Mar 12 2010

Relation; Optimistic

Relation

Right kids, I’ve been pretty ill the last few days so I have all these posts mounting up and tonight they are gonna’ drop. We’ve got a lot to get through, so hold on tight!

So, I can think of no better way to kick things off than with Essex SynthPoppers Relation who are gearing up for the release of the second single from their ‘Fear Of Night’ album.

Relation’s slightly house tinged SynthPop mixes some really early 80’s sounding elements, particularly in the vocals and lead lines (think early Depeche Mode) with modern beats and basslines which makes for a compelling combination. The single, ‘Optimistic’, is a smooth, almost SynthSoul, jam that comes with a meaty reMix package. The Laserdisco mix is a minimal, bass heavy take that verges on Dub. The Diogenes Club provide probably my favourite of the mixes sending the track straight into Disco territory. You know all the Dreamwave tracks your playing in your Ferrari driving through the city streets at night? Well, this is the track they are playing at the club you’re heading to! Eat More Cake attack the track from left field with some world music atmospherics that somehow actually compliment the vocals.

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Laserdisco reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (The Diogenes Club reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Eat More Cake reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It’s nice to see such a varies bunch of reMixes!

‘Optimistic’ is released 26th April on Urban Torque

Relation @ Beatport

Relation @ 7Digital

Relation @ Amazon

Mar 9 2010

New Tron Legacy trailer: Daft Punk’s soundtrack?

Tron fans following the viral marketing campaign promoting the upcoming sequel to 1982’s Tron, Tron Legacy, have unlocked a secret site at http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/ that has HD version of the new, second, trailer ahead of it’s ‘proper’ online début later this week.

Looks pretty fantastic, no? And is that Daft Punk’s soundtrack we can hear in the second half of the trailer? Pulsing synths, distorted drums, sounds good to me!

Being actually in the trailer, I pretty sure we can assume it’s not a fake this time! 😉

Mar 8 2010

Jocks reMixes Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

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The second Jocks reMix of the day!

This time it’s ElectroPop act Ou Est Le Swimming Pool who get the treatment with their brand new single ‘These New Knights’. In the last 12 months Ou Est have gone from SynthPop obscurity to having a huge hit in the form of ‘Dance The Way I Feel’ and a string of high profile live shows. ‘These New Knights’ is a precursor to their début album, scheduled for a June release. Jocks gives us a poppy yet heavy electro workout of the single.

♫ Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – These New Knights (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘These New Knights’ is released later this month.

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Beatport

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Juno

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ 7Digital

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Kavinsky + Lovefoxxx + Breakbot = OMG!!!

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I really don’t know how much I can say here, the original of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ featuring shared vocal duties with Lovefoxxx of CSS is pretty incredible, elevating Kavinsky far far above being an electro-House or French House artist, it’s a proper, retro-tinged, ElectroPop track. it’s pretty dark (save for Lovefoxxx’s counterpoint vocals), it’s mid paced, and actually really emotive. There’s no ‘banging’ in sight. It’s, dare I say it, beautiful!

So, let’s throw Breakbot into the mix shall we! Although (and this is just my personal preference) I prefer the original, I absolutely cannot fault Breakbot’s Disco opus, it’s got everything, literally everything, you’d look for in a Disco track!

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Breakbot reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

-Edit- I’ve removed the .mp3, apparently that wasn’t the finished master, which essentially means the final track will be even better!

The ‘Nightcall’ EP, the continuing adventures of the Dead Cruiser, is released 15th March and includes a reMix from Dustin N’Guyen, who is rumoured to be Xavier DeRosna, we shall see!

Kavinsky @ Beatport

Kavinsky @ Juno

Kavinsky @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

CHEW LiPS reMix We Are Enfant Terrible

I’d defiantly like to see CHEW LiPS reMixing more, freeing themselves from structured song writing.

This reMix for We Are Enfant Terrible show what potential they have to produce some stunning reMixes. The Electro-Noise-Pop they lay down on ‘Wild Child’ is seriously something we’d like to hear more of!

♫ We Are Enfant Terrible – Wild Child (CHEW LiPS reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Wild Child’ single is out now

We Are Enfant Terrible @ Beatport

We Are Enfant Terrible @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Fenech-Soler’s new single

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Fenech-Soler are tearing up Indie-Electro dancefloors up and down the UK right now, their forthcoming single ‘Stop And Stare’ is set to continue the trend!

The title track is a synth driven anthem, when it’s released in April you can bet you will be hearing it all over, it could very well be the soundtrack to your summer!

The single comes with a nice reMix package, including this one by Tony Senghore. Dropping in 8-Bit sounds and cutting analog synths this reMix is just dirty Electro build after build!

♫ Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare (Tony Senghore Vocal Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

19th April sees the release of ‘Stop And Stare’

Fenech-Soler @ Beatport

Fenech-Soler @ Juno

Fenech-Soler @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Client’s Sarah Blackwood & William Orbit

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Acclaimed Electronica/Trance producer William Orbit dropped this track on his blog a couple of days ago, it’s a version of his track ‘White Night’ featuring vocals by none other than Sarah Blackwood, vocalist and frontwoman of ElectroPop heroines Client (and ex-of Dubstar).

The original’s a bit more bass heavy and ethereal, this is some sweet sounding, straight-up ElectoPop. Sarah’s vocals give the song a sense of sultry urgency that the original was lacking. Honestly, I think this deserves a single release!

♫ William Orbit (Feat. Sarah Blackwood Of Dubstar & Client) – White Night (Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘White Night’ is originally from the album ‘My Oracle Lives Uptown’

William Orbit @ Beatport

William Orbit @ Juno

William Orbit @ 7Digital

William Orbit @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Kisses

Kisses, otherwise known as Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson, a Disco-Pop duo out of LA, will be releasing their début single in April.

‘Bermuda’ is everything you’d want from a summery ElectroPop track, chilled and laidback but interesting enough to hold your attention with smooth production. Rather than commanding you to the dancefloor, it politely invites you with a charm you just can’t turn down!

♫ Kisses – Bermuda (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Bermuda’ is out on 19th April on Transparent and includes a reMix from Active Child. Until the, show the pair some MySpace love!

Kisses @ MySpace

Mar 8 2010

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs

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OK, this lot’s been blogged to death in the last few days but I’ve been doing a bit of computer upgrading so this is a bit of a let post, but who cares, right? This is some killer music that some of you may not have heard (yet!).

LA and France meet head on in this heavyweight Electro face off! Oh Shit! and Night Drugs are teaming up to drop the single ‘Everybody Needs’, and it’s pretty funking amazing! Smooth SynthPop meets Filter-House and massive funk bass. The EP will have eight reMixes of the track. My pick of the pack would have to be electronic rumors faves Diamond Cut, who mix it up with heavy bass, a sweet lead line and big Disco flavour, Bit Funk’s huge Nu-disco vocoder outing and Binary man Fabian with his deep Disco-tinged Dreamwave track.

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Diamond Cut reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Bit Funk reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Fabian reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The EP is released exclusively on Beatport on 17th March as a special WMC release from Velcro City Records.

Oh Shit! @ Beatport

Oh Shit! @ Amazon

Night Drugs @ Beatport

Night Drugs @ 7Digital

Night Drugs @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

New autoKratz EP

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autoKratz manage to walk that line between noisy Electro-House and proper ElectroPop more successfully than most. Leaning more toward the former is this track, ‘Skin Machine’ which is the B-Side of their forthcoming ‘Kick EP’.

One of the most exiting live acts in Electronic music, autoKratz have recruited Jagz Kooner for production duties on their forthcoming album and if ‘Skin Machine’ is anything to go by it’s gonna’ be a full on affair. Almost Industrial-Electro this track is just relentless!

♫ autoKratz – Skin Machine (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Kick EP’ is out Spring 2010 on Kitsuné Music.