May 28 2011

Frankmusik reMixed by MNEK

Frankmusik and Far East Movement’s ‘Do It In The AM’ isn’t my favourite of Vincent’s tracks but it has really grown on me.

Throw in this big warp bass Electro-House mix from UK producer MNEK, premiered last week on Annie Mac’s show, that does some really interesting things with the original. Upping the grit on the track, MNEK drop a tight party-starting groove that is not only in your face, but leaves a surprising amount of the original arrangement intact (and you know I love it when reMixes do that!).

♫ Frankmusik (Feat. Far East Movement) – Do It In The AM (MNEK Rmx)

‘Do It In The AM’ is released 18th July.

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May 28 2011

Monarchy Vs. Jaymo & Andy George

Moda main-men Jaymo & Andy George are one of the many who have reMixes ElectroPop duo Monarchy’s latest single ‘I Won’t Let Go’.

Featuring on their ‘Moda Volume 1’ compilation it’s a totally new take on the song that shrugs off the ElectroPop in favour of dancefloor madness. Leaving snatches of the original amongst the big beats and mind-loosing bassline this is a track to get lost in on the dancefloor.

♫ Monarchy – I Won’t Let Go (Jaymo & Andy George reMix)

‘Moda Volume 1’ was released this week.

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May 27 2011

B-Xentric!’s ‘Symbolism’ mixtape

B-Xentric! – Symbolism = An hour of fresh Disco House to get you in the mood for the weekend with an awesome Mode flavoured finale.

♫ B-Xentric! – Symbolism

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May 27 2011

Justice’s ‘civilization’ video

It’s full of bison being herded by the crumbling of human history.

It’s visually stunning.

It’s the brand new video for Justice and Ali Love’s ‘Civilization’.

It’s directed by Edouard Salier

‘Civilisation’ is out now on Ed Banger.

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May 27 2011

Goin’ Old School: Freeze – IOU

We’re going to start putting up videos, maybe daily, of classic tracks and performances ‘cos, well, why not!

Kicking things off is UK DancePop act Freeze’s Pop/Electro crossover ‘IOU’ from 1983. Arthur Baker produces for that B-Boy feel the track made it onto the soundtrack for Beat Street.

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May 27 2011

New Look’s ‘The Ballad’

Studio !K7’s latest signing is Canadian SynthPop duo New Look who are soon to release a new single titles ‘The Ballad’.

An awesome deep and enveloping track like an electronic heartbeat, ‘The Ballad’’s video was directed by Australian fashion photographer and film maker Will Davidson.

New Look release ‘The Ballad’ on 27th June.

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May 27 2011

Is Tropical’s video for ‘The Greeks’

Is Tropical’s ‘The Greeks’ get itself a video, and what a video.

Directed by Megaforce the video depicts what I expect ‘nam was like, really! Actually, I’m pretty sure playing army when I was a kid really looked like this! I get the feeling that there may be some kind of social commentary in there somewhere but I just it looks cool.

Is Tropical’s début album ‘Native To’ is released on 13th June on Kitsuné Music.

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May 25 2011

Mustang’s April mixtape

Mustang – May ‘11 Mixtape = There’s some serious sounds in this hour long mixtape covering all kinds of Disco from a cosmic angle.

♫ Mustang – May ‘11 Mixtape

The tracklist:

01. Golden Bug & Mustang (Feat. Lavina Claws) : Soap Opera (Dub)
02. Mario & Vidis – Changed (Soul Clap reMix)
03. Publicist – Make Ends Meet (Zimmer Edit)
04. The Rolling Stones – Too Much Blood (Debonairs Too Much Dub)
05. Laid Back – Cocaine Cool (Extended)
06. Creep – Days (Azari & III reMix)
07. Joakim – Forever Young (Extended Afro Mix)
08. Penguin Prison – Multi-Millionaire (Pete Herbert Dub Mix)
09. Lazydisco – More Tigers (Mirror People reMix)
10. Punks Jump Up – Mr overtime (Mickey reMix)
11. Jamie Jones, Hot Natured & Lee Foss (Feat. Ali Love) – Forward Motion
12. Mustang – Nebula

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May 25 2011

Russ Chimes’ ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP

Russ Chimes’ nearly broke Twitter a couple of weeks ago with a 1m15s teaser of his new EP, my entire timeline went a little mental for a while.

Not without justification though, as with the ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP, released this week, Mr. Chimes, once again, shows himself to be head and shoulders above the competition. The EP, as it’s title suggest, is only two tracks (although I suspect a reMix EP is incoming) but two tracks from RC are worth a whole album from some other artists. On ‘Tonic’ we see the man introducing more Ravey elements in to his Disco (as hinted at in his recent reMixes) but never loosing the Funk. The track whips the listener into a dancefloor frenzy before, in the middle-eight, dropping one of the sweetest leads you’ve ever heard then relentlessly kicking you back to the groove. It’s intense stuff, crafted with signature Russ Chimes precision. The flip side, ‘Helix’ is a deep Electro-House track with a Moog Funk bassline and on old school beat that’ll have the dancefloor loosing it’s mind.

♫ Russ Chimes – Tonic

Russ Chimes’ ‘Tonic’/’Helix’ EP is out now.

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May 24 2011

Fred Falke reMixes Wolf Gang

‘The King And All Of His Men’ is the latest single, and re-release of first single, from British Indie dude Wolf Gang, it’s been given a stunning retro workout by French Touch master Fred Falke.

From the offset you can tell this mix is going to be something special, kicking off with a nice syncopated bassline and smooth 80’s-esq chords that lead into a full-on 80’s teen movie epic. Wolf Gang vocals lend themselves perfectly to this kind of Dreamwave nostalgia, his voice being just as emotive as the music.