We’ve heard a lot from Penguin Prison’s new single, ‘Fair Warning’ recently in the form a quite a few reMixes. Now let your eyes take over for a while with the new video clip for the song.
I do like all the geometric 80’s coloured lights
‘Fair Warning’ is out now.
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Out favourite Greek SynthPop girls Marsheaux have taken on Swedish DiscoPop heroine Sally Shapiro (and that Agebjörn bloke) for their latest reMix.
‘Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me)’get a classic SynthPop makeover with an Italo twist. Clean and crisp synth sounds in Marsheaux’s modern-retro style, taking influence from early 80’s SynthPop and mid-80’s Italo, pile up in their reMix which retains the introspective nature of the original but adds a few layers of electronics.
♫ Sally Shapiro – Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me) (Marsheaux reMix)
‘Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me)is taken from Sally Shapiro’s album ‘Disco Romance’; out now.
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Well, they’ve gone and taken the video for ‘Lights’ by Ellie Goulding and chopped it up to fit Bassnectar’s reMix of the tune.
I’m not sure how much crossover there is between heavy Dubstep and fluffy ElectroPop, but Bassnectar does a bloody good job of trying.
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MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Between The Pavement And The Stars’ is one of my favourite tunes of the moment. It’s just do damn catchy.
After a brief absence, while MM did proper band photo shoots and stuff, the mice are back in the new video for the single. The video’s cute, the songs infections, I’m expecting this tune to be huge.
‘Between The Pavement And The Stars’ is released 18th July with a stellar line up of reMix talent including Mario Basanov, Edwin Van Cleef, Blamma! Blamma!, Tronik Youth, and Tareq.
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Chillwave staple Toro Y Moi in more of a smooth mode right about now.
He’s just announced his latest EP, titled ‘Freaking Out’ which is rumoured to be influenced by the likes of the Gap Band and Teddy Riley. You can hear that in Toro Y Moi’s cover of Alexander O’Neal & Cherelle’s ‘Saturday Love’. Slick late 90’s electronic R&B with a dreamy Chillwave sheen and an ear for spaced-out Funk. The tune, which features on the new EP, is a sweet love song with a mind-blowing bassline seen through the haze of reverb washed psychedelia.
‘Freaking Out’ is released 13th September.
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Kajagoogoo’s ‘Too Shy’, look beyond the cheese. It was 1982, it wasn’t cheese then! This track has some killer bass and killer synth riffs.
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Later this summer Neon Hitch releases her new single, ‘Bad Dog’ which has been given and Electro Funk going over by Gigamesh’s three man wrecking crew DiscoTech.
The jury is still out on way way Neon Hitch is going to go. She started out quite a quirky, interesting, pop singer but is now on a precipice looking into a chasm of bland. I really like her voice so I have my fingers crossed she doesn’t get lumped with some unfeeling hit-factory producer but rather develops a voice of her own. Although I fear my hopes may have come too late. Anyhoo, this mix from DiscoTech is pretty storming, a nice bouncy slice of DiscoPop.
♫ Neon Hitch – Bad Dog (DiscoTech reMix)
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Rimer London must be one of my favourite artists around, I love the way he creates a Disco groove without heading straight down the French Touch route.
Decidedly analog and synth geek heaven, Rimeroni Vumani’s sound is exemplified on his new single ‘Put Your Gun Away’ featuring Cata Pirata. The third from his self-titled album. It’s quirky analog SynthPop with a Moroder-esque Disco vibe. From the infections riff to the vintage drums, the track conjures up images of Rimeroni surrounded by keys and wires creating dancefloor gold. There’s also a lot of fun to be had with the video, you can watch the original version here, and then had on over to Magnetron Music’s special site to become part of the video yourself.
♫ Rimer London (Feat. Cata Pirata) – Put Your Gun Away
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French duo and producers in their own rights Para One & Tacteel drop a new EP this week after a long stretch of silence.
The EP, ‘Fair Enough’, contains a pretty stunning five tracks. Intricately crafted electronic music with a Disco groove, an experimental side to them and some cinematic musicality. ‘Rome’ is the most Disco track on the EP, funky analog tweaking for a 70’s synth sound flies atop a rounded bass sound and a solid, head nodding, foundation. But underneath the dancefloor orientation and the electronic indulgences there is a well written song too. Both the composition and arrangement are first class. ‘A1’ rolls like a distorted Italo tune in the hands of a Dub experimentalist, these guys obviously have fun with creating electronic music and a definite ear for what gets people dancing. This is a recommended EP.
♫ Para One & Tacteel – Rome
♫ Para One & Tacteel – A1
The ‘Fair Enough’ EP is out now on Fools Gold.
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Nik Kershaw’s 1984 hit ‘The Riddle’. Why? ‘Cos I said so, that’s why!
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