Song Of The Day: RAC - Hollywood Feat. Penguin Prison (Cassian Remix)

Australian producer Cassian just released an incredible house remix of "Hollywood," RAC's original track from this summer featuring Penguin Prison on Mountain Dew's record label Green Label Sound. This remix comes on the heels of two earlier remixes of "Hollywood" by The Magician, and Felix Da Housecat earlier this year. 

Image Courtesy of Green Label Sound

Cassian released a 2-track EP The Love Cuts this past June featuring the tracks "I Love It," and "Reach For Love," and several other hard-hitting remixes of tracks by Hot Chip, Bag Raiders, Two Door Cinema Club, as well as various other artists.  Cassian is currently touring internationally with an upcoming Halloween show in Sydney, Australia, two shows in Sao Paulo, Brazil and a show in Louisville, Kentucky at the end of the month.

RAC - Hollywood featuring Penguin Prison (Cassian Remix)


BONUS:
RAC - Hollywood featuring Penguin Prison (The Magician Remix)


RAC - Hollywood featuring Penguin Prison (Felix Da Housecat Remix)

Remixes I Like Better Than The Originals - Part 2

Today I will share the second part of what I hope to be a recurring series of remixes that I like better than their original songs.

Foxes - Youth (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix) vs. Original


Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (Plastic Plates Remix) vs. Original


BassNectar - Voodoo (Beats Antique Remix) vs. Original


Foster the People - Houdini (RAC Remix) vs. Original


Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - Bibio Remix vs. Original


Special Consideration
Avicii - Levels (Skrillex Remix) vs. Original*


*Note that the now well known vocal hook from this song was sampled from Etta James' "Something's Got a Hold on Me," and was previously sampled by Pretty Lights in the 2006 track "Finally Moving." Pretty Lights used the same sample again two years later in "Finally Moving Remix," and again in 2010 in "Finally Moving James Brown Remix." It boggles my mind that such a great original hook was sampled in not one, not two, but three good songs from a solid artist, but never became widely known until it was used in a shitty house song in 2011.