The deep Disco of Escort’s ‘Why Oh Why’ finally gets itself a video clip.
The single’s been out a while now and the clip portrays the live version of Escort, a seventeen peice Disco orchestra.
Escort’s self-titled début is out now digitally and 31st January on CD and Vinyl.
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Riding high on the success of his current single ‘No One Cries For Me’ Figure Of 8 has dropped a couple of new tracks to keep the momentum going.
First up is ‘Bittersweet’ featuring the soulful vocals of fellow Irishman Jonny Nutt. If you add this to ‘No One Cries For Me’ you can defiantly see a Figure Of 8 ‘sound’ evolving. There something about his tunes that don’t try to impress, and also doesn’t pigeonhole itself into any electronic genre. It’s music that does it’s own thing, it’s got a bit of a laidback vibe to it. SynthPop that is so slickly produced to seems to just slip from the speakers into the room. ‘Bittersweet’, like ‘No One Cries’ is deeply emotional too, but in a particularly genuine way. Oh, did I mention the rockin’ guitar solo? ‘Blind Mice’ is more of a dark SynthWave track, but still retaining that Figure Of 8 warmness to it. A Vangelis-esque sweeping soundtrack peice that manages to merge retro synth music with that Irish SynthPop rich production.
♫ Figure of 8 (Feat. Jonny Nutt) – Bittersweet
‘No One Cries For Me’ is out now on On The Fruit Records.
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Zimmer – March Mixtape ‘Living Large’ = It’s Zimmer mixtape time! Still pushing the Horizontal Disco Zimmer lays down an hour of smooth and sexy electronic Nu-Disco sounds. The mix includes three unreleased Horizontal Disco reMixes, to be released in April on Discotexas.
♫ Zimmer – March Mixtape ‘Living Large’
The tracklist:
01. Goldroom – Angeles
02. Chordashian – Sea Crest
03. Nathan Swiss – Heart (Moonchild reMix)
04. U-Tern – You Don’t Know Me
05. Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
06. Plastic Plates – Toys
07. Moon Boots – Bills To Pay
08. Astrolabe? – Cave Disco (Discotexas Edit)
09. Citizens – Reptiles (ATTAR! reMix)
10. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Paradisco (Joakim’s ‘Paradisco Garage’ reMix)
11. Zimmer – Bay Bridge (Moon Boots reMix)
12. Zimmer – Looking At You (Moullinex reMix)
13. Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Gigamesh reMix)
14. The Kooks – Naive (Jean Tonique reMix)
15. Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mama Jama (Funk Manchu reMix)
16. Justin Faust – High Hopes (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver reMix)
17. Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)
18. Zimmer – Slave To Your Heart (feat. Jeremy Glenn) (Broke One reMix)
19. Doi-Oing – Good Feeling
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Binary head honcho Josh Legg, A.K.A. Goldroom has been excitedly touting his latest reMix. Apparently reMixing one of his favourite new bands, Alpine,’s ‘Hands’ was tons of fun.
The original version of ‘Hands’ is a chilled out slice of IndiePop which, in Goldroom’s hands becomes a smooth piece of marina Disco. The rolling rhythm and House piano riff really make this track giving the track a kinetic feel that works as part of it’s laid back beach Disco vibe rather than against it. So you get a smooth Tropical jam that constant feels like it’s moving forward. Presented in this way the vocals from the original seem to take on an otherworldly characteristic, almost like icy Scandinavian ElectroPop but more woven into the warmth of Goldroom’s track.
♫ Alpine – Hands (Goldroom reMix)
‘Hands’ is the first single from Alpine’s upcoming début album, due early 2012 on Ivy League Records.
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A.N.D.Y.– A.N.D.Y. Tape One = The début mixtape from the Andy half of Mustang is a declaration of intent, if that intent is to provide you with slick synthesizer Disco tunes. His ‘A.N.D.Y. Tape One’ is a sweet selection of tunes, including a few upcoming A.n.D.Y. reMixes.
♫ A.N.D.Y. – A.N.D.Y. Tape One
The tracklist:
01. Neighbour – You Can Do It
02. Jus’ Bros. – The Thrugh
03. Russian Adults -Don’t Panic Dancing
04. Larse – So Long
05. The Supermen Lovers – Say No More (A.N.D.Y. reMix)
06. Tad Wily – Garage Love
07. Lazaro Casanova – DeLoreans Groove (LC Dub)
08. Jean Nipon – Girl Complex
09. Philosophy Of Sound – Freedom, What For ? (A.N.D.Y. reMix)
10. Moonbootica – Iconic (Lorenz Rhode reMix)
Speaking of A.N.D.Y. reMixes, check out this forthcoming release for Discotexas Philosophy Of Sound. His version of their new single ‘Freedom, What For?’ cut-up the track over an absolute killer bass section. It’s got that really synthetic Disco sound we loved about Mustang. Futuristically electronic, but full of soul. And those big modulated chords…you can’t help but love this mix.
♫ Philosophy Of Sound – Freedom, What For ? (A.N.D.Y. reMix)
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The mysterious Follow Me is back once again, so soon after the sweet ‘A Mission Nocturnal’ they follow up with this late night reMix of Goldroom’s ‘Angeles’.
Apparently the conditions for this smooth Disco reMix was that it was “Made with all analog gear on our spaceship 37,000 years in the Ancient Future Past, hovering over the Post-Apocalyptic Californian Islands.”. Frankly, how they made something so smooth under such harsh conditions is amazing. The guys drops a slick, laid back, bass groove and then just let Josh’s hazy vocals wash over the beat while they layer on blankets of dreamlike synths, undulating in and out of the track. Follow Me are definitely shaping up to be a name to keep a serious eye on.
♫ Goldroom – Angeles (Follow Me reMix)
Goldroom’s EP is out now.
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This is pretty awesome, the second new track from Sébastien Tellier’s eagerly awaited forthcoming album ‘My God Is Blue’.
After the atmospheric majesty of the first single ‘Pépito Bleu’, ‘Cochon Ville’ sees Sébastien getting some French Electro Funk back into his ElectroPop. Produced by produced by Ed Banger’s Mr. Flash the track is some sweet synthesizer Disco you can’t help but move to made all the more smooth by Tellier’s crooning. Vintage Disco at it’s finest. The single will come supported by reMixes from The Magician and Dimitri From Paris amongst others. It should be stellar!
♫ Sébastien Tellier – Cochon Ville
‘My God Is Blue’ is released 16th April via Record Makers.
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Here’s some atmospheric and nostalgic synthesizer work from retro synth genius 80s Stallone in the form of his latest track ‘Out Of The Water’.
We’re loving the vintage drum machine sounds in this one, the provide a nice robotic Yazoo-esque SynthPop backing for a track full of mystery. Mr. Stallone lets dreamlike riffs weave in and out of each other and swirl around an Italo bassline making beautiful, rich layers of sound. It’s quite understatedly majestic too, like the soundtrack to the shimmering city lights of a dystopian metropolis.
♫ 80s Stallone – Out Of The Water
80s Stallone’s ‘Beach’ EP is out now on Silhouette Music.
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Kids At Midnight – Songs For Dancers & Lovers = To celebrate the release of their storming new single, Australian ElectroPop duo Kids At Midnight have dropped an awesome 40 mins of some of the freshest and funkiest synthesiser sounds around.
♫ Kids At Midnight – Songs For Dancers & Lovers
The tracklist:
01. Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Edwin Van Cleef reMix)
02. Polographia – Tropic Fruit (Frames reMix)
03. Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
04. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake reMix)
05. Justin Faust – High Hopes (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver reMix)
06. Ride The Universe (Feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley) – A Little Better
07. Mondo Rock – Come Said The Boy (Dublin Aunts Deflowering Edit)
08. Kids At Midnight – Let You Slide
‘Let You Slide’/’No No Yeah Yeah’ is out now.
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OK, so I’m really not a fan of Steve Aoki, I find his music mostly pretty tedious. Derivative and simplistic I have no idea how he got famous, it seems generally from ‘knowing people’ rather than ‘being good at music or DJing’. However, I flippin’ love Lovefoxx and thankfully Mr Aoki hasn’t made something completely terrible in ‘Heartbreaker’, their collaboration.
It’s a surprisingly good, pretty funky, Electro Disco tune that’s actually catchy as hell which I’m loving more each time I listen to it. It comes with an ace video too! You’ve earned yourself a temporary reprieve Mr. Aoki, but we’re watching you.
‘Heartbreaker’ is taken from Steve Aoki’s album, ‘Wonderland’, out now.
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