It's been a while since the last purely Ed Banger post, but that's because there hasn't really been much going on in Paris right now. Like most during the busy festival season, Busy P's super-cool entourage seem to be lying low at the moment. Only the release of Uffie's album and Carte Blanche's Black Billionaire's EP has given us anything major to talk about in the last few months. Well hopefully with the close of summer and now the release of Squarepusher's Shobaleader EP, Ed Banger activity will intensify along with everything else. The two track EP features Cryptic Motion, a mischievous little electro number, and Mr. Oizo's even more mischievous remix which chops and distorts with Quentin Dupiex's notorious abstract synthetics.

Squarepusher - Cryptic Motion (Mr. Oizo Remix)


Get Squarepusher's full Shobaleader EP at coolcats

Nothing short of an electro nuclear bomb, Valerna are once again out to destroy with more brutal remixing, this time with Clockwork's Airflow. Don't be fooled by the tame intro, in short it's a lethal rework.

Clockwork - Airflow (Valerna Remix)


Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo of the Bloody Beetroots has given Alan 1's Concertmate a lively disco injection, perfect for early dancefloor excitement.

Alan 1 - Concertmate (Bobermann Remix)


A bit late perhaps, but for those who don't already know, Mr. Oizo has a new film out. It's called Rubber, and basically is about a homicidal car tyre. It's complimented by a soundtrack from Quentin Dupiex himself and Gaspard from Justice. Tricycle Express, one of the OST's releases is just classic Justice, which is also hopefully a taste of things to come if a new Justice album is on the horizon.

Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé - Tricycle Express


Finally, some ravey acid techno from Dusty Kid.

Dusty Kid - The Cat

BeatauCue's first full length EP was released on Monday on the french fashion and record label Kitsune. The french duo's tunes have been doing the rounds a fair bit recently, most notably their raved up remix of Noob & Brodinski's Peanuts Club released last year, and of Major Lazer's Pon De Floor.
They've also managed to blag a spot on the Kontact Me Remixes EP, released next monday on Boys Noize Records.

Here's a fun remix of Pony Pony Run Run...
Pony Pony Run Run - Walking On A Line (BeatauCue Remix)


BeatauCue - Cha Cha Cha EP
1. Cha Cha Cha
2. Wolves
3. Bus
4. Cha Cha Cha (Daniel Haaksman Remix)
5. Cha Cha Cha (DJA Remix)
6. Wolves (Sharkslayer Remix)
7. Wolves (Willnez Gre Remix)

I've got to admit that I'm not overly impressed by the title track. It's got a firm beat but the main drop, incorporating quite a full on synth line and a choppy sample (One of beataucue's favourite remixing techniques...) just doesn't really grab my attention much. The remixes don't add a great deal either.

The second track, Wolves, is for all those bass addicts out there. The drop is heavy, with a similar sound to that in Acid Girls' "Numbers Song". Same can be said of the remixes, all very heavy, with the Willnez Gre remix adding a mild Fidget element to the mix.

More to my taste is the third track on the EP: Bus. Once again plenty of vocal samples, hung drawn and quartered as per their usual, but this time accompanied by a much lighter disco style rhythm. Whilst there aren't any remixes of this featured on the EP, I stumbled upon this quality remix by Polymath yesterday as well, no release date yet but a definite keeper.

Beataucue - Bus (Polymath remix) by POLYMATH

Haven't really heard much about the Inverness based producer, but here's a tidy remix he's done of Quentin Dupieux's (a.k.a. Mr. Oizo) Pourriture 7. Makes it a whole lot more danceable, which is always a good thing. Thanks to scottishfriction.com for the original post.

Mr. Oizo - Pourriture 7 (Polymath remix)