Felix Cartal – Popular Music

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Vancouver Electro sensation Felix Cartal get his début album ‘Popular Music’ released on Dim Mak this month, the title track making the first single. having reMixed for the likes of MSTRKRFT, Acid Kids and Britney Spears his first artist album is eagerly awaited.

I’m loving the vocals on this tune with strangely work with the heavy beats and distorted synths. It’s a total banger that won’t fail to fill the floor.

Felix Cartal – Popular Music (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Popular Music’ drops 23rd February.

Felix Cartal @ Beatport

Felix Cartal @ 7Digital

Felix Cartal @ Amazon

Midnight Club

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French trio Midnight Club have over 20 years of production experience between them that stretches back to the 80’s, and that shines through in their music.

Moroder-esq synth work and modern House beats collide on their electronic odyssey ‘The Machine’, the title track of their début EP. A Synthesizer journey that owes as much to Jarre as it does to Danger and Kavinsky. Worship handle the reMix work, ramping up the lead lines and hitting the Disco drums.

Midnight Club – The Machine (zShare) (MediaFire)

Midnight Club – The Machine (Worship reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

On the Fruit release ‘The Machine’ mid-February.Midnight Club @ MySpace

Barretso reMixes

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As Tuff Em Up gear up for the March release of Barretso’s ‘Bright City Lights’ EP more reMixes of the EP track ‘We Won’t Stop’ have arrived to tide you over.

Aussie’s DEFEAT & Redial (who made it into electronic rumors top 20 tracks of 2009!) clearly show who the next big things to come from down under are going to be, both bring their Electro Disco A-game. Redial, again, particularly impressing us. Farfletched makes up the trio with a deep, choppy, synth string laden funker.

Barretso – We Won’t Stop (DEFEAT reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Barretso – We Won’t Stop (Farfletched reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Barretso – We Won’t Stop (Redial reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Berretso’s sweet Dreamwavey SynthPop full EP is due for release in March. Until then, MySpace the man!

Barretso @ MySpace

Cassette Kids

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Australian Indie-Electro darlings Cassette Kids are poised to take us here in the UK over as they make their début on our fair shores with three London gigs in February and the release of a new single ‘Lying Around’.

Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Nothing On TV’ (which has been produced by Van She’s Michael DiFrancesco!) the single also features reMixes from Diamond Cut & Sharam Jey, who both turn the poppy Indie track into club stormers. Diamond Cut, who we’ve featured a couple of times before, and never fail to impress, turn in our favourite mix with their sweeping Nu-Disco epic.

Cassette Kids – Lying Around (zShare) (MediaFire)

Cassette Kids – Lying Around (Diamond Cut reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Cassette Kids – Lying Around (Sharam Jey reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check Cassette Kids MySpace for forthcoming tour dates.

Cassette Kids @ 7Digital

Cassette Kids @ Amazon

I Am Noxious

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I Am Noxious is another one of those gems I’ve been meaning to write about for some time and seeing as how it’s been a quite day and the next few days really won’t be I thought now would be a nice time to write some words. Also, the man of mystery himself has just dropped a new tune ‘Stranded On Love’.

The British purveyor of quirky, left field, ElectroPop really manages to convey feeling in his tunes in the kind of way that makes you think the song came first, before the electronics.

There’s a really easy comparison to Hot Chip here, but that’s not really lazy writing, fans of The Chip will defiantly dig I Am Noxious’ heartfelt lyrics and honest vocal style just as fans if intricate Electronica will dig the beats.

I Am Noxious – Stranded On Love (zShare) (MediaFire)

I Am Noxious – We Pray (zShare) (MediaFire)

I Am Noxious – Left & Right (zShare) (MediaFire)

I Am Noxious – This Is A Ballad (zShare) (MediaFire)

So show the fella’ some MySpace lovin’:

I Am Noxious @ MySpace

Delphic’s next single; video

The video for Delphic’s follow up to their breakthrough single ‘Doubt’, ‘Halcyon’ has premiered over on YouTube.

It’s a great song with a beautifully shot video that works so well with the track.

‘Halcyon’ will drop 15th March, Delphic’s album ‘Acolyte’ is out now:

Delphic @ Beatport

Delphic @ Juno

Delphic @ 7Digital

Delphic @ Amazon

Goldfrapp’s Rocket reMixes

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Goldfrapp’s forthcoming comeback single (yes, I’m calling it a ‘comeback single’, what?) ‘Rocket’ has been given a couple of sweet reMix treatments.

Prolific Leeds reMixer Grum’s French House version is just the perfect style of mix for this track, all disco beats and retro synths, it’s like Goldfrapp turned up to 11! The next take is provided by, none other than, Richard X, who’s stripped down, minimal, analog synth jam is just as club friendly:

Goldfrapp – Rocket (Richard X One Zero reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Goldfrapp – Rocket (Grum reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Still lovin’ the original too!

‘Rocket’ will be the first single from the album ‘Head First’.

Goldfrapp @ Juno

Goldfrapp @ 7Digital

Goldfrapp @ Amazon

Shy Child; Ocelot reMix

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The good folks at RCRD LBL have dropped the first of the reMixes of Shy Child forthcoming single ‘Disconnected’.

electronic rumors’ favourite Ocelot step up to the plate here dropping burbling analog synths and a deep house beat .

I’m really looking forward to this reMix package, especially for this one and the mighty Anoraak’s version.

Shy Child – Disconnected (Ocelot reMix) (RCRD LBL)

‘Disconnected’ will be released just before the album ‘Liquid Love’ on 15th March via Wall Of Sound

Shy Child @ Beatport

Shy Child @ 7Digital

Shy Child @ Amazon

New Lali Puna Material!

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Lali Puna have announced the release of their forth proper studio album in April. Titled ‘Our Inventions’ it’s the first new material from the prolific ElectroPop act since 2004.

Still sounding perfectly like Lali Puna the music also sounds fresh and relevant, it seems the rest of the musical world has finally caught up with them, their introspective, atmospheric Indie-Electro sounding an awful lot like a few current bands I could mention.

Lali Puna – Remember (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Our Inventions’ is on 6th April on, of course, Morr Music

Lali Puna @ Beatport

Lali Puna @ Juno

Lali Puna @ Amazon

Midnight Conspiracy reMix Chromeo’s ‘Night By Night’

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This is shaping up to be one of my favourite reMixes of Chromeo’s ‘Night By Night’, it’s by Chicago trio Midnight Conspiracy.

Part Dreamwave, part Italo, it’s got one of be sweetest lead lined ever committed to a track1 Man, I could just listen to that lead over and over again.

Chromeo – Night By Night (Midnight Conspiracy reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Night By Night’ is available right, flippin’, now!

Chromeo @ Beatport

Chromeo @ Juno

Chromeo @ 7Digital

Chromeo @ Amazon