Fresh remixes! Quantic is an Englishman who went to Colombia and never looked back. Since the early 2000s, he has produced albums as himself (Quantic), with his band (Quantic Soul Orchestra), and with his other band (Combo Bárbaro). March will see the release of the remixes of Caliventura EP.

We love it when great bands release multiple remixes. It helps market tracks to tons electro audiences, and to rope in little-known DJ talent. So bravo Homogenic, who just got seven remixes by DJs out of their home country Indonesia. All the remixes stem from Homogenic's third bilingual album Let A

Das ist ein guten remix. German R&B singer Taprikk Sweezee got an Iggy "Wow!" for the spaced out R&B on his recent EP Poly, and that exclamation will get exponentially louder now that he's joining forces with some of our favorite experimental hip hop producers for the Poly remix album.

Caution: beats in proximity. The USA west coast instrumental hip hop renaissance has been in effect for a couple of years, and there are finally enough studios taking rogue beatmakers off the LA streets and giving them a home. Proximal Records is one such place, and they gave the world a taste of

Does sampling another musician's work count as theft? Or is it just how our culture moves forward -- akin to how authors sample the styles of their forbears or how designers model looks on those of the past? The law, however backward it may seem to your young, hip-hop full ears, says that to...