Mar 2 2011

Edwin Van Cleef & Chilly Gonzales

Chilly Gonzales’s ‘You Can Dance’ continues to blow up on dancefloors up and down the country. I was particularly to hear Annie Mac drop our friends Walter Sobcek’s reMix on her show on Friday night.

The original track is awesome and the reMixes are all hot as fuck, but, good grief, Mr. Van Cleef has really outdone himself this time!

Edwin Van Cleef’s reMix is a steel drum Dreamwave epic that gets it so right, from the the funking bassline to the jazzy solo. It’s so majestic you just have to bow down in it’s presence.

♫ Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Edwin Van Cleef reMix)

Gonzales’ ‘You Can Dance’ EP with reMixes by Walter Sobcek, Edwin Van Cleef and Gemini Club is out now!

Chilly Gonzales @ Beatport

Chilly Gonzales @ Juno

Chilly Gonzales @ 7Digital

Chilly Gonzales @ Amazon

Feb 28 2011

ZX, now Zedex, reMixes Fenech-Soler + free EP

Electro-House duo ZX have been a bit quite for a while now, since we last wrote about the them have changed their name (well, spelling at least) to Zedex (which I think is better) and, if their new reMix of their friends Fenech-Soler new current ‘Demons’ is anything to go by, have been developing a smoother, slicker sound.

The reMix rocks more of a Disco vibe than their previous, more distorted noisy House, offerings, showing a defiantly maturing of their sound. This track almost goes Cosmic in places with big, lush, synth pads washed with reverb siting atop deep, deep bassline. there is certainly something unique about Zedex’s tunes, I can’t put my finger on it, maybe there’s a little Chicago House influence in there or something. Whatever it is, it’s Nu-Disco with a twist, and I can’t wait to hear more.

♫ Fenech-Soler – Demons (Zedex reMix)

On top of all this, Fenech-Soler are giving away, or the small price of an email address, an EP of stripped down session versions of four of their best tunes. The White Versions EP is available here.

‘Zulu X-Ray’, Zedex’s awesomely titles second EP is out in April, Fenech-Soler’s ‘Demons’ is out now.

Fenech-Soler @ Beatport

Fenech-Soler @ Juno

Fenech-Soler @ 7Digital

Fenech-Soler @ Amazon

Feb 25 2011

Electricity reMixes Jupiter

Electricity are the latest in a long line of super-secret electro producers, no-one knows anything about them and that seem to suit them fine, they’ll let their music do the talking.

Their first official release is a reMix of the new single by awesome French Disco act Jupiter. The call it Progressive Electro-Funk, sounds right to me. The bass in this track mad as hell and as a début easily stack up against the other reMix talent on the CD, the likes of Para One & Tacteel, In Flagranti, Hannulelauri, and Blackjoy. Electricity have defiantly got his/her/their Disco on!

♫ Jupiter – Saké (Electricity reMix)

Jupiter’s ‘Saké’ drops 7th March on the wonderful Kitsuné Music.

Feb 22 2011

The Human League & Aeroplane!!!

Here it is, the reMix we’ve been waiting for. Nu-Disco pioneers Aeroplane’s reMix of the forthcoming The Human League single, ‘Never Let Me Go’.

The original version is a Robo-Pop stomper that sees The Human League sounding more contemporary than their pervious single ‘Night People’, but this reMix takes it to another level. All Vito Aeroplane’s trademark filtered Disco grooves are in there alongside Phil, Joanne and Susan. Massive chords in the chorus work expertly alongside 80’s riffs in the verses. All-in-all, worth the wait. We’ll probably be hammering this most of the summer!

♫ The Human League – Never Let Me Go (Aeroplane reMix)

The ‘Never Let Me Go’ single is released 21st March alongside the new album ‘Credo’ also on 21st March.

The Human League @ Beatport

The Human League @ Juno

The Human League @ 7Digital

The Human League @ Amazon

Feb 22 2011

digitalfoxglove reMixes Louis La Roché

Do you need some funky-ass shit to liven up your day? Then look no further than digitalfoxglove’s Disco bomb reMix of Louis La Roché’s new single ‘My Turn’.

DFG takes the vocal stylings of Yann Destal and smacks them down on top of a digital groove that’ll keep you nodding all day then layers on soaring synths. Keeping it building until the end digitalfoxglove keeps the wicked axe solo from the original but turns it into a mindblowing finale!

♫ Louis La Roché (Feat. Yann Destal) – My Turn (digitalfoxglove reMix)

‘My Turn’ is out now on Ever After Records.

Louis La Roché @ Beatport

Louis La Roché @ Juno

Louis La Roché @ 7Digital

Louis La Roché @ Amazon

Feb 22 2011

Juan Atkins Vs. Oliver

Juan Atkins is The Man, I used to love Cybotron way back when, and right now one of the names to keep an eye on is Oliver, Dreamwave/Nu-Disco dup made up of U-Tern & Oligee. A track that brings the two together is more than I could have wished for.

And I love the result, it’s got it’s Disco Funk turned up so high. Cut-up talkbox vocals, laidback Funk bass, big bright 80’s synths, what more could you want? The whole EP is being given away for free by Scion A/V reMix, which is awesome ‘cos this track alone would be worth the price of an EP!

♫ Juan Atkins – Dayshift (Oliver’s Nightshift reMix)

Download the entire remix EP here.

Juan Atkins @ Beatport

Juan Atkins @ Juno

Juan Atkins @ 7Digital

Juan Atkins @ Amazon

Feb 22 2011

French Horn Rebellion’s ‘This Moment’, as reMixed by Jacuzzihidive

”Post our remix of This Moment by our friends French Horn Rebellion! It’s fuckin’ hot!”

That was basically the entire content of the email we received from Jacuzzihidive, an as much as we hate to admit it, they’re right. Their reMix is fuckin’ hot.

French Horn Rebellion’s ‘This Moment’ gets a full on analog Disco workout. Bouncing analog bass and strings give the track a new lease of life by this Las Vegas based ElectroPop trio, throw in some Moroder-esq synths and you’ve got a track that won’t quit.

It’s fuckin’ hot!

♫ French Horn Rebellion – This Moment (Jacuzzihidive reMix)

French Horn Rebellion’s ‘This Moment’ has been out, like, forever!

French Horn Rebellion @ Beatport

French Horn Rebellion @ Juno

French Horn Rebellion @ 7Digital

French Horn Rebellion @ Amazon

Feb 22 2011

Kap10Kurt’s new video and Justin Faust reMix

Kap10Kurt has just dropped his new single ‘Speed Demon’ on Work It Baby. It’s a full on soaring, retro synth, Nu-Disco/Electro powerhouse with a massive Pop chorus.

Oh, and a genius video too!

In the single you’ll also find this epic reMix by the man Justin Faust, with this huge 80’s riff you can#t help but fall in love with!

♫ kap10kurt – Speed Demon (Justin Faust reMix)

‘Speed Demon’ is out now.

Feb 19 2011

Binary Week: Win one of three awesome Binary T-shirts!!!

And so, it is with a heavy heart that we bring our Binary Week to a close.

Over the last seven days you’ve been able to get to know the seven members of the Binary family a little better and hopefully you’ve heard some rad music you’d not previously been exposed to. If you were already a Binary fan I hope you’ve been entertained and interested over the week. If you weren’t a Binary fan before I hope you are now!

I also hope we have been able to inspire you to go and track down some more music from the leaders of California’s ElectroPop scene. Seriously, go and buy the ‘Binary Presents: LA Lights’ compilation, or LexiconDon’s ‘Pink + Blue’ album, or NightWaves’ ‘Sweet Carrie’ single, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

And if you’re lost, here’s a recap of the week:

Binary Week: Binary 101

Binary Week: Short Circuit

Binary Week: LexiconDon

Binary Week: Futurecop! & Keenhouse’s Dreams

Binary Week: Keenhouse

Binary Week: electronic rumours mixtape: Pop-Fu 09 ‘Binary Entertainment Special’

Binary Week: Fabian

Binary Week: Alfa

Binary Week: The Kids Are Radioactive

Binary Week: NightWaves

I’d also like to say a massive thanks to Binary’s Josh who helped us get this week organised, he’s been a busy man promoting these last few months but has still taken the time to round up the Binary clan (which must be like hoarding cats!) for interviews.

Right, on to the good stuff! Binary Entertainment have been kinds enough to let us give away an awesome Binary T-shirt to three, yes three!, lucky winners of our Binary giveaway!

You can see the shirt below, I’ve got two of these bad boys personally. Comfy as hell!

All you need to do to win one of these badass shirts is follow these steps:

1) Follow @BinaryEnt and @electronicrumor on Twitter

2) Tweet the following (without inverted commas):

“Hey @electronicrumor, I loved your week of @BinaryEnt Dreamwave artists, I wanna’ win myself a T-shirt now! http://bit.ly/e5uVjA #binaryweek”

3) Don’t forget the #binaryweek hashtag!

All the winners names will be written on bits of paper, screwed up and put in my pork-pie hat and we’ll pick three winners at random.

Simple as that! We’ll give you two weeks to enter, ending the competition 5th March and we’ll announce the winners (and contact them by Twitter DM) on Monday 7th March.

So get entering, and get listening to so of the awesome output from the Binary camp!

Binary Entertainment @ Beatport

Binary Entertainment @ Juno

Binary Entertainment @ 7Digital

Binary Entertainment @ Amazon

Feb 18 2011

Binary Week: The Kids Are Radioactive

The Kids Are Radioactive, A.K.A. Jordan Elliot, is they guy who brings a touch of rave to the house of Binary.

There’s no mucking about with TKAR, he wants to see you dance ‘til you drop.
I first notice TKAR on the forth volume of the free Masters Of The Universe compilation, back when the Dreamwave scene was a nameless thing that seemed to spend most of it’s life on MySpace. Since then he has always impressed with they way he brings bangin’ Electro-House tunes into the more melodic, musical realms that his Binary peers inhabit.

With a seemingly flawless knack for knowing what works on the dancefloor, as proved by his string of blog teasing reMixes, and as the youngest member of the Binary family, his productions show surprising musical maturity.

Also, Jordan is an internationally renowned Saxophonist, and if you’re going to play an instrument that doesn’t require electricity, the Sax is defiantly the coolest!

Let’s hear what the man has to say:

ER: First off, many thanks Jordan for chatting with us.

J: The pleasure is all mine.

ER: How did you start getting involved with making music?

J: Hmm let’s see.. The first instrument I learned how to play was the saxophone in elementary school. I studied both jazz and classical growing up¼ From there I learned to play several other instruments and I eventually got into recording my own music.

ER: who are your heroes and influences, both musical and otherwise?

J: My heroes list looks something like this: John Coltrane, Quentin Tarantino, Bob Dylan, Michael Crichton, John Lennon, Alex Ridha, John Bonham, George Orwell.

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive – Cult Classic

ER: When did the Binary crew enter the picture?

J: I remember when Binary wasn’t anything more than an idea! haha. When they hit me up about starting some kind of music collective in 2007 I was just a junior in high school. Josh and Kyle did an amazing job putting the whole thing into motion, eventually it grew into the sick label and company it is now. Looking back on it I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time!

ER: Your music leans more toward Electro-House than the rest of Binary’s roster, are you flying the French-House flag in the Binary camp?

J: Maybe I was at one point, when I first started out that’s exactly what I was going for. It seems my taste changes every other week now. I just try to make tracks that will make people shake it on the dance floor.

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive (Feat. LexiconDon) – Higher

ER: What’s in The Kids Are Radioactive’s studio?

J: A bunch of stuff.. I’ve got a Moog Little Phatty, Studio Electronics SE-1, some guitars and amps, an acoustic jazz bass, a saxophone, a trumpet, some midi controllers, a couple tape recorders, a talk-box that i built out of an old shoe box, some CDJ’s, an electronic drum kit, another real drum kit, and a couch (which is also my bed).

ER: And how much of your studio come out with you when you play live?

J: Usually just the laptop and some controllers.. although I’ve been thinking about starting to play live with more of my analog gear. Actually I’m working on a new live project with a friend of mine who designs lights and visuals.. so maybe more will be coming out soon haha. We’ll have to wait and see how that goes.

ER: If money was no object, what would your dream synth be?

J: It would definitely be a pure analog version of Native Instrument’s plugin “Massive”. That thing is a beast. I use it in pretty much everything.

ER: If money was no object, what synth would you like to get your hands on?

J: It would definitely be a completely custom modular system.. and it definitely would need it’s own room haha.

♫ Lady GaGa – Bad Romance (The Kids Are Radioactive reMix)

ER: What does being part of the Binary family mean to you as a musician?

J: To me being part of the Binary family is always being able to go back to LA and call it home, from chilling on the streets in the Cali sunshine to the best parties and people all night. Croosh tunes and chill vibes all day.

ER: What can we expect from The Kids Are Radioactive in the future?

J: You can definitely expect more new music! Actually, I’m working on a new ep right now for a tune I finished a while back called “Sahara”.. it’s gonna’ have
some desert inspired tent music, haha. And hopefully more gigs out on the east coast while I’m finishing up school too.

ER: Is The Kids Are Radioactive more of a cereal or pile of pancakes for breakfast kinda’ act? Would that change the night after a show?

J: Definitely cereal! I’m a creature of habit.. and I have a certain ritual of eating Jack In The Box after every show no matter what. It’s cheap and it gets the job done. I guess I got into the habit from partying in high school.. it was the best restaurant open at 3 am every day!