10. Stone & Fruits (Hatchback's Asteroid & Cantaloupe Mix) - 9dw exquisitely loungy!
9. Violet Morning Moon (Remix by Dr. Dunks) - Bubble Club perfect song to sober up to..
8. My House - Hercules & Love Affair a present throwback.. possible? as if it was released in the 90s!
7. You Can Dance (Gemini Club Remix) - Chilly Gonzales a sweet remix of Chilly's track.. the album is ultra loungy!
6. I Was Drunk (Tocadisco's 'Luke I Am Your Father' Remix) - Riva Starr This just HAD to be included, despite it being a 2010 track. It was our NYE's anthem!
5. Genius of Love (The Pinker Tones Remix) - Tom Tom Club This remix is so... electro and just so... funky.
4. Penguin - Avicii totally brilliant remix of an old 80s orchestra's piece. I posted both the old and new songs so that you can compare on the blog. www.fnkybrewster.blogspot.com. Avicii definitely ate this.
3. Hot Mess (feat. Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Remix) - Chromeo I'm loving the release of 90sEsque house beats!
2. Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix) - Gorillaz Australia definitely has beauty to offer, in terms of music. I love Miami Horror's disco-house style!
1. The Road Leads East (Original Mix) - Schadenfreude My favorite track this month! So housy and trancy!
This is an amazing translation of musical genre. The two videos posted are very distinct in genres, but it's the same melody. It's great that djs can edit and remix old songs; it keeps the song alive through more than one generation. The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1989), remixed by Avicii (2010).
I look forward to contributing to this pool of music. SOON!
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!! We are just about 5 & 1/2 hours away from ringing in yet ANOTHER year. The Funky Brew team have bunkered down in a massive loft in Long Island City to gather their most treasured musical gems of the 2010 year and present them to you. Now, you most probably have already heard our rants and raves about each track, but this is a consolidated list which was put together while drinking some lovely champ.
We hope you all had a lovely Holiday season, we sure as hell did. May the new year bring you all you could ever want, along with some massive tunes to add to your collection. Much love in your hood!! -- MikeeGB
10) Illusion - Kylie Minouge Kylie provided us with a brilliant body of work with 'Aphrodite'. This is the stand-out track for us, and number 10 on our list!
9) XXXO - M.I.A. While we weren't as impressed with her new album as we would have hoped to be, XXXO definitely is a great track that we will surely give much love to. Plus the video is so fucking lame that it's amazing. Check out M.I.A.'s fresh off the press mixtape 'Vicki Leekx'here.
8) One (Instrumental) - Swedish House Mafia Pharell as much as I love you, the insturmental is just superb. While you add a special touch to the track, you totally are not needed. It's been some time since a severely main stream track has captured our hearts, so a congratulations goes to SHM for achieving that task.
7) 4th Of July (Fireworks) - Kelis We would have put the entire album on here if this list permitted, but 4th of July would be the best track off the album to choose. While MikeeGB chose the Intro track, we came to an agreement that 4th of July best fit our end of year list. If you have yet to obtain Kelis's new album, crawl from under your rock because this is by far our contender for best album of 2010! WE ADORE YOU KELIS!!!
6) Avalanche - Erol Alkan & Boys Noize We first heard this track roaring out of the soundsytem in the Carl Cox tent at Ultra 2010. While some of us in the crew were a bit off our rockers to remember, it stuck to MikeeGB like a condom on a penis. Great fucking track, sick fucking beat. Erol Alkan & Boys Noize together are like the electronic Sonny & Cher!
5) Invisible Light - Scissor Sisters The Sisters NEVER dissapoint! When word got out of a new album in 2010 we were beyond ecstatic! There's always that one track a band releases that just solidify's your appreciation for their work, and is one that can you can literally repeat over and over, Invisible Light is it. Boy were these folks on the right track when they hired Stuart Price to exec produce Nightwork. This track is just beyond words....we adore.
4) One Eye Closed - Cocknbullkid It's been a great year for our #2 obsession, Cocknbullkid. The New Year is already shaping up to be THE year for Cocknbullkid, what with the release of her first official album Adulthood!! We are beyond ecstatic to receive the rest of the album in our inbox! We simply adore Cocknbullkid. GET READY ANITA!!!
3) Dancing On My Own - Robyn Robyn OWNED the year 2010! She had not one, not two, but three bodies of work which consolidated into one of the best electro/pop records EVER! This song is the epitome of one of our night's out. KONICHIWA BITCHES!
2) Indestructible - Robyn Yup, she's also #2! We just adore Robyn so much that she has made our end of year list twice! This song is just too much for words to explain. Robyn, we thank you for making 2010 such an incredible year for us here at Funky Brewster!
1) Y - iamamiwhoami It was THE year for Swedish acts in 2010. Now, no need to elaborate on our feelings for iamamiwhoami. By far, THE BEST musical project put together EVER. We can only hope that we will get more greatness from this act. It was a tough one to choose just one track out of the 7 they blessed us with this year. Y won simply because till this day we still call each other Little Hope.
How's this for takin' it back? Although La Rissa's classic was officially released in 1999, it made it's way into the club/rave scene well into the year 2000. I Do Both Jay & Jane was a bit of a shocker track, and only because it cemented itself into the radio airwaves and only proved that it was ok to like the same sex. It makes you feel the same!
It was completely odd, yet very inneresting to see even the straightest of b-boy's bust a move to this one while singing along full force to the lyrics. I wonder how it would have done had it been a male singing! Wait, back then it would have still been a hit....EVERYONE was gay, or at least willing to try it! There was no shame to anyone's game! Again a sheer product of a certain pill that was all the rage.
Some good times we're had to this track! In addition to the original "100% Pure Club Dance" classic, we've also included the Kaycee remix for your auditory pleasure. The second best remix after Infiniti's Sireena Breakbeat remix (check out video of that mix after the jump). Enjizzoy!! -- MikeeGB
ANTHEM TIME!!!! Today's "takin' it back" track is uber amazing! The year 2000 was a great year for dance music, and an even better year for exquisite club ANTHEMS, Groovejet is in the Top 5! With the lovely Sophie Ellis Bextor on vocals and Italian based producer Spiller, this track became an instant monster in the clubs, radio, Ibiza, and festival circuit! Fresh off infamous UK dance label, Positiva which distributed a number of big club hits in 2000.
I wanted to post the original full length club mix for you, but I found this fuckin' fresh reworking on YouTube by The House Moguls which we wanted to spread. Seems as if they've put their own spin on a few other classics from the year 2000. Check out their YouTube channel after the jump for some auditory pleasure!
No big introduction for this one, it's the definition of a club classic. One that sounds as if it could be released today, or in another 10 years. Enjizzoy! -- MikeeGB
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