The release of Röyksopp & Robyn’s eagerly awaited collaborative mini-album, Do It Again, is not to far off now. We weren’t expecting any videos, but one has been unleashed. This is for the moody and hypnotic Sayit.
Directed by Sandberg & Timonen and Kacper Kasprzyk, the monochrome stark glitchyness rolls with the track well.
Röyksopp & Robyn’s Do It Again is out 26th May.
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OK, hold tight, ‘cos this one is huge. The Torontonian dude Pat Lok is back and he’s got something to celebrate. The man has just hit a million, yes a million, plays on his SoundCloud account and is marking the occasion by giving away this frankly immense reMix of Adina Howard’s 1995 hit Freak Like Me. We sincerely hope your listening to this jam on a system with decent bass.
Spending it;s first few moments easily blending from a 90s R&B groove into a House monster the effortlessly juggles an early Chicago vibe with cutting edge Bass House power. And that’s not mentioning the shuffling Garage shit going on throughout. This is just a killer tune that needs to be played in clubs right now, like right this second. Turn the bass up, turn the volume up, hit play. You won’t regret it.
♫ Adina Howard X Pat Lok – Freek (2014 Booty)
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Prolific just doesn’t begin to describe the hardest working man in ‘inventing Dreamwave’. Goldroom is back again with another seven minutes of bliss. This time it’s in the form of this storming reMix for Los Angeles based outfit Wunder Wunder and their new single Coastline. It’s another one just in time for the better weather we’re having in the UK, we’re going to save this one for the weekend.
I once heard Josh say he wasn’t keen on the term ‘Tropical’, but c’mon, this tune is just some kind of Island dream. The man loves his seafaring, and this comes through in every inch of this tune, this is one for the open water, or the beach at sunset. The steel drums, the seashell purcussion, the woozy bass…I can feel the sand under my toes already. No-one makes as evocative music as Goldroom right now, he manages to turn in total floorfillers whist painting a musical picture at the same time. Dance and dream.
♫ Wunder Wunder – Coastline (Goldroom reMix)
Wunder Wunder’s Coastline is out this week.
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Keeping The Faith is the new single from Russell Dean Stone. A Dreamtrak produced Depeche Mode-with-a-hint-of-Alphaville-a-like of epic proportions.
Here’s the video, which is every bit as gloomy as you’d imagine. Slick and stylish with tons of blacks and greys.
Download Keeping The Faith here.
Check out more from Russell Dean Stone on SoundCloud.
Italian label Body Heat have just put out a rather tasty three track EP for free. Positioned as a sampler for their upcoming artists the release features tracks from Rocoe & Umberto Lumber, Msystem, The Couch Potatoes, and this beat from Rome based DJ Toxo. It’s called Need Your Love
Set apart from the more sample based offerings found elsewhere on the EP, Toxo’s tune meshes a vintage Disco hook with some almighty chainsaw synths. Knocking out a heavy TurboFunk groove, Need Your Love blends droning synths, squelchy riffs with infectious filtered Disco in an organized chaotic way until you end up with one of those peak time track you can’t help but go mental too.
Toxo’s Need Your Love is available on the Body Heat 2014 Spring/Summer Sampler, download it here.
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Sunday night we had a little gush on social media about how good the new La Roux track was. It had leaked that evening and ever since we’ve been itching for an official stream to post, and now here it is. We’ve been nervous about hearing new La Roux material for a while now, ever since the reports a couple of years ago about how Elly Jackson was turning her back on electronic music and recording an Indie Folk album. ‘Just another artist using ElectroPop as a stepping stone and then ditching it’ we thought. Well, thankfully that album was scrapped (hence the massive gap between releases) and La Roux is well and truly back in sweet SynthPop mode.
Let Me Down Gently is actually amongst the best tracks La Roux has ever released. Mixing perfectly those times when Elly shines, the quieter more passionate moments, with a solid Disco beat and stuttering synths. Not quite 80s sounding, but loaded with 80s references, from the lilting Sax solo to the dreamy lead. In short (as we mentioned on social media), it’s very very very good and has us mentally excited for the album, Trouble In Paradise, released in July.
♫ La Roux – Let Me Down Gently
La Roux’s Let Me Down Gently is out soon, Trouble In Paradise is released 7th July.
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With the recent flow of awesome tracks from Ben Macklin, it’s not hard to forget that the man’s day job is being one half of amazing Nu-DiscoPop duo Cassette Club. The guys returned this weekend with what feels like their first new tune in ages. But fear not, it was well worth the wait. Hold tight for a huge soulful summer jam.
There’s a reMix package coming soon via Modal, but for now grab the limited free download of this massive tune. Fromm the moment the big fat synth bass on Collide makes it presence felt the track is hard to ignore. We defy anyone not to be compelled to move to this one. A slinky, easy groove loaded with big whooshing pads and filtered keys pair with a cheeky Disco lick to lay the groundwork for a smooth and soulful vocal. One for late night dancefloors.
Cassette Club’s Collide is out soon.
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Here we have some new music from L.A.’s Moderns. Moderns is the new project from our very own Let Em Riot who is bringing a breezy Indie flavour to his emotional Dreamwave style. Following their début of last month, Sub Urban, their latest release is Liar and it continues their journey thought deeply personal and relatable SynthPop tunes and once again proves that Alan Oakes is one of the finest songwriters in the genre.
Liar shows off more of Moderns’ sweeping and nostalgic Pop music. Exquisitely produced, the track sounds like it’s cut straight from an 80s teen movie and then remastered for 2014. Spacious and washed with reverb, the track is densely layered but never sounds crowded. Even Alan’s vocals are given room to breather amongst the airy pads and snapping snares. While you’re here check out the duo’s cover of Echo & The Bunnymen’s 1985 single Bring On The Dancing Horses which let’s these guys really revel in their 80s Indie side.
♫ Moderns – Liar
♫ Moderns – Bring On The Dancing Horses (Echo & The Bunnymen Cover)
Check out more from Moderns on SoundCloud.
It’s hard to believe that Every Little Word is MNEK début single. The London based singer/songwriter/producer has had his fingers in so many pies in the past couple of years his name had become almost ubiquitous with the UK dance scene. As part of the reMix package for the single, Hot Chip and The 2 Bears’ main man Joe Goddard had turned in this feel good House mix of the tune.
With a big woozy bassline to draw you in Goddard delivers a version of Every Little Word that capitalises on MNEK’s catchy chorus and serves it up on a glorious House platter. With a mellow groove that belies the dancefloor tempo, this remix flow along on a wave of warm synth bass and shuffling hi-hats. You just help but vibe to the comfortable groove and soulful vocals.
♫ MNEK – Every Little Word (Joe Goddard reMix)
MNEK’s Every Little Word is out 9th June.
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House producers of the moment Gorgon City’s Here For You isn’t even out yet and it’s already doing massive things. The forthcoming release features a plethora of reMixes, including this one from Reprazent Head Honcho and Bristol Drum & Bass legend Roni Size. Gearing up for his own forthcoming released, and the resurrection of Reprazent, Size paves the way with this full-on reMix.
Laura Welsh’s vocals seem perfectly at home amongst the frantic beats and rumbling bass. Roni Size delivers a high-octane tune right her, firmly falling in the synthetic, rather than jazzy, end of the Roni Size spectrum. The deep robotic subs and jump-up beat power the track at 200 miles per hour, dragging with the airy pads and the soulful vocal line. This is classic Size, it’s like he never left.
♫ Gorgon City (Feat. Laura Welsh) – Here For You (Roni Size reMix)
Gorgon City’s Here For You is released 15th June.
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