Apr 1 2010

Jamaica

So what happens when Poney Poney change their name and enlist Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay and Daft Punk’s sound Engineer Peter Franco to produce their album?

Jamaica, that’s what! They have just dropped this, their début track, ‘I Think I Like U 2’, which is a feel good, upbeat Indie-Electro fun jam complete with Daft-style solo.

♫ Jamaica – I Think I Like U 2 (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check the, pretty funny, video here.

Jamaica also have a track on the forthcoming 9th edition of the Kitsuné Maison series and a full length album due out in August.

Jamaica @ 7Digital

Jamaica @ Amazon

Apr 1 2010

DāM-FunK covers The Human League

Dr. Martins, British footwear provider to the Indie inclined for, well, forever, are celebrating 50 years in the boot business by commissioning a whole heap of artists to cover 10 classic tracks.

This is the track you’ll be particularly interested in. La Electro-Funk agitator DāM-FunK taking The Human League’s ‘The Things That Dreams Are Made Of’ to Moog heaven.

Like Barry White channelling Phil Oakey this is a really raw Funk, bass heavy version.

♫ DāM-FunK – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (The Human League Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can hear the other tracks from 1st April at 50 Years Of Dr. Martins

Apr 1 2010

Kitsuné Maison 9 video

In gearing up for the forthcoming release of the ninth volume of their ‘Kitsuné Maison’ compilations, ‘The Petit Bateau Edition Or The Cotton Issue’, Kitsuné Music have put together a promotional video featuring music from the album and clothes from their Autumn/Winter ‘01 collection, ‘Kitsuné Ivy League’.

The video was directed by Director Loïc Prigent & Fabien Constant.

Check our previous post for ‘Maison 9’’s tracklist, it’s out 26th April

Kitsuné Music @ Beatport

Kitsuné Music @ Juno

Kitsuné Music @ 7Digital

Kitsuné Music @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Marina And The Diamonds reMixed by Lovers & Gamblers

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More Marina And The Diamonds you say? Well that’s just fine! Especially as she is the target for the latest reMix by Little Boot’s posse Lovers & Gamblers.

A few reMixes in and we’re now starting to get a real feel for L&G’s style. I love the way they use their synths, it’s pretty stripped down, just concentrating on the groove, it’s like raw Electro Disco. I can imagine them, not surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of studio gear, but with a handful of trusty analog synths and a four-track! This reMix has a killer bassline, pretty aggressive but sweetened by the blanket of retro synth work over the top, and we know the original’s a good song anyway!

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (Lovers & Gamblers Precious Little Diamond reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Is it just me or do Marina’s vocals really lend well to reMixes? More so than most?

The ‘I Am Not A Robot’ single is out on 26th April.

Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove

Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital

Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Sander Kleinenberg – R.Y.A.N.L.

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A straight up banger for you now coming from DJ, producer and label boss Sander Kleinenberg out of Amsterdam.

Deep basslines, noisy synths and a cut up vocoded vocal line intercut with cutting synth breakdowns. there are some almost ElectroPop elements amongst the tough synths here. This is sure to get a major hammering in the clubs.

This is pure peak-time stuff:

♫ Sander Kleinenberg – R.Y.A.N.L. (Rock You All Night Long) (zShare) (MediaFire)

29th March at Beatport 12th April everywhere else Little Mountain Recordings

Sander Kleinenberg @ Beatport

Sander Kleinenberg @ Juno

Sander Kleinenberg @ 7Digital

Sander Kleinenberg @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Penguin Prison & Starsmith; who could ask for more?

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After his sterling work on Ellie Goulding’s number 1 album, SynthPop prodigy Starsmith is back in the reMixing game and there’s not an artist I can thin of who I rather hear him reMix than Penguin Prison.

Tackling ‘The Worse It Gets’ for Penguin Prison’s recent double A side Starsmith turns in a sheer brilliant slice of Nu-Disco styled electronic Pop. The man was one of the most talented electronic music producers around anyway but I think his time chillin’ with Messrs Chimes and Grum has been a good influence on him! Really looking forward to his solo EP!

♫ Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (Starsmith reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is out now on Neon Gold.

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Konnichiwa

Kaela Noel and D.V. Caputo A.K.A. Konnichiwa are a New York based duo who make some retro sounding, reverb heavy, ElectroPop.

Having met as teenagers in art class they started swapping mixtapes and eventually began making music.

There is something really refreshing about Konnichiwa’s take on ElectroPop, they’ve got the 80’s move soundtrack basslines and arpeggios of Dreamwave but their effects heavy drums and toy synth leads lines give then a completely fresh sound.

♫ Konnichiwa – Constellations (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Konnichiwa – Celestial Navigations (zShare) (MediaFire)

Konnichiwa are releasing a digital single 27th April with an album following later in the summer on Rainbow Body.

Konnichiwa @ MySpace

Mar 30 2010

Baby Monster + Golden Bug

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Today we can share with you another reMix of Baby Monster’s pretty gobsmacking début ‘She Comes Alive’.

This time it’s Golden Bug who saunters up to the bar and orders a shot of ‘She Comes Alive’. Layers upon layers of synths build on top of each other and intertwine with the original track to the beat of cheap drum machines. it’s a cool slice of Space-Disco.

♫ Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (Golden Bug reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘She Comes Alive’ is out on 29th March on BigStereo Records, the 7” is pretty limited so go grab one while you can!

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records

Baby Monster @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Acid Washed’s début album

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Acid Washed’s first long player dropped this month on Record Makers. I love their particularly retro, analog, take on French Electro-House.

‘Change’ is a perfect example of their Pop fulled Space-Disco with more than a slight nod to Moroder. But despite the Disco arpeggios there is something quite organic about Acid Washed’s sound, it’s constantly and naturally evolving.

♫ Acid Washed – Change (zShare) (MediaFire)

Acid Washed’s self titled début album is out now on Record Makers.

Acid Washed @ Beatport

Acid Washed @ Juno

Acid Washed @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Pirate Radio Documentary

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Something a little different now but I though some of you, especially readers from the UK might get a kick out of this.

No pun intended with the ‘kick’ remark, as this short documentary about the history of Pirate Radio in London was commissioned by Palladium Boots as part of their ‘Explorations’ series. Don’t let that put you off though, it’s actually a fascinating (albeit brief at 16mins) look at those DJs and radio techs who (like us music bloggers) can’t help but let their love of music vent somewhere.

Having grown up listening to pirate radio, just the atmosphere that this documentary provokes puts a nostalgic smile on my face.

You can watch the whole documentary, ‘Exploration #6 – London Pirate Radio’ online here: http://www.palladiumboots.com/exploration/london-pirate-radio

[Via Vice Magazine]