For the sixth edition of our Strange Sounds mixtape series, Hard Candy were tasked with choosing an artist to put together a mix. Twice monthly, a member of the Strangers In Stereocollective will take the reins and choose a band, DJ or producer to create a mix. Check back November 1st to see who’s next! For now, enjoy The Florrie Mixtape.
Below, Hard Candy and Florrie weigh in on the mix:
Hard Candy
Over at Hard Candy we are huge fans of electropop darling Florrie. Every song and remix that she has released (for free on her website) has been a winner! When thinking about who to choose for our mix, we decided that we did not want to go with a DJ, or someone known for their remix work. Instead we wanted to select an artist whose work we appreciated and whose musical sensibilities would be in tune with ours, and who better than Florrie?
Her background with Xenomania, one of the UK’s finest and favorite remix/production teams, coupled with her outstanding solo work, made her the perfect choice to create a mix for our Strange Sounds installment. In this tremendous mix, Florrie manages to seamlessly blend some of Hard Candy’s favorite artists (Annie, Florence And The Machine) with other fabulous tracks both old and new. The Duck Sauce “Barbra Streisand” tune explodes all over the mix (there is something so wrong yet so right about a mix where Babs is the focal point).
Florrie
Here are ten of my favorite tunes at the moment; some are old, some new, but they all make me wanna dance around like a crazy person with a mean bass player expression on my face. I used Ableton Live to put the mix together. I’ve opened the mix with a song called “No Sex for Ben” by the Rapture. It’s an older track but I love the way they’ve created the beat out of bits of his vocal, and it was the soundtrack of my last trip to New York. It lasted about 24 hours and I played this song a hundred of times! I’ve put some Two Door Cinema Club in there; I’m touring with them at the moment and they are preeetty damn cool. There’s some Annie too. We’ve written together recently and I think she’s awesome.
Two words: Barbra Streisand. I asked my fans what song they would choose for this mix and this Duck Sauce tune was one of the most popular. After a long awaited release it’s finally out this week in the UK and has gotta be heading for number one. It. is. brilliant. I get properly excited when I hear it!. Who next? Ah yes, Monsieur Fred Falke! He’s just done a new track with Burns and I think it’s gonna be BIG (check out the video, it’s tres jolie). I write a lot with Fred and he’s working on my album too…I love him! I won’t give away any more, you’ll have to listen for yourself…enjoy! *BARBRA STREISAND*
Tracklist
The Rapture – No Sex For Ben
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Cee Lo Green – Forget You
Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden
Annie – My Love Is Better
Delphic – Doubt
Florence And The Machine – You Got the Love (Jamie xx Rework ft. The xx)
Alex Gaudino – Destination Calabria (ft. Crystal Waters)
Burns and Fred Falke – You Stopped Loving Me
Download the full mix HERE