[Audio] Final DJs’ new single

 

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Moonshine, from Germany’s finest Final DJs, is a track of theirs from last year which is now getting a full release this week courtesy of Pole Position Recordings out of Cardiff. You’ve read all about the smooth synth funk of the original before, so lets peep our beady eyes on a couple of the awesome reMixes that come bundled with Moonshine.

First up is the Dutch king of the Analog groove, Auxiliary Tha Masterfader. Aux delivers one of his trademark phat bassed jams. Big squelchy synths and vintage Disco grooves drive the track along until Aux is just about ready to drop some twisting solos on us. Playing with the originals solos Aux conjures up new melodic rhythms. Phunktastike’s contribution to the single takes the track down a more Disco-tinged House route. It’s feel good summery vibes all the way with this one, drop in a little laid back vocodering Like an updated Dreamwave vibe, this track merges a west coast nostalgic groove with a little Chicago feel. The single also comes equipped with a third reMix from Cram, it’s a package well worth picking up for some sunshine, or moonshine, vibes.

♫ Final DJs – Moonshine (Auxiliary Tha Masterfader 1984 Rework)

♫ Final DJs – Moonshine (Phunktastike reMix)

Final DJs’ Moonshine is out now.

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[Audio] Vince Clarke reMixes Chad Valley

 

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You know you’ve made it when you can get the most important person in SynthPop to reMix your tracks. We’ll deserved too, Oxford ChillPopster Chad Valley’s Young Hunger album was one of the highlights of last year, now he’s got SynthPop legend Vince Clarke, of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure & The Assembly fame, to rework his track Up And Down. Exciting stuff.

And Vince certainly works his classic SynthPop credentials here,it’s a nice contemporary take on a 80s sound. Almost Erasure-like in places, the reMix rides along on a bouncy synthetic bassline and popping percussive synths while all the time delivering a stomping dancefloor beat. Working well with Hugo’s vocals, in fact making them sound totally retro, Vince proves once again why he is as revered as he is.

♫ Chad Valley – Up And Down (Vince Clarke reMix)

Up And Down is taken from Chad Valley’s début album, Young Hunger, out now.

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[Video] Vanbot’s ‘When My Heart Breaks’

 

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Here’s the video for Swedish ElectroPop sensation Vanbot’s new single When My Heart Breaks. We features the song itself yesterday, it;s pretty special.

The clip was directed by Rikkard Häggbom and follows Ester on a mission around Sweden with some stunning scenery.

Vanbot’s When My Heart Breaks is out now.

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[Mixtape] Anoraak ‘Roundtrip’ mixtape

 

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Anoraak – Roundtrip: April Mixtape = We’re starting to feel like Dreamwave pioneer Anoraak is properly back, new reMixes and now another new mixtape! This Roundtrip tape is full of some of the sweetest Dreamwave, SynthWave and Nu-Disco around right now.

Anoraak – Roundtrip: April Mixtape

The tracklist:
01. Mountain Range – It’s Lonely aAound (Teen Daze reMix)
02. Pacific! – Unspoken (Anoraak reMix)
03. Arcade High – On The Edge Of Summer (Jordan F reMix)
04. Shook – Tonight
05. Uuzi Fantasia – Barefoot Not Naked (Velferd reMix)
06. Neptune Safari – Adeline Is In A Waterdrop
07. L’Equipe Du Son – Love Connection (Auxiliary Tha Masterfader reMix)
08. Chateaubriand (Feat. Destronics) – The sunset (Knight One reMix)
09. Kris Menace (Feat. Robert Owens) – Trusting Me (Le Crayon reMix)
10. Jesse Oliver – Nicodemus (Original Mix)
11. Futurecop! – Atlantis 1997 (Lifelike reMix)
12. Rex Ronan – Incoming

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[Video] Sally Shapiro’s ‘If It Doesn’t Rain’

 

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If It Doesn’t Rain is the new video from Swedish ElectroPoppers Sally Shapiro. One of the highlights of their excellent Somewhere Else album, it;s a lush, sweeping slice of SynthPop

The clip was put together by Iris B Cegarra and is based on a Czech cartoon from 1953.

If It Doesn’t Rain is taken from Sally Shapiro’s new album, Somewhere Else, out now.

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[Audio] A.A. Wallace’s ‘Temporal Suspension’

 

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A.A. Wallace hails from Halifax, Canada and having moved on from being in Garage Rock band Sleepless Nights, he’s turned his hand to ecclectic ElectroPop. Having dropped a load of tracks online, he about to release his début album, to be titled Disambiguation, and ahead of it unleashes the records lead single, Temporal Suspension.

Laden with glitchy beats, quirky organ and impassioned vocals, Temporal Suspension, comes across like a more BedroomPop Passion Pit. It’s a track that manages to walk the line between anthemic and introspective and has so much quirk and personality amongst it’s toy-town synths and distorted laments, it;s hard not to get drawn into it.

♫ A.A. Wallace – Temporal Suspension

A.A. Wallace’s Disambiguation is released 6th May via Arcadian Embassy.

Check out more from A.A. Wallace on SoundCloud.

[MP3] Vanbot’s new single

 

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Good news everyone! Sweden’s finest Vanbot is back with a brand new single. We’ve been dying to post When My Heart Breaks since it broke ground last week, but until now it’s been a Spotify exclusive. Leaving the argument about making it exclusive on such a platform being damaging to a release campaign aside, we’ve very pleased it’s now available to buy, and to play to you lot. It was worth the wait.

Following on from January’s Hold This Moment, When My Heart Breaks is a huge, infectious slick of Scandinavian ElectroPop brilliance. Powerful and majestic as Ester cries out against a back drop of massive synths and pounding drums. It’s been a while singe Vanbot’s début (and amazing) self-titled album, and you can hear in When My Heart Breaks that she’s been honing her craft making us more excited for her next long player than ever. Pretty flawless ElectroPop. Sweden nails it again.

Vanbot – When My Heart Breaks

Vanbot’s When My Heart Breaks is out now.

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[Audio] Monsieur Adi reMixes Say Lou Lou

 

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We’ve been looking forward to this one. We twigged a few weeks ago that the amazing Monsieur Adi was reMixing the new single from Australian/Swedish sisters Say Lou Lou new single Julian. It’s a deep, emotional song, just the kind of thing that we imagined Adi could really get his teeth into, and he did, and here it is.

It’s actually quite old school Adi. A warm Dreamwavey Nu-Disco track, loaded with ElectroPop affectations. A big French Touch floorfiller, Adi plays with the mood of the track perfectly, giving it a dancey boost without loosing and if the tune’s inherent romanticism. Pulsing synthetic bass, effecting stabs and big airy pads mingle together and wisp around the vocals like smoke. Adi the producer of the moment, and in high demand, and this reMix shows just why. This is how you reMix for the dancefloor and stay classy.

♫ Say Lou Lou – Julian (Monsieur Adi reMix)

Say Lou Lou’s Julian is released 6th May

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[Video] The Good Natured’s ‘Lovers’

 

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Here’s the video for The Good Natured’s new single Lovers, which we’ve already gushed about so go read that here.

It’s a fun clip, with The Good Natured hanging out in London and doing…stuff. It makes a change from their usual, more dramatic, fare.

The Good Natured’s new album, Prism, is out soon.

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[Mixtape] Plastic Plates’ ‘Fixtape’

 

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Plastic Plates – Solé Fixtape Vol. 10 = It’s another one of those bicycle mixtape advert thingies. This time the awesome Plastic Plates drop some of his hottest tracks of the moment, including a little bit of the Cyclist reMix of  Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi’s Boy.

Plastic Plates – Solé Fixtape Vol. 10

The tracklist:
01. Touch Sensitive – Show Me
02. Linus Loves – The Love
03. Body Language – Social Studies (Plastic Plates reMix)
04. Low Motion Disco – Love Love Love (Aeroplane Mix)
05. Kris Menace (Feat. The Kiki Twins) – We Are (Italo Brutalo reMix)
06. Marcos Cabral – Latin Box
07. Lonely C And Baby Prince – I Wanna’ Squeeze You
08. F3 – Deeper Thoughts (Tiger Stripes reMix)
09. South West Seven – Move Back
10. James Welsh – The Way
11. Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi – Boy (Cyclist reMix)
12. Plastic Plates – Things I Didn’t Know I Loved

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