Jun 17 2010

Lola Dutronic

Floating round the outskirts of French Pop, Nu-Disco and Lounge music but never really steeling in one place are Lola Dutronic.

The duo of Lola Dee and Richard Citroen split their time between Toronto and Berlin (by way of Paris) while creating kinda’ post-Gainsbourg electronic Pop. This is serious 60’s-Paris-in-the-rain stuff but with some skilled contemporary programming work from Citroen. It’s hard not to get drawn in by Lola’s intimate vocal style and forget where you are for half an hour.

I actually hear a lot of Saint Etienne in Lola Dutronic.

The pair have just released a new EP, mostly of reMixes, titled ‘Musique’, on Red Digital Music. The mixes span the range of electronic Pop, from almost Trip-Hop beats to dancefloor worthy House tracks, all keeping Lola Dutronic’s smokey style ever present.

♫ Lola Dutronic – My Radio (French Disco Mix)

♫ Lola Dutronic – Chanson D’Ete (Summer Of Love Mix)

‘Musique’ and Lola Dutronic’s three (yes, three!) previous albums are available now:

Lola Dutronic @ Amazon

Jun 17 2010

Deadbots mash up Ikki’s new EP

Noisy Electro-House Spaniard Ikki is taking some brief time off from Dim Mak to release a new EP of FutureFlashs’ record label Kiez Beats.

Not only have Dublin DJ’s Deadbots provided a reMix for the EP but also mashed up this version of the tune with Todd Terry’s ‘Keep On Jumpin’’. The result is a huge dirty Electro-House tune that is just the thing when you can feel the weekend on the horizon.

♫ Ikki – Bakala Banger (Deadbots Keep On Jumpin’ reMix)

Ikki’s ‘Bakala Banger’ EP is out now:

Jun 17 2010

Hey Champ!’s ‘Neverest’ video

Hey Champ!’s awesome single ‘Neverest’ has just gone and got itself a video! And what a video it is…two words…dolphin boobs.

That is all.

Check out the surreal Sci-Fi Disco goodness:

The singles ‘Neverest’ and ‘Cold Dust Girl’ can be downloaded from the band’s official site and ‘Star’ is due to be released 13th July.

Hey Champ! @ Beatport

Hey Champ! @ Juno

Hey Champ! @ Amazon

Jun 15 2010

Neon Circus

Midlands noisy ElectroPop/Electro-Punk outfit Neon Circus are gearing up for the release of their début album on Jacket Pocket Records.

Following the bands singles ‘Future Disco’ and ‘Digit-ism’, both of which gained some national radio play, the album, ‘Don’t Get Panicked’, will showcase the bands mash up of Rock ‘N’ Roll vocals with dirty Electro-House. The single Digit-Ism was almost bordering on ElectroPunk with it’s distorted riffs and call-to-arms vocals.

♫ Neon Circus – Digit-Izm

‘Don’t Get Panicked’ is released on 23rd July

Neon Circus @ Juno

Neon Circus @ 7Digital

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Jun 15 2010

Punches cover Kele in trumpets!

Bloc Party frontman Kele’s solo offering has be making quite a few waves of late, particularly his ‘Tenderoni’ single.

Brooklyn newest hype worthy production outfit Punches have dropped another amazing reMix. absolutely flooding the track with horns. gone are the dark Electro/Rave synths of the original and in their place a summertime beat, sparking keys and those oh-so-90’s dance trumpets!

♫ Kele – Tenderoni (Punches Bring The Horns reMix)

Kele’s ‘Tenderoni’ single is out now.

Jun 15 2010

sevdahBABY Vs. Sabrina

Serbian Electro-House meister sevdahBABY has dropped by the electronic rumors Inbox with his latest reMix, I couldn’t help myself but feature it!

It’s a banging reworking of Sabrina Salerno’s 1987 Italo/EuroPop crossover ‘Boys (Summertime Love)’. Does it work? Damn straight it does! Even dropping a bit of Dire Straits in the mix it perfectly captures late 80’s TV Pop but brings it right up to date and straight to the dancefloor. Tons of fun to!

♫ sevdahBABY Vs. Sabrina – Boyz Boyz Boyz (2010 reMix)

Can’t wait for sevdahBABY’s next effort.

Jun 14 2010

¡borracho! reMixes AXXE’s ‘Hard Candy’

¡borracho! have just dropped their long awaited reMix of Canadian ElectroPoppers AXXE’s ‘Hard Candy’ over on their SoundCloud.

We really dig both ¡borracho! and AXXE here so the pairing has gagging for a listen ever since the guys hinted at it. It’s a rolling, pretty chilled, piano driven Electro-House tune that turns AXXE’s Noise-Pop into something altogether smoother.

Also, killer Simmons drum fills!

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (¡borracho! reMixx)

The reMix single is out soon on Rural Route Records Inc.

AXXE @ Amazon

Jun 14 2010

Jonteknik

Jonteknik is an electronic Pop act based in Brighton, UK, who got in touch with us a while back and is long over due a featured post!

With quite a prolific career spanning back to 1988 when he discovered Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre. Since his first release in 1994 Jonteknik has amassed an impressive list of conspirators including Pascal Gabriel (who has produced everyone from Erasure, New Order, S’Express, Kylie and Dido to Miss Kittin, Ladyhawke, Little Boots and Marina And The Diamonds), Claudia Brücken of Propaganda and both Claudia and OMD’s Paul Humphreys on their OneTwo project.

His music owes a lot to Kraftwerk. Robotic beats and synthetic melodies, often arpeggiated, sit alongside otherworldly pads to create a futuristic dystopian soundtrack but, on his album of last year ‘Sounds From The Electronic Garden’, it’s the collaborations with featured vocalists that Jonteknik really shines. With proper vocals his tracks become RoboPop gems, the cold, mechanical, music suddenly becoming warm and emotive, and even catchy.

Not that their is anything wrong with android electro, it’s our bread and butter, but dancing ‘round your room in a shiny silver jumpsuit is so much more fun with lyrics and Jonteknik’s crisp production (which would rival the German robots themselves!) screams out to be sung along to.

This year he has teamed up with vocalist Martin Philip to release a pair of singles, ‘Omnidirectional’ and ‘Pride In Your Pocket’, both tracks are vocoder laden ElectroPop tracks that lean more toward the Mute side of the genre. Intricate rhythms and synthesizer lines wind in and out of each other to provide backing for Martin’s classic SynthPop vocals.

♫ Jonteknik (Feat. Martin Philip) – Omnidirectional

♫ Jonteknik (Feat. Martin Philip) – Pride In Your Pocket

Both singles and Jonteknik’s previous albums are available now:

Jonteknik @ Amazon

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Jun 13 2010

Diagram Of The Heart’s ‘Dead Famous’ video

London ElectroPop/Indie-Electro crossover act Diagram Of The Heart have just premiered the video for their new single ‘Dead Famous’.

The video features the not unimpressive skills of European Champion poledancer Manuela Carneiro and some slick lighting and graphic design that work amazingly well with the track.

‘Dead Famous’ is out now.

Diagram Of The Heart @ Beatport

Diagram Of The Heart @ Amazon

Jun 13 2010

Columbus’ ‘Love Machine’ video by The Crystal Beach

It’s not often that the director of a music video, rather than the artist, contacts electronic rumors but I’m pretty glad Alex Dückminor A.K.A. The Crystal Beach did!

The 25 year old director/designer created this awesome clip for the title track of German DiscoPop act Columbus’ ‘Love Machine’ EP as part of his MA in Moving Image. Taking more than 8 months to complete the video is a synthesizer Sci-Fi extravaganza that is both funny and cool. The track is pretty rockin’ too!