Scroobius Pip, of dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip fame, has got to be my favourite MC working today.
This is his new solo single, once again, insightful lyrics, witty delivery, 90% of rappers in the world should take notice. Produced by Danny Lohner. Backing vocals by Mila Jovovich & Cameron Slade. Indeed!
‘Introduction’ comes from Pip’s upcoming solo records ‘Distraction Pieces’.
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Straight out of LA’s The Morose Project collective comes Robbed By Robots with a new track called ‘Maxed Out’.
A slick summer jam, ‘Maxed Out’ combines funky Disco licks and a laid back vibe with some live sounding instrumentation. Leaning heavily on a foundation of LA Funk Robbed By Robots add their own unique twist to the sound with an abstract, almost experimental flavour in it’s cosmic synth noodling.
♫ Robbed By Robots – Maxed Out
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Follow @electronicrumorToro Y Moi’s new video, ‘How I Know’ is decidedly slapstick by Toro Y Moi standards.
Jordan Kin directed this clip which has gone a bit hipster Casper.
‘How I Know’ is the third single from ‘Underneath the Pine’.
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Rocco Raimundo – Ridin’ With Rocco Vol. 2 = Rocco’s new mix of Disco tunes, Edits and summer night time jams.
♫ Rocco Raimundo – Ridin’ With Rocco Vol. 2
The tracklist:
01. D-Pulse – Velocity Of Love (Hot Toddy Mix)
02. Toomy Disco – Outstanding
03. Late Nite Tuff Guy – Keep Forgettin’ (LNTG Rework)
04. Soho808 – Get Up Disco
05. Francis Inferno Orchestra – Me And You (Original Mix)
06. Mark E – Smiling
07. Jkriv (Feat. Adeline Michèle) – Another Night (Greg Wilson Version)
08. Gazeebo – Red Hearts
09. Ron’s Edits – Serious
10. Megadon Betamax – He Can’t Love You (Instrumental)
11. Larse – So Much Fun
12. Paul Monroe – Summer Dream (Original Mix)
13. The Kings Arms – No Good For You
14. Pete Herbert – Spaced
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Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew doing ‘The Show’ on TOTP in 1985. Still a classic! how young does Slick Rick look?
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Champagne Records, purveyors of the finest Nu-Disco jams and one of the most generous labels out there have dropped a massive 32 track compilation of storming sounds. For free!
‘Parrot Bay Vol. 1’ is full to bursting point with track after track of summertime party tunes, laidback grooves and retro epics. Just some of the contributing names include Alexandre Louvré, Marc Dangerfield, Ren Riz & Jesus H Macy, Vostok-1, Hardtopronounce & The Jesterz. amongst the highlights are Tempogeist’s ‘There’s Nothing’, a French House, Disco sampling tune with some wicked leads. Pure party starter. GonZo’s ‘Waves High’ plays with the combination of 80’s synth lines and disco riffs while Flashback’s ‘One The Sea’ is an synthetic soundtrack, Vangelis meets Moroder in the late 70’s carried along by en emotional picked lead.
♫ Tempogeist – There’s Nothing
You can download the whole release on SoundCloud.
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Brooklyn duo a&r recently dropped a new track on their SoundCloud page, and it’s a stormer.
‘Perfect Thieves’ is just the kind of top quality, emotional, ElectroPop we’ve come to expect from these two. This is big, 80’s chords, SynthPop but with an Indie sensibility and one foot squarely on the dancefloor. The vocal style and dreamy synth sounds make me think of a slightly more gangly guitar infused Monarchy with this tune,
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Yelle, easily one of the best live acts I have seen this year, is embarking on a US tour. If they are playing near you, especially if it’s quite an intimate venue, I strongly suggest a night out.
In celebration of tour embarking here’s a couple of reMixes of ‘Que Veux-Tu’ by Eumig & Chinon and Kap10Kurt. Both have been kicking about for a while now but both are seriously worth your listening minutes. E&C get sweet and soulful with their Disco Funk version of the track while the ElectroPop master Kap10Kurt works his mysterious cosmic Electro ways.
♫ Yelle – Que Veux-Tu (Eumig & Chinon Poppy reMix)
♫ Yelle – Que Veux-Tu (Kap10Kurt Dreamix)
Peep the tour dates:
11/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern
11/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
12/02 – Miami, FL @ Fillmore
12/03 – Orlando, FL @ Social/Plaza
12/04 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
12/05 – Atlanta, GA @ Loft
12/07 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
12/08 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
12/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
12/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Transit
‘Que Veux-Tu’ is taken from Yelle’s latest album ‘Safari Disco Club’.
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You remember Ellie Goulding’s ‘Starry Eyed’? You remember how awesome it was two summers ago? You remember how it has a perfectly good, fun and funky, music video? You remember how the perfectly good, fun and funky, music video also got edited into a perfectly good music video for the jaw droopingly amazing Russ Chimes reMix of the song? Well, now the single is being released in the States there is a new video for it, which I won’t be posting as it appears to be the latest in a long line of record label attempts to turn Ms. Goulding into the blandest artist ever. The previous video was kinetic, and dancey, and youthful. The new video is Ellie slow-mo in a field, full of product placement, or something. Kinda’ like ‘The Writer’ video then? Seriously, we’ll see how many top 10 hits she has after you’ve tuned her into a dreary folk artist. My advice? Stick her back with Starsmith, let Neon Gold look after her, and we’ll all have a good time. The song is about shared clubbing or festival experiences, not picnics and feeling up bark.
Aaaaaaaaaanyway…renewed interest in the, admittedly still brilliant, track means more reMixes. Daze has put together a storming Disco fuelled epic track. Sliding between different grooves Daze controls the listener before sweeping in with a massive analog solo. Synth Funk haven.
♫ Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Daze reMix)
‘Starry Eyed’ is out now.
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Sykur are a new Icelandic trio who are gearing up for a September release of their début UK single, ‘Shed Those Tears’.
There’s loads of early 80’s SynthPop in ‘Shed These Tears’, there almost a Soft Cell quality to the tune, but with a nice raw contemporary Electro production style. The trio of Halldór, Stefán and Kristján already are well respected on the Reykjavik Electro scene, and the respect is well deserved, their music portrays a skill, maturity and tradition well beyond their years. The single will be backed with reMixes from the crazy FM Belfast, who cut and splice the track to give it a slightly more dancefloor vibe and DJ Kris Di Angelis who takes the track straight into Deep House territory as he gets proggy with it.
♫ Sykur – Shed Those Tears
♫ Sykur – Shed Those Tears (FM Belfast reMix)
♫ Sykur – Shed Those Tears (Kris Di Angelis ‘Circus’ reMix)
‘Shed Those Tears’ is released 12th September.
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