Feb 24 2012

Timo Juuti & Hector 87’s new EP

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Here’s the latest release from Italian label La Valigetta to get you in the mood for the weekend. Timo Juuti & Hector 87 provide some truly infections tunes for their ‘Woo Chicks & Disco Wobbelz’ EP.

‘Disco Wobbels’ took me completely by surprise, we get sent a lot of mediocre Electro-House and Nu-Disco, it takes a lot for something we’ve never heard of to grab our attention, but ‘Disco Wobbelz’ did, it’s got a load of elements we’re starting to tire of, but it’s so well done, so funky, so blissed out you can help but get really into it. It’s a track that does a fantastic job of revitalising something that was in need of it. ‘Woo Chicks’ falls more into the Funky cut-up Nu-Disco camp and is a big peak time tune. The EP is crammed full of more originals and reMixes including this cut from Ghosts Of Venice, who bring some of his smooth grooves to ‘Woo Chicks’ for a more intimate version.

♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Disco Wobblez

♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Woo Chicks

♫ Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Woo Chicks (Ghosts Of Venice reMix)

‘Woo Chicks & Disco Wobbelz’ is out 5th March.

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Feb 20 2012

Kensy Krackshow

It seems it’s that time of the month to see what shit-hot things the Russians are up to. This time the wearerussians.com label are dropping a free single from Kensy Krackshow.

The single ‘The End’ and it’s B-Side, ‘Malkovich’ are two slabs of powerful, driving, Electro. Dark and gritty with the big, retro leads of SynthWave, the distorted chaos of French Electro-House, and an extra helping of twisted Acid mayhem. There’s some serious competition for the likes of Danger and Kavinsky here! Kensy also recently dropped a free album, ‘Power Of Illusions’, which you can pick up here.

♫ Kensy Krackshow – The End

♫ Kensy Krackshow – Malkovich

Grab ‘The End’ from wearerussians.com on SoundCloud.

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Feb 20 2012

Coloureds reMix Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’

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Sometimes a track comes along that just makes your face hurt from smiling. Out friends Coloureds have delivered the goods again, in the form of their take on Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’.

The Yellow and Blue noise terrorists give Gabriel what can only be described as a “right sonic seeing to in a back alley” as the layer their trademark chainsaw synths over ‘Sledgehammer’s Pop-Funk vibe. Coloureds are maturing so fast in their sound, shown by how intact they keeps the original song structure, and how much of the underlying groove they retain whist still blowing your ears with their aural assault. No longer a choice between dirty, distorted, confusing in-your-face Electro and dancefloor working Disco. Coloureds have mastered both.

♫ Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer (Coloureds reMix)

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Feb 13 2012

Electronic Rumors Volume 1 – Out now on CD & Digital

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Well, it’s finally out in the wild, the last seven months of my life have come to fruition as we are amazingly proud to present ‘electronic rumors volume 1’.

I won’t go on about it, it’s possible that i would have a hard time reviewing it objectively, so take a listen to Ride The Universe’s awesome minimix of the compilation featuring all 15 tracks.

It’s almost weird that it’s real now and if you like physical media I would really recommend the CD, it comes in a stunning DigiPak designed by Sebastian Bentler.

♫ Electronic Rumors Volume 1 MiniMix (Mixed By Ride The Universe)

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Present
electronic rumors Volume One

Available 13th February 2012 on CD and Digital Download featuring the best in new ElectroPop, Dreamwave, Nu-Disco and Indie-Electro.

For the past four years music blog electronic rumors (electronicrumors.com) has been serving up the latest and greatest news and tracks in the world of Electro/Disco/Indie/Dreamwave/Synth/Stuff/Thing/Pop and now they have teamed up with respected Us ElectroPop label Ninthwave Records (Heaven17/White Town/The Modern) to release electronic rumors Volume 1, featuring of some of the best artists making Dreamwave, Nu-Disco, ElectroPop and Indie-Electro in the last twelve months including exclusive tracks from Ride The Universe (Dreamwave supergroup acclaimed, for their reMixes, with their début original), the much hyped Show Your Shoe, Futurecop!, beaumont, Substatic and Echoes and the first time on CD for Queen Of Hearts and Ronika, both tipped by the mainstream press for chart dominance in 2012. They feature alongside some of the most exciting electronic music that broke out in 2011.

01. Vanbot – Make Me, Break Me
02. Fear Of Tigers – The Adventures Of Pippi Longstrump (Diamond Cut reMix)
03. Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (StardonE Radio Mix)
04. Echoes – Second Best
05. Ronika – Wiyoo
06. Cosmonaut Grechko – All I Hear (Cosmo Black reMix)
07. Ride The Universe – A Little Better (Feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley)
08. Substatic – Gold
09. LexiconDon – December Sunset (Keenhouse reMix)
10. She’s The Queen – Waiting Game
11. Futurecop! – Me & U
12. Kid Kasio – Not For Turning
13. Show Your Shoe – Krokodil
14. Short Circuit – Let Go (NightWaves reMix)
15. beaumont – Reptile Blaze

Both the CD and Digital release happen Monday 13th February and will be available from most stockists.

Purchase links:
UK & EU
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Feb 8 2012

New track from Kavinsky!

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A brand new track from Kavinsky’s forthcoming album has leaked, we’re usually a bit cautious about posting leaks, unofficial releases just hurt the artists release schedule, but Kavinsky himself linked to the leak on his Twitter account, so we guess it’s not too bad. Plus, we’re too drunk with excitement to contain ourselves.

‘RoadGame’ see the French SynthWave legend on top form, and more cinematic than ever with an epic building track that, as a precursor to the album, lets us know that Kavinsky’s soundtracking of the Dead Cruiser is far from over. No-one tells a story in music quite like Kavinsky with his releases to date telling the story of a Ferrari fuelled ghost driver, and that’s one of the greatest things about the man, he shook up Electro, nailed SynthWave and created a whole mythos too! This is probably going to be a contender for the album of the year.

♫ Kavinsky – RoadGame

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Jan 28 2012

Jacques Lu Cont’s ‘Church’

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I don’t think there is any comeback in 2012 we are more excited for that that of Stuart Price/Les Rythmes Digitales/Thin White Duke/Jacques Lu Cont’s return to music making.

In ‘Church’, the second new track he has dropped, without fuss or ceremony’, Jacques Lu Cont shows the everyone why he is one of the top electronic music producers in the world today. It’s a track that puts everyone making bally Electro to shame. With an FM bassline (with a hint of Lisa Lougheed’s ‘Run With Us’ about it!) that has such impact and drops and build in just the right places, this tune is a dancefloor juggernaut. Probably the best flat-out dance tune we’ve heard in a while. Simply stunning. This is one church I could get behind.

♫ Jacques Lu Cont – Church

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Jan 26 2012

Punks Jump Up’s new EP

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At the end of this month London Electro duo Punks Jump Up, riding on the success of ‘Blockhead’ and ‘Chimes Pt. 1’, drop their latest EP for Kitsuné Music.

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP contains six tracks of straight-up dancefloor grooves lead my by the amazingly catchy title track. This ‘Special CCCrash Mixxx’ is a melting pot of retro dance influences, pouring in bits of Acid House, bits of Disco, bits of Chicago House and a Funk vocal to make a party starter that’s bound to be working it’s magic all summer. The remaining five reMixes have something for everyone. ElectroPop gurus JBAG give the track a sweet ‘80’s sheen with some nostalgic stabs, this is probably the stand out reMix for me. Alex Gopher turns the Acid aspects of the tune up to eleven and drops a slow building burbler with some killer drops. OK, so you know a Fare Soldi is going to be a bit madcap, and the truly deliver here with some funk fuelled bassline chaos. The surprise of the EP, for me, was Zero Cash’s mixture of vintage synth bass and early ‘90’s House that works so well and creates a really rounded mood. Definitely be keeping an ear of Zero Cash in future. Deadstock 33s close the EP with a deep hypnotic dub version with just a hint of cosmic Disco to leave you with. All-in-all the EP is a winner, six varied reMixes with no real duds in there, how often does that happen?

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (JBAG reMix)

♫ Punks Jump Up – Get Down (Deadstock 33’s dub)

The ‘Get Down (Special CCCrash Mixxx)’ EP is released 30th January on Kitsuné Music.

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Jan 23 2012

PNAU’s new ‘Unite Us’ package

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PNAU’s anthemic ElectroPop single ‘Unite Us’ gets a brand new reMix package next month courtesy of Ministry Of Sound. The infectious summer soon-to-be-hit is backed with a whole host of awesome versions.

We’ve got to mention Kris Menace’s reMix first, the french Touch master works his magic on the track and brings out everything epic about it. The track is quite stripped down for a Menace track, but it is just right in all the right places. Those looking for something a bit harder on the dancefloor should check out Tommy Trash’s Electro-House juggernaut. The rest of the reMixes come in flavours ranging from Euphoric to Dubstep from names like Wideboys, Douster & Savage Skulls and Wookie. Looks like, in one form or another, you’ll be hearing a lot of this throughout the warmer months.

♫ PNAU – Unite Us

♫ PNAU – Unite Us (Kris Menace reMix)

♫ PNAU – Unite Us(Tommy Trash reMix)

The new ‘Unite Us’ package is released 19th February on Ministry Of Sound.

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Jan 17 2012

Mason’s ‘Superimposer’ reMixes

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Dutch duo Mason are back with a new single, ‘Superimposer’.

It’s a track that combines some pretty formulaic Electro-House with a nice off-beat vocal which eventually takes the track to a place where it works, but it’s in some of the reMixes where the track really gets to shine. Arveene & Misk deliver a robotic house mix full of interesting little idiosyncrasies and a hypnotic beat. Zombie Disco Squad, use the vocals minimally, but that the best elements of the original and producer more of a well rounded, deep, dancefloor track.

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Arveene & Misk reMix)

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Zombie Disco Squad reMix)

♫ Mason – Superimposer (Original)

‘Superimposer’ is released 5th March on Mason’s own Animal Language imprint.

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Jan 13 2012

Coloureds reMix Yelle

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GrandMarnier and tEPr should be worried, apparently they’ve been replaced in Yelle but Oxford’s Electro noise terrorists Coloureds. I don’t think anyone is going to make it out of this alive.

Blue and Yellow apply extra helping of chainsaw synths and machine gun percussion to the track that growls away in the background like an angry cyborg beast while Julie’s vocals carry on seemingly unaware of their fate. Once again Couloureds manage to sit in the middle of the ‘bastard hard Electro’ and ‘actually got a groove’ ven diagram as their track strides onto the dancefloor swinging it’s big metal balls.