Mar 5 2013

[Audio] Chvrches reMix St. Lucia

Now, this is a bit of a treat. Two of the finest ElectroPop acts around in a reMix sound-off. Brooklyn SynthPop master Jean-Philip Grobler A.K.A. St. Lucia’s Before the Dive gets a beautiful, swirling abstract electro makeover by Glaswegian ElectroPop buzz factory Chvrches. That’s a meeting of minds we weren’t expecting, but we wonder where it’s been all out lives.

The result is a lush, experimental Pop tune (that’s experimental in a musical way, not experimental bashing some sheet metal and fiddling with the LFO way). Adding some of their own heavily effected vocals, Chvrches lay down a hypnotic piano hook, pounding industrial drums and layers upon layers of rich synths. This is serious genius at work!

♫ St. Lucia – Before The Dive (Chvrches reMix)

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Mar 5 2013

[MP3] Let Em Riot reMixed by Arcade High

Pittsburgh SynthWaver Arcade High, who you may remember making our top twenty songs of 2012 in the last electronic rumors Awards had delivered this sweet reMix of our very own Let Em Riot. Let Em Riot’s Say What You Need To Say first appeared on a SynthWave compilation a few months ago and caused quite a stir, immediately attracting a ton of attention for the album.

Arcade High’s take on the track is a beautiful whirlwind of dreamy synths and vintage drums. Using Let Em Riot’s vocals to their fullest, Arcade High wraps them in a star-field of sparking synths. Driving and gloriously nostalgic, Arcade High’s reMix just proves what we already knew, when Ryan Boosel works with vocals, special things happen.

♫ Let Em Riot – Say What You Need To Say (Arcade High reMix)

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Mar 5 2013

[Video] Midnight Juggernauts

Cosmic trio Midnight Juggernauts are back and as spaced-out as ever. This is their new track Ballad Of The War Machine, five minutes of psychedelic synth noodling Indie bliss.

The video is fitted out to look like an old Soviet era Russian something or other. It;s a bit insane.

Midnight Juggernauts are set to release a new album in2013.

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Mar 4 2013

[Audio] Chad Valley reMixes Ghost Beach

The next in the line of Ghost Beach reMixes comes from the producer of one of our very favourite albums of last year, Chad Valley. Chad Valley’s Young Hunger album was an absolute stormer that we had on constant rotation in the latter months of 2012, so his contribution to the Ghost Beach’s forthcoming Modern Tongues reMix EP was one we were looking forward to.

And he doesn’t disappoint. Taking the New York IndieDiscoPop Duo’s Teat Us Apart and giving it a Lo-Fi retro workout. Sparkling like stardust, the synths intertwine with each other to form an emotional, hazy, optimistic tune straight out of an 80s teen movie. Chad Valley’s take on the track replaces guitars with lush, but gentle, layers of electronic that gives the vocals a new, heartfelt lease of life. the chorus, particularly, becomes something simply epic in this version of the track. There’s still more to come, Ghost Beach’s Modern Tongues reMix EP will also feature work from the likes of Penguin Prison and Gigamesh.

♫ Ghost Beach – Tear Us Apart (Chad Valley reMix)

Ghost Beach’s Modern Tongues reMix EP is released at the end of March.

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Mar 4 2013

[MP3] Glass Candy’s ‘The Possessed’

Here we have another little taste of what come come with Italians Do It Better’s forthcoming, and long awaited, After Dark 2 compilation. This look behind the curtain comes in the form of Glass Candy’s absolutely epic, seven minute, Extended Runway Edit of The Possessed. No doubt an extended runway edit because it soundtracked some high-concept fashion show in recent months, as is Glass Candy tracks wont.

A beautiful, minimal seven minutes of synthetics. The Possessed pairs a stripped down Italo bassline with a slower tempo to a creeping background dread. This plays nicely against the more optimistic, warbling lead lines and sweeping synths. The contradiction is matched in Ida No’s vocals, sounding quite upbeat as she lays down some melancholy lyrics. The Possessed is deserved of it’s seven minute length, it;s a track you just have to go with and enjoy the experience.

♫ Glass Candy – The Possessed (Extended Runway Edit)

After Dark 2 will be out soon, with tracks from Glass Candy, Mirage, Desire, Farah, Twisted Wires, Appaloosa, Symmetry, and Chromatics.

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Mar 1 2013

[Audio] Ronika’s ‘Rough ‘N’ Soothe’

Fancy some smooth vibes and your first taste of what to expect from Ronika’s forthcoming début alum? That’s kinda’ good news, as you’ve come to the right place. If that’s not what you’re here for, sorry Dude, but you really shouldn’t hate fun. Ronika’s album is pretty much one of our most anticipated released of this year, not wanting to sound sycophantic but she’s hasn’t put a foot wrong in her career yet. We’ve really enjoyed everything she’s released so far, we’ve really enjoyed every time we’ve seen her live and you can;t ask much more from a Pop star than that.

Rough ‘N’ Soothe is her new tune, a track that carries us away from urban cool Ronika and takes us into to laid back beach vibe Ronika territory. It feels like the soundtrack to Ron enjoying a day off, washed with an 90’s R&B cool that rubs shoulders with a bouncing Disco bass and rich vintage chords. Almost verging on Tropical at times, in mood if not in sound, Rough ‘N’ Soothe is a blissful slice of Ronika, pool party style. Seriously, the album can’t come quick enough. Also, “Bossa-Nova Casanova, Play it slow on, my Casio will ya…” is the greatest lyric of the year so far.

♫ Ronika – Rough ‘N’ Soothe

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Mar 1 2013

[Audio] Figure Of 8 reMixes Sophie Sparken

Here’s a new one from our Belfastian friend Figure Of 8 (if Belfastian isn’t a word it should be. That’s out gift to the people of Belfast, they can have that for free). this morning he dropped by the electronic rumors Inbox to deliver this deceptively complex remix of his friend, Northampton based Folk singer Sophie Sparken, and her tune Trouble.

Folk song may begin to grate with their acoustic guitar endlessness, but they make perfect fodder for intricate, spacey, electronic reMixes. And Sophie’s Trouble has a particularly nice, lilting vocal that seems almost dreamlike over Figure Of 8’s Acid tinged synths and and shuffling percussion. The beauty of this reMix is that is sounds really simple, really sparse, until you peel back the layers and find it’s meticulously crafted core. Making complexity sound effortless? That’s production! Figure Of 8’s continues his quest to deliver classy, and classic sounding, Dance tracks. Timeless and easy on the ears.

♫ Sophie Sparken – Trouble (Figure Of 8 reMix)

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Mar 1 2013

[Video] Hervé & Maria Minerva’s ‘Gold’

We really like the direction London bassmeister Hervé has taken with his new album. it;s great to see artists trying something a bit different and Hervé has put together 9 tracks of experimental, beautiful, moody compositions and collaborations. One of the standouts being his new single, featuring Maria Minerva, Gold.

Tim Kelly directs the video, with visuals as hypnotic and woozy as the track’s sonics.

Hervé’s Art Of Disappearing album is out 4th March on Cheap Thrills.

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Mar 1 2013

[News] Scarlet Soho head off on tour with Kosheen

UK ElectroPop heroes Scarlet Soho embark of a European tour next week, which just goes to show how hard working they are having just come back of a European tour. That’s either dedication or an overriding love of Transit vans!

They’ll be taking in a bunch of shows with the amazing Kosheen (you can download Kosheen’s reMix of Scarlet Soho’s Pedal To The Metal here) before scooching back to the UK for an unmissable London finale.

Dates below.

06/03 Nuremberg* – Hirsch (DE)
07/03 Luzern* – Schuur (CH)
08/03 Bern* – Bierhuebeli (CH)
09/03 Nuremberg – Cult (DE)
10/03 Darmstadt* – Central Station (DE)
11/03 Graz* – Orpheum (AT)
13/03 Salzburg* – Rockhouse (AT)
14/03 Dornbirn* – Conrad Sohm (AT)
16/03 London – Wilmington Arms (UK)
* with Kosheen

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Mar 1 2013

[MP3] Room8 cover Phil Collins

Room8 are still a bit of an enigma. Ezra Reich and Nic Johns seem to exist outside of the SynthWave scene, but sprung up from nowhere with a collaboration with Electric Youth and album art by The Zonders, yet no-one really knows who they are. A more suspicious mind might think there was fairly big label backing there, The Zonders don’t come cheap. Anyhoo, regardless of where they came from, they are producing some pretty kickin’ music, most recently this cover of Sir Philip of Collins’ One More Night.

Turning Phil Collins’ heartfelt croon into a robot’s lament, Room8 liberally apply vocoding and modulation to the vocals over a Kraftwerk inspired backing. Taking a slightly rawer sound than the majority of SynthWave, Room8’s cover powers along on frantic arpeggios and piercing lead lines. Drums, rough and heavy in the mix, relentlessly march toward the end where a Sax solo smooth’s out the song somewhat. Room8’s gritty take on SynthWave is something s little different, check it out.