September has begun and things still don’t seem to be organized yet. But that’s besides the point right now.
Here’s the point. The Scottish electronic musician/DJ, Calvin Harris (formerly known as Adam Wiles), released his second album, Ready For The Weekend, in August. I wasn’t really into this album as much as I was into I Created Disco (2007) but “Stars Come Out” is a good one and makes me want to go to the dance club asap. This song has given me the desire to dance like a lunatic again.
Most people probably know Jamiroquai‘s “Canned Heat” from the film, Napolean Dynamite. At the end, Napolean performs a very memorable and sweet dance routine to this song. As we can all see from the film, this song doesn’t really need to be remixed for the dance floor because it’s so dance-worthy on its own. Though, it’s nice to switch it up a bit and give it a different twist. That is exactly what Mr. Calvin Harris did. He attributed additional keyboards and bass to the song; it’s pretty groovy. Check out the remix and the original video below.
Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (Calvin Harris remix)
Jamiroquai – Canned Heat
I remember reading a blog a couple of months ago about the Tings Tings remix Calvin Harris did (I couldn’t remember the name of the blog nor could find it) but it proposed this question: “So…is Calvin Harris a great DJ?”
Um…I don’t really think so.
I saw Calvin Harris spin at Celebrities last night and to be honest, I liked Paul Devro’s DJ set more than Calvin Harris’. Harris kept busting out songs full of hardcore repetition and I know dance music is full of repetition, but these songs would repeat that one moment in a song that should only happen once. You know which moment I’m talking about, that moment where there’s no beat and it sounds like you’re underwater; that shouldn’t happen five times in one song. He also played a lot of songs that played a high pitch noise that just got higher and higher and higher until I thought my brain would explode. Once again, I don’t mind this once in a song but if it’s more than that, the sober brain doesn’t like it too much.
On the other hand, Paul Devro’s DJ set was pretty good. He played Cut Copy, Lykke Li (which was a huge surprise), Feist (Boys Noize remix), and other good shizz.
We did leave early so maybe Harris started playing better stuff after we left. But while I was there, I wasn’t really into it.
The Black Ghosts – Repetition Kills You
I’m not going to lie. I really like this song.
Calvin Harris – The Girls
Calvin Harris is from Scotland and is a singer-songwriter/disc jockey. He’s doing a DJ set with Paul Devro at Celebrities on August 31st, and I’m so excited for it. The first 100 tickets are being sold for $25, next 200 for $30 and the remainder are being sold for $35.
Also, I like the “girl version” of this song.
Dragonette – The Boys
AND!
This mash-up with Justin Timberlake’s Like I Love You is also pretty sweet.
DJ Feego – Calvin Timberlake Mix
Calvin Harris Myspace
Paul Devro Myspace
Let’s do this
