Category Archives: ElectroPop
The Tapeaters’ new album
So, if you’re a long-time reader you’ll already know that Russian Nu-Disco/ElectroPop outfit The Tapeaters are amongst our favourites. We’ve been writing about them for years and, particularly, the latest crop of single have been pretty rad. Yesterday they released their latest album, which in part collects their recent tunes, and whist we loved the tracks individually when they are packed together in a complete LP it really highlights what an impressive body of work The Tapeaters have amassed.
‘Remembering Next Summer’ is a cleverly apt title for the record, it’s pure forward thinking nostalgia. Combining elements of Disco, Electro, Pop and Indie with some absurdly catchy songwriting, The Tapeaters kinda’ make me think that this is what the excellent Dirty Vegas would have sounded like if they had embraced Disco a little more than deep house. Funky basslines and massive retro synth sounds play against dancefloor beats and softly sung vocals with the occasional Indie guitar lick for good measure. The album kicks off with a new track ‘Umbrella’, which sets the tone for the record with a laid back, beach Disco vibe and an enticing sound which is closely followed by’ ‘Echo’, a track that wears it’s ‘80’s influences on it’s sleeve. That double whammy of Disco and ‘80’s pretty much sums up the album, and that’s two things we love, but it’s The Tapeaters genius songwriting, with their sing-a-long choruses and infectious hooks, that really seal the deal for us. Don’t be surprised if this album reared it’s head in our end-on-year ‘best of’ lists.
♫ The Tapeaters – Umbrella
♫ The Tapeaters – Waiting For a Sign
♫ The Tapeaters – The Real Deal
The Tapeaters’ ‘Remembering Next Summer’ is available right now from a stupidly cheap price. You can pick up the .mp3s from their official website from a tweet or a ‘like’, or pic up lossless copies from their Bandcamp from as little as $1!
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Little Boots reMixed by Todd Edwards
The first of the reMixes of Little Boots’ genius forthcoming single ‘Headphones’ is here. And American DJ/Producer Todd Edwards gives us the first taste of a disco oriented Little boots so far from this album.
So far the recent Little Boots single have been leaning in this direction of shiny Pop and deep House, two directions we’re big fans of, but sometimes you just need to bring the funk. This reMix is laden with horn stabs, Disco licks and some nice ‘70’s flute flourishes. The thing that works best about this track is the staggered beat, which seems to work with the track and give it a driving energy. Although this reMix injects some pretty sweet Disco into Boot’s current sound, I can’t help but hope to see some reMixes from some of the real talent in Nu-Disco these days, that’s not to diminish Todd Edwards Disco-House work, but there is some real Disco gurus out there who could work wonders with this track. But if this is all the Boots funk we end up getting, then it’ll do nicely.
♫ Little Boots – Headphones (Todd Edwards vocal reMix)
‘Headphones’ will, we presume, be out soon. The video should be hear shortly.
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Yellow Magic Orchestra edit from Chrome Canyon
Here’s a bit of a treat from Brooklyn funkster Chrome Canyon, who’s On The Fruit Records released ‘Body Music EP from earlier this year still gets some heavy rotation. It’s his edit of Yellow Magic Orchestra’s classic ‘Techopolis’ (possibly my fourth favourite YMO track!).
If you’ve ever thought to yourself ‘I love ‘Technopolis’, but I’d really like a more modern version with a pumping contemporary beat so I could work it into one of my sets’ then you are in so much luck. The essence of YMO’s track is all here, with pretty minimal chopping up, the riff and basslines are all where you remember leaving them. There are a couple of cuts here and there but the majority of additions come in the form of some lovely filtering and modulation and bringing a rhythm fit for dancefloors in 2012. It’s giving the original such a new lease of life. I’ll definitely be playing this out.
♫ Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technopolis (Chrome Canyon Rework)
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Lissi Dancefloor Disaster’s new video
This is the new video from Swedish ElectroPop nutcases Lissi Dancefloor Disaster. It’s for their awesome, growling, new single ‘Singing My Heart Out’.
The clip was directed by Tim Erem, who takes the heart out motif literally and makes the whole thing look dreamlike and intoxicating.
‘Singing My Heart Out’ is out now, well take a look at the single later in the week.
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Bright Light Bright Light’s ‘A New Word To Say’ video
‘A New Word To Say’ was one of the tracks that go us into Bright Light Bright Light way back when Rod was a potential Pop star, rather than an the actual Pop star he is now. So with the release of his début album we’re quite pleased that ‘A New Word To Say’ has been given the video treatment.
Hollie Newton directs this clip, which looks simple but must have taken ages to film, and longer to edit.
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This weeks Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’
Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 25/05/2012 = Oh you can tell the summer is coming, Fear Of Tiger’s The Guestlist is back as our regular Friday start to the weekend. Some huge tunes this week and a guestmix from the crew from micromix.fr.
♫ Fear Of Tigers– The Guestlist 25/05/2012
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The Sound Of Arrows’ ‘Conquest’ video
The reigning champions of euphoric SynthPop The Sound Of Arrows have a new single incoming. Taken from their amazing ‘Voyage’ album, ‘Conquest’ is released next month.
The video is full of the best things ever, most notable a crystal powered DeLorean. It’s also loaded with classy, fantastical imagery and Stefan & Oskar doing that back to back slow-mo thing they love doing.
‘Conquest’ released 25th June via Skies Above.
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Aaron Alexis’ ‘Saboteurs’
Introspective ElectroPop producer Aaron Alexis is back with a new track to haunt your dreams. Not loosing his particular unique style of ElectroPop based, Chillwave leaning Indie-Electro, Aaron’s new track is, at the same time, both warm and chilling.
‘Saboteurs’ is a throbbing electronic soundscape that draws lines between, Industrial, Chillwave and raw SynthPop. Reminiscant of parts of the recent M83 album and washed in the kinds of reverb usually reserved for Neon Indian, the contrast of the brittle synth bassline and the lush pads and LFO heavy organ sounds create a soundtrack where the instruments weave in and out of each other in a dreamlike way. Atop this sit Aaron’s trademark croon. Part seduction, part lament, part hipster drawl, the vocals glide across the track, ingratiating themselves as another instrument.
♫ Aaron Alexis – Saboteurs
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Bastian’s Happy Flight’s new video
Here is the new video from Bastian’s Happy Flight’s ‘My Love’s (Not Good Enough)’, taken from their Mullet Records released EP, ‘EP01’.
Be prepared for some bedroom dancing, sulking and arson from the ‘80’s amidst the awesome Electro Funk.
Bastian’s Happy Flight’s ‘EP01’ is out now.
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Zimmer’s ‘Sage Paradis‘ mixtape
Zimmer – May Mixtape ‘Sage Paradis‘ = It’s this months mixtape from Zimmer loaded with some of the best laid back Disco from the past couple of months. The tracklist drops tommorw, but we can tell you there is one of two track in there that we’ve been excited about for a while. This tape is perfect listening if this scorching weather is making you lazy.
♫ Zimmer – May Mixtape ‘Sage Paradis‘
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