Category Electro

Aug 23 2011

Ace Attack

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Ace Attack is a French producer who had just dropped his first EP of Retro inspired Electro tunes.

Drawing from a range of modern Electro influences Ace Attack’s music spans everything from soaring Dreamwave solos to gritty Danger style bit-crushed riffs. But it’s the melodies and musicianship here that really impress, these are real instrumental pieces, the kind produced by Jarre, Hammer or Hancock. Imagine Jarre laying down an awesome melodic peice over Kavinsky dropping some rough Electro, that’s kinda’ close. Check it out:

♫ Ace Attack – Alone

♫ Ace Attack – But I’ve Got The Funk

You can download the whole EP for free for the price of a Facebook ‘like’ here.

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Aug 23 2011

Popskarr’s new single

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South African reMix and production duo Popskarr have just dropped their new single ‘Tonight’ for free.

‘Tonight’ is a song of two levels. On one hand it’s got a stomping modern Electro beat and a touch of Electro-House about it, but on top of that the chords and vocals are really melancholic 80’s. It’s an interesting combination that really works and as the track builds toward it;’s finale there is a real sense of drama about the track. reMixes are supplied by, amongst others, Show Your Shoe and King Of Town. SYS show us a different side to his work with a chilled, almost ambient tune. Rolling, glitchy, drums and broken synths are used to their fullest effect to create a really involving atmospheric electronic peice. King Of Town go all out with a dancefloor oriented ElectroPop stomper, heavy on the sweeping.

♫ Popskarr – Tonight (Original)

♫ Popskarr – Tonight (Show Your Shoe reMix)

♫ Popskarr – Tonight (King Of Town’s Destroy The Brain Or Remove The Head reMix)

You can download the whole EP for free here.

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Aug 23 2011

Fabian X Reset!

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We dropped our review of Fabian’ new single ‘Last Flight’ last month, so as the single is released this week we can treat you to the Electro rockin’ Reset! reMix.

The original is such smooth Dreamwave that the Reset! reMix really stands out in contrast. It’s totally a tune to drive the crowd mental, chopping up snatched of the original and throwing them into a pit of funky chainsaw synths. Guaranteed to get you moving..

♫ Fabian – Last Flight (Reset! reMix)

‘Last Flight’ is released this week on Binary Entertainment.

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Aug 23 2011

Goin’ Old School: The Normal – T.V.O.D.

In 1978 Daniel Miller mucked around with some synthesizers. Then he released ‘T.V.O.D. ‘ as The Normal. then SynthPop happened. Coincidence?

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Aug 23 2011

Arnaud Rebotini covers ‘I Feel Love’

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The Black Strobe man Arnaud Rebotini has just dropped this impressive cover of Donna Summer’s (well, Giorgio Moroder’s really) ‘I Feel Love’.

It’s an epic eight minutes of analog synth awesomeness. Everything from the drums to the instantly recognisable arpeggio is pitch perfect. This is no mere carbon copy, Rebotini makes it very much his own handling the vocals with use of a vocoder, but the vocals take a back seat throughout much of the track, the focus being more on a Rebotini knob twiddling Disco workout.

♫ Arnaud Rebotini – I Feel Love ’79

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Aug 22 2011

Marina And The Diamonds; Electra Heart Part 2, ‘Radioactive’

Marina And The Diamonds has débuted the next instalment of her ‘Electra Heart’ series of films.

‘Radioactive’ is also slated to be her next single and it’s a proper dancefloor track, more-so that we’d expect from Marina, what with it being full of big late 90’s trace sounds. It’s a good song though, can’t wait for the reMixes.

‘Radioactive’ is released 3rd October’

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Aug 22 2011

Coupons & Show Your Shoe

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Oh, this was always going to be fun. Coupons & Show Your Shoe teaming up to interpret Jefferson Starship’s ‘Sara’.

Stripping the song right down and layering it with bouncy lead riffs and tons of synthesizer Funk this head on collision between two of the most exciting acts in Nu-Disco has produced a slick summer Disco jam with a side helping of keyboard wizardry. Put together by Coupons and Show Your Shoe sending ideas back and forth the team up’s end result is the one track you should be taking to the beach with you.

♫ Coupons & Show Your Shoe – Sara

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Aug 22 2011

Soft Metals’ ‘Voices’ video

Here’s the new video for Soft Metals’ track ‘Voices’.

Directed by Christian J Petersen, the video puts a dreamlike spin the the tracks 808 and 303 flavoured minimal SynthPop.

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Aug 22 2011

Jensen Sportag’s new tune

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Here a nice mellow slice of retro Chillwavey ElectroPop to ease you into the week.

‘Gentle Man’ is Jensen Sportag’s latest track is a perfect exercise in smooth 80’s Pop with a modern twist. Part MJ ballad, part spacey Chillwave and part 80’s Pop classic. there’s a hint of early Duran Duran in the music too. These two guys from Nashville certainly know how to craft and absorbing and nostalgic tune.

♫ Jensen Sportag – Gentle Man

Jensen Sportag’s ‘Pure Wet’ EP is out now on Cascine.

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Aug 22 2011

Goin’ Old School: Peter Godwin – Baby’s In The Mountains

Peter Godwin‘s 1983 Italo/Pop ‘hit’ ‘Baby’s In The Mountains’. I use the word ‘hit’ loosely, despite it being a classic slice of 80’s electronic Pop it has been largely forgotten.

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