Mar 27 2010

Sunday Girl, as mixed by Russ Chimes

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The tide of catchy female fronted ElectroPop continues to rise and washed up on the beach today is Sunday Girl. Coming from out of the blue (her MySpace is barely a month old) she’s already gearing up for her début release for which she’s bagged reMixes from Russ Chimes and Diplo!

Russ works his usual magic here, vastly improving on the original (which I found promising, but a little lacklustre) really bringing out something special in the vocals that wasn’t initially apparent and setting them over some serious Disco arpeggios and a sweet electric piano breakdown.

♫ Sunday Girl – Four Floors (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Four Floors’ is released 20th March, until then:

Sunday Girl @ MySpace

Mar 23 2010

Lovers & Gamblers reMix the hell out of Yes Giantess

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London’s Lovers & Gamblers are the name on the lips of those electronic music fans in the know right now. So far, even being another ‘mystery’ band (or Victoria Hesketh’s DJ crew!) can’t distract from the amazing retro synth work going on here.

Check their reMix of the brilliant Yes Giantess’ current single ‘The Ruins’ which has already seen reMixes from the likes of Fear Of Tigers, Clock Opera and Baby Monster. L&G’s layers of 80’s hits and warm analog bass sounds make for some sweet ElectroPop/Nu-Disco action!

♫ Yes Giantess – The Ruins (Lovers & Gamblers reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Ruins’ is out now!

Yes Giantess @ Neon Gold

Yes Giantess @ PureGroove

Yes Giantess @ Beatport

Yes Giantess @ Amazon

Mar 15 2010

Grum’s new video

Grum has just débuted his latest video. A little funny, a little disturbing, a great Disco tune!

‘Can’t Shake This Feeling’ is our soon.

Mar 12 2010

Fenech-Soler Stop And Stare some more!

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Still waiting on the April release of Fenech-Soler’s new single, ‘Stop And Stare’? Us too!

And you can bet your local Indie-Electro dancefloor is gonna’ be on fire when it drops. To tide us all over here’s the Reset! reMix from the forthcoming single. With a huge breakdown, this reMix is like a war between the huge dirty bassline and the space disco synths, and us listeners are the only winner!

♫ Fenech-Soler – Stop And Stare (Reset! reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Stop And Stare’ Drops 19th April on Moda Music

Fenech-Soler @ Beatport

Fenech-Soler @ Juno

Fenech-Soler @ Amazon

Mar 12 2010

Relation; Optimistic

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Right kids, I’ve been pretty ill the last few days so I have all these posts mounting up and tonight they are gonna’ drop. We’ve got a lot to get through, so hold on tight!

So, I can think of no better way to kick things off than with Essex SynthPoppers Relation who are gearing up for the release of the second single from their ‘Fear Of Night’ album.

Relation’s slightly house tinged SynthPop mixes some really early 80’s sounding elements, particularly in the vocals and lead lines (think early Depeche Mode) with modern beats and basslines which makes for a compelling combination. The single, ‘Optimistic’, is a smooth, almost SynthSoul, jam that comes with a meaty reMix package. The Laserdisco mix is a minimal, bass heavy take that verges on Dub. The Diogenes Club provide probably my favourite of the mixes sending the track straight into Disco territory. You know all the Dreamwave tracks your playing in your Ferrari driving through the city streets at night? Well, this is the track they are playing at the club you’re heading to! Eat More Cake attack the track from left field with some world music atmospherics that somehow actually compliment the vocals.

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Laserdisco reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (The Diogenes Club reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Relation – Optimistic (Eat More Cake reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

It’s nice to see such a varies bunch of reMixes!

‘Optimistic’ is released 26th April on Urban Torque

Relation @ Beatport

Relation @ 7Digital

Relation @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Kavinsky + Lovefoxxx + Breakbot = OMG!!!

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I really don’t know how much I can say here, the original of Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ featuring shared vocal duties with Lovefoxxx of CSS is pretty incredible, elevating Kavinsky far far above being an electro-House or French House artist, it’s a proper, retro-tinged, ElectroPop track. it’s pretty dark (save for Lovefoxxx’s counterpoint vocals), it’s mid paced, and actually really emotive. There’s no ‘banging’ in sight. It’s, dare I say it, beautiful!

So, let’s throw Breakbot into the mix shall we! Although (and this is just my personal preference) I prefer the original, I absolutely cannot fault Breakbot’s Disco opus, it’s got everything, literally everything, you’d look for in a Disco track!

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Breakbot reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

-Edit- I’ve removed the .mp3, apparently that wasn’t the finished master, which essentially means the final track will be even better!

The ‘Nightcall’ EP, the continuing adventures of the Dead Cruiser, is released 15th March and includes a reMix from Dustin N’Guyen, who is rumoured to be Xavier DeRosna, we shall see!

Kavinsky @ Beatport

Kavinsky @ Juno

Kavinsky @ Amazon

Mar 8 2010

Oh Shit! & Night Drugs

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OK, this lot’s been blogged to death in the last few days but I’ve been doing a bit of computer upgrading so this is a bit of a let post, but who cares, right? This is some killer music that some of you may not have heard (yet!).

LA and France meet head on in this heavyweight Electro face off! Oh Shit! and Night Drugs are teaming up to drop the single ‘Everybody Needs’, and it’s pretty funking amazing! Smooth SynthPop meets Filter-House and massive funk bass. The EP will have eight reMixes of the track. My pick of the pack would have to be electronic rumors faves Diamond Cut, who mix it up with heavy bass, a sweet lead line and big Disco flavour, Bit Funk’s huge Nu-disco vocoder outing and Binary man Fabian with his deep Disco-tinged Dreamwave track.

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Diamond Cut reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Bit Funk reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Oh Shit! & Night Drugs – Everybody Needs (Fabian reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The EP is released exclusively on Beatport on 17th March as a special WMC release from Velcro City Records.

Oh Shit! @ Beatport

Oh Shit! @ Amazon

Night Drugs @ Beatport

Night Drugs @ 7Digital

Night Drugs @ Amazon

Mar 3 2010

NightWaves In The Air Tonight

Binary Records posted this on their blog the other day and I just had to share it with you.

One of their finest acts, ElectroPoppers NightWaves, covering Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’!!! A song which always makes me think of Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice driving the Ferrari Daytona and brooding through rainy Miami streets at night…and if there was ever a scene that summed up the Dreamwave ethos, then surely that is it!

So, it’s a fitting cover, by a fitting band, and it’s actually really good. Of course, the drum solo isn’t Collins, but what follows is every bit as powerful! 😉

♫ NightWaves – In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

If you don’t already know them, NightWaves are well worthy of your attention:

NightWaves @ Beatport

NightWaves @ 7Digital

NightWaves @ Amazon

[Via Binary Entertainment]

Mar 3 2010

Tiga & Chromeo; What more do you need?

Like a big Montreal mash-up, long-time friends Tiga and Chromeo together on a track sounds too good to be true.

Turbo is just dropping the second selection of reMixes of Tiga’s ‘What You Need’ featuring works by Steve Aoki, A-Trak and Chromeo.

It’s almost a Chromeo track, awash with heavy funk bass and covered in Dave 1’s vocals and makes a pretty good hold over until the duo release their third album this summer..

♫ Tiga – What You Need (Chromeo reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘What You Need’ is out now.

Mar 3 2010

Fukkk Offf; new EP

Electro-House noisemaker Fukkk Offf is back with a new album, ‘Remix Is King’ (a follow up to the ‘Rave Is King’ EP and début album ‘Love Me, Hate Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me’), a compilation of reMixes with an original track thrown in for good measure.

The reMixes include Fukkk Offf’s for the likes of Zombie Nation, Monosurround, & Midfield General and reMixers such as Zodiac Cartel, & Markus Lange reMixing Fukkk Offf tracks.

The original is ‘Utopia’, a swirling, spaced out, Nu-Disco track with an absolutely killer kick drum.

♫ Fukkk Offf – Utopia (Original Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Remix Is King’ is out on Coco Machete.

Fukkk Offf @ Beatport

Fukkk Offf @ Juno

Fukkk Offf @ 7Digital

Fukkk Offf @ Amazon