We’ve made no secret of our love for Crystal Fighters and their basque-influenced electro delights here at Walrus Towers, but they have outdone themselves with their latest “I Love London”. Kitsune (MySpace) decided to put this on their Kitsune Maison 8 compilation (which incidentally I think is their best in a little while), but have now released it as a single and wow what a single it is – and yes I was unbelievably upset I couldn’t go to the launch party (stupid degree pfft!).

This was released a week or two ago now, but oh my haven’t we got something special for you right here…The original has the Basque rhythms driving the thing on what I’m pretty sure is a wood block. You then throw in some rough and ready growling synths and heavily accented vocals, and yeah you’ve got something you can’t help but get fired up with.

Then with this being a Kitsune release, it would also be remixed in every direction possible with the official release having seven, yes seven, remixes on it. A personal highlight for me is the In Flagranti dub which adds some machine gun drum fills, what could be a 70s guitar riff but some how comes out of that bag of oddities sounding alike a driving electro belter direct for the dancefloor. There’s some other fantastic takes released on the EP as well, so if you want more head over and buy it.

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Or as you know you want this on limited edition 12″ vinyl, send an email to the band and get your filthy hands on one.

Crystal Fighters – I Love London
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (In Flagranti Dub)

But if you want to here every way this track can be stretched, bent, twisted, transformed and transported – we’ve got the other fourteen remixes that didn’t quite make the official release from the likes of Chamboché, Douster, Femme En Fourrure, Golau Glau, Goldierocks, In Flagranti (again), Is Tropical, Jocks, Kid Cola, Marco Del Horno, Paparazzi, Portmanteau, and The Slips.

Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Chamboché Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Douster Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Femme En Fourrure Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Golau Glau mix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Goldierocks Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (In Flagranti Vintage Mix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Is Tropical Broke Arp Mix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Jocks’ Dawn In Dalston Mix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Kid Cola Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Marco Del Horno Dub)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Paparazzi Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (Portmanteau Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (The Slips Extended Remix)
Crystal Fighters – I Love London (The Slips Remix)