Xeno & Oaklander’s ‘Open Walls’

Xeno & Oaklander

The king & queen of post-Futurist SynthPop, or Minimal Synth, or whatever Xeno & Oaklander return later in  October with a brand new album, ‘Set & Lights’.

‘Open Walls’ is a taste of what you can expect from the new record. Slightly more upbeat than you would expect from X&O. Full of the duo’s trademark icy analog synth work and the interweaving of deadpan and ethereal vocals, the track has all the elements of back room Minimal-Synth there, but also contains something of a bounce to it. It’s a nice compliment to ‘The Staircase’ and bodes well for the forthcoming album.

Xeno & Oaklander – Open Walls

‘Set & Lights’ is released 11th October on Wierd Records.

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Goin’ Old School: Renegade Soundwave – Probably A Robbery

This is Renegade Soundwave’s 1989 hit ‘Probably A Robbery’. “A bit of skulduggery” is all I have to say.

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New music from Pyramid

Pyramid

What starts at an tabla lead chunk of dubby electronica soon warps into a Sci-Fi soundscape in Pyramid’s new tune.

Futuristic and beautiful, ‘Space Wind’, with it’s Sci-Fi elements, it’s harsh wind undercurrent and it’s ethnic percussion, to me anyway, is kinda’ what I imagine as a Dune soundtrack (to the books, not David Lynch’s peice of shit). It’s big synth chords fading into the distance, almost lost amongst the sheer space of this tune. If you like your synthesizer music Disco informed, but a little more otherworldly then Pyramid is the guy for you.

Pyramid – Space Wind

Pyramid’s album, ‘Lost In Space’ is out now.

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Rhythm Droid’s ‘Sunrise On Planet Tokyo’

Rhythm Droid

Tokyo based producer Rhythm Droid drops a new single for Sunlinxx next week. It’s gonna’ be huge!

‘Sunrise On Planet Tokyo’ is an epic seven minutes but never gets boring, there’s always a new layer, a new musical insert about to happen in the track. Taking the best of beach Dreamwave and late night Nu-Disco, Rhythm Droid takes the listen, or dancer, on a journey that’s set up by a simple, but infectious hook that is used to always deliver something new. Label buddy Keenhouse in on the reMix with a euphoric hands-in-the-air track that uses the riff from the original to full on Balearic  effect to provide a base to let Ken go crazy with his freestyle funk playing style. This is an excellent release that we predict will be blowing up clubs for the next few months at least.

♫ Rhythm Droid – Sunrise On Planet Tokyo

♫ Rhythm Droid – Sunrise On Planet Tokyo (Keenhouse reMix)

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Goldroom reMixes Small Pyramids

Small Pyramids

Binary and NightWaves man Josh Legg is back in a Goldroom state of mind as he drops his newest reMix, for fellow LA producer Small Pyramids.

Small Pyramids’ début single. ‘I Want Blood’ is transformed into the slickest of slick beach Disco tunes. It really feels like Josh is hitting his stride with his yacht vibed Disco now and has carved out quite a unique sound for himself, incorporating elements of Indie-Electro, Dreamwave and Nu-Disco and giving then that sailing sheen. With this mix he certainly gets his groove on, with a smooth funk bass and wicked little licks, but a soaring synth lead is never far away. Enjoy in he sun with friends.

♫ Small Pyramids – I Want Blood (Goldroom reMix)

‘I Want Blood’ is out soon, until then check out Small Pyramids on SoundCloud.

Moon Boots’ new single

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After the blog destroying ‘Gopher It’ American synth Disco producer Moon Boots is back with a brand new single for French Express.

‘Off My Mind’ is a deep grooved slice of electronic funky House. Of course we’re immediately won over by the cowbells, but beyond that is an insanely funky track that is layered thick with fat synth sounds like a Disco cake. The big bass and retro chords and added to with a smooth, and subtly used, vocal hook. This vocal hook is cut-up and inserted into the rhythm of Rogue Vogue’s old school piano House reMix of the track that is so Chicago that is brings back memories, despite being released today!

♫ Moon Boots – Off My Mind

Moon Boots – Off My Mind (Rogue Vogue reMix)

‘Off My Mind’ is released today!

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T&K’s début album

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T&K are a French ElectroPop duo who are gearing up for the late October release of their début album on On The Fruit Records.

Having had a few tracks floating around for the last few years this album represents everything the pair have been building over their career. Both he tracks ‘Line Of Light’ and ‘On Your hands’ are doing the blog rounds right now and both are very good examples of the type of ElectroPop to be found on the record. T&K’s sound is, confusingly, 50% really French, but also, strangely,50% really English. Their sound is deeply rooted in early British SynthPop, both in attitude & approach and sound but is given such a distinct French twist it’s unmissable. Much of the album sounds, to me, like a purely electronic, female fronted version of The Teenagers, the tracks have a similar structure, with a hint of Saint Etienne. This is easily one of the purest SynthPop albums to be released this year. With it’s intricate attention to melody and it’s quirky French leanings I’d say this record is pretty recommended.

♫ T&K – Unique Key

♫ T&K – Line Of Light

♫ T&K – Little Cloud

T&K’s album is out 24th October, until then check them out on SoundCloud.

Goin’ Old School: The Neon Judgement – Tomorrow In The Papers

In 1985 The Neon Judgement were shaping the future of underground electronic music with ‘Tomorrow In The Papers’ while you were watching TransFormers in your pyjamas.

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Louis La Roché reMixes Switch

switch

Some massive retro sounding Disco-House right now courtesy of Louis La Roché’s reMix of Switch’s ‘I Still Love You’.

La Roché takes the track from the Major Lazer guy and turns it into a big room tune that mixes up Nu-Disco and early Chicago House. R&B singer Andrea Martin’s vocal lends itself really well to this anyway, and Louis takes this big diva vocal and runs with it resulting in a track that is as warm as it is full.

Switch – I Still Love You (Louis La Roché ‘I Still Love Switch’ reMix)

‘I Still Love You’ is out now.

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Queen Of Hearts’ ‘Shoot The Bullet’ video

Boom! It’s the video for Queen Of Hearts’ ‘shoot The Bullet’ which, having a video, we presume is the lead track from her ‘Arrival EP’.

The The Sound Of Arrows produced track less catchy dancefloor, more sweeping SynthPop epic and might just possible be my favourite Queen track so far. Gotta’ love a bit of majesty in your Pop, and ‘Shoot The Bullet’ is huge and powerful.

The Arrival EP’ was released yesterday, but it now. Really. Do it.

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