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June 21, 2007

New Feist - "1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix)"

No surprise that lady Leslie's unforgettable Reminder coos are proving fertile fodder for the remix; in the same way one of her heroines, Nina Simone, was a natural foil to architects of textured danceisms on Remixed And Reimagined, the club kids are starting to dig into Feist's latest to chill effects (see Chromeo's four-to-the-dancefloor spin on "Sea Lion Woman").

This one comes from Vanshe's Technologic, a female affiliate of our old friends, Aussies Van She. According to MySpace...

Vanshe Technologic are the electirc love children of the shoegaze epic Van She. Vanshe's Tech, are, two girls who work closely with 2 of the band members of the band in order to create powerful and elegant, wacked out remixes from other peoples music for your dancing pleasure.
Have a listen of the girls' dirty Daft electro underpinning Feist below. Pretty good for a couple of electric love children.

Feist - "1234 (VanShe Technologic Remix)" (MP3)


[Pic from Fesit @ Town Hall 6/12/07.]

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rubbish

Posted by: orval at 06/21/07 11:10 AM  | Reply
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Van She remixes never fail to please, and this is no exception. I can't imagine not liking this, unless your heart is a dark dark pit where a rattlesnake lives. They give everyone a sort of Jans Hammer/Miami Vice makeover. It's top-notch. Much better than that Boyz Noize remix of 'My Moon My Man'.

Posted by: Sean at 06/21/07 11:24 AM  | Reply
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That's godawful.

Posted by: Mark Swiderski at 06/21/07 11:45 AM  | Reply
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I don't know. If it ain't broke, don't remix it. The original is too perfect and subtle, this sounds like botched laser surgery in my eyeballs.

Posted by: Cap'n Guthrie at 06/21/07 11:47 AM  | Reply
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even i approve.

Posted by: annie onymous at 06/21/07 11:48 AM  | Reply
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that picture looks like cat power

Posted by: gabe at 06/21/07 12:41 PM  | Reply
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what sean said. their best remixes are i am finn's 'i love you', dragonette's 'i get around' and NYPC's 'Ice cream'. check em out on hype machine.

Posted by: mu at 06/21/07 12:55 PM  | Reply
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Don't like it neither.

Posted by: Ken at 06/21/07 1:18 PM  | Reply
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Remixes these days consist of dropping the vocal track into Garageband or Acid and putting a techno beat behind it, then changing the timing of the vocals so it "fits" with the crappy soulless beat. What happened to the art of the remix? It seems like it's been saturated by newbies Mac owners who figured out how to use a very basic piece of software.

Posted by: Ben at 06/21/07 1:18 PM  | Reply
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in that picture she's singing "Woooooooooaaaaaahhhh Bodyform! Bodyform for yoooouuuuu!"

Posted by: seth at 06/21/07 3:46 PM  | Reply
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"STELLAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Posted by: KingHater at 06/21/07 3:53 PM  | Reply
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Stinky! Apologies to all from Australia for destroying a great track. (ok written by an Aussie, but we have no right for such a trainwreck)

Posted by: peter at 06/21/07 5:06 PM  | Reply
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How can you tell the difference?! All indie-girl singer/songwriters look exactly alike. Same videos, same hipster/hippie dress sense and the same damn haircut! Surely there must be other haircuts that make you look deep and forlorn. Feist, Cat Power, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel Yamiagata, Keren Ann et al all look the same. I take back the indie bit they're not very independent or individual at all. All that said I love Feist's album. She wears the uniform but thank God she found her happy, poppier self. Thanks for the post.

Posted by: Clare at 06/21/07 6:29 PM  | Reply
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actually, scratch that, she's reenacting the end of Return Of The King where gollum bites frodo's finger off to get the ring

Posted by: seth at 06/21/07 6:33 PM  | Reply
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Do not want.

Yeah, I have no more bile left for this one. It's just bad and unnecessary. The song deserves so much better.

Posted by: The Other Matthew at 06/21/07 6:36 PM  | Reply
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sean - clearly we have very similar tastes, and i'm hella with you on the van she uberlove. but how can you not think that the boysnoize 'my moon my man' remix is simply killer? *so very* good!!!

ben - re: today's remixes all sound like the work of newbie mac owners...there's certainly a lot of junk out there, but van she tech of all producers are so incredibly musical and detail oriented i'm not sure they deserve your (otherwise frequently accurate) disdain. they are, of course, songwriters/musicians themselves, and not just ableton jockeys; and i think it shows!

Posted by: baron von luxxury at 06/22/07 1:45 PM  | Reply
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If the original Feist song is 5 egyptian's digging for pharoa's gold near a pyramid; the Van She remix is the goddamn launch of 300 nuclear submarines into goddamn orbit around the sun.

Posted by: fratster at 07/04/07 3:58 AM  | Reply
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i want to ride 300 nuclear submarines into goddam orbit around the sun every day. HUBBA BUBBA WHAT A TRAK!

Posted by: m dextro at 07/07/07 2:57 PM  | Reply
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u guys shuld look into other VST remixes such as:

The Audio Thieves:(Pray Like) Areth Franklin
Melinda Jackson: Fall In Love

ps..they aint gals.. oops!

Posted by: iSPY Records at 07/22/07 1:31 AM  | Reply
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u guys shuld look into other VST remixes such as:

The Audio Thieves:(Pray Like) Areth Franklin
Melinda Jackson: Fall In Love

ps..they aint gals.. oops!

Posted by: iSPY Records at 07/22/07 1:33 AM  | Reply
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well, i like it !

Posted by: kio at 09/11/07 6:26 AM  | Reply
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thx thx

Posted by: DaOriginall at 09/24/07 8:08 AM  | Reply
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r u serious? 1234 isn't my cup of tea to begin with but it's a great pop song. this sucks donkey balls

Posted by: suckit at 10/15/07 12:47 PM  | Reply
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Lets leave the Feist remixing to Diplo shall we? This song is garbage. I've done better just humming.

Posted by: Worst Remix Ever at 04/07/09 6:28 PM  | Reply
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Lets leave the Feist remixing to Diplo shall we? This song is garbage. I've done better just humming.

Posted by: Worst Remix Ever at 04/07/09 6:30 PM  | Reply
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Srsly. Feist should be allowed to punch whoever remixed this god awful track. Thank you for ruining Feist. Please, remix the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and ruin them for me as well. Assholes.

Posted by: Worst Remix Ever #2 at 04/07/09 6:35 PM  | Reply
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