The fight for diverse and conscious voices

I've had a bunch of tabs open for days and want to get them cleared up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDOPNLzEFH0
This is a must-watch. The song is pretty standard Japanese male-pop by someone using the name Genki Sudo. But the vid is brilliant. It's a group called "World Order" that is... um, how to describe this. Roboto sarariman? Um, yeah. Just watch it. They're doing a nicely synched dance routine to the tune and the video editing is tight, but what really makes this one rock is that they're doing it in Manhattan and the non-response of the blase' New Yorkers amuses the hell out of me. Particularly pay attention around 2:11 in when one of the dancers nearly smacks some chick in the face and she's so engrossed by her crackberry she can't even glance at them. This is New York, buddy. We get weirder things than you in our breakfast cereal.

(h/t to minerva42 for the link)

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Ladytron/track/Ace_of_Hz_Punks_Jump_Up_Remix
I keep thinking I should have said something about Ladytron before now. They've been around for at least a decade now (Wikipedia says 12 years) and their new wave/electro style was heard a lot in the last half of the 00's when they were remixing for a lot of big-name artists. This stream showcases their new "Ace of Hz" (pronounced 'hearts') track and a couple remixes of "Ghosts" - though I still prefer the original radio edit for its rich, eerie, and haunting feel.

http://www.djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html
DJ Steveboy has been incredibly busy of late and his mixes have been fun to listen to. Back in January he did one called "Four on the Floor" that starts off with a version of M.A.N.D.Y - Oh Superman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7liQx92aoKk&feature=related). Yes, THAT "Oh Superman". I like the Steveboy version better than this YouTube version, but I'm mostly pulling it out because - hello - Laurie Anderson? Electro-House? Rock my little world!

(It has been said that you may be able to determine your musical compatibility with me by your ability to listen to and appreciate Laurie Anderson, particularly this track. I leave the readers to judge for themselves.)

His Jan 28 mix was called "This Old House" and featured a number of house favorites. I particularly liked the crossover house-world tracks like The Fort Knox Five's "Bhangra Paanch" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7mdbSlnE28). It's a bit down-tempo as befits dub, but with the minor-chord strong rhythm styling that characterizes bhangra for me. Again, the YouTube mix isn't exactly the one Steveboy uses, but it's as close as I could get.

Also in the dub house (ha, see what I did there?) is Chocolate Puma's "Back Home" (http://www.4shared.com/audio/6W8U3xW5/Chocolate_Puma_-_Back_Home_fea.html)

There's a new mix up today, but I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet.

http://www.mashup-industries.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=352&Itemid=36
Some things sit open in tabs for a while because I am not sure I like them on first listen and want to come back to them. This one's been sitting for a while and I think I've decided I like it. Dan Mei's "Down With The Precious Sickness" combines Disturbed's "Down With The Sickness" - which I really do like - and Depeche Mode's "Precious". Which is OK, but far from their best. And I'm not entirely sold either on Dan Mei's innate skills or on the wisdom of combining metal with emo, except for the lulz. This, however, works.

http://www.mashup-industries.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemid=36
Dan Mei and Marc Johnce contribute a mega-mash of six tracks ranging from the excellent Ting Tings to the pop Katy Perry and Avril Lavigne. With guests spots from Willow and The Police. One of these things is not like the others! It's a bit of a brain-bender but I wanted to point to it because I tend to like the bigger mash-ups when they work and this one may force me to revise my opinion of Dan Mei's skill.