It seems like the build up to the release of Anoraak’s ‘Crazy Eyes’ single was been ages!
Well, its’ here, the single was released the middle of last month, but if you still need to check it out here’s the video, shot in Miami.
it’s got bowling in it!
Directed by Jonathan Millet
The single will feature reMixes from Russ Chimes, Julien Meyer (who won the reMix competition) and Pacific! and is released on 14th March.
It’s been a while since we featured Greek ElectroPopster Tareq, the man is back with a new single on Undo, a duet with Natassa Bofiliou called ‘Feel Me’
The track has had funking over by the almighty MiGHty mOUse, who layer on their trademark organic Nu-Disco. Raw and live grooves make the track float along and provide the prefect 70’s Moog funk backdrop for the track.
♫ Tareq – Feel Me (MiGHty mOUse Vocal reMix)
Tareq’s album, ‘Cocoon’ is out now.
MNDR’s recent free single ‘Cut Me Out’ is now available in video form.
Simple yet effective the video is pretty much a tour of a bunch of video effects on Amanda’s head. It never feels uninspired though and works quite well.
You can pick up the full quality version of ‘Cut Me Out’ at Green Label Sound.
Sweden’s ruling SynthPop act, The Sound Of Arrows, forthcoming 90’s-Euphoric-Trance sounding single ‘Nova’ s release date draws near we are getting out first plays of some of the reMixes.
It’s not my favourite Sound Of Arrows track, although I love the video and the song itself is pretty awesome, some of the big hands-in-the-air trance riffs sound really out of place in the 21st century. I’m hoping this is a one off song and not a new direction for the duo. One of the more interesting reMixes comes from II Figures, who turn in a spacey Chillwave-esq mix. This percussion heavy, atmospheric, version shows off what a brilliant song ‘Nova’ actually is.
♫ The Sound Of Arrows – Nova (II Figures reMix)
There is also a Tiësto reMix, which sends shivers down my spine a bit. The track is 90’s trance sounding enough, did they really need to pay someone something like £15,000 (or more!) to make it sound even more like 90’s trance? You can hear a bit here. Has everything Tiësto has made since 1997 sounded exactly the same? His reMix of this track is probably the most dated and irrelevant thing I have heard in the last six months…and I listen to a lot of 80’s music!
‘Nova’ is out 25th April on Geffen, The Sound Of Arrows have just finished recording their début album.
The Sound Of Arrows @ Beatport
The Sound Of Arrows @ 7Digital
She’s The Queen, the NYC based ElectroPoppers we dropped the science on last month, are gearing up for the release of their New EP ‘Waiting Game’.
When we wrote about the duo last we included our buddy Ren Riz’s reMix of the title track, and in light of the EP release we though you ought to be wrapping your ears round the power Pop of the original version. The more you listen to this track the more you realise how incredibly sophisticated it is. We briefly touched on the production in out last piece but it’s worth mentioning again just how impressive both the arrangement and production is for an unsigned band. The track itself is an excellent choice for the lead track on a EP, it’s a powerful tune that hits you, both musically and vocally, like a wave of good emotion and would work just as well and the dancefloor as in the headphones.
Enjoy:
♫ She’s The Queen – Waiting Game (EP Version)
The ‘Waiting Game’ EP is out 12th April, keep checking She’s The Queen’s Facebook for details:
Brooklyn based ElectroPop duo a&r return today with the release of their second EP, titled ‘Aquarium’.
The EP features seven track for top quality ElectroPop that draws on the same kind of influences as Dreamwave and Nu-Disco artists but keeping them wrapped up in a perfect Indie tinged Pop package. Rocko Rochee and Alex Kramer bring this Indie cool and retro influences to their version of ElectroPop with sweeping synth lines and atmospheric guitar work intersecting the dance beats and sing-along vocals. There, quite literally, is something for everybody (or, at least, everybody who reads electronic rumors) in a&r’s music. We defiantly recommend pickup up this EP.
You can pick up a&r’s ‘Aquarium’ EP from their Bandcamp site:
Ladytron have just announced the title and release date for their forthcoming new album.
Released 12th September the new album will be called ‘Gravity the Seducer’ and will apparently be “more ethereal and melodic, a touch more abstract in places”.
Alongside the album release news Ladytron announced a series of dates around the world in April-June.
08th April Phoenix, AZ – Brick (Mira DJ date)
09th April Lexington, KY – Old Pepper Distillery (Mira DJ date)
11th April San Diego, CA – U31 Cocktail Lounge (Mira DJ date)
13th April San Francisco, CA – Vessel (Mira DJ date)
14th April Chicago, IL – Beauty Bar (Mira DJ date)
15th April Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar (Mira DJ date)
16th April Mexico City, Mexico – H20 (Mira DJ date)
01st May Beijing, China – Ping Gu Music Festival
05th May Zagreb, Croatia – Aquarius Club
07th May Krems, Austria – Donaufestival
13th May St. Petersburg, Russia – Kosmonavt Club
14th May Helsinki, Finland – Circus
02nd June Hässleholm, Sweden – Siesta! Festival
03rd June Krakow, Poland – Selector Festival
08th June London, England – The Forum
09th June Glasgow, Scotland – The Arches
In case you missed it, here’s the video for Ladytron’s last single ‘Ace Of Hz’
The ‘Ace Of Hz’ single and Ladytron’s ‘The Best 00-10’ are out now.
AlunaGeorge are one of the acts this year that we are defiantly keeping an eye on and with each new song they’ve dropped so far we haven’t been shaken from our belief that the duo are going to go far.
Their newest track, ‘Disobey’, leans more toward American Indie-Electro than their previous offerings but still sounds uniquely AlunaGeorge. The use of layers upon layers of toytown synths to create a full sounding production works really well and results in a sumptuous backing track that still retains an interesting level of quirkiness and charm that provides the prefect accompaniment for Aluna Francis’ vocals, which have a similar quality. Danceable and poppy whiles at the same time introverted and experimental.
AlunaGeorge are one of the most interesting acts around right now.
Sooooo, we haven’t written about Queen Of Hearts yet. Was there a reason for that? Well, yes and no. We’ve love both her songs to date, played them a lot round these parts, especially her work with on of our favourite producers, Diamond Cut, but always felts a little suspicious of all the hype. It’s not that we didn’t love them music, it’s just that we felt there was a joke we weren’t in on. When every single music publication we admire gushes about something on the basis of a thirty second sample and the artist has been in the studio with Diamond Cut, Fear Of Tigers and Dreamtrak, three producers we love, I dunno’, the whole thing seems a little ‘manufactured to be blog friendly’ for me.
However…we could be wrong, and on a purely musical front Queen Of Hearts is, we will admit, worth a lot of the hype.
Her recent track, the Diamond Cut produced ‘Where Are You Now?’ is prefect Pop for a Dreamwave generation (maybe our suspicion cones from it being too good?). DC knocks it out the park with his dancefloor 80’s production, the slick Disco guitar riffs and massive sweeping synths would make an awesome instrumental track in their own right but work amazingly well as a backing for QoH’s sultry, if a little distant, vocals. Sounding a little like ‘Little Boots a couple of years older’ Queen Of Hearts has the potential to be something really special. On top of that our favourite Korean, StardonE, has reMixed the track bringing his cosmic Nu-Disco to the tune with some rad little funky riffs.
♫ Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (Produced By Diamond Cut)
♫ Queen Of Hearts – Where Are You Now? (StardonE reMix)
I’m probably wrong about Queen Of Hearts, and even if I’m right, the music will remain pretty awesome, and that’s really what counts in the end.
Stockholm based duo Blende are dropping a new double A-Side single this week on La Bombe Records.
‘One Sided’ is a track that straddles the thin line between modern ElectroPop and Nu-Disco. It’s an arpeggio driven dancefloor tune with hints of Moroder and a surprisingly laidback groove for such an upbeat song. Top that with some silky smooth Vocoded vocals and you have a jam that sounds as fresh as it does retro. It’s double A-side ‘Egypto’ is a rad old-school Electro workout that bridges the gap between B-Boys and the Disco!
♫ Blende – One Sided
The track ‘One Sided’ get versioned by the awesome Louis La Roche, who brings his slick Electro-Disco style to the tune and gives it added dancefloor appeal. It’s French Touch feel seamlessly incorporates itself into the vocoder work.
♫ Blende – One Sided (Louis La Roche Innovation)
‘Egypto’/’One Sided’ is out this week on La Bombe
