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Sometimes when nothing goes according to plan you end up with more time on your hands than usual. Therefore, more music.

http://florenceandthemachine.net/
Sometimes I can be really slow. It's been over 18 months since I first tagged Florence as 'interesting' and her voice has grown on me in the interim. She has a richness and strength that I find really great to listen to. But remember way back when I noted she had kind of odd lyrics? Right, hold that thought.

I realized that I'd managed to miss her on tour as she came through here so I signed up for her mailing list to get notified when she comes around again and shortly thereafter I got a notice that the first single from her new album was posted. "What the Water Gave Me" is full on awesome, both in vocals and instrumentation. I've been playing it a couple times a day for myself and for anyone else who will sit still long enough to listen.

Then, finally, last night, I twigged to what the song is about. Whoa. Go listen and tell me what you think.

http://www.filestube.com/5b219da27c29e34603e9,g/Peter-Fox-schuettel-deinen-speck.html
http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/files/mashup-germany---speckboss-molotov-seeed-vs.-peter-fox-vs.-marteria-vs.-fugees.mp3
Peter Fox has been absent from my listening for most of this year, which is clearly a failing on my part. He continues his unique style - almost spoken/not quite sung fast German lyrics over strong drumming and unusual melodies. The base track, "Schuettel Deinen Speck", has a jazzy sound with great horns and a bebop feel.

As with the last time the Fox track plays a strong part in a Mashup Germany mix. The mix is hard and heavy and a very different feel from the Fox original, but I quite like it.

http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/files/dj-y-alias-jy---bloody-stromae-the-bloody-beetroots-vs.-stromae-vs.-the-whip-vs.-refused-vs.-eskimos-egypt.mp3
European DJs love to build mixes around "Alors on Dance" and here DJ Y does just that, giving us a high energy dance banger with a hard electro-house edge.

http://viprhealthcare.typepad.com/files/dj-morgoth---du-hast-das-feeling-black-eyed-peas-vs.-rammstein.mp3
DJ Morgoth is a very bad man. This one had me laughing out loud and I still chuckle at it. The combination is just so 'wrong' and he mostly makes it work anyway.

http://audioporncentral.com/2011/08/roots-manuva-get-the-get.html
Roots Manuva (http://www.rootsmanuva.co.uk/rootsmanuva/) is a British rapper with strong reggae and electro-dance influences. This new track "Get the Get" has the usual stylings, plus a sweet back-up back-up vocal. APC says he has a new album coming out around the end of September, which should be fun.

http://audioporncentral.com/2011/08/miami-horror-under-the-milky-way.html
The Church's classic "Under The Milky Way" gets a wholly respectful and pleasant cover from Australian countrymen Miami Horror. According to their Web site (http://www.miamihorror.com/) they're about to relocate to the US at least for one tour and maybe longer. The Miami Horror sound is strongly electro-pop, with some dance tinges - I like this cover in part because it's less poppy and calmer than much of their original stuff.
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