Aug 11 2010

Beaumont takes on Kavinsky

The reMix competition has finished, the winners announced. I, personally, must have listened to about 130 of the hundreds of entries. Some of them were amazing. Some of them were whack. Did I ever want to hear Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ again in my life? Not right now…

But if there’s one guy who can twist my arm it’s Beaumont, had he submitted his reMix to the contest it would have surely been a contender. Probably one of the best (if not the best) ElectroPop/Nu-Disco version of the song that uses both Kavinsky’s and Lovefoxxx of CSS’s vocals to sweet effect over a mixture of retro synths and 8-bit melodies.

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Beaumont reMix)

Aug 11 2010

‘Røyksopp’s Adventures In Barbieland’

Røyksopp’s short film, ‘Røyksopp’s Adventures In Barbieland’, created to accompany their new instrumental album ‘Senior’ (the follow up/sister album to last years ‘Junior’) is now available to watch in it’s entirety.

Here is what Røyksopp’s Svein had to say about it: “We had a vision, and in this vision we saw ourselves as a sleeping hobo and an old man respectively. The following is a vivid depiction of some of the events that occurred during an intended stay in Barbieland. And remember, It’s a true story….”

It’s odd, Røyksopp odd, and features 5 tracks from the forthcoming ‘Senior’.

‘Senior’ is expected to drop 13th September on Wall Of Sound

Aug 11 2010

M.I.A.’s ‘XXXO’ video

M.I.A. has premiered the video for ‘XXXO’ over on her YouTube channel.

‘XXXO’ is one of the best tracks on her recent ‘/\/\ /\ Y /\’ album and has been out as a single for a while now so it’s nice to see a proper video for it.

‘XXXO’ and ‘/\/\ /\ Y /\’ are both available now.

Aug 11 2010

Simian Mobile Disco – ‘Nerve Salad’

Simian Mobile Disco are dropping their first US released mix CD in October in association with New York’s ‘Fixed parties.

And sat in the mix will be a new SMD track, ‘Nerve Salad’. It’s deep and dark and the kind of thing we haven’t heard for a while, even from SMD. It harks back to Attack Decay Sustain Release, cool, chilled, weird stuff.

♫ Simian Mobile Disco – Nerve Salad (Edit)

‘Simian Mobile Disco Is Fixed’ is released in the US on 12th October via Defend Music.

Simian Mobile Disco @ Beatport

Simian Mobile Disco @ Juno

Simian Mobile Disco @ 7Digital

Simian Mobile Disco @ Amazon

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Aug 10 2010

Chromeo + Aeroplane

Check out this reMix of Chromeo’s hot first single from their forthcoming album, ‘Business Casual’ by Belgium’s almighty Aeroplane.

Great things can always be expected from Aeroplane, and given the source material this should be intensely good. And it is!

Who knows how you increase the Funk on Chromeo? Vito Aeroplane has managed it with this take on ‘Don’t Turn The Lights On’. With the Disco turned up to 11, it’s almost like distilled Chromeo!

♫ Chromeo – Don’t Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane reMix)

‘Don’t Turn The Lights On’ is out now and taken from the album ‘Business Casual’ which is released 14th September. You can pre-order the album here.

Aug 10 2010

Dolby Anol reMixes Performance

Dolby Anol have given their reMix treatment to Manchester’s finest Indie-ElectroPoppers Performance’s latest single, ‘Unconsoled’.

Slightly more ElectroPoppy than we’re used to from Dolby Anol, which, it turns out, is a pretty rad thing! A deep, analog SynthPop reMix is what we get here with some really subtly vocoding that gives, what was originally quite an emotive track, a roboticised feel. It’s a cool reMix, gotta’ love that computer funk!

♫ Performance – Unconsoled (Dolby Anol reMix)

‘Unconsoled’ drops this week on Too Much Information.

Performance @ 7Digital

Performance @ Amazon

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Aug 10 2010

TEEN

Sweeping in, like some kind of Funky-Electro-House valkyrie with her battle cry of “check mes tunes, cowboi!”, comes Amy Aubrac-Prince, otherwise known as TEEN, who crashed into the electronic rumors Inbox with a selection of original tracks and reMixes that really deserve your attention.

Based in Toronto, via France and New York, TEEN’s tracks straight-up late night party tunes, coated with massive doses of the ol’ French Touch. Able to give even the most seasoned Filter-House producer a run for their money Amy separates herself from the pack by mixing up the slick Disco of Filter-House with the raw party vibe of Electro-House. The result? Shaking asses!

Check the tracks:

♫ TEEN – Body Heat (Movin’)

♫ TEEN – Hell Leather

Also becoming a bit of a reMix machine, check out a couple of TEEN’s reMixes to see what happens when Amy gets her mitts on some vocals. Valery Gore and Woodhands get the TEEN enhancement here:

♫ Valery Gore – Shoes Of Glass (TEEN reMix)

♫ Woodhands – CP24 (TEEN reMix)

The Woodhands reMix is particularly awesome!

Finished listening? Right, off to MySpace then, to show Amy some love:

TEEN @ MySpace

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Aug 9 2010

Hey Today!’s new single

Don’t really know what to say about this. It’s awesome! One of the best bangers I have heard in a while, I got that kinda’ feeling that I got when I first heard Rex The Dog’s ‘Circulate’. It’s a hard dancefloor track but much more than that, it’s intricately programmed and underneath the Electro-House chaos there is a really nice, 80’s synth, chord progression.

It’s the new single from Hey Today!.

♫ Hey Today! – Strange (Radio Edit)

‘Strange’ is released 6th September backed with reMixes from Boris Dlugosch, Polymorphic and Munk on Lektroluv.

Hey Today! @ Beatport

Hey Today! @ Juno

Hey Today! @ 7Digital

Hey Today! @ Amazon

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Aug 9 2010

Yannick Aellen – ElectroPop crooner

Don’t really know who Yannick Aellen is, perhaps I should, he seems to be some kind of man-about-town (or his press release claims, anyway), but his doesn’t mean he can make good music. Luckily, he can.

Rocking some serious old school SynthPop stylings that would feel right at home in New York’s Minimal Synth movement ‘The Devil (Is A Woman I Never Slept With)’ is all heavy monosynth bass and stripped down drums with a raw, early Mute Records, feel to it. But it’s Yannick’s vocals that set him apart, he’s a self proclaimed crooner, which is defiantly a vocal niche that Electro is missing out on.

♫ Yannick Aellen – The Devil (Is A Woman I Never Slept With)

‘The Devil (Is A Woman I Never Slept With)’ is taken from the ‘Dark Crooning’ EP, out on this week.

Yannick Aellen @ 7Digital

Yannick Aellen @ Amazon

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Aug 9 2010

Anoraak’s first single from ‘Wherever The Sun Sets’

The first single from French ElectroPop/Dreamwave pioneer Anoraak’s forthcoming album ‘Wherever The Sun Sets’ will be ‘Try Me’.

One of our most anticipated albums in the coming months, Anoraak’s début will be out at the end of this month with the single a couple of weeks ahead and if this track is any indication of what to expect from the album we are in for a treat. Upbeat and energetic, Anoraak has separated himself from much of the Dreamwave pack by incorporating swathes of New Wave guitar accompanying the trademark retro synth sounds and a damn catchy chorus.

The album should be huge!