Monthly Archives: May 2010
Short Circuit’s new single
Andrew Verner A.K.A. Short Circuit is fast becoming the king of Robo-Pop. Coming out of L.A.’s Binary family, the go-to gang for forward thinking cotemporary ElectroPop, Short Circuit has been responsible for some awesome reMixes of late, but the time has come for him to release some original material into the wild.
Setting himself apart from the pack with his heavy use of vocodered vocals, his début single, ‘Let Go’, is a robotic love letter set to a soundtrack of warm synth leads and burbling basses. The single is backed by the kind of reMix package that has fans of electronic Pop music grinning like idiots all day after hearing it. Fellow Binary act, the reliably amazing, NightWaves bring a bit more of a Dreamwave flavour to the track, although heavier than you’d expect from these guys They bring the robot to the Disco with some thick bass sounds and screaming synths. Small Pyramids take ‘Let Go’ to a more chilled, atmospheric, place with a deep electronic groove while Popskarr reveal themselves as one to watch after turning in a blinding, funky, late night House mix.
♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (NightWaves reMix)
♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Small Pyramids reMix)
♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Popskarr reMix)
‘Let Go’ is Short Circuit,’s first single and will be followed up by an EP later in 2010.
Saint Etienne reMix The Drums
Indie-Popsters The Drums‘ new single is released later this year with the catchy title of ‘Forever And Ever Amen’ and has been given the reMix treatment by the almighty Saint Etienne.
Turning the jangly Indie declaration of love into a brilliant piece of dreamy electronic Pop Saint Etienne have done what they do best. Forget all the trends, forget Dreamwave or hip retro synth, forget French House or Nu-Disco, this is pure synthesizer Pop put to it’s best use.
♫ The Drums – Forever And Ever Amen (Saint Etienne reMix)
The ‘Forever And Ever Amen’ single is released 31st May.
New Anoraak track!
Member of the Valerie posse and Dreamwave pioneer Anoraak has been quiet of late but today dropped a new track on the public via his Facebook page.
It’s a welcome return from Frédéric, I still listen to 2008’s ‘Nightdrive With You’ all the time and this new tune, ‘Above Your Head’ has the same vibe going on. This is the prefect way to make emotional electronic music with a smooth, chilled summer vibe. If you were looking for some ElectroPop to while away these warm nights we’re getting recently to, then look no further:
Anoraak’s full length début is due on 30th August on naïve.
More Heaven 17 news
SynthPop legends Heaven 17 are continuing their current busy schedule, adding to the recently announced tour dates and DJ appearances with a bunch of radio slots.
First up, yesterday they performed alive session, consisting of two tracks from ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ and ‘Temptation’, for Absolute Radio. you can check out a podcast of the session here. Then, on 12th June Glenn Gregory will be the special guest on The Liz Kershaw Show on BBC 6 Music speaking about the 30th anniversary of ‘Penthouse And Pavement’. Finally, on Absolute Radio’s sister station, Absolute 80’s, both Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory will be hosting the Happy Hour show between 12:00 – 13:00, Monday 31st May to Friday 4th June. the guys will be picking their favourite songs from the electronic 80’s, you can listen in here.
♫ Heaven 17 – Penthouse & Pavement
Keep an eye out for news of the special 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Penthouse And Pavement’, full of extras!
Friends Electric; new video and reMix
Earlier this month, after featuring a few of their reMixes, we showcased Friends Electric’s debut single ‘Wall Of Arms’, and an wicked Indie-Electro anthem it is to! The official video for the single has just been premiered by the band, it’s a really nicely shot, intimate, performance clip.
Also, the Welsh Indie-ElectroPoppers have dropped their own reMix of the single and it’s a stormer! Combining elements of French House and Dreamwave for maximum effect.
♫ Friends Electric – Wall Of Arms (Friends Electric reMix)
‘Wall Of Arms’ is released 14th July.
Cassette Club 4 Me
Some interesting facts:
1) Cassette Club’s new single on Eye Industries, ‘4 me’, is pretty awesome. 2) The reMix package is even awesomer. 3) The fact that Eye Industries is allowing us to share four storming reMixes with you is the awesomest!
You can check out the original on SoundCloud, it’s a smooth and soulful Nu-Disco affair with a late night vibe and the reMixes just knock it out of the park! I gotta’ begin with a shout out to our friend Beaumont, not only is it great to see so many of his reMixes getting official releases these days but the man keeps getting better and better. This reMix, I reckon, is my favourite of his tracks to days. It’s a sweet Dreamwave track that is easily equal to, or better than, most of the Valerie crew’s output. Bestrack keep the Nu-Disco groove going but deliver a slightly harder vibe while Quinten 909 & Livian go crazy with the deep funky House thang. Algeronics wrap up the single with a Wonky bass Fidget tune thick with rave synths. A truly impressive line up of reMixes!
♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Beaumont reMix)
♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Bestrack reMix)
♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Quinten 909 & Livian reMix)
♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Algeronics reMix)
‘4 Me’ is released today! Go check it out:
Operator Please new single giveaway!
A little Electro-Indie-Pop aside for you right now as we find Operator Please, those Australian blog darlings releasing their new single ‘Back And Forth’ next week, and giving it away for free too!
The second single from their sophomore album ‘Gloves’ is a pretty infections slice of jangly Indie awash with Lo-Fi sounding synths. It’s so catchy it almost makes you ashamed for liking it, but you’ll like it none the less!
♫ Operator Please – Back And Forth
‘Back And Forth’ is released next week through Brille Records.
K I M of The Presets reMixes Midnight Juggernauts
The time is nearly upon is, Midnight Juggernauts new album ‘the Crystal Axis’ drops at the end of this month.
In anticipation check out this deep and strange reMix of the first single from the album, ‘Vital Signs’ by K I M, who is, of course. one half of The Presets. Filtering and shifting the vocals makes for an atmospheric vibe over the top of a burbling, 303, backing that sound not unlike The Presets themselves.
♫ Midnight Juggernauts – Vital Signs (K I M (Kim From The Presets) reMix)
‘The Crystal Axis’ is released 28th May.
Midnight Juggernauts @ Beatport
HEALTH reMix album
Electro tinged Indie noiseniks and some time Crystal castles collaborators HEALTH are gearing up to release a reMix album to accompany their last LP ‘Get Color’
‘Disco 2’ will feature 11 reMixes and one new track, the blog hyped ‘USA Boys’. It will include this reMix by Javelin who take the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it ‘Get Color’ opener, ‘In Heat’, and with the lightest of vocal effects, Disco strings and sweeping synths create a summer monster!
♫ HEALTH – In Heat (Javelin reMix)
HEALTH will be supporting Crystal Castles on their UK tour later this year and their ‘Disco 2’ album drops 22nd June.
DEVO finalise tracklist for forthcoming album
After their exhaustive Song Study ElectroPop pioneers DEVO have finalised the track list ing for their forthcoming album ‘something For Everybody’. Their first full studio album for almost 20 years is compiled from tracks from the study as voted for by the fans.
Here what DEVO themselves had to say at their ‘press conference’:
These are the tracks that made the grade:
01. Fresh
02. What We Do
03. Please Baby Please
04. Don’t Shoot, I’m a Man
05. Mind Games
06. Human Rocket
07. Sumthin’
08. Step Up
09. Cameo
10. Later Is Now
11. No Place Like Home
12. March On
‘Something For Everybody’ album is released 14th July.
