I am really digging Lauren Flax right now. Two songs in particular are fantastic collaborations with other great artists: SIA and MEN. She's a fantastic producer and DJ. And as a burgeoning female producer myself, it's super encouraging to hear other female producers out there. It's like coming across a female drummer. Doesn't happen very often. In fact, there's a whole magazine/site devoted to female drummers - Tom Tom Magazine - simply because there are never any women in any of the other drumming sites or magazines. Same is true for electronic music production; women are missing.
Anyway, it's always good to have role models, right? And Lauren Flax is a great example of that. Her latest remix of MEN's Simulatenously rocks my soul (to put it bluntly). It's beautiful. In fact, I think I like this treatment better than the original, which is quite a feat as the original is spectacular. (BTW - if you haven't checked out MEN yet, you must.)
Flax's track "You've Changed" which features vocals by Sia (former singer of Zero 7 and now solo artist) has been out for awhile. But the remixes of it keep coming. Here you have a treatment of it by Larry Tee. Anytime Larry Tee remixes one of your songs, you know you've made it!
Anyway, I aspire to make music like Flax someday. She's a great inspiration.
I'll be spinning these and other tracks this Friday the 22nd at the W Downtown. Stop by for some deep, sexy and soulful music.
Simultaneously (Lauren Flax Remix) by Men (8365 KB)
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You've Changed (Alexander Technique & Larry Tee Blogula Rmx) by Lauren Flax Featuring Sia (7473 KB)
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