Apr 30 2013

[Mixtape] Reflex’s Mixtape ‘#17’

Reflex – Mixtape #17 = Here’s the latest mixtape from Paris’ finest ElectroPop outfit, Reflex. Episode 17 features a colossal 35 track in it’s two hour epicness including a killer intro and a sneaky peak at some forthcoming Reflex goodness.

♫ Reflex – Mixtape #17

The tracklist:
01. Waiting For You (Oliver reMix)
02. Jupiter – Oh! (Colour Vision reMix)
03. Modjo – Lady (Kaytranada reMix)
04. Bondax – Gold (Moonboots reMix)
05. Para One (Feat. Irfane & Teki Latex) – Every Little Thing (Plastic Plates reMix)
06. Viceroy And French Horn Rebellion – Fridays Nights
07. Reasons (Feat. Patrick Baker) – Night Drive In Moscow (Satin Jackets reMix)
08. Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom reMix) (Edit)
09. Touch Sensitive – Pizza Guy (Lauer reMix)
10. Tresors – Pleine Lune (Anoraak reMix)
11. Two Door Cinema Club – This Year (JBAG reMix)
12. Chela – Full Moon (G Templeton reMix)
13. Justus Kohncke – Timecode
14. Dunkan Disco – Malibu
15. Hannah Georges – Enemies (Boys Get Hurt reMix)
16. Hello Seahorse – No Es Que No Te Quiera (Bufi reMix)
17. Housse De Racket – Aquarium (Reflex reMix)
18. Rise & Fool – Toy Boy (Le Crayon reMix)
19. Jupiter – Starlighter (JBAG reMix)
20. Bhw – Stop (Nathan Wilkins And Midnight Mike Edit)
21. Breakbot – Easy Fraction (Yaaman reMix)
22. Alan Braxe (With The Spimes) – Time Machine (Le Crayon reMix)
23. AV – Venus Bar (Pyramid reMix)
24. Clubfest – Everything You Wanted (Lancelot reMix)
25. Karma Kid – In My Arms
26. Justin Timberlake (Feat. Clara) – Love Sex Magic (Bohdi reMix)
27. Kris Menace – Daylight (Le Crayon reMix)
28. Saint Michel – Katherine (Gildas Kitsuné Club Dub Night reMix)
29. Flight Facilities (Feat. Elizabeth Rose) – I Didn’t Believe
30. Viceroy (Feat. Ghost Beach) – While We’re In Love (Fare Soldi reMix)
31. The Other Tribe – We Should Dancing (Ryan Riot reMix)
32. Alan Braxe (With The Spimes) – One More Chance (Lifelike reMix)
33. Reflex – Together (Ryan Riot reMix)
34. Soulwax – After You
35. Fancy – 69 (JBAG reMix)

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Apr 30 2013

[Video] Empire Of The Sun’s ‘Alive’

Here’s the video for Australian ElectroPop heroes Empire Of the Sun’s epic new single Alive. Alive is the first single from their long awaited second album, the soon-to-be-released Ice On The Dune.

Weaving it’s way through Empire Of The Sun’s personal mythos, the clip only begins to tell the narrative of Ice On The Dune, and does so in typical Empire Of The Sun style.

Ice On The Dune is released in June.

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Apr 30 2013

[Audio] Lamet’s ‘Bon Voyage’

More from Russia’s synth Disco wizardry now with this amazing new Tune from Lamet. Hot on the heels of his True Stories EP of late last year, the Moscow based producer is slowly building a new collection of tracks, including this, the beautifully atmospheric House track Bon Voyage.

Bon Voyage hit just the right note for a toward-the-end-of-the-night track. A late night jam full of warehouse mystery whist still keeping a Nu-Disco groove. Additionally, there’s a hint of a Tropical vibe in the mix. With it’s many feet in many styles of music, Bon Voyage jockeys them all and wraps them up in an irresistible, warm, House tune that’ll have them leaving with a smile on their faces. Just listen, you’ll get what we mean.

♫ Lamet – Bon Voyage

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Apr 29 2013

[Audio] Rex The Dog’s ‘Bonn’

This is Bonn, Rex The Dog’s Record Store Day opus. Released on the auspicious day in a limited quantity of 300 12”s with hand etched sleeves, Bonn will (thankfully, for those who missed out) also see a digital release next month via Southern Fried Records. Rex really is the don when it comes to funky analog workouts and Bonn exemplifies this.

Bonn is a huge dancefloor monster. At times Poppy, at times Acidic, at times dirty Electro. During the course of it’s seven minute length it keeps quite a strong Minimal Synth feel, but applies these sensibilities to a dark dancefloor groove. A grinding, hypnotic, synthetic juggernaut that is relentless in delivering it’s mesmerising hooks. Also, sounds like it was a hell of a lot of fun to produce too, which is nice.

♫ Rex The Dog – Bonn

Rex The Dog’s Bonn is released 6th May.

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Apr 29 2013

[Video] Annie’s ‘Tube Stops & Lonely Hearts’

Norwegian ElectroPop songstress Annie launched back onto our radar just before the weekend with this, the video for her forthcoming new single Tube Stops & Lonely Hearts. With a touch of Xenomania and a pounding, almost Industrial beat, the track is an amazing, catchy, contradiction.

White Tiger Amateurs directed the video, which is as stripped down as the track itself. As far as Pop goes, this is challenging, interesting stuff.

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Apr 29 2013

[Mixtape] MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Spring 2013 Mixtape"’

MiGHty mOUse – Spring 2013 Mixtape = Here’s the new mixtape from London’s finest MiGHty mOUse, his first of 2013. Cramming into it’s hour length some of the funkiest Cosmic and Soulful Disco sounds around right now, this should keep you going all week.

♫ MiGHty mOUse – Spring 2013 Mixtape

The tracklist:
01. Beethoven’s 74th Rendition of a Humpback Whale (In Scottish)
02. Akshin – Cut A Few (Original Mix)
03. Yuksek (Feat. Juviniles) – Truth
04. Lady Kiss – Walk In (Original Mix)
05. Fernando – Non Stop (Fabrizio Mammarella reMix)
06. Little Boots – Broken Record (JDH ‘Chupacabras’ reMix)
07. Paradise 45 – Baby C’Mon (Original Mix)
08. Andre Laos – Alternating Currency
09. Sugar Hill – Before You Wake (Leoni reMix)
10. Blackstrobe – The Girl From The Bayou (Extended Mix)
11. Tigerskin – Windfall (Original Mix)
12. Gregor Salto & KiT (Kuenti I Tambu) – Otro Dia (Original Mix)
13. West K (Feat. Natacha) – Kata Llorando (Original Vocal Edit)
14. Theophilus London – Wine & Chocolates (Andhim reMix)
15. Nora En Pure – Come With Me (Original Mix)
16. Fed Conti (Feat. Sara Grimaldi) – Touch Me
17. Supernova – The Circle (Original Mix)
18. Renato Cohen – Suddenly Funk (Original Mix)
19. Pitchben – Soda (Lorenz Rhode reMix)
20. Mighty Mouse – Love Is Gonna’ Lift You Up (Sunrise Mix)

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Apr 29 2013

[Video] MNDR’s ‘Faster Horses’

The amazing MNDR’s new single, Faster Horses, has now got itself a crazy video. The track is taken from their electronic rumors Awards 2012 top five album Feed Me Diamonds, and always had ‘single material’ written all over it.

The John Threat directed video is a madly animated Amanda Warner dreamscape. The glasses are back, and s,o apparently, are horses in headphones.

Faster Horses is taken from MNDR’s album, Feed Me Diamonds, out now.

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Apr 26 2013

[Zen] Synthesizer Zen

This week’s capsule of Synthesizer Zen, to carry you into the weekend, comes from the third of Vice and Intel’s The Creators Project’s looks at the collaborators on Daft Punk’s forthcoming album Random Access Memories. This time it’s Animal Collective‘s Panda Bear.

Video courtesy of YouTube user TheCreatorsProject.

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Apr 26 2013

[Audio] Jensen Sportag reMix Kisses

Nashville’s Chilly Electro Funk exports Jensen Sportag’s album should be out soon-ish. They are currently holed up in the studio putting the finished touches to the record. In the meantime you can tide yourself over with this reMix of awesome LA SynthPop duo Kisses track The Hardest Part, which is taken from their equally awesome forthcoming second album Kids In LA.

The Sportags bring a lush summer beach vibe to the track and instantly remind us of why we’re looking forward to their album so much. It’s nice mixture of playfulness and seriousness. With a tight cool-beans groove, loaded with synth Funk, underpinning the track, Kisses vocals are complimented by layers and layers of airy melodies and the smoothest of solos. The is late nights in the city music, a hot smokey atmosphere that is probably accompanied by some block typography and geometric graphic design.

♫ Kisses – The Hardest Part (Jensen Sportag reMix)

Kisses’ The Hardest Part is released 14th May.

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Apr 26 2013

[MP3] Earl Gray’s début EP (+ Thrillionaire reMix)

I never know whether to spell grey, grey or gray. Is there a difference? I mention this purely so you’ll forgive me if I spell it wrong at any point in this post, as Danny Ashenden, better know as one half of The C90s, has chosen to spell it grey in the moniker of his new solo project, Earl Grey. We’ve already heard a few of his reMixes in the months just gone, but it’s high time we turned out attention to his début EP, released next week on La Belle, which we have been rocking to in the past couple of weeks.

The EP’s titled Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea, which may be referencing Earl Grey’s departure from The C90s upbeat Disco sound into something a bit deeper, more thoughtful and, dare I say it, a little more avant-garde. But as you know this is a departure that is right up our street, so as Danny busts out the brooding space Italo and synthesizer prog. The EP kicks off with, we would say, it’s strongest track, Through The City. A track that blends SynthWave with the mood of Moroder’s more introspective material, vocoders and analog warblings blend together with rich chords to create an imposing, yet familiar, mood that flows into Jus Clap, a track with more House in it’s DNA. Jus Clap takes an intoxicating warehouse vibe to the extreme, slowing down the Chicago vibe until it’s utterly hypnotic. Regent’s Park’s blend of Tropical percussion and live electronics is nicely intersected with the occasional B-Boy beat in a track that calls to mind the freestyle synthesizer experimentalism of the early 80s. The EP plays out with it’s most accessible, and probably the most DJ friendly, tune Pong. Pong is an undulating slice of Cosmic Disco with hints on Minimal Synth and a sprinkling of House. Delivering a sound not dissimilar to Scandinavian Nu-Disco in it’s perfect blend of the galactic, and the very human. Pong balances icy tones with quirky, playful melodies creating something for your mind and your feet. Not Everyone’s Cup Of Tea is definitely worth investigation for pretty much anyone with an interest in electronic music.

♫ Earl Grey – Pong

While you’re here check out Earl Grey’s new reMix for LA’s Thrillionaire, and their single of last year, Wie Gehts? (a title that can’t help but remind us of GCSE German), for more of Danny’s warm, enveloping electronics. Folding the gently vocals into the track as another instrument, this reMix wraps the listener in waves of swirling, surprising, sounds.