Apr 21 2010

Peter Bjorn & John reMix The Golden Filter

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The Golden Filter’s ‘Hide Me’ single is out this week and amongst the reMix package is this interpretation by Peter Bjorn & John, or rather John Eriksson’s project Hortlax Cobra.

Atmospheric, floaty and quite experimental and featuring more of John’s vocals than the Penelope’s, the reMix strips The Golden Filter of their New York Disco but seems to keep their atmosphere and feeling of the original.

♫ The Golden Filter – Hide Me (Peter Bjorn & John’s Hortlax Cobra reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Hide Me’ is released on 19th April followed by the album on the 26th.

The Golden Filter @ Beatport

The Golden Filter @ Juno

The Golden Filter @ 7Digital

The Golden Filter @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

The Rouge Element

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The Rogue Element A.K.A. Ben Medcalf returns with a new single after his recent acclaimed album ‘Lumina’.

There’s something almost mid 90’s Seattle Grunge about the vocals in this track which actually work amazingly well in an electronic setting and along with the toyshop synth solo give this ElectroPop track a real rock feel.

♫ The Rogue Element – Mistakes (Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Mistakes’ is released 10th May.

The Rouge Element @ Beatport

The Rouge Element @ Juno

The Rouge Element @ 7Digital

The Rouge Element @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

The Vanish – Beyond Deep reMix

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Do we need to sing the praises of The Vanish and their recent début single ‘Hold On’ one more time? Well, if you haven’t gone out and purchased it then I suppose we do!

Easily one of our favourite single of the year so far, The Vanish seem to make the point where everything we dig, Indie-Electro/ElectroPop/Dreamwave/Electro-House, converge in just the right measures to be something truly special. Along with the likes of Russ Chimes and Gemini Club, Beyond Deep provide one of the reMixes for the single, a deep, sunrise-esq, with some great subtle vocoding.

♫ The Vanish – Hold On (Beyond Deep Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Hold On’ single is out right now! Go get!

The Vanish @ Beatport

The Vanish @ Juno

The Vanish @ 7Digital

The Vanish @ Amazon

Apr 21 2010

Cavaliers Of Fun reMix AXXE

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Wow! Here’s two bands we’ve been pretty vocal about digging, and it’s just awesome it when two artists we love come together!

It was a couple of months ago we raved about Montreal Electro-sleazesters AXXE, we really dug their take on low down dirty ElectroPop, without going into comedy, faux sleaze, ElectroClash embarrassing territory and Cavaliers Of Fun have dropped some of our favourite tracks of recent months. His work on AXXE’s ‘S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ is not exception, keeping the powerful vocal structure and dropping it over his particular brand of ElectroPop/Space-Disco.

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Cavaliers Of Fun reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can check out AXXE’s ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ single at their SoundCloud.

AXXE @ SoundCloud

AXXE @ MySpace

Apr 16 2010

Crystal Castles’ new singles!

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As we mentioned a couple of days ago, Crystal Castles are gearing up to release two new single in the coming weeks and now you can listen to radio rips of both new tracks.

The first, released in a very limited edition quantity of 500 copies, for Record Store Day tomorrow, is ‘Doe Deer’ is chaotic Crystal Castles at their finest, with a maddeningly repetitive riff and Alice screaming like a nutter over distorted drums and synths it is the Crystal Castles we know and love turned up to 11.

The forthcoming single proper is a bit of a (pleasant) surprise though. It’s not like CC haven’t produced melodic tunes before, but ‘Celestica, is pretty slick, ElectroPop. It’s still intricate in it use of electronic sounds but, in general, it’s a really club friendly Pop track with a dreamlike quality. Proper vocals and everything!

Have a listen to this rip from Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show.

♫ Crystal Castles – Celestica (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Crystal Castles – Doe Deer (Radio Rip) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Crystal Castles second self titled album is due out on 8th July.

Crystal Castles @ Beatport

Crystal Castles @ Juno

Crystal Castles @ 7Digital

Crystal Castles @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

The Kids Are Radioactive reMix frenzy!

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Binary Records resident Electro-House guy The Kids Are Radioactive has send on over his two latest mixes. It been a few months since we’ve heard for this, relative, youngster but these mixes show a definite progression in his style.

Tackling Lady GaGa’s worldwide hit ‘Bad Romance’ and Shane Silver’s ‘Abyss’, he really knocks it out the park with his Lady GaGa mix. There is one particular riff up in this pretty busy mix, that just works perfectly, his work on the vocals too shows and almost flawless understanding of what works on the dancefloor. Some of the sounds in his Shane Silver are a little too Virusey/Trancey for my personal tastes but when it kicks in it has got a completely rockin’ Electro groove.

♫ Lady GaGa – Bad Romance (The Kids Are Radioactive reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Shane Silver – Abyss (The Kids Are Radioactive reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check some older, original, tracks by TKAR including the smooth Nu-Disco/Dirty Electro jam ‘Higher’, featuring LexiconDon, it’s still a killer tune

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive (Feat. LexiconDon) – Higher (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Kids Are Radioactive – Cult Classic (zShare) (MediaFire)

Go show the man some of your MySpace love!

The Kids Are Radioactive @ Beatport

The Kids Are Radioactive @ Amazon

Apr 16 2010

Hot Chip cover Shakira’s She Wolf

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Hot Chip are on the covers tip again! The band recently covered Shakira’s ‘She Wolf’ for Jo Whiley’s Radio 1 show.

I love the fact that Hot Chip perform so many covers, not only does it produce some wicked output but it also show how passionate the guys are about music, not just their own.

So, yes, it is a bit funny and it is a bit of a novelty…but it is also actually a really good track, some nice riffs and some of the best vocoding I have heard in a while! I wonder what the band are planning to cover next?

♫ Hot Chip – She Wolf (Shakira Cover) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Hot Chips recent album, ‘One Life Stand’ is out right flippin’ now!

Apr 14 2010

Don Diablo reMixes Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

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Ou Est Le Swimming Pool latest single ‘These New Knights’ gets a full on Electro mix from Don Diablo.

The prolific reMixer takes the Electro Funk laden original and creates a building foorfiller with layers of growling synths and cut up vocals.

♫ Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – These New Knights (Don Diablo reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘These New Knights’ is out now.

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Beatport

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Juno

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ 7Digital

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool @ Amazon

Apr 14 2010

Motorboater!

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Motorboater! A.K.A. Dan Eaton a solo artist making some deep, intricate digital Pop. has just released his ‘P/U YR Heart’ EP.

No to be mistaken for Bedroom Pop it, there is more going on here. Sure some tracks are quaint, almost Folktronica jams, but other tracks soar like Dreamwave floorfillers.

Check these two tracks from the EP, the retro synth space Disco of ‘Semifinalist’ and the glitchy energy of ‘Seeing Things’, two pretty different tracks but with an underlying sound that unites them.

♫ Motorboater! – Semifinalist (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Motorboater! – Seeing Things (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘P/U YR Heart’ EP is available from The Record Machine for as little as $2 (for 320kbps .mp3s)

Motorboater! @ The Record Machine

Apr 14 2010

Adam Kesher return

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French Nu-Rave (?) band Adam Kesher (a band not a person) have some success in 2007 with their ‘Modern Times’ and are back with a more mature sound.

A sound that they have roped in some help shaping. None other than Chromeo’s Dave One produced this joint with mixing skills from his brother A-Trak with Phillipe Zdar and Pierrick Devin. it’s a mixing pot that produces some really slick Indie-Electro that still kinda’ keeps Adam Kesher’s sound.

♫ Adam Kesher – Hour Of The Wolf (zShare) (MediaFire)

the album ‘Challenging Nature’ is due out in the coming months.

Adam Kesher @ Beatport

Adam Kesher @ Juno

Adam Kesher @ 7Digital

Adam Kesher @ Amazon