It’s still a few weeks to the release of Chromeo’s ‘Hot Mess’ single and their massive duet version of the track featuring with Elly Jackson from La Roux but the reMixes have already started coming in.
Funkin’ things up are Duck Sauce, who I’m sure you’re aware are Armand Van Helden and Chromeo’s Dave’s Brother and reMixer/DJ supreme A-Track. Their reMix is exactly the kind of big room House track we’d expect from these two. Expect to hear this version in the clubs very soon!
Swedish Electro girls Icona Pop are giving their new single away for free!
First appearing on Kitsuné’s ‘Maison 10’ album with ‘Manners’ the duo’s new single ‘Still Don’t Know’ is a slice of noisy, post-The Ting Tings, ElectroPop. The heavy live drums and vintage synth sounds give the track a garage SynthPop feel with some raucous vocals tograb your attention. I can see Icona Pop getting pretty big next summer.
Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’ is probably one of the most covered tracks in the world, so it’s nice when someone brings something new to the track.
ElectronicaPop artist Error: Operator has teamed up with Harry Lee of recent Kitsuné signing Waylayers to produce this chilled, rolling cover version that captures the emotion of the track but presents it in an almost electro-acoustic new form. Error: Operator brings his intricate programming which makes for a constantly interesting backing for Lee’s rendition.
♫ Error- Operator (Feat. Harry Lee) – Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode Cover)
Head on over to Error: Operator’s Facebook page to pick up the high quality version of the track for free!
We’ve already bigged-upNero’s new video game Dubstep tune ‘Me & You’. It’s a track we’re really digging. Just to add to out love of the tune 8-bit Electro-House guru Danger has dropped his reMix of the track.
Danger creates a hybrid of his console Electro and the original’s 80’s action movie theme epicness dropping ElectroPop riffs over the track’s power chords to awesome effect. It’s been a while since we heard anything from Danger, let’s hope this is remedied soon with an EP in the works.
This week saw the release of Swedish Disco Pop producer Fredrick Carlsson’s début EP.
Titled ‘Volume.1’, the EP is a collection of five arpeggio driven ElectroPop tracks with a House flavour. Take this track, ‘Into The Wild’ featuring Domino on vocals. It’s got a real 80’s vibe complementing it’s TechnoPop backing and that slight hint to melancholy so often found in Scandinavian ElectroPop.
Right, so we told you about Erasure new version of ‘A Little Respect’ earlier this week, but the streaming track was a no go and I didn’t even want to ask for permission to offer the track as a download ‘cos, y’know, its a charity record. A song and a cause that deserve some of your hard earned.
Anyway, you can listen to it now, and, indeed, watch it courtesy of the just released promo clip.
Interestingly, this new ‘HMI Redux’ was mixed by none other than Kap10Kurt!
Belgian Electro-Rock act Goose are gearing up for the release of their long awaited second album, ‘Synrise’, and are kicking off their return with this, the video for their forthcoming single ‘Can’t Stop Me Now.
True to their Belgian roots, the track is borderline Old School EBM with a modern Electro/ElectroPop slant and will probably find receptive ears amongst fan of The Presets. The EBM arpeggios combined with modern production and anthemic vocals make for a track that’s sure to storm the clubs.
The video was directed by Megaforce.
‘Synrise’ (already available in Belgium) is out in 2011 on Studio !K7.
It’s been a while since we wrote about them here, now there’s finally some movement on the Vandroid front.
More tracks from the soundtrack to the mythical 1984 Sci-Fi action movie Vandroid have surfaced. As you might recall the first of the Vandroid tracks we heard was the Van She Tech reMix, now reMixes from Yuksek, Fred Falke, Boy 8-Bit and Siriusmo have been unearthed and put together in the form of the ‘Master And Slave’ reMixes EP..
First up, this Yuksek reMix is one of the best things I have heard all year, no question, pure Nu-Disco, ElectroPop brilliance with that slightly rough sound from his album. Using the vocals sparsely, but to rad effect Yuksek really knocks it out the park. Fred Falke’s is wicked too. Stripping the track down to an, almost Industrial, Electro Rock track. These are backed up by Boy 8-Bits’ deep Electro groove as be brings a hypnotic track with some standout distorted synth percussion and Siriusmo’s cut-up Disco take on the track.
The Vandroid project is totally exiting, not just ‘cos some of the biggest names in Electro are contributing some of their best work, but because they have made the whole thing fun, interesting and addictive. It’s a pity we’ll never actually get to see the movie!”
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