Category ElectroPop

Jan 19 2012

2011: A Discotexas Review by Mr. Mitsuhirato

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Mr. Mitsuhirato – 2011: A Discotexas Review = Discotexas man Mr. Mitsuhirato take us on an awesome journey through the labels last twelve months. When they are all put together like this you realise just how much quality has been coming from Discotexas, every track’s a winner!

♫ Mr. Mitsuhirato – 2011: A Discotexas Review

The tracklist:

01. Kamp! – Cairo
02. Zimmer – Cruisin’ (Extended Version)
03. Philosophy of Sound – It Is Like That (Instrumental)
04. Lazydisco – More Tigers (MODE reMix)
05. Coupons – Driving To Your House Party (Jad & The Ladyboy reMix)
06. Kamp! – Cairo (Philosophy of Sound reMix)
07. Zimmer (Feat. Jeremy Glenn) – Slave To Your Heart
08. Mirror People (Feat. Rowetta) – Feel The Need (Munk reMix)
09. Lazydisco – More Tigers (Astrolabe reMix)
10. Appaloosa – Sinister
11. Terminal Twilight – Black and Blue
12. Publicist – Bite (Justin Faust Edit)
13. Justin Faust – Girl Talk
14. Appaloosa – Jumping On Beds (Mirror People reMix)
15. Lazydisco – More Tigers (Mirror People reMix)
16. Kamp! – Cairo (Moullinex reMix)
17. Justin Faust – Girl Talk (Gloves reMix)
18. Douze – Forsaken (Publicist reMix)
19. Publicist – Makes End Meet (Zimmer Edit)
20. Appaloosa – Patchwork (ATTAR! reMix)
21. Mirror People – Feel The Need (feat. Rowetta) (Social Disco Club reMix)
22. Moullinex & Xinobi – X Marks The Spot (Glimmers reMix)
23. Appaloosa – Patchwork

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Jan 17 2012

MNDR’s ‘#1 In Heaven’

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MNDR’s new single is really good! No two ways about it!

Released today, ‘#1 In Heaven’ is catchy, rousing, SynthPop with MNRD’s unique Indie-Electro edge. It’s like a fine wine that hits you with different elements. When I listen to it I get hits of mid-‘80’s Depeche Mode, late ‘80’s Indie songwriting and contemporary Electro, all packaged up with Amanda Warner and Peter Wade’s particular sound. It’s got both classic anthemic quality and a rough ‘n’ ready rawness to it that will have it sticking in your head. We really liked MNDR anyway, but this track has us gagging for the album.

♫ MNDR – #1 In Heaven

‘#1 In Heaven’ is out now with MNDR’s full length album due out this summer, both on Ultra.

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Jan 17 2012

80s Stallone’s ‘Beach’ EP

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Released next month on Silhouette Music is the new EP from SynthWave maestro 80s Stallone.

The ‘Beach’ EP’s title track is a thing of pure joy. Waves of nostalgia wash forth from vintage synth sounds creating this feel good, slightly Italo, vibe. I don’t know whether it’s the bouncy mid-‘80’s bassline or the SynthPop melodies, but there’s just something about this track that captures everything we love about retro synthesizer music, and put a smile on our faces while it does it. We covered the Jan Hammer-esque flipside a few months ago Cliffhanger and love it even more now. the rest of the EP is filled with some awesome reMix work from L’Equipe Du Son, who turn the title track into a night drive pulsar with a slight Psy Trance feel in the burbling riffs, and and some really smooth, laid back, electronic Disco from The Legendary 1979 Orchestra.

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (Original Mix)

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (L’Equipe Du Son reMix)

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra reMix)

80s Stallone’s ‘Beach’ EP is released 13th February on Silhouette Music.

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Jan 17 2012

Sébastien Tellier’s ‘Pépito Bleu’ video

Here is it! The full video for Sébastien Tellier long, long awaited new single ‘Pépito Bleu’, taken from his also long, long awaited forthcoming album ‘My God Is Blue’.

The track is pure Tellier SynthPop quirk and drama. Majestic and ridiculous and amazing. As for the Sanghon Kim & Mathieu Tonetti directed vide, well, just watch…

‘My God Is Blue’ is out soon on Record Makers.

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Jan 17 2012

Goin’ Old School: Hashim, Wish Key & Depeche Mode

Kicking off with one of my all time favourite tracks Hashim’s  ‘Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)’ from 1983. Often imitated, never bested. Such an influence.

Wish Key’s ‘Orient Express’ also from 1983. Italo, ElectroPop, Euro gold.

From 1981, Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’. The track that started it all. No matter how many adverts you’ve heard it in the original is still awesome.

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Jan 17 2012

Kimbra reMixed by BeNi

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Prolific Australian producer BeNi has worked some Deep House magic on Kimbra’s forthcoming new single ‘Two Way Street’.

Stripping things down to the minimal, BeNi lets Kimbra’s vocals flow over a hypnotic bass groove. The soulful qualities of her voice really get shine when paired with a simple beat and a gruff, pulsating synth line. BeNi serves up a nice late night jam with this one.

♫ Kimbra – Two Way Street (BeNi reMix)

‘Two Way Street’ features on Kimbra’s début album, ‘Vows’.

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Jan 16 2012

RUFUS&Bambi’s ‘Gimme’ That Beat’ Mix

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BREED Podcast 12 – RUFUS&Bambi’s ‘Gimme’ That Beat’ Mix = Rex The Dog’s ‘BREED night is back at the Dalston Superstore, to celebrate he’s dropped the latest BREED podcast where resident RUFUS&Bambi takes us on an awesome hour long journey through synthesizer heaven.

♫ BREED Podcast 12 – RUFUS&Bambi’s ‘Gimme’ That Beat’ Mix

Rex The Dog hosts the next BREED party on the 3rd February at the Dalston Superstore, details here.

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Jan 16 2012

New Order edited by Mirror People

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New Order’s ‘5 8 6 ’, form 1983,  was a prime example of the bands early experiments with synths being at the forefront of their music. Having just discovered Disco many of the tracks on the ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ album have a dance groove, but not all of them would stand up on todays dancefloors, including ‘5 8 6’…Mirror People thought he’d see to that.

Mirror People’s edit of ‘5 8 6’ gives the track a new burst of raw energy. Emphasising the kick and some of the synths, and adding a few stabs here and there, the changes are quite subtle, but make all the difference in the mix.

♫ New Order – 5 8 6 (Mirror People Edit)

‘5 8 6’ is taken from New Order’s 1983 album, ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’.

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Jan 13 2012

CREEP reMixed by Modern Machines

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Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard’s CREEP release their Holly Miranda featuring new single ‘Animals’ next week, including this big House reMix from Modern Machines.

Dragging the dark ambience of CREEP straight into the big room and mixing up Holly Miranda’s huge ghostly vocals with big beats and a House bassline. When the ‘90’s House piano kick in, it really isn’t something you’re expecting in a CREEP track but turns the post Industrial, post-Dubstep track into a big summer club track.

♫ CREEP (Feat. Holly Miranda) – Animals (Modern Machines reMix)

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Jan 13 2012

Coloureds reMix Yelle

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GrandMarnier and tEPr should be worried, apparently they’ve been replaced in Yelle but Oxford’s Electro noise terrorists Coloureds. I don’t think anyone is going to make it out of this alive.

Blue and Yellow apply extra helping of chainsaw synths and machine gun percussion to the track that growls away in the background like an angry cyborg beast while Julie’s vocals carry on seemingly unaware of their fate. Once again Couloureds manage to sit in the middle of the ‘bastard hard Electro’ and ‘actually got a groove’ ven diagram as their track strides onto the dancefloor swinging it’s big metal balls.

♫ Yelle – Comme Un Enfant (Coloureds reMix)

‘Comme Un Enfant’ is taken from the ‘Safari Disco Club’ album, out now.

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