Nov 28 2013

[Download] Touch Tone reMixes Marlene’s ‘Bon Voyage’

LA’s best-kept-secret (which, frankly, is a bit mean) Touch Tone graces us with another new reMix this week. His latest muse is Sweedish Pop singer Marlene, who recently released her début single, Bon Voyage. It’s Bon Voyage that Touch Tone reworks, sprinkling it with a little West Coast magic.

We’re not overly familiar with the original, it sounds a bit R&B influenced, including a half-decent Rihanna impersonation at times, but in Touch Tone’s care it becomes a storming beach House tune. Clean and snappy, with a Tropical edge, this reMix drifts into your speaks like a sea breeze, bring with it good-time and good-weather (both of which are, we presume, in abundance in LA). Chirpy little melodies play tastefully with a booming hook and razor sharp drums. Touch Tone delivers the goods once again.

♫ Marlene – Bon Voyage (Touch Tone reMix)

Marlene’s Bon Voyage is out now.

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Nov 28 2013

[Video] Mereki’s ‘Blue Lake’

Look! Mereki’s Blue Lake has got a video! You know we love the single’s breezy, LA Disco, Dreamwave, ElectroPop vibes. But do we love the video?

Yes we do! Directed by Ariane Stewart & Mereki Beach slices up a bunch of cute vintage home video with a ton of Mereki doing her thing.

Mereki’s début EP is due out soon.

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Nov 22 2013

[Mixtape] Reflex’s Mixtape ‘#20 ‘Special Asia Tour”

Reflex – Mixtape #20 = French ElectroPoppers Reflex’s latest half hour is crammed to the gills with some of the best ElectroPop and Nu-Disco around right now, including some box fresh cuts, all in celebration of the duo off to Asia on tour, dates here.

♫ Reflex – Mixtape #20 ‘Special Asia Tour’

The tracklist :
01. The Swiss – Kiss To Kiss (Pyramid reMix)
02. Mayer Hawthorne – Wine Glass Woman (Aeroplane reMix)
03. Zimmer – Galapagos
04. Convaire – Talk In Technicolor (Dino Soccio reMix)
05. Roosevelt – Montreal
06. Reflex – Together (Oxford reMix)
07. Edwin Van Cleef – Two As One
08. Justin Faust – Elevator
09. Punks Jump Up – Fairlight (Club Mix)
10. Chela – Romanticise (Gold Fields reMix)
11. Sinema (Kiko) – In My Eyes

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Nov 21 2013

[Video] Keenhouse’s ‘Dairy 11’

Here’s the new video for Keenhouse’s Dairy 11. It’s another dreamy electronic track taken from his excellent Four Dreams album of earlier this year.

Zara Bloom directs the clip, featuring dancers Maya and Rhythm and a bunch of projection.

Keenhouse’s Four Dreams is out now.

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Nov 21 2013

[Audio] Say Lou Lou’s ‘Beloved’ reMixed by Tiedye

Sweedish Disco duo Tiedye. Terrible band name. Excellent reMixers. Just take their latest work, the B-side to Better In The Dark, forthcoming single from Say Lou Lou, Beloved. As with most Say Lou Lou singles, Beloved is epic DreamPop at it’s finest. All floaty and hard to focus on but doing just the right things at just the right times, Tiedye, take that vibe and drag it onto the dancefloor of a boogie.

This reMixes swirling synths actually give it a Dreamwave air, the bright arpeggios instilling it with a sense of nostalgia. Which, of course, plays right into the sisters dreamy vocals. Tiedye mange to get all euphoric without going too far down the cheese route, which is tricky business that they have pulled-off quite nicely. Also, there’s a really nice snare in this track. Listen out.

♫ Say Lou Lou – Beloved (Tiedye reMix)

Say Lou Lou’s Better In The Dark is released 25th November.

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Nov 19 2013

[Audio] Electric Youth’s ‘Innocence’

Canada’s finest Dreamwavers Electric Youth are back! After far to long an absence since their last single, The Best Thing, the Torontonian duo have just announced the release of their new single, Innocence. The single is taken from their forthcoming début full length record, due out next year. It seems weird that the duo have been around for so many years, but are only just releasing an album, but it’s definitely one we are looking forward to.

Innocence sees Electric Youth in full-on DreamPop mode. Austin keeps the music a swirl of hazy synths, with smokey, reverb washed keys still holding on to a degree of power. The spacious synths meld and blur into Bronwyn’s almost ethereal vocal performance, making them both just parts of a bigger whole. Dramatic and encompassing, Innocence is a good sign that the album is going to be something pretty special. See that? We got through the whole article without mentioning the dreaded ‘D’ word!

♫ Electric Youth – Innocence

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Nov 19 2013

[Audio] Teeel’s ‘Temple Of The Sun’

Check out this space age slice of awesomeness. Temple Of The Sun is the latest tune from New Jersey based SynthWaver Teeel and is his contribution to new compilation album Violent Success Presents: Retro Future. Alongside the likes of Betamaxx and Arc Neon, Teeel delivers something a little different with this one, taking in a few more, wider, influences.

Mixing up a little SynthWave, a little Indie, a little ElectroPop and even a little Tropical into one vintage synth laden beats, Teeel crafts a breezy, chill, mood with Temple Of The Sun. Layers of buzzing and pulsating synths intertwine with each other, laying down robotic melodies. This is tempered with some distant, hazy vocals and some light, New Order-esque string instrumentation. The result is a slick, nostalgic, four minutes of bliss.

♫ Teeel – Temple Of The Sun

You can find Teel’s Temple Of The Sun as part of the Violent Success Presents: Retro Future compilation here.

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Nov 15 2013

[Audio] Mitch Murder’s ‘Snow Crash’

So, every-time Sweedish SynthWave king Mitch Murder drops a new track (which is increasingly more frequent these days) we say to ourselves ‘we don’t have to write about it, we don’t have to post everything the man releases’, and then we listen to it. The same thing happened today, we thought, ‘we don’t have to post the new Mitch Murder track’, and then gave Snow Crash a listen, and then had no choice. Mitch is just head and shoulders above his contemporaries, musically, each piece from him is a work of genius. So enjoy another one.

Named after Neal Stephenson’s classic1992 Cyberpunk novel, the track also delivers a narrative. Starting of with a selection of mellow, evocative chords that weave Mitch’s soundtrack magic. Synths and sax fade together, casting a futuristic mood over the track, before it launches into a beat heavy instrumental ElectroPop tune to capture your imagination.

♫ Mitch Murder – Snow Crash

Mitch Murder’s ‘The Touch’ single is out now.

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Nov 12 2013

[Mixtape] Goldroom’s ‘Otoño Mix’

Goldroom – Otoño Mix 2013 = This hour long mixtape is Josh’s ode to these Autumn evenings, as things get darker earlier, a little colder and a little more colourful, let these eighteen chilled Disco and House tunes warm your toes.

♫ Goldroom – Otoño Mix 2013

The tracklist:
01. YUME – September (Baby)
02. Ken Sano – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Late Nite Tuff Guy Edit)
03. Mario Basanov – Closer
04. Ben Pearce – What I Might Do (Kilter reMix)
05. Chvrches – The Mother We Share (Moon Boots reMix)
06. Jim James – Know Til Know (Pixelated reMix)
07. Yesco – Illusion
08. Xtrafunk – Seek
09. Gero & Kullai Timi – Turn Around (Satin Jackets reMix)
10. The Shift – Hide And Seek
11. Panama – Always (Classixx reMix)
12. Chela – Zero (Oxford reMix)
13. Wunder Wunder – Coastline (Goldroom reMix)
14. Goldroom – Embrace (Gold Fields reMix)
15. Owl Eyes – Hurricane (Cassian reMix)
16. Crooked Colours – Moontan Nocturnal (Grafton Primary reMix)
17. Justin Faust – Elevator
18. Fred Falke & Alan Braxe – Automatic

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Nov 12 2013

[Audio] Miami Horror’s ‘Colours In The Sky’

So, Aussie ElectroPoppers Miami Horror’s new single, Real Slow has been getting quite the hammering at electronic rumors HQ recently. If you’re so inclined to pick up the track on 7” from Neon Gold, you’ll find that it’s a double A-side with this little gem, Colours In The Sky (also out as a digital single this week) which features Cleopold, whoever or whatever that is, it appears to have zero internet presence, so it might be a Victorian entertainer.

Colours In The Sky is exactly four minutes if synthesizer felicity. An almost Chillwavey haze of reverb laden keys and raw piano hooks. It’s a collection of avant-garde noises re configured into a summery Pop song. Intelligent and interesting, Colours In The Sky, alongside Real Slow, has us very much looking forward to hearing their forthcoming sophomore album. Lush synths, hazy vocals, distant melodies and a healthy does of nostalgia. What more could we ask for, well, better weather would be nice, but we guess Miami Horror can’t do everything.