May 16 2010

Clock Opera

London’s Clock Opera have been dropping some stellar reMixes of late but it’s time to turn some attention to their own work.

Their second single, ‘A Piece Of String’ is released next month but you can preview it right here, right now. It’s a raw sounding collision between the Experimental and the Pop. A catchy, summery song built on a base of industrial percussion and found sounds. Not many could pull it off, Clock Opera do!

♫ Clock Opera – A Piece Of String (Radio Edit) (zShare) (Sharebee)

The single is released 7th June on Maman Records.

Clock Opera @ Beatport

Clock Opera @ Juno

Clock Opera @ 7Digital

Clock Opera @ Amazon

May 16 2010

Robyn reMixes

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Scandinavian ElectroPop whirlwind Robyn’s forthcoming single ‘Dancing On My Own’, for her new album ‘Body Talk Pt. 1’ is shaping up to have an awesome reMix package supporting it.

Things in the Rex The Dog camp have been pretty quiet recently but he’s powering back with this amazing reMix, the trademark Rex The Dog style bassline really kicks the track up a notch, it’s really Poppy for RtD but may have place Roby (like last year) in our top 20 of 2010 already! Chew-Fu don’t do a bad job themselves, turning in a euphoric, hands-in-the-air slice of Electro-House with a really 80’s movie feel.

♫ Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Rex The Dog reMix) (zShare) (Sharebee)

♫ Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Chew-Fu reMix) (zShare) (Sharebee)

Head on over to Robyn’s SoundCloud to hear the Fred Falke reMix. ‘Dancing On My Own is out soon.

Robyn @ Beatport

Robyn @ 7Digital

Robyn @ Amazon

May 16 2010

New track from ¡borracho!

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¡borracho! have stopped by the electronic rumors Inbox all the way from Canada to drop off their latest track.

Kicking off with an introductory build leaves you aching for the beat to kick in, you’re not disappointed when it does. It’s a mid-tempo, pretty psychedelic, Electro jam that let’s chainsaw synths sweep around over a hypnotic base riff.

Defiantly some fine listening for this Sunday!

♫ ¡borracho! – Voynich Cipher (zShare) (Sharebee)

You can pick up ¡borracho!’s ‘Soviet Holiday’ single now:

¡borracho! @ Amazon

May 15 2010

Friends Electric

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Friends Electric are no strangers to electronic rumors, we’ve featured a few of their awesome reMixes for the likes of Penguin Prison Bright Light Bright Light and Ellie Goulding (their reMix of ‘Under The Sheets’ made our top 20 songs of 2009) so about time some original material was posted.

The Welsh Indie-Electro/ElectroPop crew have already supported Frankmusik (who they share management with) on tour and scored some big name reMixes and are gearing up for the release of their début single ‘Wall Of Arms’ in July.

The track is a solid slice of Indie tinged electronic Pop, with stylistic nods to the Neon Gold stable (and associated acts), that shows the massive potential FE have for some really good epic, anthemic ElectroPop.

♫ Friends Electric – Wall Of Arms (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Wall Of Arms’ drops 14th July.

Friends Electric @ Beatport

Friends Electric @ Juno

Friends Electric @ 7Digital

Friends Electric @ Amazon

May 15 2010

Boy 8-Bit reMixed by The Loose Cannons

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Boy 8-Bit deep Electro cut from the ‘Baltic Pine’ EP, ‘Wolfen’, has been giving a complete rework by The Loose Cannons and I’m finding it hard not to call it ‘funny’.

‘Cos it is, it’s a funny track. The Loose Cannons obviously has a lot of fun with this when reMixing it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a pretty full-on dancefloor banger built on hard beats and chainsaw synths that will go down a treat in any Electro set, but it was made with a sense of humour, which is lacking from many Electro tracks.

♫ Boy 8-Bit – Wolfen (The Loose Cannons Howl At The Moon Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pick up Boy 8-Bit’s ‘Baltic Pine’ EP right now:

May 15 2010

Edwin Van Cleef reMixes Funkstar De Luxe

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It seems like it’s been a while since we heard from Valerie House-meister Edwin Van Cleef, but he has cropped up reMixing Funkstar De Luxe’s latest single ‘Do You Feel?’.

Van Cleef’s reMix is smooth, radio friendly, Electro Disco jam, keeping the vocals of the original intact and injecting some of that retro inspired synth groove we would expect from the man.

♫ Funkstar De Luxe – Do You Feel? (Edwin Van Cleef reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Do You Feel?’ reMix package is available now:

Funkstar De Luxe @ Beatport

Funkstar De Luxe @ Juno

Funkstar De Luxe @ 7Digital

Funkstar De Luxe @ Amazon

May 15 2010

Young Empires

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Young Empires are a post-punk Electro band who hail from Toronto who made quite a stir on the discerning Indie blogs with their first track ‘Rain Of Gold’

We’re loving their second track ‘Glory Of The Night’, It’s a strange meeting of 80’s Electro Hip-Hop 808 beats and moody Indie-Electro with a hint of guitar. Dark, heavy, synths drive the track making the chant-like vocals seem like they are dragged along in the tide. Maybe it’s the 808’s, but despite the brooding sound to the song there is something hopeful about it.

Robert Ellingson, Jake Palahnuk, and Matthew Vlahovich have to potential to be something of a Canadian HURTS!

♫ Young Empires – Glory Of The Night (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out more of Young Empires music over on their MySpace.

Young Empires @ MySpace

May 12 2010

Backseat Dreamer

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Backseat Dreamer is the solo project of South Carolina musician Sean Neuse who makes a kinda’ Shoegaze influenced style of Dreamwave.

Dropping his début album this July, Sean creates a swirling soundscape of intertwining analog synths, layered with just enough retro sounds to keep it from chaos and dreamlike vocals that become another instrument in the mix. The whole thing is kept in check with solid dance beats that make it as much dancefloor fodder as listening gold.

♫ Backseat Dreamer – Consider (zShare) (MediaFire)

Backseat Dreamer’s début album ‘The Colors of Dreams, They’re In You’ is released 13th July on Stickfigure Recordings.

Backseat Dreamer @ Amazon

May 12 2010

Karton

Australian Breaks duo Karton get their Electro on with this track ‘We Bleed’, the first single from their forthcoming album ‘For All Seasons’.

Backed up by reMixes from Future Funk Squad, Infusion and the Hump Day, the single is a full on slice of Electro-Rock that’s reminiscent of Infusion’s harder material (like ‘Better World’) with a huge anthemic chorus. Powerful, with huge production, this track has a driving energy that can’t be stopped!

♫ Karton – We Bleed (Original) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Sound Of Habib drop ‘We Bleed’ on 17th May, the album comes later in September.

Karton @ Beatport

Karton @ Juno

Karton @ Amazon

May 12 2010

LUFRKKK

What the fuck is this now? I haven’t got much to say about Brazilian LUFRKKK, as I don’t know much. I recognize the name for some reMixes but the email I received was pretty cryptic.

As is the track, it’s an awesome melting pot of genres. Give it a listen, once you get used to it, rapping over Dreamwave style Nu-Disco is actually pretty cool. Hearing the big 80’s synths with an MC and some AutoTuned vocals takes some getting used to, but you end up thinking “if this is the direction Hip-Hop is going in, I can dig” especially when there are vocoders to ease you in. And then…once you are comfortable, once you have got used to the Hip-Hop/Dreamwave/Pop R&B/Nu-Disco/Electro-House mash-up…it gets all Drum & Bass on your ass!

Take that genres!

♫ LUFRKKK (Feat. Drake) – Fucking Losers (zShare) (MediaFire)

The lease LUFRKK deserves is your MySpace love!

LUFRKKK @ MySpace