Sigh…I’ve been meaning to post this for a while but kept getting sidetracked.
A while back we featured the Franzy Scanner reMix of Polish ElectroPop prodigy Pati Yang A.K.A. Nikita’s single ‘Tonite’. Well, here’s the video, Enjoy.
Nikita is currently in the studio with Joe Cross, one of the best ElectroPop producers working in the UK right now, and that can only mean greatness/
The single, ‘Tonight’, is out today..
What’s this ‘ere then? Why, it’s only the new single by Bedroom Pop genius Penguin Prison as débuted this weekend on Radio 1.
Probably the most upbeat, Disco-y track he’s dropped so far, ‘Golden Train’ is just pure smooth ElectroPop. And when I say smooth, I mean smooth, there isn’t much smoother than this, this side of Chromeo.
♫ Penguin Prison – Golden Train (Radio Rip)
Penguin Prison releases ‘Golden Train’ on 22nd November.
Check out some summery dreaminess in the brand new video for Walter Sobcek’s ‘Je Me Souviens’. I won’t re-iterate what we thought of the track, you can read and download the NightWaves reMix in our post earlier this week, suffice to say it’s pretty awesome.
Just enjoy:
The ‘Je Me Souviens’ EP is out now on Sismic Music
LexiconDon’s ‘Student Body’ has only gone and got itself a promo video!
It’s an amazing track from, what is, one of the ElectroPop albums of the year ‘Pink + Blue’, I think the only thing missing from the LexiconDon package was a music video. Sorted.
Directed by Jason Beattie, the video makes interesting use of colour for a hyper-real 80’s look and is wonderfully tongue in cheek. I would expect nothing less than LexiconDon taking the piss so there’s no disappointment there!
LexiconDon’s ‘Pink + Blue’ is out now on dubFrequency/Binary
Van Go Lion are pretty awesome, it’s actually quite hard for me to concentrate on writing something about them ‘cos I’m just kinda’ sat here digging the music.
This duo from Portland make some epic sounding ElectroPop with the ‘Electro’ and the ‘Pop’ in just the right places. Catchy vocals with a sense of humour, powerful electronics with soaring lead lines and a backline aimed squarely at the dancefloor…what more could you ask for? I think one of the things that impress about Van Go Loin immediately is the huge production, which coupled with the power of Amy Paige lungs makes an in-your-face electronic Pop experience that you can’t help but like!
Van Go Lion are currently putting the finishing touches to their new release, their self titled EP is still available:
On a website about, let’s face it, a lot of 80’s influenced music to say a band sounds really 80’s seems a bit moot, but Brooklyn’s Selebrities sound really 80’s!
And I don’t mean in a Dreamwave, 80’s soundtrack, way, more in the back of a dingy SynthPop/Goth club way. From the sweeping analog synth sounds to the Peter Hook inspired bass to the boarderline Siouxsie Sioux vocals this is real Post-Punk synth synth. Saying that though, it also manages to be poppy as hell, setting it apart from the similarly influenced Coldwave/Minimal Synth sound.
The track ‘Audition’ from their début EP, ‘Ladies Man Effect’, is a perfect example of how they inject a touch of glamour and catchiness into, what is, quite a dark sound.
The ‘Ladies Man Effect’ EP is out now as a free download from Cascine.
Silverclub are a new UK Indie-Electro act who’s quirky British synth heavy sound will appeal to many readers of electronic rumors.
The band kinda’ take the Passion Pit strain of American Indie-Electro and inject it with a decidedly British humour and synth work more heavily steeped in the history of British SynthPop. A bit like a more raw, more indie, Hot Chip.
Check out the lead track on their second EP, ‘All In All’, those pulsating analog sounds act as the prefect counterpoint to down-to-earth vocals.
Silverclub’s ‘All In All’ EP is out now (protip: you can get it for free at their official website for the price of an email address!) .
Parisian ElectroPop princess Yelle returns this October with a new single on Kitsuné Music.
Co-written, again, by GrandMarnier & tEPr and produced by Siriusmo, the track ‘La Musique’ is a nice slice of analog French Pop with a hypnotic bassline and leads which cut through the song. Lorenz Rhode’s reMix amps up the deep Disco into serious French-Touch territory with a killer ‘70’s Moog bassline.
♫ Yelle – La Musique (Lorenz Rhode reMix)
‘La Musique’ drops 4th October.
French retro synth master Frederic Riviere A.K.A. Anoraak has finally dropped his début album, ‘Wherever The Sun Sets’, and it’s awesome.
It’s everything you’d expect from the long time officer in the Valerie army. Dreamy ElectroPop meets 80’s teen movie soundtrack. Here we can sample for you an alternate mix of the track ‘Don’t Be Afraid’ featuring the vocals of repeat Anoraak collaborator and Italo/Pop heroine Sally Shapiro. Pure bliss!
♫ Anoraak (Feat. Sally Shapiro) – Don’t Be Afraid (Alternative Version)
‘Wherever The Sun Sets’ is out now.
Next month sees the release of Bag Raiders début full length album on Modular.
Bag Raiders have always, consistently, pumped out some of the best Nu-Disco/ElectroPop sounds around, so the album, titled ‘Way Back Home’, is highly anticipated. Check the title track, it perfectly displays Bag Raider knack for storming dancefloor Disco with Pop sensibilities which those lucky enough to be in Australia this year can sample live as the duo embark on a national tour to promote the album, details here.
‘Way Back Home’ drops 1st October.
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