Jul 11 2013

[Mixtape] The Penelopes’ July chart

The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts July 2013 = An ecclectic collection on The Penelopes charts this month. A slick fifty minutes that drags you from R&B to Disco to House, all with a Poppy twist. Sunshine vibes!

♫ The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts July 2013

The tracklist:
01. Marilyn Monroe
02. Disclosure – You & Me (Flume reMix)
03. Mayer Hawthorne – Her Favorite Song (Oliver reMix)
04. Poolside – If We Make It
05. Clubfeet – Cape Town (Panama remix)
06. Tom Tom Club – You Make Me Rock And Roll (The Penelopes reMix)
07. Fleetwood Mac – Family Man (Flight Facilities Edit)
08. The Swiss – Connect
09. Back Back Forward Punch – Don ‘t Stop Now (The Penelopes reMix)
10. Night Drive – Drones (Bit Funk reMix)
11. Little Boots – Motorway (LBD Edit)
12. Lorde – Love Club (L D R U reMix)
13. Oxford – You And Me

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Jul 11 2013

[MP3] Hot Hot Hawk & Julia Marks’ ‘Let’s Do It’

Russian Synthwaver Hot Hot Hawk comes storming back after his Space Traveller single with a storming summer ElectroPop smash. Featruing the vocals of Julia Marks, the track, Let’s Do It, is a huge slice of sunshine nostalgia.

It’s another pulsation retro Italo tune from Hot Hot Hawk, with a distinct Pop twist. Marks’ vocals perfectly capture an optimistic 80s style that really soars over our Russian friends thick production. It’s a track with everything you want from retro Pop, an Electronic Soul groove, driving Italo synths and bright, shining, leads, wrapped up in an ultimately, incredibly catchy song. The Future of SynthWave.

♫ Hot Hot Hawk (Feat. Julia Marks) – Let’s Do It

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Jul 10 2013

[MP3] Fear Of Tigers’ ‘Dream Of Love’

There’s definitely something going on at Fear Of Tigers HQ. We know the man has been busy producing certain new Girl Bands, but there just far too many new FoT tracks making an appearance to be coincidental. With his second album (possibly still called Hypnerotomachia Poliphiliout) almost complete we’re guessing the lead up to it’s release starts here.

Right here with Dream Of Love a new free track (limited to 1,000 downloads, so get in quick). And what a track, this is the kind of Fear Of Tigers that gets us really excited. Those big 80s beats, that dancefloor sensibility, these are the traits of a guy who knows his way around Pop as much as laser-soaked big rooms. Dream Of Love is an emotive, uplifting slice of synthesizer love that’s seeped in euphoria and nostalgia, and just in time for summer. Let these layers of lush synths, soaring solos and popping basslines see you through the sunshine.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – Dream Of Love

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Jul 10 2013

[MP3] Holy Ghost!’s ‘Teenagers In Heat’

Frankly, the best Indie-DiscoPop band on the planet is New York’s Holy Ghost!. We say ‘Indie-DiscoPop’ as the duo perfectly balances the New York, DFA, Disco sound and an Indie tinged ElectroPop style to create something that is, at the same time, raw, funky and Poppy. We can’t think of anyone else doing the same, so well, right now. Hot on the heels of May eight minute epic, Dumb Disco Ideas, comes Teenagers In Heat.

Clocking in at a more Pop friendly 3m57s, Teenagers In Heat is a joyous and campy dramatic, analog ElectroPop beast that was produced by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. A raucous and energetic symphony of buzzing synths, shuffling beats and a deliciously 80s post-punk vocal that has us itching to hear the duo’s second album, Dynamics, due out in September.

♫ Holy Ghost! – Teenagers In Heat

Holy Ghost!’s Dynamics is released 10th September on DFA

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Jul 10 2013

[Audio] AlunaGeorge’s Bad Idea’

As London R&B ElectroPoppers AlunaGeorge race toward the release of their début album, Body Talk, we’re getting more and more eager for the record to drop, whist the weather is still good. In the meantime here’s Bad Idea, the B-side to the forthcoming re-release of the You Know You Like It single, to keep us going. Expect more future Soul and 90s flavoured introspective smoothness.

Bad Idea. It just sums up everything that makes AlunaGeorge such a special outfit. With a sound all of their own, like a dying robot, something spikey and electronic yet full of soul, they have taken the music world by storm in the past two years. George’s knack of mixing an experimental approach to electronic music with a keen knack for Pop arrangement and Aluna’s uniquely sweet voice and amusingly dark lyrics have not only made them stand out in a sea of music, but delivered something that is completely different from anything else out there. Bad Life is the proof, AlunaGeorge’s album is going to take 2013 by storm.

♫ AlunaGeorge – Bad Idea

AlunaGeorge’s Body Work album is out 29th July.

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Jul 10 2013

[Video] Goin’ Old School: Information Society, D-Mob (Feat. Gary Haisman) & Five Star

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

A mixed bag today kicking off with post-EBM SynthPoppers Information Society and their 1988 hit Walking Away.

The song that alerted the UK press to the existence of Acid House, D-Mob & Gary Haisman We Call It Acieed, from 1988.

And some smooth ElectroPop Soul from Five Star‘s 1986 hit, Can’t Wait Another Minute.

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Jul 10 2013

[MP3] Para One’s ‘You Too’

Here’s the latest offering from ace French producer Para One. Ever since the ‘live edit’ of his track You, taken from his Passion album, made it’s Radio 1 début fans have been eager to get their hands on the track. Now the man is presenting You Too, the edit in all it’s glory.

This one is much more clubby than the original, working in all manner of classic tracks and a massive piano hook Para One goes full-on summer. Laid back Disco grooves rubs shoulders with 90s House riffs and playful vocals sampling to create a special party soundtrack. With a subtly big room vibe in amongst the breezy sunshine House, this edit will inject a healthy dose of carefree euphoria into any set. Which is, we guess, what it was made for. Job well done Para One! Download this one now for free.

♫ Para One – You Too

Para One’s Passion is out now.

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Jul 9 2013

[MP3] Douze reMixes V V Brown

Here’s a new slice of synthesizer richness from Parisian producer Douze. When Douze last graced these pages he was releasing his Eternity’s Call Back EP on Discotexas and since has drops tracks on Work It Baby, Animal Language and Compuphonic (alongside frequent collaborator Kris Menace). Today, though, we are presenting the première of Douze’s lush reworking of the forthcoming new single from London based Indie-Pop singer-songwriter and hype magnet V V Brown, Samson.

V V Browns original in a majestic and undulating five minutes of tribal tension, and while Douze retains much of the track’s drama he, thankfully, breaks the dread and injects the track with a healthy dose of French Disco. With a vintage sheen, Douze mashes together squelchy basslines and starlight melodies, that after a moody intro, completely reform the track. V V’s biblical lament is transformed into a slinky croon by the power of a funky bassline and the whole song take on a newfound swagger. This is Douze at the top of the Disco game once more.

♫ V V Brown – Samson (Douze reMix)

VV Brown’s Samson is released 14th July on YOY Records.

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Jul 9 2013

[Video] Body Language’s ‘Well Absolutely’

Here’s the video for Brooklyn Indie-DiscoPoppers Body Language new single, out this week, Well Absolutely. A slick and catchy-as-hell tune with a Disco groove and an Indie cool.

The clip’s nice and psychedelic, all lava lamps and ink drops, which fits the tunes carefree mood perfectly.

Body Language’s Well Absolutely is out today.

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Jul 9 2013

[MP3] Reflex’s ‘Together’ reMixes (with Punks Jump Up, Oxford and Tempogeist)

Our favourite French duo (which is quite a sweeping statement, ‘cos, y’know, Daft Punk) Reflex are back, mere weeks after the release of their new single, Together, with a swanky reMix collection to fill your ears with. Together is currently out on Jerry Bouthier’s Continental Records with the reMix collection coming next week. The line up for the package includes the like of Colour Vision and Tronik Youth, alongside Punks Jump Up, Oxford and Tempogeist.

Punks Jump Up’s take on the track is full-on jackin’ House. This one’s all thumping 909 beats, thick basslines and an utterly compelling piano hook. Ripe to get the dancefloor whipped into a frenzy in some dark, strobe lit, club, Punks Jump Up’s reMix is just a pure House juggernaut. Oxford, on the other hand, turns-in a typically smooth Disco reMix, all rolling basslines and vintage stabs. A lush slice of laid back synth Funk, Oxford’s version injects the release with a little poolside cool. Playing out the EP with some shuffling retro Funk is Tempogeist, who’s massive reMix combines synthetic Nu-Disco with slick vintage Pop sheen, delivering a version of Together with a feel of a 80s extended 12” reMix, this one;s a free download too. It’s a storming reMix package and a nice compliment to the original single, easily worth your attention.