It’s been a while since the last MondayMix but they’re making a comeback! This week we’ve got Blackbird Blackbird’s Sunspray remixed by Charlee, Javelin, Millionyoung, The Pass, Two Door Cinema Club, The Temper Trap, a track off El Guincho’s new album Pop Negro and some Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Remix Artist Collective style).

Blackbird Blackbird - Sunspray (Charlee Remix)

Javelin - Oh! Centra

Millionyoung - Sunndreamm

The Pass - Cross Walk Stereo

Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life

The Temper Trap - Soldier On (Big City Love Affair Remix)

El Guincho - (Chicah-Oh) Drims

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home (RAC Mix)

Bangor indie rock trio Two Door Cinema Club are offering up one of their early demos, the brilliantly titled ‘Hands Off My Cash, Monty’, for the low price of an email address on their website.  Although this energetic little track didn’t make it onto the band’s debut album Tourist History, they often play it live. Speaking of live shows, if you haven’t already picked up tickets to their fall US tour you should definitely check that out (I know I have). Also you can grab a great snippet from a documentary about the band, which will be released with the deluxe edition of Tourist History (September 13th), with the mp3. Click below to get your hands on the track.

¿Que onda? After a week that flew by, at least for me, one filed with traveling, rolling hills, and heat, let’s hope that next week will be a bit cooler— perhaps even brisk. Alright, so here we are, let’s kick things off with two fresh tracks from Kentucky’s The Pass, of their album Colors and from Ra Ra Riot’s The Rhumb Line. Next a sweet Kings of Convenience mix by Norwegian house legend, the late Tore Andreas “Erot” Kroknes. Also, I came across a remix of Tunng’s Hustle, which we featured a few weeks back. There’s some more London flair to follow, we’ve got a great collaboration between Dizzee Rascal and Florence and the Machine from the 2010 Brit Awards. Yet the British-ness of this mix isn’t quite over— the Manchester-Bangor connection awaits, Oasis and a personal favourite of mine, Two Door Cinema Club, mashes up wonderfully.

Swedish electronic maestro Pao Pao (aka Fredrick Carlsson) is making quite a name for himself, even outside of his homeland, with his creative and experimental flavor. Get your hands on Pao Pao’s Dörr EP, for zero cashmoney, here. We’ve featured Reykjavík’s four-piece electro-pop quartet FM Belfast before, but this time they’re back with their usual tight beats and catchy lyrics— “We are running down the street in our underwear.” Toro Y Moi gets his hands on Beach House’s Master Of None, and the results are brilliant, and more upbeat. Rounding out this humble mix is a new favorite of mine, Banana Phonetic. The band from Boston came out with their The Western End EP at the beginning of the year and you can pick that high quality .zip file up fo free at their website.

The Pass - Crosswalk Stereo

Tunng - Hustle (Cillo Remix)

You Got The Dirtee Love
FM Belfast - Underwear
Oasis + Two Door Cinema Club - Wonderwall You Know
Pao Pao - Liberia (feat. Prizes)

Erot vs Kings Of Convenience - Gold For The Price Of Silver
Toro Y Moi - Master Of None
Ra Ra Riot - Oh, La
Banana Phonetic - Synchronous Orbit Acheived

I don’t know if I should, but I feel like summer is nearly upon us. The mercury is slowly creeping up when our backs are turned so I’ve responded with a few pacy, energetic selection of songs to kick off the week (and the summery weather). We’ve got a song from Brazilian singer Vanessa da Mata and a classy b-side off Two Door Cinema Club’s  ”I Can Talk” single release (and apparently the Japanese version of “Tourist History” as well). I also came across a tight Lupe Fiasco/Empire Of The Sun mash-up from Ha! Yes and another Phoenix remix courtesy of Alex Metric. Add in a track from Chilean hip-hop maestro Latin Bitman’s “Colour,” a couple remixes including Spain’s La Bien Querida and Passion Pit, a catchy tune off Kitsuné Maison #9 and a new song from Tokyo Police Club’s “Champ” and you have this week’s mix. Check it!

Vanessa da Mata - ‘Não Me Deixe Só’ (buy)

Two Door Cinema Club - ‘Costume Party’ (Free at twodoorcinemaclub.com)

Lupe Fiasco vs. Empire of the Sun - ‘Dream of a Superstar (Ha! Yes)’

La Bien Querida - ‘9.6 (Guille Milkyway Remix)’ (buy)

Phoenix - ‘Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix)’

Latin Bitman - ‘Summertime feat. Rulo’ (buy)

Jamaica - ‘I Think I Like U 2 (Breakbot Remix)’ (buy)

Tokyo Police Club - ‘Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)’ (Pre-order Champ)

Passion Pit - ‘Sleepyhead (TGIK Remix)’

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Thursday night, there’s only one more day until we’re released into the weekend. Here’s a few tunes to drive you forward into the the sanity to come.

The Shins - ‘Sleeping Lessons (RAC Remix)’

Phoenix - ‘Lasso (Two Door Cinema Club Remix)’

Camera Obscura - ‘French Navy’

K’naan - ‘Take A Minute’

Empire Of The Sun - ‘Half Mast’

Hawa - ‘D.A.N.C.E (Justice Cover)’

Phoenix - ‘North’

(‘Harlequin’s Carnival’ por Joan Miró)

To kick this week off we have a pretty diverse mix, a few remixes (Obscuresounds & Marky), a track from my new favourite Northern Irish band, Two Door Cinema Club, the best track song off FM Belfast’s How To Make Friends, and an energic swedish tune courtesy of Club 8.

Phoenix - ‘1901 (Obscuresounds Remix)’

Sneaky Sound System - ‘When We Were Young (Juan McLean Remix)’

Jay-Z vs. Grizzly Bear - ‘Get that Week State of Mind’

FM Belfast - ‘Par Avion’

Kid Cudi - ‘The Prayer (Band Of Horses Sample)’

Great Lake Swimmers - ‘Gonna Make It Through This Year’

Club 8 - ‘Western Hospitality’

Marky - ‘Rasta Monsta (I Need Dollar)’

Objektiv One - ‘Walking On A Dream (Empire Of The Sun Vs. Ratatat)’

Two Door Cinema Club - ‘Undercover Martyn’

Here’s a new addition to Escucharemos, MondayMix. Simply put, it’s a group of songs that have been playing over and over in my head throughout the past week. This week’s mix is predominantly remixes (a few of The Twelves’) and songs that get me ready for the upcoming week; they’re catchy, energetic, pacy and driven. There’s some Office Musik, Manu Chao, Bob Marley, Empire Of The Sun and Two Door Cinema Club (among others).

MondayMix (5 Abril 2010)

Phoenix, Peter, Bjorn And Victoria - ‘One Thousand Nine Hundred And One Folks (Immuzikation Blend)

Bob Marley vs. MGMT - ‘I Wanna Know Now (Kids Remix)’

Manu Chao - ‘Bongo Bong’

Dwight K. Schrute vs. Weezy - ‘Office Musik (Clockwork Edit)

Ellie Goulding - ‘Starry Eyed (Penguin Prison Remix ft. Theophilus London)’

Empire Of The Sun - ‘We Are The People (Shazam Remix)’

Matt & Kim - ‘Daylight (Troublemaker Remix) Featuring De La Soul’

Metric - ‘Help I’m Alive (80Kidz Remix)’

Noah and The Whale - ‘Blue Skies (The Twelves Remix)’

Of Montreal - ‘Wraith Pinned to the Mist (And Other Games) [Broken Spindles Remix]’

Theophilus London – ‘Grey x Sage’

Two Door Cinema Club - ‘Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)’

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - ‘Maps (TGIK Remix)’