Nov 11 2009

The Good Natured

Sarah McIntosh A.K.A. The Good Natured is currently making tiny ripples amongst the UK music press having been championed by, amongst others, The NME, The Guardian and PopJustice. Tiny ripples that are sure to grow into ElectroPop waves!

Beats that range from laidback grooves to more dancefloor and Drum & Bass tinged patterns provide the backdrop for cheap synths and Sarah’s heartfelt vocals.

Sounding a lot more raw and exiting than many of her contemporary female singer/songwriters, The Good Natured is a UK female fronted ElectroPop act who are headed for dark, dingy clubs rather than her peer’s glossy retro discos!

♫ The Good Natured – Your Body Is A Machine (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pick up The Good Natured ‘s ‘Your Body Is A Machine’ EP from either their MySpace or from Rough Trade records.

The Good Natured @ MySpace

The Good Natured @ Rough Trade

Nov 9 2009

New Atomizer album out today!

Atomizer, being ex-Specimen keyboardist Johnny Slut and his DJ partner Fil OK, spearheaded the London electro scene in the early 2000’s with their legendary club night Nag Nag Nag, and arguably helped kick-off the Electro resurgence we are enjoying today.

Today they drop their second full length studio album after a run of fantastic EPs, titled ‘Cult Of Europa’ and it’s the sleazy, twisted, noisy SynthPop affair you would expect from these two, with a healthy dose of Acid burbling.

Check these tracks from the album:

♫ Atomizer – I’d Prefer Not To (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Atomizer – Je Suis Lesbien (zShare) (MediaFire)

’Cult Of Europa’ is out on Nag Nag Nag Records:

Atomizer @ Beatport

Atomizer @ Juno

Atomizer @ Amazon

Nov 9 2009

The Little Boots Of The Apocalypse

LA Experimental Electronica artist Daedelus is taking our Little Boots is strange new directions!

Industrial percussion and droning synths shouldn’t really work with Victoria’s Pop ditty, but you know what? It does!

It’s like The Little Boots Of The Apocalypse has come to crush us all!

♫ Little Boots – Earthquake (Daedelus reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Earthquake’ single is due out November 13th.

Little Boots @ Beatport

Little Boots @ 7Digital

Little Boots @ Juno

Little Boots @ Amazon

Nov 6 2009

The Golden Filter return

What a day! Kicking off with new Shy Child and rounding up with the new single from The Golden Filter!

‘Thunderbird’ is their second single after the fantastic début ‘Sold Gold’ earlier this year and it doesn’t fail to live up to the high expectations that were set. It’s got that Golden Filter bass, those Disco drums and the floaty vocals that ‘Solid Gold’ had but manages to be a completely different sounding song, with a different atmosphere, more edgy.

If you loved ‘Solid Gold’, you’ll love this. End of.

♫ The Golden Filter – Thunderbird (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Thunderbird’ 12” comes out on November 16th.

The Golden Filter @ Beatport

The Golden Filter @ Juno

The Golden Filter @ 7Digital

The Golden Filter @ Amazon

Nov 6 2009

Music Go Music & Fred Falke

Oh man, this is one smooth Nu-Disco jam! The always quality Fred Falke has brought the funk to LA avant-garde popsters Music Go Music.

Clocking in at just over eight minutes it’s an epic, funky, electronic journey (and mildly shorter than the original!) that dips and peaks in all the right places.

♫ Music Go Music – Warm In The Shadows (Fred Falke reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Warm In The Shadows’ is out on Secretly Canadian:

Music Go Music @ Juno

Music Go Music @ Amazon

Nov 5 2009

Lifelike reMixes Plastiscines

French all-girl pop rock outfit Plastiscines have had their most recent single reMixed by a whole bunch of cool names including producer of some of the best reMixes of the last couple of years Lifelike.

With heavily filtered vocals and a chilled Nu-Disco vibe this is the perfect track for the tail end of the summer.

♫ Plastiscines – Barcelona (Lifelike reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Barcelona remixes’ is our now on NYLON’s label.

Plastiscines @ Juno

Plastiscines @ 7Digital

Plastiscines @ Amazon

Nov 5 2009

New Shy Child!

Exiting times! Shy Child, one of the finest live electronic bands around right now are hard at work on their third studio album, ‘Liquid Love’. Personally, I can’t wait!

To tide us over here we have track from the forthcoming album. ‘Criss Cross’ is classic Shy Child, bass heavy Indie-Electro that builds to a hypnotic noisy finale. It’s a great teaser for what promises to be an amazing record.

♫ Shy Child – Criss Cross (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Liquid Love’ is slated for a March 1st 2010 release on Wall Of Sound, stay tuned to Shy Child’s MySpace for future information and you can pick up the previous two records below:

Shy Child @ Beatport

Shy Child @ 7Digital

Shy Child @ Amazon

Nov 4 2009

Jinder; not so Little anymore?

All’s been quite in the Little Jinder front for a while, during which time she apparently dropped the ‘Little’, now being just Jinder. Still signed to Trouble & Bass, Sweden’s Jinder is currently gearing up for the release of her next single ‘Youth Blood’ (a track that previously appeared on Trouble & Bass’ instalment of the Scion A/V sampler compilations), an ElectopPop gem, which will include reMixes by some of Sweden’s top electronic artists.

This reMix, however, comes from London’s Bok Bok which heavily vocodes the vocals and rings some heavily disjointed disco:

♫ Jinder (Little Jinder) – Youth Blood (Bok Bok reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Youth Blood’ December 1st followed by a remix EP, you can hear the original version on Jinder’s MySpace.

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Beatport

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Juno

Jinder (Little Jinder) @ Amazon

Nov 4 2009

Versant (what Carah Faye did next…)

So, what’s the worst decision once great Indie-Electro act Shiny Toy Guns ever made? Quite simply it was ditching vocalist Carah Faye Charnow in favour of some reality TV wannabe, this has been proved by their disappointingly mediocre second album.

The decision, however, seems to have turned out for the best for Carah. Now based in Sweden she’s back with her new outfit Versant and dropping the kind of powerful Indie-Electro that the STG’s album wishes it was.

Just check these three demos here; from the huge Electro Rock of ‘Out Of Touch’ to the more intimate ‘Push Away’ these tracks would work just as easily on the dancefloor or in a gritty rock club and see a welcome return of Carah’s voice powering through cutting synths and dirge guitars.

♫ Versant – Out of Touch (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Versant – Push Away (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Versant – Quick Escapes (Demo.) (zShare) (MediaFire)

If I was a surviving member of Shiny Toy Guns I would be kicking myself!

Versant release their self-titled début album on February 17th 2010, until them go show them some big MySpace love!

Versant @ MySpace

Nov 3 2009

Róisín Murphy’s new single

Highly underrated queen of UK ElectroPop Róisín Murphy returns this month with her eagerly anticipated new single ‘Orally Fixated’.

Never one to completely bow to the mainstream, Róisín litters ‘Orally Fixated’ with broken beats and cut up samples that power through a spacious 80’s sounding mix (huge reverb washed snares!) before unexpectedly dropping a wailing guitar solo!

Experimental and Pop seem like two diametrically opposed terms, but Ms. Murphy skilfully brings the two together and takes them both to the disco.

♫ Róisín Murphy – Orally Fixated (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Orally Fixated‘ let’s loose November 16th on AWAL, also The Guardian will be offering a free download for 48 hours.

Róisín Murphy @ Beatport

Róisín Murphy @ Juno

Róisín Murphy @ 7Digital

Róisín Murphy @ Amazon