Apr 12 2011

Binary welcomes Joypopp into the fold

Barely a week goes by, recently, with out something exciting happening over at Binary HQ.

This week sees the announcement of another new signing, French duo Joypopp. Releasing their début EP, titled ‘Ecstatic’, in May Joypopp have dropped the first track to give you a taster of what to expect. ‘Volupté’ is very French, in the best possible way. Musically it’s a Jarre-esq Sci-Fi synth epic. A mid-tempo ElectroPop groove provides backing for layers of intertwining analog melodies that would make Jarre, Vangelis or Tangerine Dream proud. Top that with the sweetest female vocals and you have something both futuristically ethereal and summer sexy.

I love the solo in this track!

♫ Joypopp – Volupté

Joypopp’s ‘Ecstatic’ EP is out 9th May on Binary with reMixes from Binary’s own Short Circuit, Night Drugs and Girlfriend Records head honcho Sferro.

Joypopp @ Facebook

Apr 12 2011

Polarsets & Channel Swimmer

Warning…play this track on a summery day and you may never awake from your come of smooth.

Polarsets are Kitsuné Music’s latest offering, their single ‘Sunshine Eyes’ appears on the forthcoming Maison 11 compilation alongside a single release in it’s own right with reMixes from Jensen Sportag, Kid Adrift and Skies. This reMix is an extra treat though (although why it’s not on the release is beyond me, it’s probably the best mix of the track around). It’s by Welsh DJ/Producer Mathew Mayes A.K.A. Channel Swimmer who bring in the downtempo loops and a killer rolling bassline with a silky covering of Disco strings.
This is the kind of track that really does make you feel like everything’s gonna’ be alright.

♫ Polarsets – Sunshine Eyes (Channel Swimmer Mix)

‘Sunshine Eyes’ is out now.

Polarsets @ Beatport

Polarsets @ 7Digital

Polarsets @ Amazon

Apr 7 2011

Flashlights, Binary’s latest member…and then there were eight

Binary Entertainment, the West Coast’s ElectroPop mafia, has for so long been a collection of seven acts (which made our Binary Week pretty convenient!), well now that seven has become eight with the introduction of Flashlights.

This Denver based duo of Ethan Converse and Sam Martin’s reverb washed ElectroPop owes as much to Chillwave as it does to Binary’s Dreamwave stable, but carves out a sound for itself apart from the two genres. Emotive and introspective, Flashlights’ songs feel impassioned, both in vocal delivery and the haunting melodies of the music, creating an atmosphere that feels at once strange yet really close to home. That’s not to say the music is purely ethereal, the band have a ear for groove in the rhythm section too. Check out their first single for Binary, ‘Glowing Eyes’, it’s a synthesizer dream!

♫ Flashlights – Glowing Eyes

These synthetic dreamers seem like a welcome addition to the Binary camp, you can check out more of their stuff on their Bandcamp page, and look out for an album on Binary in June!

Flashlights @ Bandcamp

Mar 21 2011

A-Ha’s ‘The Blue Sky’ reMixed by DannielRadall

We featured DannielRadall and her latest EP of 80’s ElectroPop inspired Chillwave last week, and as thanks Danniel has sent on over her reMix of A-Ha’s ‘The Blue Sky’, from 1985’s hit packed ‘Hunting High And Low’ album.

Here she tackles A-Ha with the same approach she has to her own music. The song shifts from bouncy, crisp, 80’s Pop to reverb drenched Chillwave with funk. With samples from the original expertly manipulated into new grooves, ‘The Blue Sky’ is reinvented for 2011.

♫ A-Ha – The Blue Sky (DannielRadall reMix)

DannielRadall’s new EP can be picked up on her Bandcamp page. A-Ha’s ‘Hunting High And Low’ can be picked up, well, everywhere!

A-Ha @ Juno

A-Ha @ 7Digital

A-Ha @ Amazon

Mar 14 2011

DannielRadall

In a groove between reverb drenched Chillwave and 80’s UK Pop is a place DannielRadall seems to call home.

She’s just released a new mini-album ‘Prado’, which contains eight tracks that draw on different elements for different parts. The vocals are reminiscent of early 90’s Shoegaze indie while the music is a combination of 80’s Electronic Pop and the occasional Indie guitar riff., all drenched in the obligatory Chillwave reverb.

It’s good stuff too, that this track, ‘Fleeting Romance’, it’s like Nik Kershaw joined Slowdive!