So, by now you know that the awesome Fenech-Soler are re-releasing ‘Lies’, their single of last year, the reMix package will include this little Balearic rave jam from Hervé.
Hervé brings the deep basslines and sunrise synths to his version. His hypnotic percussion and buzzsaw lead lines seem at odds with the rock swagger of the vocals but somehow Hervé makes it all gel together.
♫ Fenech-Soler – Lies (Hervé’s Solar Flare reMix)
‘Lies’ will be out 20th September on Moda
SONOIO is Alessandro Cortini, Italian analog synth guru who has played live for, and worked with, the likes of Ladytron, HEALTH, Modwheelmood and Nine Inch Nails.
In a novel, but pretty interesting, move his latest album, released this month, is available in a variety of packages. The most basic being a digital album and exclusive EP bundle, the high end offer being a digital album, exclusive EP and a hand build SuONOIO portable synthesizer! The SuONOIO is a ‘postcard’ synth in the vein of the Bugbrand, but if you’re handy you could always build an enclosure for it. The package including the synth will set you back $160.
The music itself is pretty rad. Deep analog vocoded ElectroPop. Check out this track, ‘Just Me’ and download another three tracks from the album for free here.
SONOIO’s eponymous LP is out now.
Check this track out, it’s Australian producer Muffin’s reMix of London based newcomers Them:Youth new single ‘Forever Rising’.
It’s a perfect slice of modern ElectroPop, the bassline and melodies harkens back to the 80’s but the production is bang up to date, that’s how ElectroPop should be done these days! It’s not the first time Muffin has graced these pages, and I doubt it’ll be the last.
♫ Them:Youth – Fever Rising (Muffin reMix)
‘Fever Rising’ was released this week on Big Hand Recordings.
Friends Electric’s awesome, and brave, reMix of Ellie Goulding’s ‘The Writer’ has only gone and got itself it’s very own official video! Nice one lads!
OK, on to Alan Braxe’s gobsmackingly rad reMix, it’s got this fluttering little melody that you listen to and never want to end. It’s pure summery chilled goodness, like an ace dream, or the end credits tune in a move where it turned out everything was alright in the end and everyone fucked off into the sunset.
Not even the rain we’re having in the UK at the moment can kill the mood this reMix induces!
♫ Ellie Goulding – The Writer (Alan Braxe reMix)
‘The Writer’ single is out now.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have premiered the video for their forthcoming single ‘If You Want It’.
The first single from their ‘The History Of Modern’ album, their first studio album in 14 years, the track sees a return to a more classic (and right now, very in-vogue) OMD sound.
The ‘If You Want It’ single is released 6th September on limited edition yellow vinyl 7” and a digital reMix bundle with reMix from the likes of French Horn Rebellion, We Have Band and VillaNah, with ‘The History Of Modern’ slated to be released later this year.
The end of August sees Kitsuné Music latest release, Logo’s latest single, the double A-side ‘La Vie Moderne’/’Juniocide’.
‘Junocide’ is a mindblowingly awesome inner-city soundtrack. If rain fizzing off of flickering neon lights made music, it would sound like this. Sophisticated percussion programming and relentless arpeggios drive the track but the song is surprisingly melancholic. This is music to get lost to.
Kitsuné drop Logo’s ‘La Vie Moderne’/’Juniocide’ 30th August with a reMix package that includes work from French Fries, DyE and Tony Senghore.
And this is just what I needed today, just what I was in the mod for!
The second single from their ‘for All Seasons’ album, Karton’s ‘All You Need’ is a pedal-to-the-metal Electro-Rock/ElectroPop powerhouse. Blowing the cobwebs out of electronic music the track is a collision of anthemic vocals, rock beats and killer synths. Still sounding a little like the harder Infusion tracks, with the buzzsaw synths, although that is no bad thing, Karton’s forthcoming album should defiantly be worth investigating.
♫ Karton – All You Need (Original)
Sound Of Habib drop ‘’All You Need’ at the end of August, the album comes later in September.
This track is pure awesome!
It’s by Mammoth Logic, and ElectroPop creating duo from Adelaide who mix up SynthPop, French Electro and Post-Punk to form their analog retro sound. Multi instrumentalists Dave Crowe and Reid Jones make something that could be described as Garage Disco-Pop, the music has a distinctly live feel to it, like it’s being played rather than programmed, and the combination of analog synths, impressive vocals, a touch of vocoding and some infectious 80’s sounding chords is hard to beat.
The band are working on their début album, keep an eye on them on their MySpace and check out some more music on their Unearthed page
Nikita is Pati Yang. Hailing from Poland, this 18 year old has already, under a different moniker, released a critically acclaimed album and supported the likes of Depeche Mode live.
As her new project Nikita, Pati is gearing up to release her début single. ‘Tonite’ is the first track release off of her forthcoming album that she is currently working on with Performance/Kiss In Cities electronic production genius Joe Cross (who has also produced The Sound Of Arrows and HURTS).
Take a listen to the single as reMixed by Cheap Thrills’ latest signing Franzy Scanner, a wobbly bass, 8-bit, juggernaut that heads straight for the dancefloor.
♫ Nikita – Tonite (Franzy Scanner reMix)
Nikita’s single, ‘Tonight’, is out 30th August.
Clubfeet, they of the monster ‘Teenage Suicide (Don’t do It)’, have just dropped their new album ‘Gold On Gold’.
The Melbourne trio have a sweet 80’s pop sound, as displayed on their lead single from the album, ‘Count Your Lovers’, a laidback, piano driven, almost ballad. This is the kind of tune that you can chuck on the headphones, close your eyes, and forget about your troubles. ‘Edge Of Extremes’ has more of a Disco feel and a certain edge of Hot Chip about it. The album will defiantly be worth checking out.
♫ Clubfeet – Count Your Lovers
The band are giving away another three free tracks from the album in exchange for your email adders here, seems like a good deal to me.
The Album ‘Gold On Gold’ and the single, ‘Count Your Lovers’ are out now on Plant Music, the single featuring reMixes from Eli Escobar and Boltan.
