Free Download: Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Louis La Roche Remix)

Michael Jackson's amazing sure-fire party starter Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' was written for Jackson sister LaToya. MJ and Quincy Jones wrote it with her in mind, but we all know who ended up recording it. Released in May '83 as the fourth of seven singles from Thriller it wasn't a huge hit on its own. Amazingly enough it only reached US #81 and UK #69. Its best chart position was #3 in Sweden! We love it and think it must be all those album sales messing with it, haha. You know it having huge opening numbers (one million a week) and being the best selling album of all time and all, hehe. British producer Louis La Roche has done a truly fresh remix for the Christmas party season. We're still having his amazing take on Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill on repeat so trust this new one will get some spins too right about now. We love the clean sound and the directness of it. The amped up the disco feel grabs you and won't let go, as it should be. Top marks! 

Free Download: Ellie Goulding VS. Daft Punk - Lose Yourself To Burn

Ellie Goulding's first ever UK #1 Burn gets some serious funky swag when paired with Daft Punk's latest single Lose Yourself To Dance. That sick Nile Rodgers guitar always gives us life and Ellie sounds more loosened up to really burn, burn, burn, burn. The organic disco sound really suits her style and vocal delivery! We love Pharell Williams original vox but after hearing Get Lucky everywhere the last six months it's very refreshing to hear this track with a new voice. The person behind is Norwegian producer Cosmic Dawn and we can't thank enough. Time to invest in some bell bottoms and platforms and d.a.n.c.e! Enjoy! 

Free Download: Visage - Fade To Grey (Italo Brutalo Edit)

The Visage 1980 masterpiece Fade To Grey is truly a song for the ages. That keyboard riff will never grow old and moldy for sure. If it did it'd be penicillin, haha. How we wish we could have been around for the Blitz Kids movement where Visage's frontman Steve Strange was a central figure as the host at the influential Blitz club. The new romantics era was such an insanely creative period in music! Written by members of Ultravox and released in November 1980 it really became a benchmark and blueprint for what the 80's would sound like. This edit by Italian disc jockey Italo Brutalo plays like it's a long lost dub from the original vinyl. It's teases and extends and makes us crave mooore, right now! Instant gratification needed! We're so gonna have this, the original and the Kylie Minogue mash-up on repeat tonight! Enjoy!

Free Download: Black Box - Ride On Time (Guido Re-Edit)

Black Box's 1989 UK #1 italo disco masterpiece Ride On Time can liven up the dullest of affairs, haha. Something about that insane house piano loop just makes us wanna go nuts in the best way possible! Fronted by tone deaf model Katrin Quinol this single originally sampled Loleatta Holloway's Love Sensation without clearing the rights and she got pissed off and sued successfully for $$$. Thus leading to a re-recording with (uncredited) vocals from Heather Small of M People. The full Dreamland album eventually came in 1990 and featured vocals from Weather Girls Martha Wash, who ended up suing as well as she had been paid to do demo work, not actually appear on the finished album as she did. Wowza! So many people and shenanigans! This re-edit by French DJ Guido Minisky and uses what sounds like alternate vocal takes in parts by Heather Small. We have a hard time typing this as all we wanna do is get up and get d.o.w.n, haha. That extended piano never sounded so good! Enjoy dancin'! PS. All these legal snafus eventually led to a safer environment for musicians as nowadays samples has to be cleared and credited in a much more transparent manner.    

Lorde VS. M.I.A. - Royal Planes

It makes perfect sense mashing Lorde and M.I.A. like this! Both have a status of being outsiders but at the same time being highly successful and marketable. The former's debut single Royals is currently at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the latter is gearing up for the release of her highly anticipated 4th album Matangi. Royals freshness and crisp vocals sounds amazing over M.I.A.'s Paper Planes (which heavily samples The Clash and Wreckx-n-Effect) bangin' cash machines and guns and the attitudes blend seamlessly. Listen below and grab the download while your at it. Enjoy! A different kind of buzz indeed.