a great question because you’re hitting a point here that is really important to me. The sound is what makes your production different from another producer, and could give a real value to your work. I take care of my sound in a very strong way.

If I listen to today’s productions, for example, in the Beatport global charts, most of those productions are done on a simple computer, I hear it, the sound is big but… it has no character and is hasn’t been worked in an interesting way. The sound is big because of the computer headroom in terms of computing power.

I think those producers aren’t working that much on composing great songs (many of those tracks in Beatport sounds like horrible 90’s one key one finger triggered), and they aren’t working on getting a great sound with character. They mostly use drum samples that you can find on a sample CD. It’s just bullshit music to me.

I worked on analog recordings in the past, and I learned there how to maximize the sound in order to adapt it to an analog recording, so it’s a completely different approach to producing and doing music. I don’t rely on my computer to do the job like most of today’s producers seem to do. And dynamics isn’t only created by a simple magical compressor connected to your mixdesk; it’s more than this. It’s where the sources come from and how you treat them individually. All those things are making, I guess, my way of processing a mixdown, and I still mix on analog desks, that’s maybe my trademark, in terms of sound I mean.

KB: If you had to narrow it down, what would you say are the centerpieces or favorite pieces of gear in your studio ?

Lifelike: Well I still use an old Emulator IV sampler just because it gives an amazing sound to whatever you sample.

KB: With quite the run of notable remixes in your discography, how do you approach remixes and how does that process differ from producing your on original songs?

Lifelike: I try to give the band or the artist I’m remixing my kind of sound on some ways. They will end up with my influences. The thing I love to do is to play around with those influences. Like with the band Chromeo, I wanted to send them back to 85 by using the same kind of technique in the mix that they were using at that time, like those handclaps with reverb. The main voice even has a reverb on it etc… it’s a lot of fun to do!

KB: On the topic of remixing, how important would you say your remix work has been in the almost exponential rise in your international profile over the last while? What are a few of the favorite ones you’ve produced?

Lifelike: Really important, as it’s the Needy Girl remix I did for Chromeo that really sent me all those new remix proposals right after it was played daytime on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. I think the ones I did for The Presets (This Boy’s In love), Does It Offend You, Yeah! (Epic Last Song) and Chromeo are my favorites.

KB: You’ve often cited much of the Manchester underground scene and many iconic Post Punk / New wave artists such as Cabaret Voltaire and New Order as major inspirations – however, you also mention 80’s Michael J. Fox and James Spader films as sources of inspiration and even released material under the alias Ferris Bueller – how do these particular sources of inspiration translate into your production?

Lifelike: Manchester or Sheffield’s 70’s/80s musical scene are really vital to me. For me it all came out of there, in terms of pop synth music as well as techno music in the late 80/early 90’s. Factory records, Mute and ZTT were THE labels of the 80’s and, they had so many hits in the charts. The best is that it was really good music, no commercial bullshit like today, real artists working hard for their music.

I love New Order. It’s amazing when you think that in ‘83 they were topping the charts with Blue Monday, a track totally produced with sampling and drum machines that sounds still amazing today; it’s a masterpiece. How many electronic records can you still play 25 years after in clubs?

KB: With regards to more contemporary sources of inspiration – who are some artists that you feel are making great music these days?

Lifelike: I’m thinking about that Australian label, Modular. They have that rock’n roll music approach, and damn they are filling the rooms when their bands are playing, and its nothing like PC computer music for geeks. Again we’re talking about real musicians with huge talents. Like Van She, The Presets, Metronomy on Virgin Rec, or MGMT (those are great too) or closer to me, Alan Braxe.

KB: You toured throughout 2008 with some dates in North America and seem to have some pretty busy months ahead with dates in Australia and throughout Europe. Initially coming from a producer background, how does it feel to play your own music during a DJ set and hear the crowd cheer in response?

Lifelike: In America the crowd is really amazing, I don’t wanna hurt any national sensibilities, but they were reacting like hell to our music, I was touring with Alan Braxe last summer for 5 dates and we were really amazed by the fact that they knew all our tracks by heart! They even sung on stuff like “so much love to give”. Next revolution of electronic music will be in the USA soon. You can feel that people have a real interested approach to our music, especially what they call French Touch. And it hasn’t to do with that kind of fashionista or hype, no they really came for having fun, not for showing themselves.

KB: Your upcoming release “Sunset” and “Sequencer” are being released on Alan Braxe’s Vulture Records sometime in February 2009, what can you tell us about these two songs beforehand?

Lifelike: I guess it’s quite a different EP from what you heard before from me, like Discopolis. “Sunset” wasn’t supposed to be on the A-side of the record but Alan loved the track so much that I decided to switch and put “Sequencer” on the B-side. “Sunset” was first an instrumental, and I was thinking why not put some vocals on it, so we contacted Yota. She already had a strong background and experience in our kind of music, and most important of all, a great voice that would suit the project. And it ended up being a vocal track, but still not like a full pop song, I think it’s still a not commercial track. “Sequencer” is more of a classic kind of Lifelike track in terms of style. I don’t have any clue on how people will react to this release. Only the future will tell.

KB: What else does this year hold for Lifelike? What about the future in general? What are some goals you aim to conquer as a producer as your career progresses?

Lifelike: I don’t see things at all in term of goals and a career plan you know… but this year I will have to tour a bit more just because we have quite a lot of requests for that and because it’s the way things seems to go on now for me. I’ll do less remixes because you can never do them all from one year to another. I had my time with that last year, so this year I will concentrate more on my music. I have a project with the band Chromeo as well, a co-production on one track and a maybe quite soon a new EP.

KB: Thanks for the interview and all the best in 2009 & beyond – the success is well deserved.

Lifelike: Thank you

Lifelike website: www.lifelike-music.com
Lifelike MySpace: www.myspace.com/lifelikevulture

Lifelike has also decided to exclusively share his new track “Sunset” featuring Yota with all our Killahbeez readers. Make sure to support Lifelike and buy Sunset / Sequencer coming out on Monday February 9th.

Back from the future or past or whatever. Yes I know, this remix isn’t new, but it is if you haven’t heard it. Annnnd that just happens to be the case here as I haven’t heard this before and just came across it. Anyways a great remix by Lifelike on Chromeo’s “Needy Girl” track.

Chromeo “Needy Girl” Lifelike remix

A new take on my favorite track from The Presets latest album, Apocalypso on Modular Recordings. And unlike many of these types of gems, this one is available on itunes.

“This Boy’s In Love” remixed by Lifelike, who pretty much comes correct on every remix I’ve heard by him. Indulge, ALL OF MY PEOPLE!!

P.S. I’m not responsible if you get up and start wilding out like one of those silhouettes in the itunes  commercials and get fired for doing so.