Jul 31 2012

Queen Of Hearts & Kissy Sell Out’s ‘You’re Not The One’ video

According to San City Records this is the official video for Kissy Sell Out’s Queen Of Hearts featuring You’re Not The One. There’s so much wrong with that.

1. The video is only 2m30s, with is shorter even than the radio rip we posted a while back. 2. Queen Of Hearts isn’t in it, which is a shame as she is infinitely easier on the eye than Mr. Sell Out as well as having an enigmatic video presence. 3. Mr. Sell Out is chatting over most of it, which makes it feel like self-congratulatory ego stroking rather than promoting a new tune, you barely get to hear the new record in the clip.

We hope that San City are a little optimistic when they say ‘official video’, and they pull their fingers out and make something proper, otherwise the words “dropped the ball” might be in order. It’s a really cool tune that deserves better promotion than this mess. The only reason we’re featuring it at all is because we highly recommend the track itself.

Despite the video saying ‘out now’, You’re Not The One is released 3rd September as the first of a series of EPs featuring Kissy collaborating with a host of fresh and established talent.

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Jul 31 2012

Saint Lou Lou’s ‘Maybe You’

Saint Lou Lou

Saint Lou Lou’s much hyped track Maybe You will be getting a proper release soon. None other than Kitsuné Music picked it up for release and have loaded the single with reMixes from Miami Horror’s drummer Good Night Keaton, CFCF, Oxford, Le Crayon, Pyramid. Phew!

Maybe You is a dreamy track. Glowing ElectroPop and sparse acoustic guitar seem to float around the speakers while these two Sweeden based Australian twin sisters’ gentle vocals swirl around the track with a grace and epic emotionality that’s rare to come across in such a chilled tune. This is Dream Pop at it;s finest, and I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s going to lend itself amazingly to some big reMixes, we heard the package and it really does!

♫ Saint Lou Lou – Maybe You

Saint Lou Lou ‘s Maybe You is released 27th August.

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Jul 30 2012

Visitor’s ‘RNB’

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After literally months and months of waiting we finally have our first taste of the forthcoming album from London based ElectroPop duo Visitor. Visitor first crashed onto the scene in 2010 with the stunning Los Feeling single and since then we have been eagerly awaiting more, but apart from a handful of reMixes and some energetic live shows we have been left wanting. News of their album surfaces occasionally but with the recently announced new double A-side single Coming Home/RNB we have some concrete new tunes.

RNB is our first full listen to what the new material holds, and it was well worth the wait. A blissful slice of ElectroPop with an epic, cinematic quality. Produced by one of the best in the game, Diamond Cut, Visitor’s unofficial third member, RNB sweeps you along with Lucas and Kyle’s dreamlike washes of undulating synths and shimmering leads and a soaring, impassioned vocal. reMixes on the single comes from Lifelike, Viceroy, FM Attack, Bestrack, SymbolOne, Vanguard, Easy D and more. We’re so glad Visitor are back in the game! Pull your finger out Vulture Music, release that album!

♫ Visitor – RNB

Visitor’s Coming Home/RNB is released soon.

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Jul 30 2012

Some words from Surrender!

Surrender!

By now Turkish producer Surrender! should be on your Nu-Disco radar. He’s one of those artists that, rather than making a massive splash, has slowly and surely entered our consciousness over the last year to the point where the announcement of his self-titled début album, due out September on La Bombe, was exciting stuff.

And this 23 year-old, despite only a handful of releases to his name, is already earning himself fans in the form of some of electronic music’s top names. Aeroplane, A-Trak, Villa, Treasure Fingers and Digitalism have all become regular spinners of Surrenders! tunes, Digitalism even included his track Travellers on their recent DJ-KICKS album.

His music is instantly familiar, yet uniquely fresh. The obvious elements of French Touch and Electro, Italo and House are all present, but Surrender! pushes them into overdrive, creating something as exciting as chainsaw synthed Electro-House and as Funky as Disco. The forthcoming album promises to be an odyssey through hard hitting, groove laden synth madness.

In the lead up to the album’s release, Surrender! took some time to give us a peek into the world of mad Disco.

ER: So, first up, what prompted the name change from Opptimo to Surrender!? There was a lot of support for Travellers, why the change?

S: What I didn’t knew was that there was another Opptimo with only one ‘p’. Optimo from the UK. And they were also making electronic music. So it was best to change it earlier rather than have problems later. If they were just a rock band I don’t think I would have changed it but hey, I’m really glad I did!

ER: When did you get into making music? How did that happen?

S: I got into making music when I was 18. It wasn’t anything serious at first but as time passed and I learned new things, I started to really love it so I kept going and going. I was always interested in making music.

♫ Surrender! – Volute

ER: What did you listen to growing up, was it electronic and dance music or did you come to that later?

S:When I was about 7 I was in love with Michael Jackson but that changed throughout the years and I started listening to some really hard metal bands. Dimmu Borgir, DEICIDE, Bloodbath etc. But at the same time I always loved the Chemical Brothers and Prodigy. So electronic music was always there with me no matter what. And finally at 15 I just completely fell in love with electronic music.

ER: You’re about to drop your new album in September. Tell us a little about it and what it means to you as a whole body of work?

S: It was really different than just making an EP because EP’s are easy to do for me. I can just use the same formula or same kind of approach with them but an album is a whole another ball game. Just like that Chemical Brothers song: Music:Response. You have to keep the mood alive and think of the album as one rather than just a compilation of tracks because in the end they are like organs of a body. You cannot separate them and expect to have a functioning body. I matured a lot with this album, I actually learned more about music than I did in the last couple of years.

♫ Surrender! (Feat. Jhameel) – Hurry (Lovin’ Is Crazy)

ER: When you sit down to write a track, what is influencing you other than music?

S: Not a lot of things. A good road trip and meeting new people always seems to give me new ideas and thoughts about music though.

ER:So what’s the Surrender!’s studio? Do you have a favourite bit of studio kit? Any favourite synths?

S: I wouldn’t even call where I make my music a studio because the only hardware I have is my M-Audio midi keyboard along with a T.C Electronic sound card. I don’t even have monitors. It’s funny to see people visit my place and ask where all the gear is.

♫ Surrender! – Locate

ER: If money was no object, what piece of studio gear would be your dream to own?

S: Juno 106.

ER: Do you prefer songwriting/studio work or playing live/DJing?

S: I think that they complement each other. It would really hard to do just one and skip the other.

ER: What’s your breakfast preference? Cereal or cooked breakfast? Would your answer change the day after a show?

S: Right now I’m actually working out and eating healthy for a change so my breakfast is a few small tomatoes, a little cheese, 2 egg whites and green tea. And yes, after a show it would change probably Haha.

♫ Surrender! – Fast Days

Surrender!’s self-titled début album is due out in September on La Bombe.

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Jul 30 2012

Lenno’s Summer Mix part 1

Lenno

Lenno – Summer Mix 2012 Pt. 1 = Finland’s finest, Lenno, drops his first summer mixtape. It’s just under an hour of frantic, big room, Nu-Disco and House sounds. Lenno in full-on party effect keeps the energy going the whole time. Big tunes all the way.

♫ Lenno – Summer Mix 2012 Pt. 1

The tracklist:

01. Dilemn – No More
02. Those Usual Suspects (eat. Jay Sebag ) – Give It To Me (Russ Chimes reMix)
03. The Whip – Secret Weapon (Alex Metric reMix)
04. TheFatRat – Do Be Do Be Do
05. The Knocks & Fred Falke – Geronimo (Lenno reMix)
06. Heavyweight – Butterknife
07. NAPT (Feat. FireFlowerz) – Italian Spiderman
08. PrototypeRaptor Vs. Wolfgang Gartner – Drive Space Junk (TheFatRat Mashup)
09. Zedd – Spectrum (Magna reMix)
10. Dirty South & Thomas Gold (Feat. Kate Elsworth) – Eyes Wide Open (Lenno reMix (Festival Edit))
11. ID
12. Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Carli reMix)
13. Justice – New Lands (A-Trak reMix) + Nari & Milani – Atom
14. BeatauCue – Disque Oh! (Eumig & Chinon reMix)
15. Dirty South & Thomas Gold (Feat. Kate Elsworth) – Alive (Lucky Date Bootleg)
16. Lenno & Jesse Oliver – Ylistys Helsingille + Dirty South & Those Usual Suspects (Feat. Erik Hecht) – Walking Alone (Acapella)

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Jul 30 2012

Sneaky Sound System’s ‘Friends’ video

Here’s the video for Sneaky Sound System’s, catchy as hell, current single Friends.

Directed and filmed by Miss Connie herself, the clip features Black Angus. Although you wouldn’t know it as he wanders over Tokyo in a variety of animal masks.

Sneaky Sound System’s Friends is out now.

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Jul 30 2012

alloapm’s ‘LCY Likes Pineapple’

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Madcap Tokoy ElectroPopsters alloapm are at it again. Dropping a brand new track on SoundColud, LCY Likes Pineapple, the band once again invites us into their funky, strange, world.

LCY Likes Pineapple hits like a wall of synth noise. If you listen carefully, amongst the mix there is layers and layers of synths, from gritty buzzsaws to toytown plinks. It’s a track that’s much rawer than alloapm’s pervious output, but keeps a crazy groove and ends up being totally catchy. This is the kind of tune we’d love to see live, with two drummers and an orchestra of keytar players covering the multi levels of percussion and melody. Gritty, ballsy, infectious ElectroPop from Japan once again.

♫ alloapm – LCY Likes Pineapple (Demo.)

alloapm’s Gorilla Slighly single is out now.

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Jul 30 2012

Felix Cartal’s ‘Higher’ video

Hey look! We haven’t featured Felix Cartal on these pages for literally years, yet here he is, with the video for his new single Higher featuring New Ivory.

Look at all that urban stress!

[Via Vice]

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Jul 30 2012

Cygnus’ ‘Newmark Phase’

Cygnus

Deep Electro beats abound on Dallas, Texas based Electro outfit Cygnus début release. It’s the first release of new Sheffield imprint Central Processing Unit that joins the dots between B-Boy Electro and the myriad bass heavy electronic experimentalisms that have come out of South Yorkshire, from Cabaret Voltaire to LFO. Although American, Cygnus create a robotic, analog, groove that fits perfectly with a label based in the Steel City, with their album, titled Newmark Phase.

The album comes in two forms, a ten track digital release and a three track 12”. It’s hard to know what order to review the album in, as the tracklist is both in alphabetical order and numbered in binary, but the binary starts at 0000, or zero, for track number (we presume) one. So you end up with the eighth track on the album numbered 0111 (or seven), the ninth numbered 1000 (or eight) and the tenth 1001 (or nine). I think we’ll just stick with alphabetical for now…these crazy Electro kids these days, eh? So, the album kicks off with Atari Lovers and it’s the prefect introduction to what you’ll be treated to for the next hour. Deep kicks, snapping snares, robot rock beats and a sheer revelling in synthetic sounds. Most of the album revolves around old school Electro beats, layered with rich tones and atmospherics that are sometimes complimented, sometimes juxtaposed with gritty, piercing lead lines and ringing melodies. This is best exemplified on tracks like Bedroom Activities, Icasean Mutant Police or Red District Girls, but there are occasion when Cygnus veers off into Minimal Techno in the likes of Hungry DJs gets close to SynthWave on track such as the haunting District Nights. The title track is one of the standouts and available on both versions of the album, a machine led science fiction soundscape, evocative of urban dystopias. The combination of body pooping beats and strange, otherworldly melodies is at once both unsettling and comforting, like Incunabula era Autechre. Also one of the highlights is Private Feelings, a relentless yet warm analog workout and a joy for fans of synthesizer music. If you like your B-Boy Electro, or your atmospheric electronics, or happen to need a soundtrack for your dark future, then look no further and get your ears round Cygnus.

♫ Cygnus – Private Feelings

Cygnus’ Newmark Phase is released 24th September on vinyl and digital.

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Jul 27 2012

Keenhouse’s ‘Where I Belong’

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Keenhouse has a new album on the way! Just take my word for it, this is pretty exciting news. Saying Keenhouse is one of the most musically gifted members of the Binary collective feels mean on the rest of them, we’re not trying to say they are less able, there is some amazing musical talent amongst the LA crew, but Keenhouse is just a wizard in front of a keyboard.

Where I Belong is the first single from the LP, a dreamy electronic trip with an almost psychedelic feel. it’s a track that really feels like the start of something special. we haven’t heard the album yet, but Where I Belong gives us the impression that the full length record will be more of a musical journey, each track flowing into the last, than a collection of club tunes. So, if this tune starts us off on out trek toward the album, it’s a gently start. Eastern percussion and smooth jazzy electric piano intertwine with swirling synths and a distant vocal as the track builds up to a danceflor synthesizer wig-out. If the album plays out like we think it will (read: amazing), it almost seems a shame to listen to the track outside of context, but it;s still the perfect tune for hot, lazy day.