Feb 18 2010

Silver Columns reMixed

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Silver Columns, slightly less of a mystery than last time we featured them, also slightly less French! LOL Turns out to be Scots Adem and The Pictish Trail (who we had heard rumors it was) making some really interesting ElectroPop.

Their forthcoming single, ‘Cavalier’ has, here, been given a version by The Time And Space Machine, also known as Richard Norris from Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, who provide a spaced out, prog Electro take on the tune balancing otherworldly synths with a down to earth piano line. Good stuff!

♫ Silver Columns – Cavalier (The Time And Space Machine reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can buy the previous single, ‘Yes, And Dance’ , now at Boomkat.

Silver Columns @ Beatport

Silver Columns @ Juno

Silver Columns @ Amazon

Feb 18 2010

Japayork

22 year old Londoner Japayork is a graphic designer, photographer, maker of sweet SynthPop tracks and now video director with this excellent self-made video he created for his track ‘Our Now’.

Japayork is defiantly a name to keep an eye on in 2010, his lush, layered synth tunes and personal lyrics are sure to strike a chord with most people who hear them.

Also here we have a reMix of his track ‘Teenager’ that sees Japanese Electro producer Lalory get medieval orchestral all over the track!

♫ Japayork – Our Now (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Japayork – Teenager (Lalory’s Broadway Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You should head over to Japayork’s MySpace and show him some love!

Japayork @ MySpace

Feb 18 2010

Night Plane reMix

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Simon from THISISNOTANEXIT records dropped this track over on his Twitter feed, it’s an amazing reMix of ‘Wave Haze’ by Night Plane from his ‘Chinese Shadows’ 12”.

Hypnotic and atmospheric, it’s a smooth, almost BladeRunner-esq, soundtrack to the city at night. A crazy, chilled, mash up of Dreamwave, SynthPop and Electro Jazz that’s just made for staring out the car window at the street lights rushing past.

♫ Night Plane – Wave Haze (Fort Tilden Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Chinese Shadows’ 12” is available from the THISISNOTANEXIT store.

Night Plane @ Beatport

Night Plane @ Juno

Night Plane @ 7Digital

Feb 17 2010

New Penguin Prison single

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Like a tidal wave of awesomeness, more goodness comes crashing out of the Neon Gold camp.

In March Penguin Prison is releasing his new single ‘Something I’m Not’, which will be a double A-side with ‘The Worse It Gets’.

Slightly darker and dirtier than PP’s previous outing, but this is no bad thing. ‘Something I’m Not’ has a real raw electronic Pop sound, the song itself is expertly crafter modern pop but the use of rough sounding analog synths gives it that edge that works so well.

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

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

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Feb 16 2010

New Yes Giantess single!

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We loved Giantess, and now we love Yes Giantess, so we’re pretty stoked to hear they are releasing a new single, ‘The Ruins’, 8th March on Neon Gold.

The Boston band looks likely to have a huge year and this single is a great way to kick it off, perfectly delivering Yes Giantess’ brand of Indie-Disco yet pushing into the Pop spectrum. More dancefloor friendly, maybe due in part to having SynthPop producer extraordinaire Starsmith at the helm, YG have seamlessly blended New York style Indie-Electro with Dreamwave to create, what could well be, the sound of this summer.

♫ Yes Giantess – The Ruins (zShare) (MediaFire)

Fear Of Tigers, Baby Monster, Clock Opera are rumoured to be stepping up for reMix duties, three names guaranteed to deliver the goods.

Sometimes it seems like all other record labels should just give up and let Neon Gold get on with it!

Yes Giantess @ Neon Gold

Yes Giantess @ PureGroove

Yes Giantess @ Beatport

Yes Giantess @ Amazon

Feb 15 2010

Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1

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I still don’t remember it ever being called ‘cold wave’ or ‘minimal synth’ but I am glad that the early pioneers of SynthPop are getting a bit of attention these past few months (and that the sound is being carried on by a new batch of artists!). Angular Recording Corporation has enlisted the help of two men who spearheaded this revival, Pieter Schoolwerth, founder of Wired Records and Angular’s own Joe Daniel to compile 17 tracks of classic Futurist Pop for their forthcoming ‘Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1’.

Spanning 1981-1985 and digging out some severely rare 7”s and demo tapes the compilation perfectly captures the underground electronic sound of the early 80’s northern Europe. Check the track list:

01. Absolute Body Control – Figures
02. Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
03. Linear Movement – Night In June
04. Opera Multi Steel – Ills S’eloigent
05. Bal Paré – Palais D’Amour
06. Eleven Pond – Watching Trees
07. The Vyllies – Babylon
08. End Of Data – Dans Votre Monde
09. The Actor – Lights
10. Ausgang Verboten – Consumer
11. Jeunesse D’Ivoire – A Gift Of Tears
12. OTO – Anyway
13. Ruth – Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
14. Stereo – Somewhere In The Night
15. The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party
16. Land Of Giants – Cannibal Dolls
17. Days Of Sorrow – Travel

To give you a taste of what to expect I’ve dug into my archive to bring you two tracks that appear on the compilation. End Of Data’s ‘Dans Votre Monde’ from the LP of the same name and The Neon Judgement’s classic ‘The Fashion Party’, two amazing slices of raw, early electronic Pop.

♫ End Of Data – Dans Votre Monde (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1’ is released 8th March.

Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1 @ Amazon

End Of Data @ Amazon

The Neon Judgement @ Beatport

The Neon Judgement @ Juno

The Neon Judgement @ 7Digital

The Neon Judgement @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

Bear In Heaven

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Bear In Heaven are a Brooklyn based Indie/SynthPop quartet who make some epic emotional electronic sounds.

Combining exceptional songwriting with jangly guitars and laidback synth work, Bear In Heaven have an almost Electro shoegazey quality to their music that, after a few very successful live appearances, is causing a stir amongst the hipsters of New York.

Check out these tracks from their second album and get carried away with Bear In Heaven’s spaced out guitar-Electro.

♫ Bear In Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bear In Heaven – You Do You (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bear In Heaven – Wholehearted Mess (zShare) (MediaFire)

BIH have recently released their album, ‘Beast Rest For Mouth’ and are currently touring with Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Bear In Heaven @ Juno

Bear In Heaven @ 7Digital

Bear In Heaven @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

AXXE

Montreal ElectroPop duo AXXE apparently came together out of a dislike for each other and despite living in close quarters utilise technology to undertake their songwriting and production remotely!

Whether that’s just spin or not, the music stands on it’s own merits. Their recently released double A-side ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ drops two slices of expertly crafted DiscoPop that just ooze decadence. the tracks have been given the reMix treatment by two pretty well known Electro up-and-comers, Worship and Neon Workout. I’ve loved Worship’s previous reMixes and her the Swiss producer ramps up the AutoTune to create an edge Nu-Disco vibe. Neon Workout takes it straight to the dancefloor with electro tom and handclap craziness!

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (Worship reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Neon Workout reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single is available from Bandcamp, and go give AXXE some MySpace lovin’!

AXXE @ Bandcamp

AXXE @ MySpace

Feb 11 2010

Lovefoxxx & 80kidz; Ultra team-up!

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Japan based Electro heroes 80kidz ‘ave only gone and teamed up with Indie-Electro goddess Lovefoxxx of CSS, ain’t they!

Sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Well the track is everything you’d hope it would be. It’s a huge, dirty juggernaut that manages to be noisy and catchy all at the same time. The combination of 80kidz chainsaw Synths and Lovefoxxx’s madness is sheer genius.

♫ 80kidz (Feat. Lovefoxxx) – Spoiledboy (zShare) (MediaFire)

I think I need a lie down!

Feb 11 2010

Baby Monster; She Comes Alive

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Electronic Duo Baby Monster’s new single ‘She Comes Alive’ will be the début single from BigStereo Records, an extension of one of our favourite blogs, BigStereo.

They couldn’t have picked a better track to kick of their label with. We’ve featured Baby Monster before, and been very impressed, so this new release had a lot to live up to. Never fear, the track doesn’t fail to impress, sharp beats, synths that just wash over you and an anthemic yet soft spoken vocal.

♫ Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (zShare) (MediaFire)

Keep an eye out for forthcoming Golden Bug & Jock Seams remixes. The single drops 29th March both digitally and on a 7” limited to 350 copies.

You can pre-order the 7” here:

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records