Jun 13 2012

Freak You reMixes Touch Tone

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The world of the producer is very much like the cruellest corners of the animal kingdom. Producers stalk the plains, solitary and silent, hunting for stems. Occasionally stopping to sniff the air in the hope of catching the scent of an acapella vocal. A producer must work with stems at least once every two weeks to survive, in times of drought competition can be fierce, and when a new herd of stems is noticed many producers can fall upon it in a feeding frenzy. Actually, in the case of Touch Tone’s Home Away From Home’ we can see why, the vocal is spectacularly epic, it must be hard for a producer to resist the temptation.

On The Fruit Records main man Freak You, just couldn’t resist. And for that we are glad. He turns in this wonderful, lush, ‘90’s House mix complete with 909 drums, piano hook and and a piercing square wave lead that just screams ‘90’s Dance Pop. More than anything Freak You’s reMix is fun fun fun and conjures up the best of times dancing your ass off in the ‘90’s. Freak You;’s reMix will keep a smile on my face all day!

♫ Touch Tone – Home Away From Home (Freak You ‘DJ Tool’ reMix)

Touch Tone’s ‘Home Away From Home’ is out now on Binary.

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Jun 13 2012

Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Invisible’ video

Here it is! The first new track from Pet Shop Boys highly anticipated forthcoming new album, ‘Elysium’.

Put together by Brian Bress, Pet Shop Boys and Andrew Dawson, they call it a short film for the track. How that differes from amusic video I have no idea, but they are Pet SHop BOys, I’ll take their word for it. The track is blissful, haunting and pure PSB. Excited.

‘Elysium’ is due for release this summer.

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Jun 13 2012

Lueur Verte reMixes DiscoRazor

DiscoRazor

Out this week is the new single from French SynthWave/Nu-Disco producer DiscoRazor, Golden Night’. Alongside reMixes from Judgement Dernier and Paul! you’ll find this tasty mix from the one and only Lueur Verte.

Lueur Verte brings his typical style of powerful, driven SynthWave to the track with a track worthy of soundtracking the most climactic of action sequences in the best of ‘80’s cinema. With a sense of urgency the track rolls forward, carried along by a punchy Italo bassline and some starlight synths. There’s a nice bit of digital guitar in there too to give the track some oomph, but ultimately the track wins out through Lueur Verte vintage sound and his attention to melody. The Frenchman keeps getting better and better.

♫ DiscoRazor – Golden Night (Lueur Verte reMix)

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Jun 13 2012

Goin’ Old School: A-Ha, Duran Duran & Sheena Easton

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

A-Ha with ‘The Living Daylights’ from 1987. Oh no, there’s no theme here…

From 10985, Duran Duran’s ‘A View To A Kill’. OK, maybe there is a theme going on…

In 1981, just coming out of the ‘70’s, Sheena Easton with ‘For Your Eyes Only’. Yeah, can;t really get away from the theme now.

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Jun 13 2012

Capital Cities reMix Ernest Saint Laurent

Ernest Saint Laurent

In their latest release, Californian ElectroPoppers Capital Cities step up for reMix duties for Frenchman Ernest Saint Laurent and his Tatiana Heintz featuring track ‘Offering’. The result is some blissed out sunrise Pop.

Carried along on the vocals of Tatiana Heintz from Franco-German Folk duo Okou who creates an uplifting, deep mood that allows Capital Cities to get a little Ballieric as they mix things up. Throwing a bit of that beach vibe into the mix they churn up a deep, warm Housey, ElectroPop track that envelopes you like a comfortable blanket. Full of rich synth pads and a Funk fuelled arpeggiated bassline, Capital Cities capture the mood perfectly.

♫ Ernest Saint Laurent (Feat. Tatiana Heintz) – Offering (Capital Cities reMix)

The original of ‘Offering’ appears on Ernest Saint Laurent latest album ‘Rollercoaster’.

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Jun 13 2012

Charli XCX’s ‘Heartbreaks & Earthquakes’ mixtape

Charli XCX

Charli XCX – Heartbreaks & Earthquakes: The Mixtape = Charli’s new mixtapes is kinda’ a precursor of things to some, or something to tide you over. Loads of mashups, loads of freestyle, loads of fun.

♫ Charli XCX – Heartbreaks & Earthquakes: The Mixtape

The tracklist:

Beyond The Black Rainbow
01. Charli XCX & Blood Orange – Champagne Coast
02. Charli XCX – How Can I?
03. Charli XCX & Blood Diamonds – Grins
The Craft
04. Charli XCX & Paul White – So Far Away
Kill Bill
05. Charli XCX, Drake & Jai Paul – Dreams Money Can Buy
Cruel Intentions
06. Charli XCX – Lock You Up
07. Charli XCX & Rudimental – Spoons
American Beauty
08. Charli XCX – You’re The One (Odd Future’s The Internet remix (Feat. Mike G))

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Jun 13 2012

We Have Band’s ‘Tired Of Running’ video

Here is the new video from We Have Band with their new single ‘Tired Of Running’.

Directed by Arthur Castillon & Fabien Pochez, the clip features lots of running around in woods, maybe ‘Tired Of Running’, with it’s urgent Indie-electro sound is running music?

‘Tired Of Running’ is taken from the album ‘Ternion’.

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Jun 13 2012

Brodinski’s ‘Nobody Rules The Streets’

Brodinski

OK, this track has been kicking around in out Inbox for the better part of a month now, we’ve been um’ing and ah’ing about whether to post it or not, but in trying to make the decision we’ve listened to it so much that we’re pretty hooked on it now. So we’re posting it. It’s like a self-fulfilling prophesy, the mere act of considering posting it results in a post. That, and the tracks is bizarrely badass.

So here’s Brodinski’s third release on his new Bromance imprint. The single is actually a double A-Side with Club Cheval’s ‘Now U Realise’, a proper dark Rave track on one side and Brodinski’s own ‘Nobody Rules The Streets’ on the other. ‘Streets’ features, again, Louisahhh!!! on vocals and, for a moody, gritty, Rave tune is surprisingly Poppy. Catchy and rabble rousing, in that way early ‘90’s Indie sometimes was, complete with police sirens, ‘Nobody Rules The Streets’, has got a bit of a Simian Mobile Disco circa ADSR vibe to it, which I think is why we like it so much.

♫ Brodinski (Feat. Louisahhh!!!) – Nobody Rules The Streets

♫ Club Cheval – Now U Realize

‘Nobody Rules The Streets’/’Now U Ralize’ is out this week.

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Jun 12 2012

Touch Tone reMixed by Starcadian

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I must be so predictable, hehe. Touch Tone dropped me an email introducing me to Brooklyn producer Starcadian who has just reMixed his new single ‘Home away From Home’, he said he thought Starcadian was right up my street, both musically and aesthetically, Sweet Raptor Jesus was he ever right.

I don’t want to to talk too much about Starcadian specifically right now, I’ve already decided he gets an article to himself later in the week, but let’s just easy you into the Starcadian groove with the aforementioned reMix.His reMix of ‘Home Away From Home’ is pretty much a melting pot of everything we think is awesome. It is, at it’s core, SynthWave, epic retro soundtrack stuff, but with more of a gritty vibe, a more (dare I say it, Brooklyn?) Lo-Fi productions style that accentuates the vintage sound and give the music warmth. It’s also got a bit more Funk than your average SynthWave with a dirty Moog tone to it. The end result is a danceable, dreamy electronic space-Disco odyssey. So, to recap; SynthWave, Lo-Fi grit, Moog Funk plus Touch Tone’s amazing, anthemic, song. I never stood a chance.

♫ Touch Tone – Home Away From Home (Starcadian reMix)

Touch Tone’s ‘Home Away From Home’ is out now on Binary. We’ll be featuring more from Starcadian later in the week.

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Jun 12 2012

Kavinsky & Tommy

Kavinsky

Despite a resurgence of interest in it after it’s prominence on the ‘Drive ‘soundtrack, Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ is getting on a bit now, so I have to ask, “do we really need any more remixes of it, especially as when it was first released there was a remix competition?” Well SynthWave producer Tommy has answered that question, and surprisingly the answer is “yes!”.

The German SynthWave genius has created possibly the most beautiful reMix of this track we have ever heard. Subtly changing the lead riff and the progression in ways that, at times, make it feel like a brand new song. “A new lease of life” is a phrase that gets thrown around by people talking about reMixes all too often to the point where it becomes meaningless, but Tommy really does give ‘Nightcall’ a new lease of life. The track becomes slightly more uplifting musically, whist retaining the mid-tempo groove, a lot of the originals darkness is replaced with a more optimistic set of chords, which in turn seems to lift the amazing Lovefoxxx‘s vocals to an altogether poppier place. This track is the dawn to Kavinsky’s midnight.