Category Dreamwave

Mar 26 2012

Malibu B’s new tune

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Malibu B is back with another new tune, ‘Alfa’ is so full of Italo goodness it’s hard not to love it.

Bright and shiny, with some awesome percussion, ‘Alfa’ kicks of with a military Italo bassline. Rigid and marching the rhythm section provides a rock steady synthetic backing for Malibu B to layer some heave electronic emotions on us.  There’s something quite haunting about the ringing melody of ‘Alfa’, something quite listless too. In generally it’s a pretty uplifting tune, but shot through with an air of melancholy that suits the moody Italo groove.

♫ Malibu B – Alfa

Malibu B’s ‘Endgame’ is out now on Binalog Productions.

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Mar 26 2012

Bag Raiders March Mix

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Bag Raiders – March Mix = It may be coming up to the end of March, but there’s still time for Australia’s finest, Bag Raiders, to drop and hour of feel good electronic to see us into Spring.

♫ Bag Raiders – March Mix

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Mar 26 2012

Walter Sobcek reMixes Gotye & Kimbra

Kimbra

Gotye and Kimbra’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, remixed to death? Yes. My first instinct is to ignore new reMixes of this track that land in out inbox. It’s done now, get over it, it;s too late to jump on the ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ train. However, I find it very hard to ignore emails from Walter Sobcek, and I’m glad I didn’t.

Their reMix of the track is just really nice, there’s no other way to say it. Sure, we’ve all heard the song enough to last a lifetime, but Walter Sobcek’s laid back beach Disco is a smooth and toting such an addictive groove that you end up just kinda’ sinking into the track. Once again Walter Sobcek proving why they are at top of the Dreamwave pile.

♫ Gotye (Feat. Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used To Know (Walter Sobcek reMix)

‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ is out now.

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Mar 23 2012

New track from Follow Me

Follow Me

New York SynthWavers Follow Me are back with another new track, between Follow Me and Guy Zalaxy they’re like a Dreamwave machine these days!

‘Doomsday Device’ is a mid-tempo grinder. Built upon layers and layers of lush synths, it’s an optimistic sounding track but with an undercurrent of adversity in there. The droning synths that make up the bassline acting as a wall of oppression which the shining lead lines lift the track up from. Follow me are doing a good job these days of creating real narrative tunes, and ‘Doomsday Device’ definitely has a story to tell.

♫ Follow Me – Doomsday Device

Check out more from Follow Me on SoundCloud.

Mar 23 2012

Neon Indian’s new single

Neon Indian

Neon Indian has announced the next single from his ‘Era Extraña’ album will be ‘Hex Girlfriend’, a limited edition lime-green vinyl 7” release for this years Record Store Day preceding it’s general release.

‘Hex Girlfriend’ is a pretty raucous nostalgic teenage anthem. Both musically and lyrically reminiscent of days gone by. Alan Palomo layers retro synths with heavy bass and a chilled garage vocal for a real rawness. Despite being mostly electronic ‘Hex Girlfriend’ has a live, grittiness to it that only further brings the mod of the track.

♫ Neon Indian – Hex Girlfriend (Radio Edit)

‘Hex Girlfriend’ is taken from Neon Indian’s sophomore album ‘Era Extraña’ and the single will be released generally 28th May.

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Mar 22 2012

Pat Lok’s new track

Pat Lok

On The Fruit Records have just dropped the latest track from Canadian Nu-Disco producer Pat Lok. the title track from Pat’s new single. Good times!

‘Remember’ is a dream of a track. Even though it has a really solid groove, the track seems to float on by, carried on clouds made of Funk. In general ‘Remember’ has got a bit of an LA vibe about it, both in the Funk and in the beach Disco departments, I imagine that this tune is going to go down a storm at quite a few parties in that part of the world, that’s not to say it won’t be rockin’ more than a few dancefloors elsewhere too. Keep hitting play ‘cos once the track gets 5,000 plays, On The Fruit are gonna’ release the download!

♫ Pat Lok – Remember

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Mar 21 2012

Perturbator

Perturbator

If you been paying attention to SynthWave recently you’ll have noticed that there is more and more music being made that feels a lot like old School EBM. French producer Perturbator takes that retro harshness and mixes it up with a healthy dose of Jarre on his new EP ‘Night Driving Avenger’.

The title track growls like and angry robotic beast as those machine arpeggiated basslines hammer along at breakneck speed while Perturbator shows off his true skill, melody and solos. On every track on the EP his ability to craft emotional musical beats that really get across the mood of the tune or just impress the hell out of you with his skills. As a big fan of Jarre and Vangelis is awesome to hear this kind of epic synth work set against a pounding beat. ‘Grim Heart’ carries on in this tradition, the EBM aggression playing against the shining synth work. It’s not all high-octane powerhouses though, ‘Electric Dreams’ is a beautiful, haunting peice that would easily be suited to the quieter moments in BladeRunner, take that Vangelis! The EP contains one more track, ‘Miami Sunsets’, but I’ll make you head on over to Perturbator Sound Cloud to hear it so you can check out his vast back catalogue of synth epics.

♫ Perturbator – Night Driving Avenger

♫ Perturbator – Grim Heart

♫ Perturbator – Electric Dreams

You can download the whole EP here.

Check out more from Perturbator on SoundCloud.

Mar 21 2012

Alex Metric’s ‘Ammunition’ EP

Alex Metric

We’ve kinda’ not been paying too much attention to Alex Metric’s forthcoming new EP, mainly because we weren’t that impressed with the EP’s lead track ‘Rave Weapon’, which isn’t really bad, just a bit predictable and disappointing.

Thankfully the other two tracks on the EP more than make up for that, in a seriously awesome kinda’ way. ‘Anybody Else’ is the standout, a huge robotic Disco track with a positively stratospheric lead line and a couple of piercing synth solos that are heavy both the mod wheel and the euphoria. A fat funky bass and some synthesizer shredding, what more can you ask for? ‘Epichords’ is a full on peak-time builder, this one;s going to be rockin’ festival season this year, you can tell, it’s a track to get lost in. ‘Rave Weapon’ aside Mr. Metric has is about it drop a bomb of an EP.

♫ Alex Metric – Anybody Else

♫ Alex Metric – Epichords

The ‘Ammunition’ EP will be out soon as a free download.

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Mar 21 2012

Quixotic

Quixotic

Quixotic is a Hungarian producer who’s been kicking around various music scenes for a few years now but has recently turned his hand towards the worlds of Nu-Disco, SynthWave and Italo. And we’re glad he did.

There’s a few tracks over on his SoundCloud page worth your attention, but here are a few that capture his style. That style being big, thick, retro Italo basslines awash with rich Nu-Disco grooves. ‘Étoiles’ is the big stand out for me, it’s a massive slice of Italo flavoured Cosmic Disco which is driven by a pounding bassline and razor sharp keys and perfectly shows what Quixotic has to offer. Twisting arpeggios play of melodic leads to evolve into new line, giving the tack the feel of an epic journey. ‘Apology’ is his latest tune, a slow jam with a muted disco lick and heartfelt vocoded vocals. ‘Streetlife’ borrows heavily from The Crusaders’ track of the same name but injects it with even more Funk and a healthy dose of modern, deep synth bassed, Nu-Disco. This tune features one of the best lead solos I have heard this year, Herbie Hancock style.

♫ Quixotic – Étoiles

♫ Quixotic – Apology

♫ Quixotic – Streetlife

Check out more from Quixotic on SoundCloud.

Mar 21 2012

Goldroom’s Aviva Mix 2012

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Goldroom – Aviva Mix 2012 = Josh is back with a perfectly programmed mix as we head into Springtime. Expect lost of optimistic, laid back sounds in this mix of two halves. Josh calls it “mix for all travellers”, and it really is a journey.

♫ Goldroom – Aviva Mix 2012

The tracklist:

A.
01. Goldroom – Sneakers
02. Nathan Swiss – Heart (Moonchild reMix)
03. Alpine – Hands (Goldroom reMix)
04. Cadillac – Blue Skies (Ray Mang reMix)
05. Blackjoy – Mercurian (Jupiter reMix)
06. Goldroom – Angeles (Le Youth reMix)
07. Plastic Plates – Toys
08. Alexander Holland – City Full Of Lights (Gigamesh reMix)
09. Chris Malinchak – At Night
B.
10. Madi Diaz – Trust Fall (Jensen Sportag reMix)
11. Mario Basanov – Lonely Days (Plate Dub)
12. Matt Corby – Brother (Lancelot reMix)
13. Edwin Van Cleef – Falling
14. Goldroom – Heart Takes Me
15. Cherokee – Take Care Of You (Le Nonsense Marine reMix)
16. Hemingway – City Lights
17. Housse De Racket – Chateau (Mickey reMix)
18. Michael Cassette – Summer
19. Pinemarten – Here It Is

Goldroom is heading over to Europe for a few dates this month, catch him here:

22nd March – Paris, France @ Le Regime (With Benjamin Diamond & Alan Braxe)
30th March – Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz (With Shelby Grey)
06th April – Palma De Mallorca, Spain @ El Garito Cafe
07th April – Thessaloniki, Greece @ COO Club
08th April – Athens, Greece @ Philipp Champagne Bar
13th April – Sopot, Poland @ Soho Clubogaleria
14th April – Stockholm, Sweden @ Slakthuset

Goldroom’s EP is out now.

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