Jan 25 2012

Lightwaves & Channel Swimmer reMix Mausi

Mausi

Remember a few weeks ago we posted about the new single from Newcastle IndiePop act Mausi, ‘Sol.’? Well, not the reMixes have hit, and they’re pretty special.

Ex-Yes Giantess main man Jan’s, under his new Lightwaves moniker, turns in an unsurprisingly awesome ElectroPop mix aimed straight at the dancefloor. Loaded with perfect synth melodies playing against a House piano riff and some big room beats, this is the second dancefloor destroying mix Lightwaves has dropped in as many weeks, looks like it’s going to be his year. UK producer Channel Swimmer takes the tracks in a totally different direction with some smooth Funk influenced Chillwavey, reverb washed, niceness that soon evolves into a laid back summer Indie hit.

♫Mausi – Sol. (Lightwaves reMix)

♫ Mausi – Sol. (Channel Swimmer reMix)

‘Sol.’ is released 20th February.

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Jan 25 2012

The Magician’s ‘Magic Tape Nineteen’

The Magician – Magic Tape Nineteen = Here it is, The Magician’s first Magic Tape of the year, and it’s an awesome way for Stephen Fasano to kick of the year with a spot on collection. Not to hard, not to soft, just right you ease you into 2012.

♫ The Magician – Magic Tape Nineteen

The Tracklist:
01. Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
02. Moon Boots – Aretha
03. Parallel Dance Ensemble – Shopping Cart (Maxxi Soundsystem reMix)
04. Speech Debelle – I’m With It (Louis La Roché reMix)
05. Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Dub reMix)
06. Mercury (Feat. Robert Owens) – Candlelight
07. Disclosure – Flow
08. Patrick L & DJ Nibc – Call Me (Tiger Stripes reMix)
09. Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
10. Montevideo – Horses (Mickey Dub Version)

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Jan 25 2012

Class Actress’ ‘Bienvenue’ video

Class Actress’ Elizabeth Harper has shot a video for her new track ‘Bienvenue’.

The Peter-Hook-alike bassed tune is accompanied with a stylish and slick clip shot in Paris in December.

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Jan 25 2012

New track from Fabian

fabian

Our boy Fabian has dropped a brand new track, and that’s always cause to take notice!

As we all know Mr. Ordorica is a man of many sides, the Montell Jordan sampling ‘Do It’ nicely Electrofies his Nu-Disco side and throws in a infectious. ‘90’s House hook. While not as hard as his noise Electro stuff, ‘Do It’ adds some stomping dancefloor fuel to his smoother synth side amongst some nice nostalgic jacking.

♫ Fabian – Do It

Fabian is also the musical mastermind behind LexiconDon, who feature on electronic rumors Volume 1. Just sayin’.

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Jan 25 2012

Goin’ Old School: Howard Jones, Thompson Twins & Nik Kershaw

Howard Jones’ ‘New Song’ from1984. Throw off your mental chains! Throw them off! Do It! I;m watching! Oh Oh Oh!

A Musik Laden performance of Thompson Twins’ ‘The Gap’, again from 1984

More from 1984, Nik Kershaw’s ‘When A Heart Beats’, just ‘cos.

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Jan 25 2012

Miike Snow & Lykke Li

Miike Snow

Do you get the feeling that Miike Snow are pulling a Baby Monster and streaming the whole new album in the weeks running up to it’s release? Three tracks in two weeks?

Anyway, this ones a bit different, ‘Black Tin Box’ features Lykke Li, who you know we love a bit of, and it’s not a upbeat Indie-Electro track. What it is though, is a pretty powerful, brooding slice of dark ElectroPop with hints of The Knife. Although Lykke is painfully underused ‘Black Tin Box’ is a nice example of icy Scandinavian Pop.

♫ Miike Snow (Feat. Lykke Li) – Black Tin Box

Miike Snow’s new album, ‘Happy To You’, is due for release in March 2012.

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Jan 24 2012

Ronika reMixed by Echoes

Photo courtesy of Katja Ruge

OK, so we don’t normally go in for the whole blog ‘exclusive’ bragging rights thing, we don’t see the point, very little on the internet stays exclusive for more than 30 seconds, and your ‘exclusive’ probably got leaked last week anyway. We always though it was about the music, not the blog. But we are amused by how much exclusivity there is crammed into this one post, so we’re going to mention it. Hypocrites much? What we have here is the première one of our favourite Indie tinged SynthPop acts, Echoes, reMixing our favourite Madonna Of The Midlands™, Ronika, topped of with a exclusive Ronika based display of retro sportswear from our favourite photographer, and snapper to the stars, Katja Ruge. Literally nothing about this post isn’t so fresh it’s still smoking.

Anyhoo, dazzling shininess of this post aside, what Echoes have turned in is a pretty stunning sunrise-beach-party take on Ronika’s ‘Only Only’. Part Balearic, part Progressive House, Echoes strip back the urban dancefloor urgency of the original (and it’s subsequent reMixes) and insured let Ron’s vocals swim about in a sea of chilled good vibes. Echoes have crafted a laid back and emotional slice of summery House with a classy piano line and let Ron’s vocals sit in just the right place in the mix, somewhere just in the distance, so the track washes over you.

♫ Ronika – Only Only (Echoes reMix)

Completely coincidentally, both Ronika and Echoes will be appearing on our electronic rumors volume 1 compilation, released 13th February, and both putting in an appearance at the launch party on the 10th February. Details here.

Ronika’s latest single ‘Only Only’/’In The City’ is out now and comes highly recommended.

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Jan 24 2012

Mitch Murder reMixes Lazerhawk

Lazerhawk

Oooo, this is exciting stuff. SynthWave guru Lazerhawk is gearing up for the release of his ‘Arrival’ EP, the Jordan F reMix has been rocking our worlds for a while now but we finally get to get our ears round Mitch Murder’s take on the track.

We’re still reeling from Mitch’s new album ‘Current Events’ (which just missed the top spot in our top albums of 2011) so we know the man is on top for right now, but once again he blows us away with this soaring slice of pure synthesizer joy. Unlike some electronic music producers who sit in front of Abelton firing off arpeggios, Mitch is a true musician. His mastery of layering and melody and his ability to capture an emotional mood in a synth dance track is second to none. This is what it sounds like in my brain all the time. Vangelis would be proud.

♫ Lazerhawk – Arrival (Mitch Murder reMix)

Lazerhawk’s new EP is out soon also featuring reMixes from Miami Nights 1984 and Jordan F.

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Jan 24 2012

Quasars ‘80’s Muscle’

quasars

One of our favourite Russian producers, and one we have featured a lot on the past few months, Quasars, has dropped a brand new retro tune.

‘80’s Muscle’ is seriously epic, a word that gets thrown around a lot, but this track really epitomises epicness. It’s rousing, inspirational, synthesizer soundtrack stuff with a slow Sci-Fi build that layers different electronic melodies until the power chords kick in. That’s when things get properly fist pumping. Quasars is fast becoming cream of the crop when it comes to Russian SynthWave.

♫ Quasars – 80’s Muscle

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Jan 24 2012

Flashlights’ new single

Flashlights

Fresh from their critically acclaimed ‘Hidden Behind Trees’ EP for Binary, Denver Synth outfit Flashlights are back with a new single, ‘Fireworks’.

Injecting a little more ElectroPop into their dreamtime synth sound with ‘Fireworks’, Flashlights combine an ‘80’s Indie vocal with layers of crisp electronics for a sound more inclined to the upbeat and catchy, as we first heard with “’New Hampshire II’. It’s a nice direction for Flashlights to be going in, with something about it that recalls mid-‘80’s British Indie as well as the melodic ElectroPop at it’s core. It’s catchy as hell too!