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Summer Camp – Christmas Wrapping (The Waitresses cover)

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The-Dream – Nikki (Gobble Gobble Remix)

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Star Slinger – Baby Mama

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Reading Rainbow – Euphoria

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Depressed Buttons – Ow! (Para One Remix)

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Robyn – Indestructible (A-trak Radio Edit)

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Emil & Friends – Short Order Cooks

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HeRobust – Grief Case (Star Slinger’s WWHRD Remix)

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Reading Rainbow – Wasting Time

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Dead Trees – Back to L.A.

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OFF! – Upside Down

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Cool Kids – Big-Talk

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The Death Set – Yo David Chase You P.O.V. Shot Me In The Head (feat. Diplo)

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Star Slinger – Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins Rework)

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Warm Ghost – Open the Wormhole in Your Heart

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Once every three months I list the best of what I heard in albums/songs/remixes for the quarter. I do this to personally keep up with all the awesome music I hear, as it ultimately helps me at the end of the year when I do my overall listing for the previous twelve months. I also do it to introduce you cool cats to tunes you may have missed independently.

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Josh Ritter – Change Of Time

from So Runs the World Away

Minus the Bear – My Time

from OMNI

The Tallest Man On Earth – King of Spain

from The Wild Hunt

Toadies – Dead Boy

from Feeler

Deerhunter – Helicopter (Star Slinger Remix)

from Star Slinger’s Bandcamp page

Today marks the official first day of autumn 2010.  As far as music goes, there is usually one “song of the summer” – a track that we will forever associate with the previous season of this particular year.  This song usually embodies the typical moods related to summer – laziness, partying, a carefree, optimistic attitude, et al.

While I’m not going to try and pick this song, I have my nominations – songs that will bring me back to this summer, my first few months in a new city, and, as with most summers, a good time in near-intolerable heat.

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Star Slinger – Dutchie Courage

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Atari Teenage Riot – Activate

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Japandroids – Heavenward Grand Prix

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Kanye West – Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj)

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Vampire Weekend – White Sky (Basement Jaxx Club Mix) (Studio Version)

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Cee Lo Green – Fuck You

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Rollerskaters – Sleep Tight (Star Slinger Remix)

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Colleen Green – Worship You

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Restless People – Don’t Back Down

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Games – Heartlands

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Pitchfork has called him “Dilla-esque,” and that certainly is apt, but UK beat-maker Darren aka Star Slinger has more in his repertoire than just hip-hop. The influences of shoegaze, soul, funk, 80’s dream pop, and occasionally chillwave creep up in his beat-skipping tracks.  All in all, it’s hard to describe the sound of this Manchester resident, who began making music at the age of 14 after building his own computer specifically to produce beats.

Released in June, Volume 1, his first compilation, is a mix-and-match of all of the aforementioned styles – a wide, diverse serving of clipped, familiar samples, infectious melodies, and overpowering bass.  You can grab it at his Bandcamp site for free, as well as other mashups, remixes, and singles he has incessantly churned out this summer, all of which are highly recommended and pretty phenomenal.

Listen to a sampling below for a taste.  These are a few of my favorite Star Slinger tracks thus far.

Star Slinger – Minted

Star Slinger – Mornin’

Star Slinger – Longtime

Star Slinger – May I Walk With You

Coolrunnings – I Am You (Star Slinger Remix)

Nicki Minaj – Your Love

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Star Slinger – Minted

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Evan Voytas – I Took a Trip on a Plane

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Marnie Stern – For Ash

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Yuck – Daughter

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