Jan 14 2011

Oliver

A month or so ago I completely missed out on posting a couple of tracks by Oliver, they just slipped though the net and I never got round to it. Which is a pity as they were on my mp3 player pretty heavily. This week they dropped a couple of new reMixes, that allows me the opportunity to make up for it.

The two Olivers in Oliver are Vaughn Oliver (U-Tern) and Oliver Goldstein (Oligee), awesome producers and reMixers in their own rights, who have teamed up to drop some funky Nu-Disco on the masses. Their first new tracks, ‘All Night’ and ‘Walk With Me’ , boast the most powerful of power 80’s synth chords atop some slammin’ Disco grooves. ‘All Night’, particularly, is like Filter House and Dreamwave wrestling naked in jelly while ‘Walk With Me’ is slightly more cinematic, in the sense that you can’t listen to it without imagining a bunch of kids dancing in the street in legwarmers.

♫ Oliver – All Night

♫ Oliver – Walk With Me

This week Oliver let loose two reMixes. The first, of Dance-Pop act Black Cards’ new single ‘Dominoes’ is pure Robo-Disco, as if Kraftwerk made Nu-Disco while playing Nintendo and their truly epic reMix of Chromeo’s forthcoming ‘Hot Mess’ single, which is spine-tinglingly good and has a power riff that has to be heard to be believed.

♫ Black Cards – Dominoes (Oliver reMix)

♫ Chromeo – Hot Mess (Oliver reMix)

You should head on over to Oliver’s Facebook page right now and show them some love by hitting the ‘Like’ button!

Oliver @ Facebook

Jan 13 2011

Dirty Vegas’s new single (+ Cassette Club reMix!)

I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Dirty Vegas, sure they can be a bit hit and miss but they were doing the whole House meets ElectroPop thing back when most of the modern proponents of the style were waving glowsticks around.

Their new single ‘Electric Love’ is defiantly a Dirty Vegas hit. It’s dirty and gritty and has got a groove from hell. It show’s Dirty Vegas haven’t been sitting on their hands when it comes to sounding fresh. Incorporating hint of Disco and Electro into their sound has done wonders to rejuvenate their sound, they’re back and sounding better than ever! They’ve also picked the amazing Cassette Club to reMix the single. The London ElectroPop duo turn in a typically brilliant track that is probably the standout of the reMix package. With a little of their Nu-Disco sound ‘Electric Love’ is elevated into a killer, must have, tune.

♫ Dirty Vegas – Electric Love (Cassette Club reMix)

♫ Dirty Vegas – Electric Love

‘Electric Love drops 26th April on OM Records.

Dirty Vegas @ Beatport

Dirty Vegas @ Juno

Dirty Vegas @ 7Digital

Dirty Vegas @ Amazon

Jan 12 2011

RüFüS present their début EP

RüFüS are a three-piece outfit from Syndey who mix live percussion with deep Disco electronics with almost dreamlike results.

The trio have just released their début EP, titled ‘RüFüS’, and what you’ll find amongst the six tracks is an organic, evolving, take on Electro and DiscoPop. Vocally comparable to Fenech-Soler, the music is much deeper and analog sounding. In addition to the organic feel of the music there is a layer of sampled recordings the trio took from the forest and the beach used in ambient and percussive ways that just adds to the elemental feel of the songs. Don’t get me wrong, this is top quality ElectroPop, a must listen for any fan of synth music, but there is something much more, well…human, about the music than your average dance track. It’s as if the music was grown rather than written. Still going to tear up your local Indie-Electro dancefloor in 2011 though!

For three guys with synths, this is probably the least ‘machine music’ ever made!

♫ RüFüS – Paris Collides

♫ RüFüS – We Left

Also check out the guy’s mash-up of their takes on Gotye’s ‘Heart’s A Mess’ and Trentmoller’s ‘Miss You’.

♫ Gotye Vs. Trentemoller (RüFüS) – Trent’s A Mess (Heart’s A Mess (RüFüS Cover) & Miss You (RüFüS reMix)

RüFüS’s self-titled début EP is out now on their own label, Monekeleon, and later in the year we’ll see On The Fruit Records release ‘We Left’ with reMixes from SymbolOne, Go Go Bizkitt!, Broke One, Beaumont, Springflower, Monsieur Adi and Ride the Universe…phew!

RüFüS @ Amazon

RüFüS @ Bandcamp

Jan 12 2011

DāM-FunK and Nite Jewel keep it funky

It’s been ages since Synth-Funk master DāM-FunK and Nite Jewel supposedly teamed up to record an album under the moniker Nite-Funk. Apparently the album will finally be surfacing later this year, but until then this track might provide a glimpse of what to expect.

DāM-FunK’s reMix of Nite Jewel’s ‘It Goes Through Your Head’ will appear on the forthcoming single out later this month and it’s exactly what I’d want the Nite-Funk album to sound like. I love DāM-FunK’s synth work so much, he just gets that 80’s Post-Funk ElectroPop perfectly which makes a nice counter for Ramona Gonzalez’s vocals.

♫ Nite Jewel – It Goes Through Your Head (DāM-FunK Clubdub)

‘It Goes Through YOur head’ is out soon on Mexican Summer.

Nite Jewel @ Beatport

Nite Jewel @ Juno

Nite Jewel @ 7Digital

Nite Jewel @ Amazon

Jan 12 2011

More of Ali Love’s ‘Moscow Girl’ reMixes

Various reMixes, and the video, of Ali Love’s funky ElectroPop opus ‘Moscow Girl’ have been knocking around for a while now but, now finally, the single sees it’s proper release next week.

The reMix package will include these to versions from Lee Foss and Jacques Renault. I’m really diggin’ the Lee Foss mix, it’s got a really early 80’s vibe with wide vintage synths, Simmonds tom rolls and some hardcore vocoder work. It sounds like the emotional montage tune from an 80’s ‘Moscow Girl’ movie. Mr. Renault turns in a Garage-y House mix to round off the single.

♫ Ali Love – Moscow Girl (Lee Foss reMix)

♫ Ali Love – Moscow Girl (Jacques Renault reMix)

‘Moscow Girl’ is released 17th January on Back Yard Recordings and is recommended.

Jan 11 2011

Ladytron’s ‘Ace Of Hz’ gets full single release

‘Ace Of Hz’ seems almost old now, it broke ground a few months ago, but today sees the US release of the ElectroPop legends Ladytron’s single, the precursor to their new EP and Best Of album.

The single comes with a nice reMix package (including Tiësto of all people…) which features this nice Electro mix from Punks Jump Up. It’s a totally different beast to the original, a straight-up dancefloor track, maybe sacrificing some of the songs soul in the process. There’s a lot to like in the reMix though, the steel drums add a nice point of interest and it’s got a sweet overall groove. Still, it’s an awesome tune and if you require a kickin’ beat with your Ladytron this is head and shoulders above Tiësto’s lackluster effort (the man appears to have taken one of my favourite bands of all time and made them sound like every song he has done since 1999).

♫ Ladytron – Ace Of Hz (Punks Jump Up reMix (Radio Edit))

‘Ace Of Hz’ is out now in the US and 14th March elsewhere!

Jan 11 2011

Echoes reMix The Joy Formidable

One of electronic rumors hot tips for 2011, SynthPop act Echoes, have dropped this beautiful reMix of Welsh Rock band The Joy Formidable’s forthcoming single ‘Austere’.

And what a sweeping epic they have created! The vocals on the original lend themselves perfectly to Echoes piano driven PowerPop track. There’s something of a mid-90’s dance saga about it but with a modern sensibility, weaving Electro leads in and out of the gathering momentum of the tune. It’s all pretty grandiose stuff!

♫ The Joy Formidable – Austere (Echoes reMix)

‘Austere’ is released 14th January.

The Joy Formidable @ Juno

The Joy Formidable @ 7Digital

The Joy Formidable @ Amazon

Jan 11 2011

PNAU’s new single!

Wow, this kinda’ slipped under my radar. PNAU are back! (which may be why Empire Of The Sun have been quiet of late)

The first track to surface from the ElectroPop duo’s second album is the forthcoming single ‘The Truth’, it sounds pretty exiting stuff. Jump Jump Dance Dance wade in with a funkin’ Disco reMix awash with slap bass and electro toms. Sam La More’s reMix couldn’t be any more different, it’s a big commercial House track with a nice mix of Tropical in there.

♫ PNAU – The Truth (Jump Jump Dance Dance reMix)

♫ PNAU – The Truth (Sam La More reMix)

I don’t want to annoy anyone, but the new album isn’t due ‘til September!

Jan 11 2011

Yelle; new album title track

After an awesome recent ‘La Musique’ EP on Kitusé Music, Yelle has unleashed plans for their/her forthcoming album.

As a teaser they has set-free the title track ‘Safari Disco Club’ and as much as I liked, ‘La Musique’ this sounds more like ‘Yelle’ full of Electro tribal beats and vintage synth sounds topped off with Julie Budet’s quirky vocals. If this track is any indicatuin then the album could be pretty special indeed.

♫ Yelle – Safari Disco Club

‘Safari Disco Club’, Yelle’ new LP which drops 14th March.

Jan 11 2011

Frankmusik drops free EP

So, over the past few weeks ElectroPop sensation Frankmusik has been giving away free tunes via freefrankmusik.com, including his tribute to Daft Punk.

Now he’s compiled all four free tunes into an Ep you can download gratis here. Titled ‘Long Live Frankmusik’, the EP serves as a great build up to the man’s forthcoming album. Check out ‘Hurt You Again’, more traditional Frankmusik than recent tracks we’ve heard, it’s a powerful string-led lament.