There's been no shortage of massive remixes for Marina & The Diamonds' breakout Neon Gold single "I Am Not A Robot", but we've been furtively holding out on you and saved the best for last. So without further ado we'd like to introduce you to Penguin Prison, hands down the most exciting new artist to grace our ears in 2009. Not only is he among the best new vocal talents we've heard this year (more on his original tracks in the weeks to come), he's also quite possibly the most exciting new producer and remixer on the block and this here is his coming out party. Transforming Ms. Diamond into a dancefloor diva and completely reinventing the original track a stomping, DFA-stlye nu-disco stormer, the NYC pop maestro makes it all look far too easy and turns in one of the year's finest remixes on his first fucking try. He'll be joining the Neon Gold ranks with his debut single this autumn, so keep an eye on these pages for much more Penguin Prison magic in the weeks to come. Ladies and gentlemen, this is some seriously next level shit.
MP3: "I Am Not A Robot" (Penguin Prison Mix) - Marina & The Diamonds [exclusive]
Elsewhere in the world of all things amazing, Abeano has the brand new single from The Big Pink that's got us scrambling to get all those tracks of theirs we passed when we refused to buy into the hype all year. We were wrong. Monsieur Abeano has also put together his own Future 50 feature in response to the rather questionable list that headlined this week's NME issue, a move that we will very soon be copying.
I AM A MASSIVE FAN OF THIS.
ReplyDeleteliterally blows mine out of the water.
Wow! I remember you mentioning this artist when we met at Scala a few weeks back.
ReplyDeleteMail us any future tracks from Penguin Prison and we will happily write them up on The Recommender.
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Thanks as always.
Mike
this is massive!
ReplyDeleteyou're still the one though Fin.
ReplyDeleteI love you too derek.
ReplyDeleteBut, I think this is a fair contender to be THE one of '09
Would I be right in thinking that this is the drum sample from Billie Jean?
ReplyDeleteHello! Thanks for the nice comments! The drum sample is not from Billie Jean but that would be cool.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if I should say where the drum sample is from but it is on an album called Camouflage
NME Future 50 - #21 Platform.
ReplyDeleteYES
Whatever it is it's great. We'd love to have you come and play Scandalism when you're next over.
ReplyDeletewow, i'm blown away. never thought i'd hear Marina sound like that!
ReplyDeletelove the 3D glasses and great remix
ReplyDeleteStarsmith, everyone I've played your version to has loved it so I wouldn't be too concerned about being outdone by Penguin Prison here. This is up there with The Twelves mix of Blue Skies. Maybe even better :O
ReplyDeleteWow, this is fantastic. That disco vibe is so balanced and you can almost hear the 12" pops from a dusty vinyl. I've just become a Penguin Prison fan.
ReplyDeleteLike Mike, I would be honored to receive some updates when you have anything new out. Shoot me an email if you feel like it:
hello [at] goingotherplaces [dot] com
Keep up the great work!
That Dominos track at Abeano rules but this remix is the best thing I've heard in an age. Cant wait to hear more!
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This shit is straight up BANNANNER-TITTIES!!
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