It’s another new video from Poland’s Rebeka. This one, Fail, takes a grinding, rough approach to their SynthPop sound.
Zuza Krajewska directs this slice of, occasionally brutal, occasionally sweet, Polish life.
Rebeka’s Hellada album is out now.
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Record label Nude Disco, spawned from the club night Nude Disco, are following their compilation Nude Disco selections Vol. 1, with their première single release; from Nude Disco. that’s a lot of nakedness right there. The single’s called Neon Hearts, and it features the vocal stylings of Foreign Boy and comes with a loaded reMix package including work from Luxar, Discomendments, Jules Schimmer and Auxiliary Tha Masterfader.
Neon Hearts is a lush, urban, slice of SynthPoppy Nu-Disco. Musically it’s a slightly Tropical four minutes of infectious synthesizer Disco. Peppered with Poppy riffs, the bass bounces, the leads get euphoric and the purcussion keeps things funky. The infectious dancefloor groove is all leading toward a sweeping solo. Foreign Boy’s vocal contribution is what gives it it;s SynthPop edge as he croons his was through the track in a neo-Pet Shop Boys style. Jules Schimmer adds a little 80s flair to the tune with a chugging bassline and Top Of The Pops beats before launching into a hands-in-the-air piano House riff, while Aux takes a future Italo approach to Neon Hearts, injecting burbling synths and his own analog Disco style. The whole release is an impressive début for the label.
♫ Nude Disco (Feat. Foreign Boy) – Neon Hearts (Original Mix)
♫ Nude Disco (Feat. Foreign Boy) – Neon Hearts (Jules Schimmer reMix)
♫ Nude Disco (Feat. Foreign Boy) – Neon Hearts (Auxiliary Tha Masterfader Club Mix)
Nude Disco’s Neon Hearts is released 24th February.
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Released today is the brand new single from Australia’s finest, The Presets, Goodbye Future. their first new release since 2012’s absolutely stunning, but poorly promoted Pacifica album. The intervening months have seen the duo touring extensively in Australia, but not venturing out of the country as often as we’d like (i.e. at all) and the single release marks the launch of another tour down under. A series of singles will drop over the course of the tour.
Goodbye Future takes no prisoners right from the offset, immediately launching into a house tinged groove before the esoteric narrative the marks a The Presets song kicks in. An energetic mix of thumping House and intelligent SynthPop, Goodbye Future is just another example of why The Presets are one of the best in the business and deserve to be much bigger than they are. And they should come and play the UK, we can barely remember the last time we saw them.
♫ The Presets – Goodbye Future
The Presets’ Goodbye Future is out soon on Modular Recordings.
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Danish trio and staple of the interesting Electro scene WhoMadeWho have shared a new track taken from their forthcoming new album, Dreams. The track, Hiding In Darkness follows on from the album’s premier single, The Morning, and gives us a different, deeper taste of what we could be looking forward to on the new record.
This track is a big old melting pot of genres, all wrapped up in a slick, downtempo, House mood. With a classic moody SynthPop vocal, wicked Disco licks and spacious House grooves. With an almost Industrial purcussion, the track (unsurprisingly inspired by legendary Berlin Techno club; Berghain) the track has an edgy, enigmatic quality that give the tune new levels without ever interfering with the dancefloor catchiness.
♫ WhoMadeWho – Hiding In Darkness
WhoMadeWho’s Dreams is released 3rd March
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In advance of the release of her early anticipate début album later this year, top British Pop star Queen Of Hearts has teamed up with Brooklyn/Seattle newcomers The Soundmen to deliver Games We Play. Taken from The Soundmen’s new, self-titled EP the track breaks new ground for an artist who has always flowed with a decidedly European sound.
Games We Play is very American, taking it’s sound pallet from the current wave of dance music emanating from the US (no, we’re not going to use those three ridiculous letters) and working those synths into something that more resembles ElectroPop. Queen Of hearts brings some class to the proceedings with a typically passionate performance and that beautiful mix of melancholy and optimism she does so well. While we’re not as taken with this track as we are with the Queen’s solo offerings, it’s a nice way to tide us over until her album drops.
♫ The Soundmen (Feat. Queen Of Hearts) – Games We Play
The Soundmen’s The Soundmen EP is released today.
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London based ecclectic electronic producer David E. Sugar is back with a new single, Pushing To Be The First, on Future Future Records released next month. A deep and dreamy slice of intoxicating HousePop.
Check the lo-fi video for the track, VHS effects ahoy!
David E. Sugar’s Pushing To Be The First is released 10th February.
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Chvrches seem to love a good cover, and why not. They’ve been given the opportunity for another one in the form of their contribution to the soundtrack of forthcoming movie Vampire Academy; which looks, frankly, fucking awful. Still, any excuse, eh? So Chvrches have covered Bauhaus’ Bela Lugosi’s Dead. Didn’t see that one coming, makes sense though. Check out Chvrches injecting a rousing Pop sheen into the Batcave classic.
Appearing to upset Goths left, right and centre, Churches blend the instantly recognisable bassline in with growling synths and bubbling arpeggios Lauren’s take on the vocals gives them a new, anthemic, spin and is soon joined by waves of euphoric synths. It’s very soundtrack-y (obviously), you can almost imaging the scene this will accompany. We reckon Chvrches did a pretty good job with this one, even if the black-clad masses appear to disagree.
♫ Chvrches – Bela Lugosi’s Dead (Bauhaus Cover)
Chvrches début full length record, The Bones Of What You Believe, is out now.
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Here’s a nice surprise for the start of the week. One of the UK’s leading SynthPop artists Bright Light Bright Light teaming up with Scissor Sisters’ Ana Matronic to cover Pet Shop Boys classic West End Girls. Premièred last week live in NYC for the Hetrick-Martin Institute Benefit the track is now available as a free download, so get it while it’s hot.
Loads of people have covered West End Girls. Like loads. But very few have been able to keep the sombre, deadpan angle of the track intact. BLx2 and Ana Matronic manage to pull this off triumphantly. Rod injects his flair for 90s dance into the track with popping beats, shiny synths and some subtly 909 snare rolls. Their vocals are surprisingly complementary too, with Ana handling most of the verse action, joined by Rod for the choruses, being true to the original but giving it a twist with their own personalities. A very good job indeed.
♫ Bright Light Bright Light & Ana Matronic – West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Cover)
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We’ve already heard both the original, and the slick reMix from Bronx, of Chicago’s Chicago House master Rogue Vogue’s Until The Dawn. Now the Patrick Baker featuring anthem has been given a stunning workout by Canadian synth Disco guru Cyclist. Prepare for the clean House sounds of Rogue Vogue to be transformed into some dirty, raw, Disco grooves.
Thick synth bass and squelchy keys drift through the track, dragging the tune with them on a journey of slick retro dancefloor sounds meets analog funk. Patrick’s vocals feel right at home among the warm vintage sound pallet. There’s tons of Boogie in this track too, the 80s Pop bassline and snappy purcussion see to that, and it gives the track a nostalgic flavour, like a half remembered tune from your youth, and a compelling call-to-dance. Get involved!
♫ Rogue Vogue – Until The Dawn (Cyclist reMix)
Rogue Vogue – Until The Dawn is released 3rd February.
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Following Declination, Ghostly International have posted another track from SynthWaver supreme Com Truise’s forthcoming Wave 1 EP. To our surprise it happens to be Subsonic. Subsonic is a track that first reared it’s head around late 2012, it was featured on Truise’s Komputer Cast Vol. 6 podcast and we’d thought had since been long forgotten. It’s pretty awesome news that we’ll soon be able to pick up the full version of the track.
It’s four and a half minutes of pure Com Truise. Retro futuristic waves of vintage synth sounds. An electronic soundtrack to a dark future melded with shuffling urban rhythms and twisting keys. With one foot in 80s Sci-Fi soundtracks and the other in old school Hip Hop, Truise crafts blissful synthetic soundscapes with an underlying funk. Frankly, all music could sound like this and we’d be pretty happy about it.
♫ Com Truise – Subsonic
Com Truise’ Wave 1 EP is released 18th February 2014.
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