Jan 26 2012

Punks Jump Up’s new EP

Punks Jump Up

At the end of this month London Electro duo Punks Jump Up, riding on the success of ‘Blockhead’ and ‘Chimes Pt. 1’, drop their latest EP for Kitsuné Music.

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP contains six tracks of straight-up dancefloor grooves lead my by the amazingly catchy title track. This ‘Special CCCrash Mixxx’ is a melting pot of retro dance influences, pouring in bits of Acid House, bits of Disco, bits of Chicago House and a Funk vocal to make a party starter that’s bound to be working it’s magic all summer. The remaining five reMixes have something for everyone. ElectroPop gurus JBAG give the track a sweet ‘80’s sheen with some nostalgic stabs, this is probably the stand out reMix for me. Alex Gopher turns the Acid aspects of the tune up to eleven and drops a slow building burbler with some killer drops. OK, so you know a Fare Soldi is going to be a bit madcap, and the truly deliver here with some funk fuelled bassline chaos. The surprise of the EP, for me, was Zero Cash’s mixture of vintage synth bass and early ‘90’s House that works so well and creates a really rounded mood. Definitely be keeping an ear of Zero Cash in future. Deadstock 33s close the EP with a deep hypnotic dub version with just a hint of cosmic Disco to leave you with. All-in-all the EP is a winner, six varied reMixes with no real duds in there, how often does that happen?

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (JBAG reMix)

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Deadstock 33’s dub)

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP is released 30th January on Kitsuné Music.

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Jan 23 2012

PNAU’s new ‘Unite Us’ package

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PNAU’s anthemic ElectroPop single ‘Unite Us’ gets a brand new reMix package next month courtesy of Ministry Of Sound. The infectious summer soon-to-be-hit is backed with a whole host of awesome versions.

We’ve got to mention Kris Menace’s reMix first, the french Touch master works his magic on the track and brings out everything epic about it. The track is quite stripped down for a Menace track, but it is just right in all the right places. Those looking for something a bit harder on the dancefloor should check out Tommy Trash’s Electro-House juggernaut. The rest of the reMixes come in flavours ranging from Euphoric to Dubstep from names like Wideboys, Douster & Savage Skulls and Wookie. Looks like, in one form or another, you’ll be hearing a lot of this throughout the warmer months.

♫ PNAU – Unite Us

♫ PNAU – Unite Us (Kris Menace reMix)

♫ PNAU – Unite Us(Tommy Trash reMix)

The new ‘Unite Us’ package is released 19th February on Ministry Of Sound.

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Jan 17 2012

Mason’s ‘Superimposer’ reMixes

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Dutch duo Mason are back with a new single, ‘Superimposer’.

It’s a track that combines some pretty formulaic Electro-House with a nice off-beat vocal which eventually takes the track to a place where it works, but it’s in some of the reMixes where the track really gets to shine. Arveene & Misk deliver a robotic house mix full of interesting little idiosyncrasies and a hypnotic beat. Zombie Disco Squad, use the vocals minimally, but that the best elements of the original and producer more of a well rounded, deep, dancefloor track.

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Arveene & Misk reMix)

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Zombie Disco Squad reMix)

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Original)

‘Superimposer’ is released 5th March on Mason’s own Animal Language imprint.

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Jan 13 2012

Coloureds reMix Yelle

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GrandMarnier and tEPr should be worried, apparently they’ve been replaced in Yelle but Oxford’s Electro noise terrorists Coloureds. I don’t think anyone is going to make it out of this alive.

Blue and Yellow apply extra helping of chainsaw synths and machine gun percussion to the track that growls away in the background like an angry cyborg beast while Julie’s vocals carry on seemingly unaware of their fate. Once again Couloureds manage to sit in the middle of the ‘bastard hard Electro’ and ‘actually got a groove’ ven diagram as their track strides onto the dancefloor swinging it’s big metal balls.

♫ Yelle – Comme Un Enfant (Coloureds reMix)

‘Comme Un Enfant’ is taken from the ‘Safari Disco Club’ album, out now.

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Jan 9 2012

‘Futurecop! The Movie’ approaches release

Futurecop!

As the release of Futurecop!’s new album ‘Futurecop! The Movie’ draws close, the guys have dropped another taste of what to expect.

The album is made up of mostly epic instrumentals, some new, some versions of Futurecop! tracks we all know and love. The new versions of existing tracks sound a bit beefed up and the album, across the board, sees Futurecop! expressing their Nu-Disco and Electro-House side. In contract to their recent ElectroPop singles and the amazingly Poppy, Japan only, album ‘It’s Forever, Kids’, this is classic Futurecop!, the meeting of dirty Electro and those ‘80’s soundtrack peices the hit you with a rush of emotion. Whether you look at this album as the soundtrack to the movie in Futurecop!’s head, or (finally!) a collection of Futurecop!’s works from the last few years, ‘Futurecop! The Movie’ just shows what a force of nature these two have been in retro synth music since 2008.

♫ Futurecop! – Super Saiyan

‘Futurecop! The Movie’ is released 23rd January at futurecop.co.uk and everywhere else on the 24th via Keiz Beats.

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Jan 9 2012

We Are Russians!

WeAreRussians

We just commented last week about how much good stuff there is coming out of Russia these days, and to prove it website/label/community WeAreRussians have released a free compilation of Russian electronic artists.

The whole eighteen track album is top quality, practically every track is a winner and whilst the collection keeps quite a retro synth feel is spans quite a few styles. Lovinsky, represented here both alone and partnered with Quasars and Sohight are all artists we’ve featured before, highlighting their slick Dreamwave and Nu-Disco sounds and they sit on the album alongside new-to-us acts like Ziroberto and Valotihkuu who bring a more Funky side and some soundtrack atmospheres respectively. From these SynthWave sounds to epic Electro-House and introspective Indie-Electro WeAreRussians volume one just reinforces out opinion that Russia is definitely one of the places to look to for the next big synth acts.

♫ Lovinsky – Dreamcatcher

♫ Quasars And Lovinsky – Made In The 80’s

♫ Sohight – Boys (Original Mix)

♫ Ziroberto – The Future

♫ Valotihkuu – Travelling

You can download the whole album on WeAreRussians’ SoundCloud.

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Jan 5 2012

Young Empires reMixed by ¡borracho!

Young Empires ‘Exit Through The Sun’ is the tune to reMix of the moment, so your version has to be something special to stand out from the crowd. ¡borracho! new mix does just that.

Rocking an amazingly infectious digital slap bassline at it’s core, this reMix is a melting pot of melodies and riffs that might not have worked together, but in ¡borracho! skilful hands the whole track flows together effortlessly. It’s quite an abrasive track, which is odd considering the tunefulness of it’s composite parts, but this just adds to the driving energy of the tune. This is a track for late night darkened dancefloors.

♫ Young Empires – Enter Through The Sun (¡borracho! reMixx)

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Jan 5 2012

Oliver’s new EP

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Oliver (A.K.A. Oliver ‘Oligee’ Goldstein and Vaughn ‘U-Tern’ Oliver are back, fresh from their placing in our top reMixes of the year with a brand new EP for Kitsuné Music.

The move to Kitsuné sees them, appropriately, mixing a little dirty Euro House into their Nu-Disco and Dreamwave sound to produce a massive club anthem that is sure to explode this month. reMixes come from Punks Jump Up with a synthetic Funk mix full of robotic synths and mechanical beats and Kris Menace’s Black Van project, who turn in an unsurprisingly big room version led by a twisting bright lead line. The other original track on the EP, ‘Walk With Me’ closes the record with Oliver’s LA Disco roots in full effect and a summertime vibe.

♫ Oliver – Dirty Talk (Punks Jump Up MBO mix)

♫ Oliver – Dirty Talk (Black Van reMix)

The ‘Dirty Talk’ EP is released 16th January.

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Dec 20 2011

Little Boots’ ‘I Wish’

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More new Little Boots! Débuting on Radio 1 last week this track from her forthcoming new album see her teaming up with Electro-House producer Michael Woods.

‘I Wish’ is probably the closest thing to a ‘bang0r’ that Boots has ever done. this is a track aimed purely at peak time, big room dancefloors rather than the charts. Pumping Ibiza stings and Victoria’s anthemic sing-along chorus in combination make this a sure fire summer hit for 2012/ Rousing and uplifting, with just the slightest hint of melancholy to the vocals, this is one to drop when the floor is full.

♫ Little Boots & Michael Woods – I Wish (Radio Rip)

Little Boots current single ‘Shake’ is available right now.

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Dec 20 2011

Overthrill’s ‘Disco Music’

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German dancefloor rocker Overthrill has dropped something a bit special to keep you moving during the holidays.

‘Disco Music’, pull in DNA from the high points of Daft Punk and Justice’s careers and wraps them up in Overthrill’s own unique take on Electro and Nu-Disco. Driven by a juggernaut funk bassline and sweet melodic vocoding ‘Disco Music’ maybe the spiritual successor to ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’ but Overthrill has created a tune to keep the dancefloor jumping on it’s own merit.