Category House

Sep 4 2011

Qkumba Zoo’s new album

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You may remember South African dance act Qkumba Zoo. Well, they storm back this month with a brand new album. There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is their sound hasn’t changed or evolved in the slightest since the ‘90’s, the good news is their sound hasn’t changed or evolved in the slightest since the ‘90’s!

Now is the prefect time for Qkumba Zoo to strike while the iron is hot. With the current resurgence of interest in ‘90’s dance music and the creeping of ‘90’s dance sounds and production techniques into contemporary club records, Qkumba Zoo’s new album, ‘LetTheLightIn’, sounds pleasingly nostalgic. The big 909 beats, occasional breaks and layered floaty vocals that run throughout the record feel almost retro these days. It’s vocalist Levannah that really drives this album, her effortless sliding, between the chanted and the ethereal, weaves an audio narrative  that is surprisingly involving, and if you can get into the ‘90’s groove then the album is a good experience. If you’ve been chilling in the sun this summer, busting out the old Orbital or Opus III as the ‘90’s revival hits full swing, then this album will be right up your alley.

♫ Qkumba Zoo – I Like

♫ Qkumba Zoo – Torn Between You And The Sky

‘LetTheLightIn’ is out now on Souvenir Records.

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Sep 3 2011

The C90s’ ‘September Chart Mix’

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The C90s – September Chart Mix = Smooth Disco, House and ElectroPop for September with the C90s pick of the month.

♫ TheC90s – September Chart Mix

The tracklist:

01. Phil Weeks – By My Side
02. Mano Le Tough – Lets Not Talk About Love
03. Cosmonaut – One Dance Floor (Rio Lobotomy reMix)
04. Erdbeerschnitzel – Same Same
05. Body Langauge – Falling Out (Tiger & Woods reMix)
06. Gadi Mizrahi & Soul Clap – Romantic Comedy
07. Alexis Raphael – Kitchens & Bedrooms
08. Kamp! – Cairo (JBAG reMix)
09. Flight Facilities – Feeling (Johnny Pow! reMix)
10. The Swiss – Double Or Nothing (Louis la Roché reMix)
11. Housse De Racket – Roman (Oliver reMix)
12. The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love (Emperor Machine reMix)
13. Joakim – Find a Way (Punks Jump Up reMix)
14. Mike Simonetti – The Thid Of The Storms

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Sep 2 2011

Fear Of Tigers is back with ‘The Guestlist’

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Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 02/09/2011 – The Guestlist returns today after a week off. A decidedly busy Fear Of Tigers has taken the time to drop half an hour of some of the hugest tracks around. The pod this week also includes FoT’s amazing reMix of Ronika’s ‘Only Only’ in it’s first full airing.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 02/09/2011

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Sep 2 2011

Goin’ Old School: Black Box – Ride On Time

In 1989 Black Box made Italo, House and Balearic into Pop with ‘Ride On Time’.

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Sep 1 2011

The Magician’s new single

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Awesome news. The Magician is finally ready to drop his first proper solo single!

‘I Don’t Know What To Do’, with Jeppe on vocal duties, is as good as we would have expected. The Magician has layered his electronic Disco with a really nice late 80’s House sound, the piano and the 909 rimshots give the track a real retro feel. Even the vocals are pretty late 80’s. but this isn’t cheap nostalgia, this is a serious House tinged ElectroPop track.

♫ The Magician (Feat. Jeppe) – I Don’t Know What To Do (Original)

‘I Don’t Know What To Do’ is released 3rd October on Kitsuné and features reMixes from Plastic Plates and our boy Fabian. Can’t wait.

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Aug 31 2011

The Opiates’s new reMix EP

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The Opiates is the some time collaboration between our favourite Electro Diva Billie Ray Martin and Norwegian musician Robert Solheim.

The are gearing up for the release of the ‘Rainy Days And reMixes’ EP in September ahead of their first full length album ‘Hollywood Under The Knife’ later in the year. The lead track from the EP, ‘Rainy Days And Saturdays’ is a beautiful lament over nostalgia that never existed. With hints of electronic Trip-Hop and a moody synthetic atmosphere tempered by a strain of hope in Miss Martins vocals. The EP comes chock with reMixes, including Kim Ann Foxman’s take on ‘Jalousies And Jealousies’ that got support from Vito Aeroplane in his last mixtape and Industrial legends Chris & Cosey’s deep Acid SynthPop version of ‘Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl ‘/

♫ The Opiates – Rainy Days and Saturdays (Radio Edit)

♫ The Opiates – Jalousies And Jealousies (Kim Ann Foxman reMix)

♫ The Opiates – Anatomy Of A Plastic Girl (Chris & Cosey reMix)

‘Rainy Days And reMixes’ is released 19th September.

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Aug 29 2011

Goin’ Old School: 2 Men A Drum Machine And A Trumpet – Tired Of Getting Pushed Around

2 Men A Drum Machine And A Trumpet, what two members of Fine Young Cannibals did when they got bored.  Here’s their hit, ‘Tired Of Getting Pushed Around’, on TOTP in 1988.

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Aug 26 2011

Monsieur Adi reMixes Madonna’s ‘Erotica’

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Monsieur Adi’s trilogy of Madonna reMixes seems to have given up trying to be a trilogy, grabbed his Madonna record collection and run with it.

This time he’s taking on ‘Erotica’ and gives us something a little different, but inspired genius. Tribal, almost dancehall, beast and robotic vocal manipulation which builds and builds it’s hypnotic groove until a peak where it injects the bit we’re all waiting for. Adi immaculate orchestration. The huge strings and brass then giveaway to an edgy, haunting ending. Monsieur Adi nails is again, the layers and textures with which he crafts his reMix really put him in a league of his own.

♫ Madonna – Erotica (Monsieur Adi reMix)

Monsieur Adi ‘s other Madonna reMixes are available on his SoundCloud.

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Aug 24 2011

Vincent Fries & Justin Faust

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Justin Faust recently guested on Vincent Fries’ ‘Bavarian Barbarian’ EP, the result being ‘Choppy Slick’ a response to Faust’s own ‘Sloppy Chick’.

Taking the bouncy riff from from the smooth Nu-Disco original, this version beefs things up a bit, adding a little grit with some distorted synths and heavy beats that counterpoints quite nicely with the shimmering retro synths to make a track that is both viscerally dancefloor and musically satisfying and crosses the Nu-Disco/Electro-House barrier with ease.

♫ Vincent Fries & Justin Faust – Choppy Slick

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Aug 19 2011

Cosmonaut Grechko’s back in the place on Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’

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Fear Of Tigers– The Guestlist 19/08/2011 = Get ready to kick off your weekend with this weeks hour of power from Fear Of Tigers. In the mix for this episode is Cosmonaut Grechko who also premieres a brand new track.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 19/08/2011

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