Not entirely sure what the girl in the new video by The Hundred In The Hands has been drinking but can I get some?

“Pigeons” is released on September 13th via Warp and comes with remixes from Walls and Blawan with the House Gaze duo’s self titled debut album dropping just seven days later.

It kinda sucks for Walls and Blawan that they could deliver remixes of epic proportions and they’d still look a bit sheepish next to Kyle “MF” Hall’s superlative reimagination of “Dressed In Dresden” which is the sort of track that can be played 1063 times and your ears will always pick up something new.

Download: The Hundred In The Hands – Dressed In Dresden (Kyle MF Hall Remix)

Things the Internet should discuss more often #5,912: Wild Geese.

The formerly mysterious duo comprised of Franklin Tope and Daniel Foat run the esteemed Flashback imprint which has seen killer releases from Twitch, Eddie C and Toby Tobias (under his Badonday alias) and is notable for the rather stush looking Flashback artwork that emblazons the record sleeves.

The production skills of Wild Geese are also notable for making me like a Friendly Fries track and their remix talents have now turned the piano heavy stomp  of Hot Chip’s “Hand Me Down Your Love” into a retro acid house thump which gets several thumbs pointing towards the sky.

Download: Hot Chip – Hand Me Down Your Love (Wild Geese Remix)

Now that we’re four here at Slutty Fringe, we’ve decided to spread our wings and include the ocassional guest post from some of our favourite writers. First off the blocks is Justin Quirk, the award-winning editor of House magazine, and a regular contributor to Esquire and The Guardian where he writes about everything from gruesome murders to geopolitics and puppets.

And, frequently, heavy metal.

He also DJ’s with Alex Rayner and has been a regular feature at our nights over the years, generally playing obscure Level 42 b-sides. Now sit back, get comfortable and enjoy this heroically epic post on the changing face of Iron Maiden’s mascot.

EDDIE   – A SELECTIVE HISTORY OF METAL’S GREATEST MASCOT.

Unless you’re some sort of hermaphrodite, you’ll doubtless be aware that this Sunday sees Iron Maiden playing at Sonisphere at Knebworth. I followed the band around on the North American leg of their Somewhere Back In Time tour in 2008 and I’m not exaggerating when I say that it was one of the greatest experiences of my journalistic career. After enjoying two hours of squaddie metal, involving walls of pyrotechnics, Steve Harris ‘machine-gunning’ the crowd with his bass guitar, an Anubis death mask, giant Union Jacks and a stage shaped like an Egyptian temple, it’s a little difficult to go back to watching some ‘hotly tipped indie band’, I can tell you.

Anyway, even if you’re one of that small minority of Soft Boy Walters who find it difficult to get with Maiden’s music, you could still feel the love for their career-long mascot, EDDIE THE HEAD. First realised as a pantomime blood-spewing head hovering above drummer Clive Burr onstage, Derek Riggs’ zombie creation has been through numerous guises. Here is the Slutty Fringe guide to his finest moments…

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Palladium Authenticity – Alice Dellal from Palladium on Vimeo.

I’ve got a pair of free Palladium boots which are the unwanted legacy of a night of free boozing.

They’re fucking rotten eye sores which will are still boxed and will never grace my feet.

Maybe it takes an authentically diiferent beauty like Alice Dellal to carry the look off…..

Amongst the brouhaha that surrounded the recent announcement of this years rather tepid nominations for the Mercury Music Awards, one salient point that was raised by many with an opinion on music was the notable absence of Boys Outside, Steve Mason’s exceptional Richard X assisted album.

Shame on you shadowy Mercury nominee choosing panel.

Anyway, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor (who seems to be morphing into a young Woody Allen) has remixed Mason’s forthcoming single “Am I Just A Man”, turning the slick blues breeze of the original into an oscillating psychedelic haze of fuzzed out riffs, mellifluous organ flourishes and shooting synths.

(think Alexis might have even added some vocal harmonies too)

Download: Steve Mason – Am I Just A Man (Alexis Taylor Remix) or Pay With A Tweet

Unless I’m very much mistaken Team Fringe has this weekend off from DJ’ing, so what to do? Well personally I’m repairing to my ancestral seat to see Kid Creole and the Coconuts, but if you’re in London this Friday then you’re in luck as you’ll be in the very good company of Glasgow’s finest.

First up it’s the Numbers crew who are holding a launch party for Redinho‘s new ‘Bare Blips EP’ at the much loved and thankfully reopened Plastic People. It’s only a fiver in and alongside Redinho, you’ll get sets from Rustie, Spencer, Goodhand, Nelson and a special surprise guest.

Meanwhile a quick bus ride up the Kingsland Rd you’ll find Optimo’s JD Twitch playing an early evening set* at The Beat! in the style of the insanely good 60 Minutes of Fear mix he did for RVNG, alongside a live show from the excellent Gold Blood. As with all parties at The Alibi it’s free in, and will be officially great.

Now personally wild horses couldn’t drag me away from my long planned night of tropical disco, cocktails and suburban MILFs but I have to admit these two parties come pretty damn close.

*I’ve been informed by TP he’s also playing at The CAMP with Factory Floor later on.

After a brief hiatus to concentrate on the more important things in life such as the World Cup and dancing in the streets as the sun rises and testing the levels of our jaegermeister toleration the much vaunted Slutty Fringe Mix Series kicks back into life with a selection courtesy of ZNTN.

The London based Producer and DJ hails from Lisbon and has an impressive streak of remixes under his belt for the likes of Clouded Vision, Au Revoir Simone and Alice Russell as well releasing a superlative debut EP on Astro Lab. ZNTN has also recently started the podcast How The Other Half Lives which tasks esteemed DJs and producers with selecting tracks from the music they love as opposed to the music they are compelled to play in front of a throbbing dance floor. An excellent concept which to date has drawn contributions from Andy Blake, Todd Harte, Ivan Smagghe and Matt Waites amongst others.

ZNTN has delivered a mix that drifts with intent through several genres and it’s one of our favourites to date. As per ususal, we engaged in a not so vigorous bout of email tooing and froing to seek ZNTNs opinions on night life in Portugal and London, his favourite labels, future plans and productions and even managed to avoid any particularly stupid questions.

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There’s a lo fi charm to “Celine & Julie Go Boating” from Minnesota based trio Waxx Maxx which ensured they survived the incoming email from random band cull.

From the resonating synth flutters, through the off kilter drum thumps to the intermittent bursts of A Level French, Waxx Maxx come across as Glass Candy if Johnny Jewel swapped a diet of Italo Disco supplements for French Cold Wave dumplings.

Waxx Maxx will be posting one track a month on their own clunkily designed corner of the internet ahead of a EP set for release on Kindercore in November.

Download: Waxx Maxx – Celine & Julie Go Boating

CARIBOU – Sun from Caribou on Vimeo.

In which Director Simon Owens proves that the hypnotic qualities that seep from every pore of Swim by Caribou can get all ages shaking hips.

People in London can catch Caribou at Field Day this weekend

Next week the world’s finest Gonzales returns with ‘I Am Europe’ taken from his forthcoming album Ivory Tower and as we have come to expect it’s clearly a work of stone cold genius.

When I get home from a day in the office and slump, dead eyed and emotionally spent on the couch it’s important to know that people like Gonzo exist, living the, admittedly weird, dream for us all.

Anyway the video is above and has left me wondering what kind of hardcore skin care regime Tiga has, the man just looks permanently airbrushed.

After playing like every club in the world, Detroit’s techno legend type Jimmy Edgar speaks out about his stripper mum and self loathing.

SF: You’ve been DJing since you were a teen, but what was your last day job?
Jimmy Edgar: My resume is extensive.  I worked as a graphic designer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, where I mainly designed all the visuals for each exhibition and market.  I was a makeup artist at the county morgue as well, that’s where I got access to shooting ‘the models’ before I moved to NYC and got into fashion photography.  Other than that, I made hip hop for dudes in Detroit/NYC… pretty much always lived on it.

SF: Coming from the home of so many genres of music, who or what do you think has influenced your music?
Jimmy Edgar: I say this countless times when people ask me, my music is strictly R&B.  I grew up on Prince and underground shit like Steve Poindexter and Dominatrix.  My mum was a stripper so I got to hear it all.  I learned how to make music in the Baptist church, I was the only white kid but it was cool ’cause I was there for the music, not the Jesus.

SF: Any dream collaborators?
Jimmy Edgar: The Dream.  maybe Busta or Missy… I wouldn’t mind making Madonna make some horsey squeels though.

SF: Roughly how many haircuts do you go through in a year?
Jimmy Edgar: Probably 100, when I can’t sleep I end up in the bathroom, at some point trimming my split ends like a bitch.  I have this self loathing thing going on.

In which Munich’s Munk get’s remixed by L.A’s Them Jeans, re-released on NYC’s Plant Music and then written about on LDN’s Slutty Fringe.

Download: Munk – Down In L.A. (Them Jeans Remix)

The Down In L.A. EP is out now and alongside the above you get reworks from Shazam, Fantastadon, Dan-Oh and Grand Theft Audio, pick it up from the likes of Beatportal.

After getting all excited about it earlier in the year I have to admit I’ve kind of forgotten about Pantha Du Prince‘s Black Noise LP. No slight on it at all more just a reflection on the absolute barrage of superlative albums released so far this year.

Anyway time for a quick refresher in the shape of the stunning Behind The Stars, the kind of music that would make you sit down and cry tears of unadulterated joy if played in a dark club on a giant rig.

Download: Pantha Du Prince – Behind The Stars

Pantha Du Prince will be playing at, the already much lauded on these pages, Standon Calling (6-8 August) alongside the equally amazing likes of Liars, Efterklang and Casiokids. I’ll be the one on my knees sobbing like a child, come say hello!