I posted this cool live performance (jump to 0:41) of ‘Forget It’ by Blood Orange aka Dev Hynes a few months ago and kinda forgot about it, no pun intended.. anyway, I searched for an mp3 the other day and stumbled across this post by ironsides over at kissbrooklyn.com. They posted ‘Forget It’ and two other songs. Can’t stop listening to ‘Forget It’, great song!! Go get it asap!

The NY indie trio BRAHMS, who btw participated in the first Poule d’Or Compilation, released a remix of Neon Indian’s great song Psychic Chasms. Actually Neon Indian released it which makes it even cooler. Free mp3 over at TheTripWire or try the maniacs at Pitchfork. It first popped into my radar on indiescreet though, so kudos to them!

Class Actress are Elizabeth Harper (vocals) and Scott Rosenthal and Mark Richardson (production). The frontwoman was a quite successful solo acoustic artist in California ( .. when Pitchfork asked the xx about their favorite song ever they answered “Rock Like a Baby” by Elizabeth Harper) but then she got tired -“I wanted to dance”- of the whole “sad girl with guitar” thing and moved to New York where she formed the “Stalker Pop” band Class Actress with the two producers, one being her ex-boyfriend. They recently recorded the five track EP “Journal of Ardency” in her Brooklyn apartment which is out now on Terrible Records. Quotes from February issue of NYLON.

Check out the title track of this super rad EP. myspace – buy EP

Hold on to your wigs and keys because the second edition of the Poule d’Or Compilation is ready to rock your speakers!

A quick walk through the tracklist:

1. We Are Eyesight – On The Road: House/Electro duo from Paris, Romain (DJ & producer) & Ed (Designer).

2. Dadajugend Polyform – Dada Jeunesse: German Electronica/Post Punk quartet signed to Audiolith.

3. James Yuill – UFO: My favorite track on this compilation. James used noise samples fans sent him to make this song. Pretty incredible. He is signed to Moshi Moshi, his second album will be out in June.

4. Liquid Vega – Strange Music: Vincent & Genevieve from the UK, signed to the swedish label Force Majeure. Debut ‘Dead Sun’ out May 15th.

5. Germany Germany – Friday Night Remix: He doesnt need no introduction. Germany Germany apparently liked NY Fanz’ track on the first compilation so much he remixed it. Pure greatness.

6. So I’m Jo – Waiting For Time: I was downright shocked by how little known they are when I checked their last-fm profile because I have been listening to Glen Cassidy & Damon Cameron from Sydney for quite some time now. This track is from their modularfield debut release ‘Entrevoir’ available for download here (free).

7. LectroLips – Super Human: Catchy electropop from Ant & Leo from the UK.

8. Gold Zebra – Six Years: Brilliant track from Julie (Vocals) & JP Richard (Production) from Montreal, Canada.

9. Kisses – Bermuda: Dreamy pop title from Jesse & Zinzi from Los Angeles, California.

10. Degrees – Breakdown: New Wave pop from Swedes Mikael Jacobson & Rickard Folke.

11. The Da Vincis – 50’s Film: Light pop track from Andrew Burke (keys & vocals), Gavin Fields (drums & vocals) & Peyton Randolph (bass) from Jackson, Mississippi.

Overall, more electronic than the first edition..

Thanks to all the bands and artists for wanting to be a part of the second edition! It’s been so much fun.

Now enjoy the second Poule d’Or Compilation. And let me know what you think!

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Make sure you download the first edition too in case you haven’t… and Happy Passover everybody!

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you wanna be on the next compilation? email me: hen@pouledor.com

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