Sep 28 2011

Masters Of The Radio’s début EP

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Cheshire SynthPop duo Masters Of The Radio are gearing up for the release of their début EP, ‘The Pleasure Age’, this week.

Featuring alongside tracks like ‘Easy Now’ and one of our favourites ‘The Last Feeling’, will be this track, ‘Close To You’. The new song is a moody slice of retro Electro with some Japan-esque vocals that I can see fitting in really well amongst their other tunes. ‘Close To You’ has an epic and cinematic quality to the slightly sombre ‘80’s inspired electronics which lend the track a nice feeling of drama.

♫ Masters Of The Radio – Close To You

Masters Of The Radio’s ‘The Pleasure Age’ EP is out this week, until then check them out on SoundCloud.

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Sep 27 2011

Goin’ Old School: The Art Of Noise – Close (To The Edit)

“Hello 1984, we’re The Art Of Noise, these things are called samplers, deal with it. This is ‘Close (To The Edit)’”

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Sep 26 2011

Topless reMixed by Robots With Rayguns

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Topless are an ElectroPop duo from Holland who’s free ‘Topless’ EP is five tracks of pure retro Pop set firmly in the late ‘80’s and very early ‘90’s, complete with early House basslines and New Order-esque use of sampling. Add to this some insanely catchy songs and you have a very cool EP.

The lead track of the EP ‘Say You Love Me’ has been given the reMix treatment by LA ElectroPop dude Robots With Rayguns. Mr. Rayguns, Lucas Patrick Smith, takes the track further back in time a few years, to the early/mid ‘80’s, and seems to inject the tune with a little Electro-Soul from that period. He reels thins in from being frantic ElectroPop to being smooth SynthPop (yes, there is a difference, deal with it!) and in doing so give the track a bit more of a laid back summer vibe.

♫ Topless – Say You Love Me (Robots With Rayguns Mix)

♫ Topless – Say You Love Me

Pick up Topless’ début EP on their SoundCloud page.

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Sep 26 2011

Northern Kind’s new video

Here’s a new video for SynthPop act Northern Kind’s track ‘Daggers’.

This version of the track is from their limited edition ‘53 Degrees North’ EP. The video very much captures the Scandinavian electro feel.

the full version of ‘Daggers’ will be available on Northern Kind’s forthcoming album ‘Credible Sexy Unit ‘.

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Sep 24 2011

DannielRadall’s new single

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This week saw the release of our favourite Méxican retro SynthPopper DannielRadall new single.

‘To Make You Mine’ features Steffaloo and is another wonderful slice of Lo-Fi ElectroPop from Danniel, loaded with slick ‘80’s licks. Buzzing synths, roomy reverb and a cool summer vibe ooze from the speakers when you a slap this track on. Not following any retro-cool pack when it comes to making music, DannielRandall continues to carve out a unique little niece in ‘80’s inspired music.

♫ DannielRadall (Feat. Steffaloo) – To Make You Mine

‘Make You Mine’ is out now.

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Sep 23 2011

Goin’ Old School: Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams

In 1982 the Eurythmics were all about androgyny, world domination, cows and pretending to play music on a BBC Micro in a box with a rack EQ and a tiny TV on top.

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Sep 22 2011

More from Queen Of Hearts’ début EP

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Queen Of Hearts has been regal enough to let us have a listen to another track from her forthcoming début EP, ‘The Arrival EP’. This one is ‘Black Star’.

With a little help from Beatrice Hatherley (Kylie/Zoot Woman) and produced by Olly & James from Devil’s Gun ‘Black Star’ is a strange intoxicating beast. Powerful and ominous post-DubstepPop electronics that sees Liz sounding a little like Vicky Hesketh (both musically and vocally) in the verses, and a little like t.A.T.u in the chorus (complete with pitch shifted duet). I am actually really diggin’ the fact that not everything to come out of The Queen’s camp has been pure upbeat Pop of late, sure those singles will definitely be something to look forward to I think it’s these tunes, showing she has more than one string to her bow, that will stick with people. ‘Black Star’ is pretty cinematic too, if there was ever a QoH track I would want to see a really good video for it would be this.

♫ Queen Of Hearts – Black Star (Produced by Devil’s Gun)

Queen Of Hearts’ ‘The Arrival EP’ is out 3rd October, until then check out more from Queen Of Hearts On SoundCloud.

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Sep 22 2011

VillA reMixes BeNi

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I’ve got to admit, BeNi’s been off my radar a bit recently, after a string of awesome tunes he kinda’ lost me with recent singles. ‘It’s A Bubble’ was totally underwhelming and the whole viral campaign that went with it just an embarrassment. However, the internet reckons VillA’s reMix of his new tune ‘Someone just Like You’ is the mutts nuts, and whop am I to argue with the internet.

They are so right, VillA injects the track with a robotic nervous energy creating some funky SynthPop that could easily sit an any number of classic mid-80’s compilation (as an extended 12” version of course). I suppose it’s time then to give BeNi’s album a chance, you can stream the whole thing here.