Jun 13 2012

Capital Cities reMix Ernest Saint Laurent

Ernest Saint Laurent

In their latest release, Californian ElectroPoppers Capital Cities step up for reMix duties for Frenchman Ernest Saint Laurent and his Tatiana Heintz featuring track ‘Offering’. The result is some blissed out sunrise Pop.

Carried along on the vocals of Tatiana Heintz from Franco-German Folk duo Okou who creates an uplifting, deep mood that allows Capital Cities to get a little Ballieric as they mix things up. Throwing a bit of that beach vibe into the mix they churn up a deep, warm Housey, ElectroPop track that envelopes you like a comfortable blanket. Full of rich synth pads and a Funk fuelled arpeggiated bassline, Capital Cities capture the mood perfectly.

♫ Ernest Saint Laurent (Feat. Tatiana Heintz) – Offering (Capital Cities reMix)

The original of ‘Offering’ appears on Ernest Saint Laurent latest album ‘Rollercoaster’.

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Jun 13 2012

Charli XCX’s ‘Heartbreaks & Earthquakes’ mixtape

Charli XCX

Charli XCX – Heartbreaks & Earthquakes: The Mixtape = Charli’s new mixtapes is kinda’ a precursor of things to some, or something to tide you over. Loads of mashups, loads of freestyle, loads of fun.

♫ Charli XCX – Heartbreaks & Earthquakes: The Mixtape

The tracklist:

Beyond The Black Rainbow
01. Charli XCX & Blood Orange – Champagne Coast
02. Charli XCX – How Can I?
03. Charli XCX & Blood Diamonds – Grins
The Craft
04. Charli XCX & Paul White – So Far Away
Kill Bill
05. Charli XCX, Drake & Jai Paul – Dreams Money Can Buy
Cruel Intentions
06. Charli XCX – Lock You Up
07. Charli XCX & Rudimental – Spoons
American Beauty
08. Charli XCX – You’re The One (Odd Future’s The Internet remix (Feat. Mike G))

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Jun 13 2012

We Have Band’s ‘Tired Of Running’ video

Here is the new video from We Have Band with their new single ‘Tired Of Running’.

Directed by Arthur Castillon & Fabien Pochez, the clip features lots of running around in woods, maybe ‘Tired Of Running’, with it’s urgent Indie-electro sound is running music?

‘Tired Of Running’ is taken from the album ‘Ternion’.

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Jun 12 2012

Touch Tone reMixed by Starcadian

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I must be so predictable, hehe. Touch Tone dropped me an email introducing me to Brooklyn producer Starcadian who has just reMixed his new single ‘Home away From Home’, he said he thought Starcadian was right up my street, both musically and aesthetically, Sweet Raptor Jesus was he ever right.

I don’t want to to talk too much about Starcadian specifically right now, I’ve already decided he gets an article to himself later in the week, but let’s just easy you into the Starcadian groove with the aforementioned reMix.His reMix of ‘Home Away From Home’ is pretty much a melting pot of everything we think is awesome. It is, at it’s core, SynthWave, epic retro soundtrack stuff, but with more of a gritty vibe, a more (dare I say it, Brooklyn?) Lo-Fi productions style that accentuates the vintage sound and give the music warmth. It’s also got a bit more Funk than your average SynthWave with a dirty Moog tone to it. The end result is a danceable, dreamy electronic space-Disco odyssey. So, to recap; SynthWave, Lo-Fi grit, Moog Funk plus Touch Tone’s amazing, anthemic, song. I never stood a chance.

♫ Touch Tone – Home Away From Home (Starcadian reMix)

Touch Tone’s ‘Home Away From Home’ is out now on Binary. We’ll be featuring more from Starcadian later in the week.

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Jun 12 2012

Kavinsky & Tommy

Kavinsky

Despite a resurgence of interest in it after it’s prominence on the ‘Drive ‘soundtrack, Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ is getting on a bit now, so I have to ask, “do we really need any more remixes of it, especially as when it was first released there was a remix competition?” Well SynthWave producer Tommy has answered that question, and surprisingly the answer is “yes!”.

The German SynthWave genius has created possibly the most beautiful reMix of this track we have ever heard. Subtly changing the lead riff and the progression in ways that, at times, make it feel like a brand new song. “A new lease of life” is a phrase that gets thrown around by people talking about reMixes all too often to the point where it becomes meaningless, but Tommy really does give ‘Nightcall’ a new lease of life. The track becomes slightly more uplifting musically, whist retaining the mid-tempo groove, a lot of the originals darkness is replaced with a more optimistic set of chords, which in turn seems to lift the amazing Lovefoxxx‘s vocals to an altogether poppier place. This track is the dawn to Kavinsky’s midnight.

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx From CSS) – Nightcall (Tommy reMix)

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Jun 12 2012

Aaron Alexis’s ‘This Fire’

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Brooklyn based ElectroChillPop merchant Aaron Alexis has dropped a brand new track, it’s a bit of a departure from the Aaron Alexis we all know and love. ‘This Fire’ is a collaboration with Drew from She’s The Queen and sees Aaron dipping his toes in the waters of something altogether more Poppy.

You know that this collaboration is going to be pretty amazing before even hitting play. It seems pretty redundant at this point to go on about how much we like Aaron’s songs and how much of a production genius Drew is, that what the search box to your right is for. So now that we’ve establish that two of New Yorks most talented are coming together for this track, what dos it hold? Well, it’s insanely catchy for one thing, catchy in a Kylie way, the bouncy SynthPop bassline and Aaron’s infectious vocal hook in the chorus have a lot of classic British Pop in their DNA. Admittedly, ‘This fire’ has a slight streak of darkness that I don’t think would suit Kylie, but Aaron’s husky drawl suits it perfectly. While this is going on Drew takes up channelling bits of Pet Shop Boys and New Order through his crystal clear production. The prefect track for a sunny day.

♫ Aaron Alexis – This Fire

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Jun 12 2012

CHEW LiPS & Lieke

Chew Lips on Myrtle court

Here’s the first reMix of CHEW LiPS awesome ‘comeback’ single ‘Do You Chew?’ that we are really feeling. It comes from new Polish producer Lieke, who get’s all proggy on out asses.

His mix of ‘Do You Chew?’ is a deep House groove with ElectroPop sensibilities. Gone is the original’s raw energy and choppy beats to be replaced with a slick, classy groove. This gentle dance track, rather than neutering the original, merely changes it into something new. The sense of danger and chaos has been excised, this track isn’t about exciting Indie dancefloors, this is about smooth sunrise moments. Incorporating elements of ‘90’s House, Euphoric Trance and a whole lot of Prog, Lieke isn’t going to slay any dancefloors with this mix, but he will soundtrack quite a few more chilled moments. Job done.

♫ CHEW LiPS – Do You Chew? (Lieke reMix)

‘Do You Chew?’ is out now.

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Jun 12 2012

A.N.D.Y.‘s ‘Tape Four’

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A.N.D.Y.– A.N.D.Y. Tape Four = A.N.D.Y’s latest mixtape is ready to roll. Fifty minutes of fine fresh grooves. This one is funky as hell and includes a brand new A.N.D.Y. reMix!

♫ A.N.D.Y.- A.N.D.Y. Tape Four

The tracklist:

01. Da Chick – Cocktail
02. Jupiter – Hoola Hoop
03. Matan Arkin – Dancer in the Dark
04. James Curd & Gant Man – Do The Dance That I Do (Mark Share)
05. Jay Tripwire – Treat Him Like (Pete Herbert Remix)
06. The Look – You Can Dance (Pat Lok ‘lawn sprinkler’ Dub)
07. Bodyspasm – Twenty Radio’s (A.N.D.Y. Remix)
08. Duke Dumont – Street Walker
09. Mike Mago – The Power
10. Disclosure – Tenderly

A.N.D.Y. & Vicente’s ‘Traffic’ EP is out now on Discotexas.

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Jun 11 2012

New track from Daroc

Daroc

Daroc is like busses, you wait ages for new tracks then loads come at once. Luckily we can never get our fill of new Daroc tracks, especially tracks like his latest drop. In tribute to French singer, songwriter and composer Éric Charden, who passed away earlier this year.

The track is a cover of ‘La Bataille d’Albator’, Charden’s theme tune to the Captain Harlock animé series (known as ‘Albator’ in France, and a favourite of Daroc’s as a kid) and is instantly recognisable from that riff. Daroc is the perfect artist to keep the Sci-Fi feel in covering something like this, he creates a moody electronic mood that is full of exciting promise. Deep, dark, warping synth sounds counter optimistic melodies in a track that is a magical combination of French electronic music and French melody, Japanese theme structure, Futuristic SynthWave and just a hint of Disco. Daroc is on such a roll these days, we can;t wait to hear what he has in store for us next.

♫ Daroc – La Bataille (Éric Charden Cover)

Daroc’s ‘Destination’ EP is out now, ‘Additional Wonders’ is released 7th May.

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Jun 11 2012

Mirror Kisses

American SynthPop duo Mirror Kisses stopped by the electronic rumors Inbox over the weekend to drop off their latest tune. This duo hail from Virginia and produce some pretty authentic sounding ‘80’s tracks and are currently previewing tunes from their forthcoming ‘Bad Dreams’ album.

Their latest track to get your sonic juices flowing is ‘Proud’, three minutes of sumptuous epic SynthPop. Catchy, with a melancholic edge the track mixes up a driving beat and sweet melodies with moody vocals and ominous chords to create a sound that could easily fit in the current, post-HURTS, wave of *ahem* Dark Pop (Sweet Raptor Jesus, I hate that term). It a rousing track that pushes it’s emotion to the forefront and manages to feel nostalgic without feeling like a pastiche. ‘Takeover’ is another track from their new LP, it’s more of an upbeat number with an optimistic groove to it and instrumentation that leans toward classic ‘80’s movie soundtracks. These two tracks hint at a album that’ll deliver a collection that is both rich in synthesizer warmth and cold as ice. Mirror Kisses are definitely an duo that we’ll be keeping an eye on in the coming months.