Jul 23 2011

OhYeah!’s new tune

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German producer OhYeah!’s new track, ‘Be Tough,’ is described by himself as “80s flavoured skateboard Italo disco”. Intrigued? I am.

‘Be Tough’ defiantly roughs up the Italo and sends it into overdrive. With a relentless bassline powering the song along, OhYeah! drops layer after layer of samples, vocoding, and thick, thick retro synth sounds. More in-your-face than the Disco track you’d expect from OhYeah! this is the kind of track to drop at peak time and watch the dancefloor explode.

♫ OhYeah! – Be Tough

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Jul 23 2011

DannielRadall’s new EP

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DannielRadall has just released a new EP, comprised entirely of reMixes and rewords of Jef Barbara’ ‘Cocaine Love’

The ‘Cocaine Love’ EP is a journey through twisted ElectroPop, sleazy synth Funk and the dark side of the 80’s. That doesn’t mean that this EP doesn’t have a groove though, check out ‘On Mirror’ which takes the song to a slow jam Disco place where Moog leads and big 80’s chords form a path that leady you to the dark underbelly of DiscoPop. The original DanielRandall reMix of the track is a strange and enticing mixture of reverb soaked Chillwave and an Italo, almost EBM bassline, which seems to counterpoint and accentuate the slight sense of dread in the vocals.

♫ Jef Barbara & DannielRadall – Cocaine Love (DannielRadall reMix)

♫ Jef Barbara & DannielRadall – On Mirror

‘Cocaine Love’ is taken from Jef Barbara‘s début album ‘Contamination’

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Jul 15 2011

Marsheaux reMixes Sally Shapiro

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Out favourite Greek SynthPop girls Marsheaux have taken on Swedish DiscoPop heroine Sally Shapiro (and that Agebjörn bloke) for their latest reMix.

‘Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me)’get a classic SynthPop makeover with an Italo twist. Clean and crisp synth sounds in Marsheaux’s modern-retro style, taking influence from early 80’s SynthPop and mid-80’s Italo, pile up in their reMix which retains the introspective nature of the original but adds a few layers of electronics.

♫ Sally Shapiro – Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me) (Marsheaux reMix)

‘Jackie Jackie (Spend This Winter With Me)is taken from Sally Shapiro’s album ‘Disco Romance’; out now.

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Jul 13 2011

Para One & Tacteel’s new EP

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French duo and producers in their own rights Para One & Tacteel drop a new EP this week after a long stretch of silence.

The EP, ‘Fair Enough’, contains a pretty stunning five tracks. Intricately crafted electronic music with a Disco groove, an experimental side to them and some cinematic musicality. ‘Rome’ is the most Disco track on the EP, funky analog tweaking for a 70’s synth sound flies atop a rounded bass sound and a solid, head nodding, foundation. But underneath the dancefloor orientation and the electronic indulgences there is a well written song too. Both the composition and arrangement are first class. ‘A1’ rolls like a distorted Italo tune in the hands of a Dub experimentalist, these guys obviously have fun with creating electronic music and a definite ear for what gets people dancing. This is a recommended EP.

♫ Para One & Tacteel – Rome

♫ Para One & Tacteel – A1

The ‘Fair Enough’ EP is out now on Fools Gold.

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Jul 1 2011

Johan Agebjörn + Le Prix + Sally Shapiro + Fred Ventura = Alice

This might get confusing, so hold tight.

Johan Agebjörn, frankly amazing, album ‘Casablanca Nights’ features a whole host of ElectroPop collaborations, some of the best tracks to be released this year. Amongst those is a couple of tunes with Le Prix, including ‘Alice’ featuring the vocal talents of Fred Ventura and Miss Sally Shapiro. This track, ‘Alice, is now getting a 12” release from Disco Evolution, a sublabel of Flashback Records under the moniker Fred Ventura Vs. Sally Shapiro. Got it?

It’s a sweet, slightly Italo in it’s bassline, ElectroPop track, with a huge chorus. Surprisingly traditional SynthPop in it’s arrangement the track is an awesome meeting of classic SynthPop and Agebjörn modern, slick, production. The 12” also features the ‘Energy Mix’, which turns up the Italo side of the track by dropping an amazing mid-80’s bassline. There’s actually a strong Pet Shop Boys feel to the reMix, and that’s definitely no bad thing.

♫ Johan Agebjörn & Le Prix (Feat. Fred Ventura & Sally Shapiro) – Alice

♫ Johan Agebjörn & Le Prix (Feat. Fred Ventura & Sally Shapiro) – Alice (Energy Mix)

‘The Last Days Of Summer’ is taken from ‘Casablanca Nights’, out now on Paper Bag Records.

Fred Ventura Vs. Sally Shapiro’s ‘Alice’ has just been released on 12” on Flashback Records.

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Jun 26 2011

Goin’ Old School: Laura Branigan (or) Raf – Self Control

Straight from 1984, here is both Laura Branigan and co-wirter Raf’s versions of ‘Self Control’, both blew up in Europe that year but only Branigan’s made any impact across the Atlantic. I can never decide which version I prefer but both are definitely better than the subsequent covers.

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Jun 22 2011

Moustache Machine’s Boulevard

Moustache Machine, he of the Italo Cassuis reMix we featured a while back had dropped a new track, ‘Boulevard Malesherbes’ that is cock full of Electro Boogie greatness.

There’s more synth Funk that you can handle in this track, the bassline alone is pure electronic Disco awesomeness, but add to that the synth toms and the 80’s chords and you have a chilled summer Disco tune that is prefect for long hot nights in good company.

♫ Moustache Machine – Boulevard Malesherbes

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Jun 22 2011

Rex The Dog – BREED Podcast 3

Rex The Dog – BREED Podcast 3 = The third mixtape to commemorate the launching of Rex’s new London clubnight BREED, this time mixed by Rex himself and it’s a storming 45 minuites of ElectroPop, Italo, electronic sounds.

♫ Rex The Dog – BREED Podcast 3

The Tracklist:

01. Mario & Vidis (Feat. Ernesto) – Changed (Rex’s School Project Edit)
02. Matias Aquayo – Dance Machine
03. Gesaffelstein – Atmosphere
04. Penguin Prison – Multi Millionaire (Robert Owens reMix) (Italo Edit))
05. Yazoo – Goodbye 70’s (Sleazy Edit)
06. Gesaffelstein – Aufstand
07. Hermanos Inglesos – Take Me Down (Back To 1987 With Dave Glimmer reMix)
08. Congress – 40 Miles
09. Gesaffelstein – Glass

You can check the previous two podcasts here.

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Jun 21 2011

Flemming Dalum’s The Other Side Of Italo

Flemming Dalum – The Other Side Of Italo = An absolutely amazing hour of Italo and dark ElectroPop from a man who is an Italo legend.

♫ Flemming Dalum – The Other Side Of Italo

The tracklist:

01. Synthia – Nuit Synthetique
02. Hysteric – On Earth
03. Psyche – Prisoner To Desire
04. Bijou – Marine
05. James Saunders – Spectra
06. El Deux – Wir Tanzen
07. Casionova – Where Eagles Dare
08. Francis Rimbert & Frederick Rousseau – Top Machine
09. Radar – Una Splendida Emicrania
10. Bijou – Run Stop!
11. George Fenton & Ken Freeman – Mobile Unit
12. Rodrick – Love’s OK (Albion Edit)
13. Radar – Zona Endoten
14. Eva Eva Eva – Invasione (Albion Edit)
15. Kennyboy – Eastendboy
16. Psyche – Uncivilized
17. The Warlord – Alpha And Omega (Albion Edit)
18. AP Project – Hyper Gamma Spaces
19. Music Makers – Musik Makers
20. Kaméléon – Genocide (Hanoben Shizzo Edit)
21. Linda Lee – There’s No Matter
22. Analisi 91 – Disco Magic
23. Dee Jay Roby – Dance Not Dance
24. Enigma – Cave Man
25. Psyche – Unveiling The Secret
26. El Deux – Computer-Mädchen
27. Barbarella – Move In Do It
28. Die Partei – Ostafrika
29. Omni – Green Line
30. K. Bytes – Omega Race
31. Barbarella – The Queen Of Love
32. Psyche – The Outsider

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Jun 11 2011

AXXE & StardonE

The ElectroSleaze of AXXE plus StardonE’s Cosmic Disco. How good a combination is that?

Actually, StardonE brings things a back to earth a little with this reMix which is more rooted in late 80’s SynthPop than his usual spacey Disco Funk, even going so far as to include a little Italo in the mix. the end result being a track that could have rocked Hi-NRG dancefloors a couple of decades ago but will also rock Disco dancefloors today.