Mar 23 2010

Fortune reMixes

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Fortune are a French Indie-Electronic band who are, today, releasing both the first EP from their début album ‘Staring At the Ice Melt’ and the album itself!

The single, ‘Gimme’s, title track is reMixed here by Blackjoy who really do the track justice with their New York Disco-Punk take on the track. Also we have the wonderful M83 who reMix the song ‘Mission’ into an epic Space-Synth Pop tune that ticks all our boxes!

♫ Fortune – Mission (M83 reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fortune – Gimme (Blackjoy Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

fortunes album and EP should be available right now!

Fortune @ Beatport

Fortune @ 7Digital

Mar 23 2010

Kitsuné Maison 9; MiniMix By JBAG

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Kitsuné Music are dropping the 9th Maison compilation in April. ‘The Petit Bateau Edition Or The Cotton Issue’ features a great line up of acts, many of which we have been championing here at electronic rumors. Jupiter, Fenech-Soler, The Good Natured, Silver Columns, Penguin Prison, Monarchy, loads of good stuff. Nice to see Yuksek back too!

Here’s the tracklisting:

01. Washed Out – Belong
02. Gamble & Burke – Let’s Go Together
03. Penguin Prison – Animal Animal
04. Jamaica – Short And Entertaining
05. Crookers (Feat. Yelle) – Cooler Couleur
06. Jupiter – Vox Populi (Lifelike treatment)
07. Yuksek – Supermenz (We’re Not)
08. Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare
09. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work (The Twelves reMix)
10. Logo – La Vie Moderne
11. Silver Columns – Brow Beaten
12. Holy Ghost! – Say My Name
13. Hurts – Wonderful Life (Arthur Baker reMix (Kitsuné edit))
14. Gypsy & The Cat – Time To Wander (Joan Of Arc reMix)
15. Feldberg – Dreamin’
16. Your Nature – Forward Motion
17. The Good Natured – Your Body Is A Machine (Zebra & Snake reMix)
18. Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive(The Octans Edit)

As ever JBAG, Kitsuné’s main deck team have put together a minimix of the album:

♫ Kitsuné Maison 9 Minimix By JBAG (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Petit Bateau Edition Or The Cotton Issue’ is out 26th April, check out some of JBAGS other work in the meantime:

JBAG @ Beatport

JBAG @ Juno

JBAG @ Amazon

Mar 17 2010

Hot Chip’s new video

Peter Serafinowicz’s video for Hot Chip’s forthcoming single, ‘I Feel Better’, débuted today and it’s surreally hilarious, check it:

That’s some fucked up shit right there!

Anyone who reads Mr. Serafinowicz’s Twitter feed knows how much fun he had making the clip and how exited he’s been about it so it’s great to it finally sees the light of day.

‘I Feel Better’ is taken from the ‘One Life Stand’ album, out now:

Mar 15 2010

Cassette Club reMix Passion Pit

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The good folks at Eye Industries sent on over this reMix of Passion Pit’s now classic ‘Sleepyhead’ by Cassette Club in lieu of their début single, ‘4 Me’.

CC’s Ben Macklin and Tom Hammond bring their own brand of feel-good ElectroPop to Passion Pit’s Indie-Electro with results in a type of, almost hands-in-the-air, Electro (it’s a pity hipsters are far to cool for that!) that’s retro enough to make you smile in reminisce but contemporary enough to shake your booty ‘til it falls off!

♫ Passion Pit – Sleepyhead (Cassette Club reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Cassette Club’s single is out now with a reMix package forthcoming.

Cassette Club @ Beatport

Cassette Club @ 7Digital

Cassette Club @ Amazon

Passion Pit @ Beatport

Passion Pit @ Juno

Passion Pit @ 7Digital

Passion Pit @ Amazon

Mar 15 2010

Penguin Prison reMixes

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We’re still kinda’ reeling over how addictive Penguin Prison’s ‘Something I’m Not’ is and it’s not even out yet!

So a whole mess of reMixes is gonna’ keep us from jonesing for the single for as while, kicking off with (again!) the Cardiff crew, Friends Electric, who seem to be infiltrating electronic rumors on the sly, not that we mind if they keep dropping Electro monsters like this one! Luxury Living go deep into the subs with this heavy dub/80’s Electro hybrid that has a killer payoff toward the end of the track. Finally Krispin Korg gets straight up funky with a New York disco-esq Dreamwave mix.

♫ Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not (Friends Electric reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not (Luxury Living reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not (Krispin Korg reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is released 22nd March on Neon Gold.

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Mar 15 2010

Bright Light Bright Light

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Bright Light Bright Light (which I really hope is a Gremlins reference!) is the one-man project of Cardiff based Singer/Songwriter Rod Thomas who absolute passion to create well-crafted Pop music shines through the music from the first listen.

You can tell that Rod has spent a few years honing his craft as, for a DIY production, it’s pretty damn slick. It’s also timed brilliantly, this kind of ElectroPop with an emphasis on songwriting, an ElectroPop revolution of substance over style, is set to blow up this year and Bright Light Bright Light could well be at the head of the pack.

His latest track ‘A New Word To Say’ is a perfect example of this, it’s intelligent yet catchy, danceable yet thoughtful. Essentially it’s been written rather than produced, if you see what I mean? Which is always refreshing in electronic music.

Rod has roped in his friend James Yuill and fellow Cardiff ElectroPoppers Friends Electric (who’s reMix of Ellie Goulding’s ‘Under The Sheets’ we featured way back when) for reMix duties. James delivers a bright retro synth mix that actually sounds like it was fun to make while Friends Electric take it straight to the dancefloor in a French House stylee.

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (James Yuill reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (Friends Electric Got Love Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Bright Light Bright Light have a few appearances lined up for the coming months, catch them if you can:

20th March – Sink The Pink [DJ Set], Resistance Gallery, London
03rd April – Sink The Pink [DJ Set], Vogue Fabrics, London
12th April – The Lexington, London
13th April – FLUX=RAD, Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
15th April – Night & Day, Manchester
17th April – The Forum, London
24th April – Unit, Southampton
30th April – New Sound Wales Showcase, Chapter Arts, Cardiff

Rod also heads up Self Raising Records, so expect Bright Light Bright Light’s album soon, until them bestow some of that MySpace love of your on him:

Bright Light Bright Light @ MySpace

Mar 12 2010

Kavinsky + Lovefoxxx + MMMatthias = Still OMG!!!

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We’ve already raved about how straight up awesome Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ is, unfortunately there was a little confusion and the track we posted was unmastered so it had to be removed, understandably, leaving you tune free.

So our good friend MMMatthias has stepped up to the plate to save the day and give you something to wrap your ears around until the release of the ‘Nightcall’ EP later this month.

Man, what a reMix he has given us! Still featuring shared vocal duties with Lovefoxxx of CSS it’s a smooth ElectroPop jam with an edge. Loving the builds and drops in his futuristic Pop take on the track.

♫ Kavinsky – Nightcall (MMMatthias reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

MMMatthias himeslf is about set of on an Aussie tour with the Trashbags lot, you can check him out here:

9th April – Trashbags, Melbourne
10th April – Trashbags, Sydney
16th April – Empire Hotel, Brisbane

26th March sees the EP drop and the Dead Cruiser rise again!

Kavinsky @ Beatport

Kavinsky @ Juno

Kavinsky @ Amazon

Mar 12 2010

Relation; Optimistic

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Right kids, I’ve been pretty ill the last few days so I have all these posts mounting up and tonight they are gonna’ drop. We’ve got a lot to get through, so hold on tight!

So, I can think of no better way to kick things off than with Essex SynthPoppers Relation who are gearing up for the release of the second single from their ‘Fear Of Night’ album.

Relation’s slightly house tinged SynthPop mixes some really early 80’s sounding elements, particularly in the vocals and lead lines (think early Depeche Mode) with modern beats and basslines which makes for a compelling combination. The single, ‘Optimistic’, is a smooth, almost SynthSoul, jam that comes with a meaty reMix package. The Laserdisco mix is a minimal, bass heavy take that verges on Dub. The Diogenes Club provide probably my favourite of the mixes sending the track straight into Disco territory. You know all the Dreamwave tracks your playing in your Ferrari driving through the city streets at night? Well, this is the track they are playing at the club you’re heading to! Eat More Cake attack the track from left field with some world music atmospherics that somehow actually compliment the vocals.

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Laserdisco reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (The Diogenes Club reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Eat More Cake reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It’s nice to see such a varies bunch of reMixes!

‘Optimistic’ is released 26th April on Urban Torque

Relation @ Beatport

Relation @ 7Digital

Relation @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Jocks reMixes Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

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The second Jocks reMix of the day!

This time it’s ElectroPop act Ou Est Le Swimming Pool who get the treatment with their brand new single ‘These New Knights’. In the last 12 months Ou Est have gone from SynthPop obscurity to having a huge hit in the form of ‘Dance The Way I Feel’ and a string of high profile live shows. ‘These New Knights’ is a precursor to their début album, scheduled for a June release. Jocks gives us a poppy yet heavy electro workout of the single.

♫ Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – These New Knights (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘These New Knights’ is released later this month.

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Beatport

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Juno

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ 7Digital

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Kavinsky + Lovefoxxx + Breakbot = OMG!!!

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I really don’t know how much I can say here, the original of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ featuring shared vocal duties with Lovefoxxx of CSS is pretty incredible, elevating Kavinsky far far above being an electro-House or French House artist, it’s a proper, retro-tinged, ElectroPop track. it’s pretty dark (save for Lovefoxxx’s counterpoint vocals), it’s mid paced, and actually really emotive. There’s no ‘banging’ in sight. It’s, dare I say it, beautiful!

So, let’s throw Breakbot into the mix shall we! Although (and this is just my personal preference) I prefer the original, I absolutely cannot fault Breakbot’s Disco opus, it’s got everything, literally everything, you’d look for in a Disco track!

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Breakbot reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

-Edit- I’ve removed the .mp3, apparently that wasn’t the finished master, which essentially means the final track will be even better!

The ‘Nightcall’ EP, the continuing adventures of the Dead Cruiser, is released 15th March and includes a reMix from Dustin N’Guyen, who is rumoured to be Xavier DeRosna, we shall see!

Kavinsky @ Beatport

Kavinsky @ Juno

Kavinsky @ Amazon