Tag Archives: Electro

Jun 7 2012

Goldroom & Kelek

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OK, so this is the third reMix of Goldroom and Chela’s ‘Fifteen’ we’ve featured this week, I think we’re going to tone it down a little from here on in. From now on reMixes are going to have to be pretty fucking outstanding for us to feature them, not that we wouldn’t feature anything less, but y’know, the bar for being featured has just gone up.

But we’re really diggin’ this mix from German producer Kelek. We’ve featured a few of his reMixes before, we love his slick ‘80’s Italo sound. What he’s done here that has particularly captured out imaginations is, either by chance or design, change the rhythm of the chorus. Now, most of the time when rEMix do this it;s a disaster, producers miss the ‘breath’ on the first beat or something and throw the timing off in terrible ways. Kelek’s shift of the chorus actually works though, and works well. It give the vocals a lazy drawl which kinda’ ties into the hazy reminiscent vibe of the track. Add to that Kelek’s rolling electronic track with it’s laser pads and bright lead line, it successfully captures the heart of the track, but in a very different way to the original.

♫ Goldroom (Feat. Chela) – Fifteen (Kelek reMix)

Goldroom’s EP is out now.

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Jun 7 2012

Lo-Fi-Fnk & Mitzi

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Crazy Swedish ElectroPoppers Lo-Fi-Fnk’s new single has been released for free, well, we say free, it actually costs a tweet or a ‘Like’. On one hand that is am amazingly low price to pay for an awesome release, on the other hand getting us to Tweet or ‘Like’ something is becoming a bit of a transparent PR ploy which doesn’t gain real fans, just up stats, which are meaningless. Also, how do we know if we ‘Like’ something before we have it? We know music has always been a numbers game, but the numbers used to have meaning, now it’s just how many people have clicked your ‘Like’ button and then completely forgotten about you. Weird. Anyhoo, luckily, we do like Lo-Fi-Fnk’s new single, it’s easily worth the price.

And it comes with this mix from Australians Mitzi, who bust out their very finest warm bouncy House to add to Lo-Fi-Fnk’s ElectroPop. The result is a confortable feeling track which is pretty anthemic and generally full of feel good vibes. There’s a nice bit of ‘90’s House piano in there, but it’s used a lot more suitably than most tracks around today, which gives it a fuller sound without being overpowering. It;s just good, classic, Pop House. And you can’t say fairer than that.

♫ Lo-Fi-Fnk – Shut The World Out (Mitzi reMix)

You can pick up the whole single for the price of a tweet right here.

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Jun 7 2012

koi.

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Hailing from Virginia Beach in the Us comes producer koi.. He’s just released a full length album of laid back, funk infused sounds. A heady mixture of Dreamwave, Lo-Fi, SynthWave,  Tropical Disco and Chillwave, koi.’s ‘Maelstrom’ is the prefect soundtrack to lazy, dreamy summer days.

‘Maelstrom’ contains ten tracks of instrumental, synthesizer, bliss. Layers of warm, comforting synths and a general all round felling of good times. Nothing too stompy for the dancefloor, this is music to chill with your nearest and dearest to. Can I say ‘bliss’ again? Bliss. ‘Cos it is. From the album’s opener ‘Beirut’ you are treated to waves of shimmering sounds, rich buzzing pads, sharp and precise leads and the tiniest bit of funk in the rhythm section. The album only gets warmer as it progresses. Straight into ‘Gauss’ you are dropped right into the nostalgic dreams conjured by this record. In it’s concept and delivery this is such a confident début, not once does it struggle to find it’s feet, and when a record rests on such an emotional connection this is important. Even when it tries something different, like the jump up rhythm of ‘Jam’ or R&B flow of ‘Ginseng’, it is sure enough of itself to never break the smooth summery groove of the album as a whole. And the amazing thing is koi. has only been at this for six months, although I’m sure he must have been a musician for a while, this is a musicians LP. Talking the best from SynthWave and Chillwave and pouring into a Dreamwave mould, koi. has all the waves covered, so let his album wash over you.

♫ koi. – Gauss

♫ koi. – Pinwheel

♫ koi. – Critical Hit

♫ koi. – Ginseng

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Jun 7 2012

Cassian’s ‘Love Cuts’

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Next month Nürvous Records will be releasing the new double A-side single from Cassian, one of Australia’s funkiest producers. It’s been all about the reMixes and DJ sets for Cassian recently, but by the sounds of the two tracks contained in ‘Love Cuts’ he’s bot been sitting on his production laurels.

Made up of ‘I Love It’ and ‘Reach For Love’, the EP presents two instant classic Disco tinged House tracks. ‘I Love It’ is the track that instantly grabbed us, it’s built around a killer deep bassline. Raw and analog, it’s totally hypnotic and has both a Rough Disco and a Chicago vibe to it, the whole track plays out like the best things about House music with some searing early ‘90’s Bleep House synths in the mix too. The A-side, ‘Reach For Love’ is a really nostalgic slice of  House. Bouncy, rounded bassline and soulful vocal in tow. It’s very hands-in-the-air peak time House, and one of the best examples of it we’ve seen in a while.

♫ Cassian – I Love It (Original Mix)

♫ Cassian – Reach For Love (Original Mix)

Cassian’s ‘Love Cuts’ is released 19th June.

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Jun 7 2012

Edwin Van Cleef’s ‘Starmix’

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Edwin Van Cleef – Show & Tell Mixtape 4 ‘Starmix’ = Cleef returns to the monthly mixtape arena with a cool hour of pulsating House with a ‘90’s edge, sprinkled with a hint of Disco up in the mix. It’s  only Thursday, so save this one for a day and let it kick off your weekend.

♫ Edwin Van Cleef – Show & Tell Mixtape 4 ‘Starmix’

The tracklist:

01. Zombie Disco Squad – Goodnight
02. Sneaky Sound System – Really Want To See You Again (Adonis Bros reMix)
03. Flight Facilities (Feat. Grovesnor) – With You
04. Bastian’s Happy Flight – It’s OK (Dublin Aunts reMix)
05. ReSketch – Better Times
06. Joey Negro – I’m Not Afraid of the Future (DJ Fudge reMix)
07. Simian Mobile Disco – Your Love Ain’t Fair
08. D3ADL1NE – Vibing
09. Ollie Gibson – Comin’ Home (Cubiq reMix)
10. Simian Mobile Disco – Put Your Hands Together
11. Surkin – Lose Yourself (Brodinski reMix)
12. Simian Mobile Disco – Interference
13. Sailor & I – Tough Love (Aril Brikha reMix)

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Jun 7 2012

Electrosexual reMixes Peaches

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Here we have a reMix of ‘Billionaire’ from Canadian ElectroPunk Peaches’ last album, ‘I Feel Cream, from 2009. It’s from French House genius Electrosexual and features Yo! Majesty’s Shunda K.. It’s a weird collection of elements that were big three years ago but it’s pretty awesome regardless.

You can kinda’ tell it’s a few years old, it’s got the crunchy Electro sound that fit in that period. It’s also really EBM, or at least Electro Industrial, it’s got chunky guitar samples, militaristic basslines and random LFO’d synths. Add to this Peaches and Shunds K.’s rapping it could be something from Consolidated, or The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy from the early ‘90’s, and I mean that in the best possible way, albeit with a bit of a contemporary glitterball sheen. You’re probably not going to be dropping it in your latest set, but it;s good fun nonetheless.

♫ Peaches (Feat. Shunda K.) – Billionaire (Electrosexual reMix)

Peaches’ ‘I Feel Cream’ is out now.

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Jun 7 2012

Malibu B’s ‘Tropical Heat’

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‘Tropical Heat is the latest tuned from Hungarian SynthWave producer Malibu B. The man has been riding high this year with a string of critically acclaimed tunes and cemented himself into the heart of the SynthWave scene with his smooth vibes and Miami Vice moments.

This new tune brings a little LA Funk to the mix with this relaxed tune that’s probably the most Disco thing Malibu B has released so far. Keeping both the slick ‘80’s vibe and the marina feel of his previous work, ‘Tropical Heat’, takes you to that sunset place, waves lapping around your feet. Only this time there’s a Disco injection. Malibu B is coming on leaps and bounds in terms of production, this mix in ‘Tropical Heat’ is pretty sweet, it’s quite a dense track, but everything is sitting nicely, which makes the whole thing the kind of track that allows you to just go with the flow.

♫ Malibu B – Tropical Heat

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Jun 6 2012

Ronika reMixed by HyperHyper

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Photo courtesy of Katja Ruge

“Hello Sir, can I take your order please?”, “Yeah, I’ll have a Madonna Of The Midlands™ please”, “Of course Sir, and would you like some ‘90’s Deep House with that?”, “Uuuuummmmmmmmmmm, yeah, go on then”, “Would you like that supersized?”, “Um, no, I’ll go for the minimal thanks”

Sweet Raptor Jesus we’re witty today! If you can;t tell by the absolutely hilarious first paragraph, this is a new reMix of Ronika’s radder than rad ‘Automatic’, that doesn’t appear n the single, from HyperHyper, it’s kinda’ Deep ‘90’s House, in a Minimal way. That was the exposition for those of you who couldn’t follow the plot of paragraph one. It’s got a nice late night vibe and actually highlights some nuances of Ron’s vocal performance we didn’t hear before. See, crap fast food jokes and use of the word ‘nuances’ in one post, that’s the crazy pick-n-mix that is electronic rumors!

♫ Ronika – Automatic (HyperHyper reMix)

Ronika’s ‘Automatic’ is out now.

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Jun 6 2012

The Penelopes’ ‘Summer Life’

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Here we have the brand new forthcoming single from The Penelopes. Picking up where ‘Sally In the Galaxy’ left off, ‘Summer Life’ is another breeze slice of French Pop that, frankly, doesn’t have a care in the world. It probably doesn’t even care if you like it or not, it’s having an awesome time regardless.

‘Summer Life’ does exactly what it says on the tin, this track sounds like how summer feels. Yet, you get the feeling throughout it all there is something slightly subversive going on, in a fun French way. From what we can glean from the lyrics, The Penelopes really love the summer, and really fucking hate the rest of the year. If fact, missing the summer to a Disco beat, Indie guitars and rich layers of synths is a pretty Dreamwave state of affairs, and while this track does show a lot of that LA vibe, there’s a lot of quirky European-ness in there too. An excellent combination we say!

♫ The Penelopes – Summer Life

The Penelopes’ ‘Sally In the Galaxy’ is out now, ‘Summer Life’ should be out soon.

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Jun 6 2012

Moonlight Matters’ ‘Come For Me’

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Wow, this week is just full of awesome late ‘80’s-esque tunes. This weeks definite highlight comes from Moonlight Matters (Seba from Villa)’s long, long awaited début single, released next month (or now on Beatport) on Kitsuné Music.

Moonlight Matters has been knocking out some of the best reMixes around for the last year or so, but despite some amazing work, we never, never, expected his début to blow us away like ‘Come For Me’ did. The EP’s title track features Gustaph from Hercules And Love Affair and is one of the biggest power Pop tracks you will hear in a while. Combining a slight bit of his Disco groove with that proper late ‘80’s sound that is starting to seep into dance music inbetween all the retro ‘80’s and ‘90’s sounding stuff. You know what I mean, epic stadium vocals, digital bass and those wonderful orchestral hits, and ‘Come For Me; has them all, and uses them perfectly. It’s a track with a tiny bit of melancholy to it, but mostly just makes you want to punch the air. Less Disco more PowerSoulPop was a brilliant move, Moonlight Matters works it perfectly. ‘Standing Up For Love’, brings down the tempo but keeps the same Electronic Soul feel with Starving Yet Full providing an impassioned vocal in a track that features the smoothest of smooth sax solos. One again Seba draws from Pop from the tail end of the ‘80’s and sucks up all the best elements for a pure TOTP experience. The final original track on the EP is ‘Rain Dance’, a lush, atmospheric, dance track. A bit tribal, this is the track that brings Moonlight Matters a bit more into the realm of ‘90’s dance, powered by crunchy stabs that play like the soundtrack to an action movie. The extended versions of the EP come with reMixes of the title track from Punks Jump Up (on the iTunes version), who deliver a twisted retro Acidic mix, Junior (on the Beatport version) ‘s glitchy Electro-House builder and Herr Styler (on the Juno version) with a deep, raw sounding, House mix with a hypnotic groove. For the title track alone it’s contender for single of the month.

♫ Moonlight Matters (Feat. Gustraph) – Come For Me

Moonlight Matters’ ‘Come For Me’ EP is out now via Beatport and 18th June elsewhere.

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