The Yellow Stereo World Premiere: Black Dominoes and the Light Touch
Posted by Val in Dance, Mix, The Yellow Stereo
Although we’re hardly one of the blogs out here on the interwebs that specializes in remixes, but we have our favorite DJs and we’re not afraid to post about them. So, we’re feeling extremely privileged and lucky to premiere this remixtape from Atlanta DJ Black Dominoes. (Well, I feel privileged and lucky…the guys had no idea that I had this up my sleeve.) I got an opportunity during SXSW to see him at work in the most intimate setting I encountered at the entire festival…a diminutive smoky motel room. He had to leave the festival early (which was truly sad because he’d become our de facto SXSW guide) but I watched him and Rachael (who also appears on one of the remixes featured here) tinker with the little nuances that make a mix powerful. Naive as this sounds, I hadn’t realized the level of artistry and detail that goes into a good DJ set (well…not of this variety…college radio = not the same thing.) Still, it was easy to see just from those couple of hours in the Rodeway Inn…this guy was good.
Since then, I’ve seen his remix of Vampire Weekend’s “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” show up everywhere from the BBC to NPR and I’ve sold the music snobs at my second job on his remix of Yeasayer’s “Sunrise.” This, however, is a little more. He’s described it as like a Hollertronix mixtape on steroids which, honestly, isn’t a bad comparison. He pulls in songs as disparate as Sergio Mendes and Santogold and can make artists Diplo and Spoon blend seamlessly. Besides, when was the last time you heard The Magnetic Fields at a DJ set? Despite all of these eclectic sources, the mix never loses focus. Try playing it for your next summer party or four. I’ve listed the full tracklist below.
MP3: Black Dominoes :: “Black Dominoes and The Light Touch”
Tracklist for Black Dominoes and The Light Touch
Intro/Boarding
Shawty Lo- Dey Know
Shawty Lo- Dey Know (Ross Hogg remix)
Natasja Saad- Calabria
Hall and Oates- Private Eyes (Black Dominoes BuffetLibre remix)
Holy Ghost- Hold On!
Sergio Mendes- Magdalenha
Fujiya and Miyagi- Collarbone
War- Me and Baby Brother
Crystal Castles vs Health- Crimewave
Santogold- L.E.S. Artistes (XXXchange remix)
Mavado- Wah Dem I Do (Biggie Nasty Girl/Wamp Wamp acapella)
Samim- Heater
Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Pretty Titty edit)
Dizzee Rascal- Cringeworthy (acapella)
Everyone Nose- Pharrell/N.E.R.D. (Scotty B remix)
Photek- Love And War (LA Riots remix)
DJ Tameil- Shake Yr Body Like A Tamborine/Body Bodied
Magnetic Fields- Strange Powers
Otis Redding- Shout Bamalama
Bag Raiders- Nil By Mouth (Black Dominoes refix)
Roy Ward- Horse With A Freeze
Herve- I Can Get Down
Diplo- Scrappy Chief
Spoon- Take The Fifth
Digitalism- Idealistic (A-Trak remix)
Yeasayer- Sunrise (Black Dominoes remix)
AutoKratz- Pardon Garcon
Wiley- Wearing My Rolex
Burial- Archangel
Burial- Archangel (8-Bit Boy remix)
Matt & Kim- No More Long Years (radioclit remix)
Lil Wayne- Lollipop
Surkin- White Night Two (Black Dominoes Atlanta Version)
Scotty B- Hood Nigga
The Rapture- No Sex For Ben
Vampire Weekend- Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes remix)
Dizzee Rascal- Fix Up Look Sharp
Grandmaster Flash- The Message (Rachael and Kellen remix)
DSL- Invaders (Busy P remix)
13th Floor Elevators- You’re Gonna Miss Me
Outro/Deplane
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val! that’s a hell of a write up. thanks, ma’am!!
wow that is a really great track list, this is def going on my ipod! thanks
I don’t get to listen to much ’cause downloads are hard to come by in the forest but this shit’s going on my iPod fo sho’ – Black Dominoes makes all the woodland creatures get down.
so serial
I thought the remix lacked any originallity and actually reminded me of a free download program where you input text that the computer speaks.
Loved it. Thanks!!!
Great idea for a post, would love to see more full DJ show mp3s! Thank you!