Jan 6 2010

SebastiAn for 2010

Hey, it’s been quite a week it’s been for new tracks from established acts who’ve been away far too long! A new track from French Electro master SebastiAn has surfaced, originally featured on an Ed Banger Records promo sampler featuring some of the labels forthcoming releases.

I was debating posting the tune ‘cos a) its all over the music blogosphere anyway and b) it’s a funny one. Clocking in at just over 13 minutes, it’s only around the 11m18s mark that the good old SebastiAn we know and love drops and shit goes crazy. the preceding 11 minutes are a slow chaotic build. Strings, distorted synths and white noise meld together for so long it that waiting for it to kick in becomes almost unbearable.

But when it does…SebastiAn is back!

♫ SebastiAn – Threnody (zShare) (MediaFire)

Anyway, the track, even the intro, has grown on me and I’m now pretty exited about the album release later this year. Ed Banger have got some good shit coming out in the coming months!

Jan 6 2010

New material from The Knife!

We’ve been keeping an eye on SoundCloud all morning since they announced on their Twitter feed that The Knife would be débuting new material via their service sometime this week, and here it is.

The Swedish Experimental ElectroPoppers were commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to compose the music for an opera based on Charles Darwin and his work ‘On The Origin Of Species’ and in a The Knife first they decided to collaborate with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock to “to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme”

‘Colouring Of Pigeons’ is a strange and intoxicating beast, undeniably The Knife (especially when Karin’s trademark vocals kick in) but the operatic feel to it gives it a life all of it’s own. Give it a few listens, it gets under your skin (in the best of ways), which, I suppose, makes it classic The Knife!

♫ The Knife (In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock) – Colouring Of Pigeons (zShare) (MediaFire)

The studio version of the opera, ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’ will be released on Rabid Records on1st March.

The Knife @ Beatport

The Knife @ 7Digital

The Knife @ Amazon

Jan 6 2010

New Danger track!

Kicking off with spooky (yet X-Massy!) chimes before dropping a huge synth bass this new Danger tune that surfaced on Seek Sick Sound builds into an immense cinematic banger.

Not sure where the tune is from, fingers crossed it’s from a forthcoming new EP! Wherever it originates, it’s a welcome return from Danger:

♫ Danger – 4h30 (Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Not too sure if that is a rip of the whole track?

Danger @ Beatport

Danger @ 7Digital

Danger @ Amazon

Jan 5 2010

Some CHEW LiPS to tide you over

I honestly don’t think I can wait any more! CHEW LiPS’ début album, ‘Unicorn’, drops in a mere matter of days now!

I know you all feel the same, so to tide you over here is a brand new reMix of CL’s forthcoming single ‘Play Together’ by London’s DJ Jocks which completely changes the song, giving it a early 90’s disco flavour. The FM arpeggiated bassline makes me think of the Arthur Baker reMix of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘In The Night’ (from The Clothes Show!)

♫ CHEW LiPS – Play Together (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Unicorn’ can be pre-ordered from CHEW LiPS’ store here.

Jan 5 2010

Ali Love Harder

Ali Love was rockin’ us all in the last three months of 2009 with the single ‘Diminishing Returns’ and some huge reMixes of his track ‘Smoke & Mirrors’, now he’s back with this tune, ‘Love Harder’, which will be the next single out on Back Yard Recordings.

‘Love Harder’ is more minimal, Italo influenced ElectroPop with some sweet 80’s-esq vocals and nice Simmonds fills. Gonna’ be real interesting to hear the album when it hit the streets.

♫ Ali Love – Love Harder (Extended Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Love Harder’ drops soon and ‘Diminishing Returns’ is available now:

Jan 4 2010

Alphabeat’s new single reMixed

Scandinavian Wonky Popsters Alphabeat’s second studio album ‘The Spell’ hits stores on 1st March, just ahead of that they are paving the way with the single ‘Hole In My Heart’ on 22nd February.

‘Hole In My Heat’ is a slice of huge, pure Pop, genius and comes with a sweet array of reMixes.

Most notable, fellow Scandinavian’s The Sound Of Arrows, who are currently making waves amongst ElectroPop fans with their single ‘Into The Clouds’, turn their Dreamwave tinged Electro goodness on Anders and Stine’s vocals to create an instant classic Disco flavoured ElectroPop track.

Elsewhere, Wideboys create a big, radio friendly, dance tune, completely the opposite of Chew Fu’s broken beats, warp bass and Disco stabs.

♫ Alphabeat – Hole In My Heart (The Sound Of Arrows reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Alphabeat – Hole In My Heart (Wideboys Stadium Club Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Alphabeat – Hole In My Heart (Chew Fu Club Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Hole In My Heart’ is out on 22nd February.

Jan 4 2010

She Is Danger’s début EP

We’ve already featured their remix of Ellie Goulding’s ‘Under The Sheets’, so with the forthcoming release of their début EP we though it was time we devoted some words to She Is Danger. The London duo of Lena Cullen and Maya Jane Coles, already impressing with their reMix skills, are about to drop some monster Dubstep of their own.

‘Hurt You’, with it’s dual female vocals and almost Garage beat, is a pretty unique take on Dubstep. they’ve been compared to Portishead, a lot, but I see more Kosheen in them, especially in some of the vocals. they’re like Kosheen run through a Dub bass machine!

♫ She Is Danger – Hurt You (Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

And check their wonderfully Dubby reMix of Kitsuné’s tune of the moment, Crystal Fighters’ ‘I Love London’:

♫ Crystal Fighters – I Love London (She Is Danger reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Hurt You’ is dropping on Beatport very soon, keep it locked to She Is Danger’s MySpace:

She Is Danger @ MySpace