Howler Monkey remix of thieves like us. Edit 1

howler monkey - Drugs in my body (9 bit remix edit 1)

Crystal Castles Mix

Described by pitchfork as an 8-bit terror duo, which frankly I'm a bit confused by, Crystal Castles make the aural equivalent of a strobe light flooding. Using modified microKorgs, the toronto based group experiment with a sound palette rich in nintendo era bleepery though miraculously avoid the sort of gimmick one sees from that asian kid who plays the mario theme on piano.

As a dj, its always great to be challenged by making mixes which have particular restrictions, such as artist or label. Earlier this year the label kitsune released a mix for their upcomming kitsune maison 4 comp (which crystal castles appeared on incedently) which included many of their featured artists seamlessly mixed. This was one of the main inspirations for my Crystal Castles omnibus mix. As far as I know its the only mix of its kind strictly featuring crystal castles material.

Crystal Castles omnibus mix by Howler monkey

1. Magic spells - Crystal Castles
2. Make it Hott (crystal castles remix) - Uffie
3. Knights - Crystal Castles
4. Leni (crystal castles remix) - Goodbooks
5. Crimewave - Crystal Castles
6. Alice Practice - Crystal Castles
7. Atlantis to Interzone (crystal castles remix) - Klaxons
8. Divebomb (crystal castles remix) - The Whip
9. Trash rental (Crystal castles remix) - Soho Dolls
10. Hunting for Witches (Crystal castles remix) - Bloc Party
11. Lovers who Uncover (Crystal castles remix) - The Little Ones
12. It fit when I was a kid (crystal castles remix) - Liars

howler monkey - Crystal Castles Mix

Italian horror disco mix

This mix is supposed to progress as a horror movie soundtrack, with ebbs and flows of danger and anxiety, punctuated by moments of calmness and pensivity.


1.Thomas Bangalter - Tempus Edax Rerum
2.Chromatics - Running up that hill
3.Lindstrom - Limitations
4.Metro Area - Caught up
5.Chromatics - Healer
6.Alan Braxe & Friends - Most Wanted
7.Chromatics - Night drive
8.G/L/A/S/S/C/A/N/D/Y -Life after sundown
9.Bag Raiders - Fun Punch
10.Thomas Bangalter - Ventura/Into The Tunnel
11College - Teenage Color (Russ Chimes Remix)
12.Justice - One Minute to Midnight
13.Kavinsky - Wayfarer
14.Thomas Bangalter - Desaccords

howler monkey - Italian horror disco
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howler monkey mix

a new mix to get fit to...

mondays: chest, legs and biceps
tuesdays: back, shoulders, and triceps
wednesday: chest, legs and biceps
thursday: back, shoulders, and triceps
friday: chest, legs and biceps

howler monkey - yet another summer mix

too white williams

Nurtured in the arson-prone fatalism of Cleveland’s DIY scene, 23-year-old Joe Williams, noise-rock dilettante and White Williams’ mastermind, made a name for himself twice touring with Gregg Gillis (Girl Talk), Andrew Strasser, Frank Musarra (Hearts of Darknesses) and Luke Venezia (Drop the Lime). Together, through countless venues of ill-repute, they forced their cartooned audio effluvia in the ears of hapless art-students, transients and skin-heads. Inevitably, Joe was saved by pop music.

Smoke is his self-invented messiah. Recorded in various sublets over two years in Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, and San Francisco, using a laptop, analog synths and a mutable selection of studio equipment, White Williams’ first album is unapologetic pop that flirts with the vacuous nostalgia of the American dream; e ngaging ambiguous and schizophrenic instruments with impressionistic lyrics, driven by a casually heterosexual backbeat. Polished, familiar and addictive like the sound of sex in a futuristic hospital, Smoke portends a time where energy-drinking teenagers undress each other with night-vision goggles. As an amalgam of adolescent telepathy and mature awareness: White Williams is the soundtrack to our dreams of a lustful and indifferent prom night that lasts forever.

white williams - new violence

Landlocked

My new track titled landlocked is now up, I'm hoping to get some vocals over it in the near future. The track is really fucking synth heavy, but if you know me you aren't shocked.

Howler Monkey - Landlocked

New Summer Jamz Mix

1. Uffie - First Love
2. Space Cowboy - That's what dreams are made of
3. Joey Honey - Cruel summer
4. Junior Boys - In the morning
5. Simian Mobile Disco - Piggy in the middle (punks jump up remix)
6. Chingobling - werk that
7. Aaliyah - are you that somebody (dj dainjah remix)
8. Eddie Grant- Electric avenue
9. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (diplo and eli edit)
10. AC/DC - Thunderstruck (Howler !@#$%&? Monkey remix)
11. Dragonette - I get around (midnight juggernauts remix)
12. Chromeo - Tenderoni
13. Midnight Star - No parking on the dance floor
14. Bone Thugs n Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone
15. Chemical Brothers- Lost in a k-hole
16. Bassnectar - Yo (speakjunk's Jackin Brazillian Rave Mix)
17. Legowelt - Disco Rout

Howler !@#$%&? Monkey - Summer Jamz

Self Spooning in a blanket of wanton regrets

The first song off of Interpol's new album Our Love to Admire is "Pioneer to the Falls," It's a bit subdued and as predicted, without deviation from the cannons of previous albums. But, on this caliginous day it's nonetheless fitting.

Interpol - Pioneer to the Falls

Goodbye Horses

I'm sure everyone remembers the scene from silence of the lambs where buffallo bill (played by Ted Levine) does the tranny dance. If you don't, the above clip will surely be a reminder. The song playing in the background of this infamous dance is Q. Lazzarus' - Goodbye Horses.

Q. Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses

Drowning Craze Storage Case

Angela Jaeger

Initially a vehicle for Angela Jaeger, a New York-born vocalist who had moved to London to study voice and musical theater, Drowning Craze was only together from 1980 to 1982. Although its' post-punk approach put them on the cutting edge of early-80s' British music, they're best remembered as the breeding ground for musicians who went on to greater things. Jaeger, who left the band, following the release of its debut single, "Storage Case", to return to college, went on to sing with Monochrome Set, Billy McKenzie, Disconnection, the Bush Tetras, Pigboy and Instinct, while bassist Simon Raymunde became an important member of the Cocteau Twins. Drowning Craze released its most promising single after Jaeger's departure. Featuring the vocals of Chicago-born Frankie Nardiello, "Trance" was named “single of the week" by British music magazines, NME and Melody Maker. The group, however, never had a chance to fulfill their potential, disbanded by late 1982.

Drowning Craze - Storage Case

Welcome to The GRITS

Hello my name is Howler Monkey, and I live in pittsburgh, that's all you need to know for now.

I've begun a blog whose aim will be to capture that which burns in the hearts and loins of the world's youth...
I'll be posting info on events, music, and culture.

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