{"id":1160,"date":"2013-06-22T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T22:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:15:02","slug":"fake-blood-alex-metric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/fake-blood-alex-metric\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Blood and Alex Metric"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sadly I wasn’t able to get tickets to the Bag Raiders, Classixx and RAC<\/a> show a few weeks back. So I’ve picked up tickets to Fake Blood an Alex Metric as a consolation prize. And as consolation prizes go, it’s sure to be better than a red ribbon.<\/p>\n

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Fake Blood<\/h2>\n

While last month’s featured DJs are known for dreamy remixes heavy on synth, Fake Blood builds bangers.<\/p>\n

My absolute favorite mashup of 2010<\/a> was when Coda Collins put Luciana’s sassy vocals over Fake Blood’s banging track “I Think I Like It<\/a>“. Coda Collins adds a sexy Bond-girl touch to the track, but the compulsively-danceable retro refix is entirely Fake Blood.<\/p>\n

Fake Blood vs Richard Vission \u2013 I Think I Like That (Coda Collins Smash Up) <\/a><\/p>\n

Another Fake Blood remix I love is their take on Hot Chip’s “Touch Too Much”. I like Hot Chip but their songs can be long or repetitive. Fake Blood’s remix invigorates the indie pop track. You get the handclaps and the cowbell over a beat perfect for showing off some fancy footwork.<\/p>\n

Hot Chip – Touch Too Much (Fake Blood remix)<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ll notice that Fake Blood picks some good indie tracks to remix too; one of my favorites being his remix of British indie popper Little Boots. He turns “Stuck on Repeat” into a ball-to-the-wall floor stomper.<\/p>\n

Little Boots_-_Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)<\/a><\/p>\n

Alex Metric<\/h2>\n
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Alex Metric is no slouch either. All three of the remixes I want to share with you today are from indie bands, which adds to my favor. Partly it’s music I already know and love but also I think there’s more challenge to remixing rock music.<\/p>\n

Well, OK, La Roux isn’t rock music and a lot of people tried their hand at remixing Quicksand, but Alex Metric’s remix was the best.<\/p>\n

La Roux – Quicksand (Alex Metric Remix)<\/a><\/p>\n

Likewise his arrangement of the much-loved and more-played Phoenix track “Lisztomania.” I still like this remix better than any of the remixes or tracks off of their new album, and I know I’m not the only one because it tore up the floor when DJ Blondie played it at last month’s Fringe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Phoenix – Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)<\/a><\/p>\n

But my favorite Alex Metric remix is of a lesser-known indie rock band, Reverend and the Makers. This is probably one of Reverend and the Makers’s slowest songs<\/a>, but Alex Metric reinvents it as a dark and gritty electro remix. This take on Silence Is Talking holds onto the best parts of the original: the horns, the long, moaning guitar, and the taunting British voice; everything else is new. Often I don’t like when DJs chop up vocals too much but somehow when Alex Metric does it, it just works.<\/p>\n

Reverend and The Makers – Silence Is Talking (Alex Metric Remix)
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These remixes are several years old. I’m looking forward to catching up to what Fake Blood and Alex Metric have released lately when they DJ tonight at the Mezzanine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Sadly I wasn’t able to get tickets to the Bag Raiders, Classixx and RAC show a few weeks back. So I’ve picked up tickets to Fake Blood an Alex Metric as a consolation prize. And as consolation prizes go, it’s sure to be better than a red ribbon. Fake Blood While last month’s featured DJs … Continue reading Fake Blood and Alex Metric<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,26,7,17],"tags":[58,210,294,321,350,379,448,480,527,556,563,682,757,766,771],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-bay-is-better-blog","category-concerts","category-music","category-san-francisco","tag-alex-metric","tag-coda-collins","tag-downloads","tag-edm","tag-fake-blood","tag-fringe-sf","tag-hot-chip","tag-indie-pop","tag-la-roux","tag-little-boots","tag-luciana","tag-phoenix","tag-remixes","tag-reverend-and-the-makers","tag-richard-vission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17192,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/17192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}