― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Saturday, 12 February 2005 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
At this stage - yep, JLC can do no wrong. And if Zoot Woman can stop sounding too much like the Buggles then he'll be unassailable.
― darren (darren), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― darren (darren), Saturday, 12 February 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― coco, Saturday, 12 February 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― bolloxx, Saturday, 12 February 2005 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), Saturday, 12 February 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Jacques is a hard working professional.
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 12 February 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― El Golfo, Sunday, 13 February 2005 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 13 February 2005 03:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Sunday, 13 February 2005 04:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― El Golfo, Sunday, 13 February 2005 04:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For
The remix of this is a total change in tone from the original. Where Gwen's version was boppy, loud and a bit obnoxious, this mix gives the song a sort of sad, 80's nostalgic quality. I have no idea why. His dub is fantastic too.
Madonna - Hollywood
The remix shits all over the original in every way. No wonder Madonna used it for that infamous lesbian-ish MTV awards show performance.
No Doubt - It's My Life
Not really something to dance to, but sort of relaxed and peaceful in a way, as opposed to No Doubt's screechy original.
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene
A total overhaul that sounds nothing like the original. An unexpected surprise.
Goldfrapp - Twist
Really really weird stuff. But good. And sorta creepy too. Love the way at the end of it how everything comes too a noisy clangy clashy stop with weird breathing noises. Sounds like a machine breaking down!
Britney Spears - Breathe On Me
Took a while to grow on me but it has some great moments.
Can anyone recommended some other great mixes by Jacques?
― InsertNameHere (InsertNameHere), Sunday, 13 February 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago) link
but i think i blew it and supersaturated myself with JLC this weekend. but what a weekend!
― irrigation can save your people, Sunday, 13 February 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Seb (Seb), Sunday, 13 February 2005 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
disco to disco
a remix so good its on his album as a LRD track.
― danny boy (danny boy), Sunday, 13 February 2005 16:55 (nineteen years ago) link
He also needs ever so much to release another LRD album....like NOW.
― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), Sunday, 13 February 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― bolloxx, Sunday, 13 February 2005 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
Also: He remixed Mr. Brightside!?!!?! Good or bad, I fucking HAVE to find that. Where'd you hear it?
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Jacques should remix the Ratpure.
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― it's tricky (disco stu), Sunday, 13 February 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 13 February 2005 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― it's tricky (disco stu), Sunday, 13 February 2005 23:37 (nineteen years ago) link
Grammy award winner!!!
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical: Jacques Lu Cont, "It's My Life (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)."
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 14 February 2005 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 February 2005 08:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― irrigation can save your people, Monday, 14 February 2005 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Monday, 14 February 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
That said, I'm not sure how much I like some of the older LRD stuff. I'll have to go listen to it again.
― Eppy (Eppy), Monday, 14 February 2005 16:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Monday, 14 February 2005 16:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 14 February 2005 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL...
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 14 February 2005 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
This is, of course, EXACTLY why I want to hear the Mr. Brightside remix.
― James.Cobo (jamescobo), Monday, 14 February 2005 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
but i gotta say i still find the gwen stefani remix a little flat & boring!
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 February 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 14 February 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 01:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― it's tricky (disco stu), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 02:18 (nineteen years ago) link
A collection of his remixes or all new? Either way, I kiss you, this is beautiful news.
― stephen morris (stephen morris), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 02:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 02:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― haitch (haitch), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago) link
I think you begin to understand Ronan´s point about the importance of remixes lately when you contemplate all these remix collections and the breathless excitement they generate - remixes have always been the bread and butter of dance music but it seems like now more than ever the key players´ reputations are being forged through their remixes.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 10:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Deerninja B4rim4, Plus-Tech Whizz Kid (Barima), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
There's something about it that suggests a healthiness and frenetic side to the scene at the moment, like could artists really be prolific enough if they were releasing all individual singles and not popping up as remixers everywhere? It really allows for an individual sound to emerge, it's a weird phenomenon of the electro-house explosion, though perhaps there are parallels with other points in history or genres, dancehall even?
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 15 February 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 00:08 (nineteen years ago) link
i thought he was them
― we know gay coop (roxymuzak), Monday, 4 May 2009 01:08 (fourteen years ago) link
it was him and two other dudes when they started.. now i think there's a 4th member?
― QE II, Monday, 4 May 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally he's back, the remix for Friendly Fires is remarkable.
― kaiser, Monday, 4 May 2009 08:13 (fourteen years ago) link
The Kevorkian Dub mix of Talk narrowly beats the JLC mix for me. Don't know waht it is about that song, pretty mediocre in it's original form but turns into gold when somebody else gets hold of it.
― featuring Strawberry and the Shortcakes (Billy Dods), Monday, 4 May 2009 08:30 (fourteen years ago) link
In some sense, isn't the Coldplay "original" something of a remix itself?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 May 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
?
― we know gay coop (roxymuzak), Monday, 4 May 2009 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
bcz of kraftwerk i guess
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 4 May 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
thats not a remix
― we know gay coop (roxymuzak), Monday, 4 May 2009 12:00 (fourteen years ago) link
in a sense we are all remixes. in a very real sense god is like a remix.
― Local Garda, Monday, 4 May 2009 12:04 (fourteen years ago) link
god is the master tape. we are all 128kbps mp3 copies of that master tape, posted on blogs
― juniper jazz (haitch), Monday, 4 May 2009 12:15 (fourteen years ago) link
With viruses.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 May 2009 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link
challop: i always preferred the other mixes of that royksopp track
That's not really a challop - the Trentemoller remix of Royksopp knocks almost everything JLC has done into a cocked hat.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 4 May 2009 13:54 (fourteen years ago) link
no way, that's not even trentemoller's best remix.
jlc felix remix is above and beyond most everything...
― Local Garda, Monday, 4 May 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
haitch's otherwise a+ golden period mixtape is missing his mix of missy & ciara's 'lose control' which may well be my actual favourite
what's the best trentemøller rmx if not 'what else is there?' ronan?
― lex pretend, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
unai-oh you and i (trentemoller mix) is my favourite...can't find it on youtube or spotify...
― Local Garda, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/track/4bhV7lK7p24eAb7TFArcM9
actually there it is, mixed with what sounds like extrawelt on the way in and something else on the way out
― Local Garda, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
helped by the fact the original is also better, actually kind of a blueprint for the royksopp one imo
― Local Garda, Monday, 4 May 2009 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Trentemoeller's Robyn mix is also pretty good. I hear he's got a mix of Seven Nation Army that makes motherfuckers' headz cave in and shit.
also to return to the subject at hand, JLC's mix of the Friendly Fires' "Cool in the Pool" is being hailed as some sort of return but I ain't buying it. the best thing he's produced since that Coldplay mix is easily Frankmusik's "3 Little Words".
― jamescobo, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
love 'Jump In The Pool' but hoping he's slowed it down a bit while empthasising the euphoric chord patterns and the lush synth voices more. it's a v obvious choice of track for him to do his typical thing tho.
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Haha it sounds almost exactly like that, lush and warm and euphoric and slowbuilding. He does something very nice with carnival drums at the end, looping them throughout. It's a really good track.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks to James for pointing out its existence, I didn't know about it.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
He keeps all the best bits of the song in and kind of puts them in different places, the enormous swell with the "keep breathing, keep searching, keep holding on" bit and the big drum smashes is all present and correct but just made bigger.
― Enormous Epic (Matt DC), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
JLC produced Frankmusik? I had no idea.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Monday, 4 May 2009 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
friendly fires seems to inspire really great remixes.
my favourite jlc remix is of britney's "breathe on me"! so good. (was also gonna rep for his mix of new order's jetstream but then realized the one i was thinking of was by richard x. whoops.)
― Roz, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I think he produced Frankmusik's entire last EP, but I'm certain he at least produced "3 Little Words".
― jamescobo, Monday, 4 May 2009 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, "breathe on me" is awesome
― we know gay coop (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
bit disappointed with the FF remix in the end but maybe just because i really do like the original
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Friday, 8 May 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Have to say that the Frankmusik album is just glorious (a couple of duds) and sounds almost entirely like a new LRD album.
― emsef, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:47 (fourteen years ago) link
His Sneaky Sound System remix is glorious.
― Matt DC, Friday, 14 August 2009 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
paper faces remix of fdh isn't up to much
― NI, Friday, 14 August 2009 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link
the first two tracks off the FM album sound like LRD, the rest gets weaker as it goes on which is a shame. I wonder what happened between the EPs and the album?
― emsef, Friday, 14 August 2009 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jul/15/robbie-williams-rejoins-take-that1
They secretly wrote and recorded six songs that became the foundation for the forthcoming album, produced by Stuart Price.
― piscesx, Thursday, 15 July 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sure this will be up to the consistently high standard we've all come to expect from Stuart Price since Confessions on a Dancefloor.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 15 July 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
For many, Take That were the original template for boyband success.
This isn't the first place I've seen that claim, and maybe it's just a Britisher-centric observation, but New Edition and New Kids on the Block both came before them and were pretty successful the world over iirc.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
mm. well in fact original manager NM Smith based TT on NKOTB in the first place. the original advert for band members actually said 'dancers wanted for Britain's answer to New Kids..' or words to that effect.
― piscesx, Thursday, 15 July 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
op herestill love this tonight... only 4 bars of every song = perfection.and no one does the start-to-finish strings remixes (felix, even starsailor)
give me new jlc!or alternatively, what went wrong? besides becoming a proper producer
― le hague, Saturday, 1 January 2011 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Still hoping for a compilation of his career-peak remixes to turn up at some point...
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Friday, 22 April 2011 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3SNTpZdFhwo
ayyy
― MPx4A, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
really not feeling the new stuff. too justice.
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
would have been huge for me in 2006. still like it. i suppose that's an endorsement.
― le hague, Sunday, 12 February 2012 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/tiga/tiga-plush-jacques-lu-cont-4
Woah when he decide to go all ravey again? This is great.
― Matt DC, Friday, 18 January 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
Nice.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 January 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
i'm in an i hate fun mood, but this is winning me over a bit.https://soundcloud.com/tracques/tracques-album-sampler
― andrew m., Friday, 26 April 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
lunartick put me in the mind of thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp48QzSerT8
― andrew m., Friday, 26 April 2013 01:34 (ten years ago) link
not quite as dramatic tho
― andrew m., Friday, 26 April 2013 01:36 (ten years ago) link
anyway, yeah, this tracques is a cut above
― andrew m., Friday, 26 April 2013 01:39 (ten years ago) link
i've suddenly had to listen to the mr brightside remix every day for the last week
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 December 2017 23:30 (six years ago) link