Oct 29 2009

CHEW LiPS: Seven

London’s finest, CHEW LiPS, are currently holding down a residency at The Fly Bar and each month they are giving away a free promo CD of a track from their forthcoming album. The day after the show the tracks will be up for free download on their official website.

The first of these is also their next single, released in January 2010, ‘Seven’ and today they débuted the video for the track.

It’s pin picture-tastic!

It’s a fantastic track and just makes the album even more eagerly awaited, although it’s out in January I have a feeling it will be one of the best records of the year.

♫ CHEW LiPS – Seven (zShare) (MediaFire)

Keep checking CHEW LiPS Official Site for future downloads!

Oct 28 2009

Stephen Falken just Crusin’

Ellie Goulding Under The Sheets

Neon Gold are just knocking them out!

Their latest, Ellie Goulding, is getting much blog love right now and it’s well deserved. Like her labelmate, Marina And The Diamonds, Ellie hails for Wales and you can hear that slight Welsh lilt in her voice, her début single ‘Under The Sheets’ starts off in quiet Electro-Folk mode but rapidly evolves into a powerful, intelligent, emotive slice of ElectroPop.

She Is Danger have whipped up a haunting DubStep reMix for contrast:

♫ Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (She Is Danger reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Neon Gold drop the single November 9th, you can pre-order now.

Ellie Goulding @ Neon Gold

Ellie Goulding @ Amazon

Oct 28 2009

Fan Death travel the pop landscape

The American countryside is littered with musical icons then?

Fan Death are back (and about time too!) with, this, the headline track of their forthcoming EP ‘A Coin For The Well’. ‘Reunited’ is Fan Death maintaining their prefect track record for off-centre Indie-Electro that manages to sound ominous yet uplifting at the same time.

The video is just genius and follows Dandi traversing the last 30 years of pop after her car breaks down. It was directed by Dandi herself.

And the tune’s just a good without the video! The video features an extended cut of the track (to fit all the cameos in!).

♫ Fan Death – Reunited (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘A Coin For The Well’ will be released by The Pharmacy Recording Co. .

Oct 27 2009

NightWaves’ Fascination

Coming from the LA based stable, Binary, NightWaves (A.K.A. Kyle Petersen and Josh Legg) owe just as much to pure SynthPop as they do to heavy 80’s influenced Electro-House.

Heavily emotive vocals with an early Depeche Mode style isn’t always the first thing you expect from a band associated with the current crop of Disco-House (or what they are calling Dreamwave) acts, you normally expect something lighter, floatier, but it works so well and lends NightWaves an extra slice of power in their music.

The upcoming single ‘Fascination’ is original taken from the fantastic Binary compilation ‘LA Lights’ and has been given the reMix treatment by a number of artists in the last few months. amongst them Sweden’s ODahl turn the Disco-House up to 11 while We Plants Are Happy Plants make the track more of an deep epic highlighting the feeling in the vocals. Fellow Binary crew Keenhouse’s mix is probably my favourite version (other than the original!) with pure electro beats and an almost poppy synth riff.

Check them out:

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (WPAHP reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (ODahl reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (Keenhouse reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

For more info keep an eye on Binary’s blog and go grab yourselves some NightWaves:

NightWaves @ Beatport

NightWaves @ Juno

NightWaves @ 7Digital

NightWaves @ Amazon

Oct 23 2009

Kitsuné Maison 8; MiniMix By JBAG

It’s that time again!

November sees volume 8 of Kitsuné Music’s Kitsuné Maison series released. This one’s subtitled ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.

It looks like there will be some pretty exiting stuff on here, the likes of CHEW LiPS, Heartsrevolution and Le Corps Mince De Françoise are always welcome. Two Door Cinema Club and Delphic are massive right now, both have albums out on Kitsuné soon and the new Midnight Juggernauts single is on there too, bonus!

Clock the tracklisting:

01. French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night
02. The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
03. Siriusmo – High Together
04. Le Corps Mince De Françoise – Something Golden
05. Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology
06. Heartsrevolution – Dance ‘Till Dawn
07. Logo – Junocide
08. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Moulinex reMix)
09. Slagsmålsklubben – Brutal Weapons
10. Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass reMix)
11. AMWE – Friction Between The Lovers
12. Jolie Charie – Star
13. CHEW LiPS – Salt Air (Alex Kapranos reMix)
14. Delphic – This Momentary
15. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
16. Parallels – Find The Fire
17. Nottee – Control
18. Encore
19. Crystal Fighters – I Love London
20. My Tiger My Timing – I Am The Sound

So, as is standard with Maison releases, top ElectroPop gurus JBAG have thrown together a MiniMix to showcase the compilation, it’s short but sweet and really wets the appetite for ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.

Bring it on!

♫ Kitsuné Maison 8 MiniMix By JBAG (zShare) (MediaFire)

While you’re waiting for November 30th when volume 8 hits the stores why not check out some more of JBAG’s mixes and reMixes:

JBAG @ Beatport

JBAG @ Juno

JBAG @ Amazon

Oct 23 2009

Marina’s made my week!

Seriously! Ever since these two reMixes of Marina And The Diamonds forthcoming single, ‘Mowgli’s Road’ (Originally the B-side of ‘Obsessions’), dropped into the electronic rumors inbox I haven’t been able to stop listening to them.

And don’t make me pick between the two, I couldn’t do it. Mille’s rework is upbeat with a bouncing bassline. It’s arpeggios and strings brilliantly capture the epicness of the original while Valerie man Russ Chimes brings his 80’s styled disco funk to the track and then hits you with massive electro breakdowns.

Two seriously good reMixes:

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Mille reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check the original too, in all it’s quirky brilliance!

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Mowgli’s Road’ drops on November 16th and can be pre ordered at PureGroove, it comes B-sided with a cover of Late Of The Pier’s ‘Space And The Woods’.

Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove

Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital

Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon

Jun 9 2009

The Presets’ ‘If I Know You’ reMixed

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Naked Highway have only gone and reMixed one of my favourite tracks by The Presets haven’t they!

Their take on ‘If I Know You’ is a full on Roland-fest, old school clean Roland sounds make up this straight up dance mix. I love this track anyway, I swear it’d be impossible to mess up a reMix with these vocals.

Really dsiggin the drums in this.

Oh, and there’s a Radio Edit in case you’re, y’know, ADD or something.

♫ The Presets – If I Know You (The Empulsive Naked Highway Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Presets – If I Know You (The Empulsive Naked Highway Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go grab yourself some The Presets!

The Presets @ Beatport

The Presets @ Juno

The Presets @ 7Digital

The Presets @ Amazon

Jun 5 2009

Saar & Sky

It’s my pleasure to introduce to you Saar & Sky, and I say “my pleasure” as I believe S&S are one of the best bands in London, which in the current musical climate is saying quite a lot.

Both members of electronic act New Europeans, these two have branched off to produce something kinda’ poppier than their previous work.

In a world of retro-esq or nostalgia laden gimmicky tracks this ElectroPop duo make authentic 80’s sounding Pop tunes. Even without the synth work the songwriting itself is straight out of the great decade but the package is wrapped with the tiniest hint of French/Electro-House, just enough to make it sound fresh and relevant.

Whether it’s the layers of synthesizers, the electro toms or Saar’s impassioned vocals (which have just the right amount of theatricality without sounding over the top, a real trait of 80’s vocals) the guys have nailed it.

Give it a listen:

♫ Saar & Sky – Charge Me Up (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go show S&S some MySpace love and check out their other tracks:

Saar & Sky @ MySpace

Jun 5 2009

Pony Pony Run Run

Getting some major airplay in Europe is French ElectroPop trio Pony Pony Run Run’s latest single ‘Hey You’. The accompanying reMixes are a really great crop of tunes.

Pony Pony Run Run themselves have dropped a stunning dance reMix. Heavier than the original it’s a ice cold Nu-Disco/ElectroPop mashup.

StereoHeroes have fun with their reMix, warping sound and bringing an old school dance flavour before dropping the Disco riffs while sayCet go completely the opposite direction and deliver an ambient, chilled noise lullaby that sounds like the world winding down.

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (PPRR Dance reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (StereoHeroes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (sayCet Official reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The album ‘You Need Pony Pony Run Run’ is released June 8th:

Pony Pony Run Run @ Amazon