Monthly Archives: April 2010
Kids At The Bar ‘Your Body On Me’ reMixes
We’ve featured a few of Kids At The Bar’s reMixes before here on electronic rumors so now it’s time to take a look at some original material.
the guys second single ‘Your Body On Me’ is soon to be released on Robot Dance Records with a straight up noisy Electro reMix package. Dirty Disco Youth, Trash Yourself and BEATpUNKS all bring huge distorted synths to slay the dancefloor.
♫ Kids At The Bar – Your Body On Me (Dirty Disco Youth reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Kids At The Bar – Your Body On Me (Trash Yourself reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Kids At The Bar – Your Body On Me (BEATpUNKS reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘your Body On Me’ is out now digitally.
M.I.A.’s ‘Born Free’ video
Just in case you haven’t already seen the controversial video for M.I.A.’s ‘Born Free’ that dropped yesterday.
You probably have though.
Directed by Roman Gavras (he who directed Justice’s equally controversial ‘Stress’ video) I’m sure it has a great sociological message, but passing commentary by replacing an oppressed minority with gingers is just funny.
In it’s defence it is stunningly well made, amazingly shot and stark at just the right beats. YouTube have already banned it and are pulling the videos as fast as they are uploaded, so watch it while it’s there!
It’s a cool song too, with more than a passing nod to Suicide’s ‘Ghost Rider’.
The Ghost’s ‘City Lights’
Residents of the Faroe Islands and recent Sunday Best signings The Ghost have been tipped as ‘one to watch’ by the NME for their unique mix of vintage ElectroPop and Indie.
Gearing up for the June release of their début album, ‘War Kids’, the duo are dropping their first UK single in May. ‘City Lights’ which is as anthemic as it is introspective. Amongst others the reMix duties are handled by none other than Mr. David E Sugar who presents a typically upbeat Electro-House mix with some pretty euphoric (in a good way) breakdowns. I’m also really digging The Deadstock 33s robo-Disco reMix, I could listen to that synth bass all day!
♫ The Ghost – City Lights (David E Sugar Wish reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ The Ghost – City Lights (The Deadstock 33′s reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
31st May sees the release of ‘City Lights’.
The Amplifetes
The Amplifetes are a four piece from Sweden comprised of songwriters and producers who have worked with the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Peter Bjorn & John, Kelis and Madonna but only started jamming together in the past year.
Their sound seems to change from track to track but it’s generally got a raw garage Electro-Rock vibe. ‘It’s My Life’ is an full on Electro tune with quirky, ElectroPunky, overtones and would completely rock any Indie-Electro dancefloor. ‘Whizz Kid’ in comparison is more D.I.Y. Glam Electro-Rock with an absolutely killer reMix by Blende, who turns in a huge, retro synth laden, Nu-Disco epic.
♫ The Amplifetes – It’s My Life (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ The Amplifetes – Whizz Kid (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ The Amplifetes – Whizz Kid (Blende reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
The Amplifetes début album has just been completed and is due to hit the stores this month.
Luxury Living
Amongst their number is one half of the Pearl Flash DJ crew, London based trio Luxury Living have been featured on electronic rumors previously with their stellar reMix of Penguin Prison’s ‘Something I’m Not’.
Their original material really does not disappoint. We can’t help buy get exited about their unique take on bouncy Space-Disco-SynthPop. This music is analog arpeggio heaven. Of the two tracks here I think I prefer ‘Kimberly’, with it’s real Robo-Disco vibe, although ‘Everything Is Going To Be Amazing’ is probably going to be a commercial smash!
♫ Luxury Living – Kimberley (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Luxury Living – Everything Is Going To Be Amazing (zShare) (MediaFire)
Until the time comes to spend your dosh on Luxury Living’s début release go show them some MySpace lovin’
HURTS new single reMixed by Jamaica
Hmmm, I’m not sure how I feel about French ex-Poney Poney-ers Jamaica’s new reMix of the forthcoming HURTS single ‘Better Than Love’.
I love the song, it’s been on repeat here for a while, and I like the reMix a lot, I’m just not sure the two go together,
Musically the track is awesome, big 80’s Disco chords and digital slap bass with a syncopated chorus you can’t help buy move to. It’s just that at times it seems as though Jamaica haven’t quite got to grips with the vocal rhythms of the song, to the extent that the vocals feel as if they are slipping out of time. It’s just that one nagging feeling that stops a great tune being fantastic.
♫ HURTS – Better Than Love (Jamaica reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Still, the single is shaping up to be a monster reMix package with an absolutely flawless original.
The Vault: Man Parrish
The Vault: The classics of Electronic Music. The influential and the groundbreaking. The pioneering and the music we grew up on…
Yeah, yeah, I know. electronic rumors in ‘actually writing one of their supposedly ‘regular’ columns’ shocker!
Well, it was time to dust off The Vault and feature an artist I have been meaning to write about ever since I came up with The Vault idea.
Electro legend Man Parrish.
Not just instrumental in shaping the sound of Electro Hip-Hop, but influential in most electronic music to this day, Manuel ‘Manny’ Parrish took Hip-Hop to the Discos of New York and took Disco to the streets. Coming out of the Studio54 scene to become one of the original, if not the first, producer/artists in electronic music, Man used costume, theatrics and make–up, to put on an unforgettable live show that also had the side effect of concealing his identity (a Caucasian producer in an African American dominated Hip-Hop scene).
Man Parrish’s place in the history of Electro, ElectroPop and Club music is undeniable. Maybe even more than Arthur Baker and Afrika Bambaataa, Man brought electro Hip-Hop to the masses, even the UK charts, and along with the likes of Baker & Bambaata, Cybotron, and Mantronix shaped an electronic club sound that Hip-Hop would soon forsake but SynthPop, House and Techno would utilise as a base to build upon.
Just listen to these tracks off the self titled début album and the classic single ‘Boogie Down (Bronx)’, they still sound fresh today and the beats, lead lines and vocoders could easily be from any contemporary tune featured on electronic rumors. Most European readers will probably be most familiar with Manny’s work from his Italo/hi-RG collaboration with Man 2 Man from 1986.
Personally, I think 1984’s ‘Boogie Down (Bronx)’ was one of the first synthesizer riffs that got stuck in may head and I have always loved Man Parrish’s combination of the aggressive Funk of early Electro Hip-Hop and the riffs and lead lines of SynthPop. Oh, and the man wields a mean vocoder too!
♫ Man Parrish – Hip Hop BeBop (Don’t Stop) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Man Parrish – Man Made (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Man Parrish – Six Simple Synthesizers (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Man Parrish – Heatstroke (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Man Parrish (Feat. Freeze Force) – Boogie Down (Bronx) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish – Male Stripper (zShare) (MediaFire)
Man Parrish is currently signed to Norman Cook’s Southern Fried Records.
La Roux reMix I Blame Coco
I Blame Coco A.K.A Eliot Sumner (of sister to Sting fame) has reached out to tour buddy La Roux to remix her forthcoming single ‘Self Machine’.
Is this the first La Roux reMix of another artist? I’m probably forgetting someone here but no other one springs to mind. Anyway, the track is reminiscent of ‘Quicksand’ a bit and takes be back to the summer of ‘08, which seeing as how it’s quite a summery tune, is no bad thing.
Annie Mac premiered it on her show, so check the radio rip.
♫ I Blame Coco – Self Machine (La Roux reMix) (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Self Machine’ is out soon.
DOM
DOM (the Band), brainchild of Dom (the dude) are from Worchester, Massachusetts, a town getting a bit of a rep for producing ElectroPop these days.
On the verge of a hype explosion the band are about to release their début EP, ‘Sun Bronzed Greek God’ which includes the standout track ‘Living In America’. Imagine Passion Pit rehearsing next door to Daft Punk and sitting in the middle. Their brand of fun Electro sarcasm should take them a long way!
♫ DOM – Living In America (zShare) (MediaFire)
The ‘Sun Bronzed Greek Gods’ EP drops 1st May on Burning Mill Records
Lo-Fi-Fnk Vs. Silver Columns
Ever since Lo-Fi-Fnk dropped a teaser of what to expect from their return we’ve been waiting excitedly for news of a forthcoming release.
What we do know is the teaser, ‘Marchin’ In’, will be the lead single and the Swedish ElectroPoppers have got Astronomer and Silver Columns on reMix duties.
The Silver Columns reMix fattens up the original with some deep analog synth bass and subtle house piano and creates a laidback Electro-House vibe with the track.
♫ Lo-Fi-Fnk – Marchin’ In (Silver Columns reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Marchin’ In’ will be released soon on Moshi Moshi.
