The track’s been out for a while now, but so had the video which I’ve only just found out about. SO I’m posting late ‘cos it’s a pretty nice clip.
I’m talking about Primary 1’s new single (Feat. Harry Tuttle) ‘Never Know’ which is a cool 80’s-esq Pop track which conveniently appears to have a cool 80’s-esq Pop video.
It’s nice when there things work out!
‘Never Know’ is out 29th November.
Freezepop new album is pretty eagerly awaited here at electronic rumors, the release date has been pushed back to December now which is making the anticipation that much harder to bear.
Sensing this, the Boston based SynthPop legends are giving away another new track. Taken from the forthcoming ‘Imaginary Firends’, ‘Doppelganger’ is even better than the previous album teaser ‘Magnetic’. The song is a heady mix of new and old, one of the more 80’s Pop-esq tracks Freezepop have done ‘Doppelganger’ boarders on Dreamwave at times, but all wrapped up in Freezepop’s trademark Liz Enthusiasm narrative.
If this is what the rest of the album sounds like then it could be the best thing Freezepop have ever done, and with a back catalogue like theirs that’s really saying a lot!
Now you’ve heard it in 128kbps head on over to Freezepop’s official website and download the high quality 320kbps mp3 in exchange for your email addy , now that’s cheap!
‘Imaginary Friends’ is due to drop 7th December.
No longer do you have to be content with our radio rip of Chromeo’s massive duet with Elly Jackson from La Roux, here we have the full 12inch Mix!
We gave our impressions of the track in the original post, those opinions are only strengthened by the full track, it works so well it’s getting hard to remember how it was with out Elly’s counterpoint. Her part is so simple too, but that’s the beauty of it.
Anyway, here it is, enjoy. You will!
♫ Chromeo (Feat. Elly Jackson From La Roux) – Hot Mess (12inch Mix)
The ‘Hot Mess’ single is out 17th January and along with the original and the new duet features reMixes from the likes Duck Sauce and Tiga.
CHEW LiPS are on a reMix roll!
Remember that team-up between Hot Chip and New Order’s Bernard Sumner and Hot City, to release a track for Converse’s collaborative series we wrote about a while back?
Well, now not only has it gone and got itself a video but also an amazing, analog bass pounding, reMix courtesy of CHEW LiPS. In the end result you can hear bits of New Order, bits of Hot Chip and bits of CHEW LiPS, it’s an odd mix, but very cool.
Check the video and the reMix below.
♫ Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City – Didn’t Know What Love Was (CHEW LiPS reMix)
Check the Converse site for more collaborations.
Hot Chip, Bernard Sumner & Hot City @ Converse
Followers of the UK’s top ElectroPop producer Starsmith on Twitter will remember him mentioning a reMix of his début single ‘Give Me A Break’ he had put together to play at the launch party for the 12”.
Well, he’s now gone and made it available to the public (that’s you lot), so here it is. It’s quite a cool edit, drops and builds in just the right places and an awesome solo line in the finale. I can imagine this went down a treat when he dropped it.
♫ Starsmith – Give Me A Break (Starsmith reMix)
Starsmith’s début single, ‘Give Me A Break’/’Knuckleduster’ is out now:
Here’s another track a couple of weeks old that I’m posting, just because.
All of LA’s favourite SynthPoppers Human Life’s latest single, ‘Wherever We Are’ is pretty awesome, the original and the well chosen reMixes make the whole package well worth your investigation. The Nightriders reMix is one of the highlights, a smooth Nu-Disco jam with an added deepness, this is a late night/early morning tune if ever I heard one. This mix is like your comedown from a night of hard Electro, when this is playing you’ve got no worries!
♫ Human Life – Wherever We Are (Nightriders reMix)
‘Wherever We Are’ is out right now!
London based avant garde Indie-ElectroPoppers Clock Opera’s single ‘Once And For All’ was released this month on Kitsuné.
One of the reMixes included on the EP is this deep Lo-Fi mix be Clive Tanaka, a man so illusive that even the label know little about him. Still, everyone loves a mystery these days init! This shadowy figure brings an atmospheric, relaxed take on the track with minimal synth and guitar work creating a hypnotic vibe for Clock Opera’s emotive track to ride over.
♫ Clock Opera – Once And For All (Clive Tanaka reMix)
‘Once And For All’ is out now on Kitsuné Music.
Wow, this has been around for a week or so now but I’ve only just been turned on to it.
ARMS are a Brooklyn based Indie outfit who’s track ‘Heat And hot Water’ has been given an rollicking Electro-Indie-Pop reMix by none other than Passion Pit. The reMix is the kind of thing you’d expect from PP, it’s a cute Lo-Fi affair with a really cool toy synth lead line.
♫ ARMS – Heat And Hot Water (Passion Pit reMix)
‘Heat And Hot Water’ comes from ARMS’ free EP, you can get it here.
Well, this is already vying for position as my favourite track of the year, it feels like I’ve been waiting all my life for this tune.
Nu-Disco über-producer Grum’s reMix of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘West End Girls’ features as B-side on the SynthPop duo’s new single ‘Together’ and, for me anyway, it’s an almost perfect meeting of everything I grew up with and everything I love now. I love the big analog bassline and the massive Dreamwave-esq pads and the fact that the song remains intact, but totally updated. This thing is one of the classics of the genre but sound fresh as fuck!
Pure, undiluted awesome!
♫ Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (Grum reMix)
I swear I can hear a Korg Monotron in there too!
Pet Shop Boys greatest hits, ‘Ultimate’, and the digital single of‘Together’ are out now with the physical release, featuring the Grum reMix, coming soon.
This week sees the release of New York/Berlin based duo The Glass’ début album.
Titled ‘At Swim Two Birds’, you can stream the album on the bands SoundCloud, is 10 tracks of cool garage Disco, raw and funky. Dark at times but always with a rad bassline. Better still is the reMix of of ‘Four Four Letter’ by Black Van (Kris Menace and KoweSix from Moonbootica) who layer up the huge synth chords in this killer Nu-Disco/House track.
♫ The Glass – Four Four Letter (Black Van reMix)
The Glass’ ‘At Swim Two Birds’ is out now on Plant Music in the US, us rest-of-the-world citizens will have to wait until early next year.
