Monthly Archives: October 2009
Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘Luv Deluxe’ gets screened
I’ve been meaning to post about Cinnamon Chasers for a while now. Their album, released digitally earlier this year, ‘A Million Miles From Home’ has been one of my soundtracks of the past few months, particularly for lazy Sunday afternoons.
Brilliantly crafted dreamy electro pop that lets light arpeggios and atmospheric synth riffs float atop disco laden beats and basslines, capped of with Russ Davies’ almost ethereal vocals. It’s a pretty chilled and emotional record but that doesn’t stop it occasionally veering into dancefloor territory with the likes of ‘Adored’.
The standout track has to be ‘Jetstreams’, which is a combination of all the best aspects of the album, and damn catchy too!
Anyhoo, the video for ‘Luv Deluxe’ is getting the big screen airing at a few London film festivals. ‘Luv Deluxe’ is a sweet track that drags you along in it’s groove, which makes this video the prefect accompaniment for it (watch it and you’ll see).
I love videos that tell a story, and this one is a cute, if fucked up, little tale.
Clock it on the big screen here:
October 29th @ Village Underground
Future Shorts’ ‘Beats From Above’ Festival
November 6th @ London Transport Museum Friday Late
‘Luv Deluxe’ is directed by Saman Keshavarz.
And get this in your MP3 player, I guarantee you’ll want more!
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘A Million Miles From Home’ is available now from the following stores:
Kitsuné Maison 8; MiniMix By JBAG
It’s that time again!
November sees volume 8 of Kitsuné Music’s Kitsuné Maison series released. This one’s subtitled ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.
It looks like there will be some pretty exiting stuff on here, the likes of CHEW LiPS, Heartsrevolution and Le Corps Mince De Françoise are always welcome. Two Door Cinema Club and Delphic are massive right now, both have albums out on Kitsuné soon and the new Midnight Juggernauts single is on there too, bonus!
Clock the tracklisting:
01. French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night
02. The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
03. Siriusmo – High Together
04. Le Corps Mince De Françoise – Something Golden
05. Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology
06. Heartsrevolution – Dance ‘Till Dawn
07. Logo – Junocide
08. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Moulinex reMix)
09. Slagsmålsklubben – Brutal Weapons
10. Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass reMix)
11. AMWE – Friction Between The Lovers
12. Jolie Charie – Star
13. CHEW LiPS – Salt Air (Alex Kapranos reMix)
14. Delphic – This Momentary
15. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
16. Parallels – Find The Fire
17. Nottee – Control
18. Encore
19. Crystal Fighters – I Love London
20. My Tiger My Timing – I Am The Sound
So, as is standard with Maison releases, top ElectroPop gurus JBAG have thrown together a MiniMix to showcase the compilation, it’s short but sweet and really wets the appetite for ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.
Bring it on!
♫ Kitsuné Maison 8 MiniMix By JBAG (zShare) (MediaFire)
While you’re waiting for November 30th when volume 8 hits the stores why not check out some more of JBAG’s mixes and reMixes:
Marina’s made my week!
Seriously! Ever since these two reMixes of Marina And The Diamonds forthcoming single, ‘Mowgli’s Road’ (Originally the B-side of ‘Obsessions’), dropped into the electronic rumors inbox I haven’t been able to stop listening to them.
And don’t make me pick between the two, I couldn’t do it. Mille’s rework is upbeat with a bouncing bassline. It’s arpeggios and strings brilliantly capture the epicness of the original while Valerie man Russ Chimes brings his 80’s styled disco funk to the track and then hits you with massive electro breakdowns.
Two seriously good reMixes:
♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Mille reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Check the original too, in all it’s quirky brilliance!
♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Mowgli’s Road’ drops on November 16th and can be pre ordered at PureGroove, it comes B-sided with a cover of Late Of The Pier’s ‘Space And The Woods’.
Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove
Site news: We’re back, bitches!!!!!!
S’up Electroheads?
So, real life seems to have chilled a bit. Sorry for the absence, work got wierd and I’ve been pretty busy with a couple of bands I’m in but electronic rumors has been neglected far too long!
Music blogging is a serious commitment (if you’re gonna’ do it right!), maybe more than I expected when I started…so no promises about regularity…I still love sharing and bigging up the music I love with whoever is willing to listen, but I’m not going to be so obsessed as I was first time round, that way if real life calls again it won’t cripple the site. I’ll aim for at least one post a day, but if I don’t make it, well, them’s the breaks!
I gotta’ say thanks to all you readers for emailing and commenting about how you miss the site, I did too, and thanks as well for your patience and loylty.
Right, enough chat…bring on the tunes!!!
- Crash
