Feb 11 2013

[Mixtape] Awkoder’s latest mixtape

Awkoder – Mixtape #2 = Our SynthWave friend Awkoder has just dropped his latest mixtape. It’s a whole hour of laid back Disco and retro beats to kick off your week with.

♫ Awkoder – Mixtape #2

The tracklist:

01. Chordashian – Illusion
02. Pool – Flex (Aeroplane reMix)
03. Sanza & Phunktastike – Locovox
04. Grizzly Bear – Gun Shy (Lindstrom reMix)
05. Strange Talk – Cast Away (Reflex reMix)
06. Lafayette – Mauvaise Mine (Jupiter reMix)
07. Bufi & La Royale – Paris
08. Charli XCX – You Ha Ha Ha (Goldroom reMix)
09. Plastic Plates (Feat. Simon Lord) – Things I Didn’t Know I Loved (Bufi reMix)
10. Shindu – Just Go (Reflex reMix)

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Feb 8 2013

[MP3] Alison Valentine’s ‘Warm Winter’s Day’

You may remember New York songstress Alison Valentine from her track Peanut Butter, and Moon Boots stunning reMix of it. She’s back this month with a new single, Warm Winter’s Day, and this looks like the one to gain the talented singer the wider attention she deserves.

Warm Winter’s Day, is a perfect example of inviting R&B flavoured ElectroPop. Imbued with that Chillwavey air so often found in New York’s ElectroPop output, reverby beats and toy town synths dance playfully about the track while Alison provides an intimate, personal performance. This would have made an awesome X-Mas single, but a month later it still delivers a warming electronic cheer.

♫ Alison Valentine – Warm Winter’s Day

Alison Valentine’s Warm Winter’s Day is out now.

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Feb 8 2013

[MP3] Kisses reMix Haim

Hot on the heels of their new single and new album announcement, LA ElectroPop duo Kisses, a name soon to be on everybody’s lips, have dropped this reMix of the name that is currently on everybody’s lips, Indie-Girl trio Haim and their track Send Me Down.

Kisses turn the track into an indescribably warm six minutes of lush DiscoPop. With a nod to the poolside and hot LA nights, Kisses manage to keep the quirky Indie feel to the tune whist adding heaps of sexy summer groove. With those smokey vocals to work with, Kisses deliver a suitably odd-ball version of Disco, with enough eccentricities to stay true to the original, but enough of a dancefloor vibe to keep crowds moving.

♫ Haim- Send Me Down (Kisses reMix)

Send Me Down is the B-side of Haim’s current single, Don’t Save Me, out now.

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Feb 8 2013

[Video] Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s ‘Ha!’

Here’s the video for London based ElectroPop/House act Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s 909 fuelled new single Ha!.

It’s a hunting, imposing, track with 90s House overtones, and the clip is suitably retro, laden with vintage video effects.

Ha! features on Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s Shell EP, out now.

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Feb 8 2013

[Audio] Miles Prower’s ‘San Francisco Nights’

San Francisco Nights is the new tune from Bristol based SynthWave act Miles Prower. Despite the name, the track feels like a decidedly British take on SynthWave, owing as much to 80s SynthPop and kid’s TV shows as it does to Jan Hammer’s Miami vice soundtrack.

Driven by an arpeggiated bassline, San Francisco Nights delivers a cornucopia of bright snyths and lush, ringing, melodies. At times sounding like the theme to a Saturday tea-time Sci-Fi show, this is a tune that revels in multiple, intertwining delayed leads and a nostalgic simple feel. With some wonderful chord progressions, San Francisco Nights is a classy piece of relaxing Italo.

♫ Miles Prower – San Francisco Nights

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Feb 7 2013

[Audio] Chvrches’ ‘Recover’

Every new release from Chvrches makes us a little nervous. there is so much hype surrounding this Glaswegian ElectroPop trio that we get concerned they won’t be able to live up to expectations. For now, at least, dipping into their third single, Recover, puts to rest any fears and they deliver another stunning slice of moody ElectroPop.

Awash with Numandoid synths, Recover does that thing all the best 80s SynthPop tunes do. Balancing a big, seemingly upbeat, optimistic tune with a melancholy running through it like a tear. Singer Lauren’s frail yet impassioned performance is almost heartbreaking and needs, to a certain extent, to be countered with all the shimmering synth work. We think we if heard the acapella we might cry. This prefect blend of optimism and pain is evident in, literally, every classic SynthPop act there is and Chvrches are on a fast track to joining some of them, we just hope all the hype doesn’t ruin it all.

♫ Chvrches – Recover

Chvrches’ new single is released 25th March with two new tracks, ZVVL and Now Is Not The Time, and reMixes from Curxes and Cid Rim.

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Feb 7 2013

[Audio] Aeroplane reMixes Pool

In his second reMix of the week Aeroplane keeps up the pressure. Turning his attention to German Indie band Pool’s Flex single, Vito delivers another slice of upbeat ElectroPop, this time weaving some of the original’s guitars into the mix and slowing things down a little, whilst sounding faster.

Normally we’d rather he excised the guitar, but right here it sounds amazing. Keeping that funky little lick actually makes the track. This is nicely juxtaposed by a growling analog bass and the brightest of synth riffs. This has the result of turning the hazy Folk of the original into an infectiously catchy Pop tune. Once again Aeroplane has taken a mediocre track, and turned it into gold. Surely it’s time for an Aeroplane reMix album?

♫ Pool – Flex (Aeroplane reMix)

Pool’s Flex is out now on Solomun’s 2DIY4 label.

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Feb 6 2013

[Audio] Kisses’ ‘The Hardest Part’

Hello? It looks like LA ElectroPop duo Kisses are on Cascine now! When did this happen? I suppose we can’t know absolutely everything, but we feel like a certain someone should have told us about this. Anyhoo, it looks like the have a new album coming out, the follow up to their awesome The Heart Of The Nightlife, and the freshly revealed first single is The Hardest Part.

Produced by Pete Wiggs from Saint Etienne and Tim Larcombe, who’s worked with Sugababes amongst others, the duo who produced Kisses’ last single, Funny Heartbeat, The Hardest Part is classic ElectroPop with a big 80s chorus. With their typical Tropical Indie-Pop sheen over some big nostalgic Pop magic Kisses, one again, deliver the best in fun, catchy, Pop tunes. And with all the best 80s tunes, it;s an optimistic sounding song, that hides a bittersweet melancholy within it’s lyrics. We’re really looking forward to finding out what the album holds.

♫ Kisses – The Hardest Part

Kisses’ The Hardest Part is released 14th May.

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Feb 6 2013

[Audio] Yelle’s ‘L’Amour Parfait’

One of our long term favourite French artists, and one of the best live acts in the world Yelle are finally back with a brand new single. It looks like tEPr isn’t around anymore, leaving Julie and GrandMarnier to carry on as a duo with, in the case of this new tune, a little help from Aeroplane. What this has resulted in is quirky ElectroPop gold that brings Yelle back to their 80s Pop roots.

Big undulating synths and a booming 808 beat produce something vintage Pop but with a contemporary Electro sensibility, which was always the best of Yelle. Julie engaging French vocals have always transcended the language barrier, even in a live situation, and allow them free rein on a hypnotic electronic soundscape with and 80s hook and a B-Boy beat and you have the recipie for a Pop winner. The single will come with reMixes from by Baadman, Sticky K, The Phantom and Ruben Mandolini . The title means ‘The Perfect Love’ BTW.