Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 08/06/2012 = Your weekend starts right here with Fear Of Tigers and this weeks ‘The Guestlist’. The Neonized blog and label drop in for a chat and there’s some massive tunes, some of which you’ll find on these very pages today!
♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 08/06/2012
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No sooner had ElectroPoppers The Penelopes premiered their forthcoming new single ‘Summer Life’ than we are treated to this first reMixes of the track, from Dreamwave genius Gigamesh and Swedish bass master Style Of Eye.
Style Of Eye’s mix is a big droning bass monster, balancing the airy nature of the track and his own high-octane Rave but combining floaty arpeggios and storming hands-in-the-air synths he turns the ElectroPop track into a full-on party starter. Gigamesh, on the other hand, wows us with his slick Disco. Giving the track a little extra Funk, Gigamesh layers infectious bass with waves of shimmering synth work and truly makes a track for the summer. The use of the vocals, tailored to Gigamesh’s tune, switches the track around a little, whist the original was for lazy reminiscing, this mic is for dancing in the sunshine. We’re really looking forward to seeing what else the reMix package holds.
♫ The Penelopes – Summer Life (Gigamesh reMix)
♫ The Penelopes – Summer Life (Style Of Eye reMix)
The Penelopes’ ‘Sally In the Galaxy’ is out now, ‘Summer Life’ should be out soon.
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OK, so this is the third reMix of Goldroom and Chela’s ‘Fifteen’ we’ve featured this week, I think we’re going to tone it down a little from here on in. From now on reMixes are going to have to be pretty fucking outstanding for us to feature them, not that we wouldn’t feature anything less, but y’know, the bar for being featured has just gone up.
But we’re really diggin’ this mix from German producer Kelek. We’ve featured a few of his reMixes before, we love his slick ‘80’s Italo sound. What he’s done here that has particularly captured out imaginations is, either by chance or design, change the rhythm of the chorus. Now, most of the time when rEMix do this it;s a disaster, producers miss the ‘breath’ on the first beat or something and throw the timing off in terrible ways. Kelek’s shift of the chorus actually works though, and works well. It give the vocals a lazy drawl which kinda’ ties into the hazy reminiscent vibe of the track. Add to that Kelek’s rolling electronic track with it’s laser pads and bright lead line, it successfully captures the heart of the track, but in a very different way to the original.
♫ Goldroom (Feat. Chela) – Fifteen (Kelek reMix)
Goldroom’s EP is out now.
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Hailing from Virginia Beach in the Us comes producer koi.. He’s just released a full length album of laid back, funk infused sounds. A heady mixture of Dreamwave, Lo-Fi, SynthWave, Tropical Disco and Chillwave, koi.’s ‘Maelstrom’ is the prefect soundtrack to lazy, dreamy summer days.
‘Maelstrom’ contains ten tracks of instrumental, synthesizer, bliss. Layers of warm, comforting synths and a general all round felling of good times. Nothing too stompy for the dancefloor, this is music to chill with your nearest and dearest to. Can I say ‘bliss’ again? Bliss. ‘Cos it is. From the album’s opener ‘Beirut’ you are treated to waves of shimmering sounds, rich buzzing pads, sharp and precise leads and the tiniest bit of funk in the rhythm section. The album only gets warmer as it progresses. Straight into ‘Gauss’ you are dropped right into the nostalgic dreams conjured by this record. In it’s concept and delivery this is such a confident début, not once does it struggle to find it’s feet, and when a record rests on such an emotional connection this is important. Even when it tries something different, like the jump up rhythm of ‘Jam’ or R&B flow of ‘Ginseng’, it is sure enough of itself to never break the smooth summery groove of the album as a whole. And the amazing thing is koi. has only been at this for six months, although I’m sure he must have been a musician for a while, this is a musicians LP. Talking the best from SynthWave and Chillwave and pouring into a Dreamwave mould, koi. has all the waves covered, so let his album wash over you.
♫ koi. – Gauss
♫ koi. – Pinwheel
♫ koi. – Critical Hit
♫ koi. – Ginseng
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‘Tropical Heat is the latest tuned from Hungarian SynthWave producer Malibu B. The man has been riding high this year with a string of critically acclaimed tunes and cemented himself into the heart of the SynthWave scene with his smooth vibes and Miami Vice moments.
This new tune brings a little LA Funk to the mix with this relaxed tune that’s probably the most Disco thing Malibu B has released so far. Keeping both the slick ‘80’s vibe and the marina feel of his previous work, ‘Tropical Heat’, takes you to that sunset place, waves lapping around your feet. Only this time there’s a Disco injection. Malibu B is coming on leaps and bounds in terms of production, this mix in ‘Tropical Heat’ is pretty sweet, it’s quite a dense track, but everything is sitting nicely, which makes the whole thing the kind of track that allows you to just go with the flow.
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Girlfriend Records continue their bid for SynthWave world domination, following Le Prix awesome ‘Cosmonova’ their second commercial (they have a long history of free releases) EP comes from Girlfriend head honcho Sferro and San Jose producer Johnatron.
‘Frozen’ is an rousing dance track that is build upon the DNA of SynthWave, Dreamwave and Italo with a health does of the atmospheric. The solid Italo beat and bassline make it unmistakably for the dancefloor, but the lush chords and the haunting vocal, that weaves it’s way in and out of the melodies, give it an otherwordly, dreamlike, quality that sees to wrap you up and sweep you along with it. The flip side, ‘Frozen’ is, well, it’s kinda’ like what Psy Trance would sound like if it was made by people who actually liked music. Hypnotic and ever evolving, but musical and sonically rich. The single conatins some beautiful artword from DW Design too.
♫ Johnatron & Sferro – Frozen
‘Frozen’ is out19th June.
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Here we have the brand new forthcoming single from The Penelopes. Picking up where ‘Sally In the Galaxy’ left off, ‘Summer Life’ is another breeze slice of French Pop that, frankly, doesn’t have a care in the world. It probably doesn’t even care if you like it or not, it’s having an awesome time regardless.
‘Summer Life’ does exactly what it says on the tin, this track sounds like how summer feels. Yet, you get the feeling throughout it all there is something slightly subversive going on, in a fun French way. From what we can glean from the lyrics, The Penelopes really love the summer, and really fucking hate the rest of the year. If fact, missing the summer to a Disco beat, Indie guitars and rich layers of synths is a pretty Dreamwave state of affairs, and while this track does show a lot of that LA vibe, there’s a lot of quirky European-ness in there too. An excellent combination we say!
♫ The Penelopes – Summer Life
The Penelopes’ ‘Sally In the Galaxy’ is out now, ‘Summer Life’ should be out soon.
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Tokyo DreamPop outfit alloapm’s new single is being released on Sunlinxx next month. It;s easily their best track to date. Malc Yacob and Amelie Mirror Adnis finally seem to have found their sound and slotted comfortable into it. This is a much more polished, much more mature record than their previous tunes, and one that finally shows off their years of experience in electronic music.
‘Gorilla Slighly’ is a complex track that sounds really simple, and that’s a genius bit of work. All the best songs are simple groves and alloapm put off making an intricately programmed, multi layered tune feel like an easy riff. Big, thick, synths and jittery percussion ride over a solid Disco beat while some heavily modulated vocals deliver a smooth flow. It’s got a pretty unique sound, whilst still fitting the beach party Disco vibe. reMixes come from labelmates Keenhouse, who turn in a deep piano house mix. Keenhouse’s mix is killer. And Rhythm Droid with a dub heavy glitchy mix. Abelard rounds off the package with the big Dreamwave mix we were all waiting for, this is the one for summer good times. That’s how to do La Disco!
♫ alloapm – Gorilla Slighly
♫ alloapm – Gorilla Slighly (Keenhouse Rework)
♫ alloapm – Gorilla Slighly (Abelard reMix)
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First Freak You’s reMix of Goldroom & Australian Singer Chela’s ‘Fifteen’ yesterday now today we are presented with another reMix from the highly underrated Frenchman Oxford. It’s another really stunning track from this producer who always brings a cool vibe to his tunes, things are no different here.
Loading the track with a smooth, funky, groove, Oxford picks up the tempo from the laid back Dreamwave original and gives it an upbeat beach party Disco sound. By making the track all about good vibes Oxford retains the innocence and nostalgia of the original but injects it with a little more of a dancefloor sensibility. Slick Disco licks and pumping sidechaned chords bounce the track along, providing a solid core for the rousing vocals to ride, turning it into a real sunrise anthem.
♫ Goldroom (Feat. Chela) – Fifteen (Oxford reMix)
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Drewamwave originator (literally) Goldroom and Australian vocalist Chella’s ‘Fifteen’ saw a stunning return to what Dreamwave was supposed to be about, nostalgic good times and emotional resonance with a good groove. the track has made quite a stir since it dropped early last month, so much so that Josh, under pressure from admirers, released the acapella to the public.
Luckily for us it was picked up by On The Fruit Records main man and all round top DiscoElectroPop producer Freak You. Freak You washed the track ain layers and layers of right tones and lush pads. So much so that the track is actually borderline Chillwave. More Chillwave with a proper Disco beat. The swirling masses of starlight arpeggios forming a wall of melody that weaves in and out of the reverb washed vocals to create something quite magical. Like a Disco dream, it’s all beats and soft-focus.
♫ Goldroom (Feat. Chela) – Fifteen (Freak You reMix)
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