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Tonight! The Electronic Rumors Volume 1 launch-party!
Tonight I will be here, alongside Fear Of Tigers, Ronika, Queen Of Hearts, Substatic, Kid Kasio and Echoes celebrating Monday’s release of ‘electronic rumors Volume 1‘, our gift to the world in the form of 15 tracks of some of the best ElectroPop, Dreamwave, Nu-Disco and Indie-Electro around.
If your in London Town this evening this’ll be the place to be, and it’s free to get in!
More details of tonight’s show here.
All the low down on ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′ here.
Pre-order ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′ here.
Electronic Rumors Volume 1!!!
So of our more eagle eyed readers and Twitter followers might have had a suspicion that something like this was coming but today I can, very proudly, announce the forthcoming release of ‘electronic rumors Volume 1’ on CD and digital.
Released Monday 13th February on respected ElectroPop label Ninthwave Records (Heaven17/White town/The Modern), the album is the result of nearly a year’s work and features 15 of the some of the best ElectroPop, Dreamwave, Indie-Electro and Nu-Disco around right now. Curated to be a snapshot of the kind of music we write about here on electronic rumors, the release is crammed full of both modern classics and brand new exclusive tracks from the likes of Ride The Universe, Show Your Shoe, beaumont and Echoes.
Check the tracklist:
01. Vanbot – Make Me, Break Me
02. Fear Of Tigers – The Adventures Of Pippi Longstrump (Diamond Cut reMix)
03. Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (StardonE Radio Mix)
04. Echoes – Second Best
05. Ronika – Wiyoo
06. Cosmonaut Grechko – All I Hear (Cosmo Black reMix)
07. Ride The Universe – A Little Better (Feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley)
08. Substatic – Gold
09. LexiconDon – December Sunset (Keenhouse reMix)
10. She’s The Queen – Waiting Game
11. Futurecop! – Me & U
12. Kid Kasio – Not For Turning
13. Show Your Shoe – Krokodil
14. Short Circuit – Let Go (NightWaves reMix)
15. beaumont – Reptile Blaze
The compilation represents many months of hard work for me and I am so pleased with the end result and so grateful to the artists and their management teams for helping bring this thing together.
‘electronic rumors Volume 1’ drops Monday 13th February’ via Ninthwave Records on digital, and on CD in gorgeous Digipak packaging designed by Sebastian Bentler (he of Overthrill), from all the usual retailers.
Ex-flipping-citing stuff!
Also, if you’re in the London area in Friday 10th February, we are teaming up with Human Error to throw a launch party for the album with Fear Of Tigers, Ronika, Queen Of Hearts, Substatic, Kid Kasio and Echoes. Details on the flyer…
…, it’s free and it’s gonna’ be one hell of a party. Not to be missed!
Here’s the Facebook event page.
More news to come…..
The electronic rumors Awards: ROUNDUP – The electronic rumors Awards 2011!!!
Wow! I’m speechless. As the third annual Electronic Rumors Awards draws to a close my mind is still spinning with this year’s revelations. Some went home on top of the world, some left disappointed and angry, but I think we can all agree electronic music will never be the same again…
So, as we …once again… loosen out collective bow-ties and sip the last of the champagne, let’s look back on the drama, the tears and the ecstasy of the electronic rumors awards 2011…
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The electronic rumors Awards: BEST SONG – electronic rumors’ top 20 songs of 2011!!!
Winner: She’s The Queen – Waiting Game
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The electronic rumors Awards: HALL OF FAME – electronic rumors’ Hall Of Fame inductee 2011!!!
Inductee: The Human League
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The electronic rumors Awards: READERS’ CHOICE – electronic rumors’ most downloaded tracks of 2011!!!
Winner: La Roux – Bulletproof (Fear Of Tigers reMix)
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The electronic rumors Awards: BEST ALBUM – electronic rumors’ top 20 albums of 2011!!!
Winner: Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost
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The electronic rumors Awards: BEST VIDEO – electronic rumors’ best video of 2011!!!
Winner: Com Truise – Brokendate
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The electronic rumors Awards: BEST REMIX – electronic rumors’ top 20 reMixes of 2011!!!
Winner: Ronika – Only Only (Fear Of Tigers reMix)
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Right, 2011 done! the end of level boss has been cleared. Bring it on 2012!
The electronic rumors Awards
Site News: Be right back!
Right, so, we’re shutting up shop for a little while. Don’t worry, it’s not too long, just a week and a bit.
I’m off to Bestival on the Isle Of Wight to see some amazing artists including Arthur Baker, Hercules And Love Affair, Santigold, Blancmange, Richard X, OneTwo, Mark Jones, Magnetic Man, Chromeo, Public Enemy, Boys Noize, Groove Armada, Skrillex, Feed Me, Mogwai, Patrick Wolf, Mount Kimbie, Cut Copy, Breakage, Fenech-Soler, SBTRKT, Sound Of Rum, Jungle Brothers, Modestep, Stopmakingme, Maya Jane Coles, Filthy Dukes, Frankie Knuckles, A Guy Called Gerald, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Ulrich Schnauss, The Cure, Crystal Castles, Grandmaster Flash, Katy B, Clare Maguire, Diplo, Annie Mac, Fake Blood, Carte Blanche, Toddla T, L-Vis 1990, LFO, Skream & Benga, Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, Nero, Metronomy, Tom Vek, Oh Land, CocknBullKid, Busy P, D/R/U/G/S, Jaymo & Andy George, Burns, Mylo, Black Devil Disco Club, Retro/Grade, Bright Light Bright Light, Wolf Gang, Bjork, James Blake, Robyn, Kelis, The Drums, The Cuban Brothers, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow, Hi Tek Soul: Starring Kevin Saunderson & Derrick May, Zola Jesus, HEALTH, Modeselektor, Jacques Lu Cont, Tensnake, Erol Alkan, Niki & The Dove, Joker & Nomad, Modular Soundsystem, Roska, Bag Raiders, DJ Derek, Feeling Gloomy DJs, Horse Meat Disco, Joy Orbison, Julio Bashmore, Sneaky Sound System, 2 Bears, A-Trak, Crystal Fighters, Gypsy & the Cat, Mirrors, The Japanese Popstars….and probably loads I have forgotten. Then I’m off to London for a few days for stuff.
I reckon I’m gonna’ be back and blogging around Monday 19th September, If I can I’ll try to get in a sneaky post here and there if the hangovers allow it, but don’t count on it. Stay tuned to our Twitter account (@electronicrumor) for vague wafflings about various bands and how much it’s raining.
So, I’m gonna’ be having an awesome time! if your sat there with nothing to do, missing the hell out of my posts then you could do a lot worse than check out some of these blogs:
And I’ll see you lot in just under two weeks!
Cheers!
Google Music Competition
Have you tried Google Music yet? I’ve been playing with the big G’s cloud music solution for the last couple of days and I’m pretty impressed.
I’m not exactly what I‘m going to do with it, I can already stream audio from my home PC with Audiogalaxy, but it’s a really nice media player. If it was a little more advanced (customisable columns in Song view, advanced tagging facilities etc…) and it could play local files I might even consider making it my default music player. And it’s nice to have some tunes in the cloud, with a nice interface, for the rare occasions my home PC isn’t on.
Anyhoo, Google Music is currently in a close beta state right now, and invites are hard to come by, but we have two to give away to interested readers.
To win yourself one you need to be located in the US and have a valid gMail address. Just follow us, @electronicrumor on Twitter, and tweet the following:
S’up @electronicrumor. I could really do with winning one of your Google Music invites. Hook me up! http://goo.gl/AF7Xa
I’ll run it ‘til Monday 22nd August and announce the winners that day. Two entrants will be chosen at random and contacted, entrants must be following @electronicrumor AND be open to receiving direct messages on Twitter, any winner who does not fill these two criteria will be passed over.
Get tweeting!”
Follow @electronicrumorSite News: Oooo it looks all different!
Yeah, I got bored last night and look! All change. I’m not in any way a graphic designer but I’m pretty busy the next two weeks so you’re stuck with this until at least them!
Anyway, it’s a long weekend here in the UK so I’m not sure how much posting there will be over the next four days, which is a pity ‘cos something tasty just landed in our inbox, but it will have to wait as we’re shutting up shop in twenty minutes to enjoy the sunshine. Might be able to squeeze it in tomorrow.
Have a good weekend y’all!
Fear Of Tigers: running for a cause
That chick is SO going to get eaten!
Just sayin’
Anyhoo, this is just a quick one to give you all a heads up that Ben from the awesomeness that is Fear Of Tigers is running in this year’s London Marathon on 17th April. He will be raising money for WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals).
In his own words:
“Hello!
I’m running the London Marathon to help raise money for the WSPA, an animal welfare charity who work in regions of the world where few, if any, measures exist to protect animals.
The WSPA are currently in Japan caring for animals who’ve been injured or displaced by the earthquake and Tsunami: http://animalsindisasters.typepad.com/wspa/2011/03/wspa-prepares-to-head-into-japan.html
On a more personal note, I’ve watched the marathon runners, who come in spitting distance of where I live, many times and it will be a great honour for me to run in the city and borough where I reside.
I’m also hoping to lose a few kilograms on the way!
Take a look at the following link to see some of the much needed work the WSPA are doing.
http://www.wspa.org.uk/wspaswork/default.aspx”
You could defiantly do worse today that pop over to Ben’s Just Giving page and sponsor him a few quid. It’s a good cause and will be a lot of hard work on Ben’s part, so the more he raises for WSPA the more it will have been worth it.
Also, the Dude did give you all an album for free!
AND, if altruism and empathy isn’t enough to convince you, those who sponsor Ben’s marathon entry will also receive a super secret Fear Of Tigers reMix, I won’t tell you what it is but it’s crazy good and one of the best reMixes of this particular track you’ve ever heard!
Still here?
Ahem…
Brand new Justice track!!! (not a fake!)
Really? You think?
No, of course we haven’t got any tracks from the forthcoming album and anyone who says the have, out side of the Ed Banger/Elektra camp, is probably lying. Fool.
However…while we’ve got you here we’d like to appeal to your humanity for a second and ask you to spare a thought, and maybe some bucks, for our bros over in Japan. Those crazy dudes have enough to deal with cleaning up after all the Godzilla rampages…and now this?!?! The footage of the tsunami was some scary shit, and the rising death toll is even scarier. The Japanese have been dealing with the situation amazingly but I’m sure every little bit you can do to help is appreciated.
The best thing you can do to help right now is to show your support by donating to the Red Cross’ appeal. Which, handily, you can do in many countries. To make it even easier for you here a are a few links:
UK: http://www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Japan-Tsunami-Appeal
US: http://www.redcross.org/
SE: http://www.redcross.se/teman/tsunami-japan/japan/
DE: http://www.drk.de/
CA: http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=38380&tid=001
AU: http://www.redcross.org.au/japan2011.htm
Apologies to my French brethren, I didn’t have a clue about the Croix-Rouge website, if anyone wants to email us the link I’ll add it.
Go on, in exchange for all my hard work over the past three years bringing you the best new Electro, a couple of bucks and we’ll call it quits!
Edit: I added a red Cross picture! See what I did there?
