Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
Today we are Goin’ Old School, and goin’ Sheffield. Kicking off with Heaven 17’s Influential, and charged Lets All Make A Bomb from 1981’s Penthouse & Pavement.
We can’t got to Sheffield without slipping in some of my beloved The Human League. Here’s ‘that’ The Human League moment in The Sound Of The Crowd from 1981.
Sheffield’s unsung ElectroPop heroes Thompson Twins with a TOTP performance of 1983’s Love On Your Side.
One of Russia’s finest exports, purveyor of all things SynthWavey, Dreamwavey and Nu-Discoy, Olivaw has just released his début album, the amazingly titled Tonight We’ll Rewind The Tape With Pencil. It compiles his work over the last year or so, and just goes to show why Russia is taking manky retro synth producers to school these days. We’ve features this resident of Arkhangelsk in northern Russia before, so we’re pretty excited about this eleven track collection.
And it lives up to our expectations too. It’s a sprawling, rich palette of synthesizer textures, each track carrying it’s own nostalgic emotional resonance. The first three tracks on the album, Teenage Feelings, The City And The Sea and The Guardians Of Time set up the record, letting you know what to expect. Teenage Feelings introducing the reminiscent, optimistic SynthWave vibe, The City And The Sea bringing a more Nu-Disco dancefloor sound and The Guardians Of Time displaying Olivaw’s smooth retro soundtrack side. Most of the record’s song fall into one of these niches and the album does a pretty slick job of easing the listener from one mood to the next. Olivaw’s skill really lies in complex layering of melody, many of his tracks feature intertwining lead lines played out on shimmering synth sounds. whilst Olivaw had both feet firmly planted in the SynthWave world, he come across as having a better grasp of the vintage dance sounds of Nu-Disco than many of his contemporaries, The August Sky for example, is a soaring outrun tune but has a serious Disco groove to it, as does Sleepless Nights. Whilst elsewhere Olivaw goes dark Italo for Like In The Movies and full-on dance in City Slickers. Tonight We’ll Rewind The Tape With Pencil is a confident début, and one we heartily recommend.
♫ Olivaw – Teenage Feelings
♫ Olivaw – The August Sky
♫ Olivaw – The Guardians Of Time
♫ Olivaw – Sleepless Nights
Tonight We’ll Rewind The Tape With Pencil is out now.
Just like Hannibal, we love it when a plan comes together, so do Glam Jam who have put together an unbelievable trio of talent for their latest release. What happens when you put Russia’s Tesla Boy, one of the greatest DiscoPop acts in the world, fellow St. Petersburg based producers KLar&PF and Glam Jam’s own German smooth Disco king Satin Jackets together? The Socialites.
The result is Only This Moment, a track of which their are two versions, Satin Jackets mix and KLar&PF’s take. Both tracks are pinned down by the vocals of Tesla Boy’s Antonionni Sevidov, here doing his best Michael McDonald voice (we don’t think we’ve ever heard him croon so much). Satin Jackets delivers a slick Yacht like mix of the track.. A laidback funk bass and warm organ chords provide a real nautical Disco vibe, sounding like an instant classic. It’s a slow and sexy track that really works it’s groove. KLar&PF’s Only This Moment injects the track with more of an uplifting mood, whilst retaining the chilled Disco sound, it works in some euphoric lead lines and a smooth beach Disco outlook. Glam Jam are on to a late night winner right here.
♫ The Socialites (Feat. Tesla Boy) – Only This Moment (Satin Jackets Mix)
♫ The Socialites (Feat. Tesla Boy) – Only This Moment (KLar&PF Mix)
The Socialites (Feat. Tesla Boy)’s Only This Moment is released 1st October.
Next month Gomma man Moullinex will finally be releasing his long awaited début (really?) album, Flora, and boy it’s going to be a funk fuelled killer. In preparation we’ve got two new tracks for you here. First up a celebratory freebie from the man himself followed by a reMix of his new single from Gigamesh.
Moullinex dropped Kassette as one of those ‘reached xxxx ‘likes’ or whatever’ milestones. Whereas we are pretty opposed to this meaningless numbers game the music industry is turning into, we can’t fault a new Moullinex track. Kassette is an Edit of Kasso’s Walkman from 1982 that Moullinex has been playing out for quite a while and now it can be enjoyed in all it’s twisted funk, multi instrumental, infectious hook, glory. Take My Pain Away will be the album’s preceding single and alongside reMixes from Rory Phillips, Strip Steve, and DJ Steef sits this blinding track from Gigamesh. Gigamesh whips up an epic retro Disco tune that just goes to prove why he is one of Disco big rising stars. A flawless production built on an irresistible funky groove and driven on by some spine-tingling solos.
So, the UK version of Charli XCX’s amazing You’re The One EP is finally out and comes equipped with a new track, So Far Away, here’s the video.
Ryan Andrews put the clip together, which if you’ve seen many of Charli’s DIY clips before, you know the kind of thing to expect. Just switch off and enjoy.
Post Punk electronic pioneer Mark Stewart is about to release a new single with Indie-Electro outfit Factory Floor. The second single from his current Politics Of Envy album.
Here’s the video for Stereohype, directed by Orla Fokdalm as edgy as the abrasive track itself.
Today sees the release of LA ElectroPop producer Robots With Rayguns’ second album. Following 2010’s Electro Isn’t Dead, this new record sees Lucas Patrick Smith continuing down his path of retro styled SynthPop with modern production.
RWR is a collection of ten dancefloor oriented synthesizer workouts. Robots With Rayguns’ music has always been painted with a brush of retro 80’s synth, but sounds too clean and digital to really sit amongst the vintage haze of SynthWave and Outrun, and RWR perfectly displays this unique sound. Take Reflex, the album’s first track proper, it’s a grinding Nu-Disco-esque groove with lush Dreamwave synths and a little chainsaw Electro in there, but the biting production give it a Germanic, almost EBM edge, making it slightly more abrasive, more aggressive than it’s counterparts. Your Love, featuring the vocals of Blu-J is an example of Robots With Rayguns at his best, when working with a simple vocal hook, RWR seems to shine that little bit brighter, and be able to bring some of that ‘80’s warmth into his tracks. This culminates in his collaboration with Patrick Baker, Runaway, the album’s highlight. On Runaway Patrick’s vocals are bring a real human feel, allowing Robots With Rayguns to deliver a rich synthetic backing track (including his beloved pitched up vocals) which combines to produce a catchy , euphoric, ElectroPop monster. Elsewhere the album slips between blissful, nostalgic, Dreamwave-esque tracks and full-on Electro floorfillers. Occasionally RWR slips into Futurecop! lite, but when Robots With Rayguns finds his own voice, the album really flies.
♫ Robots With Rayguns (Feat. Patrick Baker) – Runaway
♫ Robots With Rayguns – Reflex
♫ Robots With Rayguns – Control
♫ Robots With Rayguns – Keep It Simple
Robots With Rayguns’ RWR is out today on Bandcamp.
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Presents She’s The Queen – Talk To Me (Single)
This September New York ElectroPop Duo She’s The Queen release their fresh new single, Talk To Me.
Upbeat and catchy, Talk To Me sees Drew Kuryloski and Emily White bring together the best in soulful Pop and energetic Dance-Pop, seeped in a love of Nu-Disco and Dreamwave.
Drew’s flawless production sheen compliments Emily’s huge Motown-esque vocals perfectly as the two produce a sure-fire summer favourite. Unique amongst ElectroPop, but classic sounding, the dance beats and bluesy vocals that make up Talk To Me are instantly infectious.
Backed with reMixes raging from Big Room House, to smooth Nu-Disco from the likes of Lightwaves, digitalfoxglove, ODahl and Silenx the Talk To Me single contains something for every dancefloor.
AboutShe’s The Queen
She’s The Queen are a New York based ElectroPop duo make up of Drew Kuryloski, producer extraordinaire, and songstress Emily White. After releasing their début EP last year to considerable on-line acclaim and performing live shows alongside the likes of Sky Ferreira and Simon Curtis, the duo are ready to embark on the next phase of their musical journey. Taking their catchy, accessible, Nu-Disco influenced, ElectroPop to the next level and a wider audience.
They’ve already gained recognition in the form of some of the hottest producers on the scene; Starsmith, Frankmuisik, Futurecop! and Fear Of Tigers count themselves amongst She’s The Queen’s fans, but this duo have been in the studio (above Drew’s garage) writing new songs that will take listeners by storm.
About the reMixes
The Talk To Me single boasts reMixes from some of the finest talent producing Disco, in all it’s forms, today. Jan Rosenberg, ex-of Indie-ElectroPoppers Yes, Giantess provides a massive sounding big room House reMix under his Lightwaves moniker. It’s the prefect big summer anthem. digitalfoxglove, German Nu-Disco guru and one quarter of Dreamwave supergroup Ride The Universe, brings his slick electronic Disco groove to the track. Swedish Synth/Disco legend ODahl whips up the track into a DiscoPop frenzy while one of SynthWave’s rising stars Silenxwashed the track in his lush Sci-Fi Italo.
We are also presenting bonus reMixes from critically acclaimed Electro producer Embryonik and a Lightwaves mashup of Talk To Me’s B-side, The Way, and Happy Face from New York House master Jeremy Grasso.
About the video
Premièring four weeks before release will be a stunningly shot music video for Talk To Me directed by visual artist and fashion director Aaron Alexis, who’s credits includes work for Kitsuné and Chromat.
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.
01. She’s The Queen – Talk To Me
02. She’s The Queen – Talk To Me (Lightwaves reMix)
03. She’s The Queen – Talk To Me (digitalfoxglove reMix)
04. She’s The Queen – Talk To Me (ODahl reMix)
05. She’s The Queen – Talk To Me (Silenx reMix)
06. She’s The Queen – The Way
Today sees the long awaited release of New York ElectroPop duo She’s The Queen’s ‘Talk To Me’. It’s released by me, and frankly that makes me feel a little weird about writing about it, so I’m just going to copy and past the press release…also by me. Suffice to say it’s fucking awesome, if it wasn’t I wouldn’t have devoted the last few months of my life to it.
This September New York ElectroPop Duo She’s The Queen release their fresh new single, Talk To Me.
Upbeat and catchy, Talk To Me sees Drew Kuryloski and Emily White bring together the best in soulful Pop and energetic Dance-Pop, seeped in a love of Nu-Disco and Dreamwave.
Drew’s flawless production sheen compliments Emily’s huge Motown-esque vocals perfectly as the two produce a sure-fire summer favourite. Unique amongst ElectroPop, but classic sounding, the dance beats and bluesy vocals that make up Talk To Me are instantly infectious.
Backed with reMixes raging from Big Room House, to smooth Nu-Disco from the likes of Lightwaves, digitalfoxglove, ODahl and Silenx the Talk To Me single contains something for every dancefloor.
Talk To Me is out today on electronic rumors. That’s right bitches, we’re a label!
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