The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty-One = Another month, another Magic Tape for you to obsess over the tracklist of. Whatever the line-up this is one kickin’ hour of ElectroPop, deep Nu-Disco and House with some nice surprises in there. We The Magician never stops!
♫ The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty-One
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So, Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘the Day That Never Came’/’Warm Rush’ reMix competition has drawn to a close, we’ve already featured Mr. Mæn’s and Lameboy Advance’s reMixes but while we await the winner to be announced let have a listen to some of the highlights so far.
We’ve by no means had the opportunity to listen to every single entrant, but here are some of the tracks that have stood out to us in out browsing of what’s on offer. Collins, unsurprisingly, turns in a top quality synthesiser workout with layers of retro electronic and does a really good job of creating a mood with his use of sound. Norwegian outfit seipä, have entered a massive sounding ElectroPop version of ‘The Day That Never Came’ that is pure synth euphoria. Jason Kid, winner of the Monsieur Adi reMix cometition, delivers a warm SynthWave track in his ‘Warm Rush’ reMix while Croatian act Senzorz drop some live ElectroPop with walls of arpeggios.
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (Collins’ Kiss The Abyss reMix)
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (seipä reMix)
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Warm Rush (Jason Kid reMix)
♫ Cinnamon Chasers – The Day That Never Came (Bexx Senzorz Last Minute Rmx)
‘The Day That Never Came’ is out now.
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London based producer Black Magic Disco is about to release his new single, ‘Downtown’ on Pole Position Recordings. Prepare for the Funk to be brought!
‘Downtown’ is a massive slice of Electro Boogie with a Moog-esque bassline that squelches and funks it’s way through the track like a Disco steamroller. And the awesome solid groove isn’t even the best bit, oh no, this tune is washed in subtle vocoding and some truly cosmic melodies and may be one of the best Cosmic Disco tracks I’ve heard this year. It doesn’t stop there though, one of our favourite producers ODahl steps up to work his magic on the track with some slick synthed Dreamwave ripe for the dancefloor and the normally more laid back Satin Jackets deliver a wicked 80’s synth Funked out Nu-Disco groover. The single also hold ‘First Avenue’ an inner city Disco B-side and a reMix from CRAM.
♫ Black Magic Disco – Downtown (Original Mix)
♫ Black Magic Disco – Downtown (ODahl reMix)
♫ Black Magic Disco – Downtown (Satin Jackets reMix)
‘Downtown’ is released 26th March at Juno, 2nd April elsewhere..
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The Wearerussians.com collective is just going from strength to strength and fast becoming the focal point for the Russian retro synth scene. Their latest release is the new single from Voyager.
Voyager are the duo of Dmitry Filimonov and Anton Shato from our favourite Russian city, Saint Petersburg, and they are making some pretty sweet funky analog ElectroPop. With ‘Lovers’ Voyager, like many of their W.A.R. contemporaries take a Dreamwave slant to their tunes with lush synth pads and an 80s styling, but there’s also a uniqueness to their combination of big nostalgic Electro and introspective ElectroPop, which is where the melodies come from. Add to that some crooning vocals and the result is something apart from the crowd. The EP, which is free by the way, comes loaded with reMixes. Our favourites are The Frost instrumental take, a peak time Nu-Disco tune that’s the floor-filler of the package, Serj V smooth, funk laden, beach Disco mix, full of filtered goodness, and Phalanxes Of fingers stripped back SynthPop version, which is RoboPop at it’s finest.
♫ Voyager – Lovers (Original Mix)
♫ Voyager – Lovers (The Frost Instrumental reMix)
♫ Voyager – Lovers (Serj V reMix)
♫ Voyager – Lovers (Phalanxes Of Fingers reMix)
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Malibu B is back with another new tune, ‘Alfa’ is so full of Italo goodness it’s hard not to love it.
Bright and shiny, with some awesome percussion, ‘Alfa’ kicks of with a military Italo bassline. Rigid and marching the rhythm section provides a rock steady synthetic backing for Malibu B to layer some heave electronic emotions on us. There’s something quite haunting about the ringing melody of ‘Alfa’, something quite listless too. In generally it’s a pretty uplifting tune, but shot through with an air of melancholy that suits the moody Italo groove.
Malibu B’s ‘Endgame’ is out now on Binalog Productions.
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Bag Raiders – March Mix = It may be coming up to the end of March, but there’s still time for Australia’s finest, Bag Raiders, to drop and hour of feel good electronic to see us into Spring.
♫ Bag Raiders – March Mix
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Gotye and Kimbra’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, remixed to death? Yes. My first instinct is to ignore new reMixes of this track that land in out inbox. It’s done now, get over it, it;s too late to jump on the ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ train. However, I find it very hard to ignore emails from Walter Sobcek, and I’m glad I didn’t.
Their reMix of the track is just really nice, there’s no other way to say it. Sure, we’ve all heard the song enough to last a lifetime, but Walter Sobcek’s laid back beach Disco is a smooth and toting such an addictive groove that you end up just kinda’ sinking into the track. Once again Walter Sobcek proving why they are at top of the Dreamwave pile.
♫ Gotye (Feat. Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used To Know (Walter Sobcek reMix)
‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ is out now.
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New York SynthWavers Follow Me are back with another new track, between Follow Me and Guy Zalaxy they’re like a Dreamwave machine these days!
‘Doomsday Device’ is a mid-tempo grinder. Built upon layers and layers of lush synths, it’s an optimistic sounding track but with an undercurrent of adversity in there. The droning synths that make up the bassline acting as a wall of oppression which the shining lead lines lift the track up from. Follow me are doing a good job these days of creating real narrative tunes, and ‘Doomsday Device’ definitely has a story to tell.
♫ Follow Me – Doomsday Device
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Neon Indian has announced the next single from his ‘Era Extraña’ album will be ‘Hex Girlfriend’, a limited edition lime-green vinyl 7” release for this years Record Store Day preceding it’s general release.
‘Hex Girlfriend’ is a pretty raucous nostalgic teenage anthem. Both musically and lyrically reminiscent of days gone by. Alan Palomo layers retro synths with heavy bass and a chilled garage vocal for a real rawness. Despite being mostly electronic ‘Hex Girlfriend’ has a live, grittiness to it that only further brings the mod of the track.
♫ Neon Indian – Hex Girlfriend (Radio Edit)
‘Hex Girlfriend’ is taken from Neon Indian’s sophomore album ‘Era Extraña’ and the single will be released generally 28th May.
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On The Fruit Records have just dropped the latest track from Canadian Nu-Disco producer Pat Lok. the title track from Pat’s new single. Good times!
‘Remember’ is a dream of a track. Even though it has a really solid groove, the track seems to float on by, carried on clouds made of Funk. In general ‘Remember’ has got a bit of an LA vibe about it, both in the Funk and in the beach Disco departments, I imagine that this tune is going to go down a storm at quite a few parties in that part of the world, that’s not to say it won’t be rockin’ more than a few dancefloors elsewhere too. Keep hitting play ‘cos once the track gets 5,000 plays, On The Fruit are gonna’ release the download!
♫ Pat Lok – Remember
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