THE OPIATES - REALITY TV (DROP OUT ORCHESTRA DUB) / DISCO ACTIVISO

The Opiates is a new project featuring the sultry vocals of one of the queens of house music, Billie Ray Martin. This remix EP; featuring Drop Out Orchestra, Disco Bloodbath, Dan Beaumont, Aera Negrot (from Hercules & Love Affair), and Doorly, landed in our inbox today and was quite the welcome surprise. They're all pretty fantastic, but Drop Out Orchestra's mix is the one that spoke to me the most. Slow-mo groove, disco strings, and Miss Martin's voice, what more could you ask for? Although the radio edit was in our box, Drop Out Orchestra is giving the dub away for free. Check it.

PLASTIC LOVE PODCAST 022 / MORNING FACTORY (CLONE RECORDS)

This week on the Plastic Love Podcast we welcome a major gear in the Clone Records machine; giving us an hour long journey through analog grooves and dusty synths, all the way from The Netherlands this is Morning Factory.

THE SOUND OF PLASTIC LOVE // 2011

2011 was a fairly big year for us, we hosted several of our own parties (including Ame's live debut!), made treks south of the border to Mexico to play at the Sunrise Music Festival, provided a home for some fantastic up and coming as well as established DJs on our podcast (a rather BUMPING old school set from Germany's Snuff Crew), made lots of awesome new friends, and of course found lots of awesome new music. Here's a list of our favorite tracks, EPs, albums, and record labels from the last year that really helped shape our sound.

CLASSIC PLASTIC / 808 State - Pacific State

When people discuss classics it seems like 808 State's Pacific State gets overlooked a bit. It's probably because it's not as "clubby" as others, but it's a beautiful tune and truly timeless. This came out in 1989, but still sounds really fresh every time I hear it.

JM

ÂME LIVE AT PLASTIC LOVE (LIVE DEBUT TOUR) / DEC.17.2011

In 2010 Âme's announced plans for a live compilation CD and accompanying tour, 2011 saw that tour come to fruition with shows at Trouw and the Awakenings Festival in Amsterdam, Tunnel in Italy, Dekmantel in Netherlands, and various gigs all over Europe. We at Plastic Love have pegged Âme for their Los Angeles leg and we couldn't be happier to be a part of their debut North American tour. Tickets and guestlist info after the jump, check it out.

CLASSIC PLASTIC / UNDERGROUND SOUND OF LISBON - SO GET UP

Tribal is one of my favorite record labels ever. Danny Tenaglia, Murk, Junior Vasquez and Deep Dish (among others) got their start here. Underground Sound of Lisbon is the collaboration of Portugal's DJ Vibe and Rui Da Silva. So Get Up was their biggest track together. The Tribal release has remixes from Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez. All the mixes are great. DT added some fat bass:

JM
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PLASTIC LOVE PODCAST 021 / BABY G (DANCE DISORDER, BPITCH)

This week on the Plastic Love podcast we welcome Super Discoteca records bosslady, and one half of Dance Disorder, Baby G.