What happens when Tegan & Sara‘s Sainthood highlight “Alligator”, a dainty ’80′s-disco-tinged number about clingy girlfriends, gets a chance to spend some time on remixing wizard Doctor Rosen Rosen‘s operating table? Just like everything else Rosen puts a scalpel to, it emerges from surgery a far more dramatic electro-pop beast!!
Grab the “Rx” below, followed by MP3′s of the Canadian twin sibs taking on David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” and Prince’s “When You Were Mine”.
On paper, having one of our top guilty pleasure jams of 2009, the Vistoso Bosses‘ unfortunate non-hit “Delirious”, be completely sapped it of it’s appealingly Crayola-hued, “Legend of Zelda”-meets-four-square wispiness for darker electro textures doesn’t seem like it would fly.
Yet, consistently impressive remixer/ producer Doctor Rosen Rosen ultimately makes this revision work, his heavy slabs of spooky synth gloom and typewriter drum machine ticks bringing a sinister heft to lines like “When you look in my eyes/ You make me delirious”, instantly transforming what was once this cutesy (and fairly harmless), teenybop crush ode into the beginnings of an exciting “Fatal Attraction”-for-the-high-school-set big screen thriller.
Under Rosen’s helm, the bright and shiny crackle and pop that made “Telephone”‘s original incarnation veer a little too Britney-esque and chaotic at times, is slightly downplayed for a darker electro-pop pulse, excitingly heightened by quirky, voice-affected breakdowns, fuzzed-out basslines, and a far-too-brief soul clap section around the three-minute mark (plus, it also doesn’t hurt that Beyonce’s portions are more successfully woven in here).
If only we had the power to sway label-heads (which, sigh, we don’t), we’d encourage them to use this version to accompany the forthcoming “Telephone” music video rather than the original.
Loyal site-watchers have probably gotten the hint that we’re big fans of basically whatever Doctor Rosen Rosen does…and who could blame us, seeing that his darkly shaded, synth-based re-imaginings are always ace.
On his latest project, the good Doc ambitiously opted on remixing the entirety of Lily Allen‘s half-year-old sophomore LP It’s Not Me, It’s You, and damn if he hasn’t gotten us to fall in love with the English pop pixie’s set all over again thanks to his efforts, which basically entail replacing the original’s cutesy, upbeat soundscapes with gorgeously brooding electro-pop arrangements that help plant a clearer focus on her always entertaining penmanship game.
Maestro’s favorites include Rosen’s take on It’s Not Me‘s current single “22″, which makes Allen’s washed-up-at-thirty musings feel even more depressing and hopeless when thrust under a moonlit blanket of gloomy synth-strings, and album-closer/ forgiving-Father ode “He Wasn’t There”, which marries an icy drum march with forlorn lullaby melodics.
An excellent collection that lands as a nice compliment to the original, we can’t help but anticipate what pop album Rosen is eyeing next to give the “Bizarro World” treatment to.
You can snatch up our faves below, but head here to DL the entire set for FREE.
Speaking of remixes, here’s a new one fresh out of the OR from Doctor Rosen Rosen. The good Doc‘s latest patient is none other than ’09 French alt/pop highlights Phoenix and their contender for Best Single of ’09, “Lisztomania”.
Here, Rosen casts off the original’s boppy sunniness completely, opting to shroud Thomas Mars’ perky emotings instead in a mesmerizingly mood-ish mix that interweaves downbeat dance textures, pinches of classical riffs, chopped vocal snippets and haunting Gregorian chorale.
It might not be the most uplifting remix, but the pensive melodrama of Rosen’s score masters a noir-y elegance that’s definitely got our ears satisfied.
Here, Doctor Rosen Rosen (the man behind last year’s deliciously dramatic remixes of Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” and Mariah Carey’s “I’ll Be Lovin U Long Time”) puts on his remixing surgical gloves and attempts to alleviate the headache-inducing annoyance that is Eminem’s latest by giving it an electro-pop makeover.
The results? Let’s just say that a few doses of the Doctor’s electronic blurts and squiggles boogie was all we needed to muster up the strength to get back on the “excited for Relapse” bandwagon.
Side Note: We admire the fact that Em has once again brought longtime hook girl choice Dina Rae back to our attention, but wasn’t the singer at one point supposed to be launching a solo career? She’s got the chops (and more importantly, some noteworthy industry pals with their own labels and things), so what gives?
As nice as it is to get free music, think of how much better your soul would feel if you purchased it the old-fashioned way.
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What happens when Tegan & Sara‘s Sainthood highlight “Alligator”, a dainty ’80′s-disco-tinged number about clingy girlfriends, gets a chance to spend some time on remixing wizard Doctor Rosen Rosen‘s operating table? Just like everything else Rosen puts a scalpel to, it emerges from surgery a far more dramatic electro-pop beast!!
Loyal site-watchers have probably gotten the hint that 
Speaking of remixes, here’s a new one fresh out of the OR from 
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