I really can’t find the words.
Here is Frankmusik covering Men Without Hats’ ‘The Safety Dance’. This is the most amazing thing I have heard in my life!
Pure genius!
♫ Frankmusik – The Safety Dance (Men Without Hats Cover)
This, and many other tracks Frankmusik has decided to give away are available here.
It sounds like exciting things are brewing over at Echoes HQ. Rumours (yes, I spell ‘rumours’ the English way when it’s not the website’s title…it’s a long story) of label interest, new singles, and live shows. All very hush hush, to quote them, they “need to get it right”, which is the best attitude to have. Still, doesn’t leave us any less eager for new tracks.
So, to tide you over in your wait for news check this epic reMix of Kate Bush’s ‘This Woman’s Work’. There are a lot of reMixes of this tune that get it so wrong. I have heard Trance versions that just make me angry and sad. Echoes treat the song with exactly the right balance of respect and innovation. They have made it sound contemporary and relevant without butchering it, and what emerges on the other side is a beautiful, majestic slice of ElectroPop.
♫ Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work (Echoes reMix)
Echoes are playing their début live show alongside Penguin Prison and Matt & Kim on 23rd March at the Garage, London.
Electro-House duo ZX have been a bit quite for a while now, since we last wrote about the them have changed their name (well, spelling at least) to Zedex (which I think is better) and, if their new reMix of their friends Fenech-Soler new current ‘Demons’ is anything to go by, have been developing a smoother, slicker sound.
The reMix rocks more of a Disco vibe than their previous, more distorted noisy House, offerings, showing a defiantly maturing of their sound. This track almost goes Cosmic in places with big, lush, synth pads washed with reverb siting atop deep, deep bassline. there is certainly something unique about Zedex’s tunes, I can’t put my finger on it, maybe there’s a little Chicago House influence in there or something. Whatever it is, it’s Nu-Disco with a twist, and I can’t wait to hear more.
♫ Fenech-Soler – Demons (Zedex reMix)
On top of all this, Fenech-Soler are giving away, or the small price of an email address, an EP of stripped down session versions of four of their best tunes. The White Versions EP is available here.
‘Zulu X-Ray’, Zedex’s awesomely titles second EP is out in April, Fenech-Soler’s ‘Demons’ is out now.
One of the godfathers of English electronic music Mark Reeder recently dropped a bunch of new reMixes for Bad Lieutenant’s new single ‘Twist Of Fate’.
Bad Lieutenant is, of course, New Order’s Bernard Sumner (one of my favourite male vocalists)’s current outfit. They originally released ‘Twist Of Fate’ back in March last year but have brought out a reMix package earlier this month that features two mixes from Mr. Reeder, and neither of them are this one! That’s three reMixes of the same song, all used by the original artist, now that’s keeping yourself busy! Mark’s ‘Reeder’s No Fate Radio reMix’ is a perfect meeting of British Indie and ElectroPop. Dancefloor beats and intricate synth work work alongside, not against, gangly Indie guitar and Sumner’s instantly recognisable voice. Which is a voice that’s really nice to hear working with some contemporary electronic music. You really don’t hear these big Indie-Dance track anymore, this one is defiantly welcome.
♫ Bad Lieutenant – Twist Of Fate (Reeder’s No Fate Radio reMix)
The ‘Twist Of Fate’ remix bundle is out now and contains Reeder’s reMixes alongside tracks by Koishii & Hus, AK47 and James Bright.
Our favourite Bristol based Electro outfit Substatic rock back next month with the reMix flipside to their amazing ‘Days go On’ EP of last year.
The ‘Days Go On: the_reMixes’ EP contains five blistering versions of those tracks which, should you have bought the EP, have been in your head for the last six months. With a definite Dubstep and D&B slant, the collection ranges from Junk’s D&B powerhouse take on ‘Closer’ to Koudbreak’s deep, almost Trip-Hoppy mix of the same It seems Substatic have chosen their reMixers well, the whole EP flows nicely without any one act sounding too much like the next. Highlights of the EP have to be the aforementioned Junk mix, Lightfires’ string heavy House/Pop clash version of ‘Wild Horses’ and the broken beats Dubstep of Sismique ‘s mix of ‘Edge Of Your Love’.
♫ Substatic – Wild Horses (Lightfires reMix)
♫ Substatic – Edge Of Your Love (Sismique reMix)
Would have like a massive French-House/Nu-Disco mix of ‘Closer’, but you can’t have everything, can you?
‘Days Go On: the_reMixes’ is released 1st March, the original ‘Days Go On’ EP is available now.
Photo by Mark Davis
Electricity are the latest in a long line of super-secret electro producers, no-one knows anything about them and that seem to suit them fine, they’ll let their music do the talking.
Their first official release is a reMix of the new single by awesome French Disco act Jupiter. The call it Progressive Electro-Funk, sounds right to me. The bass in this track mad as hell and as a début easily stack up against the other reMix talent on the CD, the likes of Para One & Tacteel, In Flagranti, Hannulelauri, and Blackjoy. Electricity have defiantly got his/her/their Disco on!
♫ Jupiter – Saké (Electricity reMix)
Jupiter’s ‘Saké’ drops 7th March on the wonderful Kitsuné Music.
Here’s the video for PNAU’s new single ‘Truth’. It’s a suitably nuts, and pretty dark, clip which kinda’ highlights the mood of the tracks, despite sounding pretty uplifting.
The video was directed by LA producers Skinny.
PNAU’s new album isn’t due ‘til September, ages away!
So, another chapter open up in the continuing saga of HURTS’ videos.
I’ve been waiting for ‘Sunday’ to be released, as soon as I heard the album I knew it was single material. The video, although I’m not sure what’s going on in bits of it, looks stunning, and as with all HURTS videos, you get the feeling someone’s tongue is planted firmly in their cheek.
‘Sunday’ is released 28th February
Here it is, the reMix we’ve been waiting for. Nu-Disco pioneers Aeroplane’s reMix of the forthcoming The Human League single, ‘Never Let Me Go’.
The original version is a Robo-Pop stomper that sees The Human League sounding more contemporary than their pervious single ‘Night People’, but this reMix takes it to another level. All Vito Aeroplane’s trademark filtered Disco grooves are in there alongside Phil, Joanne and Susan. Massive chords in the chorus work expertly alongside 80’s riffs in the verses. All-in-all, worth the wait. We’ll probably be hammering this most of the summer!
♫ The Human League – Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane reMix)
The ‘Never Let Me Go’ single is released 21st March alongside the new album ‘Credo’ also on 21st March.
Do you need some funky-ass shit to liven up your day? Then look no further than digitalfoxglove’s Disco bomb reMix of Louis La Roché’s new single ‘My Turn’.
DFG takes the vocal stylings of Yann Destal and smacks them down on top of a digital groove that’ll keep you nodding all day then layers on soaring synths. Keeping it building until the end digitalfoxglove keeps the wicked axe solo from the original but turns it into a mindblowing finale!
♫ Louis La Roché (Feat. Yann Destal) – My Turn (digitalfoxglove reMix)
‘My Turn’ is out now on Ever After Records.
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