After their exhaustive Song Study ElectroPop pioneers DEVO have finalised the track list ing for their forthcoming album ‘something For Everybody’. Their first full studio album for almost 20 years is compiled from tracks from the study as voted for by the fans.
Here what DEVO themselves had to say at their ‘press conference’:
These are the tracks that made the grade:
01. Fresh 02. What We Do 03. Please Baby Please 04. Don’t Shoot, I’m a Man 05. Mind Games 06. Human Rocket 07. Sumthin’ 08. Step Up 09. Cameo 10. Later Is Now 11. No Place Like Home 12. March On
‘Something For Everybody’ album is released 14th July.
After teasing us on Twitter, London SynthPop masters Monarchy have finally dropped their reMix of Kelis recent smash ‘Acapella’!
From the offset you can tell it’s something special, instantly transporting you to Planet Monarchy as the duo effortlessly work their futuristic synth magic for their take on the track. Actually, ‘Acapella’ is a really fitting song for Monarchy to reMix, the vocal track itself has a kinda’ 80’s space-age Disco feel to it so when combined with the music of these two stargazing ElectroPoppers it becomes this amazing soundtrack to the best 80’s Sci-Fi movie you never saw.
I’d love to see a video for this cut out of bits from ‘Battle Beyond The Stars’ or something!
Another classic ElectroPop act hitting the road this year is Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark who will, in last October and November, take in most of the UK and a big chunk of Europe.
The ‘History Of Modern’ tour will feature the classic line up of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes and will showcase the bands forthcoming new album, again, titled ‘History Of Modern’ which Andy McCluskey has called “our best album since ‘Architecture And Morality’”.
Here’s one of our favourite OMD tunes, ‘Electricity’:
The tour will take in a gruelling 17 nights in November across Europe.
UK
29th Oct – Brighton @ Dome
31st Oct – Bristol @ Colston Hall
01st Nov – Nottingham @ Royal Centre
02nd Nov – Glasgow @ Concert Hall
04th Nov – Liverpool @ Arena
05th Nov – Ipswich @ Regent
07th Nov 11 – London @ Hammersmith Apollo
08th Nov – Birmingham @ Symphony Hall
EUROPE
11th Nov – Cologne @ E-Work
12th Nov – Hannover @ Capitol
13th Nov – Leipzig @ Haus Auensee
15th Nov – Stuttgart @ Theatrehaus
16th Nov – Munich @ Tonhalle
18th Nov – Berlin @ Tempoddrom
19th Nov – Hamburg @ Docks
21st Nov – Luxembourg @ (venue TBC)
22nd Nov – Brussels @ Ancienne Belgique
23rd Nov – Amsterdam @ Paradiso
25th Nov – Casino De Paris
It’s not Lady GaGa’s best song, but it is her new single, and it is elevated to the lofty heights of ‘fucking awesome’ by Swedish SynthPop masters The Sound of Arrows.
‘Alejandro’ is given a complete, smooth SynthPop makeover the way only The Sound Of Arrows can becoming a slice of pure 80’s Pop with the lightest touch of Nu-Disco!
Hot on the heels of the successful performance of their seminal album ‘Penthouse And Pavement’ in Sheffield (and accompanying BCC documentary), ElectroPop Legends Heaven 17 are taking the show on the road.
Taking in eight cities performing, arguably, their best album in its entirety (plus a few extras), fans in the UK can get a taste of what to expect as the BBC recording of the Sheffield début of the show is available to watch on iPlayer. The tour will expand from that performance to include a six piece band and LED banks showcasing artwork, specially commissioned, from top UK design houses inspired by the classic 1981 album.
Also still available on iPlayer is the documentary screened in conjunction with the gig, ‘Heaven 17: The Story Of Penthouse And Pavement’, it’s a fascinating watch with some great contributions.
To get you in the mood here’s Heaven 17’ 1981 début, and still awesome, ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing’:
22nd Nov – Edinburgh @ Edinburgh Picture House
23rd Nov – Glasgow @ Glasgow ABC
25th Nov – Manchester @ Manchester Ritz
26th Nov – Birmingham @ Birmingham Institute
28th Nov – London @ London Forum
29th Nov – Oxford – Oxford Academy
30th Nov – Brighton @ Brighton Corn Exchange
01st Dec – Bristol @ Bristol Academy
All this to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album’s release! And there’s more! EMI are putting together a ‘special luxury edition’ of the record for release later in the year!
We’re really digging Robyn’s forthcoming single ‘Dancing On My Own’, with its amazing reMix package, the Swedish ElectroPop bundle of insanity (need new Robyn based ‘madness’ adjectives!) has finally débuted the video clip for the track.
It’s Robyn meet’s mid-80’s clips in a head on collision, complete with big hair and not quite dance moves and I swear at one point she attempts the classic James Bond not-so-convincingly-pretending-to-be-making-out-with-someone-by-wrapping-my-arms-round-my-back-and-wobbling-my-head trick!
‘Dancing On My Own’ is an awesome single, be sure to pick it up when it drops.
Toronto’s Jeremy Glenn is a purveyor or neo-Electro-Soul and one time DāM-FunK collaborator who is gearing up for the release of his début single on YYZ Records next week.
The single is reminiscent of mid-80’s chart soul (at least here in the UK) with that pre-House dance groove and comes with an exiting reMix package including these two by DVAS and Panic Bomber. It’s been a while since we heard anything form DVAS but their reMix is a welcome return as they Disco things right up with a dancefloor destroying bassline. Panic Bomber get a bit more noisy with their take on the track, pushing the distorted synths and disco sirens.
Fotonovela stopped by the electronic rumors inbox to drop off their latest reMix, of Groove Armada’s recent single featuring the vocals of Ben from Fenech-Soler and SaintSaviour, ‘Paper Romance’.
Fotonovela are a Greek duo who hail from the Undo stable alongside Marsheaux, and as with their label-mates they are masters of ElectroPop.
The reMix a pretty awesome retro synth workout. It’s a good song anyway but the pair add a cool arpeggiated late-80’s SynthPop vibe to it. The more I listen to it the more I’m digging it, the chords in the chorus and the sparkling lead lines remind me so much of the Pop I grew up with without sounding dated at all. I’ll defiantly be keeping my eye on Fotonovela.
Rox is a 22 year old half Jamaican, half Iranian singer/songwriter currently signed to Rough Trade and making waves on the live music scene.
Her forthcoming single ‘I Don’t Believe’ has had reMix treatments from the Electro-House and Dubstep ends of the electronic music spectrum by Don Diablo and Landlord respectively. Diablo’s take on the track builds, on top of the Roots elements, a 2-step Electro track that will have you groovin’ wherever you hear it while Landlord expertly crafts a deep, dark bass monster.
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