Monthly Archives: November 2011
Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s new single
It’s been a fair few months since we heard anything from London based left-field ElectroPop collective Ursa Minor (Little Bear), but they haven’t been waiting their time as their forthcoming new single proves.
‘Droplet Affection’ is a massive, euphoric Pop tune with more heart and soul than you could ever need. Musically ‘Droplet Affection’ comes across as and, almost Balearic, Summer House track played by a live band, which adds a nice live shuffle to the rhythms and gives the Ibiza style hooks and arpeggios a raw power beyond that of House music. All this creates a swirling, uplifting backing for Little Bear’s heartfelt and passionate vocals to cut thorough and take the track even higher.
♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) – Droplet Affection
‘Droplet Affection’ is released on 5th December via Invader Records.
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Adrian Lux & The Good Natured’s ‘Alive’ video
Here’s the video for Adrian Lux and The Good Natured’s strangely epic ‘Alive’.
Still can’t get over how the mere addition of Sarah’s vocals make the cheesy Ibiza riffs sound good. This track is going to be huge. The video starts off pretty standard retro lighting clip and ends up Sci-Fi weird-out.
The ‘Alive’ single is out now with a reMix package featuring Albin Myers, Blende and Adrian Lux & Style Of Eye to follow.
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Collins
We featured Collins’ contribution Fear Of Tigers’ ‘Pippi Longstrump’ reMix competition a while back as one of our picks of entries, his melodic take on retro Electro immediately caught out ear.
Now the Irish resident of Brazil has sent on over his most recent track. ‘Loverboy’ kicks off with a slick ‘80’s bassline and classic SynthPop melody before sliding into a particularly vintage sounding SynthWave tune. It’s at this point that the track takes you completely by surprise by morphine into a vocoded Electro Boogie jam. ‘Loverboy’ is a robotic love song for Breakers and Italo heads alike and marks Collins as one to keep an eye on.
♫ Collins – Loverboy
Check out his reMix of Miss Kittin’s classic ‘Rippin Kittin’ too, full of bouncy retro basslines and wicked solos.
♫ Miss Kittin – Rippin Kittin (Collins’ ‘Labour Of Love’ reMix)
Check out more from Collins on SoundCloud.
Patrick Wolf’s new video
Patrick Wolf has just premiered his new video for the forthcoming single ‘Together’.
Deep SynthPop and classy visuals ahoy! Oh, and foxes.
‘Together’ is taken from the album ‘Lupercalia’.
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Final DJs take on Kris Menace And Savage
Germany’s Final DJs have taken on Kris Menace And Savage dancefloor smash ‘Let’s Shower Together’ from last year with their latest edit.
A few cuts here, a few edits there and a few filters all over and Final DJs give us a freshly squeezed Nu-Disco jam for 2012. The new big drops really give the tune a new lease of life. Pure dancefloor gold!
♫ Kris Menace And Savage – Let’s Shower Together (Final DJs Edit)
The original ‘Let’s Shower Together’ is out now.
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Model
Model are an American duo who brand of abrasive Glitchy Electro-House hides quite a funky groove at it’s core.
Check out their two recent tracks, ‘DanceWorkDanceSex’ and ‘Minuit’, both of which have strains of both Ed Banger electro and 2001 ElectroClash running through their DNA. Chainsaw synths, disenchanted vocals snatches, driving beats and cut up crazy synth work. Throwing everything into the melting pot is these guys style, even working some ChipTune in there, I expect these two will be destroying Electro-House dancefloors next summer.
Check out more from Model on SoundCloud.
Goin’ Old School: Midnight Express – Danger Zone
1983 synth Funk right about now from Midnight Express’ ‘Danger Zone’.
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Cyclist reMixes Gigamesh
Vancouver based producer Cyclist has just dropped his contribution to the forthcoming collection of reMixes of Gigamesh’s recent self-titled EP.
Cyclist’s take on ‘People’, is a beautiful cacophony of squelchy, slappy, Moogy bass and hammered piano riffs. Cyclist’s solid funk drives the track along like a bass heavy juggernaut. i don’t know why he;s called Cyclist, he should name himself Funk Truck Driver!
♫ Gigamesh (Feat. Nicole Godiva) – People (Cyclist reMix)
The Gigamesh rEMix EP is out 6th December and features work from Moullinex, Fare Soldi, Alexander Holland and Goldroom.
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Meridians’ new single
Out this week is the brand new single from Meridians. A French duo who are putting their slightly quirky French Touch stamp on ElectroPop.
‘Desert Of Love’ is a sprawling, spacious, epic of a song that utilises so many different elements you wonder how they got it to sound so cohesive. But they did. Morphing effortlessly from Synthwave to Indie-Electro to Nu-Disco and back the track is full of unexpected instrumentation, but amongst all the eclecticness there’s a solid, summery, DiscoPop groove and a catchy tune. the flip side is ‘Cobra’, which is more of a full-on SynthWave/Electro-House soundclash that is both arresting and strangely emotive.
Check out more from Meridians on SoundCloud. You can download the whole single there.
New track from Flashlights
Flashlights, who released the awesome ‘Hidden Behind Trees’ EP on Binary earlier this year, have dropped a brand new track.
Taken from the GoldRush Festival artist’s compilation album, their follow up to the EP’s ‘New Hampshire’, ‘New Hampshire Part II’ is more traditional ElectroPop, upbeat and catchy, compared the the atmospheric Chillwave of the original. The track still retains a distant mysteriousness though, but contrasts that with bouncy synths and uplifting retro chords. Lush and swirling ElectroPop at it’s finest, ‘New Hampshire Part II’ is a track that slides into your brain and starts soundtracking your life.
♫ Flashlights – New Hampshire Part II (Premiere)
Flashlight’s ‘Hidden Behind Trees’ EP is out now.
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