Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:
First up, one of our favourite bands of all time, Cabaret Voltaire with 1985’s Big Funk
From 1987, first wave of UK House from T-Coy’s Cariño.
Some proto-space Disco, SynthPop Funk, from Fashion’s 1981 hit Move On.
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Good morning Electro fans!
As a aside this morning I’m asking my readers for a quick favour.
A good friend of mine is working on the marketing module of her fashion degree at university.
As part of this she needs to get some market research done, so if our female readers could take two minutes to fill in this little survey for her we would be pretty grateful and post some shit hot music this afternoon!
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Thanks guys!
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
Each month Topman pick a current, exiting, UK band to become Topman CTRL Controllers, giving them a chance to share some of their inspirations and current raves on the Topman CTRL site, their month culminating in a headlining gig with a line up hand picked by the band. After Filthy Dukes successful run as Controllers last month Topman have made the incredibly smart move of handing the reigns over to New Young Pony Club.
Here at electronic rumours we’ve managed to get our hands on an exclusive Topman T-shirt designed by New Young Pony Club as they take the helm of the Topman CTRL site http://www.myspace.com/topmanctrl in February.
New Young Pony Club will also headline the next CTRL Live gig taking place at Bungalows & Bears, Sheffield on 25th February. Completing the bill are Mercury Music Prize nominated The Invisible, art-rockers The Laurel Collective and sets from DJ duos Run Hide Survive and Children For Breakfast. Curated by the Controllers New Young Pony Club, the night showcases their predictions for the hottest emerging acts on their radar.
For tickets check out http://www.myspace.com/topmanctrl
To get your hands on this limited edition T-shirt simply follow us (electronicrumor) on Twitter, then copy, paste and tweet the following:
Man, I could do with winning a limited edition, New Young Pony Club designed, T-Shirt! @electronicrumor @topmanctrl @nyponyclub
Easy as pie! Everyone who Tweets will have their name, quite literally, put in a hat and the winner will be notified via Twitter. We’ll keep things going until Friday 19th February, so you’ve got just under two weeks to get on it!
New Young Pony Club’s forthcoming album ‘The Optimist’, released 8th March.
New Young Pony Club @ Beatport
New Young Pony Club @ 7Digital
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