The video for Ellie Goulding’s next single, album opener ‘Guns And Horses’, and recently dropped. It’s an amazing song, not so sure about the video though, it seems the director took the lyrics a little tool literally. A bit of imagination or vision wouldn’t hurt.
Still, fantastic song and if the single is our soon I can’t wait to hear some of the reMixes!
Ellie’s album, ‘Lights’, is out now:
MiMó is, or rather was, Erasure’s Any Bell. Having recently released his second single, ‘Will You Be There?". ‘, under the moniker (a tribute to his friend Tomeau Mimó), Andy had decided to release future records under his own name due to more than one artist already using the name Mimo.
The singles, ‘Running Out’ and, the current, ‘Will You Be There?’ are a couple of Italo influenced ElectroPop/EuroPop tunes produced by Pop producer extraordinaire Pascal Gabriel. Upbeat, dancefloor, Pop tracks with Andy’s unmistakable vocals both singles have an impressive line up of reMixers. ‘Will You Be There?’ can include amongst it’s reMix credentials this mix from French Horn Rebellion who bring a relaxed Nu-Disco flavour to the track and ‘Running Out’ features a mix from Indie-Electro band-of-the-moment Fenech-Soler who’s sweeping, chilled, Electro mix is the highlight of the single.
♫ MiMó – Will You Be There?- (French Horn Rebellion reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ MiMó – Running Out (Fenech-Soler reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Both singles are out now!
Do we post enough about Penguin Prison? Heh, I think we can do more!
Filmed over Skype, PP has finally got himself an official video for ‘Something I’m Not’, directed by Roman Rappak, the video adds a touch of chaos to the tune!
‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is out now on Neon Gold.
‘Neverest’ is the second single from Chicago Indie-ElectroPop act ‘Hey Champ!’s forthcoming début album ‘Star’.
Having toured with such names as Kid Cudi, Sébastian Tellier, & Passion Pit and built up quite a reputation on the music blogs this album is pretty highly anticipated. Check out Raw Man’s pumping Electro reMix of the single.
♫ Hey Champ! – Neverest (Raw Man reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
You can download ‘Neverest’ and the previous single, ‘Cold Dust Girl’, from the band’s official site and ‘Star’ is due to be released 13th July.
A couple of days ago the supreme rulers of all things Indie-Electro, Ladytron, released the fourth and final instalment of their ‘Remixed & Rare’ series. Each release of the series focused on one of their four studio albums collecting reMixes from the single, B-sides and other gems.
Taking it’s tracks from 2007’s ‘Velocifero’ it’s mostly collected from the singles that accompanied the album with a couple of surprises thrown in. Take a listen to some of our favourites. The Toxic Avenger absolutely hammers home his dirty Electro-House banger version of ‘Ghosts’, Port-Royal turn in a Lo-Fi chilled take on ‘Tomorrow’ while Grey Ghost turns ‘Predict The Day’ into a smooth, vocoder driven, Dreamwave-esq synth odyssey.
♫ Ladytron – Ghosts (The Toxic Avenger Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Ladytron – Predict The Day (Grey Ghost reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
♫ Ladytron – Tomorrow (Port-Royal reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘Velocifero: reMixes & Rare’ is out now along with 604, Light And Magic, and Witching Hour’s volumes
Australian SynthPop heroes Parralox have débuted the video for their forthcoming single ‘Isn’t It Strange’. Like a female fronted, early ’90’s Depeche Mode, Parralox produce classic SynthPop, in the truest sense of the word. The new single is tinged with melancholy but a generally uplifting electronic Pop tune and this classy video works really well with the track.
I’ll tell you what, I’ve missed 90’s orchestral stabs!
‘Isn’t It Strange’ is released April 2010 on Conzoom Records.
Coming straight out of LA based SynthPop/Dreamwave collective Binary Records, NightWaves have been throwing out some awesome tunes recently. I’m still rockin’ to their cover of ‘In The Air Tonight’!
Next week they duo drop their new single ‘Sweet Carrie’ and continuing the evolution of the NightWaves sound they’ve dropped some subtle guitars into the mix which blend pretty well with their dreamy synths. The tracks is pure summertime cool which, frankly, makes you wish you were somewhere else (unless, of course, you are already somewhere chillin’ in the sun, in which case, here’s your soundtrack!) You can check the video here.
Along with a killer package, our good friend Beaumont has contributed his take in the tune to the mix. The Aussie producer turns in sweet laidback Electro-House mix that makes brilliant use of cut-up vocals and finds a voice all of it’s own.
♫ NightWaves – Sweet Carrie (Beaumont reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
As a bonus the guys are releasing the stems of the track for all and sundry to reMix! Download them here.
‘Sweet Carrie’ drops next Tuesday on dubFrequency.
In gearing up for the forthcoming release of the ninth volume of their ‘Kitsuné Maison’ compilations, ‘The Petit Bateau Edition Or The Cotton Issue’, Kitsuné Music have put together a promotional video featuring music from the album and clothes from their Autumn/Winter ‘01 collection, ‘Kitsuné Ivy League’.
The video was directed by Director Loïc Prigent & Fabien Constant.
Check our previous post for ‘Maison 9’’s tracklist, it’s out 26th April
More Marina And The Diamonds you say? Well that’s just fine! Especially as she is the target for the latest reMix by Little Boot’s posse Lovers & Gamblers.
A few reMixes in and we’re now starting to get a real feel for L&G’s style. I love the way they use their synths, it’s pretty stripped down, just concentrating on the groove, it’s like raw Electro Disco. I can imagine them, not surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of studio gear, but with a handful of trusty analog synths and a four-track! This reMix has a killer bassline, pretty aggressive but sweetened by the blanket of retro synth work over the top, and we know the original’s a good song anyway!
♫ Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (Lovers & Gamblers Precious Little Diamond reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
Is it just me or do Marina’s vocals really lend well to reMixes? More so than most?
The ‘I Am Not A Robot’ single is out on 26th April.
Marina And The Diamonds @ PureGroove
Marina And The Diamonds @ 7Digital
Marina And The Diamonds @ Amazon
After his sterling work on Ellie Goulding’s number 1 album, SynthPop prodigy Starsmith is back in the reMixing game and there’s not an artist I can thin of who I rather hear him reMix than Penguin Prison.
Tackling ‘The Worse It Gets’ for Penguin Prison’s recent double A side Starsmith turns in a sheer brilliant slice of Nu-Disco styled electronic Pop. The man was one of the most talented electronic music producers around anyway but I think his time chillin’ with Messrs Chimes and Grum has been a good influence on him! Really looking forward to his solo EP!
♫ Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets (Starsmith reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)
‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is out now on Neon Gold.
