Apr 27 2011

Yuksek Vs. The Magician

The Magician is on a total roll recently. Killer reMix after Killer reMix. Maybe Aeroplane splitting up was a good thing after all?

Taking Yuksek’s forthcoming new single Stephen Fasano has transformed it into a bouncy, Moog heavy, Nu-Disco groover with some amazing 90’s piano and just the right amount of cowbell. Both The Magician and Vito’s new Aeroplane have done some amazing work this year and, after all, two act is better than one! We’ll also be very interested to hear the new Yuksek album, ‘Living On The Edge of Time’. We really enjoyed the last one, let’s see if he can do it again.

♫ Yuksek – On A Train (The Magician reMix)

The ‘On A Train’ EP is out 2nd May with a reMix from Gucci Vump as well.

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Apr 27 2011

Kitsuné Maison 11 ‘The Indie Dance-Issue’ Minimix

The inevitable minimix by JBAG’s Jerry Bouthier for the forthcoming ‘Kitsuné Maison 11 ‘The Indie-Dance Issue’’ has arrived.

Showcasing what to expect from the album the minimix is a window into the cream of today’s Indie-Electro artists. there are some real monster tracks on the album.

Check the track list:

01. – Let’s Go All The Way (Early Version)
02. Alexander Dexter Jones – Phantastic Phone Call”
03. Housse De Racket – Roman
04. Polarsets – Sunshine Eyes
05. Gallops – Miami Spider (Ponciau edit)
06. Cosmonaut – Say What You Want
07. Creep (Feat. Romy Madeley-Croft From The XX) – Days (Azari & III reMix)
08. Is Tropical – The Greeks
09. Peter & The Magician – Twist
10. The Touch – Sermon
11. Logo X Icona Pop – Luvsick
12. Beat Connection – Silver Screen
13. Nightbox – Pyramid
14. Guards – Resolution Of One
15. Fiction – Big Things
16. Exotica – Conte D’Eté (Afrofunk Version)

♫ Kitsuné Maison 11 ‘The Indie Dance-Issue’ Minimix By Jerry Bouthier

Kitsuné Music release Maison 11 on 16th May.

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Apr 27 2011

Toddla T’s new single

Toddla T’s new single is highly addictive. ‘Take It Back’, featuring Shola Ama and J2K, has been hammered by Annie Mac recently and kinda’ wormed it’s way into my head. It’s got smooth vocals, an infectious hook and a lush 90’s house pianos. That’s a recipe for a tune that gets in your head.

Check the video.

And give Dillon Francis’ wobble bassed reMix a spin

♫ Toddla T (Feat. Shola Ama & J2K) – Take It Back (Dillon Francis reMix)

Toddla’s new single will be ‘Cherry Picking’ featuring the amazing Róisín Murphy, give this radio rip a sampling.

♫ Toddla T (Feat. Róisín Murphy) – Cherry Picking (Radio Rip)

Toddla T’s ‘Take It Back’ is out now.

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Apr 27 2011

autoKratz’ new video with Peter Hook

This is the video for autoKratz’ new single ‘Becoming The Wraith’ which features, both on the track and in the video, the Bass talents of New Order/Monaco/Joy Division’s Peter Hook.

‘Becoming The Wraith’ is the most straight -up ElectroPop track autoKratz have dropped to date and Hooky’s playing just adds that Indie quality to the track. It’s pretty hard for anything with Hooky on not to sound a bit like New Order, but it is nice to see him slinging his bass low on ElectroPop tracks again rather than having a barny on Twitter with Indie tosspots.

‘Becoming The Wraith’ is defiantly the most accessible the autoKratz have ever been, and possible the best.

‘Becoming The Wraith’ is out soon on Studio !K7

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Apr 26 2011

Depeche Mode reMixed by Røyksopp

I’m a massive Depeche Mode fan but have always been disappointed by their reMixes, or rather their choice of reMixers. From about 1990 onward they just seemed to pick self-indulgent Techno artists who wouldn’t know a tune if it hit them in the face. But after the blisteringly good ‘Personal Jesus 2011’, especially the Alex Metric reMix, I am very excited about the forthcoming ‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ album.

Just looking at the line-up of talent is like a breath of fresh air as far as Depeche Mode reMixes are concerned. We have the likes of M83, Eric Prydz, Jacques Lu Cont, Digitalism, UNKLE, Karlsson & Winnberg (Bloodshy and Avant from Miike Snow) and this track from Røyksopp.

The Norwegian duo have chosen to rework ‘Puppets’, from 1981’s ‘Speak & Spell’ and really have made it their own. It’s got that Røyksopp, cute SynthPop, sound which seems to fit the original’s vocals more than the original track, if that’s possible. If this, alongside the Personal Jesus 2011 tracks, is the standard of reMixes on the album than we are in for a treat indeed!

♫ Depeche Mode – Puppets (Røyksopp reMix)

‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ is released 6th June on MuteReprise.

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Apr 26 2011

More new Beaumont

Blimey Beaumont’s been busy this week! This is the second fresh track this week!

I think we’re starting to see a pattern emerging in Beaumont’s more recent releases, he’s defiantly favouring a more mid-tempo, melodic groove these days. Which kinda’ makes sense, having spent the last few years cutting his teeth and honing his skills producing big dance tracks to now apply that knowledge to more epic, moving, tunes is a good call. Not that we would mind more of the pounding Beaumont tracks, but these majestic, almost soundtracky (yup, I’ve decided ‘soundtracky’ is a word), productions where the Electro sounds and techniques are brought back to a more chilled out and emotional place are pretty musically spot-on.

♫ Beaumont – Feed The Sky

It Is possible that Beaumont is working on some soundtrack in secret, or is just soundtracking his own life…

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Apr 25 2011

Watch The Electro Wars, for one week only.

One week ending 27th April that is, soz!

It’s been doing the round of limited one-off showings for the last year, now you can finally watch the whole thing.

That’s right, you can finally see the documentary The Electro Wars, it’s streaming right now over on Pitchfork until the 27th.

It’s an cool film that, for the most part, captures a time, but feels a little dated now and features a wealth of bad, or at least debatable, information, I wish much of it had been researched a bit better. Rather than a film about the evolution of electronic dance music, as the filmaker’s claim, it really is a film about how the US mainstream discovered ElectroHouse four years ago, and the documentary is centric to that point of view. Still, it’s a fun watch that provides some good nostalgia for the parties of the time.

The Electro Wars @ Pitchfork

Apr 25 2011

Oliver reMixes Penguin Prison

Oliver, the duo consisting of U-Tern & Oligee, are playing a prefect game. Not a bad release so far, making them one of the most exciting production teams of the year. Their new reMix of Penguin Prison’s ‘Fair Warning’ is jaw-droppingly good!

This track is so 80’s, Oliver have taken the Indie-Electro of Penguin Prison and tuned him into Nik Kershaw, and I mean that in the best way possible. With Olvier’s slick contemporary production this could quite easily be a modern remaster of an 80’s 12” extended version. The prefect meeting of 80’s songwriting and Dreamwave studio skills.

I love a bit of Penguin Prison, both live and recorded, so keep that in mind when I say Penguin Prison has never sounded so good!

♫ Penguin Prison – Fair Warning (Oliver reMix)

No idea of a release date for the ‘Fair Warning’ single yet, we’ll let you know when we do.

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Apr 25 2011

Mixtape: Starsmith’s ‘The Second Movement’

Starsmith – The Second Movement = An hour of sweeping ElectroPop and Nu-Disco with a slight 90’s flavour this time.

♫ Starsmith – The Second Movement Mixtape

Tracklist:

01. Starsmith – Intro.
02. Les Rythmes Digitales – Brothers
03. Clubfeet – Edge Of Extremes (Urchins reMix)
04. Simian Mobile Disco – Synthesise
05. Peter & The Magician – Twist
06. Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Robotaki rEMix)
07. Munk – Down In L.A (Shazam Vocal reMix)
08. Breakbot – Fantasy
09. Pacific! – Unspoken (Anoraak reMix)
10. Daft Punk – Too Long
11. Alex Metric & Steve Angello – Open Your Eyes (Style Of Eye Dub)
12. Blende – Egypto
13. Monarchy – I Won’t Let Go (Bag Raiders reMix)
14. Starsmith – Champion
15. Defender – Bliss

Starsmith’s début single, ‘Give Me A Break’/’Knuckleduster’ is out now:

Starsmith @ 7Digital

Starsmith @ Amazon

Apr 25 2011

The Sanfernando Sound

Jason Sieu Persad A.K.A. The Sanfernando Sound is representing for Manchester in this thing we call Electro.

You may thing already know Jason’s sound from tracks like ‘Wonky Girl’ and ‘Dominatrix’ in the last couple of years, a hard Electro-House sound with killer basslines and chainsaw leads, but, although his tunes have lost none of their balls, these days The Sanfernando Sound is an altogether smoother and groovier beast. ‘On The Catwalk’ was actually written for a fashion show and is a meeting of TSS’s funkier and harder edged sides with a strong mid-80’s Art Of Noise-esq vibe to it. ‘Disconnect U’ is a slick slick of Electro-Disco. Raw Digital funk with an 80’s Electro Soul vocal. Two tracks at the opposite ends of The Sanfernando Sound’s spectrum but proving the man is apt at both.

♫ The Sanfernando Sound – On The Catwalk

♫ The Sanfernando Sound – Disconnect U

Jason has devoted a lot of his time recently to pumping out some top quality reMixes. This reMix of Plastic Operator’s ‘Singing All The Time’ is apparently three years old but only recently got an official single release, it’s a bass heavy Electro track loaded with 8-bit noises. It does kinda’ sound three years old but it’s still banging. For a more recent sample of The Sanfernando Sound’s sound check his reMix of Anoraak’s ’Crazy Eyes’, an deep ElectroPop track with a rolling analog bass like tunder.