Sep 3 2013

[Audio] Foreign Boy’s ‘Desperately Broken’

Time for some synthetic BedroomPop now from Londoner Foreign Boy. Ex-Tommy And The Thieves, Foreign Boy latest demo goes by the name of Desperately Broken and, yes, it is as melancholy as the title suggests, but with a injection of musical optimism.

Gentle toytown beats and reedy synths come together to form Foreign Boy’s sound. Incorporating elements of classic SynthPop, Lo-Fi and quirky minimal Pop, Desperately Broken tells a tale on loneliness set to a soundtrack of pulsating keys and abrasive sound effects used in a raw, human way. Get drawn into the robotic, yet emotional, world of Foreign Boy, just make sure you take a hanky.

♫ Foreign Boy – Desperately Broken

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Sep 2 2013

[Audio] Grum’s reMix of The Other Tribe’s ‘My Girl’

We’ve been waiting for this one for a while. We’re big fans of both Bristol Indie-Elector rabble rousers The Other Tribe and Grum, who been one of our favourite producers for the past few years, so when we heard Grum was reMixing The Other Tribe’s new single, My Girl, we were eager to get our ears round it. The track was premièred by B Traits on Friday on BBC Radio 1 with us excitedly listening.

And we weren’t disappointed. Grum mixes up a little of his old style retro Dreamwave with his new big-room grooves on this one, which works nicely with the vocals. A collision of tough beats and piercing, infectious, melodies that drill into your brain, Grum’s reMix is one of those that’s that is going to give you goosebumps whenever it is dropped, just let the uplifting synths wash over you.. Dancefloor euphoria mixed with a catchy song, what more could you ask for?

♫ The Other Tribe – My Girl (Grum reMix) (Radio Rip)

The Other Tribe’s My Girl is out 8th September.

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Sep 2 2013

[Audio] Little Boots reMixes Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Love Is A Bourgeois Construct’

Are you ready for some seriously cosmic Moog Funk? You’d better be. This week the new single from Pet Shop Boys’ excellent Electric album was released, and Love Is A Bourgeois Construct comes with a whole host of reMixes, including this groover from Little Boots’ Little Boots Discothèque side of things.

Boots takes these SynthPop legends and drags them straight to the dancefloor, easing them onto it with some lush galactic synths and retro futuristic zaps, before bringing in an absolutely massive, infection, Funk bassline that warbles it’s way through the entire track. It;s really that bassline that pins down the song, the combination of that plus Neil’s vocals might seem like strange bedfellows, but Boots makes it work perfectly. This tune is surprisingly authentic sounding early Disco, all mirrorballs and spangley suits, which somehow plays to the track itself. Addictive listening.

♫ Pet Shop Boys – Love Is A Bourgeois Construct (Little Boots Discothèque Edit)

Pet Shop Boys’ Love Is A Bourgeois Construct is out now.

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Sep 2 2013

[MP3] Box Of Wolves’ ‘Two Of Us’

Late last week, that Canadian purveyor of all things DreamPop Box Of Wolves served up a brand new tune. We know of some quite exciting thing approaching in Box Of Wolves pipeline, but until then this kind of gloriously breezy ElectroPop is just the ticket to tide us over.

Two Of Us is a swirling, synthesizer fantasy. A reverb drenched symphony of ghostly sounds and twinkling melodies with the ghostly fragments of a voice we believe we recognise drifting in and out of the soundscape. Box Of Wolves captures a nostalgic innocence in all his music, but it’s particularly shown off here, the music equivalent of warm summer evenings. We’ll be bring you another stunning Box Of Wolves single on electronic rumours (the label) in the coming months, keep an eye out for it, it’s a corker!

♫ Box Of Wolves – Two Of Us

Box Of Wolves’ Two Of Us is out now.

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Sep 2 2013

[Audio] Hot Natured & Róisín Murphy’s ‘Alternate State’

London/LA House collective, featuring Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Luca C, and Ali Love, Hot Natured are dropping their début album this week and have been teasing fans with hints of what to expect for the past month. One of the track we were most excited to hear was this one, Alternate State. We were excited because it features one of our favourite female vocalists, the wonderful Róisín Murphy. Check it out.

It’s a deep, dreamy, groove that flows through Alternate State. Both the bass heavy music, and Róisín’s husky, sultry, drawl, slide out of the speakers like silk. Delicate beats, ghostly synths and a classic House vibe make this a smokey track with a solid core. Hot Natured album, Different Sides Of The Sun, will also feature guest turns from Egyptian Lover, Anabel Englund, Kenny Glashow, and S.Y.F.. It should be a good one.

♫ Hot Natured (Feat. Róisín Murphy) – Alternate State

Hot Natured’s debut album Different Sides Of The Sun is released today.

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Sep 2 2013

[ER009] beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (Single)

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Released: 2 Sep 2013 (Beatport Exclusive, 16 Sep General)

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Presents
beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (Single)

With reMixes from Clancy, StardonE, BeatLoaf and Helmut Schelsky

Early support from: Black Magic Disco, P A U L I E, Sleazy McQueen, Ali Jamieson, Polar Sun, Jowie Schulner

Vampire is the latest release from long time staple of the Nu-Disco and Dreamwave scenes, Australian producer beaumont. This new single sees him teaming up with New York songstress Elle Pierre for a complex, intricate, Nu-Disco rocker that is as enigmatic as it is irresistibly groovy.
The single comes correct with a storming reMix package, headlining which is a deep, hypnotic House version from the amazing Clancy that is guaranteed to keep the floor moving. StardonE works his usual Dreamwave magic on his take on the track, loaded with soaring solos. BeatLoaf delivers a wicked slice of laid back synthetic Disco while Helmut Schelsky goes straight for a twisting big room Disco vibe.
That’s not all! Vampire B-side, and beaumont’s swan-song, is the massive Milton’s Party. beaumont is moving on to musical pastures new, with new projects and new monikers, should Milton’s Party be the last we hear from beaumont in this incarnation, it’s a fitting, and rousing, final act for him.

About beaumont
Prolific Australian producer beaumont has been a staple of the Nu-Disco and Dreamwave scene for the past five years. Steadily churning out top quality releases and reMixes to critical acclaim and DJ support has made beaumont a trusted mark of quality amongst DJs in the know.
Always pushing boundaries with his music, beaumont regularly drawn on experimental influences from Industrial to Trap to Drum & Bass to make his particular brand of modern Disco stand out from the crowd.

About the reMixes
Vampire is backed with a storming collection of reMixes, kicking off with the dancefloor destroying mix from Clancy, bringing Deep House and Disco together. StardonE take the tune on a Dreamwave odyssey while BeatLoaf goes straight for the Disco jugular. Following up is Helmut Schelsky who ends the collection with a huge big-room reMix.

About electronic rumors
Formed after the success of the ‘electronic rumors volume 1’ compilation (released in association with Ninthwave Records as a boutique electronic music outlet concentrating on quality over quantity, developing artists and releasing some of the best synthesizer music around.

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Tracklist:

01 beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire
02 beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (Clancy‘s Super-Noir reMix)
03 beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (StardonE reMix)
04 beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (BeatLoaf reMix)
05 beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire (Helmut Schelsky reMix)
06 beaumont – Milton’s Party

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Aug 30 2013

[Zen] Synthesizer Zen

This week’s capsule of Synthesizer Zen, to carry you into the weekend, comes in the form of Bend, a shot film about circuit bending.

Video courtesy of YouTube user Greater Sirens.

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Aug 30 2013

[MP3] Justin Faust reMixes The Knocks’ & Treasure Fingers’ ‘My Body’

If we’re absolutely honest, we found the collaboration between New York DiscoPop duo The Knocks and Atlanta floorfiller Treasure Fingers, two artists we really dig, a little disappointing. My Body just didn’t really do it for us, it felt like these two were trying to do something, rather than just feeling it. Anyway, have no fear, Germany’s finest, Justin Faust, is here to save the day with this storming reMix.

After his awesome reMix of Night Drive’s Sea Of Light, Faust goes for a seriously pounding warehouse groove on this one, replete with shuffling hi-hats and utterly infectious 90s House hook. Faust build and build an a hypnotic tip, the kind of thing perfectly suited to long nights under the strobe light, preferable in a disused building somewhere, lost in music. A definite improvement over the original, when the beat kick back in after the breakdown, you’ll be grinning like a loon.

♫ The Knocks & Treasure Fingers – My Body (Justin Faust reMix)

The Knocks & Treasure Fingers’ My Body is out now.

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Aug 30 2013

[Audio] MØ & Diplo’s ‘XXX 88’

Danish ElectroPop enigma Karen Marie Ørsted, better know as MØ, has got together with Bass superstar Diplo for her new single, XXX 88. The track is due for a proper release in October as part of her forthcoming brand new EP. We wouldn’t have immediately put MØ’s moody SynthPop with Diplo’s jump-up beats, but sometimes strange bedfellows work out, and in this case they really do.

MØ’s quirky vocals croon out over an interesting, and pleasing, mixture of icy synths and warm beats. Diplo adds some robust horns and the odd bit of shouting to the mix, in fact the whole some revolves around the vocals and the horn hook, with intertwine together to create something genuinely compelling, all driven on by a relentless Dancehall beat. Exciting stuff!

♫ MØ (Feat. Diplo) – XXX 88

MØ’s XXX 88 is released 20th October.

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Aug 30 2013

[MP3] Lenno & Jesse Oliver reMix The Electric Sons’ ‘Breathing Electricity’

It’s been a while since Finnish big-room maestros Lenno and Jesse Oliver teamed-up. In fact, their last outing together was to reMix Miami Horror’s Holidays back in January of last year, but these guys are together again and hell bent on delivering s storming reMix. Which they have, in the form of this soaring version of American Indie-Electro duo The Electric Sons’ Breathing Electricity.

This one’s truly epic, Lenno and Oliver raise the roof with a cavalcade of thick, uplifting synths. The track just seems to build and build as more an more layers of sound are added to this anaemic seven minutes. Good things always happen when Lenno or Jesse Oliver are involved, the sound is so fresh and clean you can’t help big be carried away by it’s peak time vibes. Huge ElectroPop done exactly right, but you’d expect no less from these two.