Feb 18 2011

Alpha Boy delivers free EP

German retro synth dance producer Alpha Boy is giving away an EP of unreleased tracks and reMixes.

I love Alpha Boy’s tunes, the 80’s-esq melodies he plays around with are amazing. Right here we have two tracks off the free EP, ‘Tron’ is an awesome, sweeping epic of a tune which features pretty much everything I want from instrumental synthesizer music. Driving beats and bass and soaring leads. ‘Left And Right’ is a harder affair, a stomping dancefloor monster stacked thick with video game sounds.

♫ Alpha Boy – Tron

♫ Alpha Boy – Left And Right

You can get Alpha Boy’s whole free EP here.

Alpha Boy @ Juno

Alpha Boy @ Amazon

Feb 18 2011

Clancy reMixes Kisses new single

Clancy, who is amongst the best up and coming producers around, stopped by the electronic rumors inbox to drop off his latest reMix.

‘Midnight Lover’ is the new single from LA Indie-DiscoPop duo Kisses and Clancy’s does a sterling job on his reMix. The bouncy bass keeps the track driving along but it’s genius lies in the layers of chords and intertwining riffs that allow the vocals to sit at just the right level. Absorbing as hell, this reMix wraps you up in it’s beats and carries you away.

♫ Kisses – Midnight Lover (Clancy reMix)

Kisses’ ‘Midnight Lover’ is out this week.

Feb 18 2011

The Tapeaters’ ‘Visions’

If you thought that Russian Nu-Disco & ElectroPop began and ended with Tesla Boy you’d be sorely mistaken!

Enter The Tapeaters, who have just released their début album ‘Visions’, the duo of Vadim Pukhov and Dimitri Kozlow who are producing some of the slickest DiscoPop, not just in Russia, in the world! The album is track after track of dancefloor driving ElectroPop with groove. Matching up the funky basslines of Nu-Disco with 80’s SynthPop melodies and soft spoken, soulful, vocals, The Tapeaters produce a sound that is pretty hard to beat.

The are, of course, comparisons to be made with their countrymen Tesla Boy, but that’s a good thing both play top quality ElectroPop with a hint of 80’s electronic R&B influence but each band manages to carve out it’s own unique sound within the genre, and if this is a trend of bands from Russia with a similar sound then bring it on!

‘Visions’ is defiantly one of the best début albums to be released in recent times!

♫ The Tapeaters – Satellite

♫ The Tapeaters – Moon Shines

♫ The Tapeaters – They Are Coming

the Tapeaters’’Visions’ is out now and the guys will be supporting Cut Copy on their upcoming shows in Russia!

The Tapeaters @ Beatport

The Tapeaters @ Juno

The Tapeaters @ 7Digital

The Tapeaters @ Amazon

Feb 17 2011

Binary Week: Alfa

Zak Aldridge, better known to you as Alfa, is Binary’s go-to guy for heavy Electro.

Keeping the sweeping lead lines and melodies of Dreamwave and infusing them with the chainsaw synths of French Electro, Alfa makes music for when you are in the middle of the dancefloor with your hands in the air and your brain not available right now.

An LA native, Zak is the Electro-House Powerhouse of the Binary stable, but don’t think for a moment that means his tunes are unsubtle. Meticulously produced, each Alfa track is not the noisy mess many heavy Electro tracks end up. Clean and crisp, with each gritty synth sound cutting through the mix Zak keeps it hard but never gets lost.

Alfa hooked up with the newly formed Binary crew after receiving some attention for winning The Cryptonites’ ‘Can’t Give You Up’ reMix competition and releasing his own ‘LA Passion’ EP and since the hasn’t looked back.

Here’s what he had to say:

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

Z: Your welcome 🙂

ER: How did you get into music production?

Z: My life started in ‘99 when I picked up my first guitar. Then a few months later I played drums for the first time and something clicked. That 8th grade summer my destiny was locked—I had found my passion. From Punk, Ska, and Reggae, to Pop-Punk, Indie Rock and Classic Rock, I was going CRAZY trying to find the most suitable music scene for me. Then age 17 came around and I was infatuated with the Hardcore/Grindcore/Death Metal scene. I also had a great interest in dance music. While in my Death Metal band I would venture to the clubs 3 or 4 nights a week. I was 20 and my best friend at the time introduced me to vinyl and sent Reason 3 my way. It was over—I had lost almost all interest in making death metal. If you know anything about good, epic Death Metal, you would know that it’s very complicated and mathematical. So when I made the complete switch over to electronic music, it came very naturally. I was finally satisfied and content with the capabilities of the sequencing.

ER: Who were your heroes or influences, both musical and otherwise?

Z: As of now my heroes and influences are the 6 other binary artists. Every binary artist influences me in their own unique way. SHORT CIRCUIT is the tech guy. I’m not too big of a reader so when it comes to learning something new about the program I’m using, he’s always the guy to go to; he constantly reads up on how to use the software the right way. FABIAN continues to come out with the freshest, cleanest electro. Super complete and full of life. His music never ceases to amaze me and sends me in the right direction when I’m in need for some inspiration. LEXICONDON is the front man—he gives me the inspiration to stay alive out there and to “get weird” when performing. He is the crowd starter and has grown so much in the past 2 years. NIGHTWAVES, the soul of Binary, always reminds me with their music and posts to bring back the emotion, to bring the feeling back to the music. THE KIDS ARE RADIOACTIVE. He is one in a million. The kid can play saxophone like a god. He brings out the heavy in me. Whenever I see him mix live he compels me to be a better DJ and bring the power to the crowd. The one and only KEENHOUSE—I can truly say that Keenhouse has inspired me more than anyone in my lifetime. His talent has pushed me to be a better producer and musician. Every time I see him play keyboard my jaw drops to the floor. I hope to have him stay with us in LA forever. Aside from Binary guys, Nobuo Uematsu and Minoru Akao are my favorite producers of all time. They produced the entire Final Fantasy VII soundtrack. Current favourites: Siriusmo, Hemingway, lovelife, Aeroplane, Holy Ghost!, The Chase, Kansk, and Jupiter.

♫ Alfa – Nerve

ER: When did the Binary crew enter the picture? Were you a fan before you got involved?

Z: I actually never heard of Binary before they asked me to join. I had been producing for about 2 years before I met Josh and Kyle. From what I remember they were a big fan of LA Passion and really liked the fact that I previously won the Cryptonites remix contest. Before KEENHOUSE joined Binary, Josh and Kyle sent me a message via MySpace, showed me all the artists they had recruited, and asked me to join. It’s kind of weird ‘cause at that time I was looking for/wanted to start a crew to DJ and produce and share music with—sort of an Ed Banger, but in LA, and what do you know, they came to me.

ER: How does being part of Binary help you as a musician?

Z: All the Binary artists are always coming out with fresh new material for me to compete with. They make me consistently say to myself, “I need to get better.” I value the feeling of being pushed and pushed to be the best. As long as the Binary family continues to feed off each other, we’ll continue to create better music.

♫ Alfa – Turismo

ER: That’s a fine moustache, does it have a backstory?

Z: Ever since I laid my eyes on my booking manager’s blog “Moustache Wars,” I’ve been obsessed with the “stache.” Gotta’ check it out: http://mustachewars.tumblr.com/

ER: What’s in the Alfa studio studio? What are your favorite bits of kit?

Z: My studio is very basic, I use Reason 4 and Ableton 8. I run my audio through an M-Audio Fast track pro and play all my synth on an M-Audio Axiom 49. I have a Banshee Rocktron talk box and a couple random guitar pedals. I have an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar and I have 2 phantom powered mics in which I record acoustic guitar, vocals, whistles, claps, snaps and any other random sounds I have the hots for. My favourite drum machines right now are: Oberheim DMX, Roland CompuRhythm 1000, Roland TR-505, Roland D-10 L.A

ER: How does your live set up work?

Z: My new live set consists of my girlfriend and I playing synths, talk box, guitars and drums over a backing track. We also have guest vocalists and guest musicians randomly added to the picture. I’m striving for a complete live band within the next year or so.

♫ Alfa – Sky Patrol

ER: Do you prefer playing live or DJing?

Z: At the moment I prefer DJing. I like to express myself with music greater than my own and show the people of LA the amazing new music I constantly discover. I enjoy the fact that i can mix it up between Vinyl, CDJs and Serato. I love collecting records and would prefer to mix straight vinyl any day, but you cant get everything on vinyl these days so I find it fun switching from Vinyl to CDJs in a set.

ER: What’s the best show you’ve performed to date?

Z: I’m going to have to go with the Holy Ghost/Classixx/LexiconDon/Alfa rooftop pool party Binary and DubFrequency recently threw on June 5th this year. It was an absolutely beautiful day, sunny with a mild breeze. In my opinion the best party of the summer.

♫ Keenhouse – Deep In The Forest (Alfa Rmx)

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

Z: Price wise I would love to get my hands on a Roland Jupiter 8. The synth that I have my eyes on right now is the Yamaha CS 01 with the breath controller. Amazing.. If you type in, “JAPAN SYNTHESIZER BAND COSMOS,” on YouTube and click the first link you can get a little preview of what the breath controller does with the Yamaha CS 01.

ER: What does Dreamwave mean to you?

Z: Three words….”Costa del sol” youtube it!!

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

Z: I’m more of an omelette with spinach kinda’ guy, with lots of ketchup… I don’t think it would change the after hours but it would definitely help my hangover the next morning 🙂

♫ NightWaves – Sweet Carrie (Alfa reMix)

Zak is working hard on the new Alfa EP, until then check out his previous releases:

Feb 17 2011

More Toro Y Moi reMixes

After last months awesome reMix by Fireo we have another three top quality reMixes of Toro Y Moi latest single ‘Still Sound’.

Nu-Disco original Xinobi brings exactly what we’d expect of him to the table. Crushing Disco grooves and a chilled vibe that make Xinobi out-Disco most Disco acts. Girlfriend Records artist Gossip Culture come up with a suitably dreamy 80’s influenced tune which both captures the feeling of the original but makes it Gossip Culture’s own too. Getting a bit more electronic is Lazydisco who’s bleepy deep, DiscoPop take on the song is a hypnotic builder.

♫ Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Xinobi reMix)

♫ Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Gossip Culture reMix)

♫ Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Lazydisco reMix)

‘Still Sound’ is taken from Toro Y Moi’s album ‘Underneath The Pine’.

Toro Y Moi @ Beatport

Toro Y Moi @ Juno

Toro Y Moi @ 7Digital

Toro Y Moi @ Amazon

Feb 17 2011

Teenage Bad Girl Vs. Kartell

We dropped the new Teenage Bad Girl single on you a couple of weeks ago, well it’s out now and to celebrate Citizen Records are giving away this exclusive reMix of the track by Kartell, not featured on the EP!

Less heavy and noisy as the the original, Kartell takes the groove and the smooth vocoded vocals from the track and invited them down the Disco. Thrown into the mix are the occasional electro tom and hand clap just to remind you of where you are. The original track was an awesome buzzsaw noisy ElectroPop tune, this reMix is a more sophisticated beat altogether.

♫ Teenage Bad Girl – Keep Up With With You (Kartell reMix)

The ‘Keep Up With You’ EP is out this week on Citizen Records.

Teenage Bad Girl @ Beatport

Teenage Bad Girl @ Juno

Teenage Bad Girl @ 7Digital

Teenage Bad Girl @ Amazon

Feb 17 2011

Com Truise reMixes Franklin

The latest Nu-Disco act on everyone’s lips, Com Truise, have reMixed Folk act Franklin for their new single.

Released on Wool Records as a limited edition 7”, ‘I Know’, this reMix sees Com Truise in full-on 80’s Electro mode. haunting, atmospheric synth sounds over fanatic arpeggios and mid-tempo Disco drums take the mix into truly cosmic territory, with only a hint of the bit-crushed madness of his earlier works.

♫ Franklin – I Know (Com Truise reMix)

The ‘ I Know’ limited edition 7” is out now.

Feb 16 2011

Binary Week: Fabian

Not content with being one part of LexiconDon, Fabian Ordorica is also in the business of rocking dancefloors worldwide with his own brand of heavy Nu-Disco tunes.

Big on bass, big on grooves, that’s how you could describe Fabian’s tracks. Huge, pounding rhythm sections and funky Disco riffs guaranteed to keep a crowd dancing are Fabian signatures. His music is, for the most part, feelgood party starters that have earned him a reputation for a kicking live show where his mixes up original productions into a continuous set geared to move your feet.

Over the past couple of years Fabian has dropped a string of blog destroying remixes alongside his original material that have built Fabian up into a name to watch and a mark of top quality Dreamwave.

Mr. Ordorica took some time to give us an insight into his world:

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

F: Of course. Anytime.

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

F: Well, I started DJing in high school, (house parties, dances etc…). A few years later, I bought FruityLoops and fell in love with production.

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

F: I draw influences from a lot of places. I started off producing hip hop, and was a big fan of Neptunes, Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Dark Child and many other producers. I’m a big fan of music with great drum sounds and drum grooves. For me the drums are what really drive my music.

♫ Fabian – Heatwave

ER: When did the Binary crew enter the picture?

F: We (Josh, Kyle and I) had met before they heard my music. About a year later they heard some tracks that I had been working on for myself and LexiconDon, and they told me that I would fit into a Management company/Label, they were getting started based on local LA producers. So, boom I’m here now.

ER: What came first? Fabian or LexiconDon? Is Fabian to allow you to do things you couldn’t do in the confines of LexiconDon?

F: LexiconDon came first. Alex and I were staying and working out of a place called “Hollywood Sound”. We would mess around with a lot of different stuff, until we formed the sound we have today. That inspired me to start production for myself. Allowing me to find a different style.

ER: Do you have any ‘workhorse’ bits of kit in the studio.

F: My ‘workhorse’ bits are, beating a dead horse. (Haha, you see what I did there), I will beat a drum loop to death with different synths and basses. Then if nothing happens, I move on.

♫ Fabian – 2am

ER: How does Fabian translate to a live situation, do you prefer playing live as Fabian or LexiconDon?

F: I really like performing as a band for LexiconDon. The energy is great between the four of us on stage. I’m preparing to try to match that energy in my live set. that’s my goal. To try to have the same impact, as if I had a full band with me, or to get as close as possible.

ER: When you’re writing a track are they any defining characteristics that suddenly make you think, this is a Fabian track or this is a LexiconDon track?

F: I’ll drive myself nuts before I can decide. I switch up a track so much sometimes, its never the same as what I intended it to be.

TNUC’s video for Heatwave

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

F: It means a lot being part of a collective of talented musicians, producers, and DJ’s. I feel honored to be part of this family. We are going to bring a cool new sound to LA.

♫ Fred Falke – Back To Stay (Fabian reMix)

ER: What does the near future hold for Fabian and fans?

F: I’m working on some new stuff, as well as finishing up my first EP. Expect a broad spectrum of production. People who ask me what kind of style I have, I always say its not really having one. I just make what feels right to me at the time, and making sure it sounds good. I’m a huge fan of great musicanship, and that is pretty much limitless. You feel me?

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

F: Haha. I don’t think I’ve heard that before. If I think I know what you mean, I would say a Las Vegas buffet (like at the Rio, not that 5 dollar shit). I wanna give people a little bit of everything. It keeps things interesting. And no it wouldn’t change after a show, a buffet has everything, why would you change that?

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Walking On A Line (Fabian reMix)

Fabian’s début EP should be out later in the year.

Feb 16 2011

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

It’s Binary Week here on Electronic Rumors and to celebrate, the latest Pop-Fu instalment is dedicated to the artists who call Binary Entertainment their home. Expect the best in ElectroPop, Nu-Disco and Dreamwave. As ever it’s a snug 45 minutes, one side of a C-90!

01 Keenhouse – The Rendez-vous
02 NightWaves – Even Money (Fabian reMix)
03 Dragonette – Easy (Fabian reMix)
04 LexiconDon – Student Body (Bit Funk reMix)
05 Fare Soldi – Survivor (Keenhouse reMix)
06 Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People (NightWaves reMix)
07 Short Circuit (Feat. LexiconDon) – Nothing’s On The TV
08 College – I Think About It (Keenhouse reMix)
09 Fabian – 2am
10 NightWaves – Fascination (Keenhouse reMix)
11 NightWaves – Sweet Carrie (LexiconDon reMix)
12 Keenhouse – Ari-es (Grum reMix)
13 Futurecop! (Feat. Keenhouse) – Dreams (Ride The Universe reMix)
14 LexiconDon – Heart Attack (Diamond Cut reMix)
15 Short Circuit – Let Go (Flashworx reMix)
16 Alfa – Turismo
17 The Kids Are Radioactive (Feat. LexiconDon) – Higher