Pants Dance Summer 2012
1. Tennis - Petition (Vacationer Remix)
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Is there really a better way to start the year's sunniest season than with a few sha la la las?
Tennis / Vacationer
Photo: Ana Soler
2. Radio Ink - Who We Are Tonight (Rogue Vogue Remix)
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Summer can move slow, but this song speeds my stride every time. Rogue Vogue shifts the original completely, shaking chorus to verse, and our hips along with it.
Photo: Caspar Classen
3. Moon Boots - Got Somebody
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Keeping with the tropical r&b remix wave French Express artists have been fronting, Moon Boots hits this Wanye Wonder sample out of the park.
Photo: Vincent Fournier
4. Hilltop Hoods - Now Youre Gone (Muffin Remix)
5. Mr Little Jeans - Runaway (Fools Gold Remix)
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Fool's Gold boosts this MLJ ballad with a reggae-style bass line, bongos, and a few well-placed vocal loops from the more bounded (but equally compelling) original.
Photo via Sequin Covered Swans
7. Midi Matilda - Day Dreams (MyKill Remix)
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Big beautiful house. Would love to throw the top down and cruise down the Pacific Coast Highway to this one.
Thanks Mykill!
8. Monitor 66 - Triscuits
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A summer jam refresher, chilled over cool marimbas and a poolside sensibility.
Thanks Monitor 66
Photo: Nicola Kuperus
9. AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It (Bondax Remix)
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Bondax smartly steals your attention with Aluna's undressed vocals and keys, building with steely drums and rollicking vocals, and reminding us a few times that when all is said and done 'we just wanna have some fun.
10. Per Bhyring - Ettertid (Russ Chimes Remix)
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It's the re-assuring bridge that really crystalizes this slow-burner from Mr. Chimes. That, and his top-notch production.
11. Santigold - The Keepers (Duke Dumont Remix)
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I can't think of many electronic artists I've loved for longer than Duke. Always keeping us on our toes, he approaches this remix with a luminosity I haven't heard from him since his Lily Allen rework a few years ago. The result is dramatic, deeply driving, and totally Dumont.
13. Giselle - Silk (Cosmic Kids Remix)
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"You make my heart spin sorrow into silk," chants Giselle--and gives us proof in this hauntingly luscious tune.
Thanks Cosmic Kids
Photo: Scott Pasfield
14. Cosmonauts - Stardust (Linntronix Remix)
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Cosmonauts and Linntronix combine forces to create an infectious instrumental that sounds like it could only come from artists with such modern monikers.
Buy the Full EP here.
Photo: Daehyun Kim
15. Gossip - Perfect World (RAC Mix)
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RAC slip their oh-so-fine-tuned instrumentals into the backseat of Beth Ditto's vocal supercar, and we're pretty sure you'll want the shotgun seat for this summer ride.
