Category Archives: Electro-House
Kool Bandits’ ‘I Want You’
This kinda’ got buried in out Inbox, it happens sometimes. we had a big clear-out this weekend and this mail from France’s Kool Bandits from a couple of weeks ago floated to the top. I don’t know how we could have missed it, it’s totally awesome growling French Touch. Time to make up for the oversight!
With an unashamedly Poppy hook and some nice, hypnotic vocodered vocals it’s clear that Kool Bandits are aiming for something that will worm it’s way into your heart and mind. You won’t be able to get this massive chunk of Disco our of your head. With groove laden basslines playing off against chainsaw synth riffs it’s the prefect mid-point between Funky Nu-Disco and euphoric Electro-House. Apparently there’s a full vocal version coming soon, we can’t wait!
♫ Kool Bandits – I Want You (Original Mix)
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Anniversary compilation from La Bombe
Awww, isn’t it sweet. London’s La Bombe Recordings is turning the ripe old age of two. But rather than crying a lot and soiling themselves like most respectable two year olds, La Bombe is going to be releasing a compilation album to proudly show off what they’ve achieved since their inception and to give you a glimpse into the future.
The ten track record will feature five classics from the La Bombe back catalogue and five brand new tunes. We’ve feature quite a lot of La Bombe output in the past twenty four months here on electronic rumors, mostly from the funkier or more eclectic end of their roster, such as Blende and Douze who always give us something powerful and groovy. But when you want a flat out Electro banger La Bombe is definitely the place to go. Check out some of what to expect from this collection, including ‘Girls’ the new killer from Les Tronchiennes, pleasingly titled ‘A Fistful of Boom’.
♫ Blende – One Sided (Louis La Roché Innovation)
♫ Douze – Go’
♫ Blende – Egypto
♫ Douze – Get Over You
♫ Les Tronchiennes – Girls
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Queen Of Hearts & Kissy Sell Out
Last night, on his final BBC Radio 1 show Rave renaissance man Kissy Sell Out premiered a brand new tune featuring the vocal stylings of our reigning ElectroPop monarch, Queen Of Hearts.
‘You’re Not The One’ may be in it’s infancy as a track but it’s already sounding like it could take festival season by storm. Whether this is what the finished product will sound like is anyone’s guess but I’m pretty much expecting to be dancing to this in a muddy field in a few months time. Queen Of Hearts’ own new double A-side single, ‘Neon’/’Tears In The Rain’, which was also débuted on the radio in the past few days, should be out 14th May.
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♫ Kissy Sell Out & Queen Of Hearts – You’re Not The One (Radio Rip)
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Lovefoxxx & Steve Aoki
OK, so I’m really not a fan of Steve Aoki, I find his music mostly pretty tedious. Derivative and simplistic I have no idea how he got famous, it seems generally from ‘knowing people’ rather than ‘being good at music or DJing’. However, I flippin’ love Lovefoxx and thankfully Mr Aoki hasn’t made something completely terrible in ‘Heartbreaker’, their collaboration.
It’s a surprisingly good, pretty funky, Electro Disco tune that’s actually catchy as hell which I’m loving more each time I listen to it. It comes with an ace video too! You’ve earned yourself a temporary reprieve Mr. Aoki, but we’re watching you.
‘Heartbreaker’ is taken from Steve Aoki’s album, ‘Wonderland’, out now.
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Simian Mobile Disco’s new single
I still have Simian Mobile Disco to thank for one of the best night out I have had in the last ten years and while their last album didn’t grab me as much as their début I still follow their career with interest.
‘Seraphim’ is the first single from the duo’s forthcoming album ‘Unpatterns’ and is an interesting peice of electronic music after my own heart. It’s a deep track that although strictly a House track contains a lot of Trip-House and Bristol Beat DNA, especially in it’s vocals and it’s dubby use of spacious, buzzing synths. Even the Acid line just adds to the multi-layered texture of the track. A promising start!
♫ Simian Mobile Disco – Seraphim
‘Unpatterns’ is released April 9th on Wichita Recordings.
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Black Strobe’s ‘Italian Fireflies’ is back, with a Reflex reMix
Black Strobe’s ‘Italian Fireflies’ is a bit of a modern classic. Released in 2033 in Kitsuné it had a riff that stuck in everyone’s head and the opening bars of the track, when the riff kicked in, would destroy dancefloors. Now Blackstrobe Records are re-releasing the track with a whole package of awesome reMixes featuring some serious talent bring the track into 2012.
Amongst that talent you’ll find one of our current faves, French SynthPop duo Reflex, who pull the track from it’s dark post-Electroclash resting place into the sunlight with a huge ElectroPop workout. Turning that evil, edgy riff into soaring retro lead line with some choice chords underneath full to give it more of a rousing kick, Reflex have done the impossible and turned the track into something bright and uplifting., which makes a really nice contrast to the growling, moody original. Both takes on the tune are ace and it;s nice to have the choice. The rest of the EP features reMixes from Munk, Yan Wagner, Second Date, Richy Ahmed & Corey Baker, Hey Today! and Mr. Arnaud Rebotini himself. that’s a hell of a reMix package and one we await excitedly.
♫ Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies (Reflex reMix)
♫ Black Strobe – Italian Fireflies
The ‘Italian Fireflies’ reMix package is released 7th March in Blackstrobe Records.
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Monsieur Adi’s ‘Fire Fire Fire’ EP
As you’re probably aware, the full length version of French Disco renaissance man Monsieur Adi’s ‘Fire Fire Fire’ EP was released this week. It’s been eagerly anticipated, and well worth the wait.
We got the single version of ‘Fire Fire Fire’ last year, but that was only a taste of the awesomeness contained in this package. Adi is the master if orchestration, the man can score an orchestra like no one else making dance music today, maybe even ever, so it’s fitting that the EP’s intro, ‘Praeludium’ is a swelling, string ensemble, peice with a hint of sadness and a hint of anticipation that lease into the siren signifier of ‘Fire Fire Fire’, French Touch at it’s finest and a track we rated in our top 20 of 2011, kickin’ beats and soaring lead synths dominate your brain when this track is on. ‘Blood’ is up next, another track we raved about last year, from it’s harpsichord led baroque introduction to it’s full-on challenge to Daft Punk at their best. ‘Last Stand’ is next, a track that back in May last year when we first wrote about we everyone thought would be the EP’s lead. Gary Go lends a layer of vocal ElectroPop to Adi’s slick Nu-Disco a creating a nice Poppy mid-point to the EP before the ride sends you toward the deep, emotional, retro Funk of ‘Requiem’, a powerful track that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. The EP plays out with ‘In Caelis’, a final orchestral movement which is both rousing and a slightly bitter end to the EP. Monsieur Adi is, above all, a musician and composer before producer, and that’s what makes him stand head and shoulders above his peers. and y’know what, if Daft Punk never release anything else, I think I’d be happy for Adi to take up their torch.
♫ Monsieur Adi – Fire Fire Fire
♫ Monsieur Adi (Feat. Gary Go) – Last Stand
♫ Monsieur Adi – Requiem
The ‘Fire fire Fire’ EP is out now and comes highly recommended.
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Timo Juuti & Hector 87’s new EP
Here’s the latest release from Italian label La Valigetta to get you in the mood for the weekend. Timo Juuti & Hector 87 provide some truly infections tunes for their ‘Woo Chicks & Disco Wobbelz’ EP.
‘Disco Wobbels’ took me completely by surprise, we get sent a lot of mediocre Electro-House and Nu-Disco, it takes a lot for something we’ve never heard of to grab our attention, but ‘Disco Wobbelz’ did, it’s got a load of elements we’re starting to tire of, but it’s so well done, so funky, so blissed out you can help but get really into it. It’s a track that does a fantastic job of revitalising something that was in need of it. ‘Woo Chicks’ falls more into the Funky cut-up Nu-Disco camp and is a big peak time tune. The EP is crammed full of more originals and reMixes including this cut from Ghosts Of Venice, who bring some of his smooth grooves to ‘Woo Chicks’ for a more intimate version.
♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Disco Wobblez
♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Woo Chicks
♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Woo Chicks (Ghosts Of Venice reMix)
‘Woo Chicks & Disco Wobbelz’ is out 5th March.
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Kensy Krackshow
It seems it’s that time of the month to see what shit-hot things the Russians are up to. This time the wearerussians.com label are dropping a free single from Kensy Krackshow.
The single ‘The End’ and it’s B-Side, ‘Malkovich’ are two slabs of powerful, driving, Electro. Dark and gritty with the big, retro leads of SynthWave, the distorted chaos of French Electro-House, and an extra helping of twisted Acid mayhem. There’s some serious competition for the likes of Danger and Kavinsky here! Kensy also recently dropped a free album, ‘Power Of Illusions’, which you can pick up here.
Grab ‘The End’ from wearerussians.com on SoundCloud.
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Coloureds reMix Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’
Sometimes a track comes along that just makes your face hurt from smiling. Out friends Coloureds have delivered the goods again, in the form of their take on Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’.
The Yellow and Blue noise terrorists give Gabriel what can only be described as a “right sonic seeing to in a back alley” as the layer their trademark chainsaw synths over ‘Sledgehammer’s Pop-Funk vibe. Coloureds are maturing so fast in their sound, shown by how intact they keeps the original song structure, and how much of the underlying groove they retain whist still blowing your ears with their aural assault. No longer a choice between dirty, distorted, confusing in-your-face Electro and dancefloor working Disco. Coloureds have mastered both.
♫ Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (Coloureds reMix)
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