You Knew I Had To Do This!

Curtis Vodka “Hey Girl” – This is a remix of Chris Brown’s “Ain’t No Way (You Won’t Love Me),” and if you listen to the original recording after hearing this, it suddenly sounds very plodding, as if the vocal melodies are swimming against the tide of that amazing synth line. Curtis Vodka chops up the best bits from the a cappella and reorganizes the track into something far more intuitive and exhilirating. The lyrics are mostly excised, but the fragments that do come through as the vocals swirl around through the mix still manage to get the main talking points of the song across in a slightly abstracted sort of way. (Click here for the Curtis Vodka MySpace page.)

WhatNow? “Flip Flops” – Though it is not nearly as polished as Curtis Vodka’s remix, this track by WhatNow? gets by on its goofy, ramshackle charm and some gleefully inane hooks about…flip flops. It basically sounds like the coolest advertisement for flip flops ever. Flip flops at the beach! Flip flops at the club! I hate wearing flip flops, and now I almost want to go buy a pair. (Click here for WhatNow’s MySpace page.)