Category Indie-Electro

Sep 5 2011

Cavaliers Of Fun’s new EP

Cavaliers Of Fun

It’s been a long time coming, but Ricco Vitali A.K.A., Cavaliers Of Fun, finally drops his first EP for ‘the ever-awesome Holographic People’ today.

When you see an EP title like ‘Sharing Space Secrets’ you know you’re in for a treat. The EP sees Vitali mixing up a number of cool, good weather styles in one big melting pot. There are hints of Electro-Indie, snatches of LA Dreamwave, a Nu-Disco groove, bits of Tropical and Balearic vibes, but overall I was quite surprised. I was expecting the kind of vintage synthed cosmic Disco I had come to expect from Cavalier’s Of Fun, what you get in this EP, though, is something more intimate, more musical, more akin to clash between East Coast Indie and West Coast Disco. This new found blending of Vitali’s sweeping vocals, Sci-Fi synthesizers and lilting Indie guitar really works in these five tracks and makes the EP a Summer must. I’m going to be reaching for the ‘Sharing Space Secrets’ EP everytime the weather gets good. Here’s our pick of the EP.

♫ Cavaliers Of Fun – Summer Days

♫ Cavaliers Of Fun – Sharing Space Secrets

♫ Cavaliers Of Fun – Passengers

And thanks to ‘the ever-awesome Holographic People’ you can download this special ‘Space Edit’ of ‘Sharing Space Secrets’ for free!

♫ Cavaliers Of Fun – Sharing Space Secrets (Space Edit)

Cavaliers Of Fun’s ‘Sharing Space Secrets’  EP is out today on Holographic People.

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Sep 4 2011

Starlings reMixed by The Sanfernando Sound

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Whoa! Manchester SynthWave producer The Sanfernando Sound  gets positively EBM on his new reMix for Indie foursome Starlings.

His reMix of their new single ‘Dark Arts’ is an electronic powerhouse of the kind normally found blowing up dark German basement clubs. Layer upon layer of minor key arpeggios instil a sense of dancefloor doom with relentless drums an bass. What elevates this over the usual post-FuturePop EBM stuff is The Sanfernando Sound’s ear for the trappings of a quality Pop song. The big electro tom rolls, the occasional drops, and the flawless integration with the original vocals, it’s this attention to detail that make TSS’s production such a success. This is a dark and dangerous dancefloor monster.

♫ Starlings – Dark Arts (The Sanfernando Sound reMix)

‘Dark Arts’ is released 10th October on Civil Music.

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Sep 2 2011

Joe Goddard’s ‘Gabriel’ video

Here’s the video for Hot Chip/2Bears man  Joe Goddard’s excellent single ‘Gabriel’.

The video is a little underwhelming really. I kept expecting something to happen. really nice tune though.

‘Gabriel’ is our now on DFA.

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Sep 2 2011

Alex Metric Vs. The Whip

thewhip

I have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with The Whip, a times I find them to be pure Indie-Electro dancefloor genius who perfectly capture of the catchy Pop song with their own edge, at other times I find them lazy, uninspired and mediocre. I’m still excited to hear the forthcoming album though, hopefully it will fall into the former category.

In the meantime, here’s a reMix of the track ‘Secret Weapon’ by one of the best Electro producers, not just in the UK, but in the World Alex Metric. Metric completely works this mix taking the best elements of The Whip and morphs them into a peak time, hands-in-the-air, three minutes of amazingness.

♫ The Whip – Secret Weapon (Alex Metric reMix)

The Whip’s Jagz Krooner produced new album, ‘Wired Together’, is released 19th September on Southern Fried Records.

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Sep 2 2011

M83 reMixed by Big Black Delta

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I feel like there’s going to be a flood of reMixes of M83’s awesome ‘Midnight City’, which can only be a good thing as the cream will rise to the top…hopefully.

Here’s one of the first, an official reMix by Big Black Delta. Abrasive and almost Industrial at times, BBD manage to keep some of the catchy elements of the original in the for a unique and raw reMix.

♫ M83 – Midnight City (Big Black Delta reMix)

‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’, M82’s forthcoming album, is released 18th October.

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Sep 1 2011

Aaron Alexis’ ‘Full Moon’

Aaron Alexis

Photographer, Director, Kitsuné collaborator and ElectroPop producer Aaron Alexis has dropped his next track on us.

Continuing his unique take on SynthPop, Aaron’s music is quite and understated. That’s not to say his songs aren’t rich and full tracks, but there is an air of intimacy, of introspection about them. Meticulously crafted, ‘Full Moon’ is impassioned, yet distant, and makes wonderful use of layers of synths and drums to create ElectroPop that is lush, but calming.

♫ Aaron Alexis – Full Moon

Check out Aaron Alexis on SoundCloud.

Sep 1 2011

AlunaGeorge’s new video

Here’s London Indie-ElectroPop duo AlunaGeorge’s new video for their single ‘You Know You Like It’

Directed by Laurence Matthew Blake & Matilda Finn the video, and the track itself, are the poppies offering we’ve had from this eclectic double mean so far.

‘You Know You Like It’ is out this week on Super Recordings.

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Aug 31 2011

Neon Indian’s PAL 198x introduction video

Neon Indian is offering a few different packages for the release of his sophomore record ‘Era Extraña’ , the top option comes with a custom made three oscillator synth. the PAL198X.

Designed by Bleep Lads and Neon Indian the tine rig allows you to interchange controllers for lots of mucking about. Here a spooky introduction video that was apparently ripped from an mid-‘80’s VHS tape.

Neon Indian’s ‘Era Extraña’ is out 13th September.

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Aug 27 2011

Don’t fuck with Penguin Prison’s money

Penguin Prison

It’s been a live favourite for a while now, so ‘Don’t Fuck With My Money’ was a good choice of Penguin Prison to tease his forthcoming album.

‘Don’t Fuck With My Money’ is such an evolution from his BedroomPop of old. Whist it keep s that intimate, low key vibe, the production is big Disco Funk layered Indie-Electro. This is a true good times anthem, funky and funny. Listening to the studio version it’s easy to understand why this track always goes down so well at shows.

♫ Penguin Prison – Don’t Fuck With My Money

Penguin Prison’s self-titled début album drops 5th September.

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Aug 27 2011

Clubfeet’s ‘Broken Hearted’ video

‘Broken Hearted’ is the third video stemming form the ‘Gold On Gold’ collaboration between Indie-EelctroPop producer Clubfeet and filmmaker Alex Goddard.

It’s a cool, deep, ElectroPop track and the accompanying video is a nicely shot dreamlike narrative.

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