Apr 21 2010

The Vanish – Beyond Deep reMix

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Do we need to sing the praises of The Vanish and their recent début single ‘Hold On’ one more time? Well, if you haven’t gone out and purchased it then I suppose we do!

Easily one of our favourite single of the year so far, The Vanish seem to make the point where everything we dig, Indie-Electro/ElectroPop/Dreamwave/Electro-House, converge in just the right measures to be something truly special. Along with the likes of Russ Chimes and Gemini Club, Beyond Deep provide one of the reMixes for the single, a deep, sunrise-esq, with some great subtle vocoding.

♫ The Vanish – Hold On (Beyond Deep Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Hold On’ single is out right now! Go get!

The Vanish @ Beatport

The Vanish @ Juno

The Vanish @ 7Digital

The Vanish @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

Cavaliers Of Fun reMix AXXE

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Wow! Here’s two bands we’ve been pretty vocal about digging, and it’s just awesome it when two artists we love come together!

It was a couple of months ago we raved about Montreal Electro-sleazesters AXXE, we really dug their take on low down dirty ElectroPop, without going into comedy, faux sleaze, ElectroClash embarrassing territory and Cavaliers Of Fun have dropped some of our favourite tracks of recent months. His work on AXXE’s ‘S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ is not exception, keeping the powerful vocal structure and dropping it over his particular brand of ElectroPop/Space-Disco.

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

You can check out AXXE’s ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ single at their SoundCloud.

AXXE @ SoundCloud

AXXE @ MySpace

Apr 21 2010

LCD Soundsystem’s new video

We’ve actually been pretty lax about posting all this LCD Soundsystem news that’s been going on, we’re pretty exited about the new album, which you can stream on the band’s official website, it’s defiantly sounds like it’s gonna’ be the Post-Punk/Disco-Punk chaotic brilliance it’s expected to be.

Check out the Spike Jonze directed video for the first single from the new album, ‘Drunk Girls’, a LCD ruckus party track that harks back to ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My House’:

LCD’s new album,‘This Is Happening’, drops 18th May.

LCD Soundsystem @ Beatport

LCD Soundsystem @ Juno

LCD Soundsystem @ 7Digital

LCD Soundsystem @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

Don’t Wait Animate reMixes

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We posted about Don’t Wait Animate a while back, their post-Nu-Rave Indie-Dub-Electro thing is pretty unique. A jagged inner city mash-up of styles and influences.

The London 5 piece have dropped by the electronic rumors Inbox to big up a couple of reMixes of their début single, ‘6174’. The Dirty Disco deliver something special, completely deconstructing the track and building it back up into a dancefloor ElectroPop smash with some heavy heavy beats and more than a couple of nods to Dubstep as does Coin Operated Boy’s 8-bit noise rave.

♫ Don’t Wait Animate – 6174 (The Dirty Disco reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Don’t Wait Animate – 6174 (Coin Operated Boy reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘6174’ is our now.

Don’t Wait Animate @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

Thieves Like Us’ new single

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This week sees the release of Thieves Like Us’ latest offering, the ‘Forget Me Not’ single. This will be the second taste, after the ‘leaked’ track ‘Never Known Love’, of their forthcoming new album ‘Again And Again’

To get you in the mood for the new single try checking out these two remixes, including one by Gomma artiste Cecile who’s dancefloor beats betray the haunting nature of the reMix and the Second Date mix, which is my favourite so far, with a nice modern-retro feel to it. Full of arpeggios and 80’s synth chords without ruining the melancholic nature of the original.

♫ Thieves Like Us – Forget Me Not (Cecile Small Town Girl reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Thieves Like Us – Forget Me Not (Second Date reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Forget Me Not’ is released this week and the album drops 7th May.

Thieves Like Me @ Beatport

Thieves Like Me @ Juno

Thieves Like Me @ 7Digital

Thieves Like Me @ Amazon

Apr 17 2010

New Alice In Videoland single! Spaceship

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Long-time readers of electronic rumors should be no strangers to Swedish ElectroPunk outfit Alice In Videoland (they even made our top 20 tracks of 2009!), they are one band we can’t help but get enthusiastic about.

Some exiting news, then, coming out of AiV HQ, the guys are finalizing the recording of new material and are gearing up for the release of a brand new single!

‘Spaceship’ is one of the most commercial tracks to come out of the AiV camp (despite the lyrical content), but that’s no bad thing. Pushing their raw ElectroPunk sound into territories verging on Electro-House and Pop, the single is like Lady GaGa or Goldfrapp run through a distortion pedal. Catchy as hell (something a little bit lacking from their last album) with an infections riff ‘Spaceship’ reminds you of just how in-your-face electronic music, and even Pop, can be in the right hands.

Alice In Videoland have been kind enough to allow me to share the track with you lot:

♫ Alice In Videoland – Spaceship (zShare) (MediaFire)

A definite welcome return for Alice’s Electro-Pop-Punk soundclash.

The ‘Spaceship’ single is released 21st April on Wonderland Records.

Alice In Videoland @ Beatport

Alice In Videoland @ Juno

Alice In Videoland @ 7Digital

Alice In Videoland @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

Crystal Castles’ new singles!

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As we mentioned a couple of days ago, Crystal Castles are gearing up to release two new single in the coming weeks and now you can listen to radio rips of both new tracks.

The first, released in a very limited edition quantity of 500 copies, for Record Store Day tomorrow, is ‘Doe Deer’ is chaotic Crystal Castles at their finest, with a maddeningly repetitive riff and Alice screaming like a nutter over distorted drums and synths it is the Crystal Castles we know and love turned up to 11.

The forthcoming single proper is a bit of a (pleasant) surprise though. It’s not like CC haven’t produced melodic tunes before, but ‘Celestica, is pretty slick, ElectroPop. It’s still intricate in it use of electronic sounds but, in general, it’s a really club friendly Pop track with a dreamlike quality. Proper vocals and everything!

Have a listen to this rip from Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.

♫ Crystal Castles – Celestica (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Crystal Castles – Doe Deer (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Crystal Castles second self titled album is due out on 8th July.

Crystal Castles @ Beatport

Crystal Castles @ Juno

Crystal Castles @ 7Digital

Crystal Castles @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

Hooray For Earth

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My initial impression of New York act Hooray For Earth was ‘Folktronica’, and while I think there is still a measure of that in the mix, after listening to the whole of their forthcoming EP I can see there is more to the band.

The EP, titled ‘Momo’ is a, generally, upbeat collection of songs that are often huge, powerful Indie-electro tunes, with an extra helping of bombast, masquerading as quaint Electro Folksy tracks. It’s a Lo-Fi sound full of buzzing analog synths and heartfelt vocals, and I think that’s what’s appealing about it, despite the epicness of some of the tracks it still sounds pretty DIY.

This track, ‘Surrounded By Friends’, will probably draw obvious comparisons to the likes of Passion Pit, but defiantly has an identity of it’s own.

♫ Hooray For Earth – Surrounded By Your Friends (zShare) (MediaFire)

I’m still gonna’ go with Folktronica, but that’s just me being lazy!

The ‘Momo’ EP is released 1st June.

Hooray For Earth @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

Dubstar reunite for Buffetlibre/Amnesty International ‘PEACE’ project.

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As part of electronic rumors continuing support for Buffetlibre DJs’ and Amnesty International’s ‘PEACE’ project, we are pleased to be able to announce that the album is now available! Described by the Buffetlibre guys as a ‘musical atlas’ the record features over 150 brand new songs by artists from over 50 countries, including some big names that will be of interest to our readers, such as: The Antlers, frYers, Gooseflesh, Jori Hulkkonen, Kissogram, Marc Almond, Marsheaux, Micro, The Neon Judgement, Patrick Wolf, The Toxic Avenger, Kid606, The Ultrasonics, Operator Please, You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tesla Boy, 4hero, ASCII.Disko and Avian X…just to name a few!

Of particular interest is a brand new track by Dubstar! It seems Sarah Blackwood and the guys have put their differences aside for this good cause and recorded a cover version of Passions’ ‘I’m In Love With A German Film Star’. 2008 was the last time we had the possibility of Sarah taking time out from the wonderful Client to record new Dubstar material but things turned a little sour. If a reason to shake hands and make music was needed, then drawing attention to human rights abuses worldwide seems like a very good one.

The Buffetlibre guys have very kindly allowed electronic rumors to exclusively share this track with you lot.

It’s a lot more post-punky, shoegazey even, than I had expected, but a track the washes over you and carries you away with it. The instrumentation and vocals swirl around each other and swell toward the finale. It’s nice, as well, to hear Sarah singing in her ‘Dubstar’ voice (as opposed to her ‘Client’ voice) again, it reminds me of the early 90’s so much I can’t help but smile.

♫ Dubstar – I’m In Love With A German Film Star (zShare) (MediaFire)

Does this mean a future for Dubstar? Who can tell.

You can choose to pay between €5 and €25 for the album, which for 180 tracks and artwork is a cracking deal, and the collected money will be used for Amnesty International’s investigation and action campaigns aimed at preventing cases of Human Rights abuses around the world.

Fantastic cause, Fantastic album, just listen to the stream here.

‘PEACE’ is out right now, head on over to Buffetlibre’s site to grab a copy and make your donations!

Peace @ Buffetlibre DJs

Apr 16 2010

The Kids Are Radioactive reMix frenzy!

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Binary Records resident Electro-House guy The Kids Are Radioactive has send on over his two latest mixes. It been a few months since we’ve heard for this, relative, youngster but these mixes show a definite progression in his style.

Tackling Lady GaGa’s worldwide hit ‘Bad Romance’ and Shane Silver’s ‘Abyss’, he really knocks it out the park with his Lady GaGa mix. There is one particular riff up in this pretty busy mix, that just works perfectly, his work on the vocals too shows and almost flawless understanding of what works on the dancefloor. Some of the sounds in his Shane Silver are a little too Virusey/Trancey for my personal tastes but when it kicks in it has got a completely rockin’ Electro groove.

♫ Lady GaGa – Bad Romance (The Kids Are Radioactive reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Shane Silver – Abyss (The Kids Are Radioactive reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check some older, original, tracks by TKAR including the smooth Nu-Disco/Dirty Electro jam ‘Higher’, featuring LexiconDon, it’s still a killer tune

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive (Feat. LexiconDon) – Higher (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive – Cult Classic (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go show the man some of your MySpace love!

The Kids Are Radioactive @ Beatport

The Kids Are Radioactive @ Amazon