Monthly Archives: March 2011
She’s The Queen’s new EP
She’s The Queen, the NYC based ElectroPoppers we dropped the science on last month, are gearing up for the release of their New EP ‘Waiting Game’.
When we wrote about the duo last we included our buddy Ren Riz’s reMix of the title track, and in light of the EP release we though you ought to be wrapping your ears round the power Pop of the original version. The more you listen to this track the more you realise how incredibly sophisticated it is. We briefly touched on the production in out last piece but it’s worth mentioning again just how impressive both the arrangement and production is for an unsigned band. The track itself is an excellent choice for the lead track on a EP, it’s a powerful tune that hits you, both musically and vocally, like a wave of good emotion and would work just as well and the dancefloor as in the headphones.
Enjoy:
♫ She’s The Queen – Waiting Game (EP Version)
The ‘Waiting Game’ EP is out 12th April, keep checking She’s The Queen’s Facebook for details:
a&r’s ‘Aquarium’ EP
Brooklyn based ElectroPop duo a&r return today with the release of their second EP, titled ‘Aquarium’.
The EP features seven track for top quality ElectroPop that draws on the same kind of influences as Dreamwave and Nu-Disco artists but keeping them wrapped up in a perfect Indie tinged Pop package. Rocko Rochee and Alex Kramer bring this Indie cool and retro influences to their version of ElectroPop with sweeping synth lines and atmospheric guitar work intersecting the dance beats and sing-along vocals. There, quite literally, is something for everybody (or, at least, everybody who reads electronic rumors) in a&r’s music. We defiantly recommend pickup up this EP.
You can pick up a&r’s ‘Aquarium’ EP from their Bandcamp site:
Ladytron’s new album!
Ladytron have just announced the title and release date for their forthcoming new album.
Released 12th September the new album will be called ‘Gravity the Seducer’ and will apparently be “more ethereal and melodic, a touch more abstract in places”.
Alongside the album release news Ladytron announced a series of dates around the world in April-June.
08th April Phoenix, AZ – Brick (Mira DJ date)
09th April Lexington, KY – Old Pepper Distillery (Mira DJ date)
11th April San Diego, CA – U31 Cocktail Lounge (Mira DJ date)
13th April San Francisco, CA – Vessel (Mira DJ date)
14th April Chicago, IL – Beauty Bar (Mira DJ date)
15th April Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar (Mira DJ date)
16th April Mexico City, Mexico – H20 (Mira DJ date)
01st May Beijing, China – Ping Gu Music Festival
05th May Zagreb, Croatia – Aquarius Club
07th May Krems, Austria – Donaufestival
13th May St. Petersburg, Russia – Kosmonavt Club
14th May Helsinki, Finland – Circus
02nd June Hässleholm, Sweden – Siesta! Festival
03rd June Krakow, Poland – Selector Festival
08th June London, England – The Forum
09th June Glasgow, Scotland – The Arches
In case you missed it, here’s the video for Ladytron’s last single ‘Ace Of Hz’
The ‘Ace Of Hz’ single and Ladytron’s ‘The Best 00-10’ are out now.
The Juan MacLean reMixes The Big Crunch Theory
The Big Crunch Theory is Parisian Lisa Li-Lund’s new project alongside Versatile Records’ head-honcho Gilb’R.
They are gearing up for the release of The Big Crunch Theory’s début album, titled, ‘1992’ in May that follows their first single ‘Arrows’.
DFA’s Electro renaissance man The Juan MacLean has reMixed their track ‘Arrows’ into a massive, hypnotic accordion House number. Check it out:
♫ The Big Crunch Theory – Arrows (The Juan MacLean reMix)
The Big Crunch’s album ‘1992’ is out on 2nd May via Versatile
The Big Crunch Theory @ Beatport
The Big Crunch Theory @ 7Digital
The Big Crunch Theory @ Amazon
AlunaGeorge; ‘Disobey’
AlunaGeorge are one of the acts this year that we are defiantly keeping an eye on and with each new song they’ve dropped so far we haven’t been shaken from our belief that the duo are going to go far.
Their newest track, ‘Disobey’, leans more toward American Indie-Electro than their previous offerings but still sounds uniquely AlunaGeorge. The use of layers upon layers of toytown synths to create a full sounding production works really well and results in a sumptuous backing track that still retains an interesting level of quirkiness and charm that provides the prefect accompaniment for Aluna Francis’ vocals, which have a similar quality. Danceable and poppy whiles at the same time introverted and experimental.
AlunaGeorge are one of the most interesting acts around right now.
Queen Of Hearts & StardonE
Sooooo, we haven’t written about Queen Of Hearts yet. Was there a reason for that? Well, yes and no. We’ve love both her songs to date, played them a lot round these parts, especially her work with on of our favourite producers, Diamond Cut, but always felts a little suspicious of all the hype. It’s not that we didn’t love them music, it’s just that we felt there was a joke we weren’t in on. When every single music publication we admire gushes about something on the basis of a thirty second sample and the artist has been in the studio with Diamond Cut, Fear Of Tigers and Dreamtrak, three producers we love, I dunno’, the whole thing seems a little ‘manufactured to be blog friendly’ for me.
However…we could be wrong, and on a purely musical front Queen Of Hearts is, we will admit, worth a lot of the hype.
Her recent track, the Diamond Cut produced ‘Where Are You Now?’ is prefect Pop for a Dreamwave generation (maybe our suspicion cones from it being too good?). DC knocks it out the park with his dancefloor 80’s production, the slick Disco guitar riffs and massive sweeping synths would make an awesome instrumental track in their own right but work amazingly well as a backing for QoH’s sultry, if a little distant, vocals. Sounding a little like ‘Little Boots a couple of years older’ Queen Of Hearts has the potential to be something really special. On top of that our favourite Korean, StardonE, has reMixed the track bringing his cosmic Nu-Disco to the tune with some rad little funky riffs.
♫ Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (Produced By Diamond Cut)
♫ Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (StardonE reMix)
I’m probably wrong about Queen Of Hearts, and even if I’m right, the music will remain pretty awesome, and that’s really what counts in the end.
Blende’s ‘One Sided’
Stockholm based duo Blende are dropping a new double A-Side single this week on La Bombe Records.
‘One Sided’ is a track that straddles the thin line between modern ElectroPop and Nu-Disco. It’s an arpeggio driven dancefloor tune with hints of Moroder and a surprisingly laidback groove for such an upbeat song. Top that with some silky smooth Vocoded vocals and you have a jam that sounds as fresh as it does retro. It’s double A-side ‘Egypto’ is a rad old-school Electro workout that bridges the gap between B-Boys and the Disco!
♫ Blende – One Sided
The track ‘One Sided’ get versioned by the awesome Louis La Roche, who brings his slick Electro-Disco style to the tune and gives it added dancefloor appeal. It’s French Touch feel seamlessly incorporates itself into the vocoder work.
♫ Blende – One Sided (Louis La Roche Innovation)
‘Egypto’/'One Sided’ is out this week on La Bombe
Homeboi & Oh Yeah’s new EP
Here we have some funky fresh French-House sounds for your midweek.
Coming courtesy of Homeboi & Oh Yeah who have just released a join EP, ‘SainTropez’/’CôteD’Azur’, for free on their new label Indo Silver Records. The EP is seven tracks of summertime grooves and filtered Disco madness. Oh Yeah’s ‘SainTropez’ is pure Disco gold with a killer mix of funk bass and sweeping 80’s synth sounds while ‘CôteD’Azur’, the team up between Homeboi & Oh Yeah, is is a chopped up Nu-Disco floorfiller with a hint of ChipTune about it. Amongst the many reMixes on the EP we have German newcomers Final DJs dropping a Dreamwave style retro synth affair, heavy on sidechaining and brassy leads.
♫ Homeboi & Oh Yeah – CôteD’Azur (Original Mix)
♫ Homeboi & Oh Yeah – CôteD’Azur (Final DJs reMix)
♫ Oh Yeah – SainTropez (Original Mix)
You can pick up the whole EP, in high quality, from here.
Homeboi & Oh Yeah @ Indo Silver Records
SebastiAn’s ‘Embody’ reMixed by Kavinsky
SebastiAn’s awesome new single ‘Embody’ gets a dark and heavy reMix treatment from Electro genius Kavinsky.
Relentless marching drums and massive, growling, synths take over the track, Like much of Kavinsky’s recent work he seems to be moving further and further from hectic dancefloor tracks and more into an evocative and atmospheric realm of Electro. It’s like the 80’s through a distortion pedal!
♫ SebastiAn – Embody (Kavinsky reMix)
The ‘Embody EP’ is out April 4 and also features a reMix from DJ Premier, SebastiAn’s début album, Total, is out in May on Ed Banger.
Tim & Jean’s ‘Come Around’ video
Australian ElectroPop newcomers Tim & Jean’s track ‘Come Around’ will be their UK début single. It’s a bit more Disco than their Aussie single ‘I Can Show You’ (which is no bad thing!) which sees them setting themselves apart from Empire Of THe Sun et al’
Here’s the video for the song, it’s full of greasers. Go figure!
‘Come Around’ is released 10th April on Publica
