Aug 15 2012

Pilotpriest’s retro collection

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Amazing Canadian producer of the finest SynthWave soundtracks around Pilotpriest has just released an album of some of his earlier works. The new release, titled Music From 1990-2000 A.D. collects twelve older tracks from the man. Older they may be, but that in no way diminishes their quality. Essentially, twelve new tracks from Pilotpriest, yay!

Sure, the production might be a little less sophisticated than his current output. Sure, there’s more of a Lo-Fi experimentalism within. But this just adds to the records charm and differentiates it from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Whereas that latest album is a cosmic journey through emotion and sound, these twelve tracks feel a lot more urban, a lot more hip. Spread across the entire album is a quirky Electro cool that plays well into both Pilotpriest’s cinematic and more disco sides. Take the collection’s opener, Harmony Gold, it’s got a definite solid analog groove but there is something about the warping synths and toytown drums that give it a bedroom charm. This continues as the album covers a variety of sounds, from the Downtempo of Relieve, the Electro-Indie of Sangalula and Electro-Surf rock (?) of New Man to the Folktronica od Best Served Cold. The album does pick up it’s Disco feet in some places, notably the stabbing, majestic Italo of New Voroder and the robotic groove of Now Sport. And, of course there are times when Pilotpriest gets to flex his orchestration muscles, best seen in Intercessor. All-in-all it’s a very different album to Original Motion Picture Soundtrack one that sees (or saw) Pilotpriest experimenting more freely, maybe as he was heading toward the sound we now love him for.

♫ Pilotpriest – Harmony Gold

♫ Pilotpriest – Intercessor

♫ Pilotpriest – New Voroder

♫ Pilotpriest – Now Sport

Music From 1990-2000 A.D. is out now for the price of whatever you want!

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Aug 15 2012

80s Stallone’s ‘Smoke & Mirrors’

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Excellent. Mid-week music from London SynthWave producer 80s Stallone, and it’s one of his best too. What more can you ask for than a bit of 80’s Stallone’s spacey nostalgia? Also, it’s 3m30s, perfect Pop song length.

And Smoke & Mirrors is pretty spacey, more spacey than we are used to from 80’s Stallone. Here things get washed in reverbs and delays to a greater extend that we’d expect from this prolific producer, but the result is definitely pleasing. 80’s Stallone draws up a really nice, laid back but slightly dreamlike atmosphere where warm synth tones undulate around the track. The Italo bassline gives the track some solid backing, and the beats is a lot higher tempo than you’d think, which nicely offsets the cosmic keys. 80’s Stallone keeps the enigmatic mood going amidst the upbeat rhythm with playful melodies and some Sci-Fi vocoding. Groovy, with the added bonus of being a nice slice of ‘80’s fantasy, we’re diggin’ it.

♫ 80s Stallone – Smoke & Mirrors

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Aug 15 2012

Lazerhawk reMixes Teenage Criminal

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Lazerhawk’s at it again! The SynthWave original gangster has whipped up this amazing reMix of Spanish Electro producer Teenage Criminal’s new single Hero. Oh it’s big!

Lazerhawk has gone for the full-on epic Electro vibe on this track. It does everything in massive style. Big pounding drums, huge chainsaw synths and majestic soloing that gets mind blowing at points. The combination of the grinding dirty synths and shining leads take this tune to the next level. Coursing waves of piercing melodies set against post-apocalyptic noise. Powerful stuff.

♫ Teenage Criminal – Hero (Lazerhawk reMix)

Hero is out now.

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Aug 15 2012

Com Truise’s ‘Chemical Legs’

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Every Monday this summer Adult Swim have been giving away free singles. The likes of Flying Lotus, Wye Oak and Wavves have all contributed tracks so far.This week’s free release caught our attention, coming from one of our favourite producers, New Jersey SynthWave master Com Truise.

Mr. Truise’s Adult Swim single is Chemical Legs, a glitchy slice of retro robo-Funk that feature, for the first time, the vocal stylings of Com himself, albeit heavily vocoded for most of it. There is a chorus of the man singing though, he does quite a good job too.. It’s a twisted slice of electronica, Com’s trademark abrasive basslines and lush Sci-Fi synths sounding more staggered and fast attack arpeggiated than ever. But this isn’t a frantic a track as it sounds, it’s got quite a smooth, admittedly dark future, vibe.

♫ Com Truise – Chemical Legs

Com Truise’s In Decay is out now.

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Aug 15 2012

WAT & Frederic De Carvalho

So, we’re definitely now allowed to call French ElectroPunkers WAT We Are Terrorists anymore, right? OK Then. That’s all in the past. Anyhoo, WAT have teamed up with fellow French electronic luminary Frederic De Carvalho to drop a brand new single on KIEZ BEATS next month.

KIEZ really are pushing to become the cornerstone of the SynthWave/Outrun scene these days (I think Rosso Corsa might have a thing or two to say about that?), even going so far as to release a record called Out Run. Have WAT & Frederic De Carvalho crafted the ultimate Outrun anthem? Almost. It;s a really good track, a driving Italo bassline runs throughout accompanied by stabbing synth chords. So, it’s called Out Run, it’s even got artwork by The Zonders! It ticks every SynthWave box, but we would say this falls more into the melodic end of the Electro-House arena than proper SynthWave/Outrun. Nonetheless, Out Run is an awesome track. A hypnotic, electronic, odyssey that conveys a uplifting sense of euphoria. It’s one to get lost in.

♫ WAT Vs. Frederic De Carvalho – Out Run

Out Run is released 10th September.

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Aug 14 2012

Lamet’s ‘Palermo’

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We featured Russian Italo and House producer Lamet in our round-up of reMixes of Lifelike & Popular Computer’s Getting High, it was one of our top picks of versions of the track. Lamet has been quietly churning out massive tunes that, once again, prove Russia is killin’ it right now in terms of synth and dance music. His track have ranged from big room House to Disco. His latest offering Palermo is Italo gold.

Palermo brings a touch of Lamet’s House expertise to Italo with a nice layer of late ‘80’s House piano over the digital bass and retro synths. The lead line in Palermo is just that right kind of Italo haunting, the sort of melody that sticks with you all day. As will all good Italo, there’s a slightly otherworldly feel to the tune, but mostly it’s rooted in retro dancefloors, flashing ‘80’s disco lights and good times in the sun. This is proper Italo, done well.

♫ Lamet – Palermo

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Aug 14 2012

KIEZ BEATS’ ‘Synthwave Vol.1’ mix by Ryan Riot

Synthwave

KIEZ BEATS – Synthwave Vol.1 Mix By Ryan Riot = KIEZ BEATS are really knocking the compilation out these days. This time it’s a collection of some of the finest SynthWave around, loaded with electronic rumors alumnae. Check out this mix of the album from Mr. Ryan Riot.

♫ KIEZ BEATS Synthwave Vol.1 Mix By Ryan Riot

The tracklist:

01. Jolie Cherie – No Matter What
02. Mr. Gonzo – Dance On You
03. Ryan Riot – Loading Procedure
04. Pilotpriest – Xanadu
05. DigitalNativeDance – Rise Up
06. seipä – Sunset Highway
07. Tommy – Out Run
08. 80s Stallone – Out of the Water
09. D/A/D – Sky High
10. DYNATRON – The Pulsating Nebula
11. The Robot Scientists (Feat. Lisa) – Black Hole (Kid Machine Vocal Mix)
12. Thomas Barrandon – Absolute Magnitude
13. Cosmonauts – Stardust (Original Mix)
14. ST – Blue
15. Mindscramble – Upstart (2012 reMix)
16. Hot Hot Hawk – Cyrax
17. Jordan F – Last Night
18. Illapa – Spark
19. FlashBoy – Corvette
20. Alpha Boy – The Return of Norman Knight
21. Jowie Schulner – A New Day
22. ALEXINO – Asphalt
23. Ace Attack – In the Dark

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Aug 13 2012

Garth Knight

Garth Knight is a SynthWave producer from Glasgow. Named, of course, after Garthe Knight, the Hoff’s villainous doppelganger in Knight Rider. He’s been dropping a bunch of new track over the past few days that really have seen him upping his game. Is Garth Knight ready to go from SynthWave newcomer to SynthWave master?

This new crop of tunes thankfully eschew Knight’s previous tendency to slather everything in wailing guitar and sticks to everything that’s great about SynthWave. With a beautiful grasp of melody knight crafts synthesizer mood that effortlessly carry you along with them. Time the Healer is a perfect example of this. Haunting and subtly the moody Italo backing playing off against the more optimistic melody. Both the use of sound and the use of melody in this track has a Jarre-esque quality to it and just shows how lilting SynthWave can be without loosing any of it’s toughness. City Streets brings things back to a rapid fire Italo place. This tune must be soundtracking some high speed chase in a dystopian future, all flaying arpeggios and piercing synths fizzing, like rain on neon bulbs. Headstart makes for the best of both worlds, upbeat and poppy with a jump-up Italo bassline and some amazing playing with arpeggios. Garth Knight is definitely a name we want to hear more from in the future, just so long as he keeps a step back from the six-string.

♫ Garth Knight – Time the Healer

♫ Garth Knight – City Streets

♫ Garth Knight – Headstart

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Aug 10 2012

New music from Cinnamon Chasers

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What an awesome end to the week! Cinnamon Chasers, easily one of our favourite producers of the last few years, has announced the forthcoming release of his new album. As yet the record’s title hasn’t been revealed, but what has been revealed is one of the tracks from it. Dreams And Machines.

It’s the prefect title for the tune. Dreams And Machine perfectly encapsulates what this song is about, the two elements flowing alongside each other in total harmony. The Dreams side of the equation is covered by lush, otherwordly synths. Warm and swelling, the tonal palette Cinnamon Chasers puts to good use here is one of Sci-Fi landscapes, hazy imaginings and cosmic journeys. The Machines bit comes in to play with the pulsating Disco beat, and cut up, vocoded vocals. It’s a brilliant introduction to CC’s new material, and everything we could have asked for. A body shaking bassline and piercing leads, what more could we want. So stoked for this album, roll on September!

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Dreams And Machines

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Cinnamon Chasers’ new album is due out 17th September on Modus.

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Aug 10 2012

Jordan F’s ‘Aurora’

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Hot on the heels of his reworked Summers Of Tomorrow EP Australian SynthWave superstar Jordan F presents us with a brand new track just in time for a scorching weekend. So if you’re in the mood for something slick and synthy to chill to over the next few days, look no further.

Aurora is a smooth, floaty slice of retro Electro. Fright from the offset, a rich synth melody and driving Italo bassline greet you, pulling you into the track. Walking the line between dreamlike and dancefloor friendly, Aurora tick all the boxes for a blissed out nostalgia jam. The track rises and falls like the ebb and flow of a tide, carrying you along with it. This has to be listened to wearing shades.