Nov 7 2013

[Audio] Say Lou Lou’s ‘Beloved’

New Say Lou Lou tracks seem to be coming thick and fast these days. Only last month did we introduce you to the girls new single Better In The Dark, which is release at the end of this month with reMixes from Tiger & Woods, Hygrade and Andrea, and now you can check out the epic B-side, Beloved.

The sisters get their cinematic SynthPop on for this tune. It walks a nice tightrope between it’s optimistic, almost uplifting synths and a deep melancholy in the vocals, making the track a two sided affair, but one that feels lit a narrative complete. Shimmering keys and pounding drums underpin the girls vocal laments. This could have easily been a single in it’s own right, but it makes a stunning B-side.

♫ Say Lou Lou – Beloved

Say Lou Lou’s Better In The Dark is released 25th November.

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Nov 7 2013

[Audio] Grum reMixes Martin Garrix’s ‘Animals’

OK kids, pencils down and pay attention, there’s a new reMix from Mr. Grum on the scene. This time around Grum’s subject matter is young Dutch producer Martin Garrix, who in suitably Dutch producer fashion is a purveyor of all things big room, Prog Housey, Trancey, and cheese filled. Taking Garrix’s ‘hit’, Animals, Grum proceeds to make things a bit slicker, a bit more sophisticated, without loosing any of the dancefloor euphoria.

Grum loads up on big swirling synths for this one. By this time Grum has amassed enough experience with a wide variety of dancefloor styles that he can effortlessly meld them into one monster whole. Crisp lead lines, burbling basses, and the perfect build, all lead into a 303 tweaking finale that sees Grum in new Acid-Techno territories. A massive floor destroyer that we fully expect is going to get caned over the coming months.

♫ Martin Garrix – Animals (Grum reMix)

Martin Garrix’s Animals is out now.

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Nov 7 2013

[Audio] Data/Debt’s ‘Dead Pixel’

We’ve been eager to write about this one for a couple of weeks. It’s the next release on London’s Heavy Disco label and it comes from San Francisco based producer Data/Debt (who you may remember mixing up Ali Jamieson’s Four Thirty) in collaboration with Nu-Disco producer Allen Walker on Bass. Dead Pixel is his début release, check it out.

Dead Pixel is a rolling party starter who’s gruff groove is disguised amidst a cheeky line in samples. There’s just no way you can stop your head nodding to this one. You can’t stop smiling either. Thick with broken snatches of vintage Disco records and driving bass, Dead Pixel delivers a nice winter Disco vibe, this one isn’t for poolsides, this is for sweaty backroom clubs and everlasting Funk.

♫ Data/Debt (Feat. Allen Walker) – Dead Pixel

Data/Debt’s Dead Pixel is released 11th November.

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Nov 6 2013

[Audio] Luke Million reMixes Sterling Silver’s ‘Sweet Talk’

Here’s a little mid-week bounce-fest coming straight from the heart of Australia. Well, not the heart, that’s just a figure of speech, the heart would be way too hot, more lie straight from one of the edgy bits of Australia. Anyway, Luke Million, Italo-Disco player and undisclosed parts of The Swiss has gone and delivered a huge slab of vintage Boogie in the for of his new reMix for fellow Aussie (presumably also from an edgy bit) Sterling Silver.

From the opening, cinematic, analog synth warbling you know you’re in for a treat. A retro space-age workout that deftly merges the groovier qualities of Italo and 80s ElectroPop in a slick package that both loaded with nostalgia and fit for contemporary dancefloors. Razor sharp synths mix with thick stabs and the occasional vocoder drop to keep things upbeat and breezy. A proper retroPop epic, authentic as hell without being trite. The sound of yesterday, today.

♫ Sterling Silver – Sweet Talk (Luke Million reMix)

Sterling Silver’s Sweet Talk is out now, as is Luke Million’s Midnight Galaxy EP.

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Nov 5 2013

[Audio] Michoacan’s ‘The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand’

Fernando Miranda Rios A.K.A. Michoacan, he of Disco Suck So Good fame, is back with another forthcoming blistering release on Eskimo Recordings. It’s a three track release titled The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand, and it’s a pure Cosmic Disco workout. A fuzzy analog synth love-letter that’ll have you melting into your speakers. Check it out.

The EP’s title track is an eight minute epic, an exercise in freeform Disco and blissed out Moog jamming. a rotund, playful, beat keeps the time alongside a head nodding bassline, giving room in the track for all manner of snyths squelches, trills, zaps and Funk solos to haphazardly glide across the tune. One of the B-sides, No Magic Orchestra usurps a Kraftwerkian rhythm and rudely pairs it with a baseline reminiscent of a Post-Punk attempt at Disco and the Funky snyth noodlings of a madman. all three tracks on the EP are electronically enchanting. Galactic voyages withy a slightly drunk pilot. Disco made by broken robots. Definitely worth your attention.

♫ Michoacan – The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand

♫ Michoacan – No Magic Orchestra

Michoacan’s The Kingdom Of Heaven Is At Hand is released 11th November.

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Nov 5 2013

[Audio] Airwolf’s ‘Hanging On’

It’s been a good old while since Australian producer Airwolf graced these pages. Over a year in fact, and even longer since his last release. Well, it’s good to know he hasn’t been waiting his time, the man is about to drop a huge new single on Onelove. Keeping in mind that Australia is upside down and it’s heading toward summer there, Hanging On is the perfect poolside party starter.

Hanging On is an undulating Disco-House tune that revolves around a dirty synth Funk bassline. A chunky, filtered, Disco hook permeates the track, which is peppered worth modulated vocal snatches and horn flourishes. Hanging On delivers elastic grooves and full on summery good-time vibes. A secret weapon in your crate? Check out the Radio Edit, which is pretty weird if we’re honest, it’s only two and a half minutes long, which is tiny even for radio edits (which usually knock around the 3m30s mark) and never really sells the song as much as it should. Hold out for the slamming club mix.

Edit: It seems that since posting this Onelove have swapped out the Radio Edit for the full Club Mix, so enjoy.

♫ Airwolf – Hanging On (Radio Edit)

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Nov 4 2013

[Audio] GotSome reMixes Storm Queen’s ‘Look Right Through’

Look Right Through, the big tune from Morgan Geist’s alter ego Storm Queen, has been out and about for a while now, years in fact. First released on Environ in 2010, then again as a big reMix package by Defected in 2012. The tracks Deep soulful House sound may be proven to be ahead of it’s time as Ministry Of Sound have picked up the track for a brand new release and reMix collection. It’s out this week, but in the meantime check out Bristol’s finest, GotSome’s reMix, which was premiered on Radio 1 this weekend as the guys rocked up to make it Annie Mac’s special delivery.

I hope you’re sitting comfortable, ‘cos the UK Bass monster will knock you off your feet if you’re not. Mixing up warehouse vibes with a storming House beat Garage-y shuffle, GotSome drop four minutes of high-octane dancefloor bliss. Managing to be both up-front and nostalgic, the duo mix sounds from past, present and future to create a proper party starter.

♫ Storm Queen – Look Right Through (GotSome ‘Animal Style’ VIP reMix) (Radio Rip)

Storm Queen’s Look Right Through re-release is out now.

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Nov 4 2013

[Audio] Maya Jane Coles reMixes Tiga Vs. Audion’s ‘Let’s Go Dancing’

Check out Maya Jane Coles’ reMix of Tiga Vs. Audition (Matthew Dear)’s hype inducing Let’s Go Dancing. Tiga’s most explosive track for al long while, Let’s Go Dancing caused a bit of a stir when it was released a couple of months ago, now with the release of the reMix EP looming we can wrap out ears around this, the one we were most looking forward to.

Maya takes things Deep and Techy with this one. Six minutes of hypnotic warehouse sounds with a fantasy twist. With a seeming nod to early Warp Bleep House Maya playfully skims magical melodies and psychedelic synths over to surface of a pounding House groove. The growling vocal refrain only adds to the enigmatic flavour of Maya’s mix. This one is going to get a serious club pounding, expect to be looing all sense of time on the dancefloor to this one very soon.

♫ Tiga Vs. Audion – Let’s Go Dancing (Maya Jane Coles Dancing In The Dark reMix)

Tiga Vs. Audion’s Let’s Go Dancing reMix package is coming 10th November and includes remixes from Maya Jane Coles, Breach, Solomun and joeFarr.

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Nov 1 2013

[Audio] Starcadian’s ‘Sunset Blood’ album

Starcadian’s Sunset Blood is the best Disco album of the year. There, that’s the short version of this review. It’s a pretty bold statement to make in a year that Daft Punk released their long awaited comeback, but we stand by it. Not that Starcadian’s freshly released début full length record, Sunset Blood, is strictly a Disco album, but it has a strain of authentic Disco running through it’s DNA that puts many contemporary Disco producers to shame. Mixed up with helpings of SynthWave, ElectroPop and TurboFunk it’s the perfect recipie.

Ever since we discovered Brooklyn based producer Starcadian he’s been a particular favourite around these parts, his track Girls Of Midnight clocking in at number three in our top 20 songs of 2012. Nothing about this thirteen track collection of tunes has let us down, and our expectation were high!

A new version of single Ronnie opens the album, it’s funkin’ bass, smooth electric Piano and slightly melancholy vocoding setting the tone for the album, exciting, emotional, electronic music and a badass, soaring, solo. The brooding Robo-Funk of Chinatown is up next. It’s passionate, cinematic, vocals meets rousing vintage electronics approach sending shivers down your spine. Previous favourite Sgt. Tagowski’s high-octane, slap bass fuelled, retro SynthWave meets ChipTune madness is followed by the album version of the single Heˆrt. Heˆrt is a simply beautiful piece of music, A piano led Disco ballad, a Sci-Fi lament that highlights Starcadian’s musicianship, songwriting and production skills perfectly. Spectrum Line, another new tune, is up next delivering it’s big DiscoPop vibes with an R&B twist, all smoothed over with Starcadian’s slightly gritty Electro sounds. The laid back vocoder grooves return on Lovetop, a vintage Disco laden love song, smooth and soulful to the extreme and contrasted with the big ElectroPop of Supersymmetry, probably the album’s Pop highlight. Big beats, slick vocals and catchy choruses all add up to pure synthesizer infectiousness. A New York Indie-Electro feel permeates the dreamy Waters before the album charges into the Cornish assault that is Pompey Pirate, bringing a French Electro epicness to Sunset Blood. Chainsaw riffs and soaring leads scream over a relentless machine beat and cut up, distorted electronics. What follows are three orchestrated, soundtrack pieces. Binary Stars, The Floppy Disk and It Ends Now being classical takes on the themes of Heˆrt, Chinatown and Pompey Pirate. With a John Williams flavour, this trilogy really show off Starcadian’s talent for arrangement as he presents a bombastic cavalcade of rising strings and horns that really get the blood racing. The album plays out on it’s title track, Sunset Blood is enigmatic SynthWave at it’s finest. A mysterious musical exposition, a synthesizer epic that leaves you waiting for the sequel.

It cannot be understated how impressive and confident a début Sunset Blood is for Starcadian. Easily one of the albums of the year. A musical narrative that deftly carries you along with it whist delivering some of the most addictive Disco we’ve heard in a long time. Highly recommended.

♫ Starcadian – Sgt. Tagowski

♫ Starcadian – Supersymmetry

♫ Starcadian – Ronnie (Album Mix)

♫ Starcadian – Pompey Pirate

Starcadian’s Sunset Blood is out now. Pick it up from Bandcamp.

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Nov 1 2013

[Audio] Empress Of’s ‘Realize You’

Burbling ElectroPop and witty lyrics are the order of the day on Brooklyn singer/songwriter Empress Of’s new tune. Tighter, and der we say it, more Poppy than her previous outings, Realize You is full of breezy catchiness, irresistible charm and a wicked tongue.

The liquid flow of multiple rolling apreggios and rising airy pads for the core of this beautiful Pop tune, a Pop tune which really shows off what Empress Of could achieve. The combination is clean and crisp electronics, tight with just enough experimentalism to be interesting, and Lorely Rodriguez painfully clever lyrics, delivered as a sweet lament, is such a winning combination it cannot be understated. As ends to the week go, this one is pretty special.