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Live Review: Flight Facilities Triple J Mix-Up Exclusive: 2002-2012

23 April 2013 | 3:00 pm | Tony Kingston

One of the things I admire about FLIGHT FACILITIES is that they don’t saturate their sets with unnecessary remixes, which aren’t anywhere near as good as the originals

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The final FLIGHT FACILITIES Triple J Decade Mix (2002-2012) is the perfect hour of music for anyone currently aged in their early 20s to mid 30s who have been festival and club addicts sometime over the past 10 years or so.

It allows us to reflect on some of the best times we’ve had in our lives involving the music we love, our friends (old and new) as well as particular tracks which have shaped who we are today.

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It’s easy to see why FLIGHT FACILITIES dedicated this mix to AJAX, as I’m sure the majority of these songs were played by him at some point in his career. Below I’ve decided to share with you some of my favourite tracks from this mix and some of the memories I've got that relate to them.

RIOT IN BELGIUM – THE ACID NEVER LIES / LA MUSIQUE

These two tracks without a doubt remind me of some of my early clubbing and festival experiences. I remember playing 'La Musique' really loudly on a number of occasions, as friends were jumping and dancing around on my bed while screaming the words.

I can also recall seeing RIOT IN BELGIUM at a small boutique festival known as Round & Round (R.I.P) on the Gold Coast in 2006, where they played alongside THE PRESETS (before they became popular), THE VALENTINOS (before they changed their name to LOST VALENTINOS), I HEART HIROSHIMA, BANG GANG DJs, YVES KLEIN BLUE and many more. These were all quality times!

FEIST – MY MOON, MY MAN (BOYS NOIZE REMIX)

This will always be a killer remix in my books. One of the first times I think I heard it was when someone played it in the Slate Bender Bar (now called the Smirnoff Cocktail Bar) at Splendour In The Grass in 2007.

Even if I found the playing times for that year somewhere, I still probably couldn’t be sure who it was exactly but I’m confident it was either KATO (who's now in WORDLIFE), STARFUCKER DJs or DAN DE CAIRES.

THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE – GOLDEN CAGE (FRED FALKE REMIX)

This would have to be one of my favourite remixes of all time. I was holding out all day to hear this at Field Day in Sydney in 2010 and it was a truly magical finish to the day. FRED FALKE was playing on the smallest stage of the festival and 2MANYDJS had just finished playing on the main stage, which was situated nearby.

As his 'Golden Cage' remix began, streamers were let off from the stage and there seemed to be a fair few confused faces from the people leaving the venue. While FRED FALKE's small crowd were dancing crazily to the music, the onlookers were wondering what the big deal was. What a moment!

TODD TERJE – INSPECTOR NORSE

No matter how old this track gets, it'll always sound fresh. Every time 'Inspector Norse' gets played by a DJ, the room is filled with excitement and happiness. I can still picture the moment when the man himself (Terje) dropped it at Harbourlife in Sydney late last year. The song, the location, the people I was with at the time, all created what was probably my highlight of the festival. When all of the above are at their best, it turns into a memory no one could ever forget!

This FLIGHT FACILITIES mix proves to us all the power music has on our memories. Sometimes all it takes is to hear a song you listened to in the past to uncover some of the amazing moments you've enjoyed in your life. Have a listen, check out the track listing (see below) and start a reminiscing session, thinking about all of the good times you've had involving music!

FLIGHT FACILITIES – 2002-2012 TRIPLE J MIX TRACK LIST:

2002

1. Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar

2. Chicken Lips - He Not In

3. Justus Kohncke - 2 After 909

4. Metro Area - Miura

5. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Palladium

6. Cassius - The Sound of Violence

2003

7. Tok Tok vs Soffie O - Day Of Mine (Turntablerocker Remix) / Tiga - Burning Down

8. Seelenluft - Manila (Ewan Pearson Remix)

9. DJ T - Freemind

2004

10. Sharam Jay - Feel Nobody

11. Annie - Chewing Gum (Headman Remix)

12. Chromeo - Needy Girl

13. Cut Copy - Saturdays

14. Mylo - Otto's Journey

15. Zoot Woman - Taken It All (Le Knight Club Remix)

16. The Rapture - Sister Saviour (DFA Remix)

2005

17. Les Rythmes Digitales - What's That Sound? (LRD Remix)

18. Mylo - Muscle Car (Tiga Remix)

19. Digitalism - Zdarlight

20. Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition)

21. Van She - Kelly (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix)

22. Gorillaz - Dare (Soulwax Remix) / Whomadewho - Out The Door (Superdiscount Remix)

23. Freeform Five - No More Conversations (Mylo Remix)

24. The Presets - The Girl and The Sea

25. AC/OT - Acid Is Back / Switch - A Bit Patchy

26. Soulwax - NY Excuse

27. Daft Punk - Technologic / Human After All / On/Off

2006

28. Tiga - Welcome to Planet Sexor // Far From Home

29. Hot Chip - Over & Over (Maurice Fulton Remix)

30. The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (Prince Language Disco Edit)

31. Riot In Belgium - The Acid Never Lies / La Musique

32. Nicky Van She vs Dangerous Dan - Around The World

33. Etienne De Crecy - Fuck

34. I Am Finn - I Love You (Van She Tech Remix)

35. The Futureheads - Worry About It Later (Switch Remix)

36. Tiga - You Gonna Want Me

37. New Young Pony Club - Get Dancey

38. Booka Shade - Night Falls

39. Para One - Dudun Dun

2007

40. DJ Mehdi - Lucky Boy (Outlines Remix)

41. Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix)

42. Chemical Brothers - Saturate

43. Klaxons - Golden Skans (Erol Alkan Ekstra Spektral Remix)

44. Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows

45. Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)

46. Lifelike - So Electric

47. MGMT - Kids

48. LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)

49. Holy Ghost! - Hold On

50. Justice - D.A.N.C.E

2008

51. Sebastien Tellier - Roche

52. Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor

53. Presets - This Boy's In Love

54. DJ-Mehdi - Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)

55. The Bumblebeez - Rio!

56. PNAU - Baby (Breakbot Remix)

57. Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix) / Hearts On Fire

58. Tiga - Mind Dimension 2 (Soulwax Version)

59. Kim - Party Machini (Tomboy Remix)

60. Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

2009

61. Yacht - Psychic City (Classixx Remix)

62. Damn Arms - Destination

63. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Holy Ghost! Remix)

64. Tiga - Love Don't Dance Here Anymore

65. Shazam - Pool Party 2009

66. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Shazam Remix)

67. DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Crazy P Remix)

2010

68. Tensnake - Coma Cat

69. Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix)

70. Flight Facilities - Crave You feat. Giselle

71. The Swiss - Bubble Bath

72. Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower

73. Light Year - His Or Hers

74. Storm Queen - Look Right Through

2011

75. Flight Facilities - Foreign Language feat. Jess

76. Metronomy - Everything Goes My Way

77. Jagwar Ma - Come Save Me

2012

78. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse

79. Miike Snow - The Wave

80. Flight Facilities - With You feat. Grovesnor

81. Van She - Jamaica

82. Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune feat. Christine Hoberg

Words by Tony Kingston

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