Jan 29 2010

New Shy Child track & video

Shy Child have just débuted the video for ‘Disconnected’, the first single from their forthcoming album ‘Liquid Love’ and is one of the most Poppy tracks thy have done to date, although still as noisy as you’d expect from Shy Child there is some Nu-disco creeping into their Indie-Electro!

when the single drops expect reMixes from Ocelot, Moscow, Shuttle and Anoraak!!! That should be a really sweet single!

♫ Shy Child – Disconnected (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Liquid Love’, is out on 15th March through Wall Of Sound and Shy Child have just announced UK tour dates!!!

02nd February @ White Heat @ Madame JoJo’s, London
04th February @ Centro, London
27th February @ Kazimier, Liverpool
28th February @ Thekla, Bristol
01st March @ ICA, London
02nd March @ ABC2, Glasgow
03rd March @ A Nation of Shopkeepers, Leeds
05th March @ Academy 3, Birmingham
06th March @ Roadhouse, Manchester

Shy Child @ Beatport

Shy Child @ 7Digital

Shy Child @ Amazon

Jan 29 2010

Parallels; Ultralight

Parallels

I love Toronto, and if you look closely enough there is some great Electronic music to be found there. Parallels (who you may remember from Kitsuné Maison 8) are at the top of the Toronto scene Featuring ex-Crystal Castles drummer Cameron Findlay, Holly Dodson and Joey Kehoe, the band are about to drop a rerecorded version of their single from last year ‘Ultralight’ with a huge reMix package on THISISNOTANEXIT records

As soon as this new Album Version of ‘Ultralight’ kicks in with it’s synth bass you just know it’s gonna’ be good. The Moroder-esq arpeggios drive the song into a wonderfully 80’s chorus that you just can’t resist. Parallels have mated to sound authentically retro without descending into any kind of parody or exaggeration. I really could be taping this off of Top Of The Pops!

Speaking as someone who has been into Electro/Synth music (mostly SynthPop) all my life, it’s tracks like this that just put such a huge grin on my face!

Club Silencio’s moody Dub tinged Disco kicks off the reMix line up that also features Detachments’ robo-invasion, which is a cool reMix that warps the track and reminds me of early Cybotron tracks like R-9. Also featured is fellow SynthPopper The Dark Esquire who brings his style of deep synthetic Pop to the package.

♫ Parallels – Ultralight (Album Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Parallels – Ultralight (Club Silencio Rmx) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Parallels – Ultralight (Detachments Rmx) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Parallels – Ultralight (The Dark Esquire Re-Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

What can I say?, the reMixes are good, but it’s the album Version that has made my listening day! The EP drops 8th February, buy it!

UPDATE: Simon from THISISNOTANEXIT has stopped by to let us know you can order the 12″ here.

Jan 29 2010

New Thieves Like Us

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Taking their name from the New Order track, Thieves Like Us had reasonable success on ‘07 with their (now classic) ‘Drugs In My Body’ on Kitsuné Music and with ‘Your Heart Feels’ in ‘08.

Now they are back for ‘10 with ‘Never Known Love’, the first taste of the forthcoming full length album ‘Again And Again’. ‘Never Know Love’ displays it’s mixed French Electro/New Order influenced but the raw synth bass, hushed vocals and gangly guitar stabs bring it down firmly on the side of New Wave.

♫ Thieves Like Us – Never Known Love (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Again And Again’ is out later this year.

Thieves Like Me @ Beatport

Thieves Like Me @ Juno

Thieves Like Me @ 7Digital

Thieves Like Me @ Amazon

Jan 29 2010

A couple of The XX reMixes

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We’ve had a couple of reMixes of The XX (who, apparently, haven’t split up) drop into the electronic rumors Inbox this week, so listen up!

Dave Wrangler take on the track ‘Stars’ and ends up with an almost old school EBM powerhouse, all heavy kick drum and arpeggios which seems to counterpoint the sparkling melody line.

Popular Damage assimilate ‘Crystalised’ and produce something equally as heavy. This time, though, it’s a big Electro banger that we find with some choppy distorted lead lines worthy of Justice and floor shaking drums.

♫ The XX – Stars (Dave Wrangler reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The XX – Crystalised (Popular Damage Assimilation) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Both tracks are taken from The XX’s album, ‘XX’.

Jan 28 2010

MMMatthias’ début EP

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We’ve featured reMixes by German producer MMMatthias a few times here on electronic rumors so we’re now pleased to report that the man is ready to drop his first artist EP.

Titled ‘The James EP’ MMMatthias serves up his, now recognisable, Electro-House style and brings a bunch of reMixers along for the ride. aUtODisco, Sick Boy, LaClopeAuBec, Dead Disco Drivers, Kolt13, The Noizy Kidz and this track reworked by Sabotage into a sweeping Disco tune with a hypnotic piano line.

♫ MMMatthias – James (Sabotage reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The James EP’ will be released 9th February.

MMMatthias @ Beatport

MMMatthias @ Amazon

Jan 28 2010

The Dark Esquire

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Bringing a dark, early 80’s SynthPop, vibe with him comes Brian Repetto A.K.A. The Dark Esquire. Ex-of Garage-Pop band Dumbwaiters, Brian decided to go it alone and experiment with his love of SynthPop and the New Romantics culminating in his début release, for THISISNOTANEXIT records, ‘Situation’

If you listen to the 7” version you have hear him wearing his influences on his sleeve, it’s a perfect blend of Dance-Pop with a New Wave bassline and ominous chords reminiscent of the earlier, more experimental, pioneers of SynthPop.

reMixes are supplied by Liquid Vega who turn in a deep, downtempo, almost Trip-Hop take on the track and Night Plane with their minimal synth slow-jam.

♫ The Dark Esquire – Situation (Liquid Vega Rmx) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Dark Esquire – Situation (Night Plane Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Dark Esquire – Situation (7” Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Situation’ 12” will be limited edition (screenprinted and handnumbered 300 copies) and feature reMixes from Crimea X and CFCF (which should be great!)

The Dark Esquire @ Beatport

The Dark Esquire @ Juno

The Dark Esquire @ Amazon

UPDATE: Simon from THISISNOTANEXIT has stopped by to let us know you can order the 12″ here.

Jan 28 2010

Goldfrapp are finally back (really this time!)

Goldfrapp

For various reasons I was kinda’ putting off posting this, but the internet is awash with it so just in case you readers haven’t heard it yet here it is, the new Goldfrapp single.

Just to be clear, I really didn’t like the last album, ‘Seventh Tree’, the whole pseudo-pagan Folktronica thing just didn’t float my boat, which was a pity as I loved Goldfrapp previously.

So, are my Goldfrapp back? Hell yes!, ‘Rocket’, the forthcoming single, is a sweet slice of Electro/Pop/Disco that is pure classic Goldfrapp. A huge sing-a-long chorus hangs on this late 70’s/early 80’s-esq sci-fi Disco tune with its big synth strings and New Wave bassline.

♫ Goldfrapp – Rocket (zShare) (MediaFire)

It seems the rest of the internet loved ‘Folkfrapp’ and is disappointed by this track, but then again, the rest of the internet also appears to be American strokey-beardy indie/folk blogs who wouldn’t know a good dance tune if it smacked them head first onto the dancefloor, so fuck ‘em! This track rocks!

‘Rocket’ will be the first single from the album ‘Head First’.

Goldfrapp @ Juno

Goldfrapp @ 7Digital

Goldfrapp @ Amazon

P.S. I’m still not convinced iamamiwhoami is a Goldfrapp thing, despite denials I still kinda’ think it’s Christina Aguilera!

Jan 27 2010

Billie Ray Martin does Cabaret Voltaire

BillieRayMartin

OK, so Billie Ray Martin has a couple of new EPs/mini-albums coming out in the next couple of months. There are a couple of interesting angles to this story but one in particular that got my interest.

Billie Ray first came to my attention back in ‘80ish with her work with Electribe 101, since then she has amassed a large body of work including both Dance hits and more experimental electronic tracks For her latest EPs she is taking the pioneering step of releasing tracks officially through the Torrent site Mininova in the lead up to the official release.

What got me though, was the tracks themselves. Ms. Martin is dropping her reworkings of Cabaret Voltaire’s double A side ‘Just Fascination’/’Crackdown’, two of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite bands. So it was with some trepidation that I checked the tunes, and they are good! Not only are they reworking but ‘Crackdown’ features none other than Cab’s vocalist himself Stephen Mallinder.

Here we can present, for you, two reMixes of the tracks. ‘Just Fascination’ by Celebrity Murder Party who take a more semi-experimental approach turning the track into a danceable noisescape while ‘Crackdown’ is reMixed by David Harrow who’s Oicho mix is a deep, analog synth laden, dubby take on the track.

♫ Billie Ray Martin – Just Fascination (Celebrity Murder Party reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Billie Ray Martin – The Crackdown (Oicho reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can hear the original here on YouTube. The first EP is out 15th February on Disco Activisto

Billie Ray Martin @ Beatport

Billie Ray Martin @ Juno

Billie Ray Martin @ 7Digital

Billie Ray Martin @ Amazon

Jan 27 2010

More Barretso for you

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A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to Barretso, Tuff Em Up’ Records Chilean Dreamwave/ElectroPop/Electro-House hybrid man.

As it draws ever close to the release of his début EP we can give you a feel for the release with the title track ‘Bright City Lights’, a track with a real Nu-Disco/SynthPop mashup feel. Still rocking the perfectly blended mix the smooth vocals just glide over the night time arpeggios. Kolt13 steps up for reMix duties and lets the synths fly and seriously Electro Funks shit up!

♫ Barretso – Bright City Lights (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Barretso – Bright City Lights (Kolt13 reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Barretso has already got major labels sniffing ‘round his door and the EP drops in the next couple of weeks, until then go give him some MySpace love:

Barretso @ MySpace

Jan 27 2010

The Antlers get the Buffetlibre treatment

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NYC Indie/Folk outfit The Antlers’s track ‘Two’ was a twee little acoustic guitar excursion, not the most obvious choice for a good hard reMixing but those kinds of the unexpected reMix the Buffetlibre DJs have done just that.

What the Buffetlibre duo have done is created a really good SynthPop track out of the tune, it’s got the beats and the synths but loses none of it’s Indie (as Carles would put it) meaningfulness.

♫ The Antlers – Two (Buffetlibre reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Two’ is originally from the album ‘Hospice’, available now.

The Antlers @ Beatport

The Antlers @ Juno

The Antlers @ 7Digital

The Antlers @ Amazon