Daft Punk - Derezzed [Avicii Vocal Remix] (2011)

Daft Punk did the song Derezzed for the movie TRON. Can't say that I'm a fan, and I didn't much care for the original version of the song. It simply lacked vocals to back up a pretty hot track, but Avicii to the rescue. If you're into House, you know Avicii has been simply tearing up the scene this year. The song Levels has been this years mega-hit, and I can't stop listening. This remix of Derezzed is no exception, and the bar has been set once again!

djisar's Top 10 House Hits of 2011

Here rounds off my list of the 2011 best electro and progressive house tracks. I spent a good amount of deliberation on this list; I hope you all enjoy!


Honorable Mention #2) Britney Spears - I Wanna Go (DJ Frank E & Alex Dreamz Remix)





Honorable Mention #1) Calvin Harris - Feel So Close (Nero Remix)

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#10) Kaskade ft. Mindy Gledhill - Eyes





#9) Kaskade - Turn It Down





#8) Alex Metric & Steve Angello - Open Your Eyes ft. Ian Brown





#7) Nero - Me & You (Dirtyphonics Remix)





#6) Kelly Osbourne - One word (Chris Cox Remix)





#5) Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, and BT - In the Air feat. Angela McCluskey





#4) Calvin Harris - Bounce feat. Kelis





#3) Avicii - Levels





#2) Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go - Cinema (Skrillex Remix)





#1) Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (The Knocks Remix)

Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983)

"Rockit" is a song recorded by Herbie Hancock. It was released as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock. The song was written by Hancock, bass guitarist Bill Laswell and synthesizer/drum machine programmer Michael Beinhorn.

Constructed and composed during the recording process at various studios, including Martin Bisi's in Brooklyn NY, "Rockit" was perhaps the first popular single to feature scratching and other turntablist techniques, performed by GrandMixer D.ST - an influential DJ in the early years of turntablism - using turntables as a musical instrument. Later turntablists, such as DJ Qbert and Mix Master Mike, cited "Rockit" as revelatory in the documentary film Scratch, inspiring their interest in the instrument. The record GrandMixer D.ST. used for scratching in Rockit was the B-side of Change The Beat by Fab Five Freddy, released in 1982 on Celluloid Records.

The single was a major radio hit in the United Kingdom and a popular dance club song in the United States. The music video, directed by duo Godley & Creme and featuring robot-like sculptures (by Jim Whiting) moving in time to the music, was among the earliest videos to feature African Americans on MTV and garnered five MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, including Best Concept Video and Best Special Effects. Hancock himself appears and plays keyboard only as an image on a television, which is smashed on the pavement in the closing shot.

Brittany Murphy - Faster Kill Pussycat (2006)

"Faster Kill Pussycat" is the first single from Paul Oakenfold's 2006 album, A Lively Mind.  It features American actress Brittany Murphy's  vocals.  It was released on March 21, 2006 in the US and eventually reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay.  In the UK, it debuted at #37 on downloads alone, and reached #7 the next week. The title of the track is a play on the title of the 1965 exploitation film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! 

The music video, shot on the rooftop of a parking garage in downtown Los Angeles, features Brittany Murphy dancing, with scenes of Oakenfold as a DJ and a wild crowd.  Directed by renowned music video director Jake Nava, it premiered on television in May 2006, and received airplay on MTV and other music channels.

Brittany Murphy (b. November 10, 1977, d. December 20, 2009) had an untimely death.  On February 25, 2010, the coroner released a report stating that Murphy had been taking a range of over-the-counter and prescription medications, with the most likely reason being to treat a cold or respiratory infection. These included "elevated levels" of hydrocodone, acetaminophen, L-methamphetamine and chlorpheniramine.   All of the drugs were legal and the death was ruled to be an accident, but the report observed: "the possible adverse physiological effects of elevated levels of these medications cannot be discounted, especially in her weakened state."

Brittany once commented: "My singing voice isn't like my speaking voice...I've just always kept it a secret and never taken credit because I wanted to learn how to work behind the microphone in a recording studio, and some of the singers don't even know it was me recording on their albums."

She was in a band called Blessed Soul with fellow actor Eric Balfour in the early 1990s.  She dabbled in music again with the release of the film Happy Feet, in which she covered Queen's Somebody to Love and Earth, Wind & Fire's Boogie Wonderland.  Murphy said about her character Gloria, "Oddly enough, of all the characters I've played, Gloria is the most like me. And she's a penguin! George Miller always wanted one person to do both [the speaking and the singing].  I said, 'I can sing,' and I asked him to give me a shot. I don't think he took me very seriously because most actors say they can do most things."