The fight for diverse and conscious voices

http://audioporncentral.com/2009/07/pump-up-the-volume-the-history-of-house-music.html
APC linked to this online version of a BBC series on the origins of house music. It's oddly cut up into 15 segments of various length, but just push play and it'll run them in sequence for you. I've been watching it in snippets over the past couple of days and I really enjoyed it. The show starts back in the days of disco and runs through The Warehouse in Chicago, the acknowledged birthplace of house, over to Manchester and the UK dance scene, and then back again. Lots of good interviews with people who were there and lest you ever forget that sex and drugs go with rock and roll, you watch this and remember it.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Editors_/track/You_Dont_Know_Love_Cagedbaby_Remix
The Editors (http://www.myspace.com/editorsmusic) have put out some very smooth and interesting male dance vocal sounds. They've always had a bit of the noir to them, without dropping into the nasal whiny thing that turns me off with most emo bands. The remix here adds some lighter backing female vocals, speeds up the beat a little and gives a nice club bass ound to the song.

By the way you really should scroll down on their MySpace page and watch the official video for "You Don't Know Love." That's some hot stuff right there.

http://audioporncentral.com/2010/01/hellsongs-warpigs.html
I'm really not sure what to make of this. Acoustic, female-vocal covers of classic heavy metal tunes. Oh, and Swedish. Yes, really.

http://www.kleptones.com/pages/downloads_ud.html
Around Thanksgiving of last year I mentioned The Kleptones as an artist to watch and this month they have delivered in spectacular form. Uploaded on Soundcloud are two set mixes by them, each about 75 minutes long. Called "Uptime" and "Downtime" they are both brilliant, each in their own way. The Uptime mix is a stream of high energy samples and remixes covering a number of favorites from the 80s and 90s with a few older and newer bits. The Downtime mix is ambient and relaxed. I'm particularly in awe of the Beastie Boys sample mix in the middle of the Uptime set. I won't spoil it for you, but really. Do not miss this one.

Oh and for us download and re-listen freaks The Kleptones have provided helpful individual-MP3 downloadable links below each set mix. Hat-tip to them!