The Knife’s Deep Cuts album was amazing. José González’s Veneer album was amazing. Any coincidence that the song Heartbeats was featured on both??? OK, kidding aside, this is an incredible song and I recommend getting your hands on both versions (the original is by The Knife, though González’s might be the best cover I have ever heard… ok, that’s a bit of hyperbole, but its really good).
Both DJs Dert and A-Trak have toyed with these tracks recently. Dirt takes the mellow road and mixes Common and Erika Badu over González’s acoustic guitar. A-Track uses The Knife’s version to complement the decidedly non-acoustic synth of Ye’s Get ‘Em High. Both are pretty ridiculous and highly recommended.
Download the A-Trak version here. (Direct Download via CrownDozen.)
Direct d/l of the Dert track here. (Its part of a larger MixTape of Gonzalez/Kanye et. al. mash-ups - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow.)
Nice direct link to our hosted mp3 without a link to our site. Not cool.
My bad. Link is up.
My apologies.