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Probably the first great single of the year…

By Urlaubshits • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Blog

On sale this week in Phonica and Piccadilly Records: House of House’s debut 12″ Rushing to Paradise on Whatever We Want Records.
If you’re going to buy it, then buy it now. You’ll probably never get one otherwise. It seems ridiculous to spend £15 on a record, but stuff this good doesn’t come along very often, [...]



Happy New Year!

By Urlaubshits • Jan 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog

Happy new year!
Hopefully everyone has recovered after Christmas and New Year. Unfortunately I’ve realised that The End is shutting this month, so am sorely tempted to go there as many times as possible before it shuts, nullifying any good intentions I may have had for January.
In other news, Urlaubshits is now on MySpace, about 2 [...]



Urlaubshits remixes Franz Ferdinand

By Urlaubshits • Nov 28th, 2008 • Category: Blog

If anyone has been wondering where I’ve been for that last two weeks, I’ve been busy throwing my self-respect out of the window by remixing Franz Ferdinand for a remix competition over at Beatport. I’m writing a feature detailing my reasons for doing this, as well as my “experiences” doing it, and remix competions in [...]



SMD Remix Deerhunter

By Urlaubshits • Nov 27th, 2008 • Category: Blog

Pitchfork have a free download of Simian Mobile Disco’s re-edit of Deerhunter’s “Octet”. It’s availible in high quality 320kb too, so go download it. No word on a physical release either, so grab it while you can.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/147688-new-music-deerhunter-octet-simian-mobile-disco-re-edit-mp3



Squarepusher Takes Over The Guardian…

By Urlaubshits • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Blog

…well, just the music section actually.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/squarepusher-takeover
The highlight has to be his review of this week’s singles here, in which he tells it how it is, something I always love.



Serge Santiago Mix at XLR8R

By Urlaubshits • Nov 10th, 2008 • Category: Blog

If you’re looking for something to listen to while you wait for the next Urlaubshits mix, then you could do worse than check out this podcast Serge Santiago has done for XLR8R:
http://xlr8r.com/podcast/2008/11/xlr8r-presents-serge-santiago
It’s full of classic italo, and most the most exciting inclusion is Serge Santiago’s own edit of Droids’ “(Do You Have) The Force”, featured [...]



The new site explained

By Urlaubshits • Nov 9th, 2008 • Category: Blog

So I’m finally there – sorry its taken so long, but what with the commitments of having a job and being a perfectionist, it’s had to wait until now for new content to go up. What you will see on the front page now are five sections: Column, Blog, Mixes, Singles, and Albums.
Column
Every week I [...]



A new home!

By Urlaubshits • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Blog

Update your bookmarks!
Urlaubshits has moved to its new home – http://www.urlaubshits.co.uk

I would have gone for urlaubshits.com, but unfortunately it is owned by a German holiday website. Remember not to make the mistake of going there.
There are still things to do to make it complete but for now it lives. All future articles will be posted [...]



Beta to the max

By Urlaubshits • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Blog

It’s been a week longer than anticipated, but it’s almost done.
Urlaubshits 2.0 is now in final beta testing. This redesign is not just a few cosmetic changes but a complete overhaul in the way the blog works, which is why it’s taken longer than expected. Come back here on Friday and all will be revealed…
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Progressive Funk

By Urlaubshits • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Blog

I have to admit, I was rather blown away by Simian Mobile Disco’s DJ set at matter on Friday. I’ve seen them live and DJing a few times, but this occasion saw them really step up their game. In terms of what they do, they’re probably the best, in my opinion having probably surpassed Erol [...]