Aug 17 2012

ATTAR!’s ‘M!X#7’

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ATTAR!– M!X#7 = ATTAR! is back and raring to go. This new mixtape sees the man no only dropping the freshest tracks, but also digging up some gems from the past and giving the the A! edit treatment. There’s a nice surprise in there too!

♫ ATTAR! – M!X#7

The tracklist:

01. Simple Minds – Seeing Out the Angel (Instrumental re<ix)
02. Will Powers – Adventures In Success (A! Edit)
03. Zazu Is Frank Zander – Captain Starlight (A! Edit)
04. D Train – Thank You (Dub Mix (A! Edit))
05. Bombers – Dance Dance Dance (12″ Version (A! Edit))
06. George Kranz – Din Daa Daa (Original Version 1983)
07. Jago – I’m Going to Go (Frankie Knuckles reMix)
08. **** – Folivora Parade (Demo. Version)
09. Wool – Purple Ohm
10. Tiger Stripes – This Man (M.A.N.D.Y. Vs. LOPAZZ Edit)
11. Tyson – Mr Rain (Claptone reMix)
12. Chicken Lips – Do It Proper (Justin Robertson reMix)
13. Danny Tennaglia (Feat. Celeda) – Music Is The Answer (Extended 12” (A! Edit))
14. Arnold Jarvis – Take Some Time Out
15. Wulf Ticket – The Key

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Aug 17 2012

Tommy’s Outer Space Adventure with Jordan F & MegaDrive

The new album from leading light of the third wave of SynthWave, Tommy, is due for release in September. Outer Space Adventurer bills itself as a ‘Soundtrack for a Science-Fiction story’ and it certainly lives up to that premise as Tommy pulls out all his synthesizer wizardry brings Jordan F and MegaDrive along for the ride.

Bringing his best Vangelis game to the table with the album’s title track Outer Space Adventurer, Tommy crafts a cosmic oddessy, a sumptuous tide of futuristic, rich synths set against the backdrop of a pounding mid-paced Italo rhythm section. Really capturing something magical and wondrous, Tommy takes the listener on a remarkable audio voyage through distant galaxies. A track to spark the imagination. Already Jordan F and MegaDrive have stepped up to the plate to work their reMix goodness on the track. Jordan, unsurprisingly, totally nails it. Keeping the mood but enhancing it with an air of romanticism with his beautiful, shimmering, melodies. The otherworldly sense of awe remains, but touched with something more emotionally human. MegaDrive gives the track a driving kick in the ass. Drawing out the tracks Italo side, MegaDrive even adds a little Acid into the mix, letting those sparkling leads play out over a grittier Electro groove. When Tommy’s Outer Space Adventurer album drops, you can bet it’ll be some of the best SynthWave you’ve heard all year.

♫ Tommy – Outer Space Adventurer

♫ Tommy – Outer Space Adventurer (Jordan F reMix)

♫ Tommy – Outer Space Adventurer (MegaDrive reMix)

Tommy’s Outer Space Adventurer is released 3rd September.

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Aug 17 2012

G.L.O.V.E.S. reMixes Rebecca & Fiona

Hey everyone, G.L.O.V.E.S. is back! That’s a pretty awesome end of week surprise. Things have been pretty quiet from this Australian producer these past twelve months but he’s just released a reMix of Swedish Pop duo Rebecca & Fiona’s single Luminary Ones he did last summer and is now offering as a download. G.L.O.V.E.S. is one of the best in the Dreamwave/Nu-Disco game and his name is always a sign of a top tune.

G.L.O.V.E.S. whips up the best in summery synth music with this track. All hard kicks and lush synths this mix of Luminary Ones has got a big of a Digital Love feeling to it but with more of a jump-up-and-dance vibe. G.L.O.V.E.S. is the master of summery retro dance music, and right here things are no different. Always the best.

♫ Rebecca & Fiona – Luminary Ones (G.L.O.V.E.S.’ ‘Beach Slap’ reMix)

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Aug 15 2012

Mitch Murder & Kristine

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‘You know what would be amazing?’ I often think to myself, ‘a Mitch Murder track with vocals’. Well, the moment has finally arrived, and who has stepped up to the challenge but non other than Greek retro Pop songstress Kristine. The whole thing is just to awesome for words.

Feel The Air is Mitch Murder applying all his abundant musical skill to a big euphoric, retro tinged, dance tune. This is the Mitch Murder sunrise tune, the Mitch Murder’s big hands-in-the-air track. The synths shimmer as Kristine’s sultry voice glides over the track like silk, shining over the ‘80’s licks and lush chords. Pure Dreamwave gold, Check it out now.

♫ Mitch Murder (Feat. Kristine) – Feel The Air

Mitch Murder’s Glass Cities EP is released 1st August.

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Aug 15 2012

Betamaxx

Betamaxx is a one-man project hailing from Pittsburgh. Producer Nick Morey explores his love of synths and retro sounds to it’s fullest. What you get in his music is an amazing mix of analog Disco, ‘80’s movie soundtracks and floor shaking Electro. There’s definitely some big sounds coming out of the US version of The Steel City (the real Steel City, of course, being home of The Human League, Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire, Sheffield).

We’ve got two tracks here for you to sample. today. Fist up is Syntax Analysis, a track that kicks off with deep robot synths and a B-Boy beat tempered with soaring analog leads and the track soon descend into a full-on retro synth love-in. Betamaxx’s production is top quality, which is a good job because his tracks are pretty intricately crafted and multi layered, in the hands of a less deft producer things could get muddy, but Betamaxx handles everything with ease, allowing each element of the music to breathe and letting the listener soak up the nostalgic synthesizer sounds. Pittsburgh Nights adds a little Electro Boogie into the mix with a frantic, punchy, synth bassline, and rapid-fire rhythms. As with Syntax Analysis, Betamaxx juxtaposes the manic with the beautiful, in the form of blissful, and funky, electronic melodies. We’ll definitely be keeping an eye on Betamaxx from now on.

♫ Betamaxx – Syntax Analysis (First Cut)

♫ Betamaxx – Pittsburgh Nights (First Cut)

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Aug 15 2012

Pilotpriest’s retro collection

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Amazing Canadian producer of the finest SynthWave soundtracks around Pilotpriest has just released an album of some of his earlier works. The new release, titled Music From 1990-2000 A.D. collects twelve older tracks from the man. Older they may be, but that in no way diminishes their quality. Essentially, twelve new tracks from Pilotpriest, yay!

Sure, the production might be a little less sophisticated than his current output. Sure, there’s more of a Lo-Fi experimentalism within. But this just adds to the records charm and differentiates it from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Whereas that latest album is a cosmic journey through emotion and sound, these twelve tracks feel a lot more urban, a lot more hip. Spread across the entire album is a quirky Electro cool that plays well into both Pilotpriest’s cinematic and more disco sides. Take the collection’s opener, Harmony Gold, it’s got a definite solid analog groove but there is something about the warping synths and toytown drums that give it a bedroom charm. This continues as the album covers a variety of sounds, from the Downtempo of Relieve, the Electro-Indie of Sangalula and Electro-Surf rock (?) of New Man to the Folktronica od Best Served Cold. The album does pick up it’s Disco feet in some places, notably the stabbing, majestic Italo of New Voroder and the robotic groove of Now Sport. And, of course there are times when Pilotpriest gets to flex his orchestration muscles, best seen in Intercessor. All-in-all it’s a very different album to Original Motion Picture Soundtrack one that sees (or saw) Pilotpriest experimenting more freely, maybe as he was heading toward the sound we now love him for.

♫ Pilotpriest – Harmony Gold

♫ Pilotpriest – Intercessor

♫ Pilotpriest – New Voroder

♫ Pilotpriest – Now Sport

Music From 1990-2000 A.D. is out now for the price of whatever you want!

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Aug 15 2012

Aeroplane reMixes Erika Spring

Erika Spring

We’ve been diggin’ Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Spring’s solo work for the last couple of months now, but this is just the icing on the cake. Here next single for Cascine, Happy At Your Gate, reMixed by Mr. Vito Aeroplane. How’s that for a team-up?

Vito bring a touch of smooth to his electronic Disco with this reMix. it’s a slick combination of bouncy House bassline, Disco groove and vintage SynthPop lead lines. The mid-tempo pace of the track, and the steady, pulsing, dancefloor sound works perfectly with Erika’s hushed vocal. The drama in Erika’s performance is heightened as Aeroplane builds and builds toward the end of the track, increasing the tension, until it breaks for the finale. Additional production from Martin Dubka.

♫ Erika Spring – Happy At Your Gate (Aeroplane reMix)

Happy At Your Gate is taken from Erika Spring’s self titled EP, out now on Cascine.

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Aug 15 2012

80s Stallone’s ‘Smoke & Mirrors’

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Excellent. Mid-week music from London SynthWave producer 80s Stallone, and it’s one of his best too. What more can you ask for than a bit of 80’s Stallone’s spacey nostalgia? Also, it’s 3m30s, perfect Pop song length.

And Smoke & Mirrors is pretty spacey, more spacey than we are used to from 80’s Stallone. Here things get washed in reverbs and delays to a greater extend that we’d expect from this prolific producer, but the result is definitely pleasing. 80’s Stallone draws up a really nice, laid back but slightly dreamlike atmosphere where warm synth tones undulate around the track. The Italo bassline gives the track some solid backing, and the beats is a lot higher tempo than you’d think, which nicely offsets the cosmic keys. 80’s Stallone keeps the enigmatic mood going amidst the upbeat rhythm with playful melodies and some Sci-Fi vocoding. Groovy, with the added bonus of being a nice slice of ‘80’s fantasy, we’re diggin’ it.

♫ 80s Stallone – Smoke & Mirrors

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Aug 15 2012

Lazerhawk reMixes Teenage Criminal

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Lazerhawk’s at it again! The SynthWave original gangster has whipped up this amazing reMix of Spanish Electro producer Teenage Criminal’s new single Hero. Oh it’s big!

Lazerhawk has gone for the full-on epic Electro vibe on this track. It does everything in massive style. Big pounding drums, huge chainsaw synths and majestic soloing that gets mind blowing at points. The combination of the grinding dirty synths and shining leads take this tune to the next level. Coursing waves of piercing melodies set against post-apocalyptic noise. Powerful stuff.

♫ Teenage Criminal – Hero (Lazerhawk reMix)

Hero is out now.

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Aug 15 2012

Nude Disco reMixes Stretch

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Stretch, the latest alter ego of Stretch & Vern/Sucker DJ’s main man Stretch Silvester, is about to release his début single on his brand new imprint Bring Back The Future. Enjoy What You Do heavily samples Wham!’s 1982 début single Wham Rap. The ever awesome Nude Disco have taken up the reMixing reins and turned in a heavy Disco-House version of the track.

Adding a much more pumping beat and a booming Italo bassline, Nude Disc beef up the track 200%, opening it up the sparse original to drilling lazergun synth hits and shimmering lead lines. Using the Wham! tracks chorus a lot more than the Original mix, both vocoded and not, Nude Disco blends the familiar refrain with some seriously uplifting solos. Pure dancefloor gold.