Before Mantronix was making R&B, Kurtis Mantronik and MC Tee was not only Electro pioneers but the best in their game. From 1984 to 1988 they produced some of the best Electro Hip Hop in the world and constantly reinvented their sound with evolving music production technology, culminating in 1988’s ‘In Full Effect’ album and the ‘Simple Simon (You Gotta’ Regard)’ single.
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Mjolnir, you probably know from their The Chemical Brothers reMix that was doing the rounds a couple of weeks ago. This Indonesian trio make some sweet Disco and Italo influenced ElectroPop that you need to check out.
Picking up the ItaloPop torch from Heartbreak (what’s happened to Heartbreak?) ‘Just A Boy’ is an epic six minutes of mid-80’s sounding SynthPop that could easily be dropped in the middle of an 80’s set and have the crown stroking their chins a commenting that they remember this track, it’s on the tips of their tongues! ‘Midway’ is slightly more contemporary in it’s production but sneaks Duran Duran-esque guitar riff in there amongst the sparkling ElectroPop and vodocer madness, and it’s catchy as hell too.
♫ Mjolnir (Feat. Dini) – Midway
They also entered this reMix in Tuff ‘Em up’s Barretso remix competition, it’s some seriously solid Disco.
♫ Barretso – Chase (Mjolnir reMix)
Mjolnir are definatly a trio to keep you eyes on, we expect great things.
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Cosmonaut Grechko + She’s The Queen + Druma Kina! What can go wrong?
Absolutely nothing! Grechko’s collaboration with She’s The Queen’s Emily, ‘All I Hear’ was one of the highlights of his recent (and awesome) ‘Alaska 2100’ EP, throw Brazilian Nu-Disco king Druma Kina into the mix and you’ve got a floor rocking cut-up Nu-Disco edit of the track that’s relentless in it’s funkiness. This is a peak time track that’ll send the crowd crazy.
Totally rad!
♫ Cosmonaut Grechko (Feat. She’s The Queen) – All I Hear (Druma Kina reMix)
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It’s really is time to start paying attention to Silenx, if you like your retro sounding, Disco influenced, synth music then the man is top of his game.
‘Far Far Away’ is a melodic, spaced-out, Dreamwave jam that sweeps you up in it’s beautiful synths then his you with a killer slap bass. The production is pretty slick too, it’s quite a dense track but everything sits nicely and it retains that spacey, cosmic feel. With a couple of nice drops in just the right places and a lead line that soars ‘Far Far Away’ sees Silenex getting better and better.
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Jean-Michel Jarre is one of my all time heroes, a synthesizer king who has made some of the most epic music ever. In the mid-80’s he got a little funky and experimental with emerging sampling technology resulting in 1984’s ‘Zoolook’ album. This is the title track.
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Pure Disco bliss now from Shiny Disco Club’s Viceroy.
His new single ‘Sunny Daze’ is available for free, like most Shiny Disco Club output, and it lives up to it’s name in that it’s perfect , funky, summer good time vibes. The Californian producer drops a cut-up French style jam that just begs to be played at the beach.
♫ Viceroy – Sunny Daze (Original Mix)
‘Sunny Daze’ is out now on Viceroy’s SoundCloud.
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Here is the new track from Germany’s Final DJs, who seem to be getting better and better with each release.
‘Nightflies’ is “a song about love and the night”, that being the case they’ve done a good job of capturing that emoting. Dark and emotive synth work carries you away through five minutes of retro Electro driving-and-brooding music, you know what I mean. Big on 80’s sounds in a contemporary dancefloor mould with some huge melodies, the Final DJs’ ‘Nightflies’ should go straight in your car.
♫ Final DJs – Nightflies
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Aeroplane – May 2011 Mix = this months pick from the legendary Vito Aeroplane, turn it up and get your groove on!
The tracklist:
01. ESG – What She Came For
02. Michael King – Plum Bobb
03. Microsolco – A Lion Love
04. Hot Toddy & Danielle Moore – Won’t Let Go
05. Heiko Laux & Teo Schulte – Sound Hug (Daniel Bortz reMix)
06. Silver Disco – Rock on
07. 6th Borough Project – Sometimes The Fool
08. Mitzi – All I heard (Bonar Bradberry reMix)
09. Electric City – Electric City All Night (Kolombo reMix)
10. Tad Wily – Lonely night
11. Chris Malinchak – The Fourth
12. Munk – La musica (DJ Steef bootleg reMix)
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Australian DancePop team Sneaky Sound System are on the incoming with a brand new single.
‘We Love’ is a welcome return, it’s a bouncy, catchy slice of ElectroPop with an awesome head-nodding FM bassline. The track is the first taster of their long awaited third album, ‘From Here To Anywhere’, which Modular are due to release in August.
♫ Sneaky Sound System – We Love
‘We Love’ is out now.
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It’s team Toronto verses team Toronto as Canadian SynthPop trio Austra are given the reMix treatment by the flamboyant Mr. Diamond Rings.
The track is part two of a six-part weekly series of Diamond Rings reMixes called ‘Rainbow reMix’ in anticipation of the Astralwerks re-release of his ‘Special Affections’ album. DR takes the track and gives it a solid ElectroPop going over, with retro beats and chainsaw guitar synth, before bringing it down with a chilled piano outro.
♫ Austra – Lose It (Diamond Rings reMix)
‘Loose It’ is out now and Diamond Rings’ reMix series can be found, weekly, here.
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