May 16 2010

Gypsy And The Cat; SHAZAM reMix

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We introduced you to Gypsy And The Cat a while back, including their summery anthem ‘Jona Vark’.

The track has now has a working over by fellow Aussie producer SHAZAM who takes the laidback vibe of the original, gives it steroids, and kicks it to the dancefloor with a hard kick drum, Disco strings and some of the best electro-tom work this side of the ‘70’s.

♫ Gypsy And The Cat – Jona Vark (SHAZAM reMix) (zShare) (Sharebee)

Gypsy And The Cat are planning to release their début album this year, and an initial single, ‘Time To Wonder’ is out 21st June via Young & Lost

Gypsy And The Cat @ Amazon

May 16 2010

Clock Opera

London’s Clock Opera have been dropping some stellar reMixes of late but it’s time to turn some attention to their own work.

Their second single, ‘A Piece Of String’ is released next month but you can preview it right here, right now. It’s a raw sounding collision between the Experimental and the Pop. A catchy, summery song built on a base of industrial percussion and found sounds. Not many could pull it off, Clock Opera do!

♫ Clock Opera – A Piece Of String (Radio Edit) (zShare) (Sharebee)

The single is released 7th June on Maman Records.

Clock Opera @ Beatport

Clock Opera @ Juno

Clock Opera @ 7Digital

Clock Opera @ Amazon

May 15 2010

Friends Electric

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Friends Electric are no strangers to electronic rumors, we’ve featured a few of their awesome reMixes for the likes of Penguin Prison Bright Light Bright Light and Ellie Goulding (their reMix of ‘Under The Sheets’ made our top 20 songs of 2009) so about time some original material was posted.

The Welsh Indie-Electro/ElectroPop crew have already supported Frankmusik (who they share management with) on tour and scored some big name reMixes and are gearing up for the release of their début single ‘Wall Of Arms’ in July.

The track is a solid slice of Indie tinged electronic Pop, with stylistic nods to the Neon Gold stable (and associated acts), that shows the massive potential FE have for some really good epic, anthemic ElectroPop.

♫ Friends Electric – Wall Of Arms (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Wall Of Arms’ drops 14th July.

Friends Electric @ Beatport

Friends Electric @ Juno

Friends Electric @ 7Digital

Friends Electric @ Amazon

May 15 2010

Young Empires

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Young Empires are a post-punk Electro band who hail from Toronto who made quite a stir on the discerning Indie blogs with their first track ‘Rain Of Gold’

We’re loving their second track ‘Glory Of The Night’, It’s a strange meeting of 80’s Electro Hip-Hop 808 beats and moody Indie-Electro with a hint of guitar. Dark, heavy, synths drive the track making the chant-like vocals seem like they are dragged along in the tide. Maybe it’s the 808’s, but despite the brooding sound to the song there is something hopeful about it.

Robert Ellingson, Jake Palahnuk, and Matthew Vlahovich have to potential to be something of a Canadian HURTS!

♫ Young Empires – Glory Of The Night (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out more of Young Empires music over on their MySpace.

Young Empires @ MySpace

May 12 2010

Backseat Dreamer

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Backseat Dreamer is the solo project of South Carolina musician Sean Neuse who makes a kinda’ Shoegaze influenced style of Dreamwave.

Dropping his début album this July, Sean creates a swirling soundscape of intertwining analog synths, layered with just enough retro sounds to keep it from chaos and dreamlike vocals that become another instrument in the mix. The whole thing is kept in check with solid dance beats that make it as much dancefloor fodder as listening gold.

♫ Backseat Dreamer – Consider (zShare) (MediaFire)

Backseat Dreamer’s début album ‘The Colors of Dreams, They’re In You’ is released 13th July on Stickfigure Recordings.

Backseat Dreamer @ Amazon

May 12 2010

Au Revoir Simone’s new reMix album

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New York based Indie-Electro darlings Au Revoir Simone are following up their acclaimed third album of last summer’, ‘Still Night, Still Light’, with an album of reMixes this June.

Titled ‘Night Light’ the release will feature reMixes from such names as Silver Columns, Aeroplane, Clock Opera, Jens Lekman, Neon Indian,Bass Clef, and Deradoorian (Angel Deradoorian from The Dirty Projectors), just to name a few!.

Silver Columns take on ‘We Are Here’ with a deep, slightly glitchy, Electro vibe, adding some new vocals and heavy percussion while the Aeroplane reMix (which first dropped late last year) of ‘Another Likely Story’ is a straight up Indie-Dance party jam!

♫ Au Revoir Simone – We Are Here (Silver Columns reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story (Aeroplane reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Night Light’ is released 5th July through Moshi Moshi.

Au Revoir Simone @ Beatport

Au Revoir Simone @ Juno

Au Revoir Simone @ 7Digital

Au Revoir Simone @ Amazon

May 11 2010

Win a limited edition Topman CTRL T-Shirt Designed by We Have Band!!!

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After a good few months of letting some of the best bands in the UK choose playlists for their website and the line ups for special one-off shows, Topman CTRL is going on the road! The Topman CTRL Student Tour hits five major cities across the UK to serve up some top live acts including We Have Band, Silver Columns, The Big Pink, Yeasayer, The Futureheads, Archie Bronson Outfit and Everything Everything. Not only that, but they are also joined by Channel4, who will be filming the events for a brand new series and letting five C4 presenters, Nick Grimshaw, Miquita Oliver, Rick Edwards, Matt Edmondson and Alex Zane, curate their own individual nights.

In recognition of five nights of awesome live music, electronic rumors is giving away five (yes! five!) incredibly limited edition T-Shirts designed by one of our favourite UK live acts, We Have Band!!! WHB also happen to be appearing at the Newcastle leg of the tour.

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The Topman CTRL Student Tour runs 15th-20th may, check out these line ups!

Newcastle – 15^th May – The Futureheads and We Have Band (Matt Edmondson)
Leeds – 16^th May – Archie Bronson Outfit and Everything Everything (Alex Zane)
Exeter – 18^th May – Miike Snow and Kassidy (Miquita Oliver)
London – 19^th May – Yeasayer and Silver Columns (Nick Grimshaw)
Nottingham – 20^th May – The Big Pink and Darwin Deez (Rick Edwards)

For more information and ticket details visit www.topmanctrl.com.

So, to grab yourself one of these limited edition T-shirts you need to follow us(electronicrumor) on Twitter, then copy, paste and tweet the following:

Hey @electronicrumor, I wanna win a limited edition T-Shirt designed by @wehavebandtwitt in time to see them on the @topmanctrl Student Tour

East as pie!

Speaking of pie, all the entrants will be put in my porkpie hat and five will be drawn at random to each receive a T-Shirt. Winners will be contacted by Twitter DM.

We’ll keep the competition running ’til Friday 28th May, so you’ve got just over two weeks to get up in it!

We Have Band’s début album ‘WHB’ is out now!

We Have Band @ Beatport

We Have Band @ Amazon

May 10 2010

The Good Natured’s ‘Your Body Is A Machine’ video

Still not sure if we can mention what record label will be re-releasing The Good Natured’s ‘Your Body Is A Machine’, but rest assured the label is alarmingly hip!

We’re really looking forward to the release though, it’s a song that has grown on us more and more over the past year or so and some of the reMixes are amazing.

Finally there is a proper video for the track, feast your eyes:

‘Your Body Is A Machine’ is released 21st June on the aforementioned (or not) alarmingly hip record label.

The Good Natured @ Beatport

The Good Natured @ Amazon

May 10 2010

Zebra & Snake video

Zebra & Snake have dropped a few interesting reMixes in the last few months, most notably for Le Corps Mince De Françoise and The Good Natured, but let’s not forget the Finish duo are releasing original material themselves.

Check the video for their previous single ‘The Colours’, a luscious slice of borderline Bedroom Pop/Electro-Indie with a suitable Lo-Fi video.

The video was directed by Miikka Lommi

The ‘The Colours’ EP is available now and the duo are releasing a new single ‘We Never Go When We Have To’

Zebra & Snake @ Juno

Zebra & Snake @ 7Digital

Zebra & Snake @ Amazon

May 8 2010

Calling In Sick reMix Cullen

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It’s been a while since we heard a new reMix from Sydney’s Calling in Sick, which is a shame as I used to be all over their mixes. Seriously couldn’t get enough of that shit!

So it’s awesome to see them back with this reMix of Australia’s answer to The Postal Service, Cullen’s début single, ‘Easily Impressed’ and it’s just the Calling In Sick sound that I had been missing.

You’ve got the buzzsaw synths hammering crazy solos and arpeggios and the big 80’s chords. Calling In Sick are like the 80’s hair Metal of electronic music, and that is no bad thing!

♫ Cullen – Easily Impressed (Calling In Sick reMix) (Sharebee) (MediaFire)

The ’Easily Impressed’ single is out soon.

Cullen @ MySpace