Jan 12 2010

Barretso

The dudes over at Trashbags ‘ave only gone and started their own record label, ‘aven’t they?!?!

Tuff Em Up’s first release will be by Chilean synth noodler Barretso and it should be pretty amazing judging by this taster here. ‘Midnight Walk’ will be featured on the ‘Bright City Lights’ EP and is almost perfectly crafted Dreamwave (If you want to call it that), washes of retro synths and arpeggiated basslines and just a hint of soaring lead all wrapped up in a smooth mix.

Pure class.

♫ Barretso – Midnight Walk (zShare) (MediaFire)

While you’re waiting for the EP, go give him some MySpace love:

Barretso @ MySpace

Jan 7 2010

Chromeo; Bubblegum Sci-Fi reMix

I love Chromeo’s ‘Night By Night’. I’ve also loved most of the reMixes of it.

I also loved Bubblegum Sci-Fi’s reMix of Passion Pit’s ‘The Reeling’.

So, Bubblegum Sci-Fi remixing ‘Night By Night’ is pretty much a no-brainer!

Huge buzzsaw synths pump through this sweet robodisco floorfiller. I’m really diggin’ what he’s done to the chorus, the stuttering lead line seems to give the vocals a different rhythm.

♫ Chromeo – Night By Night (Bubblegum Sci-Fi reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Night By Night’ is out now!

Jan 7 2010

Boys Noize reMix Editors

Editors forthcoming single ‘You Don’t Know Love’ will feature a reMix by, none other than, Boys Noize and has débuted on Studio Brussel.

I never really got into Editors but this reMix will have me purchasing the single. With it’s vocodered vocals it builds and builds into a climax that is sure to drive the dancefloor mental.

♫ Editors – You Don’t Know Love (Boys Noize reMix) (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single will be out 25th January.

Jan 7 2010

Danger’s next EP

The other day we posted a taster of what the new Danger release might hold, now it has been confirmed that the man has a new EP coming out.

Check this wonderful 16-bit videogame stylee teaser for ‘09/17 2007’.

‘09/17 2007’, Danger’s 3rd EP will be released on 25th January an vinyl and 1st February digitally.

Colour me exited!

Danger @ Beatport

Danger @ 7Digital

Danger @ Amazon

Jan 6 2010

SebastiAn for 2010

Hey, it’s been quite a week it’s been for new tracks from established acts who’ve been away far too long! A new track from French Electro master SebastiAn has surfaced, originally featured on an Ed Banger Records promo sampler featuring some of the labels forthcoming releases.

I was debating posting the tune ‘cos a) its all over the music blogosphere anyway and b) it’s a funny one. Clocking in at just over 13 minutes, it’s only around the 11m18s mark that the good old SebastiAn we know and love drops and shit goes crazy. the preceding 11 minutes are a slow chaotic build. Strings, distorted synths and white noise meld together for so long it that waiting for it to kick in becomes almost unbearable.

But when it does…SebastiAn is back!

♫ SebastiAn – Threnody (zShare) (MediaFire)

Anyway, the track, even the intro, has grown on me and I’m now pretty exited about the album release later this year. Ed Banger have got some good shit coming out in the coming months!

Jan 6 2010

New material from The Knife!

We’ve been keeping an eye on SoundCloud all morning since they announced on their Twitter feed that The Knife would be débuting new material via their service sometime this week, and here it is.

The Swedish Experimental ElectroPoppers were commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to compose the music for an opera based on Charles Darwin and his work ‘On The Origin Of Species’ and in a The Knife first they decided to collaborate with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock to “to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme”

‘Colouring Of Pigeons’ is a strange and intoxicating beast, undeniably The Knife (especially when Karin’s trademark vocals kick in) but the operatic feel to it gives it a life all of it’s own. Give it a few listens, it gets under your skin (in the best of ways), which, I suppose, makes it classic The Knife!

♫ The Knife (In Collaboration With Mt. Sims And Planningtorock) – Colouring Of Pigeons (zShare) (MediaFire)

The studio version of the opera, ‘Tomorrow, In A Year’ will be released on Rabid Records on1st March.

The Knife @ Beatport

The Knife @ 7Digital

The Knife @ Amazon

Jan 6 2010

New Danger track!

Kicking off with spooky (yet X-Massy!) chimes before dropping a huge synth bass this new Danger tune that surfaced on Seek Sick Sound builds into an immense cinematic banger.

Not sure where the tune is from, fingers crossed it’s from a forthcoming new EP! Wherever it originates, it’s a welcome return from Danger:

♫ Danger – 4h30 (Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Not too sure if that is a rip of the whole track?

Danger @ Beatport

Danger @ 7Digital

Danger @ Amazon

Jan 5 2010

Some CHEW LiPS to tide you over

I honestly don’t think I can wait any more! CHEW LiPS’ début album, ‘Unicorn’, drops in a mere matter of days now!

I know you all feel the same, so to tide you over here is a brand new reMix of CL’s forthcoming single ‘Play Together’ by London’s DJ Jocks which completely changes the song, giving it a early 90’s disco flavour. The FM arpeggiated bassline makes me think of the Arthur Baker reMix of Pet Shop Boys’ ‘In The Night’ (from The Clothes Show!)

♫ CHEW LiPS – Play Together (Jocks reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Unicorn’ can be pre-ordered from CHEW LiPS’ store here.

Jan 5 2010

Ali Love Harder

Ali Love was rockin’ us all in the last three months of 2009 with the single ‘Diminishing Returns’ and some huge reMixes of his track ‘Smoke & Mirrors’, now he’s back with this tune, ‘Love Harder’, which will be the next single out on Back Yard Recordings.

‘Love Harder’ is more minimal, Italo influenced ElectroPop with some sweet 80’s-esq vocals and nice Simmonds fills. Gonna’ be real interesting to hear the album when it hit the streets.

♫ Ali Love – Love Harder (Extended Version) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Love Harder’ drops soon and ‘Diminishing Returns’ is available now:

Dec 31 2009

electronic rumors’ top 20 songs of 2009!!!

Insanity! Compiling a top twenty tracks of 2009 was infinitely harder than the album list, I have no idea how it got finished! Once again, there was so much good music released in 2009, it truly was a wicked year to be into electronic music, just look at that top ten! From established acts like Røyksopp to bands who made 2009 their own such as Filthy Dukes, La Roux and Little Boots to bands that are going to blow up in 2010 like CHEW LiPS and The Vanish, the music we’ve been given in 2009 has set the bar so high for the coming year.

I wish there were more slots, I could have easily made it a top 40 or 50, and like the album list I have probably forgotten some gem I was rockin’ to in January and I’ll probably want to reorder in a few hours. But right now, here’s the list. Many, many thanks to all the artists that provided our soundtrack to 2009 and all the artists featured on electronic rumors, without you this past year would have been a depressing, gray mess!

01: ♫ Røyksopp (Feat. Robyn) – The Girl And The Robot (zShare) (MediaFire)

02: ♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Mille reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

03: ♫ CHEW LiPS – Salt Air (Jupiter reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

04: ♫ The Golden Filter – Solid Gold (zShare) (MediaFire)

05: ♫ Filthy Dukes (Feat. Samuel Dust OF Late Of The Pier) – This Rhythm (zShare) (MediaFire)

06: ♫ La Roux – Bulletproof (zShare) (MediaFire)

07: ♫ The Vanish – Heartbeat (zShare) (MediaFire)

08: ♫ Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets (Friends Electric reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

09: ♫ Little Boots (Feat. Philip Oakey) – Symmetry (zShare) (MediaFire)

10: ♫ Fan Death – Reunited (zShare) (MediaFire)

11: ♫ The Sound Of Arrows – Into The Clouds (Mille reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

12: ♫ Chromeo – Night By Night (Redial reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

13: ♫ Van She – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (A B-LIVE Original) (zShare) (MediaFire)

14: ♫ Miike Snow – Animal (Treasure Fingers reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

15: ♫ Miss Kittin & The Hacker – 1000 Dreams (Original Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

16: ♫ Keenhouse – Deep In The Forest (zShare) (MediaFire)

17: ♫ Dollskabeat – Zodiac Rising (zShare) (MediaFire)

18: ♫ Alice In Videoland – Psychobitch (zShare) (MediaFire)

19: ♫ Annie – Antonio (Designer Drugs reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

20: ♫ Designer Drugs – Drop Down (zShare) (MediaFire)

Honourable Mentions:
Anoraak – Long Distance Hearts, Cagedbaby – Forced (Radio Edit), Casiokids – Fot I Hose, College – The Light Of Your Dress, Curses! – The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub), Delphic – Doubt, Depeche Mode – Wrong, Edwin Van Cleef – Overtaken (Radio Edit), Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Redial reMix), Heartbreak – We’re Back (Vitalic reMix), Heartsrevolution – 薔薇と彼女の王子 (The Rose And Her Prince), Lykke Li – Little Bit (Villains reMix), Miami Horror – Don’t Be On With Her (Treasure Fingers reMix), Minitel Rose – Zombie Lady, NightWaves – Fascination (Keenhouse reMix), Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Hey Champ! reMix), Russ Chimes – Daytona, Sneaky Sound System – I Love It (Fred Falke reMix), Stephen Falken – Cruising, Yuksek (Feat. Amanda Blank) – Extraball (Radio Edit).

If you’re missing any of these tunes from your collection you should defiantly pick them up in a good quality format, most can be purchased here:

Beatport – Juno – 7Digital – Amazon