Jul 27 2010

LexiconDon & NightWaves

We’ve got another reMix of LexiconDon’s awesome ‘December Sunset’, a track we’ve featured a couple of times already, this time by label mates NightWaves.

NW’s Josh and Kyle give the track more of an organic groove. Less electronic sounding, more sounding like a jam. Sweeping synths are replaced with organs giving the track a live music feel. The original is one of the best ElectroPop tracks of the year so far and this reMix takes it into the ‘best Pop song’ category too.

Still can’t kill the Simmons rolls though!

♫ LexiconDon – December Sunset (NightWaves reMix)

Be sure to check out the original track too right here.

If you’re fans of Binary records and that sweet LA SynthPop sound then keep it locked to electronic rumors in the coming weeks, we have a pretty special Binary even planned for y’all!

The album, ‘Pink + Blue’ is due to drop 24th August on dubFrequency/Binary.

LexiconDon @ Beatport

LexiconDon @ Juno

LexiconDon @ 7Digital

LexiconDon @ Amazon

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Jul 27 2010

Active Child reMixed by Classixx

Can you even get a smoother jam than this?

Slinky, that’s probably the best way to describe LA team Classixx’s reMix of fellow LA songwriter Pat Grossi A.K.A. Active Child’s latest track, ‘When Your Love Is Safe’. It’s like mid-80’s R&B had a head on collision with Dreamwave in a Roland drum machine rimshot testing facility. And the crowd clapped on…

♫ Active Child – When Your Love Is Safe (Classixx reMix)

Oh the chimes!

Active Child’s album, ‘Curtis Lane’ is out now.

Active Child @ Juno

Active Child @ 7Digital

Active Child @ Amazon

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Jul 27 2010

Monsieur Adi reMixes The Knocks

Italian producer and reMixer extraordinaire Monsieur Adi has worked his magic on The Knocks new single.

Released this week, ‘Make Is Better’ is a feelgood summery Indie-Disco-Pop tune that is given the French touch by Adi who allows the track to funk along to a soaring crescendo. That final synth solo is the killer!

♫ The Knocks – Make It Better (Monsieur Adi reMix)

‘Make It Better’ is out this week.

The Knocks @ Amazon

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Jul 26 2010

Robyn’s new video

Oh look, Robyn’s doing something badass again!

Heh, the official video for the forthcoming ‘Hang With Me’ single has premiered, and although it’s pretty much just following Robyn and her crew around on promotional tours it’s really nicely shot and seems to work amazingly well with the song, which is a sweet, uplifting, SynthPop ballad.

‘Hang With Me’ is taken from the ‘Body Talk Pt. 2’ album and is out 5th September.

Robyn @ Beatport

Robyn @ 7Digital

Robyn @ Amazon

Jul 26 2010

Midnight Conspiracy turn Crystal Castles into Italo monster!

Woah! ‘Vietnam’ was one of the cooler tracks of Crystal Castles’ second self-titled albums, it’s heavy arpeggiated bassline counterpointed with sparkling bells was pretty infections, but Midnight Conspiracy (them of the rad Chromeo and Esser reMixes) have turned it into an awesome Italo influenced Nu-Disco monster!

There’s a lot of 80’s Pop in the mix too, the claps, the lead line, the FM bassline…this is about as perfect a reMix, of quite a disjointed track, as you could get. It even drops some 8-bit sounds toward the end, something for everybody (well, me anyway)!

♫ Crystal Castles – Vietnam (Midnight Conspiracy reMix)

‘Vietnam’ is taken from Crystal Castles second album.

Crystal Castles @ Beatport

Crystal Castles @ Juno

Crystal Castles @ 7Digital

Crystal Castles @ Amazon

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Jul 26 2010

Grum’s ‘Through The Night’ video

The Toto sampling ‘Through The Night’ is one of my favourite tracks on Grum’s début long player.

Now it’s got a video, and it’s pretty hilarious.

Just watch:

The single should be out soon, expect remixes from The Swiss, Tom De Neef, Perseus and Grum himself.

Jul 26 2010

Mighty Mouse

Nu-Disco producers Mighty Mouse are dropping their new EP next month, titled ‘Disco Battle Weapons (Volume 1)’ the EP is set to do exactly “what it says on the tin”.

If these two tracks from the EP are anything to go by they aren’t lying, here is a couple of heavy Disco tinged House tunes with everything you want. Big synths, soaring lead lines, emotive chord progression. It’s all good.

♫ Mighty Mouse – Jungle Fish

♫ Mighty Mouse – The Beast

both tracks were written for the duo’s ‘Disco Circus (Volume 2)’ compilation released in September.

‘Disco Battle Weapons (Volume 1)’ is released 16th August.

Mighty Mouse @ Beatport

Mighty Mouse @ Juno

Mighty Mouse @ 7Digital

Mighty Mouse @ Amazon

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Jul 24 2010

HURTS new ‘Wonderful Life’ video

HURTS have just premiered the new video for the single release of ‘Wonderful Life’ and it’s pretty funny.

In a massive self-referencing in-joke the video appears to be a wake, morning the loss of the crazy dancing lady from the original ‘Wonderful Life’ video, complete with a troupe of veiled dancing girls replicating her moves.

Goodbye crazy dancing lady, you will be sorely missed…

The ‘Wonderful Life’ single drops 23rd August.

HURTS @ Beatport

HURTS @ Juno

HURTS @ Amazon

Jul 23 2010

Vince Clarke reMixes Goldfrapp’s new single

SynthPop legend and all-round synth guru Vince Clarke has reMixed Goldfrapp’s third single from their ‘Head First’ album, ‘Believer’.

The Depeche Mode/Yazoo/The Assembly/Erasure pioneer has gone seriously retro on the track which could easily be ‘2nd album era’ Yazoo, with a syncopated bassline that’s so 80’s it’s amazing! It’s a really cool reMix that sounds retro with out sounding ‘old’.

♫ Goldfrapp – Believer (Vince Clarke reMix (Edit))

Vince is currently in his Cabin studio with Any Bell working on new Erasure material, if this reMix is an indication of the musical mood he’s we could be in for a treat.

‘Believer’ is released 7th September on Mute with reMixes from Vince Clarke, Subway, Joris Voorn and Davide Rossi.

Jul 23 2010

The Good Natured reMixed by Get People

With the release of The Good Natured awesome ‘your Body Is A Machine’ pushed back to August a few more reMixes are in order to tide you over!

Get People drop a piano driven atmospheric mix that at times boarders on Dubstep but retains a chilled Electro feel throughout. Glad they kept the song structure too, it’s a great track and it’s nice to hear it reMixed but still coherent.