Röyksopp - Ice Machine (Depeche Mode Cover) [Ewan Pearson Darkroom Scene Remix]

So many talented people in this post there's no room in the title! Late last year Röyksopp and Susanne Sundfør debuted their collaboration Running To The Sea and also a Depeche Mode cover - Ice Machine. Now the latter is seeing a wider release on the Röyksopp DJ compilation Late Night Tales + in remixed form. Frequent DM collaborator Ewan Pearson does his spin on it and takes the minimalistic electronic original into a more big room, ahem, darkroom feeling. We can imagine the moving bodies in a dimly lit club already with everything going completely dark and people feeling each other up! Listen to the remix + Röyksopp edit below! Enjoy! Btw, click here for the original 1981 version as taken from the B-side of DM debut single Dreaming of Me.  

Bastille Feat. O.N.E. - Thinkin Bout You (Frank Ocean Cover)

Bastille and their founder Dan Smith had a huge 2012 with their UK #1 debut album Bad Blood. Equally crazy was Frank Ocean's year with his massive Channel Orange breakthrough. More than fitting that all this talent come together in this breathtaking cover of heart wrenching and stunning Thinkin Bout You. To say we love the original is an understatement and this cover adds a layer that is hard to shake. Like being sucked into a beautiful nightmare. You can tell something is wrong but the beauty surrounding hides it. Dan's voice sparkles but underneith hides a dark strange voice and in the shadows lurks more. The xylophone by O.N.E. adds wonderful texture too. The Bastille EP Laura Palmer is out tomorrow! Enjoy! 

Introducing: Yasmin Green - Spectrum VS. Say My Name

Just the first hit of Yasmin Green's voice and you get all warm inside. She has such a rich tone it's like butter and honey to listen to! Not to mention pitch perfect too! And what a great mix of songs! At least to us as it happens we love both Florence + The Machine's Spectrum (Say My Name) and DC's immortal cheating anthem Say My Name. Yasmin, alumni of The BRIT School for Performing Arts, revitalize both tracks together with her producer Ian Copeland Green and create an incredible rhythm impossible not to stomp to! Keep an eye on 'em both for sure! Top marks guys! 

Premiere: Ane Brun - Feeling Good (Nina Simone Cover)

Norway's finest Ane Brun is about to release her retrospective collection Songs 2003-2013 next week and on it comes this brand new recording! The classic Feeling Good, most notably attached to Nina Simone is a wonderful piece and Ane treats it with the gentlest of care. Gone is the big dramatic background and it welcomes a wonderful violin that we're getting Scandinavian folk music vibes from. Ane suffers from the auto immune disorder lupus and we came to think of that aspect hearing her version. Her voice exudes an urgency and depth that comes from life experience. She tells her story and we can't stop listening to it. Nor do we wan't to stop. Top marks and love to you Ane!

Emeli Sandé - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (iTunes Session)

Emeli Sandé is workin' overtime trying to crack the American market for real for real. Her Next To Me has been on Glee, and today her US exclusive iTunes Session is out + she'll be going on tour too. On her new EP she's done a cover of one of our all time favourite tracks - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free. First released by composer Billy Taylor in 1963 and made into an all time classic in 1967 by Nina Simone. During the burning civil rights movement in the 60's it served as the anthem - and no wonder with its more than powerful message. Emeli is a very talented pianist and musician with a distinct voice. We can't help but to think her voice is lacking in depth on this particular track. But we're sure she'll get there eventually, there's loads of time! She gets an A for singing these types of songs and bringing them forward to a new generation. Have a listen below; thoughts?