“This is the first and last mash up we’ll ever make,” the fantastic New York neo-disco-post-electro-with-vocals-whatever duo relayed about their dreaded mash up combining Holy Ghost’s earlier single “I Will Come Back” with “Yearning,” a new release from DFA act Black Van. They claim they broke the no-mash-up rule to celebrate Chinese New Year, but we’ll take the musical dividends no matter what.

Yes, we know, we write too much about the DFA label here at KSPACE. But can you blame us? It’s not our fault James Murphy and co. are so dope. But what makes DFA truly sublime is that they’re constantly shapeshifting up their game. Case in point: new signing Free Energy.

We’re fans of the DFA label here at Kspace, as you’ve probably figured out (link to DFA: Still Killing It story), so we’re always excited for a new release from them. The latest from the New York-based imprint, however, set us for a loop – in the best way.

It’s kind of amazing: in its near-decade of existence, the DFA record label has never been wack. Ever. It’s kind of statistically impossible how high the level of quality the New York-based, globally-impacting imprint has been. Dance music has a shelf life only slightly longer than that of a fly, but DFA’s groove have proven damn near immortal. How about a slightly pointless recap? Okay, good…

Yacht made one of 2009’s best albums with See Mystery Lights, but this new dub version of one of its standout tracks, “Waste of Time,” proves timeless: it could’ve come from a mid-‘80s vinyl twelve-inch – the kind that could only be found in a back rack at an obscure record store in New York City.