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Creators Remix Roundup: Yuksek, Diplo, And Chromeo

Yuksek reworks The Young Professionals, Diplo and Don Diablo, and Mekatronix on Chromeo. Plus, Obama’s Spotify playlist, dressing up with G-Dragon, and Neon Indian’s new vid.

Our Creators are a talented and prolific bunch, and our inbox is always overflowing with alerts of new remixes and mashups from the incredible DJs and producers in our line-up. We just couldn't keep these fresh new tunes to ourselves because, after all, filesharing is caring. Here are our top picks from the past week.

The Young Professionals: (Yuksek remix)

Identically dressed, proficient communicators, The Young Professionals, are two slick gentlemen from France (via Tel Aviv) who like to drink coffee and hope to own a summer house one day (don’t we all). The first step in that direction might be nabbing go-to producer Yuksek who just remixed their latest track “D.I.S.C.O.” You’ll have to listen a few times to catch all the clever definitions they’ve come up for the acronym, or just step into their office (they have trannies and a gold hulu hoop).

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Diplo and Don Diablo feat. Zanger Rinus: “Make You Pop”

First it was grandma and jousting, and now it’s portly Dutch homebodies, repping anarchy and Mad Decent (duh), as the subject of Diplo’s most recent video and collaboration with Amsterdam-based DJ/producer Don Diablo. It certainly is a banger of a track, and that bike dance move is actually quite brilliant. Apparently Zanger Rinus and his lady friend, Romana, are huge viral stars in the Netherlands. It just goes to show you that people love train wrecks, which brings us quite nicely to our next track.

Chromeo: “Hot Mess” (Mekatronix remix)

Everyone knows a hot mess (slightly more respectable than train wrecks), and the sexy cops/criminals like the one’s in Chromeo‘s music video for “Hot Mess” illustrate the stereotype beautifully. Montreal-based “Funktronix” duo rework the track, shave off the gloss, and add some glitchy, warpy texture that (thankfully) doesn’t overtake Chromeo’s smooth, modern rockabilly. For all the hot messes out there… we still love you—you were born this way.

CREATOR BONUS TRACKS

President Obama’s Spotify playlist has something for everyone featuring Florence + the Machine, Ricky Martin, No Doubt, Al Green, etc. etc.

We’re quite certain G-Dragon could leave the music scene and just bank on weird fashion videos like these—then again, K-POP would never be the same.

Neon Indian’s new music video for “Fallout.”

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