Category Dreamwave

Oct 26 2011

Embryonik’s new EP

Embryonik

This Friday sees the release of Embryonik’s new EP ‘Skyscraper on binalog productions.

Containing three three original tracks and five choice reMixes the EP is an evocative, synthetic, audio journey through a dark metropolis. Kicking off with ‘Watergun’, a track that bleeds Italo into B-Boy Electro, the listener is already presented with the soundtrack to rain soaked, neon lit, future streets. Like the dark cousin of Italo, ‘Watergun’ presents Vangelis-esque atmospheres with EBM basslines. The mood continues into ‘Elevator’, a track with a soaring melody that seems to tell a story set against machine beats. This track in particular contains some really sweet synthesizer flourishes.  ‘Burning Bridges’ ends the original tracks in a reflective future Disco style. ‘80’s Italo forms the backbone for strings and racing leads to lift you out of the concrete oppression. Whether or not it was intended, there is a definite narrative feel to the EP, a trilogy of tracks that take you by the hand through a post BladeRunner cityscape. The reMix package is worth the price alone, our friend Jordan F provides the standout mix of ‘Elevator’, a laid back, uplifting antidote to the original’s doom and gloom, maybe injecting a little romance into Embryonik’s gritty Sci-Fi flick.

♫ Embryonik – Watergun

♫ Embryonik – Elevator

♫ Embryonik – Burning Bridges

♫ Embryonik – Elevator (Jordan F reMix)

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Oct 25 2011

Mustang’s ‘October ‘11 Mixtape’

mustang

Mustang – October ‘11 Mixtape = The duo are back with this months instalment of the good and the great in Nu-Disco and analog Disco in the past four weeks. There’s some killer tunes on here.

♫ Mustang – October ‘11 Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Anton Romeez – Marzipan World (Original Mix)
02. Luke Million – Arnold
03. Toby Tobias – Tomorrow’s Bringing (Club Mix)
04. Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (Penguin Prison reMix)
05. Stars On 33 – Something You Can Feel
09. Bufi & La Royale – Fascination
07. Dutch Rythm Combo (Feat. Lsa GT) – Alerta (Luminodisco Happy reMix)
08. Joseph Terruel – The Guest (Original Mix)
09. Raainbow Of Death – Sacrifice
10. Chris Malinchak – Accolade
11. Aeroplane – Save Me Now
12. Edwin Van Cleef – Triton

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Oct 25 2011

Aminova

Aminova

We received quite an enigmatic email from producer Aminova, so we honestly don’t know much about him. But that’s fine, this is a case when letting the music do that talking works on every level.

He’s recently released a new EP, ‘The Transfer’ which contains three tracks of synthesizer brilliance. While he does have a lot in common with his SynthWave contemporaries, Aminova, despite his tracks having solid beats, isn’t as dancefloor oriented at his peers, the tune on the EP are more focused on the musical aspects of SynthWave than merely making a crowd move. Layers of intertwining synthetic melodies weave around his songs like smoke, morphing into one another to create a densely layered electronic dream. there’s two things going on here really, there’s the ‘80’s electronic movie soundtrack thing, which Aminova does well, capturing emotion with every melody, and an experimental wall of noise thing, which compliment each other surprisingly well producing a sound that is both beautiful and slightly disorienting.

♫ Aminova – The Transfer

♫ Aminova – Turn Invisible

Aminova’s ‘The Transfer’ EP and his previous ‘Laser Beach’ EP are available for free on Bandcamp, his ‘Busy Lives/The Way Home’ single was released by Playmaker.

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Oct 25 2011

Oliver features on Aeroplane’s ‘In Flight Entertainment’

Oliver

So, Vito Aeroplane’s eagerly awaited ‘In Flight Entertainment’ compilation is out, and it’s good, very good. Maybe not the game-changer that some are making it out to be, but if you drop your expectations what you have is fourteen solid Nu-Disco tracks to get you dancing.

After an Poolside and B-Xentric! open the album in awesome style it kinda’ drops the flow a little bit with a few meandering tunes but once Aeroplane’s own ‘Save Me Now’ kicks in it’s  pure gold until the end of the album. Kolombo, Riptide, Cosmonauts, James Curd and Moonlight Matters all totally nail it, but it Oliver’s contribution that, alongside ‘Save Me Now’ is the real standout of the compilation. ‘Memories Of The Future is a massive Jean Michel-Jarre meets Daft Punk epic which will fascinate and enthral both the Disco dancer and the synth head.

♫ Oliver – Memories Of The Future

‘In Flight Entertainment’ is out now.

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Oct 25 2011

Cadillac’s self-titled EP out now

Cadillac

Australian Indie-Electro/DiscoPop/Chillwave trio Cadillac’s self-titled EP is out now on Future Classic.

The whole record just oozes summery good times. A Slick mash-up of Disco licks and Drums with Synth Funk bass and retro keys. Add a hint of Indie-Electro guitar and some of the coolest, evocative songs you’ve heard in a while and you’ve got a killer EP. This is ‘80’s aspirational stuff, beaches and the best that include both friends and a flecked suit jacket with the sleeves rolled up. Tesla Boy’s Anton Sevidov even makes an appearance at the party, you know you’re cool when that happens!

♫ Cadillac – Dreams

♫ Cadillac (Feat. Tesla Boy) – Make You Feel

♫ Cadillac – High For Me

Cadillac’s self-titles EP is out now as a double 12” featuring reMixes from The Miracles Club, Prince Rama, Marcos Cabral, Ray Mang, Daniel Bortz and Sun Glitters, or as a split digital EP, originals and reMixes.

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Oct 24 2011

Anoraak reMixes sayCet

SayCet

The almighty Anoraak are back with a brand new reMix for Parisian Indie/ElectroPop/Experimental/Downtempo trio sayCet.

Keeping the downtempo feel to the track, Anoraak brings his retro ElectroPop sounds to this slow jam creating at track that is both a head nodding Electro tune and something that is quite ethereal and dreamlike. The tempo actually make it sound more ’80’s than a lot of Anoraak’s previous work, if that’s even possible. This is pretty much the ultimate chill out track for synth lovers.

♫ sayCet -Opaal (Anoraak reMix)

sayCet’s ‘Opal’ PE is out now.

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Oct 24 2011

College’s ‘License To Dream Mix’

College

College – License To Dream Mix = Do you sometimes miss the heyday of Valerie? I sure do, not that there isn’t tons of awesome Dreamwave and SynthWave around right now, but in the early days of Valerie there was a certain vibe going on, like this was what we’d all been waiting for. Valerie main man College shows us that things ain’t over yet.

♫ College – License To Dream Mix

The tracklist:

01. Stephen Falken – See The Unseen
02. Ken Scott – Dancer (Single Version)
03. Freak Electrique – Cloud Surfer (reMix)
04. Electrick Dragon – Italian Inspiration
05. College – Blue Camera
06. Maethelvin – Looking For Love
07. Young Monday – A Written Description
08. Yellow Beach Balls – Kissing Tail
09. Smackos – The Age Of Candy Candy
10. Gianni Rossi – Theme From Star Vehicle
11. The Parallax Corporation – Lift Off (Album reMix)
12. Teenage Bad Girl – Keep Up With You (Lifelike reMix)
13. Synergy – Warriors
14. M83 – Midnight City

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Oct 24 2011

Electric Youth’s ‘Right Back To You’

Electric Youth

Does anyone else feel like Electric Youth should release stuff more often? They’re easily one of Canada’s finest ElectroPop exports but we hear from them so sporadically.

Take ‘Coming Right Back To You’, which we first heard a year ago and is finally available to buy. it’s a track that shows off just how clued up EY are when it comes to both songwriting and production styles in a mid-‘80’s Pop vein. It’s easy enough to recreate, or be influenced by ‘80’s music, but the era does have a particular signature when it comes to songwriting and vocal arrangement and Electric Youth have got it locked down. The production too, the use of big synth chords and the insertion of guitar, all authentically slick ‘80’s Pop. Fellow Canadian Dreamwaver DVAS sets up for reMix duties with a laid back funktastic track full of warm analog synth sounds and a delicate Rhodes piano holding up the melody.

♫ Electric Youth – Right Back To You

♫ Electric Youth – Right Back To You (DVAS reMix)

The ‘Right Back To You’ single is out now with a reMix package incoming.

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Oct 23 2011

Quasars And Lovinsky’s new tune

Quasars And Lovinsky

Russian producers Quasars and Lovinsky have teamed up again for another of their smooth retro synth workouts.

Heavy on the movie samples (1984’s Danceploitation flix ‘Heavenly Bodies’ (yes, I did just invent the movie genre Danceploitation)) and shimmering synth sounds this mid-paced burned is full of cinematic emotion played out on lush electronic sounds. These two are really starting to shine a light on the Russian SynthWave scene and make good standard bearers for their contemporaries.

♫ Quasars And Lovinsky – Aerowave

Check out more from Quasars And Lovinsky on their SoundClouds.

Oct 23 2011

Mindscramble’s new tune

Mindscramble

Mindscramble, one of the Manchester Electro massive (and I do mean massive, there’s loads of them!), has dropped a new track on an unsuspecting public.

the track is apparently still in demo form, but you wouldn’t know that from giving the beat driven Sci-Fi soundscape a listen. Firmly in the Dreamwave./Synthwave camp, Mindscramble manages to get across a real sense of narrative with this tune, the arrangement almost follows chapters of some story known only to the man himself, but there are definite ‘acts’  to the seven minute track and Mindscramble successfully conveys a different emotion for each one. Musically he’s got the Italo-influenced-‘80’s-movie-theme thang down pat with a good feel for retro synth sounds and a good ear for a melody that works, just take the leads on ‘Save Me From Myself’, they are almost haunting, which makes a nice stark contrast to the driving FM bass.

♫ Mindscramble – Save Me From Myself

Check out more from Mindscramble on SoundCloud