Jan 24 2013

[MP3] Mr. Mitsuhirato edits Django Django

Like some Disco with your Indie Rock? Well, you’re in luck Discotexas head honcho Mr. Mitsuhirato has whipped up this storming edit of current hype darlings Django Django’s Default. Editing the track how track should be edited, Mitsuhirato drags those hooks straight to the dancefloor.

It’s no mean feat to mix up Django’s surfy Indie with a Mediterranean Disco vibe, but Mitsuhirato pulls it off and delivers a whopping slab of rocking, floorfilling, mayhem. Our guess is that Mitsuhirato heard the track and though ‘hello, there’s some killer riffs in there, I’ll just have them please’, mixed them up with a little mew drums and bass and bob’s your uncle, how the track was always supposed to sound. Well, what else are you going to do with riffs like that?

♫ Django Django – Default (Mr. Mitsuhirato Edit)

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Jan 23 2013

[Mixtape] Kids At Midnight’s ‘Perc Up Get Down’ mix

Kids At Midnight – Perc Up Get Down Mix = What are you doing this afternoon? Well stop it, you have new plans. This afternoon you’ll be rocking to the new mixtape from Kids At Midnight. Not only is it chock full of some ace Disco, but there one or two surprises in there too. A nice bit of Happy Mondays and the cure toward the end, there’s even some Take That in there. Fun fun fun.

♫ Kids At Midnight – Perc Up Get Down Mix

The tracklist:

01. Black Box – Fantasy (Extended Mix)
02. Young Digerati – Next Phase (Leisure Council reMix)
03. Finnebassen – Bella
04. Bryan Ferry – Alphaville (Time & Space Machine reMix)
05. The Human League – Sky (Plastic Plates reMix)
06. Phunktastike – All Night Fire
07. Take That – Do What You Like
08. Hunter/Game – Reckless Lady
09. Lancelot – Higher Ground
10. Kids At Midnight – Habits
11. Matthew Dear – Her Fantasy (Tornado Wallace reMix)
12. Moon Boots – Got Somebody
13. Happy Mondays – Hallelujah (Club Mix)
14. The Cure – Lullaby (Extended Mix)
18. Phoenix – Definitive Breaks

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Jan 23 2013

[Audio] Du Tonc’s ‘Darkness’

We’ve been waiting on this on for a while now, ever since London Disco guru MiGHty mOUse hinted he was working with Van She’s resident bassist and solo ElectroPopper Matt Van Schie. The result is finally here, premièred on The Magician’s Magic Tape this month, this is Du Tonc’s Darkness.

Darkness isn’t nearly as ominous as it’s name suggests, if fact it’s a pretty playful mixture between intelligent cosmic Disco and Indie-Pop. You may think that moody 80s Indie track, and a slightly Tropical flavoured Nu-Disco tune would make strange bedfellows, but in Darkness’ case the two sit together perfectly. Neither aspect of the song’s character overwhelming the other. A strange juxtaposition between the introverted and extroverted, that results in an insanely catchy sing-a-long chorus and a rolling dancefloor groove. We can easily see Du Tonc producing some of the more intelligent Disco tunes in the coming year.

♫ Du Tonc – Darkness

Du Tonc’s Darkness is out now.

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Jan 23 2013

[Video] Viceroy & Chela’s ‘Dream Of Bombay’

Here’s the official video for San Francisco funkmeister Viceroy and Dreamwave songstress Chela’s frankly amazing new single, Dream Of Bombay. This breezy slice of feel-good Dreamwave has been on repeated round these parts for a while now, and the video is so cool.

Josh Harris directs the clip, capturing the perfect nostalgic vibe, while Chela exudes effortless 80s cool.

Viceroy (Feat. Chella)’s Dream Of Bombay is out now.

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Jan 23 2013

[MP3] Clancy’s ‘How To Hold On To You’

The one and only Clancy’s back in the production hot seat with a brand new track. We always tend to love it when this dude drops a new track, and so far he hasn’t disappointed. His new tune, How To Hold On To You, can be added to the ‘hasn’t disappointed yet’ pile.

How To Hold On To You continues on Clancy journey from Dreamwave hero, to Nu-Disco groover, to House jackmaster. This one’s all about pulsating deep basses, infectious piano riffs and snatches of diva vocals. Soundtracking a late 80s Chicago warehouse, How To Hold On To You, rises and falls with swells of emotion as to hooks you in and keeps you entranced until the end. It’s track like this that make us glad the Chicago House sound came back.

♫ Clancy – How To Hold On To You

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Jan 23 2013

[Video] Karl Bartos’ ‘Atomium’

Karftwerkian legend Karl Bartos’s first single from his new album Off The Record, is finally here. Strap yourself in for some icy snyths and robotic vocals.

The video is, possible deliberately, really early 90s EBM. All inverted colours and cheap video effects. Probably quite fitting.

Karl Bartos’ Atomium is released 1st February. Off the Record is released in March.

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Jan 23 2013

[MP3] Lindstrøm reMixes Grizzly Bear

Well, it was probably only a matter of time. After the kind of hype that Norwegian cosmic Disco legend Lindstrøm received toward the end of 2012, we knew sooner or later the cool Pitchfork crown would come knocking on his door. Oh look, here’s a Lindstrøm reMix of the new Grizzly Bear single, Gun Shy. That was quick.

It’s actually a pretty amazing track. It’s hypnotic space-age Disco track with all the tundral charm that we love Lindstrøm for. The mans knack for making icy, piercing synths feel warm and comforting is second to none, and he really knows how to rock an infectious hook. This has the potential to be one of the biggest tracks of the summer, expect to hear this a lot on your local indie dancefloor. Indie flavoured Cosmic Disco at it’s finest.

♫ Grizzly Bear – Gun Shy (Lindstrøm reMix)

Grizzly Bear’s Gun Shy single, out now.30

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Jan 23 2013

[Video] Goin’ Old School: Cabaret Voltaire and Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force

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

Two of our favourite tracks this week, starting with the mighty Cabaret Voltaire and 1983’s Just Fascination.

And Renegades Of Funk!, also from 1983, one of Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force best.

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Jan 23 2013

[Audio] Ryan Riot reMixes Two Door Cinema Club

World dominating IndiePoppers Two Door Cinema Club are starting to sound a little samey if you ask us. There’s only so many combinations of frantic off-beat hi-hats, syncopated riffs, and summery leads. just take the track Handshake, for their last album, Beacon. It sounds like a Two Door Cinema Club song, like someone’s worked out a formula for that. At least we can count on the likes of Swiss Dreamwaver Ryan Riot to spruce things up a little.

Ryan does the job properly, adding a bouncy synth bassline and some kicking dance drums. Most of the original song is still there kicking about, but Riot elevated the track to new, exiting places with a few well-placed dance music tropes. On the whole it’s a decided improvement on the track, which becomes an exciting Indie-Electro floorfiller in Ryan Riot’s hands.

♫ Two Door Cinema Club – Handshake (Ryan Riot reMix)

Two Door Cinema Club’s Beacon is out now.

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Jan 22 2013

[MP3] Touch Tone reMixes Goldroom

Here’s the recent NightWaves single reMixed by Short Circuit. Wait. Sorry. Flashback. What I meant to say is here’s the recent Goldroom single reMixes by Touch Tone. I do love it when the old Binary crew get together for tracks, makes me feel nostalgic before I’ve even pressed play, and I can always trust that pressing play will live up to my expectations.

No fear here, Touch Tone crafts the prefect breezy vibe for the track. Slightly Tropical, the track flows like water, the dreamy vocals curling in and out of Touch Tone’s laid-back Disco like smoke. Built on a French-Disco-esque piano riff, the reMix takes it time to deliver soul shaking bass and a rolling beat over it’s relaxed five minute run. This is cruising music, a feel good tune that sweeps all your worries away.