DFA has long been a favourite at the Bitches HQ and we were chuffed to be asked to remix one of our favourite acts, The Rapture. We certainly were not shy and dove headfirst into this mix bringing out the guitars and the lovely Beach Boy-esque harmonies twisting it into an indie-electro-house dance floor stomper. It's not for the wallflowers to be sure. DFA have released this goodie digitally, but as we Bitches love our biscuits, we had to see it released on vinyl. And of course, we must ensure premium sound quality so this release is 45 rpm on 180 gram vinyl. Happy listening.

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Dub for Mehdi" is, indeed, a fitting homage for the late producer. A-Track has turned the Rapture track into dance floor perfection. In the original's place is a song that morphs from music-to-move-to into a full on electro whirl. The whole track simply soars. The Populette remix, on the B-side, while not quite as frenetic in its energy, achieves near visual beauty, the images it conjures are so lovely. Imagine the original now filled with blinking, silvery-synth bells, all flashing like lights. If you could turn music's notes and tones into images, Populette's remix would be nothing short of illuminated. - Kali Holloway


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The circular story of the Rapture’s return to DFA requires that we start near the beginning, in 2002, in the early days of both the DFA label and a new century. That year saw the release of “House of Jealous Lovers” – produced by label co-founders Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy – a track so ineffably good it helped reinvigorate a genre, propel DFA Records, define a watershed moment in music and, most impossibly, get indie kids to loosen the fuck up and dance. Following 2003’s critically hailed Echoes – and the seeming end to The Rapture and DFA’s creative collaboration – as well as 2006’s criminally overlooked Pieces of the People We Love, the band entered a musical respite that unexpectedly lasted five long years. Their reemergence with “How Deep Is Your Love,” a single that brings them back to DFA just as the label enters its 10th year, is not so much a return to form as an inspired reminder of their gift for writing songs that captivate and enthrall. More simply put, they’ve created one of the best choruses in recent memory. Set in the midst of a repeated piano house line, handclaps and a lightly buzzing synth drone, Luke Jenner’s surprisingly gospel inflected vocals (seriously – there’s more Clara Ward in Jenner’s wail than any trace of Robert Smith), the song lifts at its chorus into a hard-to-forget trail of gently rising and falling notes. By the time you get to the sax solo – Jenner’s repeated “Hallelujahs” alongside – the revival hits its peak and, thankfully, stays there. On the flipside sits UK-based Emperor Machine’s extended remix, which starts by thickening the bottom end with flanging bass, and then travels through an echo chamber of alien noise and funky, rubberized bass. “How Deep Is Your Love” is the first single from The Rapture’s forthcoming album In The Grace Of Your Love, their first full length release on the DFA label. The record was recorded in Brooklyn and Paris, France, and produced by Phillippe Zdar, who has also worked with Chromeo, Phoenix, Air, Daft Punk and Cut Copy. Zdar is also one half of the duo Cassius.

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600 copies worldwide, when they’re gone they’re gone. No repress (seriously).

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recorded at relax and enjoy (london) and dfa (nyc). produced and mixed by james murphy for the dfa. engineered by al doyle and james crump (london) / korey richey and pablo morales (nyc). mastered and cut by bob weston at chicago mastering service. cover photo by stephen nebesney 1987. Genre: Electronic, Indie, Dance. RIYL: Patrick Cowley, Fire Engines, The Human League.

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1.1X-RAY EYES
1.2X-RAY EYES (EXTENDED TRASH CAN DUB)

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In the discourse around new albums from singular, world-building artists, the phrase "a big step forward" can often be a blinking red warning sign. You know you're about to be pulled somewhere new against your will. Inertia is a hell of a thing. It's nice here. Surely, the party's not over yet? JJULIUS' Vol. 3 album is a big step forward, or a step up, out of the murky basement of the preceding two volumes. There's no time to acclimate. A spindly violin grabs you by the hand and pulls you into the pastoral bounce of "Brinna ut," which, in spite of its meaning ("Burn out"), creates the kind of blind positivity and warm stomach feeling less cynical people might find in self-help seminars. For us, we have records like this. And, inertia be damned, Vol. 3 has charm like a balm. JJULIUS records have always arrived like meteors from another planet, an impression hammered home by the fact that they're titled like compendiums of artifacts. And while Vols. 1 and 2 carried that notable tinge of darkness, Vol. 3 has (almost!) cast that shadow, adding elements of disco ("Dödsdisco") and dream-pop ("Etopisk hallucination") to his forever favorites Arthur Russell, African Head Charge, and The Fall. Some of that new car smell could be attributed to a change in process. Each song was written over beats played by Tor Sjödén of the wild-eyed Stockholm group Viagra Boys, beats that were themselves inspired by tracks from the likes of Patrick Cowley, CAN, Count Ossie, Black Devil Disco Club and others that Julius would send to him as inspiration. Unless you're Mark E. Smith, fervor fades. Eventually we all crave a lie down in some nice grass, a few minutes to gaze at the sky and wonder if everything is actually all that bad. Vol. 3 gives you 35 of those respiting minutes. "No looking back, no misery, no talking trash, no enemies."

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1.1BRINNA UT
1.2ETIOPISK HALLUCINATION
1.3LETAR EFTER NYA PLÅGOR
1.4KÖPA SAKER
1.5VERKLIGHETEN OCH JAG
1.6BALLADEN OM ELPRISET I AUGUSTI 2022
1.7CORAL BASS STRINGS
1.8DÖDSDISCO
1.9RINGER Å RINGER
1.10VÄLKOMMEN PÅ INTERVJU

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One of Ireland’s finest and DFA mainstay Shit Robot returns to James Murphy’s legendary label, seven years after his last release for the New York heavy hitters.

Four classic cuts from the twisted machine mind that is Shit Robot. Distinctively punk, daringly futuristic, with a driving heart that’s as warped as it is welcoming. Entrancing body music for basements and big rooms alike, featuring Suzi Horn (Prinzhorn Dance School) and Mutado Pintado (Warmduscher, Paranoid London) on vocals. Recorded in London with Al Doyle (Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem) and mixed by James Murphy for the DFA.

DJ support: Optimo, Ivan Smagghe, Justin Strauss, Heidi Lawden, and Horse Meat Disco

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Shit Robot reunites with Nancy Whang for a sharp blast of raw-to-the-floor acid house - Spencer Parker bosses it on the remix, delivering a road-tested, siren-and-sub ‘Workmix’ and dub that’s in the (red) zone

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Holy Ghost! release their second twelve this month, more fantastic work from A/JUS/TED - the pairing of fellow DJ & Producer Justin Strauss also part of Whatever Whatever and Teddy Stuart/Eddie Mars (UNONYC). The remixers take on 2 consecutive singles from the Holy Ghost! LP "Dynamics" - both "Okay" and "Bridge & Tunnel" get stripped tweaked and reworked into 4/4 floor fillers, songs rebuilt from the ground up. Their current remix of the Blood Orange single "Uncle Ace" really has proved that this duo are on an official winning streak, and this 12" is a fantastic document of what they are capable of. A/JUS/TED have had steady single releases on Plant Music, Southern Fried and Under the Shade, and now back to back break through remixes. The 2 had this to say about Holy Ghost! Holy Ghost! has been an integral part of the New York music scene for so long now it seems - it was a pleasure to remix them. We both share an affinity for old analog gear -it seemed like a very natural collaboration. With "Okay" the idea was to build up to a re-imagined vocal and base a track around it. For "Bridge & Tunnel" we thought a more stripped down and chunky club jam would be a nice compliment to the original."

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The Crystal Ark return with a double pack 12” containing some wildly engaging stripped down mixes of 4 tracks off their debut album on DFA. Contains new versions of the songs Rain, Paradise, Ascension & We Came To.

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Limited vinyl edition of two previously digital-only singles by Berlin singer, songwriter, and producer. Dan Bodan, hailed by Pitchfork as "an expression of the storied NYC dance label's more oddball tastes." First up is "Anonymous", a poignant portrait of yearning for the post-Facebook generation. The A side is rounded out with a remix by DJ Richard (1/2 White Material with Young Male) that manages to drag the track to even deeper depths of anxiety. The flip features 2013 single "Hunger Games", a widescreen epic of a track that will be stripped down to the bare minimum on Dan's forthcoming LP. It features production by left-field dance geniuses Physical Therapy and Ville Haimala of Renaissance Man. Comes in a custom spineless picture sleeve featuring an illustration by Julien Ceccaldi.

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i did the "this beat is talking to you" (club mix) at my parents house in my old kinderzimmer. i forgot to take my blood pressure pills back then so maybe thats the reason it sounds like that. jacques renault is a old friend of mine who is one of the best djs. he told me he was working with mark verbos in the studio so i had to ask both for a remix. mark has already released awesome acid in 1994 on labels like DJAX-UP-BEATS and he is responsible for the best live performance i've seen in a hotel room in miami! secret circuit is eddie ruscha who doesnt need an introduction. but i heard his release on "beats in space" records and i fell in love with his 707 madness. furthermore looking at his sweaters was trippy enough for me to ask for a remix

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‘How You Say’ is the new single from Factory Floor. This is the third of three 12” singles and contains part of a wide and wonderful selection of remixes. This third 12" contains new versions, both from Bookworms, who turned in 2 new versions that were so good, we had no choice but to put them both out. Bookworms aka Nik Dawson, had recorded many striking singles for both L.I.E.S. & Confused House, collaborating with Steve Summers. This is his second remix for DFA (the first was for Larry Gus) and we are thrilled to have him back in the mix.

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This first 12 contains new versions from Daniel Avery (Phantasy), who released a striking debut album last year, as well as a string of much-played 12” singles. The 12" also contains a remix from Invisible Conga People (DFA), which marks the return of this elusive act, who recorded a fan-fave 12” for DFA in 2011, and have not been heard from since.

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‘How You Say’ is the new single from Factory Floor. This is the second of three 12” singles and contains part of a wide and wonderful selection of remixes. This second 12" contains new versions from Gunnar Haslam, who released a striking debut album last year on L.I.E.S., as well as a lean percussive house 12” single on Chicago’s Argot Records. The 12" also contains a remix from Helena Hauff (Werk/PAN),who made a distinctive mark in the dance community with a brilliant debut 12” on Werk as well as single on PAN under the alias Black Sites.

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Dedication is an ongoing collaboration of Japanese musicians and Western singers brought together by producer and DJ Felix Dickinson and Japanese artist Mikey Yamada. Felix Dickinson aka Foolish Felix has been releasing and remixing stellar disco for years, as L.H.A.S., Foolish & Sly and several releases under the name Dedication via his label, Cynic Music. Felix was part of the legendary Tonka Sound System with DJ Harvey, a pioneer of the early UK House music scene. He also co-hosts the Bring It parties alongside Idjut Boys. "I Aint Gonna Tell You" is Dedication's DFA debut. The single features the vocals of UK soul singer Brendan Reilly and a remix from DFA alumni DJ Kaos.

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The Juan Maclean returns with “Get Down (With My Love)” - part 3 in an alleged dance-floor trilogy that also includes the 2 singles released in 2013. “You Are My Destiny” & “Feel Like Movin’ were both instant classics and both were awarded Best New Track from Pitchfork. Both are still in heavy rotation. But part 3 in this 4/4 Odyssey is here now, and it cannot be ignored, so make room for all of them in your playlists and record bags. A full length album by The Juan Maclean is being mixed now for a Summer 2014 release.

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DFA is pleased to announce a split 12" single featuring remixes of Shit Robot by Paul Woolford and Juan Maclean by Leon Vynehall. Extremely limited, so move quickly. The creative partnership of Marcus Lambkin aka Shit Robot & Reggie Watts yielded "We Got A Love" one of the wonkiest house singles DFA has released. When we asked DFA remixing alumni Paul Woolford to have a crack at the tune, we had no idea Paul & his Special Delivery project would take off in such a major way. Either way, he strips and flips the rubbery soul of it into something leaner - and does very nuanced work to a special track. Feel Like Movin' was named Best New Track by Pitchfork. This officially makes it relevant and "critically acclaimed" so we won't spend any more time except to say it is the best song made by anyone ever and includes Nancy Whang on vocals. The remixing duties of this went to the capable and English hands of "overnight sensation" Leon Vynehall who turned in a sensational remix virtually overnight. As many have already brought to our attention, the remixing "rules". It does.

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The Hi-NRG history of Luke Jenner's hometown San Francisco is freshly revived for Shit Robot's cheekily-titled "Feels Real," on which Jenner plays the slinky Sylvester to Marcus Lambkin's Patrick Cowley wizardry. Meaty and a bit menacing, Jenner asserts "I think you'll always want my love" over washes of organ. It all builds to an ecstatic, shouted peak before the whirligig synths implode under the weight of Jenner's pure falsetto. For the remix, Luke Solomon scrapes off some gloss and opens synthetic space around the ghosts of a guitar lick, while extending the blissful vocal peak over analog bombast and tasteful strands of acid.

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The Juan Maclean has clearly reserved some crackling energy for "You Are My Destiny," his 19th release on DFA. Refracting frequent vocalist and former LCD Soundsystem band member Nancy Whang's vocals into glossolalic whirls before crashing into a full-on progressive peak-time tool, "You Are My Destiny" manages to make you believe the endearment of the title. Saved Records head Nic Fanciulli takes the reins for the b-side with a stripped remix that subverts the soaring vocal and numerous crescendos into a claustrophobic thump, while a crunchy bass line plays hide-and-seek with shy pads

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Following Daphni's exhilarating treatment of "Runnin," the dusty squawk-box psychedelia of Sinkane is again prepared for dance floor omnipresence with a new pair of remixes from Germany's Tuff City Kids and Barker & Baumecker. Running Back label boss Gerd Janson teams with Philip Lauer as Tuff City Kids to create an anxious burble out of "Making Time," squeezing dry Ahmed Gallab's processed guitar histrionics and letting staccato bass get tangled in a maze of refracted synths. For "Warm Spell," Ostgut Ton pillars Barker & Baumecker turn abrupt twitches into a big-room tool, teasing out soft chords over crusty percussion, with Sinkane's weary vocal chasing after itself until exhausted. Both remixes further reveal Sinkane's emotional range, as comfortable on a sweaty dance floor as a sunny beach.


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Lace Curtain is James, David & Mikey from Total Control, Rat Columns, Rank/Xerox, Eddy Current Suppression Ring et al, exploring an electronic world of pleasure, frustration and sadness. Bedroom dancers, synthetic singers, basement kicks in a romantic void. Influenced by the Germans, the Italians, pale British button pushers, glamorous alien pop futurists, Mid-Western sweat, NYC disco dreamers, undercover kings and queens escaping a dull grey world with rhythm and noise, sound and vision. 4-track EP with picture sleeve and digital download card.

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