Last night I went to see the mighty Andrew WK play in London. It was sweaty, it was loud, and it was awesome! Everyone there partied hard and it was beautiful.
Andrew is a unique performer. He charged about the stage in his trademark white shirt and jeans, occasionally stopping at his keyboard to bash out an impressive piano solo (he’s a classically trained pianist don’t you know), and he partied on, even after a mass stage invasion left him with a very familiar bloody nose.
But as a byproduct of all this fun, I woke up this morning with an aching head and what felt like sand behind my eyes, so instead of listening to The Wolf (Andrew’s second studio album), I needed something else. I needed the musical equivalent of alka-seltzer. Something that would relieve my pain and stop me feeling so strung out, while still having a bit of fizz to it.
My medication came from Starsmith, the London based remixer and producer who is going on tour with the dreadful Frankmusik next month – don’t hold that against him. I’ve been listening to two of his remixes today, the first is a version of Australian Idol star Lisa Mitchell’s song Coin Laundry, which is pretty interesting on its own. And the second is a lovely version of Passion Pit‘s Sleepy Head – a song I don’t usually like to see remixed because the original is so good – with uber-cutie Ellie Goulding providing the vocal.
Lisa Mitchell – Coin Laundry (Starsmith Remix)
Coin Laundry (Starsmith Remix)
Passion Pit – Sleepyhead (Starsmith Remix)
Sleepyhead (Starsmith Remix Feat. Ellie Goulding)
I like Starsmith’s style. He’s not too brash, and makes electro pop music without straying too far into the camp camp. Not an English Fred Falke, but nearly.
