Jan 16 2011

Sferro’s début EP

Sferro is the solo project of Eric Sferro, head honcho at Girlfriend Records, and he’s just let loose his début EP, for free.

The EP, ‘New Output’ contains 4 tracks of sweeping, 80’s soundtrack inspired, electronic epics. Leaning more toward the Valerie end of the Dreamwave spectrum, Sferro’s music is intricate and absorbing, as if written as a soundtrack to your like, personally. Analog synth lines ascend, fall and intertwine over Old School Electro beats to create something pretty special that never fails to keep your musical interest.

♫ Sferro – New Output

♫ Sferro – Reverie

‘New Output’ is another fine free release from Girlfriend Records.

Sferro @ Girlfriend Records

Jan 16 2011

Beastrack reMixes Captain Funk

French Disco-House producer of the moment Bestrack dropped a new reMix this week. Japanese reMix king Captain Funk’s ‘Peice Of You’ gets a massive French Touch going over at Bestrack’s multi-instrumentalist hands.

With big riffs, big beats and big funk this reMix is a proper Filter-House/ElectroPop head-on collision. It may be Sunday evening but this is powerful, uplifting stuff that will make you feel like the weekend’ll go on forever.

♫ Captain Funk – Piece Of You (Bestrack reMix)

‘Peice Of You’ is out soon

Captain Funk @ Beatport

Captain Funk @ Juno

Captain Funk @ 7Digital

Captain Funk @ Amazon

Jan 16 2011

Polygon Palace’s ‘We Have A Visual’

Last month we dropped Human Life’s amazing reMix of Noisy ElectroPop duo Polygon Palace’s latest single ‘We Have A Visual’, now we can present the original version of the track and a reMix by the underrated Popskarr.

‘We Have A visual’ is a slice of organised Indie-Electro chaos, if you’re only used to the Human Life reMix you’ll be surprised at how gritty it is. That rawness is part of it’s charm though. Of the two promo photos that Polygon Palace sent us I chose to use this live shot ‘cos that how the music sounds, live and exiting. i wouldn’t go so far as to say punky, but their brand of ElectroPop has a bit more balls than your usual clean, superproduced, tunes. Popskarr (who produced an excellent reMix for Short Circuit’s Let Go’) turns in a deep DiscoPop track with a hypnotic bassline countered with some of the sparkliest of sparkling sytnhs and somehow manages to tame the beast that is Polygon Palace.

♫ Polygon Palace – We Have A Visual

♫ Polygon Palace – We Have A Visual (Popskarr reMix)

Polygon Palace’s ‘We Have A visual’ is out now on Forum5.

Polygon Palace @ Beatport

Polygon Palace @ Juno

Polygon Palace @ Amazon

Jan 14 2011

Ride The Universe take RüFüS to smooth new places

OK, so what do you get when you cross the organic, chilled Indie-SynthPop of RüFüS (who we introduced you to a couple of days ago) and the slick sounds of Dreamwave/Nu-Disco supergroup (Yes, I said “supergroup”! Live with it) Ride The Universe?

A rad slice of brain-meltingly smooth Disco, that’s what!

Ride The Universe is, of course, a collaboration between talented German producer digitalfoxglove and LA party starters Fiero, and what they have dropped here is the kind of tune that makes babies. Seriously, the DJ drops this tune, you grab a hot girl (or guy), and you aren’t going home alone! The bassline alone, with a killer well placed slide is enough to get you moving…

♫ RüFüS – We Left (Ride The Universe reMix)

Cannot wait for more of RTU’s cosmic goodness.

RüFüS’s self-titled début EP is out now on their own label, Monekeleon, and later in the year we’ll see On The Fruit Records release ‘We Left’ with reMixes from SymbolOne, Go Go Bizkitt!, Broke One, Beaumont, Springflower, Monsieur Adi as well as Ride the Universe!

RüFüS @ Amazon

RüFüS @ Bandcamp

Jan 14 2011

Oliver

A month or so ago I completely missed out on posting a couple of tracks by Oliver, they just slipped though the net and I never got round to it. Which is a pity as they were on my mp3 player pretty heavily. This week they dropped a couple of new reMixes, that allows me the opportunity to make up for it.

The two Olivers in Oliver are Vaughn Oliver (U-Tern) and Oliver Goldstein (Oligee), awesome producers and reMixers in their own rights, who have teamed up to drop some funky Nu-Disco on the masses. Their first new tracks, ‘All Night’ and ‘Walk With Me’ , boast the most powerful of power 80’s synth chords atop some slammin’ Disco grooves. ‘All Night’, particularly, is like Filter House and Dreamwave wrestling naked in jelly while ‘Walk With Me’ is slightly more cinematic, in the sense that you can’t listen to it without imagining a bunch of kids dancing in the street in legwarmers.

♫ Oliver – All Night

♫ Oliver – Walk With Me

This week Oliver let loose two reMixes. The first, of Dance-Pop act Black Cards’ new single ‘Dominoes’ is pure Robo-Disco, as if Kraftwerk made Nu-Disco while playing Nintendo and their truly epic reMix of Chromeo’s forthcoming ‘Hot Mess’ single, which is spine-tinglingly good and has a power riff that has to be heard to be believed.

♫ Black Cards – Dominoes (Oliver reMix)

♫ Chromeo – Hot Mess (Oliver reMix)

You should head on over to Oliver’s Facebook page right now and show them some love by hitting the ‘Like’ button!

Oliver @ Facebook

Jan 13 2011

Cut Copy Vs. Azari & III

Hello, still on the fence about the new Cut Copy album, I hope it will be good, I suppose I’ll have to wait and see.

We’re always up for hearing a new Azari & III track, though. With this reMix of Cut Copy;s lead single from their forthcoming album, ‘Take Me Over’, they go deep deep down with hypnotic, pulsating bass and filtered stabs until the Acid warbling emerges from the mix. The track then takes on an proper Acid House feel, even the backing vocals are pure 1989!

♫ Cut Copy – Take Me Over (Azari & III reMix)

Cut Copy’s new album is due out soon

Jan 13 2011

Mums Of Death’s 16-bit RPG

You’ve probably already heard the awesomely named Mums Of Death’s début EP, ‘Golden Axe’ by now. This collaboration between Drums Of Death and Mumdance have dropped an EP of top quality ChipTune Electro along with this awesome 16-bit RPG inspired video.

Now Vice magazine need your help to answer one of life’s biggest questions!

Drugs, Music or Computer Games?

Answers on a postcard to here.

The Golden Axe EP is out not on Greco-Roman.

Mums Of Death @ Beatport

Mums Of Death @ Juno

Mums Of Death @ 7Digital

Mums Of Death @ Amazon

[Via Vice Magazine]

Jan 13 2011

Holy Ghost! do it again

NTC Indie-DiscoPop guys Holy Ghost! have announced the release date for their début album, titled ‘Holy Ghost!’. It’s due to drop 5th April on DFA.

To celebrate the announcement they are giving away the lead single, ‘Do It Again’. Quintessentially modern New York Disco, it’s got that garage analog Disco sound coupled with hardcore Pop sensibilities. The hook in this track alone is gonna’ make it blow up when released! Expect to hear a lot more of this tune.

♫ Holy Ghost! – Do It Again

Holy Ghosts! self-titled album will be out 5th April.

Holy Ghost! @ Beatport

Holy Ghost! @ Juno

Holy Ghost! @ 7Digital

Holy Ghost! @ Amazon

Jan 13 2011

Dirty Vegas’s new single (+ Cassette Club reMix!)

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Dirty Vegas, sure they can be a bit hit and miss but they were doing the whole House meets ElectroPop thing back when most of the modern proponents of the style were waving glowsticks around.

Their new single ‘Electric Love’ is defiantly a Dirty Vegas hit. It’s dirty and gritty and has got a groove from hell. It show’s Dirty Vegas haven’t been sitting on their hands when it comes to sounding fresh. Incorporating hint of Disco and Electro into their sound has done wonders to rejuvenate their sound, they’re back and sounding better than ever! They’ve also picked the amazing Cassette Club to reMix the single. The London ElectroPop duo turn in a typically brilliant track that is probably the standout of the reMix package. With a little of their Nu-Disco sound ‘Electric Love’ is elevated into a killer, must have, tune.

♫ Dirty Vegas – Electric Love (Cassette Club reMix)

♫ Dirty Vegas – Electric Love

‘Electric Love drops 26th April on OM Records.

Dirty Vegas @ Beatport

Dirty Vegas @ Juno

Dirty Vegas @ 7Digital

Dirty Vegas @ Amazon

Jan 12 2011

RüFüS present their début EP

RüFüS are a three-piece outfit from Syndey who mix live percussion with deep Disco electronics with almost dreamlike results.

The trio have just released their début EP, titled ‘RüFüS’, and what you’ll find amongst the six tracks is an organic, evolving, take on Electro and DiscoPop. Vocally comparable to Fenech-Soler, the music is much deeper and analog sounding. In addition to the organic feel of the music there is a layer of sampled recordings the trio took from the forest and the beach used in ambient and percussive ways that just adds to the elemental feel of the songs. Don’t get me wrong, this is top quality ElectroPop, a must listen for any fan of synth music, but there is something much more, well…human, about the music than your average dance track. It’s as if the music was grown rather than written. Still going to tear up your local Indie-Electro dancefloor in 2011 though!

For three guys with synths, this is probably the least ‘machine music’ ever made!