Jun 24 2011

Soft Metals’ new album

The first time I heard Portland duo Soft Metals I was instantly enamoured with their blend of Minimal Synth and 90’s House and Techno. Next month they finally release their début, self titled, LP.

Their highly acclaimed EP, ‘The Cold World Melts’ was a five track synth music lovers dream. Analog machine music tempered with soaring melodies and haunting vocals, and surprisingly funky too. The forthcoming album promises a full ten tracks of the same. Check out ‘Psychic Driving’ the sweet electronic ballad the record opens with.

♫ Soft Metals – Psychic Driving

Soft Metal’s début album is released 19th July on Captured Tracks.

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Jun 24 2011

Water Lilly

I’ll confess I’m new to Swiss producer Water Lilly, who has had a long and full career releasing over twenty EPs since ‘99 on labels such as Gigolo and Lasergun. Somehow she has flown under my radar, but these two tracks have really caught my attention.

This is electronic dance music at it’s purest, the funkier successor to Kraftwerk. Taken from her new album, ‘Gosshammer’, these tunes mix up Techno, Electro, ElectroPop and a little Disco groove in a package that owes much to the simple melodies of Kraftwek, 80’s SynthPop and 90’s Techno. I defy anyone who digs synthesizer music not to find something to love within these songs. Whether the melodic 80’s Techno Funk of ‘Lovebeat’ or the harder EBM-esque ‘Arpenter’, these two offerings are masterpieces, meticulously crafted by someone with a genuine love of synthesizers. That’s the way to our heart!

♫ Water Lilly – Lovebeat

♫ Water Lilly – Arpenter

Water Lilly’s ‘Gosshammer’ is out now on Mental Groove Records

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Jun 24 2011

Goin’ Old School: Bomb The Bass – Don’t Make Me Wait

In 1988 Bomb The Bass released ‘Into The Dragon’ one of the all time seminal dance music albums, alongside ‘Beat ‘Dis’, the big hit from the record, the second single was the amazing ‘Don’t Make Me Wait’ featuring Lorraine McIntosh on vocals. A track that I will never get enough of. Here they are preforming it on Top Of The Pops. I’ll always have a soft spot for girls in hi-tops and oversized Troop jackets.

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Jun 24 2011

Mustang’s June ‘11 Mixtape

Mustang – June ‘11 Mixtape = Mustang kick it into high gear with their choice cuts for this month with some deep Disco and House grooves.

♫ Mustang – June ‘11 Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Voodoo Bear reMix)
02. Trickski – Can’t Get Through
03. Dance Disorder – Metallic Italic (Jeremy Glenn reMix)
04. Andrea Esu – E.S.U. Track
05. Matias Aguayo – Dance Machine
06. Tensnake – Something About You
06. Mustang – Shooting Love (Club Mix)
07. The 2 Bears – Bear Hug
08. My Favorite Robot &The Model – Still In My Heart (Ivan Smagghe reMix)
09. Benoit & Sergio – Principles
10. Alla Farmer – Deep Sweet Kiss (Original Mix)
11. Jamie X & Gil Scott-Heron – I’ll Take Care Of You (Special DJ Version)

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Jun 24 2011

Viceroy reMixes Breakbot

Breakbot and Ruckazoid’s ‘Fantasy’ is tearing it up right now, bringing it’s sweet Disco to the masses.

Enter Viceroy, to give it a cut-up disco workout. Viceroy has been dropping some choice tunes of late and this reMix continues his tradition of soulful summer grooves and the prefect start to yuo weekend. Get down!

♫ Breakbot (Feat. Rukazoid) – Fantasy (Viceroy’s Summer Mix)

‘Fantasy’ is out late June on Ed Banger/Because Music with further reMixes from Arthur Baker and and Ruckazoid.

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Jun 24 2011

Slaughterbrains’ Summer Mix

Slaughterbrains – Summer Mix For Horse And Groom = Slaughterbrains treats us to forty awesome minutes of Disco infused ElectroPop and electronic masterworks.

♫ Slaughterbrains – Summer Mix For Horse And Groom

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Jun 24 2011

Bottin, Francisco & Rodion

Bottin, Francisco & Rodion have all teamed up for this raucous , raw single.

Live and in your face, check the video.

And check out the radio edit of the tune, it’s a robo-boogie guitar invasion.

♫ Bottin, Francisco & Rodion – (BFR) Space (Radio Edit)

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Jun 23 2011

Short Circuit reMixed by Sam Padrul

We’ve already dropped the Fabian reMix of Short Circuit’s awesome ‘How We Speak’, now check out this funktastic version from Sam Padrul.

The Chicagoan producer lays on the Fuck thick on his reMix. He already had the sweet vocoder Disco of the original to work with and has taken that and run with it. The retro chords and digital slap bass are almost too much to bear playing off each other to bring whole new levels of smooth to ‘How We Speak’.

♫ Short Circuit – How We Speak (Sam Padrul reMix)

‘How We Speak’ is taken from Short Circuit’s ‘Late Night Drive’ EP, out now on Binary Entertainment.

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Jun 23 2011

Bag Raiders’ ‘Not Over’ video

Bag Raiders will be supporting Miss Ellie Goulding on her upcoming US tour, which should be an amazing night if you can make it.

They’ve just premiered the Rhett Wade-Ferrell directed video for their third single from their self-titled album, ‘Not Over’.

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Jun 23 2011

Final DJs reMix Clubganger

Germany’s Final DJs make their first official release as they work their synthesizer love over the new single from Clubganger.

Their reMix of ‘Can’t Put It Into Words’ is a sweeping track the wraps you up in it’s retro warmth. Lush sounds load up here as Final DJs continue to prove their mastery of all things Dreamwave and even managing to drop a cowbell or two in there.