Pitchfork

"Smile", Lily Allen's UK chart-topping summer jam has gotten a sweaty club makeover courtesy of Baltimore/NYC DJ/producer Aaron LaCrate and his partner Debonair Samir. Bringing silly Lily to the streets, the pair have layered synthesized handclaps, electro-fuzz, and aggro WHAT! WHAT!s over Lily's chopped-up vocals to produce a club mix that'll give Allen-ites something else to play, like, a million times. (Current MySpace plays on "Smile": 786,891!)

The "Smile" remix isn't the only thing on Aaron LaCrate's plate right now. The man-about-town has been busy championing Baltimore club music everywhere from mix tapes to MTV, producing and remixing (along with Debonair Samir) Spank Rock, Jurassic 5, Busta Rhymes, Jim Jones, E-40 and others, and designing shoes through his clothing label Milkcrate Athletics in collaboration with Vans. LaCrate will release his self-produced solo debut Bodymore Murdaland (featuring Lily Allen, Biz Markie, Uffie and others) next year, as well as a mix tape on Koch this October.

Allen isn't slowing down either. The fast-rising star tours the UK and Australia in August and on into the fall.

LDN and beyond:

08-05 Ledbury, England - Eastnor Castle Deer Park (The Big Chill)
08-09 Melbourne, Australia - St. Jerome's
08-10 Sydney, Australia - Club 77
08-12 Sydney, Australia - Club 77
08-18 Huntingdon, England - Secret Garden Party
08-19 Staffordshire, England - V Festival
08-20 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
08-26 Cardiff, Wales - Coopers Field (Get Loaded in the Park Festival)
08-27 London, England - Clapham Common (Get Loaded in the Park Festival)
09-09 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
10-21 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
10-22 Newcastle, England - Newcastle University
10-23 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow ABC
10-25 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Corn Exchange
10-26 Leeds, England - Leeds University
10-27 Liverpool, England - Liverpool University
10-28 Sheffield, England - Sheffield Leadmill
10-30 Norwich, England - Norwich UEA
10-31 Cambridge, England - Cambridge Junction
11-01 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
11-03 Portsmouth, England - Portsmouth Pyramids
11-04 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy
11-06 London, England - The Astoria