Feb 4 2012

Starsmith reMixes St. Lucia

St. Lucia

Hey! What’s Starsmith been up to? Probably bust producing someone famous, or holed up with Ellie writing her next album? It’s been too long since he treated us to a track though. So it is with great excitement that we hear Fin’s reMix of St. Lucia’s ‘We Got It Wrong’.

Taken from St. Lucia’s forthcoming Neon Gold Records EP, released in March with a an album following later in the year, ‘We Got It Wrong’ is to have a reMix 12” all of it’s own in the lead up to the EP’s release, and that’s where the might talents of Starsmith come into play. Slick and silky Dreamwavey ElectroPop is the man’s forté, no-one does it quite like him, and with his rework of ‘We Got It Wrong’ he crafts a warm, immediately familiar feeling, Nu-Disco tune loaded with bright synths and lush pads. This is one I definitely can’t wait to play out, the kind of track that’ll make the dancefloor move as one. Also, around the 1m32m mark it’s got that sumptuous Starsmith drop that makes you instantly lost in the tune. The reMix 12” also includes work from a current favourite of ours,Lenno, and Xaphoon Jones, it’s gonna’ be well worth a look.

♫ St. Lucia – We Got It Wrong (Starsmith reMix)

The ‘We Got It Wrong’ 12” is released 14th February as a pre-cursor to March’s EP.

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Feb 4 2012

Casio Social Club’ ‘Nu Disco Treats Vol. 1’ mixtape

Casio Social Club – Nu Disco Treats Vol. 1 = Mullet Records head honcho Justin Winks, A.K.A. Casio Social Club lays down an hour of the finest Nu-Disco, House and Electro Boogie, with some rockin’ synth grooves. It includes Wink’s own ‘Rock The Discotheque’, which has been on repeat here at electronic rumors since it was released.

♫ Casio Social Club – Nu Disco Treats Vol. 1

The tracklist:

01. Lou Teti – Shake (Original Mix)
02. Chordashian – Sea Crest
03. Tad Wily – Go Ahead (Casio Social Club Luvdub Version)
04. Elijah Collins & Tee-J – You’re A ****
05. Dr. Shingo – Have You Ever Seen A Blue Comet? (Sare Havlicek reMix)
06. Chordashian – Don’t Wait Up (Downtown Party Network reMix)
07. Just Winks Vs. Casio Social Club – Rock The Discotheque
08. Joey Negro Pres. Sessomatto – All Over the World (Joey Negro Dub)
09. Storm Queen – Look Right Through (Dimitri from Paris Erodiscomix)
10. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake reMix)
11. Little Dragon – Ritual Union (Tensnake reMix)

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Feb 3 2012

Rayko ‘Heads Together’ Edit

Rayko

Ruben & Ra’s Retrospective imprint have another gem in the offering. Rayko, fresh from his ‘Broadway’ being hailed as 2011’s No. 1 Disco track on Juno, delivers his take on The O’Jays ‘Put Our Heads Together’.

As part of the sixth instalment of Retrospective’s Edit EP series and in pure Edit style Rayko takes all the lush synths and thick bass from The O’Jay’s original and turns things up to 11 for some massive ‘80’s synth Funk. The twanging lead line of the track is highlighted perfectly by Rayko and, if possible, he seems to bring the track even more of a groove.

♫ Rayko – Heads Together (Rayko Vocal Edit)

‘Retrospective 6’ is released 27th February.

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Feb 3 2012

Sam Padrul’s new tune

Sam Padrul

‘Let’s Make History’ is the new track from Chicago based Funkmeister Sam Padrul.

Dropping a smooth slab of Funk with more soul, less robotics than his previous tracks Sam delivers a chilled get down jam. In his own words: “After having been listening to disco and early 80’s boogie records for the past several months, I was inspired to make a track that was more organic, downtempo, and groovier than my previous single, “All I Do”. In particular, this song was inspired a lot by Bill Withers’ “Bout Love” album, whose smooth Wurlitzers and Rhodes kept me groovin’.”. He’s nailed those slick, funky vocals perfectly. Nothing but good times could come from a track like this, it’s like an audio sunset beach party.

♫ Sam Padrul – Let’s Make History

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Feb 2 2012

Jowie Schulner’s ‘Boombar Music Club 003’ mixtape

Jowie Schulner

Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 003 = Jowie Shulner, Boobmar Music’s head honcho, drops his latest ‘Music Club’ mixtape featuring some killer tracks. Kicking of with Michael Cassette’s ‘Kilimanjaro’ you know things are gonna’ get good. This mix is all about the deep, funky, bass and soaring synths, with just a hint of Tech House going on.

♫ Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 003

The tracklist:

01. Michael Cassette – Kilimanjaro
02. Envotion – The Last Wave
03. Fuzzy Cuzzin – Canis (Labtracks reMix)
04. Sharam Jey pres. Soundz Fresh – Let’s Get It On (Jean Claude Ades reMix)
05. Bingo Players – Cry (Just A Little) (Olav Basoski reMix)
06. Lucas and Steve – Our House
07. Russ Chimes – Tonic
08. Avicii – Fade Into Darkness (Albin Myers reMix)

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Feb 2 2012

Zimmer’s ‘January Mixtape ‘Back To My Roots’’

zimmer

Zimmer – January Mixtape ‘Back To My Roots’ = To commemorate his signing with Vitalic’s booking agency French ‘Horizontal Disco’ meister Zimmer serves up an hour of deep synth grooves and analog Disco. With a nice combination of Nu-Disco and early ‘90’s House influenced sounds this ‘Back To My Roots’ mixtape is definitely one for this weekend.

♫ Zimmer – January Mixtape ‘Back To My Roots’

The tracklist:

01. Moon Boots – Aretha (Zimmer reMix)
02. Perseus – Running Back To You
03. Honom – Bedcat
04. Odyssey – Going Back To My Roots (Slow Hands Edit)
05. Luke Million – Sun Splash
06. Chilly – For Your Love (Psychemagik Edit)
07. Max Sedgley (Feat. Tasita D Mour) – Superstrong (Faze Action reMix)
08. Only Children – Be The One
09. Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver – Diamonda (Xinobi reMix)
10. Chris Malinchak – At Night
11. Debonair – Shuffle
12. Soft House Company – What You Need
13. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake reMix)
14. Todd Terje – Swing Star Pt. 1
15. Lou Teti – Shake (Drop Out Orchestra rEMix)

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Feb 2 2012

Gigamesh X Grouplove

Grouplove

I have no idea who Grouplove are. Apparently they’re quite famous in Indie-Rock circles, circles I try to stay away from. They look a bit twee to me and are probably far to quaint for anyone’s good, but, sweet Raptor Jesus, has Gigamesh dropped an absolute blinder of a reMix of their track ‘Tongue Tied’.

Gigamesh just knows exactly what he’s doing. This reMix is actually pretty complex, both in programming and arrangement, but in Gigamesh’s hands it feels effortless. I gave the original a quick listen and Gigamesh has been pretty respectful of the song and pinpointed what works in it, extracted that and washed the whole thing in his summery, good times, Disco vibe. With some clever vocal sampling, a seriously funky, diving, bass section and layers of synth with just the right amount of warmth Gigamesh delivers a fun, bubbly, party tune to rock your dancefloors. Although he’s still enjoying the success of his début EP, we here are gagging for more Gigamesh. Fingers crossed for another EP soon!

♫ Grouplove – Toungue Tied (Gigamesh reMix)

Tongue Tied” is taken from Grouplove’s ‘Never Trust a Happy Song’ album, out now.

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Feb 1 2012

Lancelot’s début EP

Lancelot

Lancelot is the latest in an increasing number of artists to be taken under the wing of Binary Records. In the recent expansion beyond the core Binary crew Josh and Kyle have shown some A&R genius in sniffing out interesting and different electronic artists and once again have struck gold with Lancelot.

We’ve heard the odd reMix from Lancelot over the last few months but late February Binary delivers his début EP, ‘We Can Dance’. It;s a few weeks away but right now we can have a listen to the lead track ‘Spoken Word’. The first think you’ll notice about ‘Spoken Word’ is that it a peice of music, it is neither Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter not anything by Dan Brown. With that cleared up we can tell you what it is. ‘Spoken Word’ is a smooth as hell slice of summery Nu-Disco. Although that doesn’t sound like anything special these days, Lancelot’s tune here is pretty unique. What he has brought is a nice combination of a pretty synth heavy House backing, with some nice Cosmic touches, which builds a framework for a brilliant ‘70’s Disco tune. The EP comes with three originals and reMixes from Goldroom, Fabian, Frames and Moonchild (we heard the Goldroom mix on The Magician’s last Magic Tape). You’ll probably be wanting to buy that when it comes out then.

♫ Lancelot – Spoken Word

Lancelot’s ‘We Can Dance’ EP is out 20th February on Beatport and 5th March everywhere else via Binary Records.

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Feb 1 2012

Venice Beach take on Rockwell

In the continuing saga of Edit/reMix confusion Venice Beach’s latest ‘reMix’ shows us exactly how an Edit should be done with their take on the Dub version of Rockwell’s classic ‘Somebody’s Watching Me’.

At their core, edits should just be pretty much the original track but with the parts that work best on the dancefloor accentuated. They used to be things DJs made from themselves or their friends, taking a track they loved and, cutting and pasting it, bringing the bits that worked better in the Disco to the front. They were closely guarded as the DJ’s secret weapons. These days of people selling Edits and uploading theme everywhere the questions of “what is an Edit really?” and “should you credit an edit as your own work?” are hot topics right now. So, if an Edit is taking a track and making it all about the best bits of groove then Venice Beach have made a perfect Edit here. It’s all about the bassline and the wicked synth solo here. This is Nu-Disco Synth Funk gold. Something so simple as dropping some bits and looping others turn it into a completely different track, and one that completely rocks!

♫ Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me (Dub (Venice Beach reMix))

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Jan 31 2012

Sneaky Sound System’s ‘Really Want To See You Again’ reMixes

SneakySoundSystem

Australian ElectroPop duo Sneaky Sound System must be feeling pretty pleased with themselves, they had an awesome 2011. they released their third album, ‘From Here To Anywhere’ to critical acclaim, which spawned a bunch of singles, most notably the massive ‘Big’ featuring that Oliver reMix.

They start the new year with a new single. Taken from the aforementioned album, ‘Really Want To See You Again’ get the single treatment which kicks off with an epic extended mix. This version really highlights the late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s DancePop influences on this track. Connie’s soulful and slightly gritty vocals switching from Pop Soul to House Diva effortlessly. The reMix package is pretty loaded too. Azari & III do their deep, mysterious, ‘90’s thing with the track. Cutting and pasting vocal snatches over their bass heavy Roland grooves and Sci-Fi synths. Pure deep Chicago House. Funkagenda bring us back into DiscoHouse territory adding wicked little guitar licks and a new male vocal as counterpoint to the original vocal and new heavy synth bassline. KiNK’s reMix is making some waves right now, I wouldn’t say it was my favourite of the mixes, but it’s definitely worthy of the attention, taking the track in an almost Techno direction with it’s droning synths and, er, cuckoo clock. This is the one that’ll blow up dancefloors in Europe.