Oct 12 2012

Viceroy reMixes Brett

Brett is a new outfit who have hooked up with DubFrequency to release their début double A-side single, Confidence/Kate Moss, this month. The Washington DC band has enlisted the skills of San Francesco’s finest Viceroy to give the track a Disco workout, and that’s not all Viceroy has been up to these days.

Confidence is a summery, live sounding, Pop tune with a Tropical Disco overtone, Viceroy takes that beach Disco vibe and runs with it, layering some driving synth arpeggios and smooth keys and just flow along with Brett’s slick vocal. Bringing in a little House piano in the chorus lifts the track up in sections as Viceroy brings out the real fun in this tune and makes it a soundtrack for good times.

♫ Brett – Confidence (Viceroy reMix)

♫ Brett – Confidence

While we’re on the subject of Viceroy, check out this reMix he cooked up for Australian vintage Disco-meister DCup. Viceroy’s take on DCup’s new single, I’m Corrupt is a great, summery Disco tune that gives Viceroy a wealth of instrumentation to play with, And he does with style. Enjoy, just try not to look out the window.

♫ DCup – I’m Corrupt (Viceroy reMix)

Brett’s Confidence/Kate Moss single is released 30th October

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Oct 10 2012

Touch Tone’s ‘Make Believe’

It was May this year that saw the evolution of Andrew Verner from RoboPop commissioner Short Circuit into slick ElectroPop act Touch Tone. His début single, Home Away From Home, was something really special that had talented producers clamouring to remix it. Now the Touch Tone follow-up is here and sees Andrew teaming up with LexiconDon’s Alex Koons for an old school Binary jam.

Make Believe is more Housey then we would have expected, and a lot more Tropical than Home Away From Home, but those two elements, in Verner’s hands, come together to form some sort of blissful holiday ElectroPop monster. An uplifting beast with a kind of unspecific nostalgia, the 909 beat and digital bass have obvious early 90’s House references, but the warm Dreamwave sounds and Island Disco lead line blur the specifics of sound and Touch Tone delivers a smooth, comfortable slice of Pop House that become more infectious with each listen. Alex Koons lends his brand of LexiconDon heartfelt storytelling to the track, and it turns out to be the perfect match, especially in the asthenic chorus. We expect producers to be clamouring to reMix this one too.

♫ Touch Tone (Feat. Alex Koons) – Make Believe

Touch Tone’s Make Believe is out now on Binary.

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Oct 10 2012

Leitbur release free reMix EP

Released earlier this year, Think Of Tomorrow from LA act Leitbur is one of the standout SynthPop releases of the year. Catchy and atmospheric, mixing classic SynthPop with a cool LA funk Leitbur delivered a driving tune with a massive, memorable chorus. The track has had a few reMix treatments over the months, and now Leitbur has collected them all into one EP, that’s available for your listening pleasure, for free.

There’s a lot of the EP, seven different versions of Think Of Tomorrow that range from Ryan Alli’s Dubstep interpretation to UD & Jowin’s big room take. Our picks of the EP (and it’s hard to pick favourites here) would have to be Kool Bandits version, a soundclash of early ‘90’s House and DiscoPop with an infectious bassline and the vocals keeps pretty much intact, resulting in something that would be perfectly at home on MTV circe 1992. Fletch’s Live & Loud reMix injects the track with a raw synthesizer groove while KiAh serve up a Deep House track, loaded with moody, atmospheric synths and dreamlike melodies. Portugal’s MAU turn in a reMix that seamlessly combines vintage SnythPop with some kind of dancefloor vibe. Out of all the remixes , it’s MAU’s that takes the most advantage of that big chorus, layering it think with lush synth work. Think Of Tomorrow is a stunning song, and these reMixes expand the experience of it.

♫ Leitbur – Think Of Tomorrow (Kool Bandits reMix)

♫ Leitbur – Think Of Tomorrow (MAU reMix)

♫ Leitbur – Think Of Tomorrow (KiAh reMix)

♫ Leitbur – Think Of Tomorrow (Fletch’s Live & Loud reMix)

Leibur’s Rethink: TomorrowEP is out now, for free.

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Oct 9 2012

Clancy reMixes Little Dragon

Break out the big synths, Clancy is back with a brand new, and deep as hell, reMix of Little Dragon’s Little Man. Rich has been working on it for a few months now, constantly tweaking like a mad musical professor, and now he’s ready to share it with the world. We’re definitely likes the progression Clancy is making as he glides from big beach-party Dreamwave tunes, to something a bit deeper, a bit more ‘90’s, as he hasn’t left behind his retro synth stylings, just folded them into a different sound, and the result is always rad.

This mix of Little Dragon rides on a deep hypnotic groove and mood setting organs. Yukimi’s vocals sound so much more soulful in Clancy’s hands, I’d even go so far as to say the beginning to take on an almost Gospel tone, as he creates a gently building track, full of subtly increasing layers washing over a thick synth bassline. It’s a true rapturous House track.

♫ Little Dragon – Little Man (Clancy’s Deep Haze reMix)

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Oct 9 2012

Chad Valley’s ‘Tell All Your Friends’

Oxford’s Chillwave master Chad Valley has announced a new single, and his début album to be released in November. The album, Young Hunger, sees Hugo Manuel hooking up with such luminaries as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, El Perro Del Mar, Active Child and Twin Shadow from a whole album of his particularly dreamified strain of soulful synth music.

Preceding the album comes Chad Valley’s new single, Tell All Your Friends, a shuffling slice of hazy SynthPop and broken beats. Hugo’s gentle, but impassioned, vocals work really well layered this thick as he delivers a strong vocal performance that perfectly compliments his Lo-Fi R&B-Wave. It’s a confident track, well chosen to signpost the album, and has us more eager than ever to give it a listen.

♫ Chad Valley – Tell All Your Friends

Chad Valley is also embarking on a UK tour, details here.

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Oct 9 2012

New Mixtape from Reflex

Reflex – Mixtape #15 = Mixtapes from French ElectroPop duo Reflex are becoming something to really look forward to. This mighty hour contains some of the best ElectroPop, Indie-Electro and Disco in recent months. Another Stormer!

♫ Reflex – Mixtape #15

The tracklist:

01. The New Sins – Don’t Break My Heart (Tronik Youth reMix)
02. Alison Valentine – Peanut Butter (Moon Boots reMix)
03. Plastic Plates (Feat. Simon Lord) – Things I didn’t Know I Loved
04. Pompeya – Power (Zimmer reMix)
05. Kimbra – Two Way Street (Aeroplane reMix)
06. Jupiter – Juicy Lucy (Needs a Boogieman) (Punks Jump Up reMix)
07. Lindstrom – Re-Ako-St (Todd Terje Edit)
08. Kill The Hero feat. MK De Monde – Surrender (Reflex reMix)
09. Rüfüs – This Summer (JBAG reMix)
10. Yuksek – the Edge (Aeroplane reMix)
11. DJ Cam – Uncomfortable (Reflex reMix)
12. Hot Chip – How Do You Do (Todd Terje reMix)
13. Citizens! – True Romance (Gildas reMix)
14. Emil & Friends – Royal Oats (Dubka reMix)
15. Anthony F – Frienzy (Eyeflash reMix)
16. Love is Raining Down (Wilbur reMix)
17. St Lucia – September (Punks Jump Up reMix)
18. Revolver – Let’s Get Together (Ryan Riot reMix)
19. Moullinex – Take My Pain Away (Gigamesh reMix)
20. Live Element – Be Free (Oliver reMix)

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Oct 8 2012

Monsieur Adi’s ‘Dystopia’

Monsieur Adi continues to prove he’s one of the best producers in the world today. Not only does every new release impress, but it always surprises too, and that’s a rare and exciting thing. Take his latest track, Dystopia, the first to feature the vocals of Adi himself, and moody SynthPop track with a French touch.

Dystopia truly is a beautiful and involving track, filled with nuances of sound. Atmospheric and brooding, yet with a strong wave of optimism, mainly delivered by Adi’s gently vocal. One again Adi coveys pure emotion with his music, with comforting effected drums and rich synths that swirl around your head. this is all accompanied by Adi’s orchestration, we’ve commented before about the quality of Adi’s string arrangements and here they shine like never before, helped with a hint of a choir. It’s a stunning piece of work, and one that demands repeated listenings to fully appreciate.

♫ Monsieur Adi – Dystopia

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Oct 8 2012

The New Sins’ ‘Don’t Break My Heart’

London outfit The New Sins newest release is dropped last month on Tigersushi, it’s a slick 80s DiscoPop tune that sees the duo of New Young Pony Club’s Lou Hayter and Nick Phillips taking on a UB40 classic and giving it a 303 based Boogie going over.

The New Sins’ version of Don’t Break My Heart glides out of the speakers like liquid audio. With a laid back, vintage, beat and a burbling Acid bassline underpinning the track, the silky pads and Lou’s sultry vocal shimmy across the tune with an effortless cool. Quite Minimal, but never sounding like it, this is smooth ElectroPop at it’s best. Add a few nice Dubby touched, a nod to UB40’s Reggae version and you’ve got a winner, even more so with the Dubbed out B-side version. Alongside finishing up The New Sins’ album, Lou has also embarked on another project, teaming up with AIR’s JB Dunckel called Tomorrow’s World, which should produce some exciting results.

♫ The New Sins – Don’t Break My Heart

Don’t Break My Heart is out now on Tigersushi Records.

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Oct 8 2012

Cordova’s ‘Paradigm’ released!

Well, this kinda’ slipped out without telling anyone. I sort of think the label missed a trick here. One of the best loved Dreamwave tracks of recent years, Cordova’s Paradigm, has finally got an official release, with a bunch of reMixes in tow too, where was the fanfares? Where was the spotlight? Where was any promotion at all? It’s a pity, as Paradigm is a killer track !

Even by the time it hit the internet mid-last year it was already a year old, now over twelve months later it’s out , and sounding fresher than ever. Cordova is the meeting of U-Tern (Vaughn Oliver, making massive waves this year as one half of Oliver themed double act Oliver) and his buddy AJK, with Roxy on vocals, and Paradigm is so good it made it into the top five in our twenty best songs of 2011 and in our post on the track we used the words “fucking awesome”. It’s a massive slice of Dreamwave boogie with husky vocals and Sci-Fi vocoding. Nearly two years after it’s creation it hold up and kicks it’s contemporaries arses! And now there’s reMixes too! Broke One gets a look in with a shuffling House mix that mixes a Chicago vibe with an almost UK Garage feel, keeping it smooth. British DJ Fingerman whips up something a little more synth Disco with his mix, pacing choppy synths against Tropical percussion for a funky, airy, groove. All that’s left to say is how glad we are that this if finally out, and how bewildered we are that the label decided not to tell anyone about it.

♫ Cordova (Feat. Roxy) – Paradigm

♫ Cordova (Feat. Roxy) – Paradigm (Broke One reMix)

♫ Cordova (Feat. Roxy) – Paradigm (Fingerman Rework)

Cordova Paradigm is out now.

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Oct 8 2012

Strangers reMix Kimbra

I think New Zeland songstress Kimbra’s appearances on electronic rumors come along like busses. Just before she broke we featured her tracks and reMixes quite a lot, then there was a period of quite here, but now with some good mixes coming along all at once, the last being Aeroplane’s mix of Two Way Street, she’s becoming a staple feature again. Next up is this mix of Posse from London’s SynthPop finest, Strangers.

Pulsating electronics abound in Strangers’ mix of Posse. Underpinned by a deep throbbing bass, Strangers drop Cabaret Voltaire style Dubby stabs and Industrial noise on the track, providing an enigmatic electronic backing for Kimbra’s husky vocal. If your out and about in London on the 15th November, you can catch Strangers live headlining an amazing night of deep SynthPop, details here.