So you may (or may not) have noticed that D.I.D. has been dormant for a week (the longest amount of downtime in its short, albeit illustrious history). We have upgraded from my personal website to a home of our own, and after a very stressful week (relocating hundreds of mp3s takes sooo much time), we are back. Not to bore you with my troubles, I’m ready to dive back in to it, we have so much to catch up on.

So before falling in love with Chauffeur I didn’t really know too much about Mark Ronson. In a typical fashion, he is now showing up everywhere in my life. Producing tracks for Wale‘s new album (more on that in a minute), working with Amy Winehouse and being responsible for tracks I didn’t even know I knew (“Stop Me”, which features a delightful homage to The Supremes [Diana Ross is also showing up everywhere for me]). Classic soul and flawless production, I’m embarassed that it’s taken me this long, but now there’s no turning back.

Mark Ronson – Valerie feat. Amy Winehouse
Wale – 90210 prod. by Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson – Stop Me feat. Daniel Merriweather

Couldn’t believe that this was a real thing when I first heard about it on the couch sessions, but it’s true. Chauffeur is comprised of Theophilus London, Sam Sparro (um, “Black and Gold” was my anthem for a while), and Mark Ronson, what a dream team. Initially I was overwhelmed by the variance in style contained in one track, but I quickly got over it. This is their only song so far (having debuted it at CMJ, check out the live video here). I have been uncontrollably listening to this on repeat and waiting ever so patiently for more. The water is nice, won’t you join me?

Chauffeur – Soles of Fire