This week we are tuning over the Goin’ Old School reins to Manchester’s Italo/SynthWave guru Kid Machine:
The Adventures Of Stevie V – Dirty Cash (Money Talks) from 1989. “In here purely as a childhood memory and remember taking the 7″ to the school disco and all the kids were like ‘what the fuck’ LOVE IT!”
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The C90s are knocking quality reMixes out at an alarming rate these days, They’re like a well oiled reMix machine!
Venezuela Chilled House dude Trujillo gets the The C90s sheen this time around as they morph his track ‘Distance’ into a smooth synthetic Disco. Taking the slightly shogazey, slightly Chillwavey sound of the original The C90’s slap just the right amount of vintage synth groove underneath to give the track a kick, but not to kill it’s charm. Their raw Disco is also applied to Indie-Popsters The Penelopes’ ‘Now Now Now’, with a truck load of Moog Funk.
♫ Trujillo (Feat. Mister Casanova) – Distance (The C90s reMix)
♫ The Penelopes – Now Now Now (The C90s Remix)
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French Disco wizard, and one third of Yelle, tEPr’s reMix of CSS current single ‘City Grrrl’ is a thing of pure awesomeness.
I have a massive soft spot for CSS, back in 2007 they were killing it, but the do have a habit of getting a bit Rocky for me, so this mix which combines tEPr’s Nu-Disco genius with Lovefoxxx’s sassy delivery and catchy song seems pretty perfect. tEPr provides such a cool beach party vibe for the track, with big, filtered, Dreamwave style synths and a big of French Touch bass. The track would have made a sweet instrumental, but the addition of a vocal that sounds like it was always supposed to be on a Disco tune pushes is into magepartyjam territory.
♫ CSS (Cansei De Ser Sexy) – City Grrrl (tEPr Rmx)
CSS have also just reMixes The Asteroids Galaxy Tour’s ‘Heart Attack’, from their forthcoming ‘Out Of Frequency’ album to celebrate the announcing of their headlining US tour. It’s a cute Blip-House ElectroPop mashup.
♫ The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Heart Attack (CSS reMix)
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If you are at all into Dreamwave, or SynthWave, or Outrun Electro, or, well, y’know what I mean, you’ll already be in love with the music of Mr. Mitch Murder.
One of the originators of the scene, Murder is back this month with his second full length album ‘Current Events’ and it’s a masterpiece. It may have come late in the year, but this eagerly anticipated record is easily vying to our album of the year. From the intro, ‘Looking Back’, this album is everything you could want as a fan of retro synthesizer music. The first track proper, ‘Frantic Aerobics’, sets the tone for the album, DancePop beats, Italo basslines, emotive chords and some seriously cosmic solos. All delivered with a sense of drama. The album plays like to soundtrack to the best straight-to-video ‘80’s Sci-Fi action flick that was never made. There are dark moods where are hero muses on his losses so far, inspirational pieces fit for a training montage, action set-pieces, chase senses and triumphant aftermaths, all played out of classic synth sounds with a slight Disco groove. The story of ‘Current Events’, though, is an document of ‘80’s popular consciousness, from technological progress to fear of nuclear war. I wish Mitch Murder would soundtrack my life!
♫ Mitch Murder – Telefuture Theme
‘Current Events’ is out now and comes highly recommended!
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By Bros we mean, as an short for brothers, not a large number of people you’d call bro. ‘Cos this is Bros of ‘When Will I Be Famous’ and ‘Drop The Boy’ ( Ooo Er) fame, being given a massive slice of Acid Disco by Drop Out Orchestra.
DOO take the trio’s breakthrough hit ‘When Will I Be Famous’ of 1987 and give it a burbling 303 makeover with a Disco beat. Ad some funk guitar in the mix and you’ve got a slick update to a song that everybody knows.
♫ Bros – When Will I Be Famous- (Drop Out Orchestra Rework (Edit))
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MiGHty mOUse – December 2011 Mixtape = It’s that time of the month for MiGHty mOUse to take other Disco DJs to school with an hour of tunes to fill your brain.
♫ MiGHty mOUse – December 2011 Mixtape
The tracklist:
1. L’Equipe Du Son – Lesson 1 (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra reMix)
2. Linda Clifford – Runaway Love
3. Rose Royce – It Makes You Feel Like Dancing
4. The Ting Tings – Silence (Bag Raiders reMix)
5. DJ Kaos – From Inside (Tiago Club Mix)
6. Gigamesh (Feat. Induce ) – When You’re Dancing (RAC reMix)
7. Shirley Lites – Heat You Up (Melt You Down) (Gerd’s 4lux Edit)
8. Tyson Ballard – Little Too Much (Original)
9. Soul Centre – Boot Box (Original Mix)
10. Nick Martry – Keep The Brain (Main Mix)
11. Yellow Magic Orchestra – Firecracker
12. Appaloosa – Patchwork (ATTAR! reMix)
13. Lovedose – Alkapone (Original Mix)
14. The Penelopes – Now Now Now (The C90s reMix)
15. Paul Parker – Right On Target
16. Arabesque – In the Heat of a Disco Night
17. Punkin’ Machine – I Need You Tonight
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Friday saw the release of French Discomeister Douze’s ‘Eternity’s Call Back’ EP from Discotexas.
the EP’s two original tracks ‘Eternity’s Call Back’ and ‘Forsaken’ are sweeping, cosmic slices of electronic Disco Funk, with ‘Forsaken’ even verging into space-age ElectroPop territory. To mark the release, check out these two reMixes of ’Forsaken’ from Freak You, who turns the track into a digital slap bass monster with a surprising, but wicked, electric piano lead line, and Publicist, whose deep analog synth Disco take is a smooth robotic dancefloor invasion.
♫ Douze – Forsaken (Freak You reMix And Piña Colada)
♫ Douze – Forsaken (Publicist reMix)
Douze’s ‘Eternity’s Call Back’ EP is out now.
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This week we are tuning over the Goin’ Old School reigns to Manchester’s Italo/SynthWave guru Kid Machine:
Marzio Dance – You Can Do It from 1984. “Looks like a proper disco, and he’s dressed for a proper disco (I’ve just found my new hairstyle for 2012′). Above all, the Marzio productions has been a great influence on me. Dark electronic slo-mo beats and ominous heavy, dusty basslines. Xenon ‘Adventure’ is my favourite but this live video is ace!”
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Earlier this year R3set released his retro ElectroPop Disco bomb of an EP, ‘Runaway’, the lead track. particularly, being slick as hell soulful electronic goodness. Not it falls to on of our favourite producers, Silenx, to get us reacquainted with the track.
Silenx version drags the track into epic SynthWave territory with a fidgeting bassline, and a solid Italo beat providing grounding for some synth work that’s is as soulful as the originals vocals. this is just one more peice of genius from the man Silenx.
♫ R3set – Runaway (Silenx reMix)
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Now this is what we’re talking about! Germanys unsung Dreamwave workhorse digitalfoxglove gives Young Empires’ ‘enter Through The Sun’ some of his sweet sweet Disco lovin’.
The results are like a beach party in your ears, and everyone’s invited! Cutting through the song with a bouncy bassline and some seriously soaring lead lines. Whether as digitalfoxglove, Nightdive or as a quater of Ride the Universe, DFG’s productions ate like a stamp of quality, he’s just got a certain clean, crisp and funky sound that is instantly recognisable and generally head and shoulders above his peers. It’s time the spotlight was tuned on digitalfoxglove for good.
♫ Young Empires – Enter Through The Sun (digitalfoxglove reMix)
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