May 1 2012

Queen Of Hearts & Mark Reeder

When electronic music legend and all round nice guy Mark Reeder asked me to hook him up with the future ruler of all things ElectroPop, Queen Of Hearts, I was like ”hell yeah!, that can only end well”. A man who has been instrumental in shaping electronic and dance music spanning four decades from Manchester to Berlin and a woman with a passion for electronic Pop music and a voice that could melt stone. What more can you ask for, really?

‘Mark Reeder’s Electrically Excited reMix’ of Queen Of Hearts new single ‘Neon’ is a pulsating, synthetic, floorfiller that marries Reeder’s trademark Berlin TechPop with The Queen’s husky delivery. It’s actually quite interesting to hear Queen If Hearts set amongst the cold robotic arpeggios and moody pads of Berlin Techno and Reeder perfectly finds the balance between the two, creating something robotic, but with a soul. Which, considering forthcoming double A-side the single is rife with BladeRunner references (whether accidental or not) is a pretty fitting sound. There’s a dark machine beauty to the track, and an epic cinematic quality which makes the whopping seven minutes feel like a flowing musical narrative. This is the hopefulness on rain soaked, neon lit, dystopian city streets.

♫ Queen Of Hearts – Neon (Mark Reeder’s Electrically Excited reMix)

Queen Of Heart’s ‘Neon’/’Tears In The Rain’ single is out 14th May, out now is ‘electronic rumors Volume 1’ on which she features.

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May 1 2012

Russ Chimes’ new single

Russ Chimes

Producer extraordinaire Russ Chimes’ new track débuted on Pete Tong’s show last week, and we completely missed it! If you’re a long time reader of the site you’ll know how much we dig Mr. Chimes’ work, to the point where he has won numerous end of year awards. We have been awaiting eagerly his new single. So, yeah, here it is.

And it doesn’t disappoint. ‘Back 2 You’ sums up what we love about Russ’ music. He never sticks with the same sound, having made his name with big Disco tracks before branching out into more Rave oriented tunes and now gearing up for the release of this Disco tinged House track, but always carries his complex production and rich musicality into whatever he does. ‘Back 2 You’ rides on a hammering bassline, punching it’s way through the mix and providing a dancefloor trance for a whole host of elements to play over. Vocal snatches, big synth stabs, crazy percussion, even a bit of 8-bit madness are all in the mix and Russ juggles every peice of the puzzle with ease. This is how you make dance music.

♫ Russ Chimes – Back 2 You (Radio Rip)

‘Back 2 You’ is released in May.

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May 1 2012

Punks Jump Up’s ‘The (Wrong) ‘80’s Mix 2’

Punks Jump Up

Punks Jump Up – The (Wrong) ‘80’s Mix 2 = Well this is just awesome. In celebration of the release of the amazing Mr. overtime single, Punks jump up have put together this hour long mix after my own heart crammed full of obscure ‘80’s dance mixes. Enjoy!”

♫ Punks Jump Up – The (Wrong) ‘80’s Mix 2

The tracklist:

01. The Service – Dance Up
02. Ironic Remark – Rebirth Of An Anti-Christ (Instrumental)
03. Flirts – All You Ever Think About Is Sex
04. Glam – More Than Ever (Fashion Mix)
05. Lefturno – Out Of Sight
06. Steel Mind – Boss Man
07. Gaz Nevada – Ticket To Los Angeles
08. The Earons – Land Of Hunger (Dub)
09. Ministry – I Wanted To Tell Her
10. Temper – No Favors
11. Pete Shelley – Witness The Change
12. Propaganda – Frozen Faces
13. Yes – Leave It (Re-Mix)
14. Queen – Invisible Man (12″ Mix)
15. Gino Soccio – Remember
16. Patrick Cowley – Going Home (Re-Mix)
17. Secret Service – Night City
18. Macho – Not Tonight (Re-Mix)
19. Gary’s Gang – Makin’ Music (Dub)
20. Giorgio Moroder – Night Drive
21. Gina & The Flexix – Believe

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May 1 2012

Hot Hot Hawk’s new EP

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Russian SynthWave producer Hot Hot Hawk has just released his new EP, ‘Ventilate’. Prepare for some retro soundtrack inspired synthesizer excitement.

‘Ventilate’ contains six track of post-Italo, rapid fire electronic soundtracks. Soundtracks to some kick-ass action movie from the ‘80’s that was never made. Of course, this scene is starting to get a little flooded so how does Hot Hot Hawk differentiate himself from the pack. Well, for a start he has an amazing grasp of Melody, which he weaves in and out of runaway arpeggiated basslines to spectacular effect. He also layers his tracks with sublet use of guitar, not in the crunchy way some do, but tonally, adding an extra pad or soaring solo. Another factor that sets him apart from a lot of his peers is his grasp of House and Disco, even Indie, influences he folds into his SynthWave tracks to give them that little big for Funk and groove. Overall though, Hot Hot Hawk produces some classic electronic soundtrack inspired moments, some rousing emotional peices that capture each desired mood perfectly. With an added bonus Disco round.

♫ Hot Hot Hawk – Fight Back And Take Over The City

♫ Hot Hot Hawk – Midnight Thunder

♫ Hot Hot Hawk – Atlanta Skyline

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May 1 2012

Saint Etienne’s new single

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UK ElectroPop legends Saint Etienne are gearing up for the release of their brand new album, ‘Words And Music By Saint Etienne’, next month. Ahead of which ‘I’ve Got Your Music’ follows ‘Tonight’ as the second single taken from the record.

‘I’ve Got Your Music’ seems to follow both musically and thematically from ‘Tonight’, and with a title like ‘Words And Music’ I would hazard a guess that the album will be about Pop music, and songs in general, and their power to capture a moment. As Bob Stanley says “the album is about believing in music, living your life by its rules”, The single is a lovely slice of classic SynthPop, but we would expect no less from Saint Etienne. Produced with Xenomania’s Tim Powell, it’s a effervescent, upbeat tune that bodes well for the album.

♫ Saint Etienne – I’ve Got Your Music (Single Version)

‘Words And Music By Saint Etienne’ is released 21st May.

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May 1 2012

Big C reMixes Blac Swan

Blac Swan

Fresh from his reworking of Wheel Wells ’Morning Light’ London nomad Big C has dropped another bombshell mix. this time taking on New York genre chameleons Blac Swan and their ‘Night Drive’.

In all honestly, the original version of this track is pretty lame. It’s got a nice crunchy production but it’s based around a really simplistic riff that never goes anywhere, enter Big C to sort shit out, take that riff and add it to intricate layers of melody. With a pounding rhythm, and enough elements, both gritty and sparkling, to carry the riff along to somewhere emotionally resonant and build the whole track up to it’s Drum ‘N’ Bass finale. Big C’s reMix is a strange and complicated beast, but one that would rock the dancefloor.

♫ Blac Swan – Night Drive (Big C reMix)

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May 1 2012

B-Xentric!’s Jockey Club Five mixtape

B-Xentric

B-Xentric! – The Jockey Club Five = An hour and a half of upfront Disco and Funky House is on the cards with B-Xentrix!’s latest monthly mix. That’s right, and hour and a half, none of this mucking around with forty minutes here!

♫ B-Xentric! – The Jockey Club Five

The tracklist:

01. Ledgroove – Being ‘90’s Thru The ‘80’s
02. Walter Jones – I Am Loved
03. Elium Robots – Bring Drinking (Tuff City Kids reMix)
04. Bruce Haack – Program Me (Eskimo Twins Rework)
05. Rotciv (Feat. Zopelar) – Solution
06. Lauer – Trainmann (Tensnake Tranceman Mix)
07. Eleanor Academia – Adventure (Bub Mix)
08. Jibaro – Disco Passion (Instrumental Mix)
09. New York Disco Punk – Lonely On The Dance Floor (Deep Disco Edit)
10. Joachim J – Persepolis
11. Stranger & Captain Delicious – Punkfloydmovement
12. Serge Santiago – Atto D’Amore (Dub Version)
13. Sgt. Lovebody – Crystal Skies
14. Christian S – The Power Of Now
15. Atomico – Mambo Tranferencia

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May 1 2012

New Young Pony Club’s new video

I love it when new releases from bands you like creep up on you. Here’s the video for the forthcoming new single from Indie-Electro champions New Young Pony Club, I didn’t even know they had a forthcoming new single!

The clip for ‘You Used To Be A Man’ is directed by Laura Buckley and is as abstract as the electronic beats. The track show a more subtle, eclectic side to NYPC. We’re liking it!

‘You Used To Be A Man’ is released 7th May.

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May 1 2012

Jupiter’s reMix of Sébastien Tellier’s ‘Cochon Ville’

Sébastien Tellier

French DiscoPop duo of the moment Jupiter made themselves a little DJ friendly version of fellow Frenchman Sébastien Tellier’s awesome current single ‘Cochon Ville’ for their last mixtape. Now they have released it, for free, in it’s entirety.

Jupiter’s version is a slick rolling Disco edit of the track. Ripe for the dancefloor Jupiter highlight that undulating Disco bassline. Stripping back the tune to it’s most basic Disco elements and the drawing them out over five minutes. With a particularly tension inducing build over the first half of the track until it drops you right into the heart of the song, this is definitely the mix to drop in the middle of the night.

♫ Sébastien Tellier – Cochon Ville (Jupiter’s Indian Summer reMix)

‘Cochon Ville’ is the first single taken from Sébastien Tellier‘s new album ‘My God Is Blue’ available now via Record Makers.

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May 1 2012

Yuksek reMixes Gold Fields

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Australian Indie-Electro outfit Gold Fields sure know how to pick their reMixers. First G.L.O.V.E.S., now French baroque Disco maestro Yuksek takes on their track ‘Moves’.

‘Moves’ is actually a relatively old track, dating back to September last year, with Yuksek dropping his reMix first on his awesome Triple J Radio Mixtape from November. Now it has surfaced in it’s entirety we can have a full listen to that beginning section that sees Yuksek channelling his best Jean Michel-Jarre thought multiple layers of thick, but shrill, synths and echoing pads, before dropping the full on French Disco flavour.