Apr 4 2012

Keith Masters’ new album

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If you are at all a fan of retro Electro you’ll have probably, possible unknowingly, got down to Mr. Keith Masters before. He’s the provider of rhymes on Futurecop!’s track, including the amazing ‘Tonite’s Hero’. This week the man drops his new album, ‘Electromajic: The Remixtape’ on Keiz Beats.

The album, and Keith’s music in general, is a strange beast. It’s genre destroying, that’s a phrase I absolutely hate but in this case it’s actually true. There’s a lot of ways you could describe Keith’s style, but when it comes down to it what you’ve got here is SynthWave and Nu-Disco Hip Hop. And it works, it works so well. There’s two really great elements to what’s on offer here; the music is real slick retro ElectroPop, mixed up with the occasional Hip Hop beat amongst the soaring synths and Keith’s rhymes are so involving. Littered with pop cultural references, hipster commentary and geek Easter eggs alongside the expected raps, all delivered with a laid back flow that suits the music in an unexpectedly perfect way. if you’re looking for something a little different, you could do a lot worse than check out Keith Masters’ ‘Electromajic: The Remixtape’.

♫ Keith Masters – I Love To Floss (Flashworx reMix)

♫ Keith Masters (Feat. Natalie Oliveri) – Let’s Talk About (Produced by Futurecop!)

♫ Keith Masters (Feat. Digikid84) – Rebel  (Produced by Digikid84)

♫ Keith Masters – Gary Busey (Life Good) (Produced by Ren Riz)

Keith Masters’ ‘Electromajic: The Remixtape’ is out now.

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Apr 4 2012

A.N.D.Y. ‘s ‘Tape Two’

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A.N.D.Y.– A.N.D.Y. Tape Two = The second instalment of ex-Mustang man  A.N.D.Y.’s mixtape series is just as killer as the first and includes his forthcoming collaboration with Vicente, ‘Traffic’, due out in May on Discotexas.

♫ A.N.D.Y.- A.N.D.Y. Tape Two

The tracklist:

01. Patrick Alavi – How Much That Means To Me (Miguel Campbell Re-Edit)
02. Rob Made – You & Me
03. Dean Jon – All You
04. Vicente & A.N.D.Y. – Traffic
05. Johnny Mikes – Butterfly
06. Jupiter – One o Six (A.N.D.Y. reMix)
07. Worthy – Why You Waiting
08. Patrick L – Call Me (Tiger Stripes reMix)
09. Sneaky Sound System – Really Want To See You Again (Adonis Bros reMix)
10. Cristian Dinamarca – Needy

Check out more from A.N.D.Y.on SoundCloud.

Apr 4 2012

Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘Love In Sunset’ mix

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Cinnamon Chasers – Love In Sunset = In this new DJ mix for April 2012, Cinnamon Chasers gets a bit funky with some nice, deep, Electro Boogie and synth Disco to see in the warmer weather with.

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Love In Sunset

‘The Day That Never Came’ is out now.

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Apr 4 2012

Goin’ Old School: Jan Hammer, Dorine Hollier & Julia Claire

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

First up is the atmospheric keytar master, Jan Hammer with 1986’s ‘Crockett’s Theme’ from Miami Vice.

Dorine Hollier’s Tonight…Crazy Night’ from198 is as epic a slice of Italo as you’ll ever hear!

From 1987 it’s Julia Claire’s ‘Cat In Disguise’, pure post-Italo EuroPop cheese. Awesome!

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Apr 4 2012

The C90s’ April Chart Mix’

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The C90s – April Chart Mix = It’s that The C90s Chart mix time of the month and this month the guys drops a killer mix. Over an hour long and crammed with storming tunes.

♫ The C90s – April Chart Mix

The tracklist:

01. Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt – Gold Snake
02. Slugabed – Sex
03. Softwar – August
04. Pollyester – Voices (Pional reMix)
05. TEED – Tapes & Money (Casino Times reMix)
06. Eats Everything and Lukas present The Eel – 0200
07. Kraak & Smaak – This Feeling
08. Debonair – Your Love
09. Crazy P – Changes (Hot Toddy reMix)
10. Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure reMix)
11. NTEIBINT – Jackpot
12. Scuola Furano – On Fire (Herr Styler reMix)
13. Dirty Vegas – Emma (Tim Goldsworthy Instrumental)

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Apr 3 2012

Ronika’s ‘Automatic’ video

The video for, Madonna Of The Midlands™, Ronika’s awesome ‘Automatic’ is here.

To be honest, it’s pretty unbelievable just what you can do with CGI these days, the shots of Ron amidst the waves are so photo realistic you can smell the brine. Did I mention there was surfing? Most importantly though there is an inverted keys Korg Poly 800, or maybe that’s CGI too, ’cos it’s pretty rare. Anyhoo, loving Ron’s DIY vids, I hope even when she has a major label budget she still makes clips like this. Oh and Sam Potter from Late Of The Pier and John Sampson from Swimming all got involved.

You can pre-order the pay-what-you-want ‘Automatic’ EP here.

Ronika also appears on ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′, out now!

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Apr 3 2012

Jordan F’s epic, full length, ‘Abandoned Streets’

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This is a truly epic treat to start the week with from Jordan F, the full, 11 minute version of ‘Abandoned Streets’. Originally part of the ‘Summers Of Tomorrow’ EP, this new version is a true musical journey.

First off I’d like to point out that 11 minutes is a lot of time to grow tired of a song, not once in ‘Abandoned Streets’ did I get bored, in fact not once did my attention waver, it’s just that compelling. So, the whole SynthWave, Outrun genre is built around soundtrack-esque styles, and it does a wonderful job of it too, but over ten minutes gives Jordan room to really tell a story, shifting moods from one section of the arrangement to the next, driving the narrative forward yet keeping the same underlying theme. The synth work here is nothing short of brilliance, from the growling bass to the solos which prompted me to leave a comment on SoundCloud asking “Are you fucking kidding me????? <3” they are that good, soaring and twisting around the track while the moody atmospheres pay out beneath them. Next time you’re walking home, in the rain, in the city, in the dark, stick this on, I guarantee your trip will be a whole lot more exciting.

♫ Jordan F – Abandoned Streets

‘Abandoned Streets’ will be out soon on Bandcamp.

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Apr 3 2012

Rex The Dog’s ‘Neutralise The Dubstep!’ mixtape

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Rex The Dog – BREED Podcast 14 ‘Neutralise The Dubstep!’= The BREED podcasts keep coming in the build up to the latest BREED night at this weekend. This time Rex himself takes us on a 40 minute synthetic Disco journey featuring some amazing tunes, and Alex Metric’s ‘Rave Weapon’. In true Rex style there’s some slick Reel To Reel editing going on too.

♫ Rex The Dog – BREED Podcast 14 ‘Neutralise The Dubstep!

The tracklist:

01. Nero – Must Be The Feeling (Kill The Noise reMix (Rex’s Reel To Reel Tape Edit))
02. Ntology – Pulse (Polymath reMix)
03. Say Yes To Another Excess – The Cave
04. Jaguar Trax – Cicero Prism (Original Mix)
05. Green Velvet Presents Jamie Principle – LaLaLaLaLa
06. Sykur – Curling (Database reMix)
07. VCMG – Flux
08. Mason – Superimposer (Polymath reMix)
09. Alex Metric – Rave Weapon
10. Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans (Gesaffelstein reMix (Rex’s Reel To Reel Tape Edit))

Rex The Dog hosts the next BREED party on the 6th April at the Dalston Superstore, details here.

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Apr 3 2012

Chordashian’s new EP

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Brooklyn based purveyors of smooth grooves Chordashian are complimenting their recent ‘Don’t Wait UP’ EP on Mullet Records with this free two track release. The ‘Space Party’ EP.

Get ready for two slabs of the funkiest Disco House you’ll hear all week. ‘Black Eye’ and ‘Bomb’ are guaranteed to get you moving with some of the most head nodding cosmic synths in the galaxy. ‘Black Eye’ introduces you to the space party with a shuffling beat and some super shiny Disco sounds while ‘Bomb’ reels in the groove for a mid-tempo funky comedown. It’s all about the silver space suits and vocoders.

♫ Chordashian – Black Eye

♫ Chordashian – Bomb

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Apr 3 2012

Figure Of 8 reMixes Sullivan & Gold

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According to their bio for the Stripes & Stars festival (one of the scarce few peices of information about them online), acoustic duo Sullivan & Gold “is more a collective than a band aiming at making music that they enjoy”, aside from the fact that I’m not entirely sure two people can really be a collective (pretension alert!), this hilarious lack of grammar makes it sound like these two guys are dedicated to making music they hate. Never mind, here’s something to cheer them up. Figure Of 8 has reMixed their track ‘Jigsaws’.

The the deal was that the Smalltown America label got Sullivan & Gold in the studio to record some music that they didn’t enjoy, along with Our Krypton Son, to be released as a vinyl EP backed with reMixes from Figure Of 8 and Dollface, and the whole thing would be completed in 24 hours. It’s quite a cool concept and a great opportunity to hear what talented musicians can come up with on the fly. Figure Of 8’s reMix was completed in around 8 hours and you can tell he had a lot of fun with it. Taking the acoustic folk and making something deeply synthetic, Figure Of 8 yet with tons of soul. The machine beats and robo-bass juxtaposing nicely with a real human quality to the sparkly synth work.

♫ Sullivan & Gold – Jigsaws (Figure Of 8 reMix)

You can pre-order the vinyl here.

Check out more from Sullivan & Gold, well, nowhere because they have zero web presence, which might be due to the fact they aren’t a band making music they enjoy. Bless.