Sun Glitters - Boy From the Sun/ Ungirthed remixes

Sun Glitters has been on constant repeat for longer than most other artists this year, but for some reason I've never gotten around to posting his stuff. Better late than never I suppose, Sun Glitters recently remixed Niva's "Boy From the Sun." You can hear Niva repay the favor come Monday morning when Sunglitter's remix album is released on Ufolk. Check out the remix, along with Niva's Feverish Dreams EP(don't miss the stand out Ghost in My Head) below.

Sun Glitter's also tried his hand at remixing my favorite song of the year. Sun Glitters takes Purity Ring's Ungirthed, chops it up even further and replaces a bit of the original's joy with an ethereal pensiveness. With an original so incredible, its hard to see a reason for so many remixes, but if you somehow get tired of the original, we now have three worthy alternates.

Boy From the Sun (Sun Glitters Remix) - Niva

Ungirthed (Sun Glitters Remix) - Purity Ring

Purity Ring - Lofticries

Day-glo alchemists Purity Ring have finally released the B side to what I'd consider the most exciting single of the year. We've already heard the title track Ungirthed along with the Christian Aids and Deptford Goth remixes. The B-side is a more obvious flirtation with the "Post-Burial" tag certain websites have been throwing on to their sound. The hooks aren't as wormy, and the beat no longer bouyant. Instead Megan James is surrounded by a dark backbone with all the glitchy, dubby substance you could ask for.

The Ungirthed 7" is scheduled for release next week (April 18th) on Transparent. UK friends can buy the record here, and North Americans right here. Thanks p4k!

Lofticries - Purity Ring (UPDATE: fixed!)

Asura - Unreleasables

Ghibli mastermind Thomas Michael tipped me onto a musical peer of his today, and I've pretty much been foaming at the mouth ever sense. Sure, chopping up vaguely familiar diva wails is far from groundbreaking in 2011, but on "He Sees Through Her" Asura manages to mangle his vocal sources until they're pushed outside the realm of western music. Similarly, tracks like "This Chain" and "Kissing On a Rose" push the line between sonic revelations and straight up heart attacks with their hyperactivity. The album is rounded out by a few remixes of R&B/Rap classics that aren't entirely kosher by copyright standards, including the second remix* of Drake's Over I've heard in the past two days. I'm still not sure what Asura was thinking when he labeled these tracks unreleasable, but I'm certainly glad that he changed his mind.

*Bonus: Here's the first remix Drake's Over I've heard in the past two days:

Over (Drake Vs Starkey) - Midnighter Mashup