Mar 7 2012

The Ghosts’ ‘Ghosts’ video

The biggest tragedy we’ve had to report on here on electronic rumors was the premature passing away of Où Est Le Swimming Pool singer Charlie Haddon, it was a shocking time for ElectroPop fans and I imagine a tough time for his bandmates.

Où Est keyboard player Alex is gaining a bit of attention with his new project, The Ghosts, who are just about to release their second single, ‘Ghosts’. A wonderfully catchy slice of Indie-Electro that shares some obvious Où Est DNA but carves out a sound of it’s own. With it’s heavy synths played against some distant gangly Indie guitar it strikes exactly the right balance for success. Check out the Alex Kyrou directed video which is nicely spooky and tongue in cheek.

‘Ghosts’ is released 8th April on Pocket Records with The Ghosts’ début album released the following week.

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Mar 7 2012

New music from Parallels

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Oh hell yeah! Toronto’s finest, Parallels, are back in the game!

The Canadian SynthPop duo have announced the June release of their second album, ‘XII’, the follow up to their stunning début, ‘Visionaries’. The first track to see the light of day from the album is ‘Moonlight Desires’, actually a cover of Canadian ‘80’s artist Gowen, a bright, shiny SynthPop dream. Apparently the new album won’t be as dark as ‘Visionaries’, but if this track is anything to go by it’ll be awesome. The shimmering synths in ‘Moonlight Desires’ are more ‘80’s and Playful than in the slightly more aggressive tracks on ‘Visionaries’ but we think that’ll make for a nice companion album.

♫ Parallels – Moonlight Desires

‘XII’ is due out 26th June.

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Mar 7 2012

Ladyhawke & Treasure Fingers

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Ladyhawke being reMixed by Treasure Fingers? Oh, it’s just like the good old days, or at least 2008, when Pip ruled all and TF reMixed everyone!

So this nostalgic team up actually delivers the goods. Leaning very much in a ‘90’s House direction, Treasure Fingers drops beats, breaks and House Piano liberally only keeping the chorus and the tiniest bit of synth from Ladyhawke’s original. Although much more retro House than he used to be you can still tell a Treasure Fingers production, just like you can always tell Pip’s vocals. Ahh, the memories…

♫ Ladyhawke – Black, White And Blue (Treasure Fingers reMix)

‘Black, White And Blue’ is out now on Modular Recordings.

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Mar 7 2012

The Golden Filter’s ‘Kill Me’ video

The Golden Filter are releasing ‘Kill Me’ from their ‘Syndromes’ soundtrack as their next single later this month.

Produced by the High5Collective the clip is a dark peice of work, a chilling and twisted little story. Enjoy?

‘Kill Me’ is released 18th March

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Mar 7 2012

MiGHty mOUse reMixes Figure Of 8

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Y’know, I thought I’d already posted this, I’ve been digging it for ages, even played it out. Here we have MiGHty mOUse reMix of the awesome Figure Of 8 single ‘No One Cries For Me’.

The whole reMix package for the single is fantastic with the likes of Worship and Bright Light Bright Light rubbing shoulders with MiGHty mOUse bouncy Disco workout. Filled with layer upon layer of twisting, funky synths that roll along to some lilting guitar and some trademark MM synth squelching and shimmering strings. The track is also featured on MiGHty mOUse must-have ‘Disco Circus 3’ compilation.

♫ Figure of 8 (Feat. Sophie Galpin) – No One Cries For Me (MiGHty mOUse reMix)

‘No One Cries For Me’ is out now on On The Fruit Records.

‘Disco Circus 3’ is released 12th March.

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Mar 7 2012

Goin’ Old School: Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force, Mantronix & Egyptian Lover

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

This week on Goin’ Old School we’re going back to one of my first love B-Boy Electro, Electro Funk, Electro Boogie or whatever you want to call it. The Problem is most of the classic cuts from back them don’t have videos, but luckily we can kick off with the quintessential Electro jam, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force’s ‘Planet Rock’ from 1982

We love some Mantronix round these parts, I think ‘Bassline’ from 1986 is the only classic Mantronix video we haven’t featured yet.

It’s a pity there aren’t more old Egyptian Lover videos. 1986’s Electro Funk fueled ‘Freak-A-Holic’ seems to be the only video he made back then

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Mar 7 2012

Simian Mobile Disco’s new single

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I still have Simian Mobile Disco to thank for one of the best night out I have had in the last ten years and while their last album didn’t grab me as much as their début I still follow their career with interest.

‘Seraphim’ is the first single from the duo’s forthcoming album ‘Unpatterns’ and is an interesting peice of electronic music after my own heart. It’s a deep track that although strictly a House track contains a lot of Trip-House and Bristol Beat DNA, especially in it’s vocals and it’s dubby use of spacious, buzzing synths. Even the Acid line just adds to the multi-layered texture of the track. A promising start!

♫ Simian Mobile Disco – Seraphim

‘Unpatterns’ is released April 9th on Wichita Recordings.

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Mar 6 2012

Ronika Vs. Lovers & Gamblers

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Are Lovers & Gamblers still Little Boots’ personal DJ army? Or have they evolved beyond that (not that there is anything wrong with being Little Boots’ personal DJ army, I’d sign up!). Well, whether they are or not they still turn out a mean edit, and this is the second time they’ve reMixed a track called ‘Automatic’ this one, the better one, being the new single from Madonna Of The Midlands™ Ronika.

L&G strip the track down a bit, turning it into a slightly more minimal Piano led House track. Upping the tempo and adding some shuffling percussion add a sense of urgency (for some reason I kept expecting the track to drop the Paid In Full beat?) but keeps the funky vibe of ‘Automatic’. It’s a nice, ‘90’s flavoured, House compliment to the Disco groove of the original.

♫ Ronika – Automatic (Lovers & Gamblers reMix)

You can pre-order the pay-what-you-want ‘Automatic’ EP here.

Ronika also appears on ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′, out now!

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Mar 6 2012

Mitch Murder’s ‘Best Of The Best’

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The reigning heavyweight champion of SynthWave, Mitch Murder, is back with another new track. Where the man finds the time, I have no idea.

‘Best Of The Best’ is his latest. What can I say about Mitch Murder that I haven’t said before? The man really is the shit, both in terms of production and musical ability, and this tune is no exception with it’s big emotional retro synth chords and ‘80’s Pop drums, but that’s now where the gold in this tune is. The real hairs-standing-up-on-the-back-of-your-neck aspect to ‘Best Of The Best’ is the soloing. Mitch let’s rip on this track. Soaring to the stratosphere, with Malmsteen moments, Mr. Murder shreds his synths and sounds like he’s having real fun with it too. We love a good synth solo here and Mitch’s rally are ‘Best Of The Best’

♫ Mitch Murder – Best Of The Best

Mitch Murder’s stunning ‘Current Events’ album is out now.

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Mar 6 2012

Cosmonauts & Kolombo

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This month Cosmonauts release their latest single, ‘Stardust’. The single features a reMix from a producer who’s been really stepping up his game recently, Kolombo.

Kolombo’s reMix rests on a analog bass groove that you really can’t not nod your head to, it’s irresistible. Deep and pulsating the rhythm section is both hypnotic and funky and is the prefect playground for Kolombo’s big retro synth chords. An stunning meeting of Nu-Disco and retro synth work, this is the standout of the single which features the likes of Linntronix and The Deadstock 33s.