I love this song so much words cannot express, the synth riff in it is just so catchy it’s not even funny. The Rock Steady Crew’s 1983 hit ‘Hey You (The Rock Steady Crew)’ followed Malcom McLaren’s ‘Buffalo girls’ in being one of the first tracks that introduced Hip Hop to the UK.
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Blue Satellite’s new EP dropped yesterday, and it’s a pretty awesome cosmic journey through electronic funk and Disco.
Philip Schwan, A.K.A. Blue Satellite, has given us two perfectly crafted tracks of Space-funk with a Dreamwave edge. ‘Aurora Pt. I’ layers a killer Funk bass with shimmering retro synths and a melody that is pure 70’s Japanese Sci-Fi anime star-travel sequence, topped of with a soaring Disco solo toward the end. The whole thing works amazingly together. It’s both got a serious groove and is a beautiful composition. ‘Aurora Pt. II’ is more of a Dreamwave affair reminiscing of the good old Valerie stuff but keeping Blue Satellite’s talent for basslines in the mix.
The EP is filled out with some top quality reMixes. Take a listen to Japanese DJ Taku-Hero A.K.A.Kill The Hero and electronic rumors favourite Show Your Shoe’s versions.
♫ Blue Satellite – Aurora Pt. I
♫ Blue Satellite – Aurora Pt. I (Kill The Hero reMix)
♫ Blue Satellite – Aurora Pt. II (Vocal Mix)
♫ Blue Satellite – Aurora Pt. II (Show Your Shoe Mix)
‘Blue Satellite’s ‘Aurora’ EP is out now.
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Here is the video for Risk Risk’s ‘Streetwalk’.
It’s subtly 80’s, right down to film style and video glitches. Remember when zooming in and out quickly was considered impressive?
Lasers and smoke, man, lasers and smoke!
Risk Risk’s ‘This Is 1983’ is out now on Astro-Chicken.
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Heartsrevolution – Are We Having Fun Yet? Mixtape = Complete insanity! Can’t wait for the album!
♫ Heartsrevolution – Are We Having Fun Yet? Mixtape
The tracklist:
01. Situation Critical (Marilyn Manson – Beautiful People)
02. Heart Vs. Machine (Heartsrevolution – Ride Or Die)
03. White Magic (Future Of Oddities) (Shangri-Las – Out In The Streets/Hayley Mills – Let’s Get Together/Jay-Z – 99 Problems)
04. Life Will Tear us Apart (Joy Division – Love Will Tear us Apart)
05. ID (Investigation Discovery) (John Frusciantea – Fall Thru The Ground/Pink Floyd – Money)
06. Supreme (Interlude) (The Supremes – My World Is Empty Without You/Some John Frusciante Song)
07. Let Freedom Ring For The RX Generation (Love – 7 And 7 Is/Some Drumfill From A Jean Jaques Perry Song)
08. Kill Joy (Screeching Weasel – My Brain Hurts (Lyrics))
09. Cannabliss Into Oz – (Serge Gainsbourg – Cannabis)
10. 6am Rave Song – (A Flock Of Seagull – Space Age Love Song)
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LA’s ElectroPop duo Capital Cities have dropped this awesome slice of summery good vibes.
These beard enthusiasts have their début EP coming out this months and if ‘Safe And Sound’ is anything to go by this good times from here on in. It three minutes of ElectroPop wonder that’s so feel good that the addition of perky trumpets seems a bit redundant, but welcome nonetheless.
♫ Capital Cities – Safe And Sound
‘Safe And Sound’ is taken from their their self-titled début EP, due out on June 18th.
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Paris duo Teenage Bad Girl’s combination of ElectroPop and abrasive Electro has always has a Rocky edge to it, but their new album boarders on straight-up ElectroRock at times.
There’s heavy use of Rock samples throughout, but that only adds to the melodic chaos that is ‘Backwash’. Powerful distorted analog synths run all the way through the album but aside from that it’s a record that flips from one style to another, regularly, and with relative ease. There’s the big ElectroRock we’ve already heard in the album’s first single ‘Keep Up With You’ and the vocoder and guitar mash-up of ‘The Wave’ which rubs up against some beautiful synthetic Electro tracks like ‘Hold Me Tight’ and ‘Fast Blood Delivery’, a pure 90’s rave tune in ‘Fright Night’ and the Chicago House of ‘Tonton Funk’. If you’re into upfront electronic dance music then there will be something for you to love in this album.
Personally I favour the more synthesizer based tracks on ‘Backwash’, check out my two favourites and revisit the single, ‘Keep Up With You’. The whole album can be streamed here.
♫ Teenage Bad Girl – Keep Up With You
♫ Teenage Bad Girl – Fast Blood Delivery
♫ Teenage Bad Girl – Hold Me Tight
‘Backwash’ is out now.
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I was turned onto this Gigamesh edit of Disco troupe The Popular People’s Front’s ‘Part Over Here’ after Ride The Universe’s appearance on Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’ show.
The addition of an Electro beat and a nice running arpeggio really adds to the track and highlights that awesome Funk bass. This track becomes the ultimate expression of Cosmic Disco, perfect for partying in the sunshine (when it gets here!). Gigamesh’s EP won’t be here until August apparently, so it’s a good job he’s turning out edits like this one to keep us going until then!
♫ The Popular People’s Front – Party Over Here (Gigamesh Rework)
‘Party Over Here’ is taken from The Popular People’s Front’s ‘Limited Series 03’ EP.
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One of the unsung heroes of the Melbourne Nu-Disco scene Ren Riz’s latest track came as a total surprise. but a very welcome one.
Teaming up with awesome electronic Pop duo Van Go Lion, Ren drops ‘Faces’, an total high energy Disco influenced ElectroPop track. The big vocals of Van Go Lion’s Amy in combination with Ren’s digital slap bass and big 80’s chords make a whole that is greater than the sum of it’s parts. A total Nu-Electro-Disco-Pop workout that should have you heading straight for the dancefloor.
♫ Ren Riz (Feat. Van Go Lion) – Faces
While you’re here check out Ren’s other new track, the analog chipmunk Disco of ‘Secret Garden’:
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Legendary producer Martin Rushent passed away at the weekend aged 63. Marin was responsible for not only shaping the sound of SynthPop and ElectroPop but, with the The League Unlimited Orchestra’s ‘Love And Dancing’ was a pioneer of the reMix world. He also produced the greatest album of all time, The Human League’s ‘Dare’, in 1981. Here is ‘Love Action (I Believe In Love)’. The world is slightly worse off today.
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Finally! Overthrill is back in the game!
Oh how we’ve missed his massive cut-up chainsaw disco. His new track ‘Perfect Match’ he goes straight for the Electro jugular with more broken Disco than even the most steadfast Ed Banger fan could handle. It’s four minutes of killer bass and Disco samples fed through a blender and the funkiest thing I’ve heard this week so far!
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