Australian Indie-Electro champs Cut Copy recently released this video for Meet Me In A House Of Love, taken from their storming album of last year, Free Your Mind.
It’s a pretty carefree clip, which fits with the bands music well. Nicely tongue-in-cheek.
Cut Copy release the deluxe version of Free Your Mind on 22nd July.
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Brooklyn SynthPoppers Blank Paper’s new tune sees them setting the scene for their eagerly awaited new EP. After a string of well received tunes, this foursome are finally set to unleash the real thing. Having previously treated us to Step Into My Office and Ambien Blank Paper bring us something a little more soulful. This is Whip.
Whip sneaks a little R&B flavour into Blank Paper’s spikey SynthPop. Guiding their 80s influenced sound into more Electronic Soul of the era’s territory, Blank Paper deliver their usual icy keys and live drunk, but this time add a bit of swing and a touch of boogie. It forms a nice contract with Marie Kim’s cutting vocal delivery and the stabbing chorus is pure nostalgia. Black Paper have been a bit of a dark horse in recent months and we’re left with the feeling that we’re looking forward to their EP a lot more that we were expecting to. Bring on July.
♫ Blank Paper – Whip
Blank Paper’s new EP is out 1sy July.
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Last week UK ElectroPopstar Chlöe Howl released the new video for her track Disappointed. Slick modern Pop that is slated to be her next single.
The video tells a story through the medium of Roller Derby. Which is fair enough.
Chlöe Howl’s Disappointed is released 27th July.
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Picture the scene. It’s 2011, a sunny May. We’re still using Five months earlier LA’s finest Dreamwavers Fiero (now Leisure Council) had teamed up with German Nu-Disco powerhouse digitalfoxglove. Calling themselves Ride The Universe they’d gained a little attention with a handful of slick reMixes, but nothing would prepare the world for what was to come. 11th May they unleashed a reMix of Canadian Funketeers Chromeo’s Hot Mess that was so massively awesome, floor slammingly funky, so relentlessly badass, that it still had the power melt brains three years later. It’s one of our favourite reMixes of all time, it set the tone for the trademark Ride The Universe sounds, and it’s why we fell in love with them.
Seconds out! Round Two! They’re bringing it back, Delivering their Chromeo reMix: the sequel, the Ride The Universe boys has got to grips with Chromeo’s recent single, Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (taken from their really quite good new album, White Women) as part of the currently running reMix competition. The prize is cash, and these four deserve it for two very good reasons. Firstly, they’ve never met, some of the prize money would go toward shipping digitalfoxglove off to LA to actually meet his band-mates and get to work on that damn album; and secondly some of the prize money will be donated to a kid’s music education charity. Sounds like a worthy cause to us. The reMix itself is pure smoothness. A blissful LA Funk vibe permeates every pore of this tune; working it’s laid back squelchy synths around Dave P’s vocals, creating an urban late night groove for the more discerning dancefloor. Complemented by starlight chimes and a sauntering rubble of bass, this one’s got everything to swing to under the city lights. Vote for this bad-boy here, never has there been a more deserving reMix competition winner.
♫ Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (Ride The Universe reMix)
Chromeo’s White Women is out now.
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Here’s the video for Par Avion, the title track from New York Minimal Synth duo Xeno & Oaklander’s new, Ghostly International released, album. Chilly synths and haunting vocals abound!
Directed by Thomas Torres, the clip cuts a sombre mood whist showing of the Budapest location.
Xeno & Oaklander’s Par Avion is released 24th June.
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Bristol SynthWavers Miles Prower go all power-balled with their latest tune, These Days. Taken (again) from their forthcoming new EP, Virtually Reality, this one enlists the help of SynthWave vocalist du’jour Dana Jean Phoenix and brings down the tempo a bit to serve up something for your soul rather than your feet.
These Days actually marks a distinct shift in Miles Prowers music, one we’ve suspected coming for a while now. whist Dana Jean Phoenix’s nostalgic vocals and the songs arrangement are pure 80s power ballad fare, the sound and production itself are about as far away from the 80s as you can get. Mire akin to mid-90s EBM or the more avant-guard end of that era’s SynthPop, Miles Prower invoke a raw production style and modern abrasive digital synth sounds. This makes a for a really nice contrast, caustic music with sweet vocals, and makes the track more interesting than many of it’s contemporaries. Roll on the EP!
♫ Miles Prower (Feat. Dana Jean Phoenix) – These Days
Miles Prower’s Virtually Reality is due out this summer.
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Here’s the video for French Electrohead DyE and the almighty The Egyptian Lover’s Acid B-Boy masterpiece She’s Bad. The track’s taken from DyE’s recent album Cocktail Citron.
Directed by DentDeCuir the video is loaded with cool effects and a little NSWF.
DyE’s Cocktail Citron is out now.
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Glen Check are a South Korean duo who have had a pretty successful career in that particularly East-Asian brand of sweet Indie-Electro-y Nu-Disco that that part of the world does so well. The guys have just released the second collection of reMixes of tracks from their Youth! album, this time focusing on the tracks Pacific; and on that release is this joyous four minutes from German synth-Disco master, Mr. Justin Faust.
OK, first up, ignore the rest of the track for a second, just listen to that bassline. Pure boogie. As soon as that punchy, retro synth bass kicked in Faust has us hook, line and sinker; conjuring the best mid-80s dancefloor hits to mind. Add to this some lush keys, Glen Check’s buoyant, optimistic vocals and cool summer-pop swing; and you’re left with a track that just puts a smile of your face, whatever the weather. Stick around for a mind-warping solo at the track’s finale. Groove on!
♫ Glen Check – Pacific (Justin Faust reMix)
Glen Check’s Pacific – reMixes From Youth! is out now.
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I do love Bag Raiders. They tend to make music just for me. Their self titled album of 2010 is still one of my all time faves.Mixing Disco, House and ElectroPop, these guys make the best summer tunes. They’ve been quiet for a while, so long if fact that we didn’t know if they were coming back. But the Australian duo had relocated to LA to work on their follow up album, before wich they present a brand new double A-side single, featuring the tracks Nairobi and Savannah. Check out Nairobi below.
The track sums up everything that’s awesome about Bag Raiders live. Relentless deep grooves with a breezy tongue-in-cheek feel. An irresistible, slightly Techy, House monster that flicks bits of Disco and Tribal at it’s listeners ears, layering the punchy bassline and playful hooks with some ‘deep in the zone’ moments. We’re so glad they’re back.
♫ Bag Raiders – Nairobi
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Here’s a little mid-week bliss from one of our favourite Torontonians (and there’s a lot of ‘em!) Pat Lok. For this one he’s teamed up with the voice of the moment Patrick Baker for a warm and relaxing groove, perfect timing now that the sun if finally shining here in the UK. Sit back, hit play, and sink into what Pat & Pat have served up.
Pat’s (the second one) voce drifts across this deep deep House tune with an R&B lilt while Pat the first lays down a glorious subby bassline and a Garage-y beat. With a touch of vocal modulation and some enigmatic keys thrown into the mix, Lok brings the hot summer nights vibe to the track; the end result being something smooth, soulful and dancefloor friendly, but only for friendly dancefloors.
♫ Pat Lok (Feat. Patrick Baker) – Could Be Mine
Pat Lok’s Could Be Mine is out now.
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