Feb 14 2010

Led Er Est

LedErEst

The later part of last year saw a resurgence of what ‘they’ are now calling Minimal Synth or (even) Coldwave, but which I would really just call SynthPop. I guess it’s SynthPop inspired by the late 70’s/early 80’s pioneers of the genre rather than the mid 80’s chart toppers, if you wanted to be really picky I’d call it Futurist music, but whatever, scenes do love their genre names so Minimal Synth it is!

Led Er Est hailing from Brooklyn are one of the leaders of the pack, signed to scene leaders Wierd Records and recently released their ‘Dust On Common’ album which could have quite happily been released on Mute in 1979 alongside Fad Gadget and The Normal. Cheap drum machines and synths hammer away relentlessly forming a post-industrial soundscape for sombre yet emotive vocals.

♫ Led Er Est – Laredo (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Led Er Est – Poll Gorm (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Led Er Est – Port Isabel (zShare) (MediaFire)

Their album is out now on Wierd Records.

Led Er Est @ Juno

Led Er Est @ 7Digital

Led Er Est @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

Volta Cab

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Following hot on the heels of Tesla Boy comes Russia’s latest Dreamwave hope, Volta Cab.

Owing just as much to Sci-Fi as it does to the 80’s, VC’s music is a fluid combination of retro electronics, Nu-Disco, ElectroPop and Chiptune. ‘Clarissa’ is a analog bass laden tune with sweet vocodered vocals that is so smooth it practically melts your speakers. ‘Stay With You’ is more of a driving number with 80’s rock samples throughout while ‘We Are Marsians’ is more typical Dreamwave fare but show the Volta Club really is top of his game.

♫ Volta Cab – Clarissa (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Volta Cab – Stay With You (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Volta Cab – We Are Marsians (zShare) (MediaFire)

Sitting somewhere between Fear Of Tigers and Kavinsky, you can check some more of Volta Cab’s stuff on his MySpace.

Volta Cab @ MySpace

Feb 14 2010

AXXE

Montreal ElectroPop duo AXXE apparently came together out of a dislike for each other and despite living in close quarters utilise technology to undertake their songwriting and production remotely!

Whether that’s just spin or not, the music stands on it’s own merits. Their recently released double A-side ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ drops two slices of expertly crafted DiscoPop that just ooze decadence. the tracks have been given the reMix treatment by two pretty well known Electro up-and-comers, Worship and Neon Workout. I’ve loved Worship’s previous reMixes and her the Swiss producer ramps up the AutoTune to create an edge Nu-Disco vibe. Neon Workout takes it straight to the dancefloor with electro tom and handclap craziness!

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (Worship reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Neon Workout reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single is available from Bandcamp, and go give AXXE some MySpace lovin’!

AXXE @ Bandcamp

AXXE @ MySpace

Feb 11 2010

Lovefoxxx & 80kidz; Ultra team-up!

Lovefoxxx

Japan based Electro heroes 80kidz ‘ave only gone and teamed up with Indie-Electro goddess Lovefoxxx of CSS, ain’t they!

Sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Well the track is everything you’d hope it would be. It’s a huge, dirty juggernaut that manages to be noisy and catchy all at the same time. The combination of 80kidz chainsaw Synths and Lovefoxxx’s madness is sheer genius.

♫ 80kidz (Feat. Lovefoxxx) – Spoiledboy (zShare) (MediaFire)

I think I need a lie down!

Feb 11 2010

Baby Monster; She Comes Alive

BabyMonster

Electronic Duo Baby Monster’s new single ‘She Comes Alive’ will be the début single from BigStereo Records, an extension of one of our favourite blogs, BigStereo.

They couldn’t have picked a better track to kick of their label with. We’ve featured Baby Monster before, and been very impressed, so this new release had a lot to live up to. Never fear, the track doesn’t fail to impress, sharp beats, synths that just wash over you and an anthemic yet soft spoken vocal.

♫ Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (zShare) (MediaFire)

Keep an eye out for forthcoming Golden Bug & Jock Seams remixes. The single drops 29th March both digitally and on a 7” limited to 350 copies.

You can pre-order the 7” here:

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records

Feb 11 2010

XI

Some late night Dubstep for you right about now courtesy of Torontonian producer XI who’s about to drop a new EP on Bristol’s Immerse Records.

‘000’ and it’s flip side ‘Slippin’’ are two heavy bass monsters with a nod to the Electro side of things, both delivering warped, evolving Electronics over some killer subs.

♫ XI – 000 (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ XI – Slippin’ (zShare) (MediaFire)

The EP is released 22nd February.

XI @ Chemical Records

XI @ Beatport

Feb 9 2010

Win a limited edition Topman CTRL T-Shirt Designed by New Young Pony Club!!!

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Each month Topman pick a current, exiting, UK band to become Topman CTRL Controllers, giving them a chance to share some of their inspirations and current raves on the Topman CTRL site, their month culminating in a headlining gig with a line up hand picked by the band. After Filthy Dukes successful run as Controllers last month Topman have made the incredibly smart move of handing the reigns over to New Young Pony Club.

Here at electronic rumours we’ve managed to get our hands on an exclusive Topman T-shirt designed by New Young Pony Club as they take the helm of the Topman CTRL site http://www.myspace.com/topmanctrl in February.

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New Young Pony Club will also headline the next CTRL Live gig taking place at Bungalows & Bears, Sheffield on 25th February. Completing the bill are Mercury Music Prize nominated The Invisible, art-rockers The Laurel Collective and sets from DJ duos Run Hide Survive and Children For Breakfast. Curated by the Controllers New Young Pony Club, the night showcases their predictions for the hottest emerging acts on their radar.

For tickets check out http://www.myspace.com/topmanctrl

To get your hands on this limited edition T-shirt simply follow us (electronicrumor) on Twitter, then copy, paste and tweet the following:

Man, I could do with winning a limited edition, New Young Pony Club designed, T-Shirt! @electronicrumor @topmanctrl @nyponyclub

Easy as pie! Everyone who Tweets will have their name, quite literally, put in a hat and the winner will be notified via Twitter. We’ll keep things going until Friday 19^th February, so you’ve got just under two weeks to get on it!

New Young Pony Club’s forthcoming album ‘The Optimist’, released 8th March.

New Young Pony Club @ Beatport

New Young Pony Club @ 7Digital

New Young Pony Club @ Amazon

Feb 9 2010

The Golden Filter’s new single!

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While we are waiting (and quite literally can’t wait any longer!) for The Golden Filter’s début long player, ‘Voluspa’, to drop on 26th April we can present here a taste of things to come in the form of the first single from the album.

‘Hide Me’ comes out just before the album release and a is a great choice for lead track. Slightly more upbeat that the previous singles. Still undeniably The Golden Filter’s New York Electro Disco but with a hint if Goldfrapp poppyness.

♫ The Golden Filter – Hide Me (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Hide Me’ is released on 19th April followed by the album on the 26th.

The Golden Filter @ Beatport

The Golden Filter @ Juno

The Golden Filter @ 7Digital

The Golden Filter @ Amazon

Feb 9 2010

Massive Attack reMixed by Giu Boratto

Massive Attack’s latest album ‘Heligoland’ was a superb return to form for the Bristol legends and the whispered ‘Paradise Circus’ was one of the chilled highlights, it’s slow build into a swelling masterpiece just carries you on it’s journey.

Brazilian deep Electronica producer Gui Boratto drops the first official reMix of the track and strips it back to beats, bass and piano which wrap around Hope Sandova’s husky vocals.

♫ Massive Attack (Feat. Hope Sandova) – Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Heligoland’ is out now!

Massive Attack @ Beatport

Massive Attack @ Juno

Massive Attack @ 7Digital

Massive Attack @ Amazon

Feb 9 2010

Buffetlibre & Amnesty International’s ‘PEACE’ project

Peace

Spain’s Buffetlibre DJs are busy guys, when not DJing, reMixing, producing and spearheading some of the more interesting multi-artist projects around are throwing their weight behind Amnesty International to highlight human rights abuses around the world.

To highlight the worldwide injustices that AA work so hard to stop Buffetlibre’s unique concept for their charity compilation album is to create a ‘musical atlas’ featuring many and varied artists from around the globe. Such as the first ‘single’ from the album. ‘Mike’ by Ivri Lider, one of Israel’s most successful singer/songwriters, with this sweet vocoder call & response downtime jam.

♫ Ivri Lider – Mike (zShare) (MediaFire)

The album will be released digitally on 1st March and given free to anyone who makes a donation of at least €2 in favour of the NGO Amnesty International through the official PEACE website.

This is the full line up so far, there is defiantly some electronic rumors favourites amongst the list:

USA: Micah P Hinson, Steve Wynn, Crocodiles, Dan Deacon, Voxtrot, Marissa Nadler, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Antlers, Asobi Seksu, Spinto Band, Port O’Brien, Bart Davenport, Dent May, Ki:Theory, Mike Viola, Flashmen, Her Space Holiday, Pretty & Nice, Ra Ra Riot, Sic Alps, Blacklist, DeLeon, Gala, Jeffrey Lewis, United State Of Electronica, Gregor Samsa, Thao + The Get Down Stay Down, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Still Flyin’, Plushgun, Softlightes, Princeton, Odyze, This Will Destroy You, Cruel Black Dove, Avian X
JAPAN: Ryuichi Sakamoto
COLOMBIA: Frankie Jazz
BRAZIL: Bonde Do Role
ISRAEL: Ivri Lider, Tamar Eisenmann, Karni Postel, Nico Teen, The Bitting Sheep
ISRAEL/FRANCE: Keren Ann & Shlomi Shaban
UK: Marc Almond, 4hero, Mogwai, Dubstar, Patrick Wolf, Si Begg, frYars, Gyratory System, Darren Hayman, Cicada, GoldieLocks, Lucky Soul, Official Secrets Act, Frankmusik, The Ultrasonics, Trouble Over Tokyo, A Certain Ratio, The Boy Least Likely To, You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, Gala, Catherine AD
CHINA: The Pet Conspiracy
SENEGAL: Malick Pathé Sow
CHILE: Javiera Mena, Francisca Valenzuela, DJ Raff
FRANCE: Tahiti 80, Black Strobe, The Toxic Avenger, Titi Robin, The Delano Orchestra, Amelie Les Crayons, Outlines, Saï Saï, My Broken Frame, Debmaster
BURUNDI: Eric Baranyanka
CANADA: Apostle Of Hustle, Buck 65, Malajube, The Hidden Cameras
BELGIUM: Vive La Fête, The Neon Judgement, Girls in Hawai, King & Svenson
TUNISIA/ALGERIA: DuOud
FINLAND: Jori Hulkkonen
AUSTRIA: Fennesz, A Life A Song A Cigarette
AUSTRALIA: Jeremy Fowler, Aeons, Sarah Blasko, Operator Please, Birds Of Tokyo, An Horse
ALGERIA: MHD & Starlight, Maghrebika, Baäziz
HONG KONG: The Marshmallow Kisses, Tramgirl Karaoke Club feat. Maskopet
NEW ZEALAND: The Veils, The Phoenix Foundation
CUBA: Martha Galarraga
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: EE
GREECE: Marsheaux, Mikro
NORWAY: Rockettothesky, Ane Brun, Ingrid Olava
GHANA: Wanlov The Kubolor
GERMANY: Stereo Total, Ascii Disko, Console, Escape With Romeo, Jeans Team, Kissogram, Maral Salmassi & Zero Cash, Kitbuilders, Locas In Love
LEBANON: Abaji
GREENLAND: Angu
DENMARK: Cartridge, The Broken Beats
MALI: Vieux Farka Touré
ITALY: Dusty Kid, Amari, Amycanbe, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, Perturbazione
IRELAND: David Kitt, Mundy, Hystereo
UGANDA: Seby Ntege
INDONESIA: Mocca, Efek Rumah Kaca, White Shoes & The Couples Company
INDIA: Motherjane, menwhopause, Shaa’ir+func
RUSSIA: Tesla Boy, Cut2Kill
ICELAND: múm, Amiina
HUNGARY: We Plants Are Happy Plants
EGYPT: Allen Walker, Bikya
SWEDEN: I’m From Barcelona, Sally Shapiro, Peter Von Poehl, Napoleon, Air France feat Jack Wilson, Lacrosse
SPAIN: Miqui Puig, We Are Standard, Olimpic, Boat Beam, The Requesters, After After Hours, The Pinker Tones, Triangulo De Amor Bizarro, Elastic Band, Undo, The Amplic, Mendetz, 4t1a, The Requesters
SOUTH AFRICA: DJ Mujava, 340ml
FINLAND/GERMANY: AGF/Delay
SERBIA: sevdahBABY
IRAQ: Aida Nadeem, Salaam, Aïwa
PORTUGAL: X-Wife
BOLIVIA: Surfin Wagner
PALESTINE: CultureSHOC, Khalas
TURKEY: Gooseflesh
NEDERLANDS: Don Diablo, Kraak & Smaak, Perquisite, a balladeer
ARGENTINA: Entre Rios, Manosanta
MEXICO: Mexican Institute Of Sound, Sussie 4, Hello Seahorse!
TIBET: Karjam Saeji, Lotem Namling, Ngawang Choephel
CONGO: Kiala
THAILAND: Cyndi Seui
VENEZUELA: Kid 606, Fordelucs
SINGAPUR: sonicbrat
SWITZERLAND: Heidi Happy (feat Paul Niehaus of Calexico), Low Motion Disco