Nov 4 2009

Baby Monster – Ultra Violence And Beethoven reMixes

Baby Monster’s ‘Ultra Violence And Beethoven’ was crazy out-there ElectroPop genius and tore up the internet last month. With news that the single will drop November 9th on 50 Bones, we’re giving you the chance to listen to a couple of the reMixes involved.

Ireland’s Arveene & Misk strip the track back and pile on buzzsaw synths and heavy beats while IDM legends Mondkopf twist the track into something heavy and dark.

♫ Baby Monster – Ultra Violence and Beethoven (Arveene & Misk reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Baby Monster – Ultra Violence And Beethoven (Mondkopf reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Ultra Violence And Beethoven’ can be pre-ordered at PureGroove.

Baby Monster @ PureGroove

Nov 4 2009

Jinder; not so Little anymore?

All’s been quite in the Little Jinder front for a while, during which time she apparently dropped the ‘Little’, now being just Jinder. Still signed to Trouble & Bass, Sweden’s Jinder is currently gearing up for the release of her next single ‘Youth Blood’ (a track that previously appeared on Trouble & Bass’ instalment of the Scion A/V sampler compilations), an ElectopPop gem, which will include reMixes by some of Sweden’s top electronic artists.

This reMix, however, comes from London’s Bok Bok which heavily vocodes the vocals and rings some heavily disjointed disco:

♫ Jinder (Little Jinder) – Youth Blood (Bok Bok reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Youth Blood’ December 1st followed by a remix EP, you can hear the original version on Jinder’s MySpace.

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Beatport

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Juno

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Amazon

Nov 4 2009

Versant (what Carah Faye did next…)

So, what’s the worst decision once great Indie-Electro act Shiny Toy Guns ever made? Quite simply it was ditching vocalist Carah Faye Charnow in favour of some reality TV wannabe, this has been proved by their disappointingly mediocre second album.

The decision, however, seems to have turned out for the best for Carah. Now based in Sweden she’s back with her new outfit Versant and dropping the kind of powerful Indie-Electro that the STG’s album wishes it was.

Just check these three demos here; from the huge Electro Rock of ‘Out Of Touch’ to the more intimate ‘Push Away’ these tracks would work just as easily on the dancefloor or in a gritty rock club and see a welcome return of Carah’s voice powering through cutting synths and dirge guitars.

♫ Versant – Out of Touch (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Versant – Push Away (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Versant – Quick Escapes (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

If I was a surviving member of Shiny Toy Guns I would be kicking myself!

Versant release their self-titled début album on February 17th 2010, until them go show them some big MySpace love!

Versant @ MySpace

Nov 3 2009

Róisín Murphy’s new single

Highly underrated queen of UK ElectroPop Róisín Murphy returns this month with her eagerly anticipated new single ‘Orally Fixated’.

Never one to completely bow to the mainstream, Róisín litters ‘Orally Fixated’ with broken beats and cut up samples that power through a spacious 80’s sounding mix (huge reverb washed snares!) before unexpectedly dropping a wailing guitar solo!

Experimental and Pop seem like two diametrically opposed terms, but Ms. Murphy skilfully brings the two together and takes them both to the disco.

♫ Róisín Murphy – Orally Fixated (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Orally Fixated‘ let’s loose November 16th on AWAL, also The Guardian will be offering a free download for 48 hours.

Róisín Murphy @ Beatport

Róisín Murphy @ Juno

Róisín Murphy @ 7Digital

Róisín Murphy @ Amazon

Oct 30 2009

Fire For Effect

Firstly, let me just say amongst the list of words you should never use are Darkwave and Graver. Unless you are Das Ich, Project Pitchfork or an actual Darkwave band, using Darkwave ‘cos you think it’s cool as it has the words Dark and Wave in it just make you look ignorant and needy. Graver, on the other hand, is one of the most embarrassing terms ever conceived.

Both words were used in Fire For Effect’s press release…shudder.

So it’s a good job the music speaks for itself. Solo project of Albert J, who played keyboards for SSION and Josephine Collective, and DJed alongside the likes of FischerSpooner and CSS, Fire For Effect make some rockin’ noise-Pop. Heavily AutoTuned vocals blend hauntingly with bit-crunched beats and distorted synths. Each track manages to hit you with the unexpected at least once without veering off into the murky world of experimental. A spacey yet quite harsh sound makes for some intelligent dance-Pop tunes.

‘Paradise Drudge’ would have to be my favourite, I’m lovin’ the lead line:

♫ Fire For Effect – Paradise Drudge (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fire For Effect – Cell (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fire For Effect – The Beach (zShare) (MediaFire)

Fire For Effect’s album should be dropping some time in January, ‘til then I believe some MySpace love is in order!

Fire For Effect @ MySpace

Oct 30 2009

Designer Drugs Drop Down

A couple of days ago Designer Drugs released their second single for Iheartcomix Records, a double A-Side featuring the tracks ‘Riot’ and ‘Drop Down’.

‘Drop Down’ is a frantic party banger, ominous chords and wailing synths build the tension ‘til the track slides into it’s noisy electro groove.

Guaranteed to slay on the dancefloor!

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

‘Riot/’Drop Down’ is out now!

Designer Drugs @ Beatport

Designer Drugs @ Juno

Designer Drugs @ Amazon

Oct 29 2009

It’s Van She day!

Matt Van Schie, of Van She fame, has dropped this solo effort onto an unexpecting interwebz and it’s a really nice little ElectroPop jam, it’s kinda’ late 70’s/early 80’s post-punk sounding track. Like a (more) retro Van She.

♫ Matt Van Schie – Saturday Night (zShare) (MediaFire)

Also, this cover version of Blue Öyster Cult’s ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ by Van She proper has surfaced. It’s from Australian radio station Triple J and it’s huge sounding with massive synth stabs.

♫ Van She – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

I really hope this gets properly released!

Oct 29 2009

CHEW LiPS: Seven

London’s finest, CHEW LiPS, are currently holding down a residency at The Fly Bar and each month they are giving away a free promo CD of a track from their forthcoming album. The day after the show the tracks will be up for free download on their official website.

The first of these is also their next single, released in January 2010, ‘Seven’ and today they débuted the video for the track.

It’s pin picture-tastic!

It’s a fantastic track and just makes the album even more eagerly awaited, although it’s out in January I have a feeling it will be one of the best records of the year.

♫ CHEW LiPS – Seven (zShare) (MediaFire)

Keep checking CHEW LiPS Official Site for future downloads!

Oct 28 2009

Stephen Falken just Crusin’

Fan Death travel the pop landscape

The American countryside is littered with musical icons then?

Fan Death are back (and about time too!) with, this, the headline track of their forthcoming EP ‘A Coin For The Well’. ‘Reunited’ is Fan Death maintaining their prefect track record for off-centre Indie-Electro that manages to sound ominous yet uplifting at the same time.

The video is just genius and follows Dandi traversing the last 30 years of pop after her car breaks down. It was directed by Dandi herself.