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The Crimea - Loop A Loop (Akira The Don Remix)

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Ok ladies and gentlemen, this one's a little different. I know I've posted far too many Crimea tracks already (and even an Akira The Don one but a couple days ago) but there's a much better reason for posting this.

You'll remember not so long ago Radiohead caused a stir by releasing In Rainbows as a pay-what-you-like download. Well, before all of that nonsense (and even before Prince's newspaper giveaway), The Crimea released their own album complete free online (yes, I blogged about that too). Anyway, this week they've been continuing their trend settings crusade against the music industry with a unique single release tactic. The lead single track, Loop A Loop, along with twelve remixes and two b-sides have all been made available through fourteen seperate blogs and one TV advert (UK viewers may have seen it already...). Each blog hosts an exclusive download of one remix, and that's where W♥M comes in...

Available to We Heart Music listeners is the release to the right, a remix by Akira The Don. It's not quite as exclusive as the others as it's also available for full download on Akira The Don's website, or on his ATD 15 mixtape CD. But if you like it, want more remixes, wanna know more about the band, or just want some more cool music blogs to check out, then take a look at The Crimea's official site where you can find links to all of the blogs featuring single remixes. I particularly recommend the Faronheit blog for the b-side Stoned, or Music Like Dirt for the unrelated article on Lily Allen's pottential album samples and influences.

Now we just wait for Radiohead to follow suit and get all the press attention...

Welsh born rapper and producer Akira The Don (Myspace) came to my attention after he remixed a song by one of my favorite bands. After a bit of searching I came across another cover he's made, Clones, originally by Alice Cooper. The original video posted on Newgrounds is probably as much as draw as the tune, though even that is deffinately catchy and I reckon better than the original. Check out the full quality flash vid on Newgrounds if the Youtubified version doesn't suffice. Welsh rap FTW! Seriously, did I ever post any Weapons Of Mass Belief stuff?  - Christopher