The Best Remixes of 2009

Now we don't typically go venturing for remixes, but hey when a good one comes across, who are we to deny it? 2009 had some fairly good remixes on hand, so let's review some of the more listenable ones.

Friendly Fires "Skeleton Boy" (Air France Mix)
We can't quite put our finger on it, but there is something very nice about this mix. Maybe it's the warm piano hues, or the slight bounce to the groove, or the way it sounds a bit like a dance track but it also feels right just listening to it at home. All right, so maybe we did find some things to put our fingers on about this.



Little Boots "Remedy" (Wideboys Stadium Mix)
It's big and gay and coming your way. Everything you ever loved about cheesy-as-Velveeta dance music all packed under one fairly incredible song called "Remedy" by one quite good singer called Little Boots. Whip out the feather boas, kids!



Dragonette "Pick Up the Phone" (Richard X Mix)
We didn't think it was possible to turn an already euphoric track into something even more grandly euphoric, but Richard X (aka GENIUS) managed to do just that with his rather exquisite mix of "Pick Up the Phone". Lush and heavenly sounds adorn this glittering and frankly beautiful piece of electropop that deserves to be aimed squarely at the dance floor. Brilliant stuff.



Phoenix "1901" (Build Remix)
Set yourself adrift on memory bliss with the decidedly '80s sounding remix of Phoenix's "1901". It's very pleasant and dreamy, like a cocktail on a Sunday afternoon in Bermuda. Not that we'd know what that feels like, so if someone could please inform us what it's like to have a cocktail on a Bermudan Sunday, we'd greatly appreciate it.



Röyksopp featuring Robyn "The Girl And the Robot" (Chateau Marmont Mix)
It's like someone took the track and raped it in the ass with a giant sequencer and a keyboard. Double penetration, if you will. And then they took Robyn's vocal and completely fucked it sideways with AutoTune. And the result is the Chateau Marmont remix of "The Girl And the Robot", which was this named the number 2 song of 2009.



Mini Viva "Left My Heart In Tokyo" (Pete Hammond Retro Mix)
They took the retro disco feel of the original and replaced it with a retro '80s sheen along the lines of a SAW hit (i.e. Dead or Alive, or very old Kylie Minogue tracks). It's quite massive and really just makes you want to get up and jump around like a gaylord.


All right, six songs is good enough in our book. Mp3s and Cookies - the least-laziest music blog on the Web.