Category Archives: Nu-Disco
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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Pyramid’s ‘Rising Day reMixes’
It’s been only two months since French Sci-Fi producer Pyramid self-released his ‘Life Above The Stars’ EP, a masterpiece of Cosmic electronics which itself was to tide us over in the dark between his last label release, ‘Rising Day’ on Monsieur Adi’s Technofavrik imprint and next month’s ‘Rising Day reMixes’.
The new EP contains reMix word from the likes of Stay Ali, Pilotpriest, Monsieur Adi, Final DJs and Thomas Barrandon and this, Pyramid’s own ‘Auto reMix’ of ‘Sleeping Fox’. This Auto reMix keeps much of the original intact, but gives it a 2012 kick in the bass. No loosing one drop of Pyramid’s trademark analog future funk the track still has all the futuristic dystopian shimmer it always had, but pumps in a way the original didn’t. While the original was all about B-Boy beats and Italo basslines, this version rolls with a Galactic Disco groove and soaring synths. The EP should be a killer with both Final DJs and Monsieur Adi turning in some excellent work.
♫ Pyramid – Sleeping Fox (Auto reMix)
The ‘Rising Day reMixes’ EP is out 3rd June on Beatport, with other stores coming later.
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Justin Faust’ Le Coup De Foudre’ Mixtape
Justin Faust – Le Coup De Foudre Mixtape = Justin Faust doesn’t do nearly enough mixtapes for our liking. Still it makes it a good day when he does, and this one is awesome. Loaded with massive Disco tracks, I can see this being on repeat well into next month.
♫ Justin Faust – Le Coup De Foudre Mixtape
The tracklist:
01. Justin Faust – Untitled
02. A.N.D.Y. & Vicente – El Barrio (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver reMix)
03. Matt Mendez – Square (Alec Carlsson reMix)
04. Pitchben – Soda (Lorenz Rhode reMix)
05. James Curd – Guide Me (Gigamesh reMix)
06. Just Kiddin’ – Mammal (Kosmetique reMix)
07. His Majesty Andre – Spades (Broke One reMix)
08. Ben Mono & Idiotronic HOT – 1992 (Justin Faust reMix)
09. Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure reMix)
10. Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Robotaki Instrumental reMix)
11. Medina – Forever (Tagteam Terror reMix)
12. Pimpsoul – Rock you
13. That Peruvian Boy – The Jive (Original Mix)
14. Swivel Hips – Cheaters
15. NAPT (Feat. Fireflowerz) – Italian Spiderman
16. Kosmetique – IIIe
17. Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Cheap Bad Moves
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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 Magician reMixes RAC & Penguin Prison
So, we’ve been fans of RAC reMix work for a few years now, they generally tend to release high quality tunes, and long time readers will know we’ve been supporting Chris Glover A.K.A. Penguin Prison since day one, so these idea of these two entities making a tune together was pretty exciting stuff. The end result, ‘Hollywood’, was surprisingly, gangly guitar laden, Indie. We were kinda’ disappointed, it was actually a really good song, but far too guitary to grace these pages. Enter The Magician to make things all better.
The Magician strips things back al little with this mix. He makes the decision, we think the correct decision, to let the highly melodic vocal carry the track musically. Which is a good move, to many melodies would have cluttered the track and keeping things to a simply riff allows the track room to breathe. Basically, we’ve been dying to hear this track with a dance beat and synths, The Magician has delivered.
♫ RAC (Feat. Penguin Prison) – Hollywood (The Magician reMix)
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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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Kool Bandits’ ‘Dancefloor Hold Up’
Way back, last month, we posted a track by French outfit Kool Bandits, then called ‘I Want You’ the track has now been renamed ‘Dancefloor Hold Up’ and has been given the full vocal treatment for it’s single release.
The vocal is actually quite weird, really self-referential. It kinda’ works, but I’m torn as to which version I prefer, this or the Instrumental version. The vocal version is definitely more of a commercial party starter. The track itself, as we said last time, is unashamedly poppy with it’s hook, with a dirty bassline and a big euphoric riff. But the vocals are maybe just a tad too cheese laden and meandering for our tastes. That said though, it’s still a really good track, and the single is definitely worth picking up, if mainly for the Instrumental and it’s insanely catchy hook. The instrumental version is the standout track here, but this vocal version is definitely going to get some play over the summer.
♫ Kool Bandits – Dancefloor Hold Up (Radio Edit)
♫ Kool Bandits – Dancefloor Hold Up (Instrumental Mix)
‘Dancefloor Hold Up’ is released 22nd June.
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