Dec 12 2012

[Mixtape] Walter Sobcek mix

Walter Sobcek – Walter Sobcek – Clin D’Oeil (A December Mixtape) – No sooner that Dreamwave duo Walter Sobcek return, after a few months hiatus, with brand new reMix, they drop a new mixtape too! This one’s full of synthy Disco vibes and glides along smooth winter ice.

♫ Walter Sobcek – Clin D’Oeil (A December Mixtape)

The tracklist:

01. Kavinsky – ProtoVision (Walter Sobcek Bootleg)
02. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Walter Sobcek reMix)
03. Prince – I Wanna’ Be Your Lover (Luciano Colman Tevy Cavoti reMix)
04. Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Oxford & Le Crayon reMix)
05. Cassian – On&On
06. Lifelike (Feat. A-Trak) – Don’t Stop
07. Broke One – The Empire
08. Kurd Maverick – Blue Monday (Vandalism reMix)
09. Lindstrøm – Raakost (Miaoux Miaoux Mix)
10. Amtrac – How Can She
11. Radiohead – Everything In It’s Right Place (Jeremy Hills End Of The World reMix)
12. The XX – Fiction (Synapson reMix)
12. Flight Facilities – Clair De Lune (Deptune reMix)

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Dec 11 2012

[MP3] Miss Kittin’s new single

Fresh from her stint on Kris Menace’s new single, ElectroClash legend Miss Kittin has just released a brand new single, Life Is My Teacher, in anticipation of a new double album, Calling From The Stars, coming in April next year.

Life Is My Teacher is wonderfully hypnotic mixture of Deep House, Techno, Acid and 80’s SynthPop. Imagine the beats from a dimly lit Berlin Electro club mixed with Gary Numan lead synths and an Acidic Burbling and you;re starting to get close. Add to this Miss Kittin’s sultry vocal and you’ve got yourself an involving slice of electronica that draws you in and swirls round your head until it’s done.

♫ Miss Kittin – Life Is My Teacher

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Dec 11 2012

[Video] Kavinsky’s ‘ProtoVision’ video

Yesterday, Outrun-Electro master Kavinsky dropped his first new single in ages, and the first from his forthcoming new album, ProtoVision.

Here’s the video, which sees Kavinsky himself as the Dead Cruiser, rocking through the streets of 80s LA. It;s car chases with class.

Kavinsky’s ProtoVision is out now, the album, Outrun, follows early 2013 on Record Makers.

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Dec 11 2012

[Audio] Silenx’s ‘Space Love’ reMix EP

Earlier this year Silhouette Music put out the Space Love EP from our friend SynthWaver Silenx. A collection of some of his finest tunes from around that time, the EP held four track worth of massive funky, space age Electro. Now it’s time to revisit Space Love, with a brand new reMix EP holding work from some of the top names on the scene.

Brooklyn synth heads Follow Me kick off the proceedings with a bouncy Italo version of the title track that delivers punchy beats and bass while managing to keep the Sci-Fi tone intact. Germany’s finest, Final DJs, bring a wonderful combination of soaring synths and infectious digital slap bass for their take on Far Far Away. Injecting the EP with an overdose of Disco, Final DJs work up a track that is electronically complex as it is soulful. 80s Stallone’s vintage 80s dancefloor workout version of Long Lost Love brings the core essence of SynthWave to the EP with wobbly chords and digital horns over an addictive Italo-esque groove. The EP leads off with a reMix of Stellar Kiss from Keenhouse. As you would expect, Keenhouse gets emotional and psychedelic with his synths, crafting a futuristic soundscape with a Jazzy twist and delivers the prefect EP closer. Easing the listener out of the heave retro beats with a glorious galactic voyage of swirling synthetic sounds.

♫ Silenx – Far Far Away (Final DJs reMix)

♫ Silenx – Stellar Kiss (Keenhouse reMix)

Silenx’s Space Love: The reMixes is released 17th December.

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Dec 10 2012

[Audio] Kavinsky’s ‘ProtoVision’

Here it is! After what seems like forever waiting for some new music, here’s the new single from Outrun-Electro original gangster Kavinsky. Released today, this is the first track from the dead Cruiser’s forthcoming album, cunningly titled Outrun. ProtoVision, as it turns out, was actually the track we heard a while back in this video (which has since been named accordingly). Loved it then, loving it more now.

ProtoVision is a grinding soundtrack to an 80s Sci-fi video nasty. A screaming robotic assault that references epic electronics from Jean Michel-Jarre to Brad Fiedel’s The Terminator soundtrack. Soaring synth leads and guitar wails strike dramatic moments over chainsaw synths and a tense bassline that growls at the heart of the track. In Kavinsky’s Dead Cruiser narrative this is one hell of a powerful beat, you can imagine what kind of high-stakes conflict is occurring and with the video (a still from which is above) coming very soon, maybe we’ll find out. Too often lumped in with the bog-standard distorted Electro crowd, Kavinsky is still the king of SynthWave/Outrun-Electro, and he;s back to show the imitators how it’s done.

♫ Kavinsky – ProtoVision

Kavinsky’s ProtoVision is out today, the album, Outrun, follows early 2013 on Record Makers.

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Dec 10 2012

[MP3] Kristine’s X-mas present

Here’s an early X-mas present from our favourite Greek 80s girl Kristine. It’s a cover of Vaneese Thomas’ 1987 album track Rockin’ & Lovin’ and it’s pitch perfect retro Pop. Maybe it’s just that time of year, but even though Rockin’ & Lovin’ isn’t really an X-Mas some, it still feels like it’s got a holiday vibe.

It could be the upbeat, feel-good groove, could be the nostalgic New Wave beat and digital bassline, could be Kristine’s husky voice that slips between soulful and rocks, in that was the best 80s signers always did. Whatever it is, Kristine’s cover of Rockin’ & Lovin’ just makes me think of good times with friends, and you don’t get more X-Massy than that. Just wait for the sax!

♫ Kristine – Rocking’ & Lovin’ (Vaneese Thomas Cover)

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Dec 10 2012

[Video] The Good Natured’s ‘5-HT’

Released tomorrow is The Good Natured new Indie-Rave epic, to coincide with the track dropping, the video has just premièred.

It’s an exuberant affair, fitting for the track, with a decedent edge. It’s like the evil twin of a John Lewis X-Mas advert.

The Good Natured’s 5-HT is released tomorrow with reMixes from Kat Krazy, Ghostwerk remix and Sarah’s cover of Fine Young Cannibals’ She Drives Me Crazy.

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Dec 10 2012

[Audio] Maya Jane Coles’ new EP

It’s been quite a while since we featured the work of Maya Jane Coles. We both featured She Is Danger and premiered music from Nocturnal Sunshine way back when. Indeed, back when Dubstep was still good, before Americans got hold of it and turned it into Heavy Metal. Since then we’ve been buyers of Miss Cole’s tunes but haven’t got around to writing about her for one reason or another.

Well, that’s all changed now, we’ve been dying to write about her new Easier To Hide EP for a couple of weeks now, just been waiting for the tracks to go public. And they have. So here you are. Maybe it’s just the mood we’re in right now, having just relocated back to London, but this collection of four tracks is really vibing with us right now. Deep and urban, complex yet soulful this enthralling EP, released on her new label ‘I Am Me’ is a melting pot of ideas and influences. More emphasis is placed on Maya’s vocals and signwriting, than there’s been since She Is Danger, allows her to create her typically post-Dubby deep Funky soundscapes and add an emotionally resonant topping. the EP kicks off with the title track, a shuffling Deep House track with an introspective indie vocal, a compelling combination. The hypnotic Over brings more of the same with body shaking bass and an inescapable looped riff laying the backing for Maya hushed tones. Run With The Wild provides a Funky Deep House interlude, vocally sparse and loaded with pulsating synths. The EP plays out on Back To Square one with sees Maya bringing back the big beats and sub-bass, which works amazingly well with her voice to create a kinda’ otherworldly, yet infectiously groovy, track to get lost in. If you’re not to bothered about genres, then this EP is definitely worth checking out.

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Easier To Hide

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Over

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Back To Square One

Maya Jane Cole’s Easier To Hide EP is released 7th December on Beatport.

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Dec 10 2012

[Mixtape] Pharao Black Magic’s Winter Mix

Pharao Black Magic – Winter Mix 2012 = We’ve got a whole hour here from Pharao Black Magic as their latest mixtape, designed to warm up the winter months, takes you on a journey through deep Disco and Retro House.

♫ Pharao Black Magic – Winter Mix 2012

The tracklist:

01. Jam Crew – Exotic Nations
02. Arcardis – Lost Days
03. The Other Tribe – Sing With Your Feet (Dub Mix)
04. Fenech-Soler – All I Know (Waifs & Strays Long Version)
05. Ian Pooley – Compurhythm (Dixon 4 4 Treatment)
06. OOFT! – LGB
07. CamelPhat – Right Now
08. Kolombo – Get So Hot
09. Waze & Odyssey – Love That (Burns Hot Enough)
10. Kyodai – Shakin (The Revenge Remix)
11. Benoit & Sergio – New Ships
12. The African Dream – Make A Living

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Dec 10 2012

[Audio] SaiR’s new tune

Hot on the heels of his new EP for Rosso Corsa, Portuguese Dreamwave SaiR is already filling up our ears with more of his smooth, Jazzy, retro Nu-Disco sounds. This new one, Mornings, is a musical treat that’s primed to ease you into the week.

Mornings a blissfully laid back, Moog Funk infused, Disco tune layered with so many melodies it should sound really cluttered, but in SaiR’s capable hands everything flows together perfectly. Running throughout is a lush electric piano that lends a cool Jazz swing as it breezes along a dense, Funky backing. just the right tempo to keep the energy up, but also wash you in relaxed vibes. SaiR delivers mood changes with skill too, as the just-under six minute track injects the occasional Cosmic build and growling Electro Boogie breakdown Perfect introspective Disco listening.