We’re going to start putting up videos, maybe daily, of classic tracks and performances ‘cos, well, why not!
Kicking things off is UK DancePop act Freeze’s Pop/Electro crossover ‘IOU’ from 1983. Arthur Baker produces for that B-Boy feel the track made it onto the soundtrack for Beat Street.
Buy Freeze’s music from:
Studio !K7’s latest signing is Canadian SynthPop duo New Look who are soon to release a new single titles ‘The Ballad’.
An awesome deep and enveloping track like an electronic heartbeat, ‘The Ballad’’s video was directed by Australian fashion photographer and film maker Will Davidson.
New Look release ‘The Ballad’ on 27th June.
Buy New Look’s music from:
Is Tropical’s ‘The Greeks’ get itself a video, and what a video.
Directed by Megaforce the video depicts what I expect ‘nam was like, really! Actually, I’m pretty sure playing army when I was a kid really looked like this! I get the feeling that there may be some kind of social commentary in there somewhere but I just it looks cool.
Is Tropical’s début album ‘Native To’ is released on 13th June on Kitsuné Music.
Buy Is Tropical’s music from:
Here is the new video for New Zealand born psychedelic ElectroPopster Bachelorette’s ‘Polarity Party’.
The track is taken from her self-titled third album and the clip is a suitably avant-garde visual for the space-out ElectroPop of Bachelorette.
The ‘Bachelorette’ album is out now.
Buy Bachelorette’s music from:
Here’s the brand new video for Yuksek’s pretty awesome comeback EP, ‘On A Train’.
The video features Yuksek, on a train. How do they come up with these crazy ideas!
The alien attack bit is pretty cool!
‘On A Train’ comes from Yuksek’s amazing new album ‘Living on The Edge Of Time’ released 23th June
Buy Yuksek’s music from:
The Stargate reMix of Depeche Mode’s ‘Personal Jesus’, the lead track on the ‘Personal Jesus 2011’ single (that includes the awesome Alex Metric reMix) now has an official video.
Taken from the ‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ album the track’s video, directed by Andrew Faber, is a dark tale in a witchfinder general style.
‘reMixes 2: 81-11’ is released 6th June on MuteReprise.
Buy Depeche Mode’s music from:
British SynthPop legends Heaven 17 have announced a two day special event at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on 14th-15th October 2011. Day one will see the band following on from their ‘Penthouse and Pavement 30th Anniversary Tour’ (which was awesome!) and performing their 1983 album ‘The Luxury Gap’ in it’s entirety including the singles ‘Let Me Go’, ‘Temptation’, ‘Come Live With Me’, and ‘Crushed By The Wheels of Industry’.
Day two will consist of the first ever live performance by Martyn Ware’s British Electric Foundation (B.E.F.) featuring tracks form ‘Music Of Quality & Distinction Vol. 1 & 2’ and a whole host of guest stars including Elly Jackson (La Roux), Boy George (Culture Club), Green Gartside (Scritti Politti), Sandie Shaw, Kim Wilde, Andy Bell (Erasure), Shingai Shoniwa (Noisettes), Midge Ure (Ultravox), Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) and Polly Scattergood.
Tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster.
Buy Heaven 17’s music from:
Benny Benassi released a new single at the end of April as a precursor to his new album ‘Electroman’.
‘Cinema’ features the vocals of Gary Go, who we recently heard on Monsieur Adi’s ‘Last Stand’. It’s a big room club ElectroPop track with a cool virtual reality themed clip.
‘Cinema’ is out now with ‘Electroman’ coming 7th June.
Buy Benny Benassi’s music from:
This is the brand new video for Strange Talk’s ‘Eskimo Boy’. The track is taken from their awesome self-titled EP.
Director Garth Badger turns the soft-focus summery vibe up to eleven with a group of paradise castaways, a look that goes really well with Strange Talk’s brand of Indie-ElectroPop.
Strange Talk’s self titled EP is out now.
Buy Strange Talk’s music from:
electronic rumors 