Aug 30 2012

Jordan F reMixes Sun City

We don’t know too much about Perth based Indie-Electro duo Sun City at this point, although they may well deserve out further investigation. What we do know, however, is Australia’s greatest SynthWave export Jordan F. The latter has reMixed the formers’ track Zoetrope, and it’s chilled out retro radness.

Jordan’s been releasing quite a lot lately, it seems like he’s got his groove back and is bringing his A-game to every track he drops. This reMix of Zoetrope is a delicate retro workout loaded with nostalgia and innocence. Taking the best of the quiet moments in 80’s movie synth soundtracks and applying them liberally to a laid back beach groove works perfectly with the introspective vocals. What you are left with is a track that hides rich emotional power in it’s beautiful electronic dream.

♫ Sun City – Zoetrope (Jordan F reMix)

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Aug 30 2012

Kissy Sell Out & Queen Of Hearts ‘You’re Not The One’ reMixes

We are fast approaching the release of UK dance guru Kissy Sell Out and our reining ElectroPop monarch Queen Of Hearts’ You’re Not The One single release. Just in time we have a couple of the tracks that make up the reMix package for you, here featuring Danny Westcott & Tom Bull. Elektropusher and Etc!Etc!.

Fist off, they aren’t as good as the original, no where near. The original is a big rave anthem with the ability to give goosebumps, so far, the released reMixes are not. With that out the way though they are pretty good in their own right. If we heard any of these in a club they would get us dancing no problem, especially the Electropusher reMix, which is a stomping, dirty, minimal Electro-House track. Electropusher drops some grinding synths and plays the vocal like an instrument to hypnotic effect. Danny Westcott & Tom Bull takes us back a couple of years to the Fidget heyday with this warping, yet soulful, take on the track. Etc!Etc!, on the other hand, rocks the track with a jump up beat and a deep Dubby vibe. There are a bunch of other reMixes on the single, but the label powers-that-be obviously don’t think they are good enough to be released in their full form, only 50 second samples have been made available. Which no-one likes. So fuck that. Still, it’s worth your while to investigate this single, the original version is amazing, and the reMixes will mostly get you moving.

♫ Kissy Sell Out (Feat. Queen Of Hearts) – You’re Not The One (Danny Westcott & Tom Bull reMix)

♫ Kissy Sell Out (Feat. Queen Of Hearts) – You’re Not The One (Elektropusher reMix)

♫ Kissy Sell Out (Feat. Queen Of Hearts) – You’re Not The One (Etc!Etc! reMix)

You’re Not The One is released 17th September.

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Aug 30 2012

Madeon’s ‘The City’

French wunderkind Madeon’s new single, The City, kinda feels like his first proper single. Or at least it feels like it’s approaching what we were promised with his reMixes and mashups before he was taken under Deadmau5’ wings. This finally feels like he’s not trying to make a Brostep track to fit in with his new bros or trying to impress the Mau5 with how much he can sound like him.

The City, is a big, Nu-Disco flavoured ElectroPop track. Loaded with French flare. It’s not perfect, not by a long shot, the vocals, whilst pleasingly soulful, are a bit throwaway and the final production is a little too EDM (whatever that is), but this is the closest to what we expect from Madeon, in the past couple of years, that’s he’s got so far. I don;t know, maybe his original tracks, and reMixes, were just so good that once he got himself signed the odds were already against him to deliver. Maybe it would all be alright if people stopped trying to turn him into an EDM superstar and just let him do his DiscoPop thing. Anyway, this is his best release so far, let’s hop it;s heading in the right direction.

♫ Madeon (Feat. Zak Waters and Cass Lowe) – The City (Original Mix)

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Aug 30 2012

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s ‘WTF Is Love?’

Little Bear’s London ElectroPop/House outfit Ursa Minor (Little Bear) are gearing up for the release of their new EP, titled Shell. In advance of this five track release they have let slip the EP’s lead track. WTF Is Love, and one of it’s reMixes. It’s evocative stuff.

It’s a deep, deep track. Accompanied by an ominous Acidic burbling the tracks work both a sparse SynthPop/early House mix and Little Bears ethereal vocal line to their fullest. This track has a nice, atmospheric mix of raw Roland drum sounds with vintage House feel and gritty European SynthPop beauty. It’s not even the best track on the EP either! Ular Gray takes things to a Deep House place with his reMix of the track. Even going so far as to deepen the vocals, giving them a haunting, ringing quality that sits well with Gray’s classic, hypnotic, House groove.

♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) – WTF Is Love?

♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) – WTF Is Love? (Ular Gray reMix)

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s Shell EP is out on 1st October

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Aug 29 2012

Christa Vi & Cosmonaut Grechko

London based singer/songwriter Christa Vi is at it again, once more is she not showing off her own considerable musical talent, but also her knack for picking the best reMixers. her new single, Small Way Through, is a taster of what to expect from her forthcoming début album and comes backed with a reMix from Russia’s finest, Cosmonaut Grechko.

The original version of the tune sees Christa at her finest. From the school of Saint Etienne ElectroPop Christa’s music appeals because it seems so down to earth, so relatable. As she serenades, appearing effortlessly cool, over toy town drum machine beats, it’s hard not to be drawn into her musical world. Grechko rewinds to the ‘70’s with his reMix. Pure Lounge Disco bliss, complete with slowed down Tropical rhythms and and some of the smoothest electric piano you will ever hear in your entire life, turning Christa’s introspective song into a vintage holiday soundtrack. Christa Vi’s album is definitely something we are keeping out eyes out for, it’s due early next year/

♫ Christa Vi – Small Way Through (Cosmonaut Grechko Version)

♫ Christa Vi – Small Way Through (Original Version)

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Aug 29 2012

Shiny Toy Guns’ ‘Fading Listening’

Are our favourite Electro-Rockers Shiny Toy Guns finally getting the Dreamwave fever? Their new single Fading Listening, the second to be taken from their forthcoming album III is funky as hell, and that’s not necessarily a thing you usually say about Shiny Toy Guns. Neither are ‘tropical’, ‘beach Funk’ or ‘laid back groove’, but these things might have to be said now.

Fading Listening is a surprising track from these guys. It’s also very good. It’s so surprising, I still can’t believe it’s them. Adding a little Tropical flavour to their music, as is fashionable, I could get my head around, but Fading Listening is is full-on Binary style Dreamwave. Mixing up a little beach Funk with their duet, Shiny Toy Gun deliver a laid back groove, full of nostalgia and good vibes. We were pretty interested in their upcoming new album, if it’s full of vintage Pop like this, we’re pretty excited.

♫ Shiny Toy Guns – Fading Listening

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Aug 29 2012

Van She’s ‘Jamaica’ video

It’s been out a fair old while now, but Van She’s second single from their new album, Jamaica, has finally got itself a video.

Guess where the video features?

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Aug 29 2012

Good Night Keaton reMixes Saint Lou Lou

If you haven’t picked up the new single from Australian girl duo Saint Lou Lou, released this week in Kitsuné, you should. It’s been stuck in my head since last week, and that’s not a bad thing. If something is going to be on repeat in your mind, then this is a pretty good song to have stuck. If you need any more convincing check out the reMix from Good Night Keaton.

Good Night Keaton, is, you’ll know by now, Aaron Shanahan, drummer form the mighty Miami Horror. having just reMixed Gigamesh he’s going from strength to strength with his deep Disco tracks. With Maybe You Good Night Keaton brings his sweeping, all encompassing, Disco to the mix which seems to completely lift the girls catchy vocal hook to a breezy Disco place. Tropical percussion and stabbing retro synths are all present and correct, but Shanahan production style owes a little to the Indie-Elector of Miami Horror, resulting in a fresh summery slice of euphoria.

♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You (Good Night Keaton reMix)

Saint Lou Lou ‘s Maybe You is out now.

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Aug 29 2012

Goin’ Old School: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark kicks off a full-on SynthPop Goin’ Old School with Enola Gay from 1980.

1983, our favourite Depeche Mode era, spawned Everything Counts.

Although not Erasure’s first single, 1986’s Sometimes was easily their breakthrough tune.

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Aug 29 2012

Heartbeat Stars

Heartbeat Stars, as well as being a fantastic band name, is a little collaboration between fantastic German SynthWave girl Lazercat and fellow German Emski. We’re not sure about much about this project to be honest, or even if it’s going anywhere, only that the vocals in this track are supplied by ‘Nora’. Still, how much do you really need to know with smooth ‘80’s grooves like these?

Obsession is part Electro Boogie, part Synth Funk and a whole lot of ‘80’s R&B flavoured Pop. I don’t know if it’s the B-Boy percussion over the laid back Disco beats, the slick LA Funk synths or the sultry, purred, vocals, but something about this track screams 1986 to me. It’s teaming with the DNA of electronic Pop Soul acts from the late mid-‘80’s with just a little added Nu-Disco for good measure. Obsession is a retro joy.