Oct 4 2012

Strangers’ ‘Strangelove’ Mixtape

Strangers – Strangelove Mixtape = Fantastic London ElectroPop trio Stranger’s have put together a classic hour of golden SynthPop and Post-Punk drive with a sprinkling of Tropical Disco. Here’s what influenced the guys work and moves them right now.

♫ Strangers – Strangelove Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. The Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Intro.)
02. Crystal Castles (Feat. Robert Smith) – Not In Love
03. Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence
04. Alice Jemima – Safe/Pain (Strangers Cover)
05. The Cure – LullabyBuy
06. Azealia Banks – Slow Hands (Interpol Cover)
07. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
08. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
09. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane reMix)
10. Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
11. David Bowie – Heroes

Strengers’ Safe/Pain single is out now.

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Oct 4 2012

Goin’ Old School: Electronic, Mantronix & Electribe 101

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

From 1989, Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr’s Electronic project, here’s featruing Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant with Getting Away With It….

Pretty much Mantronix’s best tune, 1987’s Who Is It? Here on The Tube, as there’s no video.

Here’s Electribe 101 & Bille Ray Martin’s 1988 début, Talking With Myself.

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Oct 2 2012

Future Screens

Future Screens are a Indie flavoured SynthPop outfit from Brooklyn (where else?) who don’t have many track out just yet, but the work they have made public shows a rich pallet of styles and a knack for catchy riffs and emotional tunes.

Here’s two of their best. Don’t Stop is very Brooklyn. It’s got that post-Chillwave combination of the raucous and raw, synth music done live, and hazy, introspective vocal delivery. Future Screens grasp this sound and hit the ground running, Don’t Stop would rock and Indie dancefloor with it’s raw drums and synth bass playing against an infectious melody and husky vocals. All My Daydreams has more of an Indie cool to it, as opposed to Don’t Stop’s jump up IndiePop. It’s a lush, electronic, wall of sound as a buzzing bassline and shuffling beat power the track along while reverby vocals and tides of synths crash against the track like waves. Future Screens are definitely a band we’ll be keeping an eye on in future.

♫ Future Screens – Don’t Stop

♫ Future Screens – All My Daydreams

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Oct 1 2012

Marina And The Diamonds’ ‘How To Be A Heartbreaker’ video

So, here’s the new video from Marina And The Diamonds, How To Be A Heartbreaker. There’s been a lot of talk about it this week after her label (Warner Music, not 679 Artists) delayed it because they thought she looked ugly in it. Well, someone at Warner Music is obviously a fuckwit as, unsurprisingly, Marina looks smoking hot in the clip.

It’s one of the better songs on her second album too, one of the ones not ruined by Stargate’s big 90s Trance lead sounds.

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Sep 28 2012

Scarlet Soho’s ‘Solo KO’ EP

Early November see the release of the new EP from one of the UK most underrated Indie-ElectroPop outfits, Scarlet Soho. Hot on the heels of their insanely infectious When The Lights Go Out single comes Solo KO, which sees the band expressing their deeper, more passionate side after the pervious single’s catchy Pop gloss.

We caught the video for Solo KO earlier in the week, it’s an ominous sounding track but in the tradition of the best British SynthPop of the ‘80’s, it’s melancholy is shot through with an injection of optimism. A deep warping synth bass underpins the track with a sombre mood, but this is tempered with some lush stings and James’ passionate vocal. By the time the chorus hits, in all it’s anthemic glory, it’s time for a hands-in-the-air moment. Solo KO is flipped with Make The Final, a pulsating, stripped down, SynthPop track with a nice duelling vocoded/clean vocal. Make The Final would nicely soundtrack a training montage in an ‘80’s flick (so just keep that in mind next time you have an enemy to defeat or an obstacle to overcome), just right for a synthetic inspirational timeout. The EP also hold’s a beautiful, rich, vintage SynthPop reMix of Solo KO by Swedish trio Candide and a rough and ready Electro-House mix from Hamburg’s Teenage Mutants, who deliver chopped up vocals and chainsaw synths over a shuffling Techno beat. Solo KO is the prefect compliment to When The Lights Go Out, showing two sides to Scarlet Soho, who knows what EP number three will hold?

♫ Scarlet Soho – Solo KO (Radio Edit)

♫ Scarlet Soho – Solo KO (Teenage Mutants reMix)

You can pre-order the Solo KO EP from Scarlet Soho’s website. It’ll be released 9th November.

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Sep 28 2012

LexiconDon’s ‘City Lies’

We’ve Burned and wondered Where We Went, now we can get our third taste of Dreamwave original gangsters LexiconDon’s new album in the form of City Lies, their new single. We’ve seen a variety of new sounds in these previews of the album, as Alex stretches his musical wings, and City Lies adds some new flavour to the mix.

There’s a raw feel to the track. Machine beats, white noise snares and slight distortion on the vocals give LexiconDon’s laid back LA sound a new live, garage dimension. One of LexiconDon’s greatest strengths is Aex’s narrative in his songs. More than many other bands, you always get a real sense of what he’s singing about, capturing the mood and imparting it to the listener perfectly. This strength shines through in City Lies, both musically and lyrically as Alex wears his heart on his sleeve, lamenting the complications of relationships set to a late night urban soundtrack.

♫ LexiconDon – City Lies

City Lies is out now.

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Sep 28 2012

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s ‘Shell’ video

Here’s the brand new video for the lead track from London ElectroHousePop outfit Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s new Shell EP.

Chris Parks whips up some stunning visuals to accompany this deep electronica track. Watch fullscreen in HD!

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s Shell EP is out on 1st October

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Sep 27 2012

Crystal Castles’ ‘Wrath Of God’

Crystal Castles are seriously starting to work toward the release of their third album, titled (III), which we presume means it’s actually titled Crystal Castles again. Wrath Of God is the second track from the forthcoming record to be released.

(III) has been produced entirely by CC’s Ethan Kath in a computer free zone. Everything has been, apparently, recorded directly to tape (which will make their live shows interesting), that;s not to say there is still a lot of drum programming and arpeggiating going on. Wrath Of God is a majestic tune, more haunting than we’re used to from CC and may be an indication of the different mood on the new album. The booming beat, bit-crunched synths and distant, wailing, vocals are still present, but tempered with a misty production style and shimmering, ghostly, piano. The album should be an interesting affair.

♫ Crystal Castles – Wrath Of God

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Sep 27 2012

Le Roi Crocodile

Le Roi Crocodile is Vancouver based musician who is making some really interesting spacey Electro-IndiePop. Amazingly, this guy is just 16 years old, which is totally overshadowed by the maturity in his music.

His latest track is Youth Decay, which is a combination dreamlike Chillwave soundscape and summery Indie hit. With an endearing BedroomPop vibe, this young producer conjures up a reverb-washed laid back groove and an infectious hook. Waves of warm synths spill over Youth Decay, spacing themselves out to make room for the punchy lead riff and the half-sung/half-rapped vocals. This is only his second production but already he has the Lo-Fi Chill thing down pat, Le Roi Crocodile is definitely a name to keep an eye on in the future.

♫ Le Roi Crocodile – Youth Decay

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Sep 27 2012

The Knocks reMixed by Modern Machines

New York disco duo The Knocks’ new single ‘The Feeling’ is out this week and comes complete with a whole host of rad reMixes from the likes of Com Truise and Edwin Van Cleef. Here’s one extra for you, from fellow New Yorkers Modern Machines.

Modern Machines bring some seriously huge big-room vibes to the track. The track build you up with a massive ElectroPop intro, reminiscent of the best epic tunes of the last decade, before dropping you into some funky as hell cut-up Nu-Disco, then drawing you back again. The vocal hook stands out as a sing-a-long anthem as Modern Machines dip you in and out of some crashing dancefloor moments.