Jun 21 2010

Monarchy news, in video form

Last Saturday London’s awesome stargazing SynthPop act Monarchy, usually men shrouded in mystery, made a rare, and their début, live appearance.

And where was this gig? You might ask. Well, fittingly for the band it pretty much took place in space. Performed at the NASA Planetarium at Cape Canaveral, Florida in from of 20 witnesses the show gained the band the honour of being the first band to broadcast live into space!

Check the trailer below, it looks like it would have been quite an experience to attend. Monarchy are promising more video soon.

At least if there is life out there we’ve got our musical ambassadorship covered.

Also just premiered is the video for their forthcoming new single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ spanning a cosmic Disco fantasyland. Lots of space-ballet, a space-unicorn, a space-pillar and possibly a space-love story, can’t quite tell. Looks nice though!

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops very soon with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, and Treasure Fingers amongst others.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Jun 17 2010

Painted Face

Painted Face is the superhero identity of DC based singer/songwriter Allie Alvarado.

Veteran of the Brooklyn Art-Rock scene, having been part of Telepathe and Blood Lines, her current output comes of a collaboration with producer Alvin Risk and is a captivating combination of intricate electronic music and soulful vocals. The music seems to effortlessly capture that elusive sweet spot that mixes the nuanced and emotive with the danceable without loosing any of either.

The moment the beat kicks-in on ‘Undreamt’ it has already hooked you to the groove, but beyond that it’s the layers upon layers of sound and Allie’s voice (with something fresh and raw about it) that seem to reach into every part of you. It’s gonna’ get more exposure, I guarantee it, and it’s one of those tracks that’s going to give you goosebumps when the DJ drops it.

♫ Painted Face – Undreamt

Check out Painted Face’s SoundCloud for more music and show Allie much MySpace love!:

Painted Face @ MySpace
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Jun 17 2010

Overthrill

Overthrill probably isn’t a new name to many readers of electronic rumors. Having dropped some awesome EPs (and killer Mixtapes) in the last couple of years, German producer Sebastian Bentler joins the dots between the Valerie crew’s melodic, smooth Dreamwave sound and the Ed Banger posse’s Noisy French Electro.

And the point in the middle of those dots is pretty epic!

One a duo, now solo, Sebastian is pretty prolific when it comes to releases, with four EPs and a handful of singles under his belt in the last few years (Sebastian handles all the artwork too) and more in the pipeline Overthrill have somehow managed to consistently knock out banger after banger. Pleasing both the blogs and the clubs.

Overthrill’s most recent EP, ‘The Upper Worlds’ is a prime example of their head on collision between Disco and Distorted Electro, funky and in-your-face at the same time.

♫ Overthrill (Feat. Miss Wonder) – The Upper Worlds

His recent track takes the same road with hard Electro beats and sweet Disco vocal snatches

♫ Overthrill – Rockson

This is how bangers should be made!

Overthrills numerous releases are available now!

Overthrill @ Beatport

Overthrill @ Juno

Overthrill @ 7Digital

Overthrill @ Amazon

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Jun 17 2010

Lola Dutronic

Floating round the outskirts of French Pop, Nu-Disco and Lounge music but never really steeling in one place are Lola Dutronic.

The duo of Lola Dee and Richard Citroen split their time between Toronto and Berlin (by way of Paris) while creating kinda’ post-Gainsbourg electronic Pop. This is serious 60’s-Paris-in-the-rain stuff but with some skilled contemporary programming work from Citroen. It’s hard not to get drawn in by Lola’s intimate vocal style and forget where you are for half an hour.

I actually hear a lot of Saint Etienne in Lola Dutronic.

The pair have just released a new EP, mostly of reMixes, titled ‘Musique’, on Red Digital Music. The mixes span the range of electronic Pop, from almost Trip-Hop beats to dancefloor worthy House tracks, all keeping Lola Dutronic’s smokey style ever present.

♫ Lola Dutronic – My Radio (French Disco Mix)

♫ Lola Dutronic – Chanson D’Ete (Summer Of Love Mix)

‘Musique’ and Lola Dutronic’s three (yes, three!) previous albums are available now:

Lola Dutronic @ Amazon

Jun 17 2010

Moonchild

Moonchild is a producer from Sydney, Australia who is beginning to make waves in the Nu-Disco scene there.

Having spend years writing Hardcore and Punk tunes, Antoine “Moonchildatronique” Lubidineuse joined the ranks of the glitterball masses and turned his attention to Disco-House. And the world is a better place for it to. His début release, ‘Girls’, is a deep and funky synth Disco epic that gives France’s Filter-house output a run for it’s money.

♫ Moonchild – Girl (Original Mix)

‘Girls’ is out now.

Jun 17 2010

Deadbots mash up Ikki’s new EP

Noisy Electro-House Spaniard Ikki is taking some brief time off from Dim Mak to release a new EP of FutureFlashs’ record label Kiez Beats.

Not only have Dublin DJ’s Deadbots provided a reMix for the EP but also mashed up this version of the tune with Todd Terry’s ‘Keep On Jumpin’’. The result is a huge dirty Electro-House tune that is just the thing when you can feel the weekend on the horizon.

♫ Ikki – Bakala Banger (Deadbots Keep On Jumpin’ reMix)

Ikki’s ‘Bakala Banger’ EP is out now:

Jun 17 2010

Hey Champ!’s ‘Neverest’ video

Hey Champ!’s awesome single ‘Neverest’ has just gone and got itself a video! And what a video it is…two words…dolphin boobs.

That is all.

Check out the surreal Sci-Fi Disco goodness:

The singles ‘Neverest’ and ‘Cold Dust Girl’ can be downloaded from the band’s official site and ‘Star’ is due to be released 13th July.

Hey Champ! @ Beatport

Hey Champ! @ Juno

Hey Champ! @ Amazon

Jun 15 2010

Neon Circus

Midlands noisy ElectroPop/Electro-Punk outfit Neon Circus are gearing up for the release of their début album on Jacket Pocket Records.

Following the bands singles ‘Future Disco’ and ‘Digit-ism’, both of which gained some national radio play, the album, ‘Don’t Get Panicked’, will showcase the bands mash up of Rock ‘N’ Roll vocals with dirty Electro-House. The single Digit-Ism was almost bordering on ElectroPunk with it’s distorted riffs and call-to-arms vocals.

♫ Neon Circus – Digit-Izm

‘Don’t Get Panicked’ is released on 23rd July

Neon Circus @ Juno

Neon Circus @ 7Digital

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Jun 15 2010

Punches cover Kele in trumpets!

Bloc Party frontman Kele’s solo offering has be making quite a few waves of late, particularly his ‘Tenderoni’ single.

Brooklyn newest hype worthy production outfit Punches have dropped another amazing reMix. absolutely flooding the track with horns. gone are the dark Electro/Rave synths of the original and in their place a summertime beat, sparking keys and those oh-so-90’s dance trumpets!

♫ Kele – Tenderoni (Punches Bring The Horns reMix)

Kele’s ‘Tenderoni’ single is out now.

Jun 15 2010

sevdahBABY Vs. Sabrina

Serbian Electro-House meister sevdahBABY has dropped by the electronic rumors Inbox with his latest reMix, I couldn’t help myself but feature it!

It’s a banging reworking of Sabrina Salerno’s 1987 Italo/EuroPop crossover ‘Boys (Summertime Love)’. Does it work? Damn straight it does! Even dropping a bit of Dire Straits in the mix it perfectly captures late 80’s TV Pop but brings it right up to date and straight to the dancefloor. Tons of fun to!