Aug 14 2010

Ellie Goulding; Friends Electric video & Alan Braxe reMix!

Friends Electric’s awesome, and brave, reMix of Ellie Goulding’s ‘The Writer’ has only gone and got itself it’s very own official video! Nice one lads!

OK, on to Alan Braxe’s gobsmackingly rad reMix, it’s got this fluttering little melody that you listen to and never want to end. It’s pure summery chilled goodness, like an ace dream, or the end credits tune in a move where it turned out everything was alright in the end and everyone fucked off into the sunset.

Not even the rain we’re having in the UK at the moment can kill the mood this reMix induces!

♫ Ellie Goulding – The Writer (Alan Braxe reMix)

‘The Writer’ single is out now.

Ellie Goulding @ Neon Gold

Ellie Goulding @ 7Digital

Ellie Goulding @ Amazon

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Aug 13 2010

OMD video premiere ‘If You Want It’

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have premiered the video for their forthcoming single ‘If You Want It’.

The first single from their ‘The History Of Modern’ album, their first studio album in 14 years, the track sees a return to a more classic (and right now, very in-vogue) OMD sound.

The ‘If You Want It’ single is released 6th September on limited edition yellow vinyl 7” and a digital reMix bundle with reMix from the likes of French Horn Rebellion, We Have Band and VillaNah, with ‘The History Of Modern’ slated to be released later this year.

OMD @ 7Digital

OMD @ Amazon

Aug 13 2010

Logo’s new single on Kitsuné

The end of August sees Kitsuné Music latest release, Logo’s latest single, the double A-side ‘La Vie Moderne’/’Juniocide’.

‘Junocide’ is a mindblowingly awesome inner-city soundtrack. If rain fizzing off of flickering neon lights made music, it would sound like this. Sophisticated percussion programming and relentless arpeggios drive the track but the song is surprisingly melancholic. This is music to get lost to.

♫ Logo – Junocide

Kitsuné drop Logo’s ‘La Vie Moderne’/’Juniocide’ 30th August with a reMix package that includes work from French Fries, DyE and Tony Senghore.

Aug 13 2010

Karton’s ‘All You Need’

And this is just what I needed today, just what I was in the mod for!

The second single from their ‘for All Seasons’ album, Karton’s ‘All You Need’ is a pedal-to-the-metal Electro-Rock/ElectroPop powerhouse. Blowing the cobwebs out of electronic music the track is a collision of anthemic vocals, rock beats and killer synths. Still sounding a little like the harder Infusion tracks, with the buzzsaw synths, although that is no bad thing, Karton’s forthcoming album should defiantly be worth investigating.

♫ Karton – All You Need (Original)

Sound Of Habib drop ‘’All You Need’ at the end of August, the album comes later in September.

Aug 12 2010

Mammoth Logic

This track is pure awesome!

It’s by Mammoth Logic, and ElectroPop creating duo from Adelaide who mix up SynthPop, French Electro and Post-Punk to form their analog retro sound. Multi instrumentalists Dave Crowe and Reid Jones make something that could be described as Garage Disco-Pop, the music has a distinctly live feel to it, like it’s being played rather than programmed, and the combination of analog synths, impressive vocals, a touch of vocoding and some infectious 80’s sounding chords is hard to beat.

♫ Mammoth Logic – Met On Mars

The band are working on their début album, keep an eye on them on their MySpace and check out some more music on their Unearthed page

Mammoth Logic @ Unearthed

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Aug 12 2010

Nikita

Nikita is Pati Yang. Hailing from Poland, this 18 year old has already, under a different moniker, released a critically acclaimed album and supported the likes of Depeche Mode live.

As her new project Nikita, Pati is gearing up to release her début single. ‘Tonite’ is the first track release off of her forthcoming album that she is currently working on with Performance/Kiss In Cities electronic production genius Joe Cross (who has also produced The Sound Of Arrows and HURTS).

Take a listen to the single as reMixed by Cheap Thrills’ latest signing Franzy Scanner, a wobbly bass, 8-bit, juggernaut that heads straight for the dancefloor.

♫ Nikita – Tonite (Franzy Scanner reMix)

Nikita’s single, ‘Tonight’, is out 30th August.

Aug 12 2010

Clubfeet

Clubfeet, they of the monster ‘Teenage Suicide (Don’t do It)’, have just dropped their new album ‘Gold On Gold’.

The Melbourne trio have a sweet 80’s pop sound, as displayed on their lead single from the album, ‘Count Your Lovers’, a laidback, piano driven, almost ballad. This is the kind of tune that you can chuck on the headphones, close your eyes, and forget about your troubles. ‘Edge Of Extremes’ has more of a Disco feel and a certain edge of Hot Chip about it. The album will defiantly be worth checking out.

♫ Clubfeet – Count Your Lovers

♫ Clubfeet – Edge Of Extremes

The band are giving away another three free tracks from the album in exchange for your email adders here, seems like a good deal to me.

The Album ‘Gold On Gold’ and the single, ‘Count Your Lovers’ are out now on Plant Music, the single featuring reMixes from Eli Escobar and Boltan.

Aug 11 2010

Beaumont takes on Kavinsky

The reMix competition has finished, the winners announced. I, personally, must have listened to about 130 of the hundreds of entries. Some of them were amazing. Some of them were whack. Did I ever want to hear Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ again in my life? Not right now…

But if there’s one guy who can twist my arm it’s Beaumont, had he submitted his reMix to the contest it would have surely been a contender. Probably one of the best (if not the best) ElectroPop/Nu-Disco version of the song that uses both Kavinsky’s and Lovefoxxx of CSS’s vocals to sweet effect over a mixture of retro synths and 8-bit melodies.

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Beaumont reMix)

Aug 11 2010

‘Røyksopp’s Adventures In Barbieland’

Røyksopp’s short film, ‘Røyksopp’s Adventures In Barbieland’, created to accompany their new instrumental album ‘Senior’ (the follow up/sister album to last years ‘Junior’) is now available to watch in it’s entirety.

Here is what Røyksopp’s Svein had to say about it: “We had a vision, and in this vision we saw ourselves as a sleeping hobo and an old man respectively. The following is a vivid depiction of some of the events that occurred during an intended stay in Barbieland. And remember, It’s a true story….”

It’s odd, Røyksopp odd, and features 5 tracks from the forthcoming ‘Senior’.

‘Senior’ is expected to drop 13th September on Wall Of Sound

Aug 11 2010

M.I.A.’s ‘XXXO’ video

M.I.A. has premiered the video for ‘XXXO’ over on her YouTube channel.

‘XXXO’ is one of the best tracks on her recent ‘/\/\ /\ Y /\’ album and has been out as a single for a while now so it’s nice to see a proper video for it.