Feb 17 2015

[Audio] Avan Lava’s ‘Leave It All Behind’

Brooklyn trio Avan Lava have a new single out this week. Leave It All Behind sees the outfit drive their sound further toward the dancefloor with Funky and Deep House influences on the ElectroPop vibe. The track is taken from their forthcoming Make It Real EP, due out next month on JD Samson’s label Atlas Chair, and should see these three getting some well deserved attention as the cross both the dancefloor and the mainstream.

Leave It All Behind, seemingly effortlessly, straddles the worlds of Deep/Tech House and ElectroPop. underpinning the whole affair is a rumbling, robotic groove loaded with shuffling hats and warping subs coupled with an echoing lead line. This is all pretty enchanting, but is made even better with TC Milan’s rousing and emotional vocal. An all round instant floorfiller with an epic build.

♫ Avan Lava – Leave It All Behind

Avan Lava’s Make It Real EP is released 1st March

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Feb 16 2015

[Audio] Psychemagik reMixes Public Service Broadcasting’s ‘Gagarin’

We got to catch London based Krautrock/Synth/Coldwave/something outfit Public Service Broadcasting live at Bestival last year and they fast became one of the weekends highlights. While on record they aren’t quite out thing, live they are utterly fantastic. The duo have a new album, The Race For Space out soon and the records lead single, Gagarin, as been given a storming reMix by Disco don come Housemeister Psychemagik.

the original track is an almost Jazzy live performance, loaded with guitars and brass, but Psychemagik takes all those elements and gives them a machine makeover. The bassline, a loose if hypnotic affair on the original, becomes a hard hitting and compelling robots march on this mix aimed squarely at the dancefloor. Retaining PSB’s newsreel feel and the tune’s soul, Psychemagik flips it into an electronic, almost EBM at times, floorfiller.

♫ Public Service Broadcasting – Gagarin (Psychemagik reMix)

Public Service Broadcasting’s The Race For Space is released 23rd February.

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Feb 16 2015

[Download] Chromatics’ ‘Just Like You’

Johnny Jewel’s amazing Chromatics have announced the release of their forthcoming new album. Titled Dear Tommy, the follow up to 2012’s dreamy Kill For Love, is due out in a month and is eagerly anticipated by just about everyone we know. Johnny has taken to SoundCloud to announce the release and give away the albums first single, Just Like You as a free download. Check it out.

Just Like You is just the first in a string of new singles. Jewel will be releasing one a week until the albums March release and he has certainly chosen a belter to kick things off with. A swirling electronic symphony blessed with sweet vocals and lush (like, really lush) synths over a smooth steady beat. It’s an intoxicating SynthPop dream with a dark undertone. We’re very much looking forward to the album.

♫ Chromatics – Just Like You

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Feb 13 2015

[Audio] Aashton’s ‘Humans’

Brightonian ex-:kinema: groover Aashton has a new single due out in March. Since leaving :kinema: promising Synth Funkers that they were, Dom has been carving out a solid reputation for himself as a bringer of luscious House sounds that never fail to enchant and uplift. His new tune, Humans, is released on Phonetic Recordings back with another couple of originals. Dive in and loose yourself.

Humans draws from the history of Chicago and blends that into some contemporary UK Deep House sounds. A lilting retain of “the people…” give the tune a festival vibe while the punchy, subby bass and rolling rhythms keep it locked to the dancefloor. A warm and inviting track that you could totally get lost in in a field with a few thousand other revellers. Intoxicating stuff.

♫ Aashton – Humans

Aashton’s Humans is released in March.

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Feb 13 2015

[Audio] Karin Park & Pandora Drive’s ‘Hurricane’ (+ Maya Jane Coles reMix)

One of the best things going on in Scandinavia these days, the amazing Karin Park has teamed up with London duo Pandora Drive for her new single Hurricane. Karin has been drip feeding us hint of her forthcoming new album for a while now, and while we’re not certain if this particular collaboration will appear on the full lengther, it;s more indication that we love her recent sounds. there’s a full reMix package to from Booka Shade and Karin’s buddy Maya Jane Coles.

Karin’s collaborations with MJC are obviously wearing off on her. In fact Hurricane could have quite easily been taken from Maya’s Comfort album (on which Karin appeared) but with an added Indie-Electro sparkle.. It’s a good sound for Park, the warn and mysterious experimental take on Deep House provides the perfect dark and brooking, yet unbelievably dancefloor friendly, backing for her knife sharp vocals. Maya Jane Cole’s own reMix ups the hypnotic magic groove ante considerable. The pairing of Maya’s music and Karin’s vocal is always something we really enjoy and this reMix delivers in heaps.

♫ Karin Park & Pandora Drive – Hurricane (Original Mix)

♫ Karin Park & Pandora Drive – Hurricane (Maya Jane Coles reMix)

Karin Park & Pandora Drive’s Hurricane is out now.

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Feb 13 2015

[Download] Kids At Midnight’s ‘Survival’

The wonderful Kids At Midnight dropped a brand spanking new track this week for absolutely no money whatsoever. That’s right, this silky slice of electronica can be your for the price of nothing, so you need no reason other than loving this emotional bliss to get involved and let this carry you along in your headphones all day. Jane is really going from strength to strength these days with each track deeper than the last.

Survival is like a blast of warm air. A glowing wrap of sound; resounding chords and sparkling chines, layered over a solid yet laid back beat create a comforting soundscape. But it’s the multi layered atmosphere’s of Jane’s voice that take centre stage here, weaving in and our of each other while she singer her heart on her sleeve. Both melancholic and uplifting, the perfect lazy summer song.

♫ Kids At Midnight – Survival

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Feb 13 2015

[Video] Hot Chip’s ‘Huarache Lights’

Huarache Lights is the surprise new single from the awesome Hot Chip. A pre-cursor to their forthcoming just announced album Why Make Sense? it’s a particularly Hot Chip slice of ecclectic Indie-Electro.

Andy Knowles directs the video, A one-take visual piece and dance of lights.

Hot Chip’s Why Make Sense? is released 18th May.

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Feb 13 2015

[Download] AIMES’ ‘Harmonique Cosmique’

Harmonique Cosmique is the latest single from one of our faves, Brooklyn’s Discomeister AIMES. Goin’ all musical high-brow, the man had dropped a concept single where he delivers four version of the same track, all targeted toward different dancefloors. There’s the AM Version, the Beach Version, the Late Night Version and the Disco Version; which you can check out below.

The Disco Version of Harmonique Cosmique plays to AIMES strength. It’s a synthetic Robo-Disco masterpiece, loaded with vintage futurism and late 70s/early 80s Sci-Fi Disco tropes all wrapped up in some sick synthesizer funk. The machine bass commands you to dance while all manner of popping and zapping electro plays out over a tapestry of attention seeking lead lines. Upbeat and energetic, this is AIMES’ comfort zone and he nails it.

♫ AIMES – Harmonique Cosmique (Disco Version)

AIMES’ Harmonique Cosmique is out now.

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Feb 9 2015

[Mixtape] The Penelopes’ ‘Charts February 2014’

The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts February 2014 = The boy are back. London DiscoPop duo The Penelopes have dropped their monthly pick of best Disco and ElectroPop around. This time around they inject a little ecclectic-ness into proceedings. Check it out.

♫ The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts February 2014

The tracklist:
00. Intro. (Du Tonc – Every Song/Mocki – Weekend)
01. Bipolar Sunshine – Daydreamer (Gryffin reMix)
02. Bleu Toucan – Imagine (Reflex reMix)
03. Karin Park & Pandora Drive – Hurricane
04. Chromatics – Hands In The Dark (Unreleased 12 Inch Version)
05. The Egg – Electric City (Radio Edit)
06. Du Tonc – Every Song
07. Milk & Sugar Vs. Simon Harris – Bass (How Low You Can Go)
08. Catcat – Bang Bang (Feat. Qveen Elizabeth) (Dan Caster & Edouard! reMix)
09. Erconomics – The Lifting
10. Fritz Kalkbrenner – Void (Original Mix)
11. Petite Meller – Baby Love
12. Mocki – Weekend (Jai Wolf reMix)
13. Lxury (Feat. Deptford Goth) – Square 1

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Feb 6 2015

[Download] Disclosure & AlunaGoerge’s ‘White Noise’ reMixed by Todd Edwards

House generations new and old come together on this pounding reMix of Disclosure and AlunaGeorge White Noise (possibly our favourite Disclosure tune) by LA legend Todd Edwards. First heard on his 2013 Essential Mix, Edwards claims to have whipped the track up on a train en route to a warehouse party Disclosure had invited him to play at. There’s no leaves on this train track!

The tune is a hard-hitter. Pumping and hypnotic. Edwards crafts a looping machine of rumbling bass and hot piano stabs set to a kick drum on overdrive. Snatches of the original tune, mostly Aluna’s refrain, pepper the track, bring you back to something recognisable. At it’s core though, this is a surprisingly Teutonic slice of late night floorfiller.