I’m still in two minds about the forthcoming Orbital comeback album, but their new single, ‘New France’ with Zola Jesus is growing on me.
It’s definitely a step in the right direction, I have been a massive Orbital fan in the past, but am concerned they might struggle to stay relevant. If the whole album is like ‘New France’ my fears may be unfounded.
‘New France’ is released 19th March.
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Parisian producer DJ Cam is a bout to release the single ‘Uncomfortable’ on Inflammable Records/Studio !K7, a downtempo, dramatic track with an excellent reMix package.
Amongst those featured are James Curd who picks up the tempo and drops the listener onto his robotic dancefloor. The bulk of the reMix is made up of classic House moments but Curd gives them his own unique Electro twist, a real tune for synthesizer lovers. Second Date go the opposite direction on drop a slick late-night slow jam, full of early ‘90’s R&B tropes and a silky smooth vibe.
♫ DJ Cam (Feat. Chris James) – Uncomfortable (James Curd Radio reMix)
♫ DJ Cam (Feat. Chris James) – Uncomfortable (Second Date reMix)
‘Uncomfortable’ is out 19th March and also includes a reMix from one of our current favourite acts, Reflex.
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with the whole world eager for a taste of their new album, Hot Chip have dropped a video to their new single ‘Flutes’.
Shot in their studio it;s an epic seven minutes that showcases a track which promises an album that is intricate and complex, deep and soulful.
Hot Chip’s new album, ‘In Our Heads’ is released this summer.
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Kris Menace has enlisted legendary buzzsaw producers and VJs Hexstatic to produce the visual video for his latest single, the KoweSix featuring “eFeel”.
Based around a train journey from Osaka to Tokyo, Hexstatic’s style words really well with Kris’ lush dancefloor euphoria.
‘eFeel’ is taken from Kris’ forthcoming album ‘Electric Horizon’, out 16th April on Compuphonic.
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BeNi, an artist that never stops, is releasing his new single, the Prince Terrence featuring ‘Last Night’ next month and the reMix package looks like it’ll be storming.
The highlight of the single could well be this low down dirty reMix from Brodinski, who’s been killing it lately. Pulsating synthetic Disco meets a dark Techy edge on this mix with Brodinski busting out his best robotic march and sprinkles the tune with harsh Industrial bass and a hint of Acid. It makes an awesome contrast with the soulful vocals. The rEMix will feature alongside tracks from Oliver $ and Waifs & Strays on the single.
♫ BeNi – Last Night (Brodinski reMix)
‘Last Night’ is released late April on Modular Recordings, it;s taken from BeNi’s album of last year, ‘House Of Beni’.
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Arnaud Rebotini – Mix Exclusif = Black Strobes Mr. Rebotini had dropped an awesome deep, dark, synthetic Disco mix originally recorded for a French radio show. Expect an hour of pulsating, mind melting and body shaking, electronic grooves.
♫ Arnaud Rebotini – Mix Exclusif
The Tracklist:
01. Andy Meecham – SH101
02. Dead Rose Music Company – Faith
03. Elijah Collins -Trap
04. Hiem & Phil Oakey – 2AM (Fernando and Toomy Disco Single Edit)
05. Loudery – Getting Away With It (Andromeda Orchestra Dub Mix)
06. Jesse Perez – Dejen De Comer Tanta Pinga
07. Orbital (Feat. Zola Jesus) – New France (L-Vis 1990’s Rewound reMix)
08. Crackboy – Freebase
09. Eamon Harkin -Rigor Music Master
10. Djejotronic – Miamite
11. Clouds – Optic
12. Gesaffelstein Viol (Brodinski reMix)
13. Colateral – Ctrl 5 (Code Napeleon reMix ) + Desire – Code Napoleon (Rebotini, Turzi & Kill For Total Peace)
14. The Hacker – Shockwave
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The C90s – March Chart Mix = the C90s pick of the moth is here again with some top tunes including the massive new Philosophy Of Sound reMix from A.N.D.Y.. there’s even some Sir Oakey in there!
The tracklist:
01. John Talabot – Destiny
02. Onra – Perfect Match
03. JNL – Beausejour
04. Pitchben – Stand Up (Tiger & Woods reMix)
05. Richmed – Personality
06. Golden Bug & Lou Teti – Play Around
07. Loudery – Getting Away With It (Andromeda Orchestra Dub)
08. Mike Simonetti – Hollywood Seven (Main)
09. Philosophy Of Sound – Freedom, So What (A.N.D.Y. reMix)
10. Hiem & Phil Oakley – 2am (Brioski reMix)
11. Mercury – Running Back To You (BeNi reMix)
12. Lightyear – Moderation
13. Melee – Helplessly
14. In Fields – Beginnings (Get A Room! rEMix)
15. Hard Ton – In This Moment (Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca Erodiscomix)
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With over 24,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook I feel kinda’ like I should know who Benjamin Francis Leftwich is. but I don’t. On fist glance he appears to be a reasonably talented, but dreary, Folky singer, the kind that is hard to get away from these days. No matter, Cosmonaut Grechko to the rescue as he takes BFL’s track of last year ‘Box Of Stones’ and makes it something exciting and beautiful.
Grechko’s talent consistently amazes us, this reMix is just inspired. Francis Leftwich’s vocals take on a whole new lease of life in Grechko’s hands, giving the an injection of adrenaline and and IV drip of emotion. A smooth summer Dreamwave groove and some shiny synth flourishes weave in and out of the cut-up vocals to create the perfect sunshine track. Full of feeling, full of optimism, Grechko nails it once again.
♫ Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Box Of Stones (Cosmonaut Grechko Discoteque Mix)
Grechko’s main reMix is available of the deluxe version of Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s album.
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Riding high on the success of his current single ‘No One Cries For Me’ Figure Of 8 has dropped a couple of new tracks to keep the momentum going.
First up is ‘Bittersweet’ featuring the soulful vocals of fellow Irishman Jonny Nutt. If you add this to ‘No One Cries For Me’ you can defiantly see a Figure Of 8 ‘sound’ evolving. There something about his tunes that don’t try to impress, and also doesn’t pigeonhole itself into any electronic genre. It’s music that does it’s own thing, it’s got a bit of a laidback vibe to it. SynthPop that is so slickly produced to seems to just slip from the speakers into the room. ‘Bittersweet’, like ‘No One Cries’ is deeply emotional too, but in a particularly genuine way. Oh, did I mention the rockin’ guitar solo? ‘Blind Mice’ is more of a dark SynthWave track, but still retaining that Figure Of 8 warmness to it. A Vangelis-esque sweeping soundtrack peice that manages to merge retro synth music with that Irish SynthPop rich production.
♫ Figure of 8 (Feat. Jonny Nutt) – Bittersweet
‘No One Cries For Me’ is out now on On The Fruit Records.
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This May Portland ElectroPop duo Soft Metals, who crafted one of our favourite albums of last year, are releasing a collection of reMixes from the aforementioned, self-titled, album on 12” and digital.
‘The reMixes’ contains five varied and interesting (8 on the digital release) interpretations of tracks from the album. Amongst the talent brought in to provide versions are VALIS, Yard, Waves, and The Drum who all deliver some stunning listening alongside out picks from the EP. Xander Harris’ take on Soft Metals best known track, ‘Psychic Driving’ presents us with an old school EBM beat against some sharp synths that threaten to veer off into Italo territory at times. The version of ‘Eyes Closed’ from Copy is a deep early 90’s House track with a lush square wave bass. A definite highlight of the EP. Casa Del Mirto turn ‘Do You Remember?’ into a beautiful, almost Balearic, ElectroPop track that evolves into some full-on sunrise Acid. The last of our picks is from The Soulless Party, who also take on ‘Psychic Driving’ and give it a dreamlike retro SynthPop makeover. As an added bonus, a big chunk of the proceeds from sales will go to Doctors Without Borders. Excellent electronic music and helping a worth cause, that’s a win/win!
♫ Soft Metals – Psychic Driving (Xander Harris reMix)
♫ Soft Metals – Eyes Closed (Copy reMix)
♫ Soft Metals – Do You Remember? (Casa Del Mirto Extended reMix)
♫ Soft Metals – Psychic Driving (The Soulless Party reMix) (Digital Only)
Soft Metals ‘The reMixes’ is released on 12” and download on 15th May via Sweating Tapes.
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