Primal Scream - Give Back But Don't Give Out (Portishead Remix)

As a disclaimer, please excuse the cheesy visuals of this YouTube clip. It's all about the song anyway, so just spark one up and...

What a fucking gem! In 2010, a heavyweight LP titled "Portishead - Remixes (Chapter 1)" was released featuring seven songs by other artists, remixed by Portishead. What makes this compilation so special to me is that these hard-to-find tracks are dated, and have that narcotic trip-hop groove that Portishead helped pioneer in the 90's. Though I don't own a copy of this record, I will be searching eBay for a copy. Unfortunately, my life continues for the moment sans turntable. This compilation was only released on vinyl.

The dubby, spaced out beat, and cosmic wah-wah of the guitar bring me to that dark, special place. Add the female back up vocals and the film-noir keyboard samples, and you've got me hooked.

Alex Clare - Relax My Beloved

I'm not very familiar with Alex Clare, but i found this linked on twitter earlier today.  It's something I definitely dig, at least this track, i still to do some listening to for the other tracks on his upcoming (?) album: give me a few days to process those tracks.
This is produced by Switch/Diplo (who i guess i've gained some sort of affinity for, seeing that a lot of the tracks i've posted have been produced by them- fuckers- are they the new Timbaland and Magoo? [i don't mean that as a dis, btw]) and has that white-boy soulfulness that made me fall in love with Jamie Lidell, this album is already on my 'watch' list- damn.