Win two guest list spaces to see IAMX live @ ULU

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Avant-garde Indie-SynthPop genius Chris Corner (ex of Sneaker Pimps) will be taking to the stage with his IAMX project on 20th March at London’s ULU and here at electronic rumors we have managed to get hold of a pair of guest list spaces to give away to a lucky reader.

Since disbanding Sneaker Pimps to concentrate on IAMX, Corner has released three studio albums of genre-blurring electronic pop that have ranged from the uplifting and glam to the dark and atmospheric. An IAMX live show perfectly captures the eclectic nature of the music with a theatricality and flare unique to Corner. Guest appearances are not unusual with artists such as Sue Denim and Dee Plume from Robots in Disguise, James Cook from Nemo and both halves of The Mighty Boosh, Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt all having dropped in.

So, with tickets selling out fast, we present to you and a friend the opportunity to bypass the queue and stroll in the guest list entrance, just like someone important!

All you have to do follow us (electronicrumor) on Twitter, then copy, paste and tweet the following:

IAMX Live? 20th March? ULU in London? Count me in! I wanna’ win guest list spaces!  http://bit.ly/cNTeEw  @electronicrumor @iamx

Everyone who Tweets will have their name put in my pork pie hat and a random name pulled will be notified via Twitter DM. You have until Friday 12th March, so get going!

For those of you do don’t win, tickets can be purchased here, while they are still available!

IAMX @ Beatport

IAMX @ Juno

IAMX @ 7Digital

IMAX @ Amazon

CHEW LiPS – Karen video!

CHEW LiPS’ have débuted the video for the next single from their absolutely sunning album ‘Unicorn’, ‘Karen’.

Great song, cool video!

And check out some behind the scenes footage!

The ‘Unicorn’ album is out now and is defiantly a recommended purchase!

CHEW LiPS @ Beatport

CHEW LiPS @ Juno

CHEW LiPS @ 7Digital

CHEW LiPS @ Amazon

Penguin Prison reMix Jack Peñate

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electronic rumors fave, Penguin Prison, has reMixed Indie/alternative singer Jack Peñate’s track of last year ‘So Near’ and effortlessly made it his own.

Creating a funky, soulful, ElectroPop gem, this could be a PP track. It so different from the original whilst keeping the song structure and making it sound like it was always written to be an ElectroPop track. Genius!

♫ Jack Peñate – So Near (Penguin Prison reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Penguin Prison has such a huge year ahead of him!

Jack Peñate @ Beatport

Jack Peñate @ Juno

Jack Peñate @ 7Digital

Jack Peñate @ Amazon

Chinese Christmas Cards

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Chinese Christmas Cards are a duo of breakthrough artists from Barcelona who won Levi’s Unfamous Music Awards 2009.

They produce some infections and quirky Indie-Electro-Folk-Pop that’s almost like a Spanish The Postal Service, without all the moping around. ‘Welcome To Life’ is their new single and it’s four minutes of uplifting, interesting songwriting based around cheap synths and acoustic guitar. It’s well worth a listen if you’re in a whimsical mood!

♫ Chinese Christmas Cards – Welcome To Life (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go check out CCC on MySpace:

Chinese Christmas Cards @ MySpace

We Love Dirty Disco Tracks!

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Bangers ahoy!

Over at Dirty Disco Tracks they are giving away (yes, giving away!) the first volume of their ‘We Love Dirty Disco Tracks’ compilation.

The album contains seven of Dirty Disco Tracks biggest tunes from 2009 and includes the likes of Dirty Disco Youth, The Disco Villains, Suds ‘N’ Soda and FutureFlashs. Check these two tracks from the album for some straight-up, noisy, Electro, danceflor massacring!

♫ Dirty Disco Youth + Mad  N – Idiotekk (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Disco Villains – We Just Came To Get The Party Started (LAZRtag reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Get the compilation now from DDT’s website:

We Love Dirty Disco Tracks Vol. 01 @ Dirty Disco Tracks

Château Marmont’s new EP

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‘Nibiru’ is the title track of the forthcoming second EP by French dreamy ElectroPoppers Château Marmont.

The track sounds like a mash-up between current Dreamwave sounds and 80’s B-Boy Electro, spacey retro synths and arpeggios share the space with 808 claps and robo vocodering creating a fantastic hybrid!

♫ Château Marmont – Nibiru (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Nibiru’ is out soon on Institubes.

Château Marmont @ Beatport

Château Marmont @ Juno

Château Marmont @ 7Digital

Château Marmont @ Amazon

Limited edition New Young Pony Club/Topman CTRL T-Shirt competition winner!

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Congratulations to Twitter user @markyd_photo,  the winner of our competition in association with New Young Pony Club and Topman CTRL, a limited edition T-Shirt designed by the band is on it’s way to him.

For the rest of you here’s Rory Phillips reMix of the forthcoming single ‘Chaos’.

♫ New Young Pony Club – Chaos (Rory Phillips Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

New Young Pony Club’s second album ‘The Optimist’, released 8th March.

New Young Pony Club @ Beatport

New Young Pony Club @ 7Digital

New Young Pony Club @ Amazon

Late Of The Pier new single/video

Late Of The Pier return next month with a double A-side single, one side of which will be ‘Best in The Class’, a brilliant 8-Bit Disco/Indie guitar mashup.

Here’s the video, directed by Sam Potter & Steve Glashier:

The single is released 1st March on Zarcorp

Late Of The Pier @ Beatport

Late Of The Pier @ Juno

Late Of The Pier @ 7Digital

Late Of The Pier @ Amazon

Nearly 14 years later… Alan Wilder on stage with Depeche Mode!!!

Last night Depeche Mode performed a one off show at London’s Royal Albert Hall in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust and come encore they were joined on stage by the one and only Alan Wider.

This the first time he has joined his ex-bandmates since leaving the band in June 1995, and forming Recoil. These couple of poor quality videos of the performance of ‘Somebody’ can be your solace for not being there!

All they need now is to convince him to produce the next album and we’re good to go!

Depeche Mode @ Beatport

Depeche Mode @ Juno

Depeche Mode @ 7Digital

Depeche Mode @ Amazon

Silver Columns reMixed

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Silver Columns, slightly less of a mystery than last time we featured them, also slightly less French! LOL Turns out to be Scots Adem and The Pictish Trail (who we had heard rumors it was) making some really interesting ElectroPop.

Their forthcoming single, ‘Cavalier’ has, here, been given a version by The Time And Space Machine, also known as Richard Norris from Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, who provide a spaced out, prog Electro take on the tune balancing otherworldly synths with a down to earth piano line. Good stuff!

♫ Silver Columns – Cavalier (The Time And Space Machine reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can buy the previous single, ‘Yes, And Dance’ , now at Boomkat.

Silver Columns @ Beatport

Silver Columns @ Juno

Silver Columns @ Amazon