May 24 2011

Douze’s new mixtape

Douze – Emotape Vol. 2 = A crammed full forty five minutes ranging from Disco to Electro-House, perfect fro summer afternoons.

♫ Douze – Emotape Vol. 2

The tracklist:

01. Cosmo Vitelli – Night Dogs
02. Baby Oliver – Feelings 2
03. Jackass & Mule – 123 ,iami
04. Paperclip People – Throw
05. My Mine – Hypnotic Tango (Serge Santiago Edit)
06. Ripperton – At Peace (I Cube Tape Mix)
07. High Powered Boys – Udon (Julio Bashmore Sax-Dub)
08. Boo Williams – Mortal Trance
09. Kingpin Cartel – Ghetto
10. Secret Cinema – Glad Chord/L-Vis 1990 – Forever You
11. Akabu – Life Is So Strange
12. Digitalism – Blitz (TTW Edit)
13. Le Knight Club – Gator
14. Dave Armstrong & Steve Angello – Groove In You
15. … – …
16. Gypsy And The Cat – Jona Vark (Alan Braxe reMix)
17. Those Usual Suspects (Feat. Yota) – My Star (Lifelike Dub reMix)
18. cocknbullkid – One Eye Closed (Kris Menace reMix)
19. Retro/Grade – Escape Sequence
20. Munk – Mis Labios (Black Van reMix)
21. Black Van – Express
22. Blende – One-Sided
23. A1
24. Douze – Eternity’s Call Back
25. Soul Clap – Between The Edit
26. Douze – Flashbacks
27. Daniel Balavoine – La Muraille

Buy Douze’s music from:

May 24 2011

Bachelorette’s ‘Polarity Party’ video

Here is the new video for New Zealand born psychedelic ElectroPopster Bachelorette’s ‘Polarity Party’.

The track is taken from her self-titled third album and the clip is a suitably avant-garde visual for the space-out ElectroPop of Bachelorette.

The ‘Bachelorette’ album is out now.

Buy Bachelorette’s music from:

May 23 2011

Beaumont’s début EP

In a really fucked up coincidence it is exactly two years, to the day, that we first posted about Beaumont (well, his first solo post, if you discount a post about a Ladyhawke reMix), and it’s this day that he chooses to release his début EP!

So, what’s changed in two years? Well, we’ve seen the man develop and hone his studio skills, we’ve seen a maturing and evolution in the musicality of his work, but he’s never really strayed too far from his vision. Even in his early work you can hear hints that where he is now is where he was headed all along. The mixing up of Nu-Disco, Dreamwave and ChipTune that became Beaumont’s trademark always had a certain epicness to it that has now found a distinctive voice in his current Downtempo-Dreamwave (for want of a better description) output. ‘City Meets Soldier’ is an eight minute musical narrative that slides from mood to mood, kept in check with a solid groove. These seems to be seven distinctive parts, or chapters, to the track that each have something to say individually whilst advancing the overall arrangement. Now, I have no idea whether that’s just me reading too much into the track, but it’s pretty sophisticated songwriting and would appear to be the culmination of Beaumont’s recent interest in more atmospheric and evocative music.

It’s also pretty easy on the ears!

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Original Mix)

There’s four reMixes on the EP, by the likes of Shelby Gray, Farfetched Clancy and Ren Riz. The latter two take the track straight back to the dancefloor. Ren drops a slightly Acid flavoured Electro-House track, the kind that completely absorbs you on the dancefloor while Clancy seriously raised the bar with what is probably my favourite reMix on the EP that hold onto Beaumont’s epic feel and wraps it in some sweet sweet Disco.

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Clancy reMix)

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Ren Riz reMix)

Right, Reader, you have a choice now, and I’m trusting you as a person of integrity and taste to make the right decision. You can pick up the ‘City Meets Soldier’ EP two ways. Beaumont is giving it away, all five tracks, on his SoundCloud as 128kbps mp3s, or you can grab the whole EP in it’s full 320kbps nuanced format for a paltry $4 from Beaumont’s Bandcamp site.

You know what to do.

Buy Beaumont’s music from:

May 23 2011

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’ EP is the latest release on French dance label Paranoiak, and is a real stormer.

The title track is a smooth synthesizer workout with a solid Disco beat and some beautiful shimmering 80’s lead sounds. The track works as a summery Dreamwave track but the inclusion of a layer of 90’s House piano takes it to the next level. There is some serious good time vibes going on in this track, you should defiantly check it out. The rest of the EP keeps up the high quality, leaning more to the Electro-House side of things but retaining the euphoria.

♫ Meridian – Elsewhere

As a bonus check out Karl Rose’s deep Disco reMix,

♫ Meridian – Elsewhere (Karl Rose reMix)

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’ EP is out 23rd May.

Buy Meridian’s music from:

May 23 2011

Depeche Mode get an Acid workout

‘Master And Servant’ is amongst my favourite Depeche Mode tracks, it’s also one that has always lent itself well to reMixes and faired slightly better in reMix output that some other DM songs.

So with the eagerly anticipated ‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ album, featuring Depeche Mode reMixes from the likes of M83, UNKLE, Trentemøller, François Kervorkian, Dan The Automator, Stargate, Eric Prydz, Karlsson & Winnberg (from Miike Snow) and Røyksopp amongst others, only a couple of week away we present this reMix, not featured on the album, from RSS who grab vocal and synth hooks from the tune and apply them to their hypnotic Acid-Techno.

♫ Depeche Mode – Master And Servant (RSS reMix)

‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ is released 6th June on MuteReprise, of extra special interest for me is the expanded editions which will include exclusive reMixes by former band members Vince Clarke and Alan Wilder.

Buy Depeche Mode’s music from:

May 23 2011

2Cage’s ‘Foot Warmer’ video

2Cage are an Italian duo who mix up a few influences, a bit of ElectroPop, a bit of ChipTune, a bit of Nu-Disco, a bit of Italo, into a n exciting Dreamwave-esq package. Sounding a little like early Danger with more of a Disco footing, these guys are defiantly one to keep an eye on if you like epic retro Electro.

Check the video for their new single, ‘Foot Warmer’.

‘Foot Warmer’ is out 20th May on Tunz Tunz Records.

Buy 2Cage’s music from:

May 23 2011

Toque’s ‘Xtro’

Coming up next on the awesome Girlfriend Records is a three track EP from Toque, a side project from HR.

With just the right combination of ElectroPop, Disco and Electro-Funk, Toque’s ‘Xtro’ is dark of content but funky of beats. Like ‘Thriller’, ‘Xtro’ is quality, retro, DancePop with a horror movie theme. The juxtaposition between the get-up-and-dance music and the dark, though I expect tounge-in-cheek, lyrics is actually pretty fun. The thing I like most about this track though, is the prefect combination of 80’s sounding SynthPop and B-boy Electro, two of my greatest loves. One the one hand you’ve got the 808 claps, orchestral hits, Moog-esq funk synths, and some dark, heavily effected, MCing, and on the other shimmering lead lines and sweet as hell vocals. Definatly looking forward to this EP.

♫ Toque – Xtro

The ‘Xtro’ EP is out next Friday on Girlfriend Records, HR is also working hard on her second EP under that moniker.

Also incoming this summer is a Girlfriend Records compilation that they say is their ‘biggest project yet’ which should feature the whole Girlfriend family and some new faces. Defiantly something to be looking forward to!

May 23 2011

Expo

Oh, this track is defiantly going to get a lot of play ‘round here!

Belgian newcomers Expo are apparently “part of a rather well-known Belgian DJ-formation.”, I’m not sure what a DJ formation actually is, maybe in Belgium they have, like, DJ cheerleader teams making pyramids and stuff. Whatever, the track is awesome. Slick summery SynthPop with enough Disco in it’s DNA to be hip and enough European SynthPop to be quite nostalgic. The prefect combination.

♫ Expo – I Don’t Mind

Expect more from Expo soon!

May 23 2011

The Vanity Clause’s new track

Southend-On-Sea’s premiere ElectroPop outfit The Vanity Clause are back with a new track this month after months in the studio, a string of successful shows in the South-East and a major line-up change (not reflected in pic).

‘The Scream’ sees The Vanity Clause showing more of their New York Disco influenced side, helped as usual in no small part by Louisa Strachan powerful, soulful voice which, in the wrong hands, could be wasted but Russell Harris skilful melding of ElectroPop styles gives the backing enough groove to sit well with the vocals without straying too far from the SynthPop path. If this track is any indication of what to expect from The Vanity Clause’s next release then we could be in for something special.

♫ The Vanity Clause – The Scream

You’ll be able to get yourself a download of ‘The Scream’ by signing up to The Vanity Clause’s newsletter.

Buy The Vanity Clause’s music from:

The Vanity Clause’s new track

May 23 2011

The Sanfernando Sound reMixes Starlings

This track kicks off like a THX test!

Manc Electro producer The Sanfernando Sound has turned his attention to Sheffield Indie-Electro hype targets Starlings for their new single, ‘Sirens’ released today. You know what I though when I first heard this track?, it sounds like a heavier Erasure. Of course the Starlings’ singer has something of an Andy Bell quality about him but the music isn’t too far from the more DiscoPop end of Erasure, sure the drums and bassline are more dancefloor oriented but it really retains a mid-80s feel. More good stuff from The Sanfernando Sound!