[Audio] Disclosure’s ‘Apollo’

 

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London duo Disclosure’s acclaimed début album, Settle, is less than six months old and they are already dropping brand new tracks. You would have thought the commercial success of Settle would have seen the guys coasting for a while, but no, they’ve been back in the studio and Apollo is the result.

There’s no vocals here, no collaboration, this a raw, undiluted Disclosure. In a way Apollo feels like Disclosure going back to their roots somewhat. There’s a definite leaning toward the dancefloor of darkened warehouses and strobe lit late night clubs that Radio 1 Roadshows. Hypnotic and ethereal, Apollo, blends a little House, a little Acid, a little Rave, a little Techno and even a little Psy Trance, into one undulating monster. Unrelentingly groovy, this really is one to loose yourself in.

♫ Disclosure – Apollo

Disclosure’s Settle is out now.

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[Zen] Synthesizer Zen

 

This week’s capsule of Synthesizer Zen, to carry you into the weekend, comes a Vangelis-esque piece on the Roland SH-2000.

Video courtesy of YouTube user magevers.

[Download] DCup & Mereki’s ‘Don’t Be Shy reMixed by La Felix

 

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Why this isn’t on the single release of  DCup’s Don’t Be Shy we have no idea. This reMix of the feel-god Nu-Disco monster, featuring the vocals of ElectroPop artist and Goldroom collaborator Mereki, comes from the one-and-only La Félix, and is quite, very, possible out favourite version of the song.

There’s nothing about this track that isn’t just a warm wave of good-times. La Félix adds a certain poolside grove to the tune. With a lush piano hook, thick Disco stings and a popping slab bassline, he whips up a smooth and sexy vibe that Mereki’s sweet vocal just adds to. This is the prefect Friday track if you need any help getting in the mood for the weekend. Enjoy.

DCup (Feat. Mereki) – Dont Be Shy (La Felix reMix)

DCup’s Don’t Be Shy is out now,

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[Video] Suns’ ‘Bells’

 

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London based avant-garde ElectroPoppers Suns consist of Andy McDonnell and Michael Tyrrell. Despite forming two years ago the due are only just about to release their début EP, WeAreSuns. The Synth haze of Bells is the first track to break ground from the EP.

Check out the video, put together by Stuart Sinclair, whose darkly psychedelic visuals match the track perfectly.

Suns’ WeAreSuns EP is due out 18th November.

Check out more from Suns on SoundCloud.

[Audio] Hervé’s ‘Gorilla’

 

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In recent years Cheap Thrills label boss and UK Bass legend Hervé has been flexing his musical muscles, his last album, Art Of Disappearing, was downright Experimental in places. Now he’s bringing the bass back to the dancefloor with his forthcoming EP Lion. The first track to surface from the new release if Gorilla which sees Hervé back in full on bass loaded House mode with an added shuffle.

Gorilla revolves around a hypnotic, slightly Acidic hook. The kind of hook that makes you forget where you are or what the time is when you’re on the dancefloor, as you just sink into it. Back with a solid beat with a hint of a Garage-y swing, Gorilla is a pretty striped down track, dance music distilled to it’s core elements, like drinking a shot instead of a pint, or something, this is a mainline injection of floorfilling goodness.

♫ Hervé – Gorilla

Hervé’s Lion EP is due out 11th November.

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[Download] Box Of Wolves’ ‘Close’

 

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Close is the new tune of Canadian Chilly-Disco-meister Box Of Wolves. Taken from a compilation released this week, it perfect mid-week music. Funky enough to get you thinking toward the weekend, but chilled enough not to mess with your shit this Thursday. Check it out.

Close is just under four minutes of pure electronic bliss. With a healthy nod to both 80s SynthPop and early 90s classic dance music, it’s a tune that you can just relax into and let it carry you away. The play between the chord progression and the purcussion sounds particularly SynthPop which, when coupled with the Orbital-esque bass vibe and the waves of hazy vocals make for a spot-on slice of synthesizer escapism.

Box Of Wolves – Close

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[Download] Touch Tone reMixes Work Drugs’ ‘Modern Living’

 

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Well, this is, without a doubt, the Poppiest thing that Dreamwave OG Touch Tone has released to date. The LA based producer get’s right involved with the catchy sing-a-long anthem Modern Living from Philadelphia Indie outfit Work Drugs and delivers a full on ElectroPop, one which could quite easily chart.

Pairing up Touch Tone’s Robo-Pop with Work Drugs whimsical, typical, Indie vocals seems like a match made in heaven. With it’s saccharine, sin-a-long chorus (and lot’s of ‘”yeah, yeahs”) it;s the kind of tune that begs for waves of pin sharp arpeggios and comforting pads. Mash it up with a solid Disco beat and you have the recipie for Pop greatness. Alright, so the original song might be one of the most irritating things we’ve heard in a while, but in Touch Tone’s skilful hands you’ve got an ElectroPop juggernaut.

Work Drugs – Modern Living (Touch Tone reMix)

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[Download] The Villars’ ‘Take Control’ (+ Sohight & Cheevy, Serj V and Phalanxes Of Fingers reMixes)

 

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We haven’t heard from Russian label Wearerussians.com for a little while, but they’ve just released a new single, free as usual, which immediately reminds us of how shockingly good the producers in this collective are. Having previously taken many Nu-Disco and SynthWave producers to school, the label is turning it’s attention to a more House-y vibe with the new release from Saint Petersburg native The Villars. With a packed reMix package that includes work from label staples like Sohight & Cheevy, Serj V and Phalanxes Of Fingers.

The Villars’ original version of Take Control is full on a Chicago House monster. A total warehouse vibe with some pretty nostalgic early 90s style vocals set to some dark, abrasive, but funky, synth work. Sohight & Cheevy keep the retro House vibe going but up the energy levels a bit. The riffs are bigger, the bassline is bigger, the beats are bigger, as Sohight & Cheevy wrap the tune in a euphoric piano hook and punchy bass. Phalanxes Of Fingers’ mix walk the line between Deep House and Bleep House, and may be out favourite of the package. A deep groove rolls along of thick, dark, bass tones while an early Warp Records-style lead draw the listener into the track’s electronic black hole. Definitely one for the strobe lights. Elsewhere Serj V brightens things up with a House track with more than a little air of LA Dreamwave about it. It’s bright synths and playful arpeggios being the happy high-point of the single. These three sit alongside work from Ovrkl The Frost and Johanssen, an amazing reMix package that you can pick up for free here.

The Villars – Take Control (Phalanxes Of fingers reMix)

The Villars – Take Control (Sohight & Cheevy reMix)

The Villars – Take Control (Serj V reMix)

The Villars – Take Control (Original Mix)

The Villars’ Take Control is out now, get it here.

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[Video] Keep Shelly In Athens’ ‘Oostende’

 

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Here’s the video for Greek Chiller-cabinet ElectroPoppers Keep Shelly In Athens’s Oostende, as track we featured a couple of months ago as the precursor to their amazing At Home album.

Directed, shot and edited by Brendan Canty & Conal Thomson of Feel Good Lost, the clip may or may not have been filmed in Oostende, I’m just not familiar enough with Belgian port towns to make that call. Readers?

Keep Shelly In Athens’ début album, At Home, is out now on Cascine.

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[Download] DNKL’s ‘Hunt’

 

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This one has been languishing at the bottom of out inbox this week sometimes that happens when your being inundated minute by minute, but we’re very glad it didn’t pass up by completely. It’s the début track from an enigmatic Sweedish trio called DNKL. We guess, in the tradition of removing vowels from your band name, that DNKL could be pronounced ‘Dankel’, ‘Dinkel’ or ‘Donkel’. We’re going to go with ‘Dinkel’, ‘cos it makes us chuckle.

The track is called Hunt, and it’s a glorious slice of post-Chillwave ElectroPop with some of the most intoxicating, warping synth bass you’ll hear this side of a mid-80s movie soundtrack. The wonderful bass aside, Hunt is a brooding and deeply emotional four minutes of cinematic SynthPop. Haunting and atmospheric, Hunt never crosses the line into dark, melancholic maybe, but embodying a kind of optimism, it’s waves of hazy chords and razor sharp leads conjuring the beautiful rather than the ominous. It’s all very Sweedish, that mixture of icy Scandinavian synths and intimate, human vocals, and we love it. And that bass truly is mesmerising.

DNKL – Hunt

Check out more from DNKL on SoundCloud.