New Jamz! MGMT by Immuzikation !

Save Bubba Sparxxx and Danger Mouse, it seems that the only genre not to explode out of Athens, GA in the last 20 years is dance music. (No, The B-52's don't count.) That's not to say that Sparxxx' drawly take on rock/rap and Danger's soul revivalism aren't hugely creative and impressive in their own ways, but they hardly constitute an identifiable scene- at least to coastal outsiders.

Out of the Georgia hip hop underground comes Immuzikation- Athens-Clarke County's answer to Diplo- with a fistful of MGMT-heavy mashterpieces. A member of the Collective Efforts crew, Immuz' was good enough to send me along some of his latest tracks and nu-classics this week, and as Brooklyn's Ben and Andrew continue to nose out stateside success, these are the sort of smart cuts that should do for them what 2 Many DJs did for The Strokes way back when.

New York Bootie aficionados can hit up A Plus D and DJ Lobsterdust doing Bootie NYC this Friday @ The Vault, but everybody else can dance they monkey ass off right here. It's time to pretend.

Immuzikation "All My Children" (LCD Soundsystem vs. MGMT)

Immuzikation "Jeumie" (Yelle vs. Weezer)

Immuzikation "O.M.T.T.P." (MGMT vs. Daft Punk vs. The Doors)

Immuzikation "Short Pieces" (Wax Stag vs. MGMT)

Immuzikation "Just Another Call With You" (Soulwax/MGMT/Prince/Chromeo/Afrika Bambaataa/Stardust)