Lulu Rouge

In the current climate if feels only fitting to feature some Scandinavian electronic music.

Lulu Rouge have featured here before in their guise as remixers and very good remixers they are too. Check out Fat Berri's electronic blog here for an extensive source of Lulu Rouge edits. I especially love their edit of Aaliyah's Try again and A Day In The Life.

But here I'm focusing on their output as artists in their own right. In 2008 Dj T.O.M. and Buda, two well respected producers and djs got together recorded and released a criminally overlooked album, Bless You with the aid of their friend and collaborator Trentemoller.

The album is full of whispered vocals, down tempo beats and a laid back sometimes haunting atmosphere,  the sort of thing to listen to late at night with a bottle of red wine.

Do yourself a favour and get your hands on a copy of this album while you still can.

Lulu Rouge - Bless You

Lulu Rouge -Melankoli (The Crooked Spoke Remix)

Shaking

The title of the track posted this morning kind of sums up how I was feeling yesterday morning after what I thought was a rather splendid night in Glasgow the previous evening, although I really shouldn't drink Red Stripe I always feel like shite the next day.

Today's track is a rather sleazy but absolutely essential edit of a track by Little Willie John an American R&B singer who died in dubious circumstances aged only thirty in Washington State Penitentiary where he was serving time for manslaughter after a fatal knifing following a performance.  Not the best way to deal with critics, me thinks.

Little Willie John is probably best know as the first person to record Fever, he took the track to number 24 in the Pop charts in the States in 1956, selling more than a million copies. His songs have been covered by the likes of the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac. The track posted was originally called I'm Shakin' written by Rudy Toombs.

I'm Shakin' has been edited by Lulu Rouge and released on the Edits Du Golem label. Lulu Rouge are possibly the best DJ duo to come out of Denmark due to the fact that they are the only djing duo that I have heard of from Denmark. I have a few of their edits which are all good. They have also compiled various mix cds for the likes of Global Underground and Mambo.

Little Willie John - Shaking (Lulu Rouge edit)


Now tell me you don't feel better after hearing that!