It's been a good year for Air France. Not only did the blissed-out Swedish duo craft one of the year's best EPs in No Way Down, they also bundled the disc with 2007's On Trade Winds EP as an album-length deluxe edition. Which, if you're so inclined, should be totally fair game for year-end lists, you guys. For "No Excuses (The Autumn Cantata)", remixer William Ekenberg re-imagines one of No Way Down's finest tracks as something a little calmer than the hand-clapping, string-swelling, guitar-riffing original. With acoustic guitars and gentle tambourines, it's not as powerfully transportive as the EP version, but there's still a certain innocent beauty when the chorus hits. Even that smooth-jazz saxophone somehow sounds right. Damn, I'm old. (via Fader)MP3:> Air France: "No Excuses (The Autumn Cantata)"[original version from the No Way Down EP; out now on Sincerely Yours and as a deluxe edition in the UK on Something in Construction]