Hype Machine has a popular list and while I’m no stalker peeking out at people’s favorites everyday on any sort of schedule, I do check out the top ten from time to time. Usually it’s a mix of well known classics and half thought out house pop remixes of indie favs. And in all honestly, sometimes I am shocked by what people are digging, I’m looking at you Rage Against the Machine techno remixes, but other times, the crowd gets it oh so right.
This is a case of the latter and without further ado I present to you the danceably luscious, Air-like synths of Priors’ “What You Need (Hey Champ Remix).” A few seconds in and you can tell these guys are from France, but that is about all I know. What I am sure of is that this is one of those special songs that can bring out a sunny day feeling, even if the weather doesn’t share its sentiments. So give Ryan Adams’ Heartbreaker a rest and re-imagine a brighter day right before we are knee deep in scarves, mittens, rain, sleet and snow. Cheers.
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he is amazing bro his style can not be touched....some people dont know what he is talking about caz u dont do what he does he is sickkk bra
by dylyn on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 11.59 am from the entry: Wiz Khalifa: Burn After Rolling (Mixtape)
Wow,Great post.Thanks for sharing with us. land wi
by wisconsin land on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 09.53 am from the entry: of Montreal + Gang Gang Dance - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA; Oct. 30, 2008)
Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
I agree that this remix is amazing, but Hey Champ is from Chicago, IL, not France.
My bad. Was talking about Priors but i guess since I haven’t heard the original, this might not sound anything like a French group if Hey Champ wasn’t doing it. I’ll go looking for the original and make an adjustment if necessary.
Hey,
Not to bitch but but it’s good blogging to state a “via” of you got the track from another site.
And btw you didn’t even bother to change the album cover?! Plus you just stole the webart/remake of the albumart I did? LOL :D
Sorry about that. Sometimes when you are putting up a bunch of posts, a via can slip through the cracks. Check out my other posts. I’m fairly religious about it. It’s fixed now.
Hey Champ really hit it outta the park with this one. Check out the full remix tape at their website, www.heychamp.com
You can download it for free too! Awesome!
thanks austin!
Thanks Colin, it’s great!
Happy blogging.
No worries, Foss. Not trying to steal anyone else’s thunder, just trying to show some people some good stuff. Keep checking back though, I think you might find we post a lot of other quality material as well.