This Monday’s (31st May) instalment of Wall Of Sound label boss and Electro guru Mark Jones’s BBC 6 Music radio show Back To The Phuture will feature not only Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark but Grum too!

OMD’s Andy McClusky and Paul Humphries will be chatting to Mark about getting involved with electronic music, their influence on the charts and their forthcoming album, ‘History Of Modern’ and in the final hours Nu-Disco master Grum will be busting out a special 80’s influenced mix of SynthPop new and old.

To wet your appetite check out OMD’s classic ‘Bunker Soldiers’ and Grum’s blog destroying 2009 monster ‘Runaway’:

♫ OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) – Bunker Soldiers

♫ Grum – Runaway (Radio Edit)

It’s gonna’ be a great show, details here, and you can tune in on iPlayer.

May 26 2010

Short Circuit’s new single

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Andrew Verner A.K.A. Short Circuit is fast becoming the king of Robo-Pop. Coming out of L.A.’s Binary family, the go-to gang for forward thinking cotemporary ElectroPop, Short Circuit has been responsible for some awesome reMixes of late, but the time has come for him to release some original material into the wild.

Setting himself apart from the pack with his heavy use of vocodered vocals, his début single, ‘Let Go’, is a robotic love letter set to a soundtrack of warm synth leads and burbling basses. The single is backed by the kind of reMix package that has fans of electronic Pop music grinning like idiots all day after hearing it. Fellow Binary act, the reliably amazing, NightWaves bring a bit more of a Dreamwave flavour to the track, although heavier than you’d expect from these guys They bring the robot to the Disco with some thick bass sounds and screaming synths. Small Pyramids take ‘Let Go’ to a more chilled, atmospheric, place with a deep electronic groove while Popskarr reveal themselves as one to watch after turning in a blinding, funky, late night House mix.

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (NightWaves reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Small Pyramids reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Popskarr reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go

‘Let Go’ is Short Circuit,’s first single and will be followed up by an EP later in 2010.

Short Circuit @ Beatport

Short Circuit @ Juno

Short Circuit @ 7Digital

Short Circuit @ Amazon

May 25 2010

New Anoraak track!

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Member of the Valerie posse and Dreamwave pioneer Anoraak has been quiet of late but today dropped a new track on the public via his Facebook page.

It’s a welcome return from Frédéric, I still listen to 2008’s ‘Nightdrive With You’ all the time and this new tune, ‘Above Your Head’ has the same vibe going on. This is the prefect way to make emotional electronic music with a smooth, chilled summer vibe. If you were looking for some ElectroPop to while away these warm nights we’re getting recently to, then look no further:

♫ Anoraak – Above Your Head

Anoraak’s full length début is due on 30th August on naïve.

May 25 2010

Cassette Club 4 Me

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Some interesting facts:

1) Cassette Club’s new single on Eye Industries, ‘4 me’, is pretty awesome. 2) The reMix package is even awesomer. 3) The fact that Eye Industries is allowing us to share four storming reMixes with you is the awesomest!

You can check out the original on SoundCloud, it’s a smooth and soulful Nu-Disco affair with a late night vibe and the reMixes just knock it out of the park! I gotta’ begin with a shout out to our friend Beaumont, not only is it great to see so many of his reMixes getting official releases these days but the man keeps getting better and better. This reMix, I reckon, is my favourite of his tracks to days. It’s a sweet Dreamwave track that is easily equal to, or better than, most of the Valerie crew’s output. Bestrack keep the Nu-Disco groove going but deliver a slightly harder vibe while Quinten 909 & Livian go crazy with the deep funky House thang. Algeronics wrap up the single with a Wonky bass Fidget tune thick with rave synths. A truly impressive line up of reMixes!

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Beaumont reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Bestrack reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Quinten 909 & Livian reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Algeronics reMix)

‘4 Me’ is released today! Go check it out:

Cassette Club @ Beatport

Cassette Club @ Juno

Cassette Club @ 7Digital

Cassette Club @ Amazon

May 25 2010

HEALTH reMix album

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Electro tinged Indie noiseniks and some time Crystal castles collaborators HEALTH are gearing up to release a reMix album to accompany their last LP ‘Get Color’

‘Disco 2’ will feature 11 reMixes and one new track, the blog hyped ‘USA Boys’. It will include this reMix by Javelin who take the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it ‘Get Color’ opener, ‘In Heat’, and with the lightest of vocal effects, Disco strings and sweeping synths create a summer monster!

♫ HEALTH – In Heat (Javelin reMix)

HEALTH will be supporting Crystal Castles on their UK tour later this year and their ‘Disco 2’ album drops 22nd June.

HEALTH @ Juno

HEALTH @ 7Digital

HEALTH @ Amazon

May 23 2010

Monarchy drop their Kelis reMix!

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After teasing us on Twitter, London SynthPop masters Monarchy have finally dropped their reMix of Kelis recent smash ‘Acapella’!

From the offset you can tell it’s something special, instantly transporting you to Planet Monarchy as the duo effortlessly work their futuristic synth magic for their take on the track. Actually, ‘Acapella’ is a really fitting song for Monarchy to reMix, the vocal track itself has a kinda’ 80’s space-age Disco feel to it so when combined with the music of these two stargazing ElectroPoppers it becomes this amazing soundtrack to the best 80’s Sci-Fi movie you never saw.

I’d love to see a video for this cut out of bits from ‘Battle Beyond The Stars’ or something!

♫ Kelis – Acapella (Monarchy Urania Club Mix)

Kelis’ ‘Acapella’ single is out now:

May 22 2010

The Sound Of Arrows reMix Lady GaGa

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It’s not Lady GaGa’s best song, but it is her new single, and it is elevated to the lofty heights of ‘fucking awesome’ by Swedish SynthPop masters The Sound of Arrows.

‘Alejandro’ is given a complete, smooth SynthPop makeover the way only The Sound Of Arrows can becoming a slice of pure 80’s Pop with the lightest touch of Nu-Disco!

♫ Lady GaGa – Alejandro (The Sound Of Arrows reMix)

The Sound Of Arrows reMix is currently available on ‘The reMix’ and is part of the ‘Alejandro’ single, released 15th June.

Lady GaGa @ Juno

Lady GaGa @ 7Digital

Lady GaGa @ Amazon

May 22 2010

Worship

Swiss producer Worship is, not only responsible for some of the best reMixes of the last year or so but also a purveyor of mighty fine Space-Synth tinged Dreamwavey Electro-House.

He recently dropped a new tune, ‘Starcrash’ which, as the name suggests, is a cosmic analog odyssey that soars along at light speed to the timing of a solid House beat. Those retro synth hits and screaming lead lines are irresistible!

♫ Worship – Starcrash

Check out one of his older tracks too, ‘Cosmic Roller Girls’ is an alien Disco jam of the kind that would make Buck Rodgers (in the 80’s) get his groove on!

♫ Worship – Cosmic Roller Girls

You can pick up Worship’s ‘The Dome’ EP now:

May 20 2010

Muffin

Australian Dreamwaver Muffin has dropped a couple of new tracks on an eager internet.

‘Sunkissed’ and ‘Astronaut Candy’ are two, amazingly produced, retro synth monsters. Chilled grooves and sparking synths are the order of the day, pinned down with rolling FM basslines. ‘Astronaut Candy’ is a laidback jam perfect for summer nights in the city whereas ‘Sunkissed’ is a little harder with an awesome synth lead.

♫ Muffin – Sunkissed (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Muffin – Astronaut Candy (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go show this up and coming producer some MySpace love!

Muffin @ MySpace

May 19 2010

electronic rumours mixtape: Pop-Fu 06

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With the weather getting better it seems like no better time to drop an upbeat Mixtape of smooth ElectroPop and Dreamwave:

01 The Good Natured – Your Body Is A Machine (Zebra & Snake reMix)
02 Crystal Castles – Celestica (Album Mix)
03 Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Original Version)
04 The Vanish – Hold On (Russ Chimes Mix)
05 Yes Giantess – The Ruins (Fear Of Tigers reMix)
06 Cassette Kids – Lying Around (Diamond Cut reMix)
07 Shy Child – Disconnected (Anoraak reMix)
08 Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes reMix)
09 Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare (Original)
10 Barretso – We Won’t Stop (Redial reMix)
11 Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (Starsmith reMix)
12 HURTS – Better Than Love (LightsOverLA reMix)

If the weather isn’t getting better where you are, stick this on and pretend it is!