Oct 27 2009

NightWaves’ Fascination

Coming from the LA based stable, Binary, NightWaves (A.K.A. Kyle Petersen and Josh Legg) owe just as much to pure SynthPop as they do to heavy 80’s influenced Electro-House.

Heavily emotive vocals with an early Depeche Mode style isn’t always the first thing you expect from a band associated with the current crop of Disco-House (or what they are calling Dreamwave) acts, you normally expect something lighter, floatier, but it works so well and lends NightWaves an extra slice of power in their music.

The upcoming single ‘Fascination’ is original taken from the fantastic Binary compilation ‘LA Lights’ and has been given the reMix treatment by a number of artists in the last few months. amongst them Sweden’s ODahl turn the Disco-House up to 11 while We Plants Are Happy Plants make the track more of an deep epic highlighting the feeling in the vocals. Fellow Binary crew Keenhouse’s mix is probably my favourite version (other than the original!) with pure electro beats and an almost poppy synth riff.

Check them out:

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (WPAHP reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (ODahl reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ NightWaves – Fascination (Keenhouse reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

For more info keep an eye on Binary’s blog and go grab yourselves some NightWaves:

NightWaves @ Beatport

NightWaves @ Juno

NightWaves @ 7Digital

NightWaves @ Amazon

Oct 25 2009

Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘Luv Deluxe’ gets screened

I’ve been meaning to post about Cinnamon Chasers for a while now. Their album, released digitally earlier this year, ‘A Million Miles From Home’ has been one of my soundtracks of the past few months, particularly for lazy Sunday afternoons.

Brilliantly crafted dreamy electro pop that lets light arpeggios and atmospheric synth riffs float atop disco laden beats and basslines, capped of with Russ Davies’ almost ethereal vocals. It’s a pretty chilled and emotional record but that doesn’t stop it occasionally veering into dancefloor territory with the likes of ‘Adored’.

The standout track has to be ‘Jetstreams’, which is a combination of all the best aspects of the album, and damn catchy too!

Anyhoo, the video for ‘Luv Deluxe’ is getting the big screen airing at a few London film festivals. ‘Luv Deluxe’ is a sweet track that drags you along in it’s groove, which makes this video the prefect accompaniment for it (watch it and you’ll see).

I love videos that tell a story, and this one is a cute, if fucked up, little tale.

Clock it on the big screen here:

October 29th @ Village Underground
Future Shorts’ ‘Beats From Above’ Festival
November 6th @ London Transport Museum Friday Late

‘Luv Deluxe’ is directed by Saman Keshavarz.

And get this in your MP3 player, I guarantee you’ll want more!

♫ Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘A Million Miles From Home’ is available now from the following stores:

Cinnamon Chasers @ Beatport

Cinnamon Chasers @ Juno

Cinnamon Chasers @ Amazon

Oct 23 2009

Kitsuné Maison 8; MiniMix By JBAG

It’s that time again!

November sees volume 8 of Kitsuné Music’s Kitsuné Maison series released. This one’s subtitled ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.

It looks like there will be some pretty exiting stuff on here, the likes of CHEW LiPS, Heartsrevolution and Le Corps Mince De Françoise are always welcome. Two Door Cinema Club and Delphic are massive right now, both have albums out on Kitsuné soon and the new Midnight Juggernauts single is on there too, bonus!

Clock the tracklisting:

01. French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night
02. The Drums – Let’s Go Surfing
03. Siriusmo – High Together
04. Le Corps Mince De Françoise – Something Golden
05. Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology
06. Heartsrevolution – Dance ‘Till Dawn
07. Logo – Junocide
08. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Moulinex reMix)
09. Slagsmålsklubben – Brutal Weapons
10. Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass reMix)
11. AMWE – Friction Between The Lovers
12. Jolie Charie – Star
13. CHEW LiPS – Salt Air (Alex Kapranos reMix)
14. Delphic – This Momentary
15. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
16. Parallels – Find The Fire
17. Nottee – Control
18. Encore
19. Crystal Fighters – I Love London
20. My Tiger My Timing – I Am The Sound

So, as is standard with Maison releases, top ElectroPop gurus JBAG have thrown together a MiniMix to showcase the compilation, it’s short but sweet and really wets the appetite for ‘The Chic And Nice Issue’.

Bring it on!

♫ Kitsuné Maison 8 MiniMix By JBAG (zShare) (MediaFire)

While you’re waiting for November 30th when volume 8 hits the stores why not check out some more of JBAG’s mixes and reMixes:

JBAG @ Beatport

JBAG @ Juno

JBAG @ Amazon

Oct 23 2009

Marina’s made my week!

Seriously! Ever since these two reMixes of Marina And The Diamonds forthcoming single, ‘Mowgli’s Road’ (Originally the B-side of ‘Obsessions’), dropped into the electronic rumors inbox I haven’t been able to stop listening to them.

And don’t make me pick between the two, I couldn’t do it. Mille’s rework is upbeat with a bouncing bassline. It’s arpeggios and strings brilliantly capture the epicness of the original while Valerie man Russ Chimes brings his 80’s styled disco funk to the track and then hits you with massive electro breakdowns.

Two seriously good reMixes:

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

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check the original too, in all it’s quirky brilliance!

♫ Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Mowgli’s Road’ drops on November 16th and can be pre ordered at PureGroove, it comes B-sided with a cover of Late Of The Pier’s ‘Space And The Woods’.

Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove

Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital

Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon

Jun 9 2009

The Presets’ ‘If I Know You’ reMixed

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Naked Highway have only gone and reMixed one of my favourite tracks by The Presets haven’t they!

Their take on ‘If I Know You’ is a full on Roland-fest, old school clean Roland sounds make up this straight up dance mix. I love this track anyway, I swear it’d be impossible to mess up a reMix with these vocals.

Really dsiggin the drums in this.

Oh, and there’s a Radio Edit in case you’re, y’know, ADD or something.

♫ The Presets – If I Know You (The Empulsive Naked Highway Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Presets – If I Know You (The Empulsive Naked Highway Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go grab yourself some The Presets!

The Presets @ Beatport

The Presets @ Juno

The Presets @ 7Digital

The Presets @ Amazon

Jun 7 2009

The week in Bangers: 07:06:09

The week in Bangers: While electronic rumors isn’t strictly an Electro-House blog, we do cover a lot of Electro-House that crosses over in to our realm. So many good club tunes and reMixes surface each week we can’t (and wouldn’t) cover them all, so this is a round up of some of the best from the week that we didn’t have time to dedicate individual posts to…

This weeks club roundup starts off with another reMix of La Roux’s ‘Bulletproof’ by tEPr and a Vitalic reMix of Birdy Nam Nam’s ‘The Parachute Ending’. Friendly Fires get reworked by Stuart Price A.K.A. Thin White Duke and Death To The Throne take on a Lykke Li cover of a Kings Of Leon song. Fredrick Carlsson reMixes Jonathan Johansson as Johan Agebjörn does for Friday Bridge. The Preset’s K.I.M tackles Bag Raiders’ ‘Turbo Love’ and the forthcoming Simian Mobile Disco single is given the treatment by Naum Gabo. Enjoy!

♫ La Roux – Bulletproof (tEPr reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Birdy Nam Nam – The Parachute Ending (Vitalic reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Friendly Fires – Jump In The Pool (Thin White Duke reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Lykke Li – Knocked Up (Kings Of Leon Cover) (Death To The Throne reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Jonathan Johansson – En Hand I Himlen (En Fot I Graven reMix Av Fredrick Carlsson) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Friday Bridge – This Case Is Closed (Johan Agebjörn reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bag Raiders – Turbo Love (K.I.M reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Simian Mobile Disco (Feat.Chris Keating Of Yeasayer) – Audacity Of Huge (Naum Gabo reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Most of these artists can be picked up here:

Beatport

Juno

Photo credit: Sergio

Jun 5 2009

Good Luck At The Gunfight summer lovin’

“Kimberly is about a girl. Puma is about a woman.”

That’s how Good Luck At The Gunfight describe the latest tracks they dropped in the electronic rumors Inbox and when you keep that in mind it kinda’ makes sense.

We blogged GLATG a few months ago (well, raved about them really) and since then they have polished up the production and brought us two tracks that are a lot smoother than their previous delivery. With sweet lead lines and vocodered vocals these are two, in their own words, “electric summer love songs”.

I couldn’t agree more.

♫ Good Luck At The Gunfight – Kimberly (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Good Luck At The Gunfight – Puma (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go spend your internet love on Good Luck At The Gunfight!

Good Luck At The Gunfight @ MySpace

Jun 5 2009

Saar & Sky

It’s my pleasure to introduce to you Saar & Sky, and I say “my pleasure” as I believe S&S are one of the best bands in London, which in the current musical climate is saying quite a lot.

Both members of electronic act New Europeans, these two have branched off to produce something kinda’ poppier than their previous work.

In a world of retro-esq or nostalgia laden gimmicky tracks this ElectroPop duo make authentic 80’s sounding Pop tunes. Even without the synth work the songwriting itself is straight out of the great decade but the package is wrapped with the tiniest hint of French/Electro-House, just enough to make it sound fresh and relevant.

Whether it’s the layers of synthesizers, the electro toms or Saar’s impassioned vocals (which have just the right amount of theatricality without sounding over the top, a real trait of 80’s vocals) the guys have nailed it.

Give it a listen:

♫ Saar & Sky – Charge Me Up (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go show S&S some MySpace love and check out their other tracks:

Saar & Sky @ MySpace

Jun 5 2009

Pony Pony Run Run

Getting some major airplay in Europe is French ElectroPop trio Pony Pony Run Run’s latest single ‘Hey You’. The accompanying reMixes are a really great crop of tunes.

Pony Pony Run Run themselves have dropped a stunning dance reMix. Heavier than the original it’s a ice cold Nu-Disco/ElectroPop mashup.

StereoHeroes have fun with their reMix, warping sound and bringing an old school dance flavour before dropping the Disco riffs while sayCet go completely the opposite direction and deliver an ambient, chilled noise lullaby that sounds like the world winding down.

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (PPRR Dance reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (StereoHeroes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (sayCet Official reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The album ‘You Need Pony Pony Run Run’ is released June 8th:

Pony Pony Run Run @ Amazon

Jun 4 2009

Emil & Friends – Downed Economy

Emil & Friends have dropped a whole mess of reMixes of their forthcoming ‘Downed Economy’ 7”.

The original is a strange and wonderful Synth Funk garage jam. Making the track their own are Dim Mak’s Dan Oh who ups the groove factor to 9.5 with dirty synths and wobbly bass. Mr. Vegas’ version is a lot more abrasive, rapid fire bass and heavy beats seem to pin down the floaty vocals while the same vocals sit perfectly with Beaumont’s atmospheric retro House track.

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Dan Oh reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Mr. Vega Stimulus reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (Beaumont reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Emil & Friends – Downed Economy (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out Emil’s MySpace to get the Downed Economy EP for free!

Emil & Friends @ MySpace

You can pre-order the 7” at PureGroove

Emil & Friends @ PureGroove