gta IV, the soundtrack,

details have leaked today concerning the soundtrack to gta IV, released tuesday. the full rundown is here but here are a few i'm particularly excited about.

+ THE BEAT 102.7:
kanye west (feat dwele) - flashing lights

after stronger, the best track on west's 3rd album, crusing around liberty city at night to the strains of kanye's synthy masterpiece sounds epic.


+ ELECTROCHOC:
simian mobile disco - tits and acid
kavinsky - testarossa overdrive (sebastian remix)
justice - waters of nazareth



when i heard gtaIV had an electro station i went "yass", a glaswegian form of approval non-scottish readers might not fully understand. when i read that not only justice, but simian, kavinsky and sebastIAn were all represented my heart leapt. justice must be my single favourite dance act at the moment and with fellow ed banger artists in the mix i think rockstar should be bought a pint for including the mosr exciting electro scene around in it's soundtrack. kavinsky's testarossa overdirve (featured above) is a storming electro gem, in fact i plan on featuring him a little more in depth in an upcoming post.


+ LIBERTY ROCK RADIO 97.8:
david bowie - fascination
queen - one vision
elton john - street kids



what would gta be without a classic rock station? iggy pop DJ's this channel and compared to the classic rock in the past games, i much prefer the line-up. especially the gay rock entries, queen (above), elton john and the legend that is david bowie. not so sure about the bowie song choice though, of his whole back catalogue, fascination?


+ RADIO BROKER:
LCD soundsystem - get innocuous
tom vek - one horse race
the rapture - no sex for ben
the black keys - strange times



hallelujah, the LCD track is in there (above), i was worried it was just for promotion. the one thing that could put me off this station is the fact that it's MC'd by the annoying-as-fuck juliette lewis (yeah the shitty actress that tried to move into indie rock) thankfully however the licks' track is a remix so it could be bearable, her grating voice on the other hand probably won't be.


as well as the modern hip-hop, electro and indie stations other highlights include some nas, aphex twin, count basie, miles davis, fela kuti, R.E.M., metallica, bob marley, marvin gaye and goldfrapp. how long until tuesday?