Apr 24 2010

La Roux reMix I Blame Coco

I Blame Coco A.K.A Eliot Sumner (of sister to Sting fame) has reached out to tour buddy La Roux to remix her forthcoming single ‘Self Machine’.

Is this the first La Roux reMix of another artist? I’m probably forgetting someone here but no other one springs to mind. Anyway, the track is reminiscent of ‘Quicksand’ a bit and takes be back to the summer of ‘08, which seeing as how it’s quite a summery tune, is no bad thing.

Annie Mac premiered it on her show, so check the radio rip.

♫ I Blame Coco – Self Machine (La Roux reMix) (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Self Machine’ is out soon.

I Blame Coco @ Juno

I Blame Coco @ Amazon

Apr 24 2010

DOM

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DOM (the Band), brainchild of Dom (the dude) are from Worchester, Massachusetts, a town getting a bit of a rep for producing ElectroPop these days.

On the verge of a hype explosion the band are about to release their début EP, ‘Sun Bronzed Greek God’ which includes the standout track ‘Living In America’. Imagine Passion Pit rehearsing next door to Daft Punk and sitting in the middle. Their brand of fun Electro sarcasm should take them a long way!

♫ DOM – Living In America (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Sun Bronzed Greek Gods’ EP drops 1st May on Burning Mill Records

DOM @ Big Cartel

Apr 17 2010

New Alice In Videoland single! Spaceship

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Long-time readers of electronic rumors should be no strangers to Swedish ElectroPunk outfit Alice In Videoland (they even made our top 20 tracks of 2009!), they are one band we can’t help but get enthusiastic about.

Some exiting news, then, coming out of AiV HQ, the guys are finalizing the recording of new material and are gearing up for the release of a brand new single!

‘Spaceship’ is one of the most commercial tracks to come out of the AiV camp (despite the lyrical content), but that’s no bad thing. Pushing their raw ElectroPunk sound into territories verging on Electro-House and Pop, the single is like Lady GaGa or Goldfrapp run through a distortion pedal. Catchy as hell (something a little bit lacking from their last album) with an infections riff ‘Spaceship’ reminds you of just how in-your-face electronic music, and even Pop, can be in the right hands.

Alice In Videoland have been kind enough to allow me to share the track with you lot:

♫ Alice In Videoland – Spaceship (zShare) (MediaFire)

A definite welcome return for Alice’s Electro-Pop-Punk soundclash.

The ‘Spaceship’ single is released 21st April on Wonderland Records.

Alice In Videoland @ Beatport

Alice In Videoland @ Juno

Alice In Videoland @ 7Digital

Alice In Videoland @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

Dubstar reunite for Buffetlibre/Amnesty International ‘PEACE’ project.

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As part of electronic rumors continuing support for Buffetlibre DJs’ and Amnesty International’s ‘PEACE’ project, we are pleased to be able to announce that the album is now available! Described by the Buffetlibre guys as a ‘musical atlas’ the record features over 150 brand new songs by artists from over 50 countries, including some big names that will be of interest to our readers, such as: The Antlers, frYers, Gooseflesh, Jori Hulkkonen, Kissogram, Marc Almond, Marsheaux, Micro, The Neon Judgement, Patrick Wolf, The Toxic Avenger, Kid606, The Ultrasonics, Operator Please, You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tesla Boy, 4hero, ASCII.Disko and Avian X…just to name a few!

Of particular interest is a brand new track by Dubstar! It seems Sarah Blackwood and the guys have put their differences aside for this good cause and recorded a cover version of Passions’ ‘I’m In Love With A German Film Star’. 2008 was the last time we had the possibility of Sarah taking time out from the wonderful Client to record new Dubstar material but things turned a little sour. If a reason to shake hands and make music was needed, then drawing attention to human rights abuses worldwide seems like a very good one.

The Buffetlibre guys have very kindly allowed electronic rumors to exclusively share this track with you lot.

It’s a lot more post-punky, shoegazey even, than I had expected, but a track the washes over you and carries you away with it. The instrumentation and vocals swirl around each other and swell toward the finale. It’s nice, as well, to hear Sarah singing in her ‘Dubstar’ voice (as opposed to her ‘Client’ voice) again, it reminds me of the early 90’s so much I can’t help but smile.

♫ Dubstar – I’m In Love With A German Film Star (zShare) (MediaFire)

Does this mean a future for Dubstar? Who can tell.

You can choose to pay between €5 and €25 for the album, which for 180 tracks and artwork is a cracking deal, and the collected money will be used for Amnesty International’s investigation and action campaigns aimed at preventing cases of Human Rights abuses around the world.

Fantastic cause, Fantastic album, just listen to the stream here.

‘PEACE’ is out right now, head on over to Buffetlibre’s site to grab a copy and make your donations!

Peace @ Buffetlibre DJs

Apr 13 2010

New Young Pony Club’s new video

New Young Pony Club have débuted the video for their next single ‘We Want To’, the second single from their latest album, ‘The Optimist’. It appears to be a funny take on Russian infomercials and adverts.

‘The Optimist’ is out now and the ‘We Want To’ single will be out soon.

New Young Pony Club @ Beatport

New Young Pony Club @ 7Digital

New Young Pony Club @ Amazon

Apr 7 2010

DEVO; New album trailer & Song Study

New Wave legends DEVO are gearing up for the release of their first full studio album since 1990, and part of that involved letting the fans decide what tracks make it to the final disk as explained in this trailer:

You can check out the songs and vote here, sounds like it could be a cracking album!

Apr 6 2010

Win a limited edition Topman CTRL T-Shirt Designed by CHEW LiPS!!!

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Each month Topman pick a current, exiting, UK band to become Topman CTRL Controllers, giving them a chance to share some of their inspirations and current raves on the Topman CTRL site, their month culminating in a headlining gig with a line up hand picked by the band. This month they have really outdone themselves by handing over the helm to awesome ElectroPoppers CHEW LiPS.

Here at electronic rumours we’ve managed to get our hands on a pair of exclusive Topman T-shirts designed by CHEW LiPS to kick off their control of the Topman CTRL site, http://www.myspace.com/topmanctrl, in April.

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As is the CTRL way, CHEW LiPS will be headlining a night of great bands and great music hand picked by the trio. Alongside themselves will be Party Horse, Ten Bears and DJ Dan Strange! All this will be going down 16th April at the Cardiff Arts Institute in, obviously, Cardiff.

For tickets and more details check out http://www.topmanctrl.com

To grab yourself one of these limited edition T-shirts you need to follow us (electronicrumor) on Twitter, then copy, paste and tweet the following:

Oh please @electronicrumor, please sort me out with a limited edition @topmanctrl T-shirt designed by the wonderful @Chew_Lips! I wanna win!

Simple as that! Everyone who Tweets will have their name, quite literally, put into my porkpie hat and the winner will be notified via Twitter. We’ll keep things going until Friday 30th April and get in touch with the winners soon after.

CHEW LiPS current album, ‘Unicorn’, is out now and the single ‘Karen’ was released last week.

Apr 1 2010

DāM-FunK covers The Human League

Dr. Martins, British footwear provider to the Indie inclined for, well, forever, are celebrating 50 years in the boot business by commissioning a whole heap of artists to cover 10 classic tracks.

This is the track you’ll be particularly interested in. La Electro-Funk agitator DāM-FunK taking The Human League’s ‘The Things That Dreams Are Made Of’ to Moog heaven.

Like Barry White channelling Phil Oakey this is a really raw Funk, bass heavy version.

♫ DāM-FunK – The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (The Human League Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can hear the other tracks from 1st April at 50 Years Of Dr. Martins

Mar 17 2010

Hot Chip’s new video

Peter Serafinowicz’s video for Hot Chip’s forthcoming single, ‘I Feel Better’, débuted today and it’s surreally hilarious, check it:

That’s some fucked up shit right there!

Anyone who reads Mr. Serafinowicz’s Twitter feed knows how much fun he had making the clip and how exited he’s been about it so it’s great to it finally sees the light of day.

‘I Feel Better’ is taken from the ‘One Life Stand’ album, out now:

Mar 15 2010

Bright Light Bright Light

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Bright Light Bright Light (which I really hope is a Gremlins reference!) is the one-man project of Cardiff based Singer/Songwriter Rod Thomas who absolute passion to create well-crafted Pop music shines through the music from the first listen.

You can tell that Rod has spent a few years honing his craft as, for a DIY production, it’s pretty damn slick. It’s also timed brilliantly, this kind of ElectroPop with an emphasis on songwriting, an ElectroPop revolution of substance over style, is set to blow up this year and Bright Light Bright Light could well be at the head of the pack.

His latest track ‘A New Word To Say’ is a perfect example of this, it’s intelligent yet catchy, danceable yet thoughtful. Essentially it’s been written rather than produced, if you see what I mean? Which is always refreshing in electronic music.

Rod has roped in his friend James Yuill and fellow Cardiff ElectroPoppers Friends Electric (who’s reMix of Ellie Goulding’s ‘Under The Sheets’ we featured way back when) for reMix duties. James delivers a bright retro synth mix that actually sounds like it was fun to make while Friends Electric take it straight to the dancefloor in a French House stylee.

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (James Yuill reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bright Light Bright Light – A New Word To Say (Friends Electric Got Love Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Bright Light Bright Light have a few appearances lined up for the coming months, catch them if you can:

20th March – Sink The Pink [DJ Set], Resistance Gallery, London
03rd April – Sink The Pink [DJ Set], Vogue Fabrics, London
12th April – The Lexington, London
13th April – FLUX=RAD, Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff
15th April – Night & Day, Manchester
17th April – The Forum, London
24th April – Unit, Southampton
30th April – New Sound Wales Showcase, Chapter Arts, Cardiff

Rod also heads up Self Raising Records, so expect Bright Light Bright Light’s album soon, until them bestow some of that MySpace love of your on him:

Bright Light Bright Light @ MySpace