Aug 6 2010

Edwin Van Cleef Vs. Housse De Racket

French Indie synth wizards Housse De Racket are releasing their début album, ‘Forty Love’, for the first time in the UK later this month packaged up with an extra CD choc full of reMixes.

One of the reMixes on the ‘Bonus reMix Edition’ is this blistering tune from the north’s finest Dreamwave export Edwin Van Cleef. His take on HDR’s ‘Champions’ is a smooth, feel good, jam that immerses you in synth goodness.

♫ Housse De Racket – Champions (Edwin Van Cleef reMix)

‘Forty Love (Bonus reMix Edition)’ is released 22nd August, Housse De Racket are celebrating with a live event in London on the 12th.

Housse De Racket @ Beatport

Housse De Racket @ Juno

Housse De Racket @ 7Digital

Housse De Racket @ Amazon

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Aug 6 2010

Bright Light Bright Light’s new video

Now signed to PopJustice’s PopJustice Hi-Fi label, the amazing Bright Light Bright Light can have proper videos and everything!

And, flipping hell, is his new single, ‘Love Part II’ good or what? It’s proper electronic Power Pop. I’ll say that again, it’s PROPER ELECTRONIC POWER POP! Right? I always said he was a good songwriter, bit this track exceeds every expectation. Remember how powerful Pop was in the 80’s?, how you would get chills when the chorus kicked in? That’s what we’re talking about here.

The video is cool too, nicely shot and full of angular abstractness, as all good videos should.

Did I mention we quite like this here?

‘Love Part II’, Bright Light Bright Light’s début single is released 12th September, until then your MySpace love is required:

Bright Light Bright Light @ MySpace

Aug 6 2010

Futurecop!, back to the future!

Futurecop! are back! Awesome!

The duo, who were there right at the beginning of this retro synth epidemic we now call Dreamwave, are releasing a reMix album titled ‘The reMixes ♥’ to tide us over while they work on their début long player.

The album will feature reMixes of, and by, Futurecop! from the likes of Anoraak, Digikid84, Stephen Falken and Lauren Flax. Also included is this reMix of Dreams by Silicone Project, which just sums up everything that is exiting about Futurecop!. The analog synth burbling, the big 80’s chords, the uplifting (in an 80’s teen movie way) melodies and the retro funk.

♫ Futurecop! – Dreams (Silicone Project reMix)

‘The reMixes ♥’ drops 31st August on FutureFlashs’ Kiez Beats label.

Futurecop! @ Beatport

Futurecop! @ Juno

Futurecop! @ 7Digital

Futurecop! @ Amazon

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Aug 3 2010

Eat More Cake

Eat More Cake are a four piece from London who take in an eclectic array of influences to create their down-tempo electronica.

It’s a synth bass in their new single ‘Has To Be Done’ that really hooked me in. The track is a strange beast that waits until you’re comfortable with your impressions of it then flips out on you. Spanning Synth-Rock, Indie-Pop and ElectroPop in one song sounds like a feat, but Eat More Cake pull it off with slickness and a smooth male/female vocal duet.

♫ Eat More Cake – Has To Be Done (Album Version)

Check their reMix of Stardust’s ‘The Music Sounds Better With You’ for more genre mashing.

♫ Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (Eat More Cake reMix)

Eat More Cake are gearing up to releasing their début album, ‘Climb The Ladder, Live The Dream’, later in the year.

Eat More Cake @ Beatport
Eat More Cake @ Juno
Eat More Cake @ 7Digital
Eat More Cake @ Amazon
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Jul 30 2010

Moneypenny

The two hot girls in the picture are Moneypenny, a Chicago based ElectroPop duo who are continuing the ElectroClash tradition but bringing it into the 21st Century.

I always felt there was something lacking in ElectroClash (aside from it being a parody of itself), but Moneypenny seem to hand pick the best elements and wrap them up in some contemporary ElectroPop. The end result is sassy, sexy and straight up dancefloor.

Check out their latest track, ‘Cool & The Gang’, which has that ElectroClash feel but musically combines elements of ElectroPop, French Electro-House, Electro Funk and even a little Acid up in there to create something that feels a lot more relevant than ElectroClash ever did.

♫ Moneypenny – Cool & The Gang

You can download the track for free by heading over to their MySpace and signing up to their mailing list, an email address is a small price to pay for tunes like this!

Moneypenny @ 7Digital

Moneypenny @ Amazon

Jul 30 2010

Champagne Riot

Champagne Riot are a Danish duo, comprised of Caspar Bock and Anders Reuter, who make wonderful melodramatic Electro Indie-Pop.

Their début single is being released in September and if you give it a listen (128kbps previews below) you will find a swirling mass of 80’s sounding Pop. Uplifting and bombastic in that way only 80’s Pop ever was, there’s more than a little Erasure in these tracks, the production and arrangement is incredibly sophisticated. Most of all though, Champagne Riot are fun Pop music, but intelligent in a way that makes you forget about any rubbish chart music ever released and reinstates your love of the pure Pop song.

♫ Champagne Riot – A Friend Of A Friend

♫ Champagne Riot – Heart Stab

The ‘Heart Stab’/’A Friends Of A Fried’ double A-side is released 27th September, until then go show them some MySpace love!

Champagne Riot @ MySpace

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Jul 29 2010

Ellie and her Friends Electric

New Single ‘The Writer’ isn’t the first time Welsh Indie-ElectroPop outfit Friends Electric have reMixed Ellie Goulding. Their Mix of ‘Under The Sheets’ made our top 20 songs of 2009 and they have come on in leaps and bounds since then, both in popularity and production.

Their new mix couldn’t have been easy, it’s an awesome song but I can’t imagine it lends itself well to reMixing. But the lads have risen to the challenge and dropped this chilled summery dance track, almost Balearic in places (this is a real sunrise tune!) that still highlights Ms. Goulding’s stunning vocals.

♫ Ellie Goulding – The Writer (Friends Electric reMix)

‘The Writer’ single is released 9th August.

Ellie Goulding @ Neon Gold

Ellie Goulding @ 7Digital

Ellie Goulding @ Amazon

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Jul 29 2010

Midnight Conspiracy chill out Tiga’s ‘What you Need’

Those crazy Chicago kids Midnight Conspiracy are at it again! So soon after their Crystal Castles reMix and just in time for his Lollapalooza performance they turn in this synthtastic reMix of Tiga’s hit of last year ‘What You Need’

This is pure retro brilliance that takes a completely different tack to the multitude of similar noisy Electro-House reMixes out there, and indeed the distorted synths of the original. Rather that churn out another huge banger Midnight Conspiracy have made a masterpiece of pure 80’s ElectroPop that is much more fitting with the chilled vibe of this summer and actually compliments the vocals better than any of the other reMixes…or the original.

This is how it should have sounded all along!

♫ Tiga – What You Need (Midnight Conspiracy ‘Summer Of ’87’ reMix)

Check out more of Mc at their MySpace.

Jul 26 2010

Robyn’s new video

Oh look, Robyn’s doing something badass again!

Heh, the official video for the forthcoming ‘Hang With Me’ single has premiered, and although it’s pretty much just following Robyn and her crew around on promotional tours it’s really nicely shot and seems to work amazingly well with the song, which is a sweet, uplifting, SynthPop ballad.

‘Hang With Me’ is taken from the ‘Body Talk Pt. 2’ album and is out 5th September.

Robyn @ Beatport

Robyn @ 7Digital

Robyn @ Amazon

Jul 26 2010

New I Am Noxious track

Why isn’t Mr. T signed yet? It’s pretty baffling.

Well, as long as he hasn’t got a record label breathing down his neck he’s gonna’ keep letting me share his tracks with you lot!

His latest I Am Noxious track, ‘Flashback Tears’ may be his best yet, despite the underlying melancholy in his music this track is surprisingly uplifting. this track sounds like it’s moving slightly away from his usual Bedroom Pop style in to an almost Passion Pit/Miike Snow Indie-Electro territory, but with more of a cheeky British edge.