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Apart from failing his social psychology midterm, ya boy has been spending a lot of time scavenging the world wide internet for his favorite grooves and diddies, and he has yielded quite a bounty. For the team, I have amassed my greatest hits of my findings, most of which are techno, and I present them to you today. Sources include discobelle, nahright!?, the soul lounge, the fader. Listen with open ears (preferably covered by headphones, or receiving these pieces at high volume with plenty of bass), and unfaltering minds. [Download each part separately, they are too big to do together. Just click on"PART 1" or "PART 2" above the track listing for each secation]

PART 1: (97 mb)

Daft Punk - Louis Vuitton Runway Mix | A mix that Daft Punk did for a Louis Vuitton runway show, featuring Kanye West, Justice, and Ratatat. Quite a fun party. Peep the youtube video as well (the beginning is really cool, and then it gets kinda ghey).

Electric Soca (Crookers Remix) - Radion | Sliding bass + handclaps + automated voice = A bassy techno groove.

Cold Act Ill (Radio Edit) - Young Americans | "We came here tonight to get started/Cold Act Ill or get retarded" [followed by variations on a theme].

Just A Girl (Produced by Tha Otherz) - Miss Dade County | Tha Otherz sample No Doubt's "I'm Just a Girl"...I used to listen to this song back in 7th Grade, maybe it still belongs there...let me know, I think it is a pretty good idea though.

Saxada - Scuola Furano | 1 Cup of Chants, 2 Cups of Saxophone, 3 Tbs. of Synth, mix 'em together... if this could sustain me instead of food I would be skinnier.

A Cause des Garcons (Punks Jump Up Remix) - Yelle | One of my most played songs so far this year. PJU remix this French track by Yelle beautifully and bring one of the bubbliest dance tracks of my year so far.

As Above, So Below (Justice Remix) - Klaxons | Pretty much pointless for me to write about this at all, this song is a force.

Calabria 2007 (Hatchmatik Clubabria Remix) - Enur ft. Natasha | A song that was really popular while we were in Paris this summer (La Planche bitches were all over this). You can just hear the hand claps over the sound of our cross-cultural miscues. A saxophone sounds in the distance over my cry of defeat after being spit on by a fine piece of Parisian beez.

Speedin' (Dirty) - Rick Ross ft. R. Kelly | Ross and Kells, need I say more? How about, "Fast life, I live, big cars, big tits/SPEEDIN'! I'm SPEEDIN'!"

Club Music (Dirty) - Mz. Thang | Mz. Thang demands the DJ to play club music, 'cause she loves it. I guess how they do it in Baltimore.

Alla Som Inte Dansar - Maskinen | I think this is some form of foreign rap, it may be Swedish. Pretty funky; the beat sounds like it is played on coffee cans. Also has some techno shit on top of that. Shit in a coffee can, that's supposed to be a good thing.

PART 2: (253 mb)

Any Way You Choose To Give It (Boy 8 Bit Remix) - The Black Ghosts | Automated goodness. A winding driving song. Fluid yet crunchy. I think I can also taste a little terra firma in there. (Some might find the singing a little objectionable)

Po DJ Set: August 19th, 2007 - Po | One of the best DJ sets that I have ever heard in my few years in audible reception. I don't even know if this is the proper name for the artist, but who ever it is, they know what they are doing. At least I think so. Dance, whistle, clap, and make computer beeping noises to follow along.

High Top Fades Mix - Sammy Bananas | Tired of techno? Reminds me of GIMIX (the Avalanches "Since I Left You" [Promo], and some similar sample too).

80's Rap Mix - DJ Eli Escobar | One of my favorite DJs right now. I think this will explain why. He is very diverse in his work, I highly recommend peeping some of his other stuff.

Blinded By The B-More (DJ Metric's No Hope With Dope! Remix) - Manfred Mann | One of my favorite samples so far. Should appeal to all.

Rampaging Pigs Kill!! Mix - DJ Dinosaur!! | Another high quality piece of techno DJing. Really good. MMM.... (Samples Clipse + Pharell, !!! (fuck you all), some creepy horror movie, and the "Maniac" song from Flashdance [ghey] )

Sneak Come Out at Night - Keak da Sneak | New Keak. I actually have lots of love for this song. I more refined version of hyphy (if such a thing exists). Keak's "Still spinnin' that Sweet 16 money" it sounds like.

So Good ft. Rich Boy - The Fixxers | Sweet beat. "Four bullet wounds, three gold teeth/I scream it all day 'mother fuck the police'"

Kiss Kiss (Eli Escobar and Doug Grayson Remix) - Chris Brown ft. Wale and T-Pain | I am super down with Wale, but the chorus is a little lacking in my perspective. In reality, the song kinda sucks except for Wale's verse, which is the 3rd, but he is raw...look out.

HHW30 - Crooked I | Hip-Hop Weekly #30. Crooked I raps over Dr. Dre's "Xxxplosive". The first verse is lyrical mastery, and the rest does not fall short either.

Gossip - Lil' Wayne | ...weezy f. baby...we're still waiting.

This is what German rap sounds like... Adam Tensta - My Cool