Jan 24 2012

Flashlights’ new single

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Fresh from their critically acclaimed ‘Hidden Behind Trees’ EP for Binary, Denver Synth outfit Flashlights are back with a new single, ‘Fireworks’.

Injecting a little more ElectroPop into their dreamtime synth sound with ‘Fireworks’, Flashlights combine an ‘80’s Indie vocal with layers of crisp electronics for a sound more inclined to the upbeat and catchy, as we first heard with “’New Hampshire II’. It’s a nice direction for Flashlights to be going in, with something about it that recalls mid-‘80’s British Indie as well as the melodic ElectroPop at it’s core. It’s catchy as hell too!

♫ Flashlights – Fireworks

‘Fireworks’ is taken from the EP ‘So Close To Midnight’, released soon.

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Jan 21 2012

Final DJs’ ‘One Day In The Sun’

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Well, finally. Someone has snapped up Germany’s Final DJs for a proper release, luckily it was Franck at On The Fruit, so we can expect great things.

Their début single will be released soon, in the meantime check out their new track ‘One Day In The Sun’ which sees the usually SynthWave Final DJs getting their Disco Funk on with wicked little Disco licks and a bouncy bassline. they don’t leave the SynthWave completely behind though, as you’ll hear when the skyrocketing solo kicks in. Can’t wait for the single.

♫ Final DJs – One Day In The Sun

Final DJs’ début single is out soon on On The Fruit.

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Jan 21 2012

The Sanfernando Sound reMixes R3set

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The Sanfernando Sound’s latest reMix is his entry into R3set’s ‘Runaway’ reMix competition, and it set’s the bar pretty damn high.

TSS bases his mix around an driving Italo, almost New Beat, bassline, which gives the floatier, more retro Poppy elements, room to weave in and out of each other creating textures and melodies. This reMix’s combination of ‘80’s elements gives the vocals a new, The Thompson Twins-esque, lease-of-life which makes this version of the track stand out from the others. There’s some lovely solo work in there too. It feels like we’ve been watching The Sanfernando Sound grow and mature as an artist over the past year, both in terms of production and musical ability. I’d say he was ready for his final exam.

♫ R3set – Runaway (The Sanfernando Sound reMix)

R3set’s ‘Runaway’ EP is out now.

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Jan 20 2012

Work Drugs reMixed by Selebrities & Southern Shores

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Cascine, doing it again! This time they present Work Drugs’ Ice Warf’ a song that joins the growing list of songs in the last three years written about places I used to live just around the corner from, in this case the Ice Warf in Camden. Not sure why you’d want to write a song about a Wetherspoon’s, but the track is generally about getting drunk in Camden and mentions a few other places anyway. No Dublin Castle though?

Anyhoo, Cascine have got two of their finest acts on reMix duties. Kicking off with Selebrities who’s lush ‘80’s Pop version is the stand out for me. Their dreamy synths and raw beats capture my interpretation of the song perfectly. Southern Shores go in a slightly more Balearic direction with an ‘90’s House meets Chillwave sound.

♫ Work Drugs – Ice Wharf (Selebrities reMix)

♫ Work Drugs – Ice Wharf (Southern Shores reMix)

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Jan 20 2012

Indian Summer reMix Polographia

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Australian Dreamwavers Indian Summer have souped up Polographia’s ‘Righteous Heat’, turning it from deep ambiance to a funked up slice of SynthWave.

Layers of the crispest, cleanest and rounded synth sounds echo and bounce off one another over a fresh Disco beat giving the originally melancholic track the lift it needed. Even the new melodies serve to raise the tune to the point where it’s now an infections five minutes of mysterious Sci-Fi ElectroPop.

♫ Polographia – Righteous Hit (Indian Summer reMix)

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Jan 19 2012

Edwin Van Cleef’s ‘Show & Tell Mixtape 1’

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Edwin Van Cleef – Show & Tell Mixtape 1 ‘Post Future-Garage Electro-Soul’ = I’m not really sure what ”Post Future-Garage Electro-Soul’ is exactly, but Mr. Van Cleef can call it what he wants. I call it just under an hour of some of the freshest synth dance around.

♫ Edwin Van Cleef – Show & Tell Mixtape 1 ‘Post Future-Garage Electro-Soul’

The tracklist:

01. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake rEMix)
02. Mercury (Feat. Christopher McCray) – Running Back To You
03. Lana Del Ray – Born To Die (Guxxi reMix)
04. The 2 Bears – Work (Franky Rizardo reMix)
05. Speech Debelle – I’m With It (Leo Zero reMix)
06. Parallel Dance Ensemble – Shopping Cart (Maxxi Soundsystem reMix)
07. The Penelopes – Sally In The Galaxy (Edwin Van Cleef reMix)
08. Reset! – Don’t Let The System Control You (Summer of Love Mix)
09. Cassius – The Sound of Violence (Show Your Shoe reMix)
10. Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (Aeroplane reMix)
11. Chameo – Wow
12. Vlsson – Eye Droops (Terror Tone reMix)
13. Evil Nine – Roar
14. GonZo – So Much For Teenage Dream

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Jan 19 2012

Grafton Primary’s new video

Grafton Primary are back! Here is the brand new video for the first track from the Australian ElectroDiscoPop band’s forthcoming new album.

‘When the Evolution Comes’ is a powerful slice of pumping Electro that leaves us definitely wanting more.

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Jan 17 2012

80s Stallone’s ‘Beach’ EP

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Released next month on Silhouette Music is the new EP from SynthWave maestro 80s Stallone.

The ‘Beach’ EP’s title track is a thing of pure joy. Waves of nostalgia wash forth from vintage synth sounds creating this feel good, slightly Italo, vibe. I don’t know whether it’s the bouncy mid-‘80’s bassline or the SynthPop melodies, but there’s just something about this track that captures everything we love about retro synthesizer music, and put a smile on our faces while it does it. We covered the Jan Hammer-esque flipside a few months ago Cliffhanger and love it even more now. the rest of the EP is filled with some awesome reMix work from L’Equipe Du Son, who turn the title track into a night drive pulsar with a slight Psy Trance feel in the burbling riffs, and and some really smooth, laid back, electronic Disco from The Legendary 1979 Orchestra.

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (Original Mix)

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (L’Equipe Du Son reMix)

♫ 80s Stallone – Beach (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra reMix)

80s Stallone’s ‘Beach’ EP is released 13th February on Silhouette Music.

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Jan 16 2012

Vanguard’s ‘Calling U’

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Short, but incredibly sweet, that’s what Welsh Nu-Disco duo VanGuard’s new track is.

So smooth, so retro, with such a powerful sound. The track is only two and a half minutes long but it crams an epic flow into such a short time. With a heavy rhythm section that powers the track along and is followed closely by those big retro chords, ‘Calling U’ is more Dreamwavey and less Nu-Disco than their usual tracks, more like their reMixes. This is real ‘80’s movie soundtrack/Disco hybrid stuff. Simple, but very effective.

♫ VanGuard – Calling U

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Jan 13 2012

Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver’s new EP

Looks like Discotexas are onto another absolute winner with heir next release, the ‘Diamonda’ EP from Finish production duo Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver.

From them moment the lead track kicks off your ears are treated to some massive sounding ‘80’s influenced Dreamwave awesomeness. ‘Diamonda’ is a full on driving synth track that walks the pumping line between Nu-Disco and Outrun Electro. this tune is so exciting it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. It’s partnered with ‘Opal’, more Dreamwave excellence with slightly more of a hazy summer city nights vibe to it and some lush soaring synths. reMixes come correct from Justin Faust who’s Nu-Disco groove is a bit of a stand out track, Xinobi and Bright Shades. As an extra treat here’s also the EP’s closing track ‘22’ to download, it makes a nice retro comedown for the EP.