Jul 1 2010

Kolt13’s Kavinsky reMix

Awesome Nu-Disco producer Kolt13 had dropped his entry for Kavinsky’s ‘Nightcall’ reMix competition over on his SoundCloud.

There’s now over 200 reMixes of this track floating around the internet, after one of the largest reMix competitions I have ever seen, but this has to be one of the best. There some amazing reMixes entered into the competition (I spent a whole day on SoundCloud going through them!) but this one really works for me. Cutting up and disjointing the original in an Electro stylee, but not so much to take away from the song itself. It’s a pretty crazy banger with sweet sounding retro synths battling with distorted 8-bit sounds for your attention.

As soon as the solo kicked in I was sold!

♫ Kavinsky (Feat. Lovefoxxx Of CSS) – Nightcall (Kolt13 reMix)

The ‘Nightcall’ EP is out now and the reMix competition is drawing to a close, we’ll bring you news of the winners as it arrives.

Jul 1 2010

David E. Sugar’s a ‘Party Killer’

ChipTune pioneer turned Electro-House guru David E. Sugar’s forthcoming single, on Rob Da Bank’s Sunday Best label, sees a pretty huge shift in direction toward a more Electro-Punky, or Indie-Electro sound.

Featured on the forthcoming ‘Kitsuné X Ponystep’ compilation, the track, ‘Party Killer’ is a raw and raucous party anthem with jagged disco guitars and David’s stripped down vocals over a smooth summer beat.

the reMix backup comes from Disco Of Doom, The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band, Renaissance Man, Sunday Best themselves and Adam Smith who keeps most of the song structure but chops up vocals and guitar and melds them to a more dancefloor friendly Electro track. Defiantly the banger option in the reMix package.

♫ David E. Sugar – Party Killer (Adam Smith reMix)

‘Party Killer’ will be released as a limited edition 7” and the digital remix package, followed by a full length album in October.

David E. Sugar @ Beatport

David E. Sugar @ Juno

David E. Sugar @ 7Digital

David E. Sugar @ Amazon

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Jun 30 2010

HURTS Vs. Mantronix – Round 2

Well, not really round 2, it’s the same track. We premiered Kurtis Mantronik of Mantronix’s awesome reMix of HURTS’ ‘Wonderful Life’ yesterday, and now we’ve had the go ahead to offer it to you lot as a download!

Read what we said about it here, and download it right here.

♫ HURTS – Wonderful Life (Mantronix reMix)

‘Wonderful Life’ is being re-released as a single backed with this remix and the kickass Arthur Baker mix. I wonder if we’ll see a new video?

Jun 30 2010

Au Revoir Simone’s ‘Night Light’

We dropped the news of Au Revoir Simone’s forthcoming reMix album last month and now, with the release drawing closer, we can preview some more tracks for you.

With am amazing line up of reMix talent going to town on everyone’s favourite Indie-Electro girls it hard not to get a little exited about the release. Aeroplane’s chilled ElectroPop jam is almost perfect female fronted electronic music for the summer, sounding a little like Freezepop but with more kick. Chillwave (that’s the first time I have used that word on this blog!) pioneers Neon Indian’s reMix is actually very cool. Deep, raw, analog synths flying all over the place is defiantly the way forward for Chillwave (I said it again!). Clock Opera don’t fail to live up to (high) expectation with an intricate and intelligent toy piano led track.

Check them out:

♫ Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story (Aeroplane reMix)

♫ Au Revoir Simone – Another Likely Story (Neon Indian reMix)

♫ Au Revoir Simone – Tell Me (Clock Opera reMix)

‘Night Light’ is released 5th July through Moshi Moshi.

Au Revoir Simone @ Beatport

Au Revoir Simone @ Juno

Au Revoir Simone @ 7Digital

Au Revoir Simone @ Amazon

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Jun 29 2010

HURTS Vs. Mantronix

Surely this is too good to be true? HURTS’ ‘Wonderful Life’ reMixed by producer extraordinaire, Mantronix’s Kurtis Mantronik!

Following in the footsteps of Arthur Baker, Kurtis Mantronik is the second New York Electro Hip-Hop pioneer to tackle the song (all we need now are reMixes from Afrika Bambaata, Manny Parrish and Grandmaster Flash!) and brings a real old school Electro feel to the track, complete with Planet Rock kicks. I can’t put my finger on why ‘Wonderful Life’ lends itself so well to this kind of reMix…it just does!

♫ HURTS – Wonderful Life (Kurtis Mantronik reMix)

That’s made my evening!

The ‘Wonderful Life’ EP is still available:

HURTS @ Beatport

HURTS @ Juno

HURTS @ Amazon

Jun 29 2010

Hey Champ! reMix Andy Bell’s ‘Call On Me’

Erasure frontman Andy Bell is still concentrating on his, now renamed, solo work and his latest single, ‘Call On Me’ has been given the Nu-Disco funk by Hey Champ!.

It’s a nice meeting of two worlds, SynthPop new and old. Hey Champ! bring their customary, epic sounding, space Disco to Bell’s instantly recognisable voice, the end result being a subtly infectious groove with some slick vocals.

♫ Andy Bell – Call On Me (Hey Champ! reMix)

‘Call On Me’ is out now.

Jun 29 2010

Ali Love & Villa

Ali Love’s ‘Love Harder’ album seems to have been on the horizon for an eternity.

Now things look like they are getting ready to happen with the news of the lead-in single ‘Smoke & Mirrors’. Awesome Pop goodness with a reMix package featuring Bottin, Funtcase and Villa, who turn in this pretty epic, analog synths and piano, jam.

♫ Ali Love – Smoke & Mirrors (Villa reMix)

‘Love Harder’ should be dropping soon…we think…

Jun 29 2010

The Teenagers new track!

French ElectroPop rabble-rousers The Teenagers are back, and as a precursor to the release of their new album they have dropped a new track, ‘Made Of’, which will cost you the whopping amount of one whole tweet.

It’s a cool tune that bodes well for the new material, all you have to do is visit the link below and make the tweet to receive the download.

I’ll let the band explain…

So go here, http://paywithatweet.com/theteenagers/ ,140 characters is a small price to pay, no?

The Teenagers @ Beatport

The Teenagers @ Juno

The Teenagers @ 7Digital

The Teenagers @ Amazon

Jun 25 2010

My Robot Friend featuring Alison Moyet

The new single from New York synth noodler My Robot Friend features a pretty special guest star. Alison Moyet of Yazoo fame (actually, I feel a bit mean saying “of Yazoo fame” ‘cos she’s had a hell of a solo career, but if you’re reading this blog you’re probably most familiar with her work with Vince Clarke in Yazoo) picks up the mic to drop her soulful, instantly recognisable, voice over MRF’s electronics.

The end result, originally featured on My Robot Friend’s ‘Soft-Core’ album, does have a bit of a Yazoo vibe to it, and that can never be a bad thing! The single is backed up with a reMix package from the likes of Kingdom, Solvent, Alex Smoke and DFA’s resident Housemeisters The Juan MacLean, who get into some deep, deep House with the track.

♫ My Robot Friend (Feat. Alison Moyet) – Waiting

♫ My Robot Friend (Feat. Alison Moyet) – Waiting (The Juan MacLean Final reMix)

The ‘Waiting’ single was released this week.

My Robot Friend @ Beatport

My Robot Friend @ Juno

My Robot Friend @ 7Digital

My Robot Friend @ Amazon

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Jun 23 2010

Robots With Rayguns

Robots With Rayguns is Lucas Patrick Smith, a 80’s influenced dancey ElectroPop producer who has gained quite a few blog inches for himself in recent months with his awesome reMixes of Lady GaGa, Chromeo and NightWaves.

His latest output is ‘Sugarbaby’, an storming piece of retro Electro, skilfully straddling the line between ElectroPop and Nu-Disco, it’s like a poppier Grum (if you can imagine that!). TSTR provide a high octane Dreamwave mix that rocks it’s way through numerous 80’s musical references.