LE CASTLE VANIA Remixes WALTER MEEGO

Atlanta based DJ Le Castle Vania grabbed my attention a couple years ago with his stellar remix of Snowden's "Black Eyes". Since then he has been at the center of the electro-indie world having released his own Troubletron ep and debuting his new side project Lies in Disquise. Now Le Castle is back with another great remix, this time in the form of Walter Meego's "Through A Keyhole".

Walter Meego - Through a Keyhole (Le Castle Vania remix)

THE PRESETS Wowed the Bowery Ballroom, WALTER MEEGO Showed Subtle Promise

The Presets are an act I've seen twice before, and after last night's gig at the Bowery Ballroom I can say that they just keep getting better and better every time. The crowd, which included Zero 7 ulumni Sia and Letigre's JD Samson, was absolutely into it - dancing, jumping around, and singing along. Among the highlights of the high octane set were the mesmerizing "Steamworks", the vicious anthem "Are You the One", and the encore closer "I Go Hard, I Go Home". What pleased me most though is that the newer singles "My People" and "This Boy's in Love" worked really well live. I haven't been able to get very into the new album as of yet, but after last night I'm diving in head first.


The Presets setlist:
Talk Like That/Down Down Down/Girl/?New Track?/A New Sky/Yippyo Ay/Are You The One/Together/Aeons/Girl & the Sea/Steamworks/This Boy's In Love/Kicking & Screaming/My People
(Encore) Anywhere/I Go Hard I Go Home.


Walter Meego played a lukewarm set before The Presets took the stage. Whereas they sounded flawless, they had no energy whatsoever, save for the awesome guy on the computer boards. He looked like he was sweating his ass off at a rave. The other two guys should take note. If these guys can muster up a better stage show they could evolve into something really great.



-all photos by Scot Bowman

WALTER MEEGO - Voyager

Walter Meego are a trio who met in Champaign, Illinois, relocated to the Chicago area, dropped a couple of EP's, and now have their first full length readied for release. Entitled Voyager, the disc is set to hit stores May 27th via Sony/Almost Gold. Their sound is glitchy electro pop - plenty of vocoders and tight synth build ups - fused with guitars and catchy melodies. For me, the new songs - Girls, Forever, In My Dreams - are instantly contagious. I'm really looking forward to hearing this album.

Check out the upcoming Walter Meego tour dates here.


The always loveable Big Stereo has the 'Girls' MP3. Go get it now.

STREAM - Walter Meego - Forever

And here's an older video for the track 'Romantic' (not from the new album)...

Walter Meego - Romantic (music video) (2006)