You gotta love this kind of thing: I just woke up and was still in my boxers at the computer. The first email I decide to check is some MySpace music friend request, and it slaps me in the face outta the box - I got an "undiscovered" gem in my lap while I still got my morning wood on! Shit is hotter than Mims, and I put no effort into finding it at all. Hotter than Mims!

Called "Dark Dancer," the song is made by a French group named Polymik. There’s really no need to go into a detailed review of the song - it’s your basic housey electro-disco revival joint in the vein of IHeartComix or Boys Noize. Granted, this has officially become a style now, but rather than just hopping on a bandwagon, these dudes come correct with it.

Their profile photo had me a little skeptical, though - a mummy face with a stitched-closed mouth - but I like a lot of that industrial stuff, so I gave it a shot. I mean, I’m not exactly carving 666 into my desk or anything, but yeah, give me some musical S&M and I’ll dance to it.

When I say Britsh hip hop, a lot of people are like, "Oh, like The Streets?" Nah. Some of this is new, some not, all of it’s hot.

For all my grafitti writin’ familam out there who care about their brain cells and their appearance, today we got designer gas masks! Say word. Whether you’re tryin’ to keep paint outta your nose, or you think the Raelians are gonna rock a Saren gas bomb on the L train, but you just HAVE to go to that Glasslands show - well here. you. go. Just for you. I bet we see HeartsRevolution rockin’ this ish soon! By Diddo Velema.

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Steady taking advantage of the new world music has entered, Radiohead is throwing a remix competition for the release of their new single, "Naked." These are Culture System’s top choices.

These two selections were chosen from a review of nearly 200 entries out of the 650 entries currently submitted. (That number grew to 670 by the time CS was finished reviewing them.) Both deserve to make it to an actual "Naked" RMX release. After the jump, listen to some more notable mentions.

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Check this live VJ installation by Aaron Sjogren called Fixate, via Create Digital Motion. Fresh. It was apparently a test project that he is perfecting for live performances.

I’m definitely diggin’ the abstract shapes, and can even get down with some of the cityscapes. But when it comes to the water shot and marine life, it loses me. As a general rule, shapes and live footage don’t mix well - unless the footage is rendered difficult to tell what it actually consists of.

I wouldn’t want to make the mistake of getting all pedantic and saying the two never go together, though. Dogmatic rules like that lead to artwork more concerned with process than outcome, which is usually pretty hurt.

(By the way, CDM points out how high quality video sites like Vimeo are going to making an impact on the spread of video art. Mos def.)