Recently, Canada’s finest ElectroPop export, Parallels released a new EP following their fantastic XII album. Things Fall Apart has now been given a super slick video treatment.
Artem Galperine directed the clip, which is lit and edited just like you;d imagine a Parallels video to be. Hazy, dreamlike yet exciting. Looking amazing.
Parallels’ Things Fall Apart is out now.
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Want eight minutes of funkin’; New Your Disco with a Poppy Indie-Electro edge? Well you’ve come to the right place then, here’s the amazing Holy Ghost!’s new single, Dumb Disco Ideas.
Directed by Ben Fries, the video a is a lightbox fuelled, Disco time-lapse of the NYC skyline and flashing modular synths. It;s minimal, allowing you to sit back and soak up the song itself.
Holy Ghost!’s Dumb Disco Ideas is out now on DFA.
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Here’s the video for Australian/Swedish duo Say Lou Lou current single, Julian. The single’s out now an it’s a luscious slice of DreamPop you all should be investigating.
The clip is directed by Philippe Tempelman and is just as dreamy and hazy as the song itself., sweeping in and out of focus.
Say Lou Lou’s Julian is out now.
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Here’s the video for French Minimal SynthPoppers Tristesse Contemporaine’s new single, the hypnotic and moving Waiting. A track loaded with 80s synth experimentalism and Indie-Electro cool.
The video is directed by Jørgen Leth, and taken from his film 66 Scenes From America in a scene titled Andy Warhol, Burger.
Tristesse Contemporaine’s Waiting is released 13th May on Record Makers.
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Here’s the video fro the new single from ElectroPop heroes Fenech-Soler. It’s called Magnetic and it’s an rousing festival anthem, full of epic vocals and fist-pumping synth riffs.
Check out the mini-movie clip, directed by Luke Bellis. Involving a road-trip chase from a ceroplastic bunny.
Fenech-Soler’s Magnetic is
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Gigamesh has done it again. The Minneapolis based producer has dropped another driving slice of Synth Disco in the form of his reMix for Crystal Fighters new single, ‘You & I’. The reMix sits alongside a brooding cut from London ElectroPoppers Sunless ’97, reMixing the track taken from Crystal Fighters forthcoming new LP Cave Rave.
Gigamesh whips the track up into an arpeggio driven funky frenzy as he mixes up Italo and Disco with flair. Keeping the energy levels high, Gigamesh weaves a SynthWave style night drive tune full of punchy snyths and up beat stabs which, when coupled with Crystal Fighters vocal grown, takes on a slightly EBM, slant, but obviously with loads more groove. Sunless ‘97 go in totally the opposite direction with their version, crafting an ambient, absorbing, soundscape for the track. Utilising Dub techniques and quirky synths sounds, Sunless ‘97 deliver a track that is the night to Gigamesh’s day.
♫ Crystal Fighters – You & I (Gigamesh reMix)
♫ Crystal Fighters – You & I (Sunless ’97 Black Magic Mix)
Crystal Fighters’ Cave Rave is released 27th May.
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Surging Memories is the second single from the frankly awesome superhero team-up of MiGHty mOUse and Van She bassist and ElectroPopper Matt Van Schie, Du Tonc. The duo are gearing up for their immanent tour of Europe and the US, and have dropped their new tune in preparation.
Following on from their previous single, Darkness, Surging Memories feels even more like MiGHty mOUse meets Matt Van Schie that that did. Which I guess is kinda;’ obvious really. It’s a big rush of emotion, where a live Indie feel rubs shoulders with raw Disco. Driven by a hazy, buzzy, guitar riff and waves of blissful synths these guys coax a sense of summertime nostalgia with just a hint of mystery in their music, allowing Matt’s vocals to sound both introspective and anthemic at the same time. Two songs down and Du Tonc have a flawless record so far, let’s hope they can keep it up. You should definitely try to catch Du Tonc live is they are in your area, dates here.
♫ Du Tonc – Surging Memories
Du Tonc’s Surging Memories is out now on Cheap Thrills.
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Hammer & Sickle is the forthcoming new single from Welsh ElectroPoppers Neon Neon, the second to be taken from their sophomore album Praxis Makes Perfect. Expect bouncy, introspective, catchy synth Indie vibes here.
Check out the video, a tribute to maverick Italian publisher Giagiacomo Feltrinelli, put together but the duo themselves.
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Ronika – Escalator To The Equator Mixtape = Here’s the ultimate collection of laid back summery tunes for your holiday weekend. Coming courtesy of Ronika who delivers over an hour of smooth grooves and infectious funk with tunes to make you smile, and tunes to make you move.
♫ Ronika – Escalator To The Equator Mixtape
The tracklist:
01. Kassav – Langue Moin
02. Tim Maia – E Necessario
03. Amadou And Mariam – Sabali
04. Sophia George – Mek You Feel Fine
05. Jensen Sportag – Jareaux
06. Alison Valentine – Peanut Butter
07. Ronika – Rough ‘N’ Soothe (The HICS reMix)
08. Pegasus – Cool Runnings
09. Miami Sound Machine – Rhythms Is Gonna’ Get Ya
10. Mzekezeke – Ngihambha Phantsi
11. Sunless ’97 – Aurora I
12. Robert Ffrench – Heart On Fire
13. Ronika – Rough ‘N’ Soothe
14. Rihanna – If It’s Loving That You Want
15. Aaliyah – Rock The Boat
16. Princess – Say I’m Your Number One
17. Swimming – Kid Global
18. Rita Lee – Maria Mole
19. Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man
20. Free Life – There’s Something Better
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Tell Me is our first hint of LA SynthPop/Minimal Synth duo Soft Metals’ long awaited sophomore album. The new full length LP, titled Lenses, follows the bands acclaimed 2011 self titled record and is set to drop in June. Tell Me gives us just a little taste of what to expect from Lenses.
It’s a track that is severely whetting out appetites. Hypnotic bests, robotic apreggios, metallic chords, all tempered with Patricia’s gentle, haunting vocal. Delivering an almost classic Italo groove, with just a hint of the kind of cosmic vibe you’d expect from Sci-Fi Italo, the ice cold electronics work together to produce something that is far warmer than the sum of it’s parts suggest, far funkier too. By the time the big vintage keys kick-in you can;t help but be drawn back into Soft Metals world. It’s a welcome return that has us eagerly awaiting the album.
♫ Soft Metals – Tell Me
Soft Metals’ Lenses is due to be released 16th June via Captured Tracks.
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