Dec 16 2009

Silver Columns

Silver Columns are one of those mystery bands, everyone will speculate it’s someone we’ve all heard of, but it probably won’t be! They’re French (maybe?) and their first single was reMixed by Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, that’s about all we know.

Anyway, the music is what should be doing the talking and Silver Columns make some sweet ElectroPop, almost as enigmatic and mysterious sounding as the band’s persona. Their second single ‘Yes, And Dance’ was released this month and featured reMixes from Silver Columns themselves and Weirdo Police.

Check out the reMixes below, Silver Columns are defiantly a name to keep an eye on if your a fan of electronic dancey Pop

♫ Silver Columns – Yes, And Dance (Silver Columns reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Silver Columns – Yes, And Dance (Weirdo Police Refix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can buy the ‘Yes, And Dance’ single now at Boomkat.

Silver Columns @ Beatport

Silver Columns @ Juno

Silver Columns @ Amazon

Dec 16 2009

Delphic in Doubt

I’ve been meaning to drop some Delphic on you for a while now. This Manchester Indie Dance outfit are making some pretty big waves amongst both music fans and press with some even going so far as to call them the “New Order for the 21st century”. Their last single “This Momentary” on Kitsuné Music was a genre crushing tune the received some pretty great acclaim and they have been tearing it up live un and down the UK.

Delphic are about to drop their début album ‘Acolyte’ on their own label Chimeric and here we have a couple of reMixes of the first single from the album, ‘Doubt’ by Riton and Ramadanman. Riton’s mix has already been floating around for a while and is a work of cut-up genius.

♫ Delphic – Doubt (Riton Re-Rub) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Delphic – Doubt (Ramadanman Refix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Also, if you’re interested, Delphic are holding a reMix competition for ‘Doubt’ over at their official website, check it out!

Dec 15 2009

Nitzer Ebb return with new album

Electronic pioneers Nitzer Ebb have just dropped their first new, proper, studio album in 14 years! ‘Industrial Complex (Tour Edition)’ is a record that harks back to the earlier, harsher, Nitzer Ebb of the early to mid 80’s rather than the ElectroPop of ‘Showtime’ and ‘Ebbhead’ or the Electro-Rock of ‘Big Hit’. One thing’s for sure though, it put all the clones and wannabes ‘producing’ Ebb influenced EBM these days to so much shame they may as well just give up.

OK, so one or two tracks come across a little Nitzer-Ebb-by-numbers, but there are some gems in there to.

Once You Say (featuring Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore) is a heavy Electro Industrial stomper sweetened by Douglas’ trademark gritty vocals. ‘Hit You Back’ is more like something off ‘Showtime’ which is more of what I, personally, consider to be ‘classic Ebb’.

♫ Nitzer Ebb (Feat. Martin L. Gore) – Once You Say (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Nitzer Ebb – Hit You Back (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Industrial Complex (Tour Edition)’ is out now,

Nitzer Ebb @ Beatport

Nitzer Ebb @ Juno

Nitzer Ebb @ 7Digital

Nitzer Ebb @ Amazon

Dec 15 2009

Italo from Fare Soldi

It’s Italo time! Fare Soldi were featured on the compilation album ‘Italo School’ alongside the lieks of Crookers, Cecile, Scuola Furano, Blatta & Inesha and Pink is Punk.

Their track,’Tutto, Tutti, Sempre, Subito’, is an Acid laden, Italo, cowbell party with a sweet Disco flavoured mid-section.!

♫ Fare Soldi – Tutto Tutti Sempre Subito (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Italo School’ is out now.

Fare Soldi @ Beatport

Fare Soldi @ 7Digital

Dec 15 2009

Kap10Kurt takes on Ocelot

Top reMixers Ocelot drop their artist album on Wall Of Sound soon and in gearing up for the release have roped in talent to reMix for them. Dreamwave pioneers Kap10Kurt take on their track ‘Our Time’

We’ve not heard anything from Kap10Kurt for a while but this reMix makes up for it. Big 80’s synth stabs and vocoders work the hell out of this Nu-Disco madness.

♫ Ocelot – Our Time (Kap10Kurt reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Ocelot’s album is due out next year.

Dec 15 2009

Calling In Sick reMixes Bertie Blackman

I first fell in love with Calling In Sick’s music after I heard their storming reMix of Midfield General (Feat. ViLa)’s ‘Disco Sirens’.

The Aussie duo’s latest project is this rework of Bertie Blackman’s ‘Black Cats’ and it’s got that wicked digital slap bass and huge distorted synth riffs that I loved about Calling In Sick’s previous reMixes. This’ll tear up any electro dancefloor!

♫ Bertie Blackman – Black Cats (Calling In Sick reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Bertie Blackman has just won ‘Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year’ and ‘Best Independent Release’ at the Australian Independent Record Label Association Awards.

Bertie Blackman @ Beatport

Bertie Blackman @ Juno

Bertie Blackman @ Amazon

Dec 15 2009

Uffie’s back!

Well..it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Uffie, we’d seriously though she’d given up. But she’s finally back with some new material to prove to the wannabes (*ahem* Ke$ha) who Ed Banger’s queen of Electro Crunk really is!

Of course Uffie’s not the best rapper in the world, but there is just something about her, something unique (well, until major labels tried to clone her!) and ‘MCs Can Kiss’ just proves she’s still top of her game. Now if we could only work out what her game was the world would be a happier place!

♫ Uffie – MC’s Can Kiss (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Uffie’s long, long, long awaited album ‘Sex Dreams And Denim Jeans’ is out on Ed Banger Records next year. Maybe!

Dec 15 2009

We Have Band Vs. Le Matos

We Have Band’s new single, ‘Honey Trap’, has been masterfully reMixed by Canadian synth heads Le Matos.

Rapid fire arpeggios fuel the track on top the steady disco beat. We Have Band and Le Matos is a pretty sweet pairing actually, the track works really well. Check out the driving ElectroPop tune here:

♫ We Have Band – Honey Trap (Le Matos reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Honey Trap’ is available from We Have Band’s official site.

We Have Band @ Beatport

We Have Band @ Amazon

Dec 15 2009

Kiss In Cities reMix Performance, well, themselves

OK, so they may be reMixing their own band but Kiss In Cities, the amazing Manchester ElectroPop act, we told you about here, who are comprised of two thirds of Indie-Dance outfit Performance (Née (We Are) Performance ;)), have reworked said parent band’s most popular track to date. ‘Reptile’.

The original song is cool but this reMix is just pretty mind blowing, almost perfect electronic pop, this will absolutely slay on any ElectroPop dancefloor!

♫ Performance – Reptile (Kiss In Cities reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Reptile’ Single is available for free here.

Performance @ 7Digital

Performance @ Amazon

Dec 4 2009

Van She don’t fear the reaper

Ever since we got our hands on that radio rip of Van She covering Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’, we have been waiting impatiently for it to drop. The Bacardi B-LIVE folks have been telling us they were releasing it soon soon, but it never seemed to come soon enough!

Well, it’s finally here and, to be honest, it was worth the wait. Those huge Van She bass and lead synths are back! This is easily the best version of this song I’ve heard, Van She’s Indie-Space-Disco is prefect for it!

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

Word on the street has it that there is a Holy Ghost! reMix on it’s way!