Parisian Electro-House/Indie-Electro act Housse De Racket are releasing yet another reMix package for their much hammered, much reMixed party anthem ‘Oh Yeah!’.
The package is seriously top quality, here are just three examples of what to expect. Hidden Cat turn in a brilliant space Disco mix that keeps the killer riff but layers it will analog noodling. Jensen Sportag brings us quite an eclectic summer chiller but the highlight so far has to be Walter Sobcek’s slick retro Pop mix which is, one one word, epic!
Last Saturday London’s awesome stargazing SynthPop act Monarchy, usually men shrouded in mystery, made a rare, and their début, live appearance.
And where was this gig? You might ask. Well, fittingly for the band it pretty much took place in space. Performed at the NASA Planetarium at Cape Canaveral, Florida in from of 20 witnesses the show gained the band the honour of being the first band to broadcast live into space!
Check the trailer below, it looks like it would have been quite an experience to attend. Monarchy are promising more video soon.
At least if there is life out there we’ve got our musical ambassadorship covered.
Also just premiered is the video for their forthcoming new single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ spanning a cosmic Disco fantasyland. Lots of space-ballet, a space-unicorn, a space-pillar and possibly a space-love story, can’t quite tell. Looks nice though!
‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops very soon with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, and Treasure Fingers amongst others.
Painted Face is the superhero identity of DC based singer/songwriter Allie Alvarado.
Veteran of the Brooklyn Art-Rock scene, having been part of Telepathe and Blood Lines, her current output comes of a collaboration with producer Alvin Risk and is a captivating combination of intricate electronic music and soulful vocals. The music seems to effortlessly capture that elusive sweet spot that mixes the nuanced and emotive with the danceable without loosing any of either.
The moment the beat kicks-in on ‘Undreamt’ it has already hooked you to the groove, but beyond that it’s the layers upon layers of sound and Allie’s voice (with something fresh and raw about it) that seem to reach into every part of you. It’s gonna’ get more exposure, I guarantee it, and it’s one of those tracks that’s going to give you goosebumps when the DJ drops it.
Floating round the outskirts of French Pop, Nu-Disco and Lounge music but never really steeling in one place are Lola Dutronic.
The duo of Lola Dee and Richard Citroen split their time between Toronto and Berlin (by way of Paris) while creating kinda’ post-Gainsbourg electronic Pop. This is serious 60’s-Paris-in-the-rain stuff but with some skilled contemporary programming work from Citroen. It’s hard not to get drawn in by Lola’s intimate vocal style and forget where you are for half an hour.
I actually hear a lot of Saint Etienne in Lola Dutronic.
The pair have just released a new EP, mostly of reMixes, titled ‘Musique’, on Red Digital Music. The mixes span the range of electronic Pop, from almost Trip-Hop beats to dancefloor worthy House tracks, all keeping Lola Dutronic’s smokey style ever present.
♫ Lola Dutronic – My Radio (French Disco Mix)
♫ Lola Dutronic – Chanson D’Ete (Summer Of Love Mix)
‘Musique’ and Lola Dutronic’s three (yes, three!) previous albums are available now:
Midlands noisy ElectroPop/Electro-Punk outfit Neon Circus are gearing up for the release of their début album on Jacket Pocket Records.
Following the bands singles ‘Future Disco’ and ‘Digit-ism’, both of which gained some national radio play, the album, ‘Don’t Get Panicked’, will showcase the bands mash up of Rock ‘N’ Roll vocals with dirty Electro-House. The single Digit-Ism was almost bordering on ElectroPunk with it’s distorted riffs and call-to-arms vocals.
Bloc Party frontman Kele’s solo offering has be making quite a few waves of late, particularly his ‘Tenderoni’ single.
Brooklyn newest hype worthy production outfit Punches have dropped another amazing reMix. absolutely flooding the track with horns. gone are the dark Electro/Rave synths of the original and in their place a summertime beat, sparking keys and those oh-so-90’s dance trumpets!
Serbian Electro-House meister sevdahBABY has dropped by the electronic rumors Inbox with his latest reMix, I couldn’t help myself but feature it!
It’s a banging reworking of Sabrina Salerno’s 1987 Italo/EuroPop crossover ‘Boys (Summertime Love)’. Does it work? Damn straight it does! Even dropping a bit of Dire Straits in the mix it perfectly captures late 80’s TV Pop but brings it right up to date and straight to the dancefloor. Tons of fun to!
¡borracho! have just dropped their long awaited reMix of Canadian ElectroPoppers AXXE’s ‘Hard Candy’ over on their SoundCloud.
We really dig both ¡borracho! and AXXE here so the pairing has gagging for a listen ever since the guys hinted at it. It’s a rolling, pretty chilled, piano driven Electro-House tune that turns AXXE’s Noise-Pop into something altogether smoother.
Jonteknik is an electronic Pop act based in Brighton, UK, who got in touch with us a while back and is long over due a featured post!
With quite a prolific career spanning back to 1988 when he discovered Kraftwerk and Jean-Michel Jarre. Since his first release in 1994 Jonteknik has amassed an impressive list of conspirators including Pascal Gabriel (who has produced everyone from Erasure, New Order, S’Express, Kylie and Dido to Miss Kittin, Ladyhawke, Little Boots and Marina And The Diamonds), Claudia Brücken of Propaganda and both Claudia and OMD’s Paul Humphreys on their OneTwo project.
His music owes a lot to Kraftwerk. Robotic beats and synthetic melodies, often arpeggiated, sit alongside otherworldly pads to create a futuristic dystopian soundtrack but, on his album of last year ‘Sounds From The Electronic Garden’, it’s the collaborations with featured vocalists that Jonteknik really shines. With proper vocals his tracks become RoboPop gems, the cold, mechanical, music suddenly becoming warm and emotive, and even catchy.
Not that their is anything wrong with android electro, it’s our bread and butter, but dancing ‘round your room in a shiny silver jumpsuit is so much more fun with lyrics and Jonteknik’s crisp production (which would rival the German robots themselves!) screams out to be sung along to.
This year he has teamed up with vocalist Martin Philip to release a pair of singles, ‘Omnidirectional’ and ‘Pride In Your Pocket’, both tracks are vocoder laden ElectroPop tracks that lean more toward the Mute side of the genre. Intricate rhythms and synthesizer lines wind in and out of each other to provide backing for Martin’s classic SynthPop vocals.
London ElectroPop/Indie-Electro crossover act Diagram Of The Heart have just premiered the video for their new single ‘Dead Famous’.
The video features the not unimpressive skills of European Champion poledancer Manuela Carneiro and some slick lighting and graphic design that work amazingly well with the track.
