Category Indie-Electro

Aug 13 2012

Citizens! reMix The Cast Of Cheers

The Cast Of Cheers

Irish Indie-Rockers, and part of the upcoming NME Generation Next tour, The Cast Of Cheers have one of the best band names in the world. They also seem to have good taste in reMixers, as they have got London Indie-ElectroPoppers Citizens! to make some beats and bash some keys for their track Human Elevator.

Citizens! take to track to a bass-heavy place, then liberally sprinkle biting melodies over their deep groove. This is a track with a nice combination of classic a SynthPop feel and dancefloor rocking sensibilities. Rough and ready gritty bass presents a rock steady back beat for piercing lead lines and sparsely, but perfectly, used snatches of the original’s vocals to dance around atop. It’s quite a sparse track, but everything in it is used to it’s fullest potential, it’s would also sounds awesome on a club system.

♫ The Cast Of Cheers – Human Elevator (Citizens! reMix)

Human Elevator is taken from The Cast Of Cheers’ album Family, out now.

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Aug 10 2012

Chew Lips reMixed by XXXY

Chew Lips

In the build up to the release of their awesome new single, Hurricane,  Chew Lips (feels weird writing it like that) have release yet another shiny reMix of the track. This time stepping up to the reMix plate id London House guru XXXY. Time to get bassy.

XXXY’s reMix is totally Chicago House fun, and strikingly Chew Lips track, particularly Tigs’ vocals fit that perfectly. It’s all deep square wave basses, ‘90’s House piano, there might even be a little accordion in there, and while this hypnotic groove might seem antithetical to Chew Lips’ chaotic liveness, it actually all works so smoothly. We always knew what a classic, powerful voice Tigs’ had, but with a ‘90’s House backing, her voice seems to go into full-on diva mode.

♫ Chew Lips – Hurricane  (XXXY reMix)

Chew Lips’ new single Hurricane is released 3rd September.

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Aug 10 2012

Pati Yang’s ‘Hold Your horses’ EP

Pati Yang

She’s been tour support for Depeche Mode, she’s a legend in her homeland of Poland and a legend amongst electronic music fans worldwide. When she last graced these pages it was under her Nikita moniker, but now ElectroPop prodigy Patrycja Hilton is back to being good old Pati Yang for her forthcoming new EP Hold Your Horses.

Hold Your Horses is kind of a nexus of electronic music. Pati takes her 15 years of being involved in electronic music, and all the influences that come with such an illustrious career, and pools them into a genre melting pot. You’ll find everything from SynthPop to Post Punk to Trip-Hop to House to EBM referenced with Hold Your Horses’ four tracks. The opener, Hold Your Horses, the EP’s title track, is a beautiful mix of Icy Scandinavian ElectroPop and that kind of New York electronic Indie, both quirky and majestic, where Pati give an emotional performance over pulsating synths and frantic percussion. It’s followed by Darling, is a rollicking slice of Indie-Electro that’s catchy and raw. It’s a track that soon descends into Electro-Rock territory with a truly anthemic performance. Revolution Baby is the EP’s mid-paced, stomping epic, and it’s here where producer Joe Cross (HURTS producer and the genius from (We Are) Performance and Kiss In Cities) really comes to the fore. Kiss It Better closes the EP by injecting a little Balearic House and Breakbeat into the mix as Pati’s sultry vocals glide over a euphoric, sweeping track. It’s an impressive and energetic EP, and one that should see Pati gaining more worldwide attention.

♫ Pati Yang – Hold Your Horses

♫ Pati Yang – Kiss It Better

Hold Your Horses is released 17th September.

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Aug 10 2012

Cut Copy remixed by Eleven:Eleven

Cut Copy

We thought the days of reMixes of Australian Indie-Electro masters Cut Copy’s now-classic Hearts On Fire were over. We are glad we were wrong. Austin ElectroPop outfit Eleven:Eleven have whipped up a new take on the track that brings to mind some seriously classic SynthPop.

This one’s all about the big beats and vintage Synth melodies. There’s someone of Depeche Mode’s Behind The Wheel in this mix, especially in the haunting lead line. This mixture of nostalgic refrains and big modern synth production make the track quite unique sounding. Moody, with a marching dance beat, this reMixes shines a whole new light on Cut Copy’s original. Being big fans of the tune, it;s great to hear it presented in such a new way.

♫ Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire (Eleven:Eleven ‘The Induction’ Mix)

Hearts On Fire is taken from Cut Copy’s second album In Ghost Colours.

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Aug 9 2012

Magic Sword reMixes Purity Ring

Purity Ring

Hot on the heels of last month’s feature on American SynthWaver Magic Sword, the man stopped by the electronic rumors Inbox with his latest reMix. 4AD’s Purity Ring get the reMix treatment this time as Magic Sword whips up their deep, dubby, shoegazey Indie-ElectroPop into retro synth frenzy.

Magic Sword’s reMix of Obedear does the seemingly impossible. It keeps the moody atmosphere of the track but injects it with some deep Italo sounds. It’s an enveloping blanket of rich synthesizer sounds juxtaposed with a toytown electronic melody. Magic Sword effortlessly blends the otherworldly, ominous, tone of Obedear with his own 80s inspired electronica, the result is unique and immensely listenable.

♫ Purity Ring – Obedear (Magic Sword reMix)

Obedear is taken from Purity Ring’s

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Aug 8 2012

Kisses’ new single

Kisses

LA ElectroPop duo Kisses caused quite a stir back in god old 2010 with their Heart Of The Nightlife LP. Brilliantly crisp retro ElectroPop with a Disco sheen that captured the heart of all who heard it. The band have been touring for a while but are now announcing their return with a brand new single, Funny Heartbeat.

The new track, which was produced by Pete Wiggs of Saint Etienne, sees Kisses displaying a more carefree,  beach party, sound. Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson bring a kind of Two Door Cinema Club tropical Indie-ElectroPop flavour to their sound with splashes of relaxed guitar against the pulsating Electro beats. it’s a shimmering, summery tune that just right for lazy days in the sun.

♫ Kisses – Funny Heartbeat

Kisses will be announcing a video and their new album soon.

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Aug 7 2012

Visitor’s ‘Coming Home’

visitor

It was only this time last week that we first got our ears ‘round one of the tracks from London based ElectroPop outfit Visitor’s long awaited new double A-side single Coming Home/RNB. Now, having had seven days to digest the awesome RNB, we are treated to the flip side, Coming Home.

Instantly recognisable to anyone who’s seen Visitor live as that big anthemic bit in their set, or any one who’s heard Lifelike’s reMix in his June 2011 mixtape or in the June 2011 edition of Fear Of Tigers’ The Guestlist. Coming Home kinda of sums up what we’re all waiting for in new Visitor material, and why anyone who knows Visitor is this excited about the new material. It’s big, heartfelt ElectroPop, with a nice splash of New Wave guitar and Diamond Cuts impeccable Dreamwave production. It that kind of rousing track that you can’t help but sing-a-long to. Inspirational and uplifting, there is a reason when you see Visitor live it’s this track that sticks in your mind. In a weird way it reminds us a bit of Shiny Toy Guns, before they were a Rock band, Visitor have captured that epic, majestic, uplifting wall of sound perfectly. reMixes on the single comes from Lifelike, Viceroy, FM Attack, Bestrack, SymbolOne, Vanguard, Easy D and more.

♫ Visitor – Coming Home

Visitor’s Coming Home/RNB is released soon.

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Aug 7 2012

MiGHty mOUse’s ‘August Mixtape’ and Future Unlimited Dub

MiGHty mOUse

MiGHty mOUse – August 2012 Mixtape = It’s MiGHty mOUse mixtape time again! This one drops over an hour of some of the best Nu-Disco and House from the past couple of months. This one goes quite deep, but it’s a definite party starter, it just gets bigger and bigger toward the end!

♫ MiGHty mOUse – August 2012 Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Pressure Drop – You’re Mine
02. Hal Incandenza – Ventura (Original Mix)
03. Solid Light – El Deporto
04. White Shadow – If You Like It (Rick Rude reMix)
05. Rüfüs – This Summer (JBAG reMix)
06. Tony Betties – You & I (Saalim reMix)
07. Kraver & NSFW – Starstruck (Drop out Orchestra reMix)
08. Daniel Solar – Say What (Original Mix)
09. Ivan The Terrible – My Love (Original Mix)
10. Jonas Rathsman – Since I Don’t Have You
11. Music Lovers – (Keep On) Dancin’ (Original Mix)
12. Bit Funk – It’s My Love
13. Solomun – Cloud Dancer (Kraak & Smaak reMix)
14. The Egg – Catch (The C90’s reMix)
15. Future Unlimited – Golden (MiGHty mOUse Dub reMix)

While you’re here, MiGHty mOUse is giving away the Dub version of his fantastic reMix of Future Unlimited’s Golden. We featured the track last week and loved it, now you can have that infectious melody all on it’s own for soaring Disco House epicness.

♫ Future Unlimited – Golden (MiGHty mOUse Dub reMix)

MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Disco Battle Weapons (Volume 2) is out now on Cheap Thrills

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Aug 6 2012

Diamond Cut reMixes Harts

Harts

The enigmatic Diamond Cut is easily one of the best producers in the world. As well dropping some of the best reMixes of the past few years, on top of one or two (too few) original tracks, he’s also had a hand in so much of the music we love. Everyone from Queen Of Hearts to Visitor have been graced with this Dreamwave guru’s talent. Producing other artists aside, Diamond Cut has been quite quite on recent months when it comes to his own work. Now he’s breaking radio silence with this new reMix of Australian Indie Rocker Harts début single, All Too Real.

Diamond Cut turns it into a slick dance track. Creating a smooth hybrid of Dreamwave and 90’s House, DC whips up the best of both worlds in this mix. Using the originals guitar riff in a way reminiscant of a bit of Daft Punk brings a little Disco touch to the tune. The result of this melting pot of styles is a cool, deep, groove with a retro synth sheen topped off with some impassioned Indie vocals. Hopefully this will see a return to a more active (in the release arena at least) Diamond Cut, more of these late night summer jams please. Diamond Cut leading the pack once more. The reMix will be released on limited edition 7” via Far Land.

♫ Harts – All Too Real (Diamond Cut reMix)

You can pick up the All Too Real 7” here.

Check out more from Harts on SoundCloud.

Aug 3 2012

MiGHty mOUse reMixes Future Unlimited

future-unlimited

We do love a bit of Nashville ElectroPop duo Future Unlimited ‘round these parts. Particularly their track Golden, which, having graced these pages more than once, is one of our tunes of the year so far. So imagine our excitement then, when, from out of no-where, our favourite London cosmic Disco peddler MiGHty mOUse drops this massive new reMix of the tune. There may have been a “get in!” fist pump.

MiGHty mOUse’s take on the track is dancefloor gold. Mixing up a little Tropical percussion with some Sci-Fi synths and House piano kinda’ covers all the basses, and as he covers all the bases, he does it with style and flair. You can always tell a MiGHty mOUse tune over most Nu-Disco productions. Aside from the obvious studio skill, there’s a lot more going on in an MM track than you’d normally find, a lot more eclectic elements too. MiGHty mOUse seems to write what feels right, rather than what the scene demands, and whereas most producers would claim a similar notion, MM’s track always feel refreshing. Take this tune, there’s actually quite a Dubby sound going on in the background, a few echoes, deep basses, that give it another unique twist, along with an infectious as hell percussive lead line. MiGHty mOUse’s intelligent Disco in combination with Golden’s anthemic vocals works even better than we’d hoped.

♫ Future Unlimited – Golden (MiGHty mOUse Vocal reMix)

Golden is taken from Future Unlimited’s EP, out now.

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