Feb 17 2010

New Penguin Prison single

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Like a tidal wave of awesomeness, more goodness comes crashing out of the Neon Gold camp.

In March Penguin Prison is releasing his new single ‘Something I’m Not’, which will be a double A-side with ‘The Worse It Gets’.

Slightly darker and dirtier than PP’s previous outing, but this is no bad thing. ‘Something I’m Not’ has a real raw electronic Pop sound, the song itself is expertly crafter modern pop but the use of rough sounding analog synths gives it that edge that works so well.

♫ Penguin Prison – Something I’m Not (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Worse It Gets’/‘Something I’m Not’ is released 22nd March.

Penguin Prison @ Neon Gold

Penguin Prison @ 7Digital

Penguin Prison @ Amazon

Feb 16 2010

New Yes Giantess single!

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We loved Giantess, and now we love Yes Giantess, so we’re pretty stoked to hear they are releasing a new single, ‘The Ruins’, 8th March on Neon Gold.

The Boston band looks likely to have a huge year and this single is a great way to kick it off, perfectly delivering Yes Giantess’ brand of Indie-Disco yet pushing into the Pop spectrum. More dancefloor friendly, maybe due in part to having SynthPop producer extraordinaire Starsmith at the helm, YG have seamlessly blended New York style Indie-Electro with Dreamwave to create, what could well be, the sound of this summer.

♫ Yes Giantess – The Ruins (zShare) (MediaFire)

Fear Of Tigers, Baby Monster, Clock Opera are rumoured to be stepping up for reMix duties, three names guaranteed to deliver the goods.

Sometimes it seems like all other record labels should just give up and let Neon Gold get on with it!

Yes Giantess @ Neon Gold

Yes Giantess @ PureGroove

Yes Giantess @ Beatport

Yes Giantess @ Amazon

Feb 15 2010

Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1

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I still don’t remember it ever being called ‘cold wave’ or ‘minimal synth’ but I am glad that the early pioneers of SynthPop are getting a bit of attention these past few months (and that the sound is being carried on by a new batch of artists!). Angular Recording Corporation has enlisted the help of two men who spearheaded this revival, Pieter Schoolwerth, founder of Wired Records and Angular’s own Joe Daniel to compile 17 tracks of classic Futurist Pop for their forthcoming ‘Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1’.

Spanning 1981-1985 and digging out some severely rare 7”s and demo tapes the compilation perfectly captures the underground electronic sound of the early 80’s northern Europe. Check the track list:

01. Absolute Body Control – Figures
02. Nine Circles – Twinkling Stars
03. Linear Movement – Night In June
04. Opera Multi Steel – Ills S’eloigent
05. Bal Paré – Palais D’Amour
06. Eleven Pond – Watching Trees
07. The Vyllies – Babylon
08. End Of Data – Dans Votre Monde
09. The Actor – Lights
10. Ausgang Verboten – Consumer
11. Jeunesse D’Ivoire – A Gift Of Tears
12. OTO – Anyway
13. Ruth – Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
14. Stereo – Somewhere In The Night
15. The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party
16. Land Of Giants – Cannibal Dolls
17. Days Of Sorrow – Travel

To give you a taste of what to expect I’ve dug into my archive to bring you two tracks that appear on the compilation. End Of Data’s ‘Dans Votre Monde’ from the LP of the same name and The Neon Judgement’s classic ‘The Fashion Party’, two amazing slices of raw, early electronic Pop.

♫ End Of Data – Dans Votre Monde (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ The Neon Judgement – The Fashion Party (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1’ is released 8th March.

Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics Vol.1 @ Amazon

End Of Data @ Amazon

The Neon Judgement @ Beatport

The Neon Judgement @ Juno

The Neon Judgement @ 7Digital

The Neon Judgement @ Amazon

Feb 15 2010

Yuksek reMixes Gorillaz

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I do like a bit of Gorillaz when the mood takes me and I pretty much love Yuksek’s music whenever/wherever so this reMix combination is a tasty deal!

It doesn’t disappoint. Yuksek brings quite a mid-tempo Electro flavour, it’s like a chilled out version of one of his bangers complete with the customary Yuksek drops and builds.

♫ Gorillaz (Feat. Bobby Womack & Mos Def) – Stylo (Yuksek reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single is already available digitally.

Gorillaz @ Juno

Gorillaz @ 7Digital

Gorillaz @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

Bear In Heaven

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Bear In Heaven are a Brooklyn based Indie/SynthPop quartet who make some epic emotional electronic sounds.

Combining exceptional songwriting with jangly guitars and laidback synth work, Bear In Heaven have an almost Electro shoegazey quality to their music that, after a few very successful live appearances, is causing a stir amongst the hipsters of New York.

Check out these tracks from their second album and get carried away with Bear In Heaven’s spaced out guitar-Electro.

♫ Bear In Heaven – Lovesick Teenagers (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bear In Heaven – You Do You (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Bear In Heaven – Wholehearted Mess (zShare) (MediaFire)

BIH have recently released their album, ‘Beast Rest For Mouth’ and are currently touring with Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Bear In Heaven @ Juno

Bear In Heaven @ 7Digital

Bear In Heaven @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

AXXE

Montreal ElectroPop duo AXXE apparently came together out of a dislike for each other and despite living in close quarters utilise technology to undertake their songwriting and production remotely!

Whether that’s just spin or not, the music stands on it’s own merits. Their recently released double A-side ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ drops two slices of expertly crafted DiscoPop that just ooze decadence. the tracks have been given the reMix treatment by two pretty well known Electro up-and-comers, Worship and Neon Workout. I’ve loved Worship’s previous reMixes and her the Swiss producer ramps up the AutoTune to create an edge Nu-Disco vibe. Neon Workout takes it straight to the dancefloor with electro tom and handclap craziness!

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (Worship reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

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

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Neon Workout reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single is available from Bandcamp, and go give AXXE some MySpace lovin’!

AXXE @ Bandcamp

AXXE @ MySpace

Feb 11 2010

Lovefoxxx & 80kidz; Ultra team-up!

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Japan based Electro heroes 80kidz ‘ave only gone and teamed up with Indie-Electro goddess Lovefoxxx of CSS, ain’t they!

Sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Well the track is everything you’d hope it would be. It’s a huge, dirty juggernaut that manages to be noisy and catchy all at the same time. The combination of 80kidz chainsaw Synths and Lovefoxxx’s madness is sheer genius.

♫ 80kidz (Feat. Lovefoxxx) – Spoiledboy (zShare) (MediaFire)

I think I need a lie down!

Feb 11 2010

Baby Monster; She Comes Alive

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Electronic Duo Baby Monster’s new single ‘She Comes Alive’ will be the début single from BigStereo Records, an extension of one of our favourite blogs, BigStereo.

They couldn’t have picked a better track to kick of their label with. We’ve featured Baby Monster before, and been very impressed, so this new release had a lot to live up to. Never fear, the track doesn’t fail to impress, sharp beats, synths that just wash over you and an anthemic yet soft spoken vocal.

♫ Baby Monster – She Comes Alive (zShare) (MediaFire)

Keep an eye out for forthcoming Golden Bug & Jock Seams remixes. The single drops 29th March both digitally and on a 7” limited to 350 copies.

You can pre-order the 7” here:

Baby Monster @ BigStereo Records

Feb 9 2010

The Golden Filter’s new single!

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While we are waiting (and quite literally can’t wait any longer!) for The Golden Filter’s début long player, ‘Voluspa’, to drop on 26th April we can present here a taste of things to come in the form of the first single from the album.

‘Hide Me’ comes out just before the album release and a is a great choice for lead track. Slightly more upbeat that the previous singles. Still undeniably The Golden Filter’s New York Electro Disco but with a hint if Goldfrapp poppyness.

♫ The Golden Filter – Hide Me (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

Feb 9 2010

Buffetlibre & Amnesty International’s ‘PEACE’ project

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Spain’s Buffetlibre DJs are busy guys, when not DJing, reMixing, producing and spearheading some of the more interesting multi-artist projects around are throwing their weight behind Amnesty International to highlight human rights abuses around the world.

To highlight the worldwide injustices that AA work so hard to stop Buffetlibre’s unique concept for their charity compilation album is to create a ‘musical atlas’ featuring many and varied artists from around the globe. Such as the first ‘single’ from the album. ‘Mike’ by Ivri Lider, one of Israel’s most successful singer/songwriters, with this sweet vocoder call & response downtime jam.

♫ Ivri Lider – Mike (zShare) (MediaFire)

The album will be released digitally on 1st March and given free to anyone who makes a donation of at least €2 in favour of the NGO Amnesty International through the official PEACE website.

This is the full line up so far, there is defiantly some electronic rumors favourites amongst the list:

USA: Micah P Hinson, Steve Wynn, Crocodiles, Dan Deacon, Voxtrot, Marissa Nadler, A Place To Bury Strangers, The Antlers, Asobi Seksu, Spinto Band, Port O’Brien, Bart Davenport, Dent May, Ki:Theory, Mike Viola, Flashmen, Her Space Holiday, Pretty & Nice, Ra Ra Riot, Sic Alps, Blacklist, DeLeon, Gala, Jeffrey Lewis, United State Of Electronica, Gregor Samsa, Thao + The Get Down Stay Down, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Still Flyin’, Plushgun, Softlightes, Princeton, Odyze, This Will Destroy You, Cruel Black Dove, Avian X
JAPAN: Ryuichi Sakamoto
COLOMBIA: Frankie Jazz
BRAZIL: Bonde Do Role
ISRAEL: Ivri Lider, Tamar Eisenmann, Karni Postel, Nico Teen, The Bitting Sheep
ISRAEL/FRANCE: Keren Ann & Shlomi Shaban
UK: Marc Almond, 4hero, Mogwai, Dubstar, Patrick Wolf, Si Begg, frYars, Gyratory System, Darren Hayman, Cicada, GoldieLocks, Lucky Soul, Official Secrets Act, Frankmusik, The Ultrasonics, Trouble Over Tokyo, A Certain Ratio, The Boy Least Likely To, You Love Her Coz She’s Dead, Gala, Catherine AD
CHINA: The Pet Conspiracy
SENEGAL: Malick Pathé Sow
CHILE: Javiera Mena, Francisca Valenzuela, DJ Raff
FRANCE: Tahiti 80, Black Strobe, The Toxic Avenger, Titi Robin, The Delano Orchestra, Amelie Les Crayons, Outlines, Saï Saï, My Broken Frame, Debmaster
BURUNDI: Eric Baranyanka
CANADA: Apostle Of Hustle, Buck 65, Malajube, The Hidden Cameras
BELGIUM: Vive La Fête, The Neon Judgement, Girls in Hawai, King & Svenson
TUNISIA/ALGERIA: DuOud
FINLAND: Jori Hulkkonen
AUSTRIA: Fennesz, A Life A Song A Cigarette
AUSTRALIA: Jeremy Fowler, Aeons, Sarah Blasko, Operator Please, Birds Of Tokyo, An Horse
ALGERIA: MHD & Starlight, Maghrebika, Baäziz
HONG KONG: The Marshmallow Kisses, Tramgirl Karaoke Club feat. Maskopet
NEW ZEALAND: The Veils, The Phoenix Foundation
CUBA: Martha Galarraga
REPUBLIC OF KOREA: EE
GREECE: Marsheaux, Mikro
NORWAY: Rockettothesky, Ane Brun, Ingrid Olava
GHANA: Wanlov The Kubolor
GERMANY: Stereo Total, Ascii Disko, Console, Escape With Romeo, Jeans Team, Kissogram, Maral Salmassi & Zero Cash, Kitbuilders, Locas In Love
LEBANON: Abaji
GREENLAND: Angu
DENMARK: Cartridge, The Broken Beats
MALI: Vieux Farka Touré
ITALY: Dusty Kid, Amari, Amycanbe, Le Man Avec Les Lunettes, Perturbazione
IRELAND: David Kitt, Mundy, Hystereo
UGANDA: Seby Ntege
INDONESIA: Mocca, Efek Rumah Kaca, White Shoes & The Couples Company
INDIA: Motherjane, menwhopause, Shaa’ir+func
RUSSIA: Tesla Boy, Cut2Kill
ICELAND: múm, Amiina
HUNGARY: We Plants Are Happy Plants
EGYPT: Allen Walker, Bikya
SWEDEN: I’m From Barcelona, Sally Shapiro, Peter Von Poehl, Napoleon, Air France feat Jack Wilson, Lacrosse
SPAIN: Miqui Puig, We Are Standard, Olimpic, Boat Beam, The Requesters, After After Hours, The Pinker Tones, Triangulo De Amor Bizarro, Elastic Band, Undo, The Amplic, Mendetz, 4t1a, The Requesters
SOUTH AFRICA: DJ Mujava, 340ml
FINLAND/GERMANY: AGF/Delay
SERBIA: sevdahBABY
IRAQ: Aida Nadeem, Salaam, Aïwa
PORTUGAL: X-Wife
BOLIVIA: Surfin Wagner
PALESTINE: CultureSHOC, Khalas
TURKEY: Gooseflesh
NEDERLANDS: Don Diablo, Kraak & Smaak, Perquisite, a balladeer
ARGENTINA: Entre Rios, Manosanta
MEXICO: Mexican Institute Of Sound, Sussie 4, Hello Seahorse!
TIBET: Karjam Saeji, Lotem Namling, Ngawang Choephel
CONGO: Kiala
THAILAND: Cyndi Seui
VENEZUELA: Kid 606, Fordelucs
SINGAPUR: sonicbrat
SWITZERLAND: Heidi Happy (feat Paul Niehaus of Calexico), Low Motion Disco