You’ve probably already heard the awesomely named Mums Of Death’s début EP, ‘Golden Axe’ by now. This collaboration between Drums Of Death and Mumdance have dropped an EP of top quality ChipTune Electro along with this awesome 16-bit RPG inspired video.
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I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for Dirty Vegas, sure they can be a bit hit and miss but they were doing the whole House meets ElectroPop thing back when most of the modern proponents of the style were waving glowsticks around.
Their new single ‘Electric Love’ is defiantly a Dirty Vegas hit. It’s dirty and gritty and has got a groove from hell. It show’s Dirty Vegas haven’t been sitting on their hands when it comes to sounding fresh. Incorporating hint of Disco and Electro into their sound has done wonders to rejuvenate their sound, they’re back and sounding better than ever! They’ve also picked the amazing Cassette Club to reMix the single. The London ElectroPop duo turn in a typically brilliant track that is probably the standout of the reMix package. With a little of their Nu-Disco sound ‘Electric Love’ is elevated into a killer, must have, tune.
♫ Dirty Vegas – Electric Love (Cassette Club reMix)
‘Electric Love drops 26th April on OM Records.
Various reMixes, and the video, of Ali Love’s funky ElectroPop opus ‘Moscow Girl’ have been knocking around for a while now but, now finally, the single sees it’s proper release next week.
The reMix package will include these to versions from Lee Foss and Jacques Renault. I’m really diggin’ the Lee Foss mix, it’s got a really early 80’s vibe with wide vintage synths, Simmonds tom rolls and some hardcore vocoder work. It sounds like the emotional montage tune from an 80’s ‘Moscow Girl’ movie. Mr. Renault turns in a Garage-y House mix to round off the single.
♫ Ali Love – Moscow Girl (Lee Foss reMix)
♫ Ali Love – Moscow Girl (Jacques Renault reMix)
‘Moscow Girl’ is released 17th January on Back Yard Recordings and is recommended.
‘Ace Of Hz’ seems almost old now, it broke ground a few months ago, but today sees the US release of the ElectroPop legends Ladytron’s single, the precursor to their new EP and Best Of album.
The single comes with a nice reMix package (including Tiësto of all people…) which features this nice Electro mix from Punks Jump Up. It’s a totally different beast to the original, a straight-up dancefloor track, maybe sacrificing some of the songs soul in the process. There’s a lot to like in the reMix though, the steel drums add a nice point of interest and it’s got a sweet overall groove. Still, it’s an awesome tune and if you require a kickin’ beat with your Ladytron this is head and shoulders above Tiësto’s lackluster effort (the man appears to have taken one of my favourite bands of all time and made them sound like every song he has done since 1999).
♫ Ladytron – Ace Of Hz (Punks Jump Up reMix (Radio Edit))
‘Ace Of Hz’ is out now in the US and 14th March elsewhere!
Wow, this kinda’ slipped under my radar. PNAU are back! (which may be why Empire Of The Sun have been quiet of late)
The first track to surface from the ElectroPop duo’s second album is the forthcoming single ‘The Truth’, it sounds pretty exiting stuff. Jump Jump Dance Dance wade in with a funkin’ Disco reMix awash with slap bass and electro toms. Sam La More’s reMix couldn’t be any more different, it’s a big commercial House track with a nice mix of Tropical in there.
♫ PNAU – The Truth (Jump Jump Dance Dance reMix)
♫ PNAU – The Truth (Sam La More reMix)
I don’t want to annoy anyone, but the new album isn’t due ‘til September!
JYA 3”16. (don’t ask me how that would be pronounced) is an up-and-coming electronic music producer from Paris via Lyon who is currently working on his début solo album after being involved with numerous French Electro projects.
Best described as Space-Synth with a raw, live, feel, the track we have here, ‘Slippy’, is a short-but-sweet cosmic jam. Vintage synths and grungy drunk sounds are the order of the day, like Jarre, with a drummer, in his garage. No only is there something outherworldly about JYA’s music, but something very French too. He looks like someone to keep an eye on to inject a little humanity into Space-Synth.
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This week sees the release of French production duo BeatauCue’s latest offering on Kitsuné Music.
‘Disque Oh!’ comes with an awesome reMix package consisting of mixes by the likes of Don Rimini, J-Wow, and High Rankin and this storming Electro-Disco tune by Eumig & Chinon. Cut up and crazy, the E&C reMix is a juggernaut of Disco riffs, Distorted chainsaw synths and big room French-Touch. It’s a powerhouse of a track.
♫ BeatauCue – Disque Oh! (Eumig & Chinon reMix)
‘Disque Oh!’’ is out now!
This track’s making quite a bit of noise on Twitter ect….
I’ve got to admit, Lykke Li recent material, leading up to the release of her new album, hasn’t captured my imagination quite as much as her début album a couple of years ago. However, The Magician’s piano driven ElectroPop reMix of ‘I Follow Rivers’ is a thing of pure radness. It’s got that kicking bassline and the pianos of a early 90’s House track. I do like Lykke’s voice, this is the kinda’ track that could bring me back on board.
♫ Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician reMix)
Lykke Li’s sophomore album ‘Wounded Rhymes.’ is forthcoming.
In the mood for some bass funkin’ Nu-Disco?
If you are then you’re in luck! If you’re not, well, tough…
The man Justin Faust has busted his reMix skills over San Francisco based Disco Rockers Butterfly Bones ‘Crystal Caves’ and the end result is a truly astonishing slice of groove thick, sweeping, retro Disco awesomeness. With a bassline that is targeted directly at making your head nod and a soaring lead line that takes you to another planet, this track is pretty much essential.
♫ Butterfly Bones – Crystal Caves (Justin Faust reMix)
Butterfly Bones’ ‘Pretty Feelings’ EP is out now:
We posted a really shitty rip of the Duck Sauce reMix of Chromeo’s version of ‘Hot Mess’ featuring with Elly Jackson from La Roux a while back and while we don’t usually post tracks twice this tune really needs to be heard in it’s entirety.
Duck Sauce is, of course, Armand Van Helden and Chromeo’s Dave 1’s brother and nearly legendary producer A-Track and together they knock out a massive House reMix, I imagine you’ll be hearing this track a lot when it drops later this month.
♫ Chromeo (Feat. Elly Jackson From La Roux) – Hot Mess (Duck Sauce reMix)
The ‘Hot Mess’ single is out 17th January and along with the original and the new duet features reMixes from the likes of Duck Sauce and Tiga.
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