Jan 26 2012

Aaron Alexis’ ‘In The Air’

Aaron Alexis

Aaron Alexis, who I’m not going to call “video director turned ElectroPop artist” anymore, just “ElectroPop artist”, has dropped his new tune, ‘In The Air’.

‘In The Air’ is a nice meeting of soulful vocals, Ed Banger-esque Electro and ‘90’s Pop House. Like Seal singing over a Justice reMix of a Black Box tune. In contract to his introspective BedroomPop of recent releases ‘In the Air’ sees Aaron in majestic mode, whiles there is still an intimate tone to his vocals the track itself is pretty huge. The piano of ‘90’s House meeting head on on with plucked strings and a big bridging horn section, leads to some dirty synth with a touch of the baroque. It’s a nice mix, and nicely produced too, more like this please,

♫ Aaron Alexis – In The Air

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Jan 26 2012

Punks Jump Up’s new EP

Punks Jump Up

At the end of this month London Electro duo Punks Jump Up, riding on the success of ‘Blockhead’ and ‘Chimes Pt. 1’, drop their latest EP for Kitsuné Music.

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP contains six tracks of straight-up dancefloor grooves lead my by the amazingly catchy title track. This ‘Special CCCrash Mixxx’ is a melting pot of retro dance influences, pouring in bits of Acid House, bits of Disco, bits of Chicago House and a Funk vocal to make a party starter that’s bound to be working it’s magic all summer. The remaining five reMixes have something for everyone. ElectroPop gurus JBAG give the track a sweet ‘80’s sheen with some nostalgic stabs, this is probably the stand out reMix for me. Alex Gopher turns the Acid aspects of the tune up to eleven and drops a slow building burbler with some killer drops. OK, so you know a Fare Soldi is going to be a bit madcap, and the truly deliver here with some funk fuelled bassline chaos. The surprise of the EP, for me, was Zero Cash’s mixture of vintage synth bass and early ‘90’s House that works so well and creates a really rounded mood. Definitely be keeping an ear of Zero Cash in future. Deadstock 33s close the EP with a deep hypnotic dub version with just a hint of cosmic Disco to leave you with. All-in-all the EP is a winner, six varied reMixes with no real duds in there, how often does that happen?

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (JBAG reMix)

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Deadstock 33’s dub)

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP is released 30th January on Kitsuné Music.

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Jan 25 2012

Lightwaves & Channel Swimmer reMix Mausi

Mausi

Remember a few weeks ago we posted about the new single from Newcastle IndiePop act Mausi, ‘Sol.’? Well, not the reMixes have hit, and they’re pretty special.

Ex-Yes Giantess main man Jan’s, under his new Lightwaves moniker, turns in an unsurprisingly awesome ElectroPop mix aimed straight at the dancefloor. Loaded with perfect synth melodies playing against a House piano riff and some big room beats, this is the second dancefloor destroying mix Lightwaves has dropped in as many weeks, looks like it’s going to be his year. UK producer Channel Swimmer takes the tracks in a totally different direction with some smooth Funk influenced Chillwavey, reverb washed, niceness that soon evolves into a laid back summer Indie hit.

♫Mausi – Sol. (Lightwaves reMix)

♫ Mausi – Sol. (Channel Swimmer reMix)

‘Sol.’ is released 20th February.

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Jan 25 2012

The Magician’s ‘Magic Tape Nineteen’

The Magician – Magic Tape Nineteen = Here it is, The Magician’s first Magic Tape of the year, and it’s an awesome way for Stephen Fasano to kick of the year with a spot on collection. Not to hard, not to soft, just right you ease you into 2012.

♫ The Magician – Magic Tape Nineteen

The Tracklist:
01. Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
02. Moon Boots – Aretha
03. Parallel Dance Ensemble – Shopping Cart (Maxxi Soundsystem reMix)
04. Speech Debelle – I’m With It (Louis La Roché reMix)
05. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Dub reMix)
06. Mercury (Feat. Robert Owens) – Candlelight
07. Disclosure – Flow
08. Patrick L & DJ Nibc – Call Me (Tiger Stripes reMix)
09. Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
10. Montevideo – Horses (Mickey Dub Version)

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Jan 25 2012

New track from Fabian

fabian

Our boy Fabian has dropped a brand new track, and that’s always cause to take notice!

As we all know Mr. Ordorica is a man of many sides, the Montell Jordan sampling ‘Do It’ nicely Electrofies his Nu-Disco side and throws in a infectious. ‘90’s House hook. While not as hard as his noise Electro stuff, ‘Do It’ adds some stomping dancefloor fuel to his smoother synth side amongst some nice nostalgic jacking.

♫ Fabian – Do It

Fabian is also the musical mastermind behind LexiconDon, who feature on electronic rumors Volume 1. Just sayin’.

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Jan 24 2012

Ronika reMixed by Echoes

Photo courtesy of Katja Ruge

OK, so we don’t normally go in for the whole blog ‘exclusive’ bragging rights thing, we don’t see the point, very little on the internet stays exclusive for more than 30 seconds, and your ‘exclusive’ probably got leaked last week anyway. We always though it was about the music, not the blog. But we are amused by how much exclusivity there is crammed into this one post, so we’re going to mention it. Hypocrites much? What we have here is the première one of our favourite Indie tinged SynthPop acts, Echoes, reMixing our favourite Madonna Of The Midlands™, Ronika, topped of with a exclusive Ronika based display of retro sportswear from our favourite photographer, and snapper to the stars, Katja Ruge. Literally nothing about this post isn’t so fresh it’s still smoking.

Anyhoo, dazzling shininess of this post aside, what Echoes have turned in is a pretty stunning sunrise-beach-party take on Ronika’s ‘Only Only’. Part Balearic, part Progressive House, Echoes strip back the urban dancefloor urgency of the original (and it’s subsequent reMixes) and insured let Ron’s vocals swim about in a sea of chilled good vibes. Echoes have crafted a laid back and emotional slice of summery House with a classy piano line and let Ron’s vocals sit in just the right place in the mix, somewhere just in the distance, so the track washes over you.

♫ Ronika – Only Only (Echoes reMix)

Completely coincidentally, both Ronika and Echoes will be appearing on our electronic rumors volume 1 compilation, released 13th February, and both putting in an appearance at the launch party on the 10th February. Details here.

Ronika’s latest single ‘Only Only’/’In The City’ is out now and comes highly recommended.

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Jan 24 2012

Picture Book

Right, on first impression I wasn’t going to post about this track, it seemed a bit to much like Ibiza fluff for me, but my word it is catchy! It’s been stuck in my head to the extent when I have to write something.

Picture Book are are brothers Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley and their track ‘Sunshine’ features vocals from Greta Svabo Bech, her of Deadmau5’ ‘Raise Your Weapon’ fame. It’s got a good chance of being a big summer hit, and once you get past the Ibiza fluffyness of it it’s actually a really complex song hidden underneath a ‘90’s Pop Dance track. Give it a second listen, you’ll see what I mean.

♫ Picture Book (Feat. Greta Svabo Bech) – Sunshine

The ‘Sunshine’ reMix package is out in February.

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Jan 23 2012

Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘Small Town Boy’ Mixtape

Pleasure Cruiser

BREED Podcast 12 – Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘Small Town Boy’ Mixtape = Rex The Dog continues the build up to his next BREED night, at the Dalston Superstore on the 3rd February, with the next BREED Podcast, this time courtesy of Pleasure Cruiser who drop, in their own words, “a sexually ambiguous mix of gutter synths and 80s emotional panic. And a bit of Bronski Beat!”.

♫ BREED Podcast 12 – Pleasure Cruiser‘s ‘Small Town Boy’ Mixtape

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

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Jan 20 2012

Meridian reMix Dirty South & Thomas Gold

Dirty South & Thomas Gold

Meridian is back with a new reMix of Dirty South & Thomas Gold (Feat. Kate Elsworth)’s ‘Alive’.

The 22 year old Belgian producer turns in a massive big room mix of the track led by lush pads and piano that sits just right in the mix. With an undercurrent Balearic flowing beneath the big Disco sound the track takes on a peak time summer vibe. No doubt this bodes well for Meridian’s forthcoming single release.