Hailing from Britain, The Big Pink is an electro-rock duo who's music is fairly laid back while being pretty emotionally charged. "Dominos" brings to mind some minor 90's hits like the Butthole Surfer's "Pepper" and Primitive Radio Gods' "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand". It is an excellent sound they've created, the chilly video only providing the cold delivery of the singer's words - "These girls fall like dominos". UK-born, LA-based DJ Switch has taken the song and shattered it, using only the pieces that broke appealingly in his glitchy and twisted mix. As a normal dance BPM would make the poignant words of the track sound ridiculous, Switch slows it down just long enough for The Big Pink to chant it out a few times before whipping things back into a mental frenzy. Good stuff.

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Effortlessly blending minimal techno with pop, Simian Mobile Disco's "Audacity of Huge" is the third single from their latest release, Temporary Pleasure. The track is pulsing and grinding musically, boastful and longing lyrically. After spending the verses talking about all the things he has, guest vocalist Chris Keating (Yeasayer) asks the question, "So why don't I get you?" This belongs in a playlist with recent material from Camille Jones, Apparat, Royksopp, and Booka Shade.

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As we learned with DJ Shadow's brilliant remix of "We Might As Well Be Strangers" from Keane's debut album, they sound rather good with electronic production. That holds true on this beautiful collaboration for Blank & Jones' fourth installment of their Relax series. The production is hauntingly gorgeous, and Tom Chaplin's vocals soar triumphant. Lounge without purpose is just background music, so Blank & Jones, working with Keane, make sure you're paying attention while you get your Relax on.
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