A few months ago a band I’m in had the pleasure of gigging with May68, back then they were, like, a New York style garage Indie-Rock band. Since then they have gone all DiscoPop and caught the attention of Kitsuné Music.
Their second single, after ‘My Way’s, with be ‘The Prisoner’ released next month. To mark the occasion they re giving away this reMix by Manc electronic legend Mark Reeder who gives the track a nice 90’s Dance Pop feel.
Do you remember when ‘Quicksand’ first came out on Kitsuné and La Roux was doing stints at The Notting Hill Arts Club? Exciting times. I loved that summer, musically. It was all about girls beginning with ‘L’ and a SynthPop comeback that wasn’t about parodying the past but making something new. That was nearly 2 years ago!!!
Anyway, the Us are finally getting a release of their own of ‘In For The Kill’ along with a brand new video, it’s pretty slick but I don’t know what was wrong with the old video. I liked it’s neon retro-future car chase!
‘In For The Kill’ had been out for years, but the new release will probably have that Danger reMix on it, reason enough to but it again!
Burns & Fred Falke have teemed up to release a new single, ‘Y.S.L.M. (You Stopped Loving Me)’, a disco house monster created by two powerhouses in the genre.
The video was filmed at Battersea Dogs Home, so, y’know, it’s full of dogs…and dog toys.
‘Y.S.L.M. (You Stopped Loving Me)’ is released 28th November.
We are very exited about new band Echoes. ‘Nuff said.
We’re not gong to say much, there will be a proper post (choc full of awesome tunes) coming in the next few days but, impatient as we are, we couldn’t resist giving you lot a little taster.
So here is the dreamy video for Echoes’ track ‘Ice Cold’. Directed by Kristoffer Lundberg. It’s rainy summers day-tastic, and the song is that good!
Wing Commander is not just an awesome band name! Oh no, it’s two dudes making some pretty addictive chilled, glitchy vocal electronica.
Think an early Warp vibe with an almost The Postal Service-esq vocal delivery, it’s intricate and absorbing. Their début EP, ‘From 93 Onwards’ is a meticulously crafted journey in sound, taking in, not only, the dreamlike, emotive, electronica of the title track and ‘Talk And Talk And Talk’ but also ‘Polar’, which is Wing Commanders successful foray into traditional dance structures (which works as a dark electro track) and the Dubby Rap/Folk crossover of ‘Glimmer’.
The guys are currently working on new material and some big name reMixes and we’ll defiantly be looking forward to their new material.
I don’t care what the internet says! We still have love for Uffie.
I don’t understand, though, why it takes he so long to do thing, why the album took so long and completely missed taking advantage of all her hype.
Oh well, here is the video for her new single ‘Difficult’, one of my favourite tracks off the album and it’s the best video she’s made to date, easily!
Swedish ElectroPop eccentrics Pacific! are finally on the verge of dropping their second album, ‘Narcissus’. Originally conceived at the soundtrack to a ballet the record works amazingly well sans avant-garde dancers in frocks.
From it’s ominous harpsichord opening the album you still feel there is something a bit proggy, a bit conceptual, about the album but the music speaks for itself. Like Jean-Michel Jarre on bad (or good) acid this album is in part atmospheric and enveloping (and a little scary!) but also sweeping and electronic. Washes of Jarre mix with hints of Goldfrapp (on the vocal tracks). Like felloe Swedes The Knife there is something of the avant-garde here but similarly they have managed to cram the experimental and leftfield into Pop songs and get away with it making the edgy and unsettling elements to Pacific!’s music soon feel strangle comforting.
They have laid out the record really well to, spacing out properly structured upbeat tracks like ‘Narcissus’, ‘Unspoken’ and ‘King Of The Knight’ with their floaty instrumental works such as ‘Cupid’ and ‘Halfheart’ to give the feeling (even without aforementioned avant-garde dancers in frocks) of narrative.
LectroLips are British duo Leo and Ant who revel in their love of ‘80’s synthesizer music.
It’s not all ElectroPop though, their début EP, ‘Exempt From Classification’s, opening track shows a massive nod to ‘80’s electronic funk and sets their EP up for a quite diverse journey through retro electronic Pop. ‘This Recorded Sound’ is a boarderline Modern SynthPop track but with more funk going on and and injection of ‘90’s dance production and ‘Ordinary Conversation’ is pure dancefloor slickness, throw that on in a club and even the most adamant wall sticker is gonna’ have to bust out his moves.
All-in-all, LectroLips EP is a confident meeting of ElectroPop, Pop and Electro-Funk. The duo defiantly have a clear musical vision, unapologetically Pop and unapologetically synth funk and we here can’t wait to hear more.
The track itself is an awesome 90’s House track, just listen to that piano and the 909 snares! When Bernard’s vocals kick it is it so distinctively him, kinda’ like a 90’s New Order reMix cut up with a Hot Chip track.
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