May 1 2013

[Audio] Soft Metals’ ‘Tell Me’

Tell Me is our first hint of LA SynthPop/Minimal Synth duo Soft Metals’ long awaited sophomore album. The new full length LP, titled Lenses, follows the bands acclaimed 2011 self titled record and is set to drop in June. Tell Me gives us just a little taste of what to expect from Lenses.

It’s a track that is severely whetting out appetites. Hypnotic bests, robotic apreggios, metallic chords, all tempered with Patricia’s gentle, haunting vocal. Delivering an almost classic Italo groove, with just a hint of the kind of cosmic vibe you’d expect from Sci-Fi Italo, the ice cold electronics work together to produce something that is far warmer than the sum of it’s parts suggest, far funkier too. By the time the big vintage keys kick-in you can;t help but be drawn back into Soft Metals world. It’s a welcome return that has us eagerly awaiting the album.

♫ Soft Metals – Tell Me

Soft Metals’ Lenses is due to be released 16th June via Captured Tracks.

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May 1 2013

[Video] Silverstar’s ‘Music Is Magic’

Music Is Magic is the first single from Australian duo Silverstar. It’s a hell of a confident début, and a blisteringly good slice of summery DiscoPop. This is all feel-good with a beat and twisting synth riff that will have a smile on your face all day..

The video, directed by Tim White, is all kids playing and stuff with, to be honest, we’re a bit indifferent to regardless of Morocco backdrop. But it’s really nicely shot, and works well with the hazy vibe of the track.

Silverstar’s Music Is Magic is our now.

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May 1 2013

[Audio] Alison Valentine’s ‘Circles And Triangles’

Out this week is the new compilation from Kitsuné Music, Kitsuné America 2. Amongst the many great tunes held within is this gem, the new track from New York Indie-ElectroPop princess Alison Valentine, Circles And Triangles. So settle back and prepare to be enveloped by Valentines musical dream.

As it;s title suggests, Circles And Triangles is a daydreamy, doodley piece of music. A swirling audio painting with an almost Chillwave atmosphere underpinned by some solid Funk bass and drums. Alison delivers her hazy vocal with the kinds of intriguing quirk that we haven’t really heard since the first Marina And The Diamonds records. Managing to somehow be both and smokey and insanely catchy Circles And Triangles is utterly intoxicating.

♫ Alison Valentine – Circles And Triangles

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May 1 2013

[Audio] Selebrities’ ‘Temporary Touch’

Here’s a lush bit of Shoegaze SynthPop to help soften the edges of the mid-week. Brooklyn four piece Selebrities have unleashed the first new track from their forthcoming second LP Lovely Things. To be released by those fine folks at Cascine, our first flavour of what’s to come is delivered in the form of the swirling Temporary Touch.

It’s a track that makes me feel seventeen again, as it wraps up the best in British early 90s Shoegaze in a bouncy electronic blanket. Temporary Touch slips along with Indie sensibilities and a pulsating synth bassline accompanied by a swathe of post-Chillwave soundscaping. But the hook here is the song, and Maria Usbeck introspective vocal, which have the ability to draw you right into Selebrities world and makes you feel like it’s 1993 again.

♫ Selebrities – Temporary Touch

Selebrities’ Lovely Things is set for release 25th June on Cascine.

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May 1 2013

[Video] Goin’ Old School: Soul II Soul, Robert Palmer & Nine Ways To Win

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

First up today it;s one of our favourite tracks from London’s Soul II Soul. The track that started it all, 1988’s Fairplay, featruing Rose Windross.

Here’s Robert Palmer’s synth driven Johnny And Mary from 1980.

And lastly some obscure British Pop from 1983 and Nine Ways To Win’s Close To You.

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Apr 30 2013

[Video] Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Axis’

This is Axis, the first single from SynthPop legends Pet Shop Boys long awaited new album Electric, and it;s insanely good. A modern-Moroder robo-Disco epic with a B-Boy breakdown. Produced by Stuart Price too.

Check the video, a retro future freak-out that is absolutely perfect for the track. A neon, dreamlike, playground that’s lasertastic.

Pet Shop Boy’s Electric is due out in June.

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Apr 30 2013

[MP3] The Presets reMixed by Tomas Barfod

Fall is the next single to be taken from Australian ElectroPop duo The Presets’ award winning (well, electronic rumors award, anyway) Pacifica album. The single, one of the bigger tunes on the album, comes equipped with a reMix package featuring the likes of Alan Braxe, SymbolOne, Hook ‘N’ Sling, Erick Rincon, Ta-Ku and this mix from, LA based, Danish producer Tomas Barfod.

Barfood cooks up a warm, enveloping, deep dance version of the tune. Folding in a slight House vibe and loads of big, progressive, sounds. Delivering a track that could work either as a hands-in-the-air sunrise tune or something more groovy and intimate, Barfood works a classic dancefloor sound and keeps the emotional content at the fore. While you’re here, check out Erick Rincon mix too, taking a different route, Rincon mashed the song to a jump-up beat and some tribal House electronics.

♫ The Presets – Fall (Tomas Barfod reMix)

♫ The Presets – Fall (Erick Rincon reMix)

The Presets’ Fall is out soon on Modular Recordings.

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Apr 30 2013

[Video] Little Boots’ ‘Broken Record’

Little Boots’ forthcoming new single, Broken Record, our first proper taste of her eagerly awaited second album Nocturnes, now has a video available for your viewing pleasure.

Directed by the AU Agency, the clip really plays up the ethereal dance vibe of the track. Whist a reasonable straightforward performance and dancing video, the cinematography creates a dreamlike and enigmatic mood.

Broken Record is out now. Little Boots’ Nocturnes is released 7th May.

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Apr 30 2013

[Mixtape] Reflex’s Mixtape ‘#17’

Reflex – Mixtape #17 = Here’s the latest mixtape from Paris’ finest ElectroPop outfit, Reflex. Episode 17 features a colossal 35 track in it’s two hour epicness including a killer intro and a sneaky peak at some forthcoming Reflex goodness.

♫ Reflex – Mixtape #17

The tracklist:
01. Waiting For You (Oliver reMix)
02. Jupiter – Oh! (Colour Vision reMix)
03. Modjo – Lady (Kaytranada reMix)
04. Bondax – Gold (Moonboots reMix)
05. Para One (Feat. Irfane & Teki Latex) – Every Little Thing (Plastic Plates reMix)
06. Viceroy And French Horn Rebellion – Fridays Nights
07. Reasons (Feat. Patrick Baker) – Night Drive In Moscow (Satin Jackets reMix)
08. Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom reMix) (Edit)
09. Touch Sensitive – Pizza Guy (Lauer reMix)
10. Tresors – Pleine Lune (Anoraak reMix)
11. Two Door Cinema Club – This Year (JBAG reMix)
12. Chela – Full Moon (G Templeton reMix)
13. Justus Kohncke – Timecode
14. Dunkan Disco – Malibu
15. Hannah Georges – Enemies (Boys Get Hurt reMix)
16. Hello Seahorse – No Es Que No Te Quiera (Bufi reMix)
17. Housse De Racket – Aquarium (Reflex reMix)
18. Rise & Fool – Toy Boy (Le Crayon reMix)
19. Jupiter – Starlighter (JBAG reMix)
20. Bhw – Stop (Nathan Wilkins And Midnight Mike Edit)
21. Breakbot – Easy Fraction (Yaaman reMix)
22. Alan Braxe (With The Spimes) – Time Machine (Le Crayon reMix)
23. AV – Venus Bar (Pyramid reMix)
24. Clubfest – Everything You Wanted (Lancelot reMix)
25. Karma Kid – In My Arms
26. Justin Timberlake (Feat. Clara) – Love Sex Magic (Bohdi reMix)
27. Kris Menace – Daylight (Le Crayon reMix)
28. Saint Michel – Katherine (Gildas Kitsuné Club Dub Night reMix)
29. Flight Facilities (Feat. Elizabeth Rose) – I Didn’t Believe
30. Viceroy (Feat. Ghost Beach) – While We’re In Love (Fare Soldi reMix)
31. The Other Tribe – We Should Dancing (Ryan Riot reMix)
32. Alan Braxe (With The Spimes) – One More Chance (Lifelike reMix)
33. Reflex – Together (Ryan Riot reMix)
34. Soulwax – After You
35. Fancy – 69 (JBAG reMix)

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Apr 30 2013

[Video] Empire Of The Sun’s ‘Alive’

Here’s the video for Australian ElectroPop heroes Empire Of the Sun’s epic new single Alive. Alive is the first single from their long awaited second album, the soon-to-be-released Ice On The Dune.

Weaving it’s way through Empire Of The Sun’s personal mythos, the clip only begins to tell the narrative of Ice On The Dune, and does so in typical Empire Of The Sun style.