Nov 16 2012

[Audio] Mitch Murder reMixes Kristine

Greece’s finest, retro Pop artist Kristine’s Modern Love EP is released this week. We had a look at the title track and Powerglove’s reMix a while back, but, of course, one of the track on the EP we were particularly looking forward to was this reMix of The Danger by SynthWave king Mitch Murder. Mitch and Kristine previously collaborated on an amazing track called Feel The Air, so the thought of these two teaming up again was pretty exciting.

And the track doesn’t disappoint, and it will put an immediate smiley on your face. It’s put epic soundtrack Pop that could easily be the lead song from a mid-80s action flick soundtrack. The vocal track that makes a good single, but still works well in the context of the film. Soulful and moody, both Mitch and Kristine are pitch perfect on this track. Gentle arpeggios, lush pianos and a vintage beat alongside Murder’s trademark digital bass and Kristine’s Stevie Nicks-esque vocals, all work just right, slowest building toward the dramatic finale. The pinnacle of retro Pop.

♫ Kristine – The Danger (Mitch Murder reMix)

Kristine’s Modern Love EP is out now on Tuff ‘Em Up.

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Aug 17 2012

Ryan Riot reMixes Blur

Here’s a fun little mix that Swiss SynthWave producer Ryan Riot put together of Indie kings Blur’s Ibiza anthem Girls & Boys. Straying from his usual retro synth sound, Riot goes for a straight up dance jam here, and has fun with it.

There’s not a awful lot you can sat about this. It’s Blur’s Girls & Boy with a burbling synth baseline and a kickin’ beat. Blurring the line between reMix and Edit this track is just a DJ friendly rework with added sweet synth line. If you liked the original than this is probably the track you are after right now, and it’d go down a storm on the dancefloor.

♫ Blur – Girls & Boys (Ryan Riot reMix)

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Jun 8 2012

Synthesizer Zen

This week’s capsule of Synthesizer Zen, to carry you into the weekend, comes from some rare footage of Giorgio Moroder in the studio, and playing a little ‘Baby Blue’.

Video courtesy of YouTube user MrBuzzbee74.

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May 25 2012

Vince Clarke reMixes LIARS

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‘No.1 Against The Rush’ is the new single from Californian Indie-Electro weirdos and Mute signees, LIARS. The track starts of well with some lovely electronic tones but around the halfway point slips into slightly mediocre Folktronika. Luckily one of the biggest perks of being on Mute must be access to the legend that is Mr. Vince Clarke.

Vince’s reMix of ‘No.1 Against The Rush’ is a pulsing, synthetic, joy. Combining elements of EBM, House and his love of all things analog synth this reMix whisky your up in it’s dancefloor mesmerism and turns the vocal, originally a half heard sigh amongst the dirge, into a powerful lament. At one this track is both fresh and reminiscent of some of the heydays of clubbing. Mr. Clarke’s repetitive, undulating groove pins the whole track down with the kind of driving force found on early ‘90’s dancefloors in dimly lit European clubs. He’s bringing the New Beat back!

♫ LIARS – No.1 Against The Rush (Vince Clarke reMix)

‘No.1 Against The Rush’ is released 28th May on Mute.

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Jan 24 2012

Plastic Plates’ new tune

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Plastic Plates, fresh from his reMix of The Human League’s ‘Sky’ being placed in our 2011 Reader’s Choice Award, has dropped a new tune, packed full of Electro Boogie.

‘Toys’ is a really nice, epic seven minutes, of synthesizer disco with an ‘80’s Electro Funk bassline. It’s quite a trick to craft a seven minute track that doesn’t drag, but ‘Toys’ is all killer. Transcending any single dance music genre there is a big of House, a bit of Disco, a bit of B-Boy Electro and the whole thing is dancefloor gold. That bassline is so infectious, it will be with me all week.

♫ Plastic Plates – Toys

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Jan 19 2012

New video from Classixx

LA dream Disco merchants Classixx are back with a new single and video.

‘A Fax From The Beach’ is a chilled peice with an early ‘90’s House beat and an overall ‘Pacific State’ era 808 State-esque vibe to it.

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Oct 25 2011

Goldroom’s ‘Otoño Mix’

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Goldroom – Otoño Mix 2011 = Superb laid back electronic Disco vibes from Josh Legg’s latest mixtape. With a nice strain of neo-‘90’s House running throughout this is an hour for hot summer nights.

♫ Goldroom – Otoño Mix 2011

The tracklist:

01. Goldroom – Fly In
02. Cadillac – High For Me
03. The Messenger – California
04. Chris Malinchak – No Secrets
05. Poolside – Do You Believe (Goldroom reMix)
06. Jan Driver – Golden Super
07. Edit Murphy – Morning Light
08. Moullinex – Sunflare
09. Gigamesh – Red Light (Goldroom reMix)
10. Keljet & Falcon Punch – Saturday Night
11. Only Children – Don’t Stop
12. Fred Falke & Alan Braxe – Palladium
13. The Magician – I Don’t Know What To Do (Fabian reMix)
14. Cyclist – Bass Face (Hemingway’s Space Party reMix)
15. Zimmer – Looking At You
16. NSFW (NL) – Coconut (Cosmonauts reMix)
17. Ford & Lopatin – Too Much MIDI (Alan Braxe Bonus reMix)

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Oct 3 2011

Jowie Schulner X Silenx

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Silenx new EP is out soon on Boombar Music, and Boombar head honcho Jowie Schulner steps up for reMix duties.

Silenx and Schulner are two of the leading lights in the next wave of Synthwave/Dreamwave/Post-Nu-Disco-Synth (yeah, just made that up, you can keep it though) scene so the pairing is bound to produce something special. And it does, make sure your sitting down wearing epic protectors when listening to this track, ‘cos it’s epic as hell. Jowie rocks the soaring synth leads and fires them into outer space, they don’t overpower the rest of the track though, made up of rough digital bass and plinky-plonky melodies that are easy on the ear.

♫ Silenx – Kaleidoscope (Jowie Schulner reMix)

Silenx has a new EP out soon on Boombar Music.

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Aug 25 2011

Marina And The Diamonds’ new single reMixed by Starsmith

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Marina And The Diamonds’s forthcoming single ‘Radioactive’ is a weird one. It’s a good song, let down by dated production from Stargate. As we said in our post fearing the video we were excited to hear some of the reMixes. In our view there is no better way to kick thing off than with ElectroPop/Nu-Disco producer extraordinaire Starsmith.

Bewilderingly, this reMix won’t be featured on the single (someone is making bad decisions for our Marina), in fact the decision is made all the more strange by the fact that Starsmith’s version of the track feels and sounds like a more well rounded, contemporary and relevant single that the Stargate produced original. This is how the track should have sounded all along. This is Marina back on the top of the quirky ElectroPop pile. Thank you Starsmith.

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Radioactive (Starsmith Rework)

‘Radioactive’ is released 3rd October’

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Oct 11 2010

LexiconDon – ‘The Secret’s Out’ mixtape

Now content with releasing one of the best albums of the year, ‘Pink + Blue’, LA ElectroPoppers LexiconDon have dropped a 14 track mixtape of reMixes (both of LexiconDon and by) and unreleased tracks.

Titled ‘The Secret’s Out’, the mixtape’s new tracks include ‘Sex ‘N’ Turn (reMix)’ which features fellow dubFrequency artists Rob Roy and dude Royal and this track, ‘Success Is Fine’, probably the smoothest LexiconDon track to date.

New LexiconDon is always welcome!