Nov 12 2010

Ellie Goulding video for ‘Lights’..oh no wait, it’s ‘Your Song’, from that advert

We were a little surprised to find Ellie Goulding’s next single will be her cover of Elton John’s ‘Your Song’ rather than the previously announced ‘Lights’, then we saw it was on the new John Lewis X-mas adverts and everything made sense. Sigh.

I hope ‘Lights’ still sees a single release, with some nice reMixes. Meanwhile, here’s the brand new video for ‘Your Song’.

As much as I love Ellie and her music, the record label are just making blander and blander decisions when it comes to videos. At least this one isn’t a literal interpretation of the lyrics like the previous

I’m off to see Ellie and the awesome Bright Light Bright Light and Sunday Girl tomorrow, gonna’ be pretty rad!

Ellie Goulding @ Neon Gold

Ellie Goulding @ 7Digital

Ellie Goulding @ Amazon

Nov 12 2010

Chromeo premiere ‘Hot Mess’ video

I’m still reeling from Chromeo’s mind-blowingly awesome live show in Bristol last week, I’ve seen a lot of gigs this year and this was probably the best.

One week later and the duo drop the video for their forthcoming single ‘Hot Mess’, taken from their current album ‘Business Casual’. The video, directed by Jérémie Rozan, see Dave and Pee struggling to make it as cops in a woman’s world…a sexy woman’s world!

The single is out 17th January and, as I’m sure you’re all aware of by now, will feature a duet version of the track with La Roux’s Elly Jackson and contains reMixes from the likes of Duck Sauce and Tiga.

Nov 11 2010

Some Anoraak reMixes

As you probably know, French ElectroPop guru and Valerie main man Anoraak is currently running a reMix competition over on SoundCloud featuring the track ‘Crazy Eyes’.

We’ve got a couple of our favourites right here for you. Egotomb produce this amazing, electronic organ based, ElectroPop track that has a certain atmospheric quality to it that we can’t help but find compelling. Mr. Mæn, on the other hand, turns in a deep and chilled retro, almost Dreamwave, House mix with a laidback Disco bassline. It’s an almost perfect example of mid-temo House with some of the sweetest pad you’ll ever hear.

♫ Anoraak – Crazy Eyes (Egotomb reMix)

♫ Anoraak – Crazy Eyes (Mr. Mæn reMix)

‘Crazy Eyes’ is taken from Anoraak’s album ‘Wherever The Sun Sets’ is out now.

Nov 11 2010

Selebrities’ new single

I hate the term New Wave, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist. If you ever meet me in real life, buy me a beer and I’ll give you my ‘new wave rant’.

However, if there is a band for who the term (begrudgingly) fits it’s Brooklyn’s pretty awesome New Wave act Selebrities who have a new 12” on the horizon. They are just that right combination of Post-Punk and SynthPop that New Wave is supposed to be.

The new single,‘We’ve Been Foolish’/’When I Look At You’, sees more of their really authentically 80’s sounding tunes that mash up influences from New Order to Bauhaus to Kim Wilde. All this is complimented so well by Maria Usbeck’s ability to vocally slip in and out of the track.

♫ Selebrities – When I Look At You

‘We’ve Boon Foolish’/’When I Look At You’ is released 23rd November on Cascine.

Selebrities @ Juno

Selebrities @ Amazon

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Nov 11 2010

LexiconDon’s ‘December Sunset’ video

If you’re looking for something the humourless masses can get freaked out about in the new LexiconDon video you’re gonna’ be sorely disappointed.

After the internet got it’s collective blogging panties in a bunch over LD’s last video, ‘December Sunset’ holds no surprises. It is, however, a slick, interestingly filmed performance video that makes me wish that a) the weather was better and b) that LexiconDon would come tour the UK.

Check out LexiconDon’s album, ‘Pink + Blue’, out now on dubFrequency/Binary.

LexiconDon @ Beatport

LexiconDon @ Juno

LexiconDon @ 7Digital

LexiconDon @ Amazon

Nov 11 2010

Parralox’s ‘Metropolis’ album

Australia’s beacon of pure SynthPop light in the darkness, Parralox, are releasing their third studio album this month.

‘Metropolis’ is a totally well crafted album that shows a definite progression in Parralox’s sound, slowly moving away from the generic Modern SynthPop (of which they were always better than the pack) to encompass more contemporary electronic music styles. Of course there is still shades of Depeche Mode et al in the mix, but this time around it all sound so much more fresh. This is an electronic Pop album that has come from the Modern SynthPop scene but can stand toe to toe with some of the greats of current ElectroPop or Indie-Electro, and that is a rare and special thing indeed.

Just check out ‘Don’t Listen To Me’, a top quality ElectroPop track that fuses twenty first century Electro production techniques with an 80’s influenced songwriting style that also nods toward Disco-Pop in a way that is pretty flawless. This could be the album that sees Parralox playing in the big leagues.

♫ Parralox – Don’t Listen To Me

‘Metropolis’ is released 19th November.

Parralox @ Conzoom Records

Parralox @ Amazon

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Nov 11 2010

Florrie drops début EP

Bristol born Xenomania go-to girl Florrie dropped her début EP yesterday, both on iTunes and absolutely free on her website.

The ‘Introducing’ EP does just that. As a collection of four tracks, some we’ve heard before, some new, it’s a pretty good example of Florrie’s sound and where she seems to be going.

One of the new tracks on the EP is ‘Left Too Late’ which is, frankly, pretty amazing. It’s got everything you want in electronically produced Pop. Coming from the Xenomania camp you expect a certain level of quality Pop, but this is all Florrie’s work and is pretty stunning for a début, and a début without a label too. Having already turned down quite a few major label offered in favour of self-development I’m sure she’s going to be in a position to negotiate the perfect deal in the coming months.

♫ Florrie – Left Too Late

If you like the tracks I strongly suggest throwing Florrie a few bucks and buying the EP, she’s gotta’ eat after all!

Nov 11 2010

Hear The Human League’s new single, ‘Night People’

The Human League recently débuted their forthcoming new single ‘Night People’ at a live show in Berlin and luckily it was captured by audience members with cameraphones.

Taken from the album ‘Credo’, set for release in March 2011, the ‘Night People’ single will come with reMixes from Mylo, The Emperor Machine and Villa.

It’s not possible to fully judge the new single from this footage, but it does give a clue as to what we can expect.

I’m thinking there is a bit of a ‘Sound Of The Crowd’ vibe going on here. We’re defiantly looking forward to this release, and catching The League live next month.

The Human League @ Beatport

The Human League @ Juno

The Human League @ 7Digital

The Human League @ Amazon

Nov 10 2010

Friends Electric’s new single reworked by The Dirty Tees

I caught Welsh Indie-Electro-Poppers Friends Electric recently with Fenech-Soler and Substatic, it’s an experience I can highly recommend, the guys were awesome live.

We’ve already dropped their forthcoming new single, ‘Golden Blood’, so how about a reMix by Canadians The Dirty Tees? I think ‘banger’ is the term used… Seriously, The Dirty Tees pull no punches and turn in a full on Electro-House monster only slightly tamed with some sweet strings.

♫ Friends Electric – Golden Blood (The Dirty Tees Rework)

The ‘Golden Blood’ single is out 29th November.

Friends Electric @ Beatport

Friends Electric @ Juno

Friends Electric @ 7Digital

Friends Electric @ Amazon

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Nov 10 2010

The Twelves reMix up Munk, right nice!

You gotta’ love a good old fashioned, salt-of-the-earth The Twelves reMix! It’s something you can rely on to be absolutely banging.

Munk is the subject of this latest rework, and his forthcoming new single ‘Violent Love’ (taken from his awesome ‘Mondo Vagabondo’ EP). The Twelves layer their Nu-Disco on thick, with a laidback, but dancey, groove with hints of dub and dancehall in the production and a slight 90’s house piano feel. It’s a full on combination but one that works so well you can’t help but move to it!