Oct 23 2009

Marina’s made my week!

Seriously! Ever since these two reMixes of Marina And The Diamonds forthcoming single, ‘Mowgli’s Road’ (Originally the B-side of ‘Obsessions’), dropped into the electronic rumors inbox I haven’t been able to stop listening to them.

And don’t make me pick between the two, I couldn’t do it. Mille’s rework is upbeat with a bouncing bassline. It’s arpeggios and strings brilliantly capture the epicness of the original while Valerie man Russ Chimes brings his 80’s styled disco funk to the track and then hits you with massive electro breakdowns.

Two seriously good reMixes:

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Mille reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check the original too, in all it’s quirky brilliance!

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Mowgli’s Road’ drops on November 16th and can be pre ordered at PureGroove, it comes B-sided with a cover of Late Of The Pier’s ‘Space And The Woods’.

Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove

Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital

Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon

Jun 4 2009

Emil & Friends – Downed Economy

Emil & Friends have dropped a whole mess of reMixes of their forthcoming ‘Downed Economy’ 7”.

The original is a strange and wonderful Synth Funk garage jam. Making the track their own are Dim Mak’s Dan Oh who ups the groove factor to 9.5 with dirty synths and wobbly bass. Mr. Vegas’ version is a lot more abrasive, rapid fire bass and heavy beats seem to pin down the floaty vocals while the same vocals sit perfectly with Beaumont’s atmospheric retro House track.

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Dan Oh reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Mr. Vega Stimulus reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Beaumont reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out Emil’s MySpace to get the Downed Economy EP for free!

Emil & Friends @ MySpace

You can pre-order the 7” at PureGroove

Emil & Friends @ PureGroove

Jun 1 2009

Miike Snow’s Animal

Miike Snow hail from Sweden and the US and produce some really quirky ElectroPop with touches if Indie, funk and even Reggae thrown into the eccentric mix.

They are dropping their début album this week and this track, ‘Animal’, is the lead in single. It’s a tune that just washes over you, it’s chilled, unique and set to be one of the songs of the summer.

reMixes on the single are provided by Treasure Fingers, Punks Jump Up and Crookers amongst others. With this reMix Treasure Fingers brings a little Italo vibe to the track.

♫ Miike Snow – Animal (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Miike Snow – Animal (Treasure Fingers Rmx 1.1) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pick up the album and single here:

Miike Snow @ Amazon

May 21 2009

The Late Greats spacey reMix

Eastbourne based Indie outfit The Late Greats have dropped this space electro reMix of their track ‘Destroy My Brain’ by Ingo Star Cruiser

Not much is known here about either the band or the reMixer but I get a real ‘more-aggressive-The-Postal-Service’ vibe from the track so it had to be posted.

♫ The Late Greats – Destroy My Brain (Ingo Star Cruiser reMix (Radio Edit)) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It’s a really nice track actually.

‘Destroy My Brain’ is taken from The Late Greats new EP out May 18^th.

The Late Greats @ 7Digital

The Late greats @ Amazon

May 21 2009

Passion Pit reMix Dan Black

Still trying to get through the electronic rumors Inbox backlog! This is one I have to share with you though.

London live ElectroPop scenester Dan Black has manages to score a reMix from current Passion Pit, who must be busy right now promoting their new album ‘Manners’!

The song, ‘Symphonies’, is Dan’s own reworking of his track ‘Hypnotize’ (Dan’s take on the Notorious B.I.G. tune) which is taken in the realms of American Indie-electro by PP, the result being a clash of UK Pop and US Hipster!

♫ Dan Black – Symphonies (Passion Pit reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Symphonies’ is out June 26th.

Passion Pit @ 7Digital

Passion Pit @ Amazon

May 4 2009

Heads We Dance Feat. Little Boots

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Heads We Dance have been rumoured to be doing a track with Little Boots for a while now and here is the fruits of that labour.

‘Work It Out’ is the B-side to HWD’s forthcoming single ‘When The Sirens Sound’, a single that will include reMixes from such exiting names as Don Diablo, Russ Chimes and Hot Pink Delorean. There should be some fantastic 80’s sounding dance tracks amongst that lot!

‘Work It Out’ is a bit more guitary than we have come to expect from Heads We Dance but is a fun tune nonetheless. it will go down a treat on any Indie dancefloor. Nice big rock chorus!

♫ Heads We Dance (Feat. Little Boots) – Work It Out (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘When The Sirens Sound’ is released on May 18th via This Is Fake DIY Records/Gash Digital

Heads We Dance @ Amazon

May 1 2009

Keats’ Handwriting

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Keats’ Handwriting are a boy/girl Indie-ElectroPop duo from Florida who’s music is strangely intriguing.

Managing to be, at once, raw and soulful, Keats’ Handwriting take ballsy, chaotic drums and layer, on top, cute synth ditties filtered and distorted beyond recognition, and the pairs quaint folksy vocals.

I’m hearing little bits of Freezepop or Venus Hum, but with and exiting live attitude. Apparently, many of the synth sound aren’t actually synths. It’s that kind of experimental feel that sets them apart from other whimsical SynthPop acts.

Expect to hear more of Keats’ Handwriting!

♫ Keats’ Handwriting – A Blessing, A Curse (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Keats’ Handwriting – Be Enough (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Keats’ Handwriting – Little Reminder (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go hit up Keats’ at their MySpace where you can get hold of their latest EP, ‘Seraphims & Petroglyphs’.

Keats’ Handwriting @ MySpace

Apr 27 2009

New Ladyhawke reMix

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Ah Pip, when are we getting some new material? Well, in the absence of a new Ladyhawke record it’s always nice when new reMixes come your way.

Here we have another reMix of ‘Back Of The Van’. This time Sydney producer Beaumont cooks up a delicious 80’s treat with some fantastic gated synths and piano bridge.

♫ Ladyhawke – Back Of The Van (Beaumont’s Zirconium Throne reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It looks like ‘Back Of The Van’ might be getting a re-release, no doubt this isn’t the last reMix we will hear.

Ladyhawke @ Modular Store

Apr 27 2009

The Faint’s new EP

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The Faint will soon be releasing their latest EP, a collection of remixes of ‘Mirror Error’, originally from the album ‘Fascination’.

Out on BoysNoize Records, Djedjotronic, Das Glow and Strip Steve provide the mixes and here you can sample Das Glow’s vocal warping robo Disco version and Strip Steve’s Electro-House stop-starter:

♫ ~~The Faint – Mirror Error (Das Glow reMix)~~ ~~(zShare)~~ ~~(MediaFire)~~

♫ ~~The Faint – Mirror Error (Strip Steve reMix)~~ ~~(zShare)~~ ~~(MediaFire)~~

‘Mirror Error’ is out on May 17th.