May 25 2011

Mustang’s April mixtape

Mustang – May ‘11 Mixtape = There’s some serious sounds in this hour long mixtape covering all kinds of Disco from a cosmic angle.

♫ Mustang – May ‘11 Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Golden Bug & Mustang (Feat. Lavina Claws) : Soap Opera (Dub)
02. Mario & Vidis – Changed (Soul Clap reMix)
03. Publicist – Make Ends Meet (Zimmer Edit)
04. The Rolling Stones – Too Much Blood (Debonairs Too Much Dub)
05. Laid Back – Cocaine Cool (Extended)
06. Creep – Days (Azari & III reMix)
07. Joakim – Forever Young (Extended Afro Mix)
08. Penguin Prison – Multi-Millionaire (Pete Herbert Dub Mix)
09. Lazydisco – More Tigers (Mirror People reMix)
10. Punks Jump Up – Mr overtime (Mickey reMix)
11. Jamie Jones, Hot Natured & Lee Foss (Feat. Ali Love) – Forward Motion
12. Mustang – Nebula

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May 25 2011

Russ Chimes’ ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP

Russ Chimes’ nearly broke Twitter a couple of weeks ago with a 1m15s teaser of his new EP, my entire timeline went a little mental for a while.

Not without justification though, as with the ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP, released this week, Mr. Chimes, once again, shows himself to be head and shoulders above the competition. The EP, as it’s title suggest, is only two tracks (although I suspect a reMix EP is incoming) but two tracks from RC are worth a whole album from some other artists. On ‘Tonic’ we see the man introducing more Ravey elements in to his Disco (as hinted at in his recent reMixes) but never loosing the Funk. The track whips the listener into a dancefloor frenzy before, in the middle-eight, dropping one of the sweetest leads you’ve ever heard then relentlessly kicking you back to the groove. It’s intense stuff, crafted with signature Russ Chimes precision. The flip side, ‘Helix’ is a deep Electro-House track with a Moog Funk bassline and on old school beat that’ll have the dancefloor loosing it’s mind.

♫ Russ Chimes – Tonic

Russ Chimes’ ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP is out now.

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May 24 2011

Johan Agebjörn & Queen Of Hearts’ video

Johan Agebjörn & Ercola & Queen Of Hearts’ ‘The Last Day Of Summer’, we’ve listened to it quite a lot. Now, we can watch it quite a lot too! It’s only bleedin’ gone and got itself a music video ain’t it!

At some point director Stuart Hall made the correct decision to tell Misters Agebjörn and Ercola to take the day off and just to film the Queen saying goodbye to past loves in some fields. Also, there probably wasn’t room in the crew transport for Misters Agebjörn and Ercola with all the Queen’s various costume changes and you’ve got to prioritise these things properly.

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

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May 24 2011

Douze’s new mixtape

Douze – Emotape Vol. 2 = A crammed full forty five minutes ranging from Disco to Electro-House, perfect fro summer afternoons.

♫ Douze – Emotape Vol. 2

The tracklist:

01. Cosmo Vitelli – Night Dogs
02. Baby Oliver – Feelings 2
03. Jackass & Mule – 123 ,iami
04. Paperclip People – Throw
05. My Mine – Hypnotic Tango (Serge Santiago Edit)
06. Ripperton – At Peace (I Cube Tape Mix)
07. High Powered Boys – Udon (Julio Bashmore Sax-Dub)
08. Boo Williams – Mortal Trance
09. Kingpin Cartel – Ghetto
10. Secret Cinema – Glad Chord/L-Vis 1990 – Forever You
11. Akabu – Life Is So Strange
12. Digitalism – Blitz (TTW Edit)
13. Le Knight Club – Gator
14. Dave Armstrong & Steve Angello – Groove In You
15. … – …
16. Gypsy And The Cat – Jona Vark (Alan Braxe reMix)
17. Those Usual Suspects (Feat. Yota) – My Star (Lifelike Dub reMix)
18. cocknbullkid – One Eye Closed (Kris Menace reMix)
19. Retro/Grade – Escape Sequence
20. Munk – Mis Labios (Black Van reMix)
21. Black Van – Express
22. Blende – One-Sided
23. A1
24. Douze – Eternity’s Call Back
25. Soul Clap – Between The Edit
26. Douze – Flashbacks
27. Daniel Balavoine – La Muraille

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May 23 2011

Beaumont’s début EP

In a really fucked up coincidence it is exactly two years, to the day, that we first posted about Beaumont (well, his first solo post, if you discount a post about a Ladyhawke reMix), and it’s this day that he chooses to release his début EP!

So, what’s changed in two years? Well, we’ve seen the man develop and hone his studio skills, we’ve seen a maturing and evolution in the musicality of his work, but he’s never really strayed too far from his vision. Even in his early work you can hear hints that where he is now is where he was headed all along. The mixing up of Nu-Disco, Dreamwave and ChipTune that became Beaumont’s trademark always had a certain epicness to it that has now found a distinctive voice in his current Downtempo-Dreamwave (for want of a better description) output. ‘City Meets Soldier’ is an eight minute musical narrative that slides from mood to mood, kept in check with a solid groove. These seems to be seven distinctive parts, or chapters, to the track that each have something to say individually whilst advancing the overall arrangement. Now, I have no idea whether that’s just me reading too much into the track, but it’s pretty sophisticated songwriting and would appear to be the culmination of Beaumont’s recent interest in more atmospheric and evocative music.

It’s also pretty easy on the ears!

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Original Mix)

There’s four reMixes on the EP, by the likes of Shelby Gray, Farfetched Clancy and Ren Riz. The latter two take the track straight back to the dancefloor. Ren drops a slightly Acid flavoured Electro-House track, the kind that completely absorbs you on the dancefloor while Clancy seriously raised the bar with what is probably my favourite reMix on the EP that hold onto Beaumont’s epic feel and wraps it in some sweet sweet Disco.

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Clancy reMix)

♫ Beaumont (Feat. Ill Collins) – City Meets Soldier (Ren Riz reMix)

Right, Reader, you have a choice now, and I’m trusting you as a person of integrity and taste to make the right decision. You can pick up the ‘City Meets Soldier’ EP two ways. Beaumont is giving it away, all five tracks, on his SoundCloud as 128kbps mp3s, or you can grab the whole EP in it’s full 320kbps nuanced format for a paltry $4 from Beaumont’s Bandcamp site.

You know what to do.

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May 23 2011

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’ EP is the latest release on French dance label Paranoiak, and is a real stormer.

The title track is a smooth synthesizer workout with a solid Disco beat and some beautiful shimmering 80’s lead sounds. The track works as a summery Dreamwave track but the inclusion of a layer of 90’s House piano takes it to the next level. There is some serious good time vibes going on in this track, you should defiantly check it out. The rest of the EP keeps up the high quality, leaning more to the Electro-House side of things but retaining the euphoria.

♫ Meridian – Elsewhere

As a bonus check out Karl Rose’s deep Disco reMix,

♫ Meridian – Elsewhere (Karl Rose reMix)

Meridian’s ‘Elsewhere’ EP is out 23rd May.

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May 23 2011

2Cage’s ‘Foot Warmer’ video

2Cage are an Italian duo who mix up a few influences, a bit of ElectroPop, a bit of ChipTune, a bit of Nu-Disco, a bit of Italo, into a n exciting Dreamwave-esq package. Sounding a little like early Danger with more of a Disco footing, these guys are defiantly one to keep an eye on if you like epic retro Electro.

Check the video for their new single, ‘Foot Warmer’.

‘Foot Warmer’ is out 20th May on Tunz Tunz Records.

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May 20 2011

Ride The Universe invade Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’ this week

Fear Of Tigers – ‘The Guestlist’ 20/05/2011 = The Ride The Universe boys join Feat Of Tigers for an interview and a storming 20 minute minimix on this week’s ‘The Guestlist’, as well as Double Trouble picking their big tune of the week and all the best massive tunes.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 20/05/2011

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May 20 2011

Johan Agebjörn & Queen Of Hearts

As you’ll know by now Johan Agebjörn’s ‘Casablanca Nights’ is an ElectroPop masterpiece, than man has really picked out some excellent collaborators, riding with the likes of Sally Shapiro, Le Prix, Lovelock, CFCF, Legowelt and Wolfram, just for starters.

The album was released earlier this months and if you haven’t picked it up yet maybe this will convince you? For ‘The Last Day Of Summer’ Johan has teamed up with Ercola and the UK’s next big thing Queen Of Hearts for this laid back groover. With a blissed out Nu-Disco vibe, some sweet analog synth strings and a solo that rocks this tune is prefect for…well…the last days of summer.

♫ Johan Agebjörn & Ercola (Feat. Queen Of Hearts) – The Last Day Of Summer

‘Casablanca Nights’ is out now on Paper Bag Records.

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May 20 2011

Edwin Van Cleef’s May Mix

Edwin Van Cleef – May Mix 2011 = Edwin drops fifty minutes of serious upfront Nu-Disco, the prefect start to the weekend. Cleefs reMix of MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Between The Pavement To The Stars’ is immense!

♫ Edwin Van Cleef – May Mix 2011

The tracklist:

01. Body Language – Social Studies (Plastic Plates reMix)
02. SebastiAn – Yes
03. SebastiAn – Arabest
04. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (Gigamesh reMix)
05. MiGHty mOUse – From The Pavement To The Stars (Edwin Van Cleef reMix)
06. Basement Jaxx – Flylife (Dan Castro reMix)
07. Vanish – Don’t Be Afraid (Dublin Aunts reMix)
08. Acid Soul Project – Making Money
09. Mitzi – India (Joakim reMix)
10. Metronomy – The Look (Moonlight Matters reMix)
11. Slice & Soda – Year Of The Dragon (Villa reMix)
12. Peter & The Magician – Twist
13. Yuksek – On A Train (Gucci Vump reMix)
14. Polarsets – Sunshine Eyes

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