Dec 2 2009

Penguin Prison reMixed by Monarchy

Neon Gold certainly live up to their name, time and time again they churn out top act after top act.

Last month NG’s next hot artist Penguin Prison released his début single ‘Animal Aninal/A Funny Thing’, which generated a lot of hype with it’s bubbly ElectroPop catchiness.

Here we have a reMix of ‘A Funny Thing’ by London Indie-Synthsters Monarchy who make the track just that little bit deeper.

♫ Penguin Prison – A Funny Thing (Monarchy reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Penguin Prison have also released into the wild an instrumental of the tune.

♫ Penguin Prison – A Funny Thing (Instrumental) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Animal Aminal/A Funny Thing’ is out now.

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Dec 1 2009

Steed Lord; ‘Royal Ruffian’ reMix

Iceland’s crazy bassheads Steed Lord have dropped their own reMix of ‘Royal Ruffian’ taken from their album ‘Truth Serum’.

It’s a hell of a lot heavier than the original (now that the original was lightweight!), the lead synths and vocoders remain but the beats and bass hammer through the speakers.

♫ Steed Lord – Royal Ruffian (Steed Lord Club Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go check out ‘Truth Serum’ in all it’s Nu-Rave glory!

Steed Lord @ Beatport

Steed Lord @ Juno

Steed Lord @ 7Digital

Steed Lord @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

College & 1928

A relativly old tune here, but one I’ve been playing all day so you’re just going to have to put up with it!

Straight outta’ the Valerie collective College reMixed by 1928.

Just listen, fantastic noisy retro synth!

♫ College – Can You Kiss Me? (1928 reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

College’s album ‘Secret Diary’ is a must buy!

College @ Beatport

College @ 7Digital

College @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

Stopmakingme warps Little Boots

We haven’t had a Little Boots for a while, i thought there’d be more reMixes of ‘Earthquake’ knocking around! I’m glad this one found it’s way to us though!

London’s Stopmakingme just plain go weird synth crazy on this track It’s a dark, schizophrenic, random mix using some beautiful synth sounds!

♫ Little Boots – Earthquake (Stopmakingme Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Earthquake’ single is out now:

Little Boots @ Beatport

Little Boots @ 7Digital

Little Boots @ Juno

Little Boots @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

Name The Pet

Sweeden’s once again at the forefront of ElectroPop jams. Name The Pet is Hanna Brandén who has just dropped her self-titled début album.

Wonky Pop and quirky vocals are the order of the day here. It’s decidedly poppy, but comes across heavier with one foot always square on the dancefloor with touches of Acid and Nu-Disco.

Check it out and see what you think:

♫ Name The Pet – Club Kid (zShare) (MediaFire)

Name The Pet’s album is out now on Dolores Recordings:

Name The Pet @ 7Digital

Name The Pet @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

New OMD material!

Over on their Official Website, SynthPop legends Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are giving away a taster of their forthcoming album ‘The History Of Modern’ in the form of a demo of a track called ‘Sister Mary Says’.

It really does sound like classic OMD! More stripped down, minimal and 80’s than some of the 90’s albums. Rhythm, Andy McCluskey’s bass playing and vocals and a screaming lead line, pure OMD gold!

♫ OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) – Sister Marie Says (2007 Demo.)

Go download it! OMD’s new album is slated for a 2010 release.

OMD @ 7Digital

OMD @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

Acid Washed

Parisian mystery duo Acid Washed recently dropped their début EP ‘General Motors, Detroit, America’ and the title track is a crazy, random, acidic Disco track that is so way out there yet so brilliant at the same time. Love it when the beat kicks in!

Blackstrobe is just one of a few name contributing reMixes and they take the originals spacey arpeggio and force it to conform to their Nu-Disco banger!

♫ Acid Washed – General Motors, Detroit, America (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Acid Washed – General Motors, Detroit, America (Blackstrobe reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘General Motors, Detroit, America’ is out now on Record Makers.

Acid Washed @ Beatport

Acid Washed @ Juno

Acid Washed @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

Two new albums for Mikro!

It’s double album time for Greece’s Mikro! These guys have been busy!

Having just released their eighth studio album, ‘Upload’ the SynthPop/Dance-Punk act are already gearing up to drop it’s sister record ‘Download’.

Containing ten tracks of catchy electronic Pop with an edge, the album is something more than the usual Modern SynthPop fodder. Mikro have managed to make hard dancefloor rhythms and distorted synth work sound unbelievably sweet!

Check out these two tracks from ‘Download’:

♫ Mikro – Paradise (Dance Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Mikro – People (zShare) (MediaFire)

Upload’ is out now and ‘Download’ is released soon, both on UNDO Records:

Mikro @ 7Digital

Mikro @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

The Juan MacLean Vs. Cut Copy!

When you get tow creative greats like DFA’s Electro main man The Juan MacLean and Aussie Indie-Electro powerhouse Cut Copy you know something special is going to result!

Cut Copy have tackled last year’s huge single ‘Happy House’ and give it a dark, brooding groove with some sweet old school piano action.

♫ The Juan MacLean – Happy House (Cut Copy ‘Space Is The Place’ reMix (Full Mastered)) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Happy House’ single can still be picked up along with ‘The Future Will Come’, which is a class album!

The Juan MacLean @ Beatport

The Juan MacLean @ Juno

The Juan MacLean @ 7Digital

The Juan MacLean @ Amazon

Dec 1 2009

New datA single!

7th December sees the release of the second single from datA’s fantastic album ‘Skywriter’.

Following on from the massive ‘One In a Million’, ‘Electric Fever’ isn’t quite as poppy but it’s a Nu-Disco stormer that is guaranteed to fill floors. Parisian duo Acid Washed, amongst others, take on reMix duties here and smother the track in synth bass and cowbell goodness! Check the acid breakdown:

♫ datA – Electric Fever (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ datA – Electric Fever (Acid Washed reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single drops next week on Ekler’o’shocK.