Oct 28 2011

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster’s new EP

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster

The Swedish abstract ElectroPop duo of Josefin Lindh and Johan Tilli, otherwise known as Lissi Dancefloor Disaster (so named after Johan former cat) have just released a brand new EP, titled appropriately in LOLcat speak ‘As We Plz’.

The lead track is ‘Pop Musiiic’ a wailing electronic ode to the 3m30s Pop song and it’s promised ability to lift you from hopelessness. This is ElectroPop art it’s rawest. Raucous drums and screeching synths, a combination you’d expect to create a accompany, but somehow it all works together in a beautiful way. SynthPop with a Rock ‘N’ Roll swing, ‘Pop Musiiic’ is fun, Poppy and slightly chaotic and that’s what makes it great. One of the highlights of the EP, for me, is the track ‘Glowing Hearts’, which musically is more traditional SynthPop with an 8-bit twist but juxtaposes that with some pretty dark lyrical subject matters. Fellow Scandinavians Lo-Fi-Fnk contribute a reMix to the package, turning ‘Pop Musiiic’ into a quirky, left-field vocal House track.

♫ Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Pop Musiiic

♫ Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Glowing Hearts

♫ Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Pop Musiiic (Lo-Fi-Fnk reMix)

The ‘As We Plz’ EP is out now.

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Oct 26 2011

The Ice Choir

Some slick retro SynthPop now from the heart of Brooklyn in the form of The Ice Choir.

The outfit, founded by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart’s Kurt Feldman and Raphael Randa from Depreciation Guild, release their début single next month. ‘Two Rings’ is a classic SynthPop tune that musically brings early New Order or Pet Shop Boys to mind, that reverby dance beat and sparkly synths, whilst the vocals have a Marc Almond/Aidan Cassidy quality to them. Very reminiscant of early ‘80’s British Pop in it’s arrangement and vocal melody, ‘Two Rings’ doesn’t try to emulate the ‘80’s, it is the ‘80’s.

♫ The Ice Choir – Two Rings

‘Two Rings’ is out next month on Shelflife/yesboyicecream.

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Oct 26 2011

NinthWave Records Free Fall Sampler

NinthWave

NinthWave Records, one of the bedrocks of the North American SynthPop scene for well over a decade, has unleashed their Fall Sampler for free, right now, on Amazon.

If you head on over to the link below you’ll find 18 tracks of the pick of Modern SynthPop and the cream of NinthWave Records for the grand total of $0.00. Featuring tracks from The Modern (Matinée Club), Alan Replica, Kyle Brylin, The Garland Cult, The Peoples and electronic rumors alumni Empire State Human and Van Go Lion the sampler is a no-brainer for fans of classic ElectroPop, and if you’re not, it doesn’t cost anything to check some of these act out. Win/Win!

♫ Empire State Human – Search For Love

♫ Van Go Lion – Body Moves (QUBIQ Mix)

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Oct 18 2011

Goin’ Old School: China Crisis – Wishful Thinking

China Crisis? Yup, China Crisis. Why? Just in the mood. ‘Wishful Thinking’ from 1983.

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Oct 8 2011

Goin’ Old School: Fiction Factory – Feels Like Heaven

Chillin’ today. 1983’s ‘Feels Like Heaven’ from Fiction Factory.

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Oct 5 2011

Xeno & Oaklander’s ‘Open Walls’

Xeno & Oaklander

The king & queen of post-Futurist SynthPop, or Minimal Synth, or whatever Xeno & Oaklander return later in October with a brand new album, ‘Set & Lights’.

‘Open Walls’ is a taste of what you can expect from the new record. Slightly more upbeat than you would expect from X&O. Full of the duo’s trademark icy analog synth work and the interweaving of deadpan and ethereal vocals, the track has all the elements of back room Minimal-Synth there, but also contains something of a bounce to it. It’s a nice compliment to ‘The Staircase’ and bodes well for the forthcoming album.

♫ Xeno & Oaklander – Open Walls

‘Set & Lights’ is released 11th October on Wierd Records.

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Oct 4 2011

T&K’s début album

t&k

T&K are a French ElectroPop duo who are gearing up for the late October release of their début album on On The Fruit Records.

Having had a few tracks floating around for the last few years this album represents everything the pair have been building over their career. Both he tracks ‘Line Of Light’ and ‘On Your hands’ are doing the blog rounds right now and both are very good examples of the type of ElectroPop to be found on the record. T&K’s sound is, confusingly, 50% really French, but also, strangely,50% really English. Their sound is deeply rooted in early British SynthPop, both in attitude & approach and sound but is given such a distinct French twist it’s unmissable. Much of the album sounds, to me, like a purely electronic, female fronted version of The Teenagers, the tracks have a similar structure, with a hint of Saint Etienne. This is easily one of the purest SynthPop albums to be released this year. With it’s intricate attention to melody and it’s quirky French leanings I’d say this record is pretty recommended.

♫ T&K – Unique Key

♫ T&K – Line Of Light

♫ T&K – Little Cloud

T&K’s album is out 24th October, until then check them out on SoundCloud.

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Oct 4 2011

Goin’ Old School: The Neon Judgement – Tomorrow In The Papers

In 1985 The Neon Judgement were shaping the future of underground electronic music with ‘Tomorrow In The Papers’ while you were watching TransFormers in your pyjamas.

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Oct 3 2011

Queen Of Hearts’ ‘Shoot The Bullet’ video

Boom! It’s the video for Queen Of Hearts’ ‘shoot The Bullet’ which, having a video, we presume is the lead track from her ‘Arrival EP’.

The The Sound Of Arrows produced track less catchy dancefloor, more sweeping SynthPop epic and might just possible be my favourite Queen track so far. Gotta’ love a bit of majesty in your Pop, and ‘Shoot The Bullet’ is huge and powerful.

The Arrival EP’ was released yesterday, but it now. Really. Do it.

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Oct 3 2011

Expo’s new single

expo

It’s been a while since we last heard from Expo, did anyone ever find out who the “rather well-known Belgian DJ-formation.” that made up Expo was?

Well, they’re back with a brand new track, ‘Right Here With Me’, and it’s sheer quality SynthPop. Reeling in the tempo to a nice ‘80’s Pop pace this track isn’t so much dancefloor fodder as what I call a ‘long journey tune’, as in this is what you want on your Walkman (or whatever the kids are using these days) when embarking on a cross-country train/coach trip. Well defiantly be keeping a beady ear on Expo, let’s hope it’s not so long time until the next track this time.