Jan 14 2010

The Human League sign with Wall Of Sound!!!

Big, exiting, news! Finally someone has snapped up The Human League!

It was announce this week that the League have signed a multi-album deal with Wall Of Sound! This is fantastic news, WoS are a cool label, Oakey and the girls will be in good company as the label is home to the likes of Shy Child, Soulwax, Røyksopp, Tiga, tEPr etc… Just thinking about that kind of production and reMix talent getting their hands on The League is damn exiting, as is the fact that we will now be getting new League material!

Mark Jones, head of WoS, (who has apparently been chasing The League for years) said this: “It’s an honour and inspiration to have them signed to Wall Of Sound. They say ‘never work with you heroes’…but fuck that for starters”. Nicely put! And from Oakey himself: “Emerging from a decade in which everyone seems to have spent their time looking backwards we are delighted to have the opportunity to march forwards once again and attempt to produce new and exciting music in a new and exciting partnership.” See, everyone’s exited!

Listen to their 1981 single ‘The Sound Of The Crowd’ in celebration!

♫ The Human League – The Sound Of The Crowd (zShare) (MediaFire)

Gonna’ be keeping a close eye on this!

The Human League @ Beatport

The Human League @ Juno

The Human League @ 7Digital

The Human League @ Amazon

Jan 14 2010

Cagedbaby reMixes Editors

I never really got Editors, I’m not adverse to a bit of Indie, but they always struck me as really dull. As material from their next album filers out though it seems they may be taking a dark ElectroPop slant which, so far, is sounding, at least, interesting.

This time last week we posted the Boys Noize reMix of the forthcoming single ‘You Don’t Know Love’ and now we bring you the Cagedbaby reMix. I love a bit of Cagedbaby and he works his dancey ElectroPop magic here whilst keeping the sombre, dramatic tone.

♫ Editors – You Don’t Know Love (Cagedbaby reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘You Don’t Know Love’ will be out 25th January.

Jan 13 2010

Catch the MEN

JD Samson of Le Tigre’s band MEN are finally heading for the UK for a bunch of shown in London and to drum up a little bit extra interest they’ve dropped a couple of reMixes of their ballad ‘Simultaneously’.

New Brooklyn based outfit Tête-À-Tête really do a good job, turning the tune into a full-on ElectroPop floorfiller complete with House piano and Soaring lead lines. Hipster DJ Lauren Flax chills things out more with a deep spacey mix.

♫ MEN – Simultaneously (Tête-À-Tête reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ MEN – Simultaneously (Lauren Flax reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Catch the MEN (yes, that was a bad Front242 joke!) while they are in the UK:

16th January @ Free Butt, Brighton
18th January @ Hoxton Bar & Grill, London
19th January @ White Heat, Madame JoJo’s, London

MEN @ Beatport

Jan 13 2010

Dangerous Muse want it all!

American ElectroPop act Dangerous Muse dropped their first offering on new label Scarce Goods last month, the single ‘I Want It All’.

It’s a deep and intricate SynthPop track that makes great use of resonance to an eerie effect. The polished production reigns the obvious 80’s styling into a slick Pop package.

Looking into Dangerous Muse is a must for any fan of pure SynthPop!

♫ Dangerous Muse – I Want It All (Album Version (Explicit)) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘I Want It All’ is out now!

Dangerous Muse @ 7Digital

Dangerous Muse @ Amazon

Jan 13 2010

HURTS; new video

Despite being everyone’s band of the moment and coming fourth in the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, Mancunian ElectroPopers HURTS are yet to release anything, or play a gig!

Their well blogged track of last year ‘Wonderful Life’ is being released as a limited edition 12” (with the Arthur Baker reMix) on 18th January but with the release of this video for the song ‘Blood, tears & Gold’ you can bet it will be the first single proper.

Now THAT is a huge, deep 80’s ballad!!!!

‘Wonderful Life’ can be pre-ordered here:

HURTS @ Townsend Records

Jan 13 2010

Mirror People

House/Electronica producer Rui Maia is back and dropping beats under the guise of Mirror People. Counting New Order, Add N To (X), Giorgio Moroder and Suicide amongst his influences (and you can bet Kraftwerk too!), you can see them shine through in this almost minimal slice of Electro. ‘Diamonds’ is a blipy little tune whose sheer electronicness can’t help but put a smile on my face.

♫ Mirror People – Diamonds (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out a couple of reMixes he’s done for Detachments (really Kraftwerky!) and blogtastic Nu-Disco act Neon Indian.

♫ Detachments – The Flowers That Fell (Mirror People ‘Re-Make Re-Model’ Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Neon Indian – Mind, Drips (Mirror People reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go visit Rui @ MySpace and Mirror People @ SoundCloud!

Mirror People @ SoundCloud

Rui Maia @ MySpace

Jan 12 2010

Ali Love Harderer

We’ve already hit you with Ali Love’s forthcoming single ‘Love Harder’ and in our excitement for the single dropping we’ve can’t help but share with you two reMixes from the release.

Tronik Youth turn in quite a minimal, quite old school House, mix that has some SynthPop overtones that all works pretty well together while Jaymo & Andy George’s wonky rave reMix beefs up the original.

♫ Ali Love – Love Harder (Tronik Youth ‘Got The Love’ Mix Fix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Ali Love – Love Harder (Jaymo & Andy George’s Moda Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Love Harder’, is out soon on Back Yard Recordings

Jan 12 2010

CHEW LiPS next single reMixed

The countdown to the release of CHEW LiPS’ début album, ‘Unicorn’, on 25th January has begun! Here’s another reMix to keep you going until then.

‘Play Together’ will be the first single from the album and will feature this reMix by House producers WAWA who turn the ElectroPop track into a Big Room House floor filler with a hint of big trance synths too!

♫ CHEW LiPS – Play Together (WAWA Main Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pre-order ‘Unicorn’ now from CHEW LiPS website.

Jan 6 2010

New material from The Knife!

We’ve been keeping an eye on SoundCloud all morning since they announced on their Twitter feed that The Knife would be débuting new material via their service sometime this week, and here it is.

The Swedish Experimental ElectroPoppers were commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to compose the music for an opera based on Charles Darwin and his work ‘On The Origin Of Species’ and in a The Knife first they decided to collaborate with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock to “to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme”

‘Colouring Of Pigeons’ is a strange and intoxicating beast, undeniably The Knife (especially when Karin’s trademark vocals kick in) but the operatic feel to it gives it a life all of it’s own. Give it a few listens, it gets under your skin (in the best of ways), which, I suppose, makes it classic The Knife!

♫ The Knife (In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock) – Colouring Of Pigeons (zShare) (MediaFire)

The studio version of the opera, ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’ will be released on Rabid Records on1st March.

The Knife @ Beatport

The Knife @ 7Digital

The Knife @ Amazon

Jan 5 2010

Some CHEW LiPS to tide you over

I honestly don’t think I can wait any more! CHEW LiPS’ début album, ‘Unicorn’, drops in a mere matter of days now!

I know you all feel the same, so to tide you over here is a brand new reMix of CL’s forthcoming single ‘Play Together’ by London’s DJ Jocks which completely changes the song, giving it a early 90’s disco flavour. The FM arpeggiated bassline makes me think of the Arthur Baker reMix of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘In The Night’ (from The Clothes Show!)

♫ CHEW LiPS – Play Together (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Unicorn’ can be pre-ordered from CHEW LiPS’ store here.