Mar 30 2010

Sander Kleinenberg – R.Y.A.N.L.

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A straight up banger for you now coming from DJ, producer and label boss Sander Kleinenberg out of Amsterdam.

Deep basslines, noisy synths and a cut up vocoded vocal line intercut with cutting synth breakdowns. there are some almost ElectroPop elements amongst the tough synths here. This is sure to get a major hammering in the clubs.

This is pure peak-time stuff:

♫ Sander Kleinenberg – R.Y.A.N.L. (Rock You All Night Long) (zShare) (MediaFire)

29th March at Beatport 12th April everywhere else Little Mountain Recordings

Sander Kleinenberg @ Beatport

Sander Kleinenberg @ Juno

Sander Kleinenberg @ 7Digital

Sander Kleinenberg @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Baby Monster + Golden Bug

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Today we can share with you another reMix of Baby Monster’s pretty gobsmacking début ‘She Comes Alive’.

This time it’s Golden Bug who saunters up to the bar and orders a shot of ‘She Comes Alive’. Layers upon layers of synths build on top of each other and intertwine with the original track to the beat of cheap drum machines. it’s a cool slice of Space-Disco.

♫ Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (Golden Bug reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘She Comes Alive’ is out on 29th March on BigStereo Records, the 7” is pretty limited so go grab one while you can!

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records

Baby Monster @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Acid Washed’s début album

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Acid Washed’s first long player dropped this month on Record Makers. I love their particularly retro, analog, take on French Electro-House.

‘Change’ is a perfect example of their Pop fulled Space-Disco with more than a slight nod to Moroder. But despite the Disco arpeggios there is something quite organic about Acid Washed’s sound, it’s constantly and naturally evolving.

♫ Acid Washed – Change (zShare) (MediaFire)

Acid Washed’s self titled début album is out now on Record Makers.

Acid Washed @ Beatport

Acid Washed @ Juno

Acid Washed @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Two Door Cinema Club Vs. Ted & Francis at the beach!

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Kitsuné’s Irish boys Two Door Cinema Club are re-releasing their single ‘Something Good Can Work’ with a proper push this time, it’s the prefect summer Indie tune. It’s feel good and anthemic in an understated way.

Part of the reMix package will be this track by fellow Kitsunérs Ted & Francis who take that perfect summer Indie tune and dish it up for the ElectroPop crowd, it’s still a fun, sing-along, chilled piece of work but now comes with added Disco bassline, quirky lead and handclaps before dropping you in the middle of the best Electro beach party you’ve ever been to!

♫ Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (Ted & Francis reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Something Good Can Work’ is out very soon, you can catch the video here.

Two Door Cinema Club @ Beatport

Two Door Cinema Club @ Juno

Two Door Cinema Club @ 7digital

Two Door Cinema Club @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Stopmakingme reMixes Marina

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When this reMix by Stopmakingme of Marina And The Diamonds’ ‘I Am Not A Robot’ landed in the electronic rumors inbox, I though “here we go again”, but I’m SO glad I gave it a listen.

Firstly ‘cos i discovered that ‘I Am Not A Robot’ is being rereleased as Marina’s next single and secondly ‘cos it’s a storming reMix, Stopmakingme really does take the song in a completely new direction. Fittingly, for the title, that direction is vocoder laden robo-Disco. The London producer has crafted six minutes of hypnotic, other-worldly, Electro that messes with Marina’s vocal melodies for it’s own gain!

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (Stopmakingme reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘I Am Not A Robot’ is out on 26th April.

Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove

Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital

Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon

Mar 30 2010

Wahlström & Valiant

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Hailing from the home of S.P.O.C.K., Malmö, Swede, come Wahlström & Valiant, a ChipTune crew who are branching out in to world of Electro-House, and, man, have they done a good job.

Keeping an 8-bit feel they have now added big Nu-Disco leads and some killer vocoding. Fast paced cut-up arpeggios keep up the energy while the smooth vocals give the track some depth.

Great stuff!

♫ Wahlström & Valiant – Keep Up (zShare) (MediaFire)

You should check out, not only Wahlström & Valiant’s MySpace but their You Tube channel too!

Wahlström & Valiant @ MySpace

Wahlström & Valiant @ YouTube

Mar 27 2010

Penguin Prison; The Worse It Gets

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It’s hard to say which is better between Penguin Prison’s ‘Something I’m Not’ and this track, it’s B-Side, ‘The Worse It Gets’. ‘Something I’m Not’ is more infectious, but this track is more upbeat and poppy. Tough call!

Listen for yourself, along with these two remixes by R.A.C. (reMix Artists Collective) who give the track a lightweight funky overhaul and minimal neo-classical electro artist ELOF who turns the track into a cute Lo-Fi SynthPop masterpiece.

♫ Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (R.A.C. reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (ELOF reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is out now from Neon Gold:

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Mar 27 2010

Sometimes Miami Horror

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A whole mess of reMixes of Miami Horror’s excellent SynthPop jam of last year, ‘Sometimes’, have come flooding in this week.

The mysterious Universe from Sydney make a big entrance on the scene with a fantastic smooth Dreamwavey mix, all slap bass and spacey chords. Universe will be a name to keep an eye on. Brazil’s Boss In Drama turn in a reMix that is a battle between Funk bass and cool leads while G.L.O.V.E.S., as always, don’t disappoint with a full on Disco track which drops some female vocals into the mix.

♫ Miami Horror – Sometimes (Universe reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Miami Horror – Sometimes (Boss In Drama reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Miami Horror – Sometime (G.L.O.V.E.S. RadioCut) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Sometimes’ is available right now!

Miami Horror @ Beatport

Miami Horror @ 7Digital

Miami Horror @ Amazon

Mar 27 2010

Sunday Girl, as mixed by Russ Chimes

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The tide of catchy female fronted ElectroPop continues to rise and washed up on the beach today is Sunday Girl. Coming from out of the blue (her MySpace is barely a month old) she’s already gearing up for her début release for which she’s bagged reMixes from Russ Chimes and Diplo!

Russ works his usual magic here, vastly improving on the original (which I found promising, but a little lacklustre) really bringing out something special in the vocals that wasn’t initially apparent and setting them over some serious Disco arpeggios and a sweet electric piano breakdown.

♫ Sunday Girl – Four Floors (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Four Floors’ is released 20th March, until then:

Sunday Girl @ MySpace

Mar 25 2010

Spectral Empire

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THISISNOTANEXIT have been by the electronic rumors Inbox again, this time showcasing George Thompson and Kyle Martin A.K.A. Spectral Empire, with these two tracks only previously available on a very limited edition 12”.

Spectral Empire create some seriously dark, epic, soundtrack-esq music but still seem to be able to work a groove in there. Elements of it reminded me of very early instrumental Skinny Puppy but with more of a contemporary House backing. ‘Innerfearence’ comes across like a post-punk, New York Disco, take on Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack, racing arpeggios and sweeping analog synths share the space with New Wave Disco drums while ‘The Minotaur’ is a deep industrial Electronic march that keeps from being to rigid with waves of freestyle synth noodling.

♫ Spectral Empire – Innerfearence (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Spectral Empire – The Minotaur (zShare) (MediaFire)

There something pretty special about Spectral Empire, there not many bands that can be experimental and danceable at the same time. The guys are taking up residency at THISISNOTANEXIT’s new night at The Drop (London, N16) starting 278th May.

Go hunt down their releases!

Spectral Empire @ Beatport

Spectral Empire @ Juno

Spectral Empire @ 7Digital

Spectral Empire @ Amazon