Jun 19 2011

Kid Kasio’s new video

UK SynthPop wizard Kid Kasio is back with a brand new tune and video.

Shot on location in New Orleans at their 6 Flags theme park ,which was destroyed by hurricane Katrina in 2005, Nathan Cooper once again proves that with talent and vision you really can do it yourself, without a major labels budget, and produce indistinguishable results.

His latest tune, ‘Over And Over’, perfectly captures that meeting of melancholy and hopefulness that was only really done well in the 80’s with reflective and nostalgic subject matter set against uplifting melodies. The video was directed by Dominic Cooper with photography direction from Ben Todd and Rufus Sewell (yes, that Rufus Sewell).

Kid Kasio is now equipped with a shiny new keyboard rig and ready to take his sound live!

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Jun 19 2011

Mix Chopin’s new EP

Mix Chopin is dropping a new release on Shiny Disco Club tomorrow, it’s prefect Sunday Disco fodder!

The ‘Love Story’ EP contains three tracks of densely layered Nu-Disco, the lead track ‘Bonne Nuit’ is a Moog funk infused slice of DiscoHouse that the Torontonian producer lays out over four and a half minutes of feel good electronic groove. Robotaki and Hana Yori Kichou Na are amongst the contributors of reMixes to the EP. Robotaki takes things down a more electronic Disco route combining bringing a little Filer flavour to proceedings leaving HYKN to slam it right back to the Disco and chop things up.

♫ Mix Chopin – Bonne Nuit

♫ Mix Chopin – Bonne Nuit (Robotaki reMix)

♫ Mix Chopin – Bonne Nuit (Hana Yori Kichou Na reMix)

The ‘Love Story’ EP is released tomorrow.

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Jun 19 2011

Chad Valley reMixed by Dreamtrak

Dreamtrak’s reMix of ‘Now that I’m Real (How Does It Feel?)’, the lead track from Chad Valley’s ‘Equatorial Ultravox’ EP is a piece of pure electronic euphoria.

ElectroPop heaven is what’s on offer here, making the Chillwave riffs of the original into 80’s-esque gold. Keeping the space and depth of the original’s vocals but reigning the track to make it more dancefloor friendly Dreamtrak delivers a sunrise tune that will make you love the world.

♫ Chad Valley – Now that I’m Real (How Does It Feel?) (Dreamtrak Diamond Sound) (Mix V2)

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Jun 19 2011

Goin’ Old School: Alphaville – Big In Japan

Here’s your slice of nostalgia for Sunday. From 1984 we have Germany’s Alphaville with Big In Japan. It’s an absolutely amazing song. Banner flags and smoke were so big in the mid 80’s!

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Jun 17 2011

Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’; this week with added Rex The Dog

Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 17/06/2011 = Rex The Dog invades the FOT studio this week for a chat about the past, present and future of all things Rex and about his new London clubnight Breed alongside Fear Of Tigers playing some massive slices of ElectroPop, Nu-Disco, Dreamwave and big room tunes.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 17/06/2011

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Jun 17 2011

Ren Riz reMixes Sunday Girl’s version of ‘Self Control’

I kinda’ prefer the original version of ‘Self Control’ over Sunday Girl’s, but when Aussie producer Ren Riz gets his hands on it things change.

Suddenly we get pulsing 80’s synth bass with a touch of slap and lush House piano. I never though Sunday Girl really captured the electronic mysteriousness of the original track but Ren decided to go in totally the opposite direction with an almost Italo party workout. Apparently Ren was asked for the reMix twelve months ago. Worth the wait I reckon.

♫ Sunday Girl – Self Control (Ren Riz reMix)

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Jun 17 2011

Benoit & Sergio; ‘Principles’/’Everybody’

Out next week on DFA is Benoit & Sergio’s follow up to ‘Let Me Count The Ways’, the ‘Principles’/’Everybody’ double A-side.

Both tracks are body moving, heavy based, New Your Disco at it’s finest. The flip side, ‘Everybody’ boarders on Tropical with it’s woody riffs, but it’s that hypnotic bass groove that will have you hooked. Beautiful in it’s simplicity, you’ll be hearing this track in dark, rammed, clubs all summer.

♫ Benoit & Sergio – Everybody

‘Principles’/’Everybody’ is out 20th June.

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Jun 17 2011

Austra featured on Vice’s Noisey

Canadian ElectroPop trio Austra are featured on Noisey, the new music discovery site from Vice. You can check out loads of pretty cool live footage from their recent Toronto show with interviews and comment.

Here’s the M Bash directed video for their recent single ‘Loose It’ for a taster.

Right now you can meet Austra on Noisey

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Jun 17 2011

Goin’ Old School: Heaven 17 – Penthouse And Pavement

It’s 1981, The Human League seem to have split up, your world is in tatters, then this happens. Heaven 17 put a little funk in your synth life with ‘Penthouse And Pavement’.

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Jun 17 2011

Gildas’ Kitsuné Club Night Mix

Gildas – Kitsuné Club Night Mix – Kitsuné head honcho Gildas mixes up a storm of Indie-Electro, ElectroPop and Electro-House. Due out on 20th June on Kitsuné Music

♫ Gildas – Kitsuné Club Night Mix

The tracklist:

01. Polarsets – Sunshine Eyes (Jensen Sportag reMix)
02. Is Tropical – The Greeks (Moonlight Matters reMix)
03. Peter & The Magician – Twist
04. Poolside – Do You Believe? (Jacques Renault reMix)
05. Shindu – Happy House
06. Jupiter – Saké (Black Joy reMix)
07. Creep – Days (Azari & III reMix)
08. Logo X Icona Pop – Luvsick
09. Hey Today – Minor (Para One reMix)
10. In Flagranti – Interdisciplinary (Jerry Bouthier edit)
11. Database – Vice II
12. Housse de Racket – Roman (Briefs reMix)
13. Cosmonaut – Say What You Want
14. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (Mitzi reMix)
15. Nightbox – Pyramid

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