The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty = Where would we be without our monthly infusion of Disco, House and ElectroPop from Mr. Fasano? A Lot worse off that’s where…and probably Dead. Good thing he keeps the awesome tunes coming then.
♫ The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty
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Yesterday saw the release of Binary’s newest family member, Lancelot,’s début EP, ‘We Can Dance’. It may only be February, but one listen to this EP and you’ll have the shades and shorts on in no time, it’s summer Disco gold.
We’ve already covered the first track on the EP, ‘Spoken Word’, a slick Disco-House tune with some amazing melodies and flourishes that still make it a stand out track. The EP’s lead tune is the titular ‘We Can Dance’, is more retro synth Funk led Disco but with a nice vocal twist. The twist being that is has vocals. The vocal element almost turn this track into a Nu-Disco anthem, if such a thing is possible. It;s definitely a good choice to lead the EP with, this track could have people singing all summer. Remixes of ‘We Can Dance’ are supplied by, amongst others, Binary boys, Fabian and Goldroom, two of our favourite producers around. Goldroom’s mix is deep and slick. A visceral groove with a Tropical sheen and an infectious lead line. Fabian takes things to a more robotic Disco place, his mastery of multi-layered Electro and eclectic influences shining through. that’s not all that’s on the EP, there’s more originals and more reMixes, it’s definitely worth checking out.
♫ Lancelot – Spoken Word
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance (Fabian reMix)
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Justin Faust has been a long time staple here at electronic rumors, while Finnish Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver have been featured a few time but are relatively new favourites of ours. Put them together and you have one hell of a Discotexas dream team.
Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver’s reMix of Justin Faust’s ‘High Hopes’ was released today for free in celebration of both parties recent, very well received, EPs. JL & JO’s mix of Mr. Faust’s ‘High Hopes’, originally featured on his ‘Girl Talk’ EP of last year, is a shockingly good exercise in fresh Nu-Disco built on retro sounds. It’s got a massive lead line, a serious Disco bassline, popping electro Toms and a wicked little guitar riff to keep things on the up. Pure gold. As we mentioned a couple of days ago, Discotexas are one of the few labels that so consistently release awesome material that you can always bank on the name to deliver the goods.
♫ Justin Faust – High Hopes (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver reMix)
Justin Faust’s ‘Girl Tal’ EP is out now, as is Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver’s ‘Diamonda’, both on Discotexas.
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Blake Robin A.K.A. Baron Von Luxxury has been creeping around, injecting classic sounding tracks and reMixes into out consciousness for a while now and this week saw the release of his new album, ‘The Last Seduction’. Be warned, it’s ElectroPop gold!
The album seems like, I don’t mind saying, the perfect meeting of Nu-Disco and ‘80’s SynthPop, from the opening track, the Moroder stylings of ‘The Lovely Theresa’, it’s all cosmic Disco grooves and big ‘80’s choruses. there is something so addictive in the Baron’s mastery of both Funky dancefloor grooves and what can only be described as big, classic, Pop hooks. The album ranges from The Human League-esque straight-up SynthPop such as ‘Alice Underground’ to floor shaking Disco groovers like the title track. He’s roped in some help too Keenhouse contributes synth work and production here and there and returning the favour for his reMix of ‘Meddle’ Little Boots shows up on ‘That Disco Beat’, a big DiscoPop epic. To be honest I can imagine any readers of this site that I wouldn’t recommend this album to!
♫ Baron Von Luxxury (Feat. Little Boots) – That Disco Beat
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – Alice Underground
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – The Last Seduction
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – Terry Richardson (Produced By Keenhouse)
‘The Last Seduction’ is out now to download and released on Manimal Vinyl.
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French Disco DJ Matt Mendez dropped his first artist EP this week for free on his SoundCloud page, and it’s an impressive début.
‘Square’ is a groove laden dancefloor rocker. Smooth and funky the track also hides a more futuristic side with Acid burbling and machine beats amongst the Disco good times. He’s roped in some impressive talent for remix duties, for a free EP, too. Tknik drop my favourite of the mixes with a massive slice of Robo Funk, while The Phantom’s Revenge and Le Crayon both bring their best Nu-Disco game to the table with their versions. Daxman and Q.G. mixes complete the package. For a free EP, and a début, this is impressive stuff that will fuel your weekend.
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Original Mix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Tknik reMix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Le Crayon reMix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (The Phantom’s Revenge reMix)
‘Square’ is out now and the whole package can be downloaded from Matt Mandez’s SoundCloud.
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British DJ Shit Hot Soundsystem shows us how edits should be done with his dancefloor rework of Junior’ ‘Mamma Used To Say’.
First off, it’s an inspired choice of track to edit, just on track choice alone SHS has already got the dancefloor in the palm of his hand, by layering the big beats and squelchy cosmic synths. Shit Hot Soundsystem brings the best bits of the original and makes the work harder than they’ve ever worked before.
♫ Junior – Mama Used To Say (Shit Hot Soundsystem Edit)
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The awesome Discotexas are gearing up for the release of their second ‘Bucket Of Love’ compilation, collection the last few months of amazing releases from the label.
The first volume was a must have compilation of Discotexas’ late 2012/early 2011 big tunes and this release looks set to be just as essential. Discotexas one one of the few labels around who are absolutely consistent in the quality of their releases, every one seems to be a stormer. Check out the tracklisting and contributions form Zimmer and Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver reMixed by Xinobi.
♫ Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver – Diamonda (Xinobi Remix)
♫ Zimmer – Looking At You
The tracklist:
01.Astrolabe – Cave Disco (Discotexas Edit)
02.Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver – Diamonda (Xinobi reMix)
03.Justin Faust – Girl Talk (G.L.O.V.E.S. reMix)
04.Moullinex & Xinobi – X Marks The Spot (Glimmers Disko Version)
05.Mirror People (Feat. Rowetta) – Feel The Need (Original Mix)
06.Kamp! – Cairo (Moullinex reMix)
07.Zimmer – Looking At You (Original Version)
08.Appaloosa – Patchwork (Kamp! reMix)
09.Douze – Eternity’s Call Back (Original)
10.Publicist – Bite (Justin Faust Edit)
11.Philosophy of Sound – It Is Like That (Ilya Santana ‘Bizarro Disco’ reMix)
12.Lazydisco – More Tigers (Mirror People reMix)
13.Justin Faust – Girl Talk (Original Mix)
14.Douze – Forsaken (Publicist reMix)
15.Appaloosa – Jumping On Beds (Mirror People Dub Mix)
16.Terminal Twilight – Black and Blue (Original Mix)
17.Lazydisco – More Tigers (MODE reMix)
18.Mirror People – Feel The Need (feat. Rowetta) (Severino reMix)
19.Zimmer – Bay Bridge (Original Mix)
20.Kamp! – Cairo (Philosophy of Sound Dub reMix)
‘Bucket Of Love Volume 2’ is released 24th February.
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At some point the Russian SynthWave scene is going to have to slow down for a bit and let the rest of the world catch up, this past year so many amazing acts have come out of Russia. Pteez is latest in this long line to mix ‘80’s soundtrack electronics with a touch of funky Nu-Disco.
All three of the tracks on Pteez SoundCloud display a skill for getting an Italo groove going and warping it a little for the dancefloor. ‘Stardust’ is one of my favourites, bright, sparkling synths dance over retro Italo basslines. But far from ridged, it’s got a late ‘80’s Electronic Soul swing that saw white guys dancing like fantastic idiots for the better part of the decade. ‘Soundwind’ is deeper, more traditional SynthWave, epic movie soundtrack stuff that thrives on huge retro chords and soaring leads that carry along in it’s story. ‘Trains In Colour’ had got an awesome B-Boy Electro flavour to it, a nice Electro Funk in it’s FM bassline. It’s not often you get to hear a proper meeting of B-Boy Electro and SynthWave and ‘Trains In Colour’ really nails it, with it’s twisted leads and synth toms its a rack after my own heart.
Check out more from Pteez on SoundCloud.
Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 004 = This months fresh picks from Boombar Music’s head honcho. A nice mix of new and not-so-new big synth hits grace this hour of top tunes.
♫ Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 004
The tracklist:
01. Madonna – Get Together (Monsieur Adi reMix)
02. Komytea – Algebra
03. Chromeo – Hot Mess (Oliver reMix)
04. Answer42 – Clorofilla
05. Chris Reece – Headonism
06. Timur Shafiev – Be Aware
07. Michael Cassette – Crockett’s Theme
08. Komytea – Simplexity
09. Deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Michael Woods reMix)
10. Coldplay – Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix)
11. Tate Diamond featuring Nicolai – Electrified (Mat Zo Dub Mix)
Check Jowie Schulner’s music on SoundCloud.
I’m so into Lenno right now, i dropped two of his mixes last Friday at the ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′ launch party and the totally rocked the dancefloor.
He’s got such a gift for creating these massive, big room Disco tunes that just build and build. We’ve already heard Starsmith’s take on the new Neon Gold Records release from St. Lucia , ‘We Got It Wrong’. The Finnish relative newcomer takes more established producers to school with this absolutely huge chunk of Nu-Disco. It’s got that, now recognisable, Lenno ‘sound’, the choppy, bright synths playing against the Funk bass. It looks like it;s going to be Lenno’s year.
♫ St. Lucia – We Got It Wrong (Lenno reMix)
The ‘We Got It Wrong’ 12” is released 14th February as a pre-cursor to March’s EP.
Check out more from St. Lucia on SoundCloud.
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