[Mixtape] The Penelopes’ ‘Charts August 2014’

 

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The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts August 2014 = Here’s the latest charts from London based French ElectroPop duo The Penelopes. This one is stuffed with cracking tunes, some so fresh they are still warm. This should get you through the week!

The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts August 2014

The tracklist:
01. Intro.
02. Ghost Beach – Miracle (Le Youth reMix)
03. Nimmo & The Gauntletts – Others (Original)
04. Say Lou Lou X Lindstrøm – Games For Girls (Radio Edit)
05. The Subs (Feat. Jay Brown) – Cling To Love (Blende reMix)
06. CatCat – Kisses (Original)
07. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence (The Penelopes reMix)
08. The Magician – Sunlight (Dub Mix)
09. Golden Coast – Break My Fall (Kemal Golden Remix) (Extended Mix)
10. PWNDTIAC (Feat. digitalfoxglove) – Ready (Douze reMix)
11. Miami Horror – Wild Motion (Set It Free)
12. The Presets – No Fun (Original)
13. The Young Punx – Supersonic (Louis La Roché reMix)
14. Reset (Feat. Paul King) – House Of Love (Club Edit)
15. Tensnake & Jacques Lu Cont (Featt. Jamie Lidell) – Feel Of Love (Original)
16. Sandy Marton – Camel by Camel (Ali Jamieson Edit)

The Penelopes’ Time To Shine is out now.

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[Download] Nude Disco reMixes Force MDs ‘Tender Love’

 

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Nu-Disco meets New Jack Swing right here with this remix of 80s Soul-Hop outfit Force MDs’ breakthrough hit, Tender Love. Nude Disco is the one who has stepped up to the plate to rework this 1985 classic. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced the original, that’s some pretty big shoes to fill!

Nude Disco takes the track to the synth crown with a strong Italo/Synthwave bassline underpinning the whole tune. The combination of a punchy bassline and the smooth-as-hell track is an interesting one and works surprisingly well. Nude Disco keeps the bulk of the arrangement intact (well, you’d have to with this song wouldn’t;t you?), but the whole thing is seemingly re-energized with a sprinkling of Nu-Disco and a sprinkling of Tropical.

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Force MDs – Tender Love (Nude Disco reMix)

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[Video] Divine Knights’ ‘Hearts On Fire’

 

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Hearts On Fire is the stomping new single from Australian SynthPoppers Divine Knights. A co-production with Manchester retro synth-head The Sanfernando Sound the track is available as a free download right now.

Directed by Ryan Peters the clip is a a celebration of equality, inclusion and looking all moody & 80s like.

Divine Knights’ Hearts On Fire is out now.

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[Download] Body Language’s ‘Good Things’

 

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Brooklyn troop Body Language as seriously knocking out of the park with their new tune. Drip feeding up tracks from their forthcoming new EP, Infinite Sunshine, they have arrived at the blissful Disco House of Good Things. The EP is released as a free download 12th August, check out Good Things below for a taste of what to expect this week.

The four piece slowly introduce you to the track with a haze of woozy synths before launching into a thick synth Funk groove. A relaxing, but upbeat, vibe permeates the track, facilitated by an array of analog synths and a steady bassline. Angelica Bess’s slick vocals drop in and out of the track, introducing a little soul as the track dabbles with a kinda’ 90s Acid-Jazz feel set to an Electro Nu-Disco tune. We’re eagerly awaiting the EP.

Body Language – Good Things

Body Language’s Infinite Sunshine EP is released tomorrow.

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[Zen] Synthesizer Zen

 

This week’s capsule of Synthesizer Zen, to carry you into the weekend, comes in the form of an Italo jam on Roland Jupiter-8, Oberheim OB-Xa, Yamaha DX7 and E-mu Drumulator.

Video courtesy of YouTube user SynthMania.

[Download] Ronika’s ‘Shell Shocked’ reMixed by CJ Mirra

 

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If you haven’t already picked up a copy of Ronika’s album Selectadisc; do that now. It’s OK, we’ll wait. All done? Good, ‘cos the only people we know who haven’t got the album are idiots, and you don’t want to be associated with that lot. Ronika’s first post-album release will be a reMix package for the tracks Wiyoo and Shell Shocked, and in amongst the Jupiters and the Drop Out Orchestras sits this gem from the man of many synthetic textures, CJ Mirra.

Since we last featured CJ Mirra, he’s been off scoring European art films. Which is pretty cool and has the benefit of sounding like something an 80s student would aspire to. Bringing some of that enigmatic synthesizer beauty to Shell Shocked, CJ Mirra provides a respite from the floorfillers has he delivers something a little more cerebral. Thru arrangement here is a joy to listen to as Mirra glides from mood to mood, replacing futuristic eeriness with cinematic majesty, and drawing to deeper into the track. Waves of synths and a robotic bass swirl around Ron’s vocal, which takes on a new level of melancholy, and seem to have a narrative flow. At least, by the end of it you feel like you’ve just been told someone’s life story.

Ronika – Shell Shocked (CJ Mirra Rmx)

Ronika’s Selectadisc is out now.

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[Video] Joe Goddard’s ‘Endless Love’

 

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Currently on Hot Chip and The 2 Bears’ Joe Goddard’s solo release schedule is Endless Love, a deep and groovy House tune that has been doing big things the last couple of weeks. Now it does big things on video too.

Camilla & Marc Gomez direct the clip, simplistic but with great use of colour.

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[Audio] Max Lyazgin’s ‘Good Trip’ (+ Satin Jackets reMix)

 

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Russian producer Max Lyazgin will be a name familiar to anyone keeping one ear to the House and Nu-Disco scene. Having released a string of sweet releases on Nervous Recordings amongst others, Max has now teamed up with the awesome Pole Position Recordings to drop his new EP. The Good Trip EP is pretty stocked, with three originals and two reMixes it well worth the price of admission. Check out the title track, alongside a slick reMix from Germany’s Satin Jackets, below.

Good Trip deftly walks the line between compelling Deep House and laid back beach Disco. Riding on a punchy House bassline and eases you into it’s world gently, before launching into a full on Piano House jam that is equal parts floorfiller and chill out tune. Spikey leads and chirpy keys keep he mood light over a pounding Deep House backbeat. Satin Jackets keep the groove low down and bass heavy, and then pepper the track with a playful array of nostalgic synths. From the piercing 80s stabs to the distant synth Sax, The Satin Jackets mix is layered deep with little riffs and hooks that could have sounded over-complicated, but Max easily tames the track into a smooth five minutes of easy going bliss.

♫ Max Lyazgin – Good Trip

♫ Max Lyazgin – Good Trip (Satin Jackets reMix)

Max Lyazgin’s Good Trip is out now

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[Video] Austra’s ‘Doepfer’

 

Austra    Doepfer   Official Video    YouTube

Torontonian SynthPoppers Austra have released their second video from the Habitat EP. This time it’s the rapid fire synths of Doepfer that get the visuals.

Directed by Adrienne Crossman and Maya Postepski, the video used retro video effects and lasers to freak the hell out of you and make the mundane well trippy.

Austra Habitat EP is out now.

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[Download] Final DJs & Dana Jean Phoenix’s ‘We Are The Night’

 

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Stop the press. There’s a new tune from the newly solo and still pluralised Final DJs. This time Final DJs has enlisted the help of SynthWave scene staple Dana Jean Phoenix on vocal duties, and the Canadian songstress adds that little bit of nostalgic flair to an otherwise Housey tune. Check out We Are The Night Below.

Crisp and clean, We Are The Night wears it’s Nu-Disco and French Touch roots on it’s sleeve. Warm basslines and heavy filtering underpin proceedings, creating a groaning core of some lush synth stabs and chirping leads. Dana’s vocal glides over the track like silk, tying everything together nicely and giving the track the human touch. Excellent summer evening listening.

Final DJs (Feat. Dana Jean Phoenix) – We Are The Night (Short Vocal Cut)

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