Monthly Archives: January 2011
Tesla Boy’s ‘Rebecca’ drops today
From today you can pick yourself up the new EP by Russia ElectroPop kings Tesla Boy on Mullet Records.
Over the past two years tesla Boy have shown themselves to be right at the top of the Dreamwave sounding ElectroPop game and last years ‘Modern Thrills’ was one of our top 20 albums of the 2010.
Taken from that album, ‘Rebecca’ is a fantastic choice of a single and perfectly showcases Tesla Boy’s emotional take on Nu-Disco.
Check the video:
The ‘Rebecca’ EP is out right now as a Juno exclusive and hits other retailers 7th February.
Richard X reMixes Patrick Wolf’s new single
March sees the release of Patrick Wolf’s new single, ‘The City’ on new label Hideout Recordings.
The single will come in limited edition 7”, 12” and download with a selection of reMixes including this one by Richard X. And what a reMix. This track really is something special, the original track is very cool but veteran electro producer Mr. X bring both his talent with analog synths and his talent with a pop tune to make a massive, epic, synth-fest that has a air of early Erasure about it.
♫ Patrick Wolf – The City (Richard X reMix)
‘The City’ is out 14th March with Patrick’s new album following.
Kitsuné Parisien
Kitsuné Music are about to drop another bomb of a compilation!
‘Kitsuné Parisien’ has been put together by Gildas Loaëc, one of Kitsuné’s main-men and street artists and man-about-town André Saraiva, who have brought together some of the finest, funkiest music that Paris has to offer.
Just look at the tracklisting, it reads like a who’s-who of the Paris discos.
01. Destin – Adélaïde
02. Birkii – Shade Of Doubt
03. Yan Wagner – Recession Song
04. Housse De Racket – Château (Golden Bug reMix)
05. Jupiter – Saké
06. Logo – Hello.jpg
07. Ryskee (Feat. Jenny Wilson) – Horrors Of Love (Jamaica’s Sunshine reMix)
08. BeautauCue – Behold
09. Sauvage – Glory
10. Valley – 1999
11. Exotica – Désorbitée
12. Cascadeur – Meaning
As is customary for these occasions Kitsuné’s head DJ man Jerry Bouthier has put together a minimix showcasing the album.
♫ Kitsuné Parisien Minimix By Jerry Bouthier
Kitsuné Parisien is released 12th February to coincide with Kitsuné’s new ‘Parisien’ boutique shop.
Mason’s cover competition ends
Remember a while back we told you about the Refurb competition that Mason were running for their track ‘Boadicea’ with Róisín Murphy?, well the results are in and the duo have announced the winner over on their newly set up Facebook page.
And to celebrate the setting all things competitioney and Facebooky they are giving away this straight-up funky cut-up disco track, ‘Tuf Tuf Club’, B-Side to their recent Froghopper’ single.
Perfect getting-ready-to-go-out-on-a-Saturday-night tune!
‘Froghopper/Tuf Tuf Club’ is out now.
Starsmith reMixes Gypsy And The Cat
A few weeks ago ElectroPop producer extraordinaire Starsmith did a streaming video studio chat thing. While most of the airtime seemed to be Fin realising it was a bad idea ‘cos he was trying to get on with some work while the internet was shouting at him, the actual track he was working on was very interesting. It was a reMix of Gypsy And The Cat, now quite old, track ‘Jona Vark’. And here it is!
The appearance of this mix and rumors of some other pretty cool reMixers seems to confirm the track is getting a re-release, with this mix at the forefront this tune could go huge. Starsmith walks the line between ElectroPopping up the actual song and getting some deep Moog Disco going. There is so much going on in this song that is really is a credit to Starsmith’s mixing skills that it all sits together so well.
♫ Gypsy And The Cat – Jona Vark (Starsmith reMix)
No idea when the ‘Jona Vark’ single is out but it’s still available on Gypsy And The Cat’s album ‘Gilgamesh’
Toro Y Moi gets reMixed by Fiero
The Fiero boys are back and more 80s than ever!
With a bassline that’s got more bounce than a rubber ball and some synth horns straight from a mid 80s episodes of Top Of The Pops their reMix of Chillwave dude Toro Y Moi’s ‘Still Sound’ is like a dream of the decade of FM synthesis. It’s like dry ice and flashing neon in audio form. But this isn’t some cheesy 80s pastiche I’m chatting about here, this doesn’t try to sound retro at all, it just does, aided all the more by the wailing guitar into that leads into a B-Boy beat and some shimmering soul synths.
Is it wrong to thing Toro Y Moi should always sound like this?
♫ Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Fiero reMix)
Y’know, those horns are one step away from orchestral stabs, and someone needs to bring orchestral stabs back right now!
‘Still Sound’ is taken from Toro Y Moi’s album ‘Underneath The Pine’
Metronomy’s New Video
It’s been almost 2 years since there’s been some new Metronomy material, but the wait is over. They have just premiered the video for their forthcoming single ‘’She Wants’ and it’s an impressive slice of deep Indie-Electro and a suitably jarring video.
Unfortunately the QR code in it isn’t anything exciting, just a newsletter sign up page.
‘She Wants’ is out 31st January on Because Music.
Cinnamon Chasers new album, ‘Science’
Cinnamon Chasers released his second full length album, ‘Science’ this week and I know It’s only January but I guarantee that this record will be in my top 20 of 2011!
I loved CC’s last album but this one really ups the ante. Smooth beats, Disco basslines and sweeping, epic, tracks is what this album is all about. Throughout the nine tracks heartfelt vocals and shifting vocoders intertwine with soaring synth leads to power the tunes along. Like the best Dreamwave with a slightly UK House vibe. As soon as the year gets warmer comes this is going to be my go to CD of those summer nights. Check the opening track, ‘Rocker’, it’ll leave you wanting more!”
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Rocker
‘Science’ is out now, and as far as electronic rumors is concerned it is not only recommended, but essential!
Druma Kina
Druma Kina is the musical alter-ego of producer Simonski, from São Paulo, Brazil, who has just teamed up with new label Teenage Gang Records to drop his latest EP.
The sample heavy Disco found of the EP is complimented by an amazing collection of reMixers. The lead track on the EP ‘Walking Away’ is a funky, cut-up Nu-Disco jam with layer upon layer of Disco samples and some sweet, soulful, vocals supplied by Shell Heaven Lee. The awesome Cosmonaut Grechko take it to the next level with a Dreamwave reMix that blends seamlessly with the original track and will leave you wanting more. Cavaliers Of Fun drop their brand of quirky DiscoPop with their take on the song which evolves into an epic call and response Electro tune with added vocals and Sci-Fi solos.
♫ Druma Kina (Feat. Shell Heaven Lee) – Walking Away
♫ Druma Kina (Feat. Shell Heaven Lee) – Walking Away (Cosmonaut Grechko Version)
♫ Druma Kina (Feat. Shell Heaven Lee) – Walking Away (Cavaliers Of Fun reMix)
The ‘Walking Away’ is available now from Teenage Gang Records and is highly recommended.
Druma Kina @ Teenage Gang Records
Dato’s new tracks
It’s been a while since we featured Denmark’s Dato, in the inbetween time the duo have got funkier as the Disco influence on their ElectroPop sound has become more prominent.
Their latest productions show a definite one-ness with the funk, whereas their earlier tracks were more ElectroPop based. ‘Hard To Find’ is reminiscant of early Dirty Vegas with haunting vocals over a strong House groove. ‘My Life Is Perfect Now’ sees them joined, once again, by Jannie Linnebæk for a slab bass and retro synth workout that is bordering on Dreamwave. Mixing up their chilled Danish ElectroPop with a Nu-Disco vibe a makes for a really interesting laid back take on both sounds.
♫ Dato (Feat. Jannie Linnebæk) – My Life Is Perfect Now
Check out more of Dato on their Facebook Page.
