Oct 10 2010

StardonE

After a bit of a drought, SoundCloud has been turning up some real gems in the last week. One of them is StardonE, being one of many massages in our SoundCloud inbox vying for attention it takes a lot to stand out. StardonE’s music does!

The analog synth jockey creates a mood that is not to dissimilar to Lifelike but with (even) more of an 80’s retro synth feel. It’s almost like pure distilled instrumental Dreamwave. Sparkling arpeggios intertwine with sweeping leads and a touch of Disco bass. This is music to dance to, to love to and to enigmatically brood to as the rain fizzes off the neon lights.

♫ StardonE – CT

♫ StardonE – Love Fighter

♫ StardonE – Space Romance

We literally cannot wait for more from StardonE, I suggest you all go and give him some MySpace lovin’!

StardonE @ MySpace

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Oct 10 2010

Aeroplane reMixes Gypsy And The Cat

We’ve enthused about Gypsy And The Cat a few times here on electronic rumors, they’ve just got this cool blissed out Indie-Electro groove going on and some excellent songwriting.

The now solo Vito Aeroplane has dropped an awesome mix of ‘The Piper’s Song’, adding a little of his trademark Electro Disco and a mindblowing 90’s Pop hook. If you don’t like this you must be dead inside!

♫ Gypsy And The Cat – The Piper’s Song (Aeroplane reMix)

Gypsy And The Cat’s début album, ‘Gilgamesh’ is out now.

Gypsy And The Cat @ Amazon

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Oct 10 2010

May68 & Mark Reeder

A few months ago a band I’m in had the pleasure of gigging with May68, back then they were, like, a New York style garage Indie-Rock band. Since then they have gone all DiscoPop and caught the attention of Kitsuné Music.

Their second single, after ‘My Way’s, with be ‘The Prisoner’ released next month. To mark the occasion they re giving away this reMix by Manc electronic legend Mark Reeder who gives the track a nice 90’s Dance Pop feel.

♫ May68 – The Prisoner (Mark Reeder’s
Runaway Radio reMix)

‘The Prisoner’ is out next month with reMixes from Cécile, Vicarious Bliss & Tomb Crew.

Oct 8 2010

La Roux’s US Version of ‘In For The Kill’

Do you remember when ‘Quicksand’ first came out on Kitsuné and La Roux was doing stints at The Notting Hill Arts Club? Exciting times. I loved that summer, musically. It was all about girls beginning with ‘L’ and a SynthPop comeback that wasn’t about parodying the past but making something new. That was nearly 2 years ago!!!

Anyway, the Us are finally getting a release of their own of ‘In For The Kill’ along with a brand new video, it’s pretty slick but I don’t know what was wrong with the old video. I liked it’s neon retro-future car chase!

‘In For The Kill’ had been out for years, but the new release will probably have that Danger reMix on it, reason enough to but it again!

Oct 7 2010

Yelle’s ‘La Musique’ video

Looks like it’s video day!

WE ARE FROM L.A. have put together this video for Yelle’s new single ‘La Musique’, it’s like a crazy pop-culture obsessed animated disaster movie.

Enjoy:

‘La Musique’ came out this week!

Yelle @ Juno

Yelle @ 7Digital

Yelle @ Amazon

Oct 7 2010

Burns & Fred Falke & a video full of dogs

Burns & Fred Falke have teemed up to release a new single, ‘Y.S.L.M. (You Stopped Loving Me)’, a disco house monster created by two powerhouses in the genre.

The video was filmed at Battersea Dogs Home, so, y’know, it’s full of dogs…and dog toys.

‘Y.S.L.M. (You Stopped Loving Me)’ is released 28th November.

Fred Falke @ Beatport

Fred Falke @ Juno

Fred Falke @ 7Digital

Fred Falke @ Amazon

Oct 7 2010

Echoes’ ‘Ice Cold’ video

We are very exited about new band Echoes. ‘Nuff said.

We’re not gong to say much, there will be a proper post (choc full of awesome tunes) coming in the next few days but, impatient as we are, we couldn’t resist giving you lot a little taster.

So here is the dreamy video for Echoes’ track ‘Ice Cold’. Directed by Kristoffer Lundberg. It’s rainy summers day-tastic, and the song is that good!

Stay tuned fore more!

Echoes @ MySpace

Oct 6 2010

Wing Commander

Wing Commander is not just an awesome band name! Oh no, it’s two dudes making some pretty addictive chilled, glitchy vocal electronica.

Think an early Warp vibe with an almost The Postal Service-esq vocal delivery, it’s intricate and absorbing. Their début EP, ‘From 93 Onwards’ is a meticulously crafted journey in sound, taking in, not only, the dreamlike, emotive, electronica of the title track and ‘Talk And Talk And Talk’ but also ‘Polar’, which is Wing Commanders successful foray into traditional dance structures (which works as a dark electro track) and the Dubby Rap/Folk crossover of ‘Glimmer’.

The guys are currently working on new material and some big name reMixes and we’ll defiantly be looking forward to their new material.

♫ Wing Commander – From 93 Onwards

♫ Wing Commander – Talk And Talk And Talk

Wing Commander’s ‘From 93 Onwards’ is out now.

Wing Commander @ eMusic

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Oct 6 2010

Uffie’s ‘Difficult’ video

I don’t care what the internet says! We still have love for Uffie.

I don’t understand, though, why it takes he so long to do thing, why the album took so long and completely missed taking advantage of all her hype.

Oh well, here is the video for her new single ‘Difficult’, one of my favourite tracks off the album and it’s the best video she’s made to date, easily!

The ‘Difficult’ single is released 18th October.

Oct 6 2010

Pacific! – Narcissus – The Album

Swedish ElectroPop eccentrics Pacific! are finally on the verge of dropping their second album, ‘Narcissus’. Originally conceived at the soundtrack to a ballet the record works amazingly well sans avant-garde dancers in frocks.

From it’s ominous harpsichord opening the album you still feel there is something a bit proggy, a bit conceptual, about the album but the music speaks for itself. Like Jean-Michel Jarre on bad (or good) acid this album is in part atmospheric and enveloping (and a little scary!) but also sweeping and electronic. Washes of Jarre mix with hints of Goldfrapp (on the vocal tracks). Like felloe Swedes The Knife there is something of the avant-garde here but similarly they have managed to cram the experimental and leftfield into Pop songs and get away with it making the edgy and unsettling elements to Pacific!’s music soon feel strangle comforting.

They have laid out the record really well to, spacing out properly structured upbeat tracks like ‘Narcissus’, ‘Unspoken’ and ‘King Of The Knight’ with their floaty instrumental works such as ‘Cupid’ and ‘Halfheart’ to give the feeling (even without aforementioned avant-garde dancers in frocks) of narrative.