Machinedrum has swallowed the early chunk of 2012, collaborating on new works with Azealia Banks and Om Unit, remixing Bonobo and Gang Colours, and releasing his own SXLND EP on LuckyMe earlier this month. I don’t know how he’s going to keep up at this pace all year, but hearing this Letherette remix of a tune he did with Theophilus London almost three years ago is telling me there still is much more in store. You can catch him on tour with Sepalcure/SBTRKT all spring.

So it was exactly one year ago today, that we had our first post here at D.I.D. I can’t believe it’s already been a year, we’ve come so far. In celebration of our first birthday, Chief and I both made celebratory mixes (he’ll be dropping his half, later today), entitled Sounds of Summer, to thank all of you for tagging along with us on this awesome journey. Happy Birthday to us! Happy beats for you!

Tracklist:

1 “A Voice” – Monster Rally
2 “Crave You” – Flight Facilities
3 “In the Water” – Beat Connection
4 “Take It Easy” – Surfer Blood
5 “The Truest Faith” – Korallreven
6 “Beaches and Friends” (Hey Champ remix) – French Horn Rebellion
7 “Octubre” – Comanche
8 “I Am (If You Are)” – Murder Mystery
9 “Turn Around” – Sola Rosa feat. Iva Lamkum
10 “Lighthearted” – Broke One
11 “Up In The Clouds” (Jake Bullit remix) – Darwin Deez
12 “We Can’t Fly” – Aeroplane
13 “Easy” (Fabian remix) – Dragonette
14 “Oh?! (Intangible Fantasy)” – ArnHao
15 “Flying Overseas” – Theophilus London
16 “Sacré Cool” – Young Montana
17 “Gold Dust” – DJ Fresh

Download the mix here.

It’s no secret that over here at D.I.D., we really love Theophilus London. I had This Charming Mixtape on repeat for months, and have been looking forward to today’s release of I WANT YOU for a while now. It’s looking to be his most epic move yet, featuring his classic rhymes and an impeccable use of samples, this is sure to be the soundtrack for the next few seasons. You can download the rest of it for free from his website, so go on, join the hype.

Theophilus London – Starry Eyed (remix)
Theophilus London – Sorry To Interrupt

Theophilus London is blasting off. We’ve been giving this pioneer of today’s electro-fueled urban pop movement (hahaha) lots of love over the last few months, and this video should hopefully get him farther out there. The premise of the video is a little simple, but judging from the flood of starry-eyed Theophilus lovers that have been emailing me about this since it dropped yesterday, I think people would watch a video of this guy doing anything. Looking forward to his upcoming release.

Theophilus London – Humdrum Town

It’s no secret that here at Dipped in Dollars, we love us some Theophilus London, so I was pleased to hear about this nice little documentary on his blog. His mixtape is phenomenal, and if you haven’t heard it already, what are you waiting for?

The boys from Vampire Weekend have released their first single of their second album, due out early next year. Personally, I think that “Horchata” was better (and free to boot!), and that this is a pretty underwhelming single for an album that is still months away. My favorite part is the Christmas-bell like interlude, but it’s definitely not enough to carry the whole song. Check out the video, redeemable moments include bursts of confetti (cause who doesn’t love that?) and the part where they wear each other’s faces on the backs of their heads (actually pretty neat). Don’t take my word for it, listen and watch for yourself.

Vampire Weekend – Cousins
(mp3 removed by request)

Bonus! Because I’m obsessed with Theophilus London, here is a much more solid track with “cousins” in the title.

Theophilus London – Crazy Cousins

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

If you were to strip the skin from my bones and search for the true essence of Epsilon, you would find Theophilus London.  This is exactly where I’m at in life.  Download the Mixtape, throw him some $$$$$, and kill this as much as I have.

Theophilus London – Cold Pillow

Theophilus London – Aquamilitia

Theophilus London – Always Love U