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Feb 15 2013

[Mixtape] Ride The Universe’s ‘Space Jams’

Ride The Universe’s ‘Space Jams’

Ride The Universe – Space Jams = The funkiest foursome in the world are back with a brand new collection of sweet smooth grooves. A labour of love, and holding tons of exclusive edits, this Space Jams tape is truly stellar. Enjoy.

♫ Ride The Universe – Space Jams

The tracklist:

01. D-Train – Trying To Get Over (Dub) (Ride The Universe Edit)
02. 6th Borough Project – Do It To The Max (Ride The Universe Edit)
03. Steinski – Swingset (10 Beautiful Girls Mix) (Ride The Universe Edit)
04. Gaz Nevada – I.C. Love Affair (Munk Edit)
05. Telonius – Hit Me (RTU Dub Edit)
06. The S.O.S. Band – High Hopes (Leisure Council Edit)
07. Boys Noize – This Is What You Want (Chromeo reMix)
08. NinetyNine – Alabama Smooth (Ride The Universe Edit)
09. Block 16 – Electrokution (BG & DW’s Evolusive Mix)(RTU Time Machine Edit)
10. Casual Encounters (Feat. Baxter) – No Limits
11. Moonbootica – Iconic (Lorenz Rhode reMix)
12. The Cosmic Players – Get It Right
13. Kraak & Smack – Money In The Bag (Crazy P reMix)
14. First Touch – Pleasure For Your Treasure
15. Midnight Star – The Midas Touch (Ride The Universe Edit)
16. Luke Million – Ice Ice Arnie (Instrumental) (Ride The Universe Edit)
17. Spirit Catcher – Rendez-vous
18. Faze Action – Hypnotic
.19 Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve reMix)
20. Tugboat Edits – Gonna Get Cha (TZ Disco Mix) (Ride The Universe Edit)
21. Matt Mendez – Make It Right (PWNDTIAC reMix)
22. Sare Havlicek – Astronave
23. Alan Wilkis – Snuggle Up to Nail Down (Ride The Universe Edit)
24. Space Ranger – Phase Fever
25. Lou Teti – Cool It Off (Ride The Universe Edit)
26. Trus’Me (Feat. DâM-FunK) – Bail Me Out (Ride The Universe Edit)
27. Casio Social Club – Summer Of ’83 (Ride The Universe Edit)
28. Tennishero – Alone

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Feb 15 2013

[MP3] Ruben & Ra edit The Style Council

The Style Council

It Didn’t Matter is one of the very few songs by The Style Council that doesn’t make me want to punch Paul Weller in his stupid smug face. I’ve always thought it was an awesome song if you can block from your mind who is performing it. I don’t know of edit masters Ruben & Ra feel the same, but the must like the track as they have whipped up a quick edit of the track.

The original is pretty much intact here, Ruben & Ra haven’t really done much to the tune. there’s an added House beat, which actually does the track wonders. The occasional new synth, but the track is more or less the same as it has always been. Still, a nice improvement to a nice song, and one very east to get suck on repeat.

♫ The Style Council – It Didn’t Matter (Ruben & Ra Style Edit)

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Feb 15 2013

[Video] Frankmusik’s ‘Map’

Frankmusik, free of the shackles of his old label, has just dropped a free EP of new tracks, the four of which really show off Vincent for the talent that he is. Sounding more comfortable with himself, Frankmusik has releases an amazing collection of ElectroPop tunes and a manifesto for himself going forward.

Here’s the video for one of those tunes, Map, which is all very woodland, but only cements the idea that Vincent is now doing it his way.

You can pick up Frankmusik’s new EP, Far From Over, for free here.

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Feb 15 2013

[MP3] Nightcrawler’s ‘Road Blaster’

Spanish SynthWave producer Nightcrawler released his Road Blaster single this week. Not only has he delivered a stormingly powerful slice of retro synth music, but he’s collected some of the top talent in the scene to contribute reMixes to the release. Miami Nights 1984, Tommy, Dynatron, Protector 101 and 80s Stallone all put in an appearance, which reads like a whos-who of the cream of the scene. It;s almost impossible to pick favourites here.

The original version of Road Blaster is a driving example of atmospheric instrumental Italo. Fuelled by  rich, dark synths and a stomping beat, Road Burner offsets it’s ominous tone with playful melodies and an exciting tone. Miami Nights 1984 reMix injects the tune with a little vintage electronic Funk, bringing out a bouncing bassline to give the track some groove, whilst layering his thick 80s chords with some of the most beautiful piano work and soloing we’ve heard in a SynthWave track for a long time. MN84’s reMix is truly epic. Frenchman Tommy’s take on the track is suitably Sci-Fi. Utilising waves of cosmic synths to wrap the listener in a wash of electronic wonder. For a darker, more dystopian, vision of Road Blaster Protector 101 dials back the tempo and works his was around haunting and sometimes oppressive sounds but with an air of optimism throughout.  The whole is EP an excellent excursion in nostalgic soundtrack Italo and well worthy of your attention. It’s free too.

♫ Nightcrawler – Road Blaster

♫ Nightcrawler – Road Blaster (Miami Nights 1984 reMix)

♫ Nightcrawler – Road Blaster (Tommy reMix)

♫ Nightcrawler – Road Blaster (Protector 101 reMix)

Pick up the whole EP right now, for free, on Nightcrawler’s Bandcamp.

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Feb 15 2013

[Mixtape] Ronika’s ‘Sweetheart, Dont Be A Nightmare’ Mixtape

Ronika

Ronika – Sweetheart, Dont Be A Nightmare Mixtape = Here’s a Valentines gift from Ms. Ronika featuring a whole heap of gloriously funky synth jams ranging from the stomping to the emotional. Just like a relationship, really.

♫ Ronika – Sweetheart, Dont Be A Nightmare Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. SebastiAn (Feat. Mayer Hawthorne) – Love In Motion
02. Boxcutter – TV Trouble
03. Class Actress – Keep You
04. Com Truise – Brokendate
05. Palmbomen – Galore
06. John Maus – Hey Moon
07. Onra – Don’t Stop
08. Kindness – Anyone Can Fall In Love
09. DâM-FunK – One Less Day
10. George Benson – Turn Your Love Around
11. Sébastien Tellier – La Ritournelle
12. Julie London – End of a Love Affair

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Feb 15 2013

[Audio] Xinobi reMixes Moullinex

Moullinex

Moullinex and Xinobi. Lisbon’s Disco mafia. Once again bringing the reMix to each others tunes. This time Xinobi’s having a crack at Darkest Night, from Moullinex’s début album Flora. A track Xinobi apparently had a hard time getting to grips with, considering it “non-touchable”, but we’re kinda pleased that he did.

What Xinobi has done here is create and absolutely epic, deep , Disco track. Whereas the original had an almost World Music feel to it’s percussion, giving it’s Bond theme vocals an eerie edge, here Xinobi plays up the drama, setting big haunting synth solos against a rumbling hypnotic groove. The soaring, theatrical, vocals pair perfectly with a restrained House beat and a mysterious late night vibe.

♫ Moullinex – Darkest Night (Xinobi reMix)

Moullinex’s Darkest Night single is released this week on Gomma.

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Feb 15 2013

[Video] Passion Pit’s ‘Carried Away’

We’re not really sure what the current trend of releasing music videos months after the single is out actually achieves. Surely using the video to hype the single’s release is the point? Anyhoo, here’s the clip for Passion Pit’s track of last year, Carried Away. An ace track.

Directed by Ben Brewer & Alex Brewer, the video features Sophia Bush. Maybe it took ages to get her?

Passion Pit’s Gossamer album is out now.

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Feb 15 2013

[MP3] Deluce reMixes Pyramid

Pyramid

Has it really been four years since we heard from Parisian deep Electro dude Deluce? That was when he released his awesome Stage 1 EP and we last wrote about him (I use the word ‘wrote’ loosely, it was a while ago). A scan if his SoundCloud page indicates he’s been steadily , if sporadically, releasing tunes. But it was only yesterday that he re-appeared in our inbox with this slick take on fellow French Sci-Fi synth lover Pyramid’s tune of last summer, Frontier.

Dulce’s reMix walks the fine line between SynthWave and Cosmic Disco. Weaving funky little licks  and a clap fuelled beat though his soundtrack synths. Staying true to the beauty and atmosphere of the original, Deluce up-s the Disco ante a little and reinvents the track’s drama filled melodies for a nostalgic dancefloor.

♫ Pyramid – The Frontier (Deluce reMix)

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Feb 14 2013

[Audio] MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Love Is Gonna Lift You Up’

MiGHty mOUse

The king of spacey Disco MiGHty mOUse releases a brand new single at the end of the month. Which means we’ll probably be grooving to this all throughout March. On Love Is Gonna Lift You Up, the mOUse works his Cosmic magic on a bit of recent Bobby Womack with a track, already reworked by Basement Jaxx and Julio Bashmore, from his album of last year, The Bravest Man In The Universe. The idea to release it as a single, with a new vocals, was born during a Sunday lunch between MM and Cheap Thrills head honcho Hervé. We find Sunday lunches are where the best ideas come from.

MiGHty mOUse’s  take on the tune drags it straight to the dancefloor, as long as that dancefloor is out in the sunshine. This is the perfect outdoor party jam, a big feel-good track loaded with uplifting vocals and sweeping synths. Riding atop a space age Disco groove, the track even injects a little Tropical feel into the mix with a rushing Island breakdown. The single come with two other version of the track, but we’re not sure if they are going to be able to beat this Sunrise Mix’s joyous floorfilling bliss.

♫ MiGHty mOUse – Love Is Gonna Lift You Up (Sunrise Mix)

MiGHty mOUse Love Is Gonna Lift You Up is released 25th February.

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Feb 14 2013

[Audio] Mild Peril’s ‘Voyager 2010’ EP

Mild Peril

This week London based Italo Experimentalist Mild Peril released his latest EP. Well, latest as in ‘just released’, the tracks themselves date from 2010 (hence the EP’s title, Voyager 2012), but sound as fresh now as ever. Running the gauntlet from Italo to Minimal Synth to EBM to Cosmic Disco, Voyager’s three epics deliver vastly different styles, but are neatly tied together in Mild Peril’s rich analog atmosphere.

Separated into Sequences, the EP kicks off with Sequence I-II, an immediate attention grabber. It’s an evocative slice of Sci-Fi synth with a nostalgic Italo-Disco vibe. Whilst the pulsating Disco bass groove would be easy to get lost in on the dancefloor, the real joy of this eight minute odyssey is just sitting back and listening to the playing. The layers of intertwining melody sweep about the track carrying the listener through a music narrative with some hair raising solo moments. Sequence III is Minimal Synth meets SynthWave affair. Punchy drums, undulating arpeggios and a surprisingly sweet organ deliver an upbeat, driving exploration of live synth works. The EP closes on Sequence IV which sees the organ return in a much more ominous capacity over a track with classic EBM in it’s DNA. Considering this EP was pieced together out of older oddities in Mild Peril’s repertoire, it leaves us pretty excited to hear what he’s got planned going into the future.

♫ Mild Peril – Voyager, Sequence I-II

♫ Mild Peril – Voyager, Sequence III

If you’re in London this weekend you should check out Mild Peril’s EP release party, also featuring Soft Riot and A Terrible Splendour, details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/323188217785131

Voyager 2012 is out now.

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