Mar 22 2009

The week in Bangers: 22:03:09

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…

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datA & Sébastien Grainger’s hit from last year, ‘Rapture’, got a noisy Electro working out from Kids At The Bar this week and Le Castle Vania took on indie hot-tickets The Virgins giving them a Disco overhaul. Fresh from reMixing Tigersapian, Kolt13 work their tricks on Girl And A Gun and we have new material from Daroc and Bloc Party with some tracks from their forthcoming reMix album by Villains and Filthy Dukes. The Fire And Reason closes this week’s The Week In Bangers in sleazy electro style with a reMix by The R.O.A.R.

♫ datA (Feat. Sébastien Grainger) – Rapture (Kids At The Bar reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Virgins – Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania’s Spring Break No Parents reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Girl And A Gun – Send More Cops (Kolt13 reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Daroc – A Bout De Souffle (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Daroc (Feat. DW) – Hypnotic France (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bloc Party – Ares (Villains reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bloc Party – One Month Off (Filthy Dukes Vocal reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Fire And Reason – So Electric (The R.O.A.R. reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Most of these artists can be picked up here:

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Photo credit: Graffiti Research Lab

Mar 22 2009

College never came back

College

College are back with some brand new 80’s synthesized Electro-House goodness.

As to be expected with anything bearing the Valerie stable seal of approval, College’s ‘She Never Came Back’ is a soaring Electro odyssey that wraps you up in layers of FM synthesis featuring vocals from Electric Youth Here treated to reMixes by fellow Valerie crew members Russ Chimes and The Outrunners.

♫ College (Feat. Electric Youth) – She Never Came Back (Russ Chimes reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ College (Feat. Electric Youth) – She Never Came Back (The Outrunners reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

I love the fact that, along with Kavinsky and Danger et al., the Valerie lot seem to be putting the musician ship back into Electro-House.

Love all The Zonders artwork too!

You can also catch the video for ‘She Never Came Back’ here.

Go check out some College, then work your way through the rest of the Valerie gang:

Mar 21 2009

No shit, Sherlock!: Eskimo Disco – Japanese Girl

No shit, Sherlock!: A chance to enthuse about music from the last few years that pre-dates electronic rumors, this stuff has probably already been blogged to death years ago, but we need a chance to get how much we love it off our chests. We already love it, you already know and love it…and are probably bored of it, but we’re going to blog about it anyway…

EskimoDisco

Eskimo Disco, eh? A bit chameleonic. Sometime Indie band, sometime Electro band. The describe themselves as ‘”Party Music”, and that’s probably as good a description as any. From their début single ‘7-11’ each release held something new.

But we’re here to talk about ‘Japanese Girl’, their third single from 2007. ‘Japanese Girl’ is pretty close to being perfect. For me, personally, it’s got everything I’m looking for. It’s electronic. It’s SynthPop, but the live drums and analogue synths give it a raw edge. It’s Indie-electro without the need for jangly guitars. It’s got vocals you can sing along too and vocoded vocals. It’s catchy and it’s got Ooooo Ooooo’s!

What more do you want?

Oh yeah…

♫ Eskimo Disco – Japanese Girl (Radio Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Whether you like ElectroPop, Electro-House and Indie-Electro, there’s something for everyone in this song and the single came with a reMix by none other than Fred Falke!

The singles and their album, ‘Robots And Laptop Dancers Make Good Friends’ are still available:

Eskimo Disco @ 7Digital

Eskimo Disco @ Amazon

Mar 21 2009

We Have Band cover Pet Shop Boys

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London’s We Have Band continue to turn out interesting electronic music, this time they have covered Pet Shop Boys classic ‘West End Girls’.

For an oft-covered song they have done a bloody good job. Keeping a similar bass sound was a good idea, the opening three notes of the bassline are integral to the track and We Have Band have made the song their own whilst retaining that signature bass. The rest of the track is very well done, the band have managed to conjure the atmosphere of the original, something I don’t think any other cover I have heard has managed to do.

♫ We Have Band – West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

What do you think?

We Have Band @ Beatport

We Have Band @ Amazon

Mar 19 2009

Oizo reMixes Oizo

Mr.Oizo

The godfather of noisy French House Mr.Oizo has just propped his new EP, Pourriture, on Ed Banger Records. The EP features reMixes from the ‘Lamb’s Anger’ album including this one of Oizo reMixing himself.

The track, ‘Steroids’, featuring the Uffster, is a lot dancier, less abstract, than the album version with some kickin’ stabs

♫ Mr. Oizo (Feat. Uffie) – Steroids (Mr. Oizo reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Whatever happened to Uffie? What happened to this album that was always supposed to be coming?

‘Pourriture’ & ‘Lamb’s Anger’ can be procured from all good record stores.

Mar 18 2009

TheRGBs

Prepare to enter a world of crazy.

East London’s TheRGBs are a live ElectroPop four piece. ‘Live’ being the operative word as it is live where the girls (and guy) really shine…literally. It’s all spangles, shiny leotards and keytars (and you know how electronic rumors feel about girls with keytars!) and the kind of energy most bands can only dream of.

The music is as smooth as the live show is energetic, a lot deeper than the throwaway ElectroPop dittys they first appear to be. Don’t be blinded by the shiny outfits and madcap presence, underneath that is a bucket-load of songwriting talent.

Becky’s versatile vocal style is just right for her delivery of some emotive…some satirical lyrics over the refreshing kind of stripped down synthwork that can only be written by an act that plays live. Somehow the sound ends up being bigger than the sum of it’s parts.

Wrap your ears ‘round this deep Elelctro mix by Roboticist:

♫ TheRGBs – Up & Down (Roboticist reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You may recognise TheRGBs as featuring on Groove Armada’s current single ‘Drop The Tough’ that has had a couple of huge reMixes, by Van She and The Twelves, doing the rounds the last couple of months. Incidentally, ‘Drop The Tough’ was released March 15th.

♫ Groove Armada (Feat. TheRGBs) – Drop The Tough (Van She B-Live reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

TheRGBs are currently in the studio recording their début album which should be ready to drop in the next few months, we may even have a taster for you soon.

Until then, show the girls (and guy) some MySpace love and pick up the Groove Armada single:

TheRGBs @ MySpace

Groove Armada (Feat. TheRGBs) – Drop The Tough @ Beatport

Groove Armada (Feat. TheRGBs) – Drop The Tough @ 7Digital

Groove Armada (Feat. TheRGBs) – Drop The Tough @ Amazon

Mar 17 2009

Peaches returns

Peaches

May 4th will see the release of Peaches’ new album, ‘I Feel Cream’, her first in three years. It sees working with a roster of producers that reads like a who’s-who of Electro. Names include Soulwax, Simian Mobile Disco, Gonzales, Digitalism and Drums Of Death.

The first single from the album will be the double A-side ‘Talk To Me’/’More’, produced by Soulwax and Simian Mobile Disco respectively.

The tracks sound just as you’d expect, the Soulwax one sounding like Soulwax featuring Peaches and the SMD one sounding like SMD featuring Peaches!

‘Talk To Me’ is an Electro-Rock riot whilst ‘More’ is a thumping club affair.

♫ Peaches – Talk To Me (Produced By Soulwax) (zShare) (MediaFIre)

♫ Peaches – More (Produced By Simian Mobile Disco) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘I Feel Cream’ is out May 4th on XL Recordings.

[Via LA Friendly]

Mar 16 2009

Good Luck At The Gunfight

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First off, let me make it absolutely clear, Good Luck At The Gunfight is a genius name for a band.

Secondly, you gotta’ hear this stuff. These three guys from San Francisco are attacking the whole ‘French House’ thing with the sensibilities of a Rock band, Like Justice and Kavinsky jamming in a garage.

GL@TG’s sound is awash with 80’s synth lead riffs up against alternating Rock and Dance drums A sound where sawtooth waves trade places with lush pads. One minute harsh, the next sweet.

Sure it’s demo stuff, sure the production could use a couple of tweaks (not too much though!) but GL@TG have only just started out. If they continue to rock synths as hard as they are doing now the the future could well be theirs.

Good Luck At The Gunfight could easily hold their own against the ‘big-boys’ of Electro-House.

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

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

And their MySpace is terrifyingly pink on pink!

Currently unsigned (currently…) you can download Good Luck At The Gunfight tunes from their MySpace page.

Good Luck At The Gunfight @ MySpace

Mar 15 2009

The Teenagers reMix giveway

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French/English Indie SynthPop rabble rousers The Teenagers must be in a generous mood. Over on their MySpace they are giving away five reMixes of their anthemic ‘Feeling Better’.

Here is one of them, Minitel Rose using their trademark soaring synths to full effect:

♫ The Teenagers – Feeling Better (Minitel Rose reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

All five are available for download in one .zip file and includes the Build reMix we wrote about here.

If you like what you hear, go check out The Teenagers album, ‘Reality Check’.

The Teenagers @ Beatport

The Teenagers @ Juno

The Teenagers @ 7Digital

The Teenagers @ Amazon

Mar 15 2009

The Filthy Dukes’ album is out tomorrow!

Filthy Dukes‘ début album, ‘Nonsense In The Dark’ hits the shops tomorrow and it’s a seriously exiting prospect.

Featuring guest vocals from the likes of Sam Dust of Late Of The Pier, The Maccabees’ Orlando Weeks, frYars, Plastic Little & Tommy Sparks it should be a clubby Electro monster with an emphasis on proper songs.

We already raved about the single ‘This Rhythm’ here, so now you can check the video.