Feb 1 2013

[Audio] Soldout’s ‘94’

94 is the first single taken from the new album More. The new record from Belgian ElectroPop outfit Soldout. The new single, which is out now, sees the duo going even deeper with their classic SynthPop sound, there’s even hints of The Good Natured’s style Goth-Pop in there amongst the infectious beats.

A brilliant balancing act between dark and poppy, 94 is less EBM’y than Soldout’s previous work. this has been replaced with an effortless Indie-ElectroPop hipness with relentlessly funky beats that play against the dramatic tension of plucked strings and a thick synthetic bassline. The song itself is quite whimsical, yet emotional, which adds the the sheen of detached cool. This could be Soldout’s big breakthrough moments right here.

♫ Soldout – 94

94 is out now, Soldout’s new album, More, is coming 25th February.

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Feb 1 2013

[Audio] Mmoths featuring Holly Miranda

Irish producer of spacious beats and The XX support act Mmoths is gearing up for the release of his new EP, Diaries, the lead track of which is a beautifully abrasive slice of edgy and atmospheric Electronica featuring the vocal talents of new XL Recordings signee Holly Miranda. All These Things.

It’s a smokey composition where drill-bit industrial sounds are morphed into something ethereal and magical, intertwining with a post-Chillwave, post-Dubstep soundscape and Miranda’s silky smooth vocal. Inhuman sounds suddenly become organic and flowing as the track seems to evolve naturally over it;s course. Like a song grown, rather than created. We can definitely see All These Things earning Mmoths a great deal of attention.

♫ Mmoths (Feat. Holly Miranda) – All These Things

All These Things is taken from Mmoths forthcoming new EP, Dairies, released 4th March.

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Jan 31 2013

[Audio] Bloodgroup’s ‘Fall’

You may, not may not, remember Icelandic Experimental ElectroPop outfit Bloodgroup from their 2007 début album Sticky Situation. At the time they ware completely unfairly dismissed by a lot of the music press as a poor-man’s The Knife, mostly by journalists completely uneducated in electronic music (they may as well have said “all this electronic stuff sounds the same”), but one listen to the follow up album, Dry Land, and tracks like the album’s lead single, My Arms, immediately displayed an avant-garde SynthPop identity of their own. The four piece are back for 2013 with a third album, Tracing Echoes, heralded by it’s inaugural single, Fall.

Fall is a beautiful piece of rousing tundra-Pop. A quiet manner and a build of intricate rhythms and gently tones belie quite an epic, anthemic, song. Warping synth pulses and icy pads form an interesting contrast to the heartfelt vocals giving you the best of two worlds in one track. Both experimental, and Poppy, Fall bodes well for the album.

♫ Bloodgroup – Fall

Bloodgroup’s Tracing Echoes is released in March.

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Jan 31 2013

[Video] Ghost Capsules’ ‘Inside’

Ghost Capsules are a new ElectroPop quartet lead by Bomb The Bass main man Tim Simenon. Their début single, Inside, is an amazingly involving symphony of spikey synths, complex beats and razor sharp vocals.

Check the video, directed by Eni Brandner, setting the urban scene for Ghost Capsules music.

Ghost Capsules’ Inside is due out 29th March with an album to follow.

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Jan 31 2013

[Mixtape] Zimmer’s Brighter Days’ mix

Zimmer – January Tape (Brighter Days) = More Horizontal Disco from the originator right here. Including a couple of fresh new reMixes from the man, Zimmer’s new mixtape sums up the best that’s fun and funky right now.

♫ Zimmer – January Tape (Brighter Days)

The tracklist:

01. Air Zaïre – Play
02. Glenn Dale – UNI
03. Anna Lunoe & Worldlife – Tom’s Diner (The Coconut Wireless Mix)
04. Dan Solo – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
05. Lafayette – Mauvaise Mine (Jupiter reMix)
06. Sanza & Phunktsastike – Locovox
07. Rotkraft – To Love You
08. Du Tonc – Darkness
09. The Other Tribe – Sing With Your Feet
10. Kamp! – Melt (Zimmer reMix)
11. Grizzly Bear – Gun-Shy (Lindstrøm reMix)
12. Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes (Aimes Edit)
13. iCube – Edit Service 7
14. Rambla Boys (Feat. Stee Downes) – Rock Solid
15. Falcon Punch & Roller Radio – I Might Be Gone
16. Bixel Boys – Love Like This
17. Devolution – My Friends
18. Anna Lunoe – Empty Girl
19. Stare & Whisper (LNTG Interpretation)

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Jan 31 2013

[Audio] Phunktastike reMixes Auxiliary Tha Masterfader

Dutch Disco guru Auxiliary Tha Masterfader is returning to On The Fruit Records very soon for a brand new EP, Music For Discotheques, and our first taste of what to expect from the analog groovemeister comes in the form of this reMix if one of the new EP’s track, Rule The Night, as reMixed by Argentina producer Phunktastike.

Phunktastike’s reMix of Rule The Night is as driving as the title suggests. A powerful slice of 80s DiscoPop in the vein of Moonlight Matters recent output, but with a little more swing. It’s arpeggio fuelled dancefloor gold with some big big vocals. All neon lights and mirrorballs, Phunktastike’s take on Rule The Night pounds out of the speakers as a gift to anyone who enjoys Italo influenced, dramatic Disco tunes.

♫ Auxiliary Tha Masterfader – Rule The Night (Phunktastike reMix)

Auxiliary Tha Masterfader’s Music For Discotheques EP is out this spring.

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Jan 30 2013

[MP3] Awkoder’s Breaking Lies’

Breaking Lies is the new one from France’s moody SynthWave master Awkoder. Only this time, he’s getting his groove on, with one of the finest SynthWave/House collisions we’ve heard in a long time. Taken from Glacis Records free compilation, Friendly, Breaking Lies is a huge slab of smooth, synthed out, dancefloor madness.

From the offset, you know Breaking Lies is going to be a little funkier than Awkoder’s usual output, a slick Disco lick leads you into the track soon accompanied by melodic vocal samples and a pounding House beat. But it’s around the 01m09s mark that the song truly comes into it’s own. A blisteringly epic hook jumps into the track, part Outrun, part ChipTune, giving the track it’s SynthWave sheen. It’s like the best of all worlds.

♫ Awkoder – Breaking Lies

Breaking Lies comes from Glacis Records’ free compilation, Friendly, out now.

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Jan 30 2013

[Video] Chrome Canyon’s ‘Generations’

Chrome Canyon, Brooklyn’s resident analog synth wizard, has just released a new video. this one is for his track Generations, which is taken from the amazing Chrome canyon album Elemental Themes.

Accompanying the cosmic electronics is a rich, moody, narrative courtesy of director Ace Norton and features ballet dancer Amanda Wells. It’s not the BladeRunner dystopia you might expect from the track, but lovely nonetheless.

The track is taken from his Elemental Themes album, out now.

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Jan 30 2013

[Mixtape] Goldroom’s ‘Solé Fixtape’

Goldroom – Solé Fixtape Vol. 7 = Here’s the perfect winter pick-me-up in the form of the new mixtape from the almighty Goldroom Or should we say fixtape, as this is the latest in a mixtape series from fixed gear bike manufacturer Solé? There’s a whole bunch of winter warmers in this hour long. Close your eyes and it could almost be summer.

♫ Goldroom – Solé Fixtape Vol. 7

The tracklist:

01. Saycet – Opal (Anoraak reMix)
02. Regina – Haluan Sinut (Kisses reMix)
03. Air Zaire – Play
04. Bit Funk – The Long Road Ahead
05. F3 – Deeper Thoughts (Tiger Stripes reMix)
06. 5 Reasons – Nightdrive In Moscow
07. Cassian – I Like What You’re Doing (Issac Tichauer reMix)
08. Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom reMix)
09. Bazz – Islands
10. Satin Jackets – You Make Me Feel Good
11. Grizzly Bear – gun-shy (Lindstrøm reMix)
12. Toro Y Moi – Say That
13. Strange Talk – Cast Away (Plastic Plates reMix)
14. Goldroom – Fifteen (Black Van & Oliver Blend by Silenx)
15. Lancelot – Higher Ground
16. Chris Malinchak – So Good To Me
17. Hior Chronik – Still Foggy (Cosmonaut Grechko Version)

Goldroom’s Sweetness Alive is out now.

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