Category Pop

Sep 4 2011

Qkumba Zoo’s new album

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You may remember South African dance act Qkumba Zoo. Well, they storm back this month with a brand new album. There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is their sound hasn’t changed or evolved in the slightest since the ‘90’s, the good news is their sound hasn’t changed or evolved in the slightest since the ‘90’s!

Now is the prefect time for Qkumba Zoo to strike while the iron is hot. With the current resurgence of interest in ‘90’s dance music and the creeping of ‘90’s dance sounds and production techniques into contemporary club records, Qkumba Zoo’s new album, ‘LetTheLightIn’, sounds pleasingly nostalgic. The big 909 beats, occasional breaks and layered floaty vocals that run throughout the record feel almost retro these days. It’s vocalist Levannah that really drives this album, her effortless sliding, between the chanted and the ethereal, weaves an audio narrative  that is surprisingly involving, and if you can get into the ‘90’s groove then the album is a good experience. If you’ve been chilling in the sun this summer, busting out the old Orbital or Opus III as the ‘90’s revival hits full swing, then this album will be right up your alley.

♫ Qkumba Zoo – I Like

♫ Qkumba Zoo – Torn Between You And The Sky

‘LetTheLightIn’ is out now on Souvenir Records.

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Sep 3 2011

Goin Old School: Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth

The fact that Debbie Gibson’s ‘Electric Youth’ is from 1989 feels a little wrong somehow. Anyway, I’m dropping it ‘cos no-one reads this thing on a Saturday anyway! Besides, if a painfully hip Canadian ElectroPop duo can name themselves after the song that counts for something…right?

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Sep 2 2011

Fear Of Tigers is back with ‘The Guestlist’

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Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 02/09/2011 – The Guestlist returns today after a week off. A decidedly busy Fear Of Tigers has taken the time to drop half an hour of some of the hugest tracks around. The pod this week also includes FoT’s amazing reMix of Ronika’s ‘Only Only’ in it’s first full airing.

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 02/09/2011

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Sep 2 2011

Goin’ Old School: Black Box – Ride On Time

In 1989 Black Box made Italo, House and Balearic into Pop with ‘Ride On Time’.

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Sep 1 2011

Goin’ Old School: Falco – Rock Me Amadeus

Heads up! It’s Austrian megastar Falco’s 1985 international breakthrough ‘Rock Me Amadeus’.

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Aug 27 2011

Goin’ Old School: Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone Now

Today, we are ‘Goin’ Old School’ with Tiffany’s ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ from 1987. What?

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Aug 26 2011

Monsieur Adi reMixes Madonna’s ‘Erotica’

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Monsieur Adi’s trilogy of Madonna reMixes seems to have given up trying to be a trilogy, grabbed his Madonna record collection and run with it.

This time he’s taking on ‘Erotica’ and gives us something a little different, but inspired genius. Tribal, almost dancehall, beast and robotic vocal manipulation which builds and builds it’s hypnotic groove until a peak where it injects the bit we’re all waiting for. Adi immaculate orchestration. The huge strings and brass then giveaway to an edgy, haunting ending. Monsieur Adi nails is again, the layers and textures with which he crafts his reMix really put him in a league of his own.

♫ Madonna – Erotica (Monsieur Adi reMix)

Monsieur Adi ‘s other Madonna reMixes are available on his SoundCloud.

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Aug 26 2011

Goin’ Old School: Sabrina – Boys (Summertime Love)

In 1987, Sabrina brought Italo music to darkened teenage boy’s bedrooms all across Europe with ‘Boys (Summertime Love)’. Yeah, you know what I’m talkin’ about!

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Aug 24 2011

ODahl joins Futurecop!’s N.A.S.A.

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Earlier this week we told you how Futurecop! was giving away the updated version of their track ‘N.A.S.A.’, featuring Christian Rich, as a single on SoundCloud.

Now, awesome retro Disco producer ODahl has been added to the tracklist with his take on the tune. Boy, can ODahl make it smooth! Loaded with Funk synth sounds and a Disco beat his mix is everything we’ve come to expect from ODahl and, as ever, it has that cool beach vibe.

♫ Futurecop! (Feat. Christian Rich) – N.A.S.A. (ODahl reMix)

You can pick up the whole single here.

Futurecop!’s ‘It’s Forever, Kids!’ is available on Japanese import here (delivery time isn’t bad either).

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Aug 22 2011

Marina And The Diamonds; Electra Heart Part 2, ‘Radioactive’

Marina And The Diamonds has débuted the next instalment of her ‘Electra Heart’ series of films.

‘Radioactive’ is also slated to be her next single and it’s a proper dancefloor track, more-so that we’d expect from Marina, what with it being full of big late 90’s trace sounds. It’s a good song though, can’t wait for the reMixes.

‘Radioactive’ is released 3rd October’

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