Banging their way into the week comes ZX. The duo got our attention previously with a stellar reMix of Fenech-Soler’s L.A. Love as well as a couple of cool Electro-House tracks of their own.
‘Shock Therapy’, their new track, sees a harder, more Ed Banger-esq sound with big distorted synths and some brilliantly melodic cut-up vocals
♫ ZX – Shock Therapy (zShare) (MediaFire)
It’s pretty criminal that no one has snapped up these guys yet, until they do go give them some major MySpace lovin’!
Zebra & Snake have dropped a few interesting reMixes in the last few months, most notably for Le Corps Mince De Françoise and The Good Natured, but let’s not forget the Finish duo are releasing original material themselves.
Check the video for their previous single ‘The Colours’, a luscious slice of borderline Bedroom Pop/Electro-Indie with a suitable Lo-Fi video.
The video was directed by Miikka Lommi
The ‘The Colours’ EP is available now and the duo are releasing a new single ‘We Never Go When We Have To’
I remember a few weeks ago Grum saying on Twitter that he was reMixing Owl City, I thought he was joking…apparently not!
Unlike I lot of people, I actually don’t hate Owl City, they remind me of a Poppier The Postal Service, and I did like The Postal Service (and I like Pop!). So I’m OK with OC going in but damn does Grum work some serious magic here. In a way he’s taken Owl City, and made it Monarchy, and that’s an ace thing to do! The mixture of Adam Young’s introspective, borderline Emo, SynthPop and Grum’s Disco infused Dreamwave creates this genius dancefloor ElectroPop gold!
♫ Owl City – Umbrella Beach (Grum reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
‘Umbrella Beach’, the second single from the ‘Ocean Eyes’ album , is out soon.
It’s been a while since we heard a new reMix from Sydney’s Calling in Sick, which is a shame as I used to be all over their mixes. Seriously couldn’t get enough of that shit!
So it’s awesome to see them back with this reMix of Australia’s answer to The Postal Service, Cullen’s début single, ‘Easily Impressed’ and it’s just the Calling In Sick sound that I had been missing.
You’ve got the buzzsaw synths hammering crazy solos and arpeggios and the big 80’s chords. Calling In Sick are like the 80’s hair Metal of electronic music, and that is no bad thing!
♫ Cullen – Easily Impressed (Calling In Sick reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
The ’Easily Impressed’ single is out soon.
Record Makers and Kavinsky are running a reMix contest to celebrate the release of Kavinsky’s latest EP, the awesome ‘Nightcall’. Grab yourself The Dead Cruiser’s zombie vocoding and the sweet counterpoint from Lovefoxxx of CSS and get to work!
Head over to kavinskyremix.com for the 4-1-1.
1. Download the vocal stems using the SoundCloud player.
2. Make your reMix.
3. Submit to Record Makers via SoundCloud by Wednesday 30th June.
1st prize: (chosen by Kavinsky)
Digital release on Record Makers
+ Nightcall vinyl + SoundCloud Pro. account
2nd prize: (chosen by the Record Makers staff)
Nightcall vinyl + Teddy Boy vinyl + SoundCloud Lite account
3rd prize: (chosen by the fans – most favourites on SoundCloud)
Nightcall vinyl + 1986 vinyl + SoundCloud Lite account
Check out some of the existing entries, see what you’re up against. The quality is pretty high! Here are some of the best so far by RQTN, The SexInvaders, Digital Haus Boy, Clash Masterz and The Sonixx.
♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (RQTN reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (The SexInvaders reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Digital Haus Boy reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Clash Masterz Rmx) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (The Sonixx reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
The ‘Nightcall’ EP is out now!
Every time I post about LIGHTS I feel like I should disclose certain information. ElectroPop, Keytars, Hot Girls and Canada are four of my favourite things in the world. Kinda’ makes me powerless to resist…
In her continuing battle to break the UK, LIGHTS releases her second single this side of the Atlantic, ‘Saviour’. Although the track itself is quite old (in the US at least) Owl City’s Adam Young has dropped a brand new reMix of it which is very like the original but with added Owl City sparkle and Adam’s highly AutoTuned vocals sneaking in the background.
♫ LIGHTS – Saviour (Adam Young (Owl City) reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)
‘Saviour’ is released in the UK on 10th May.
Still pimping their amazing ‘Nibiru’ EP, which drops this month, Château Marmont have released into the wild this reMix of the EP track ‘Monodrama’ by DFA’s resident psychedelic knob twiddler Gavin Russom.
Château Marmont’s tracks are pretty spacey Electro to begin with but Russom takes it to the next level of analog synth heaven. I love the way the kick drum and the bassline interact in this mix, creating rhythms all of it’s own, it’s serious ‘breakers in space’ stuff.
♫ Château Marmont – Monodrama (Gavin Russom reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
The ‘Nibiru’ EP comes out later this month.
I’m absolutely lovin’ this reMix of Ellie Goulding’s album opener and forthcoming single ‘Guns And Horses’ by German House producer Tonka.
It’s a slice of pure sweeping Disco/House excellence that completely compliments the song, never overpowering it. Keeping the song itself intact, Tonka’s reMix gives it that pumping summery euphoric Disco vibe in the same way Russ Chime’s did for ‘Starry Eyed’.
♫ Ellie Goulding – Guns And Horses (Tonka Radio Cut) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Guns And Horses’ drops 17th May.
TeenagersInTokyo are gearing up for the release of their début long player, ‘Sacrifice’, at the end of the month and are preceding it with the second single from the album.
‘End It Tonight’ originally featured on the bands début EP last year but is given new lease of life by a bunch of ace reMixes. We Have Band’s jittery percussion and four bar basslines shine through, the WHB sound actually works really well with Samantha Lim’s vocals. Nightschool are the next in a long line of ‘mystery’ acts to appear in the last couple of years. I’m sure people will have all kinds of theories as to who it is, I’m sure there will be loads of Gossip (ahem). Focusing on his reMix though, it’s got a nice New Wave vibe going on with a nice balance of bass & guitar to Synths, kinda’ gives the song more of a live feel too, which is nice.
♫ TeenagersInTokyo – End It Tonight (We Have Band Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ TeenagersInTokyo – End It Tonight (Nightschool Disco Hijack Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Sacrifice’ is released on 24th May
Apologies for the crappy phone-cam photo!
Y’know, this will be the first ever live review on electronic rumors, I always feel like I should (and I’m going to do more) but when I’m out, I just kinda’ like to live it up, drink the bar dry and have an awesome time dancing to some amazing music and not worrying what I might say about it on a website!
HURTS felt like more of an ‘event’ though, so here you go, have some words! I caught them live last night here in Bristol on one of the early dates of the NME Radar Tour (along with the abysmal Darwin Deez and the disappointingly average Everything Everything) and, for me at least, anticipation was high.
‘Presence’ is probably the best word to describe HURTS live. For two guys (and three backing band (keyboard player, drummer and opera singer!)) who don’t move around very much they do seem to fill up the stage. One thing I was concerned about was how po-faced and pretentious they were going to be, as that would kinda’ annoy me, but I was surprised at how much of a good time the guys seemed to be having onstage. Yes, the sometimes tortured, sometimes apathetic persona is there in singer Theo Hutchcraft but occasionally you’ll catch a playful smile cross his face, or even an outright grin as the crowd sing the lyrics back to him.
The set was everything I had hoped, most of the EP tracks were played, opening with ‘Silver Lining’. ‘Unspoken’ was pretty perfect, and the set climaxed in a roof raising performance of the forthcoming single ‘Better Than Love’. Interestingly, in his introduction to their breakthrough hit ‘Wonderful Life’ Theo confirmed our suspicions that the song was indeed written about our fair city (there are a few obscure references to places in Bristol in the lyrics) which endeared the crowd to them more.
All in all, awesome! One of the best gigs I have been to in a while, a band hasn’t impressed me this much live since the first time I saw CHEW LiPS!
If you get the chance, definitely see HURTS live, especially if you can catch them early on in their career in some intimate venue.
Check the Fred Falke reMix of ‘Unspoken’:
♫ HURTS – Unspoken (Fred Falke reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Better Than Love’ drops on the 24th.
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