This is Swedish Electro cat botherers Lissi Dancefloor Disaster’s new single, Shy. A sweet Scandinavian SynthPop track that’s vastly more introverted than we are used to from this lot.
The clip was directed, shot and edited by Jakob Möller, who captures the subdued mood of the track with slick visuals.
Lissi Dancefloor Disaster’s Shy is out now.
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Here’s something quite interesting whipped up by one of the best labels around Discotexas. It;s a new single from both Polish ElectroPop duo Rebeka and Portuguese ecclectic Disco producer Mirror People. What began as a collaboration, ended up as two takes on the same song. Taking the tracks in two different direction from the initial seed of shared vision, Rebeka and Mirror People present their versions of Nothing To Give, as one release, our this week.
Rebeka’s take on Nothing To Give is a big, dramatic, ElectroPop tune. Bombastic as it is synthetic, Rebaka’s version of the song, is passionate to the extreme as vocalist Iwona bellows over twisting, shrill synths and a raw, live beat. Mirror People, on the other hand, bring a swirling, European, Disco flavour to the track, with hints of Moroder and Italo amongst the vintage electronics. It’s a really interesting idea that has yielded some seriously infectious results. Another win for Discotexas.
♫ Rebeka (Feat. Mirror People) – Nothing To Give (Original Mix)
♫ Mirror People (Feat. Rebeka) – Nothing To Give (Original Mix)
Rebeka & Mirror People’s Nothing To Give is out now.
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The worrying prospect that one-day Glaswegian ElectroPop trio Chvrches might release a shit song and the dream will be over is, thankfully, not yet something we have to concern ourselves with. In fact, these guys are only getting stronger. Surely they can’t be that perfect, even if they are from Glasgow. here’s their latest tune, Gun, to make you feel like all’s right with the world.
Gun unleashed a swell of perfect Power Pop. Given a robotic edge by a rash on Numandoid synth sparkles, the core of the track is driving retro Pop. A big empowering tune that sees Lauren sounding ballsier than ever, she doesn’t sound so much like she’s about to break this time around. Really, ElectroPop doesn’t get much better than this, everyone should be really looking forward to the September hinted album release.
♫ Chvrches – Gun
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Now this is pretty interesting and exciting. Two of our current favourite, but wildly different, British ElectroPop acts doing the togetherness thing. On the one hand their Curxes, post-Industrial avant-garde ElectroPopsters of the highest talent factor, on the other hand sweeping, dancefloor friendly ElectroPop wave-makers Avec Sans, who’s infectious, accessible synthetic Pop tunes have make them one of our best finds of the past couple of years. Here’s Avec Sans reMixing Curxes’ current single, Further Still.
We get the feeling that Avec Sans revelled in the chance do do something slightly, for them, outside of the box as the take Roberta’s haunting vocals and weave a tapestry of atmospheric synths and pulsating, bright basslines to compliment clicky and militaristic beats. Proving that Avec Sans can deliver enigmatic, left-field ElectroPop with the best of them, this, almost Scandinavian, track really is the best of both worlds.
♫ Curxes – Further Still (Avec Sans reMix)
Curxes’ Further Still is out now.
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Here’s the video for The Knocks and St. Lucia’s awesome single Modern Hearts, and jump-up slice of summer Dreamwave that’s just built for good times in the sun.
The clip is a pretty standard ‘hanging out in New York’ fare video, but a very nicely shot one.
The Knocks’ Modern Hearts is out now.
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New material from Norwegian legends Röyksopp is coming in drips and drops these days. After the release of last December’s Running To The Sea, we were pretty convinced of an incoming summer album and possible festival dates. It’s still a possibly, but that kind of hype momentum hasn’t started just yet. There is, however, another drip, another new tune.
Daddy’s Groove, is the intro track to the latest edition of the British Late Night Tales mix compilation series that sees Röyksopp taking up the reins for nineteen tracks of ecclectic weirdness. The track mixes Röyksopp’s tundra electronics with a lazy Disco groove. Bringing the tempo right down is a lot of the time where Röyksopp shine, and they do so here with an array of lush pads and toytown leads. The hazy, drifting vocoded vocals are just the icing on the cake.
♫ Röyksopp – Daddy’s Groove
Röyksopp’s edition of Late Night Tales is out 17th June. Pre-order here.
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In his second reMix for LA ElectroPoppers Freedom Fry, Brooklyn based SynthWave Funkster, and one of the best kept secrets in the world, Starcadian delivers more of his sweeping emotional synths and dirty Disco grooves. Just a quick search to your right will reveal a whole host of storming tracks from Starcadian, we’ve been eager for new material for a while now, and with the knowledge of a new EP in the pipeline this mix’ll have to tide us over until then.
Starcadian drops it big style with this one. Turning his raw synth Disco sound into something fit for the big room, he delivers layers and layers of thick synths and sparking melodies that perfectly compliment the Freedom Fry vocal track. Working some seriously powerful, emotive, synth lines and huge aspirational leads, Starcadian brings his A-game with a reMix worthy of being your summer anthem. More of the highest quality work from this New Yorker.
♫ Freedom Fry – Friends And Enemies (Starcadian reMix)
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Out this week is not only Stockholm BassPop princess Little Jinder’s début album Break Up, but also her new single, Won’t Look Back. A laid back slice of emotional ElectroPop, check otu the video.
Sarah Graffman and Josefine herself filmed the clip, which like many of Little Jinder’s videos, is pretty much her and her friends mucking about.
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Some laid back and hazy LA Funk flavoured Chillwave right now courtesy of the awesome Cascine. This time the noise comes from a collaboration between the Ford from Ford & Lopatin, Joel Ford henceforth known as Airbird and Ian Evans A.K.A. Napolian and their début single together, the double A-Side In The Zone/Special, out now.
In The Zone features vocals from labelmate, Miss Erika Spring, ex-of Au Revoir Simone, and neatly blends a little Disco, a little R&B, a little SynthWave and a little Indie in a big ol’ cooking pot which they simmer over a Chilly-Funk fire. Erika’s hazy vocal flows with the tracks eddies, occasionally bubbling to the surface. The chanteuse’s dreamy wisps of vocal smoke find their way in the nooks and crannies of Airbird & Napolian’s slapping basslines and compelling synths. The B-Side, Special, warps up Airbird & Napolian’s sound with a little retro 80s flavour and a generous helping of House pump and dirty Funk. Working a filtered French Touch groove, these guys makes something ecclectic sound totally dancefloor.
♫ Airbird & Napolian (Feat. Erika Spring) – In The Zone
♫ Airbird & Napolian – Special
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Here’s the video for Brooklyn SynthPoppers Beacon’s excellent single Drive. A swirling slice of moody, emotional electronica with a haunting swing to it.
Will Joines directs the clip, which is amazingly beautifully shot in brooding tones. It’s as enigmatic as the track itself.
Beacon’s début album The Ways We Separate is out now on Ghostly International.
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