The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty = Where would we be without our monthly infusion of Disco, House and ElectroPop from Mr. Fasano? A Lot worse off that’s where…and probably Dead. Good thing he keeps the awesome tunes coming then.
♫ The Magician – Magic Tape Twenty
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Yesterday saw the release of Binary’s newest family member, Lancelot,’s début EP, ‘We Can Dance’. It may only be February, but one listen to this EP and you’ll have the shades and shorts on in no time, it’s summer Disco gold.
We’ve already covered the first track on the EP, ‘Spoken Word’, a slick Disco-House tune with some amazing melodies and flourishes that still make it a stand out track. The EP’s lead tune is the titular ‘We Can Dance’, is more retro synth Funk led Disco but with a nice vocal twist. The twist being that is has vocals. The vocal element almost turn this track into a Nu-Disco anthem, if such a thing is possible. It;s definitely a good choice to lead the EP with, this track could have people singing all summer. Remixes of ‘We Can Dance’ are supplied by, amongst others, Binary boys, Fabian and Goldroom, two of our favourite producers around. Goldroom’s mix is deep and slick. A visceral groove with a Tropical sheen and an infectious lead line. Fabian takes things to a more robotic Disco place, his mastery of multi-layered Electro and eclectic influences shining through. that’s not all that’s on the EP, there’s more originals and more reMixes, it’s definitely worth checking out.
♫ Lancelot – Spoken Word
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance (Goldroom reMix)
♫ Lancelot – We Can Dance (Fabian reMix)
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Here’s another reMix of Ladyhawke’s first single from her forthcoming sophomore album ‘Anxiety’, ‘Black, White And Blue’. This time it’s Nile Delta stepping up to the plate to drop a deep electronic Acid Disco groove.
There’s a real old school Chicago feel to Nile Delta’s version. 909 rimshots and burbling Acid lines are the order of the day here, which work surprisingly (and I do mean surprisingly) well with Pips vocals. The whole thing sounds slightly more detached than before, but in a dark, strobe fuelled, club kinda’ way. Both alienating and involving. It’s my favourite mix of this track so far.
♫ Ladyhawke – Black, White And Blue (Nile Delta reMix)
‘Black, White And Blue’ is out now on Modular Recordings.
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French Disco DJ Matt Mendez dropped his first artist EP this week for free on his SoundCloud page, and it’s an impressive début.
‘Square’ is a groove laden dancefloor rocker. Smooth and funky the track also hides a more futuristic side with Acid burbling and machine beats amongst the Disco good times. He’s roped in some impressive talent for remix duties, for a free EP, too. Tknik drop my favourite of the mixes with a massive slice of Robo Funk, while The Phantom’s Revenge and Le Crayon both bring their best Nu-Disco game to the table with their versions. Daxman and Q.G. mixes complete the package. For a free EP, and a début, this is impressive stuff that will fuel your weekend.
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Original Mix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Tknik reMix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (Le Crayon reMix)
♫ Matt Mendez – Square (The Phantom’s Revenge reMix)
‘Square’ is out now and the whole package can be downloaded from Matt Mandez’s SoundCloud.
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Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 004 = This months fresh picks from Boombar Music’s head honcho. A nice mix of new and not-so-new big synth hits grace this hour of top tunes.
♫ Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 004
The tracklist:
01. Madonna – Get Together (Monsieur Adi reMix)
02. Komytea – Algebra
03. Chromeo – Hot Mess (Oliver reMix)
04. Answer42 – Clorofilla
05. Chris Reece – Headonism
06. Timur Shafiev – Be Aware
07. Michael Cassette – Crockett’s Theme
08. Komytea – Simplexity
09. Deadmau5 & Chris Lake – I Said (Michael Woods reMix)
10. Coldplay – Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix)
11. Tate Diamond featuring Nicolai – Electrified (Mat Zo Dub Mix)
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I’m so into Lenno right now, i dropped two of his mixes last Friday at the ‘electronic rumors Volume 1′ launch party and the totally rocked the dancefloor.
He’s got such a gift for creating these massive, big room Disco tunes that just build and build. We’ve already heard Starsmith’s take on the new Neon Gold Records release from St. Lucia , ‘We Got It Wrong’. The Finnish relative newcomer takes more established producers to school with this absolutely huge chunk of Nu-Disco. It’s got that, now recognisable, Lenno ‘sound’, the choppy, bright synths playing against the Funk bass. It looks like it;s going to be Lenno’s year.
♫ St. Lucia – We Got It Wrong (Lenno reMix)
The ‘We Got It Wrong’ 12” is released 14th February as a pre-cursor to March’s EP.
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Taken from his fantastic album of last year, ‘Chains Of Love’ is Shelby Grey’s new single, released next Monday (the day for awesome releases!!!) by ‘the ever-awesome Holographic People’.
‘Chains Of Love’ is the amazing Balearic Acid Space Disco musical journey that graced the ‘The Music Is On His Side’ album and one of the tracks that made that record uncategorizable. This is a track with a Mediterranean beach vibe that works perfectly in synth with Acid burbling. Both relaxing and exciting ‘Chains Of Love’ is one of those tracks that shows off what a talent Shelby Grey is. The reMix package come loaded with fine work, chief amongst them is Clancy’s standout take on the track, bringing his Disco fuelled Dreamwave flavour to the single. With an absolutely massive Italo bassline, Clancy completely commands the track, letting waves and waves of lush retro synth wash over it. Vicknoise take a different approach, with a hypnotic slow building track who’s machine like order belies an optimistic soul.
♫ Shelby Grey (Feat. Wallace & Guzman) – Chains of Love
♫ Shelby Grey (Feat. Wallace & Guzman) – Chains of Love (Clancy Rework)
♫ Shelby Grey (Feat. Wallace & Guzman) – Chains of Love Vicknoise reMix)
‘Chains Of Love’ is released Monday and also features a reMix from Hal Incandenza, the new alter ego of Henry Saiz.
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MiGHty mOUse – February 2012 Mixtape = When that time of the moths for MiGHty mOUse’s current favourite tunes rolls around it always creates a feel good vibe. Get ready for an hour of Disco goodness.
♫ MiGHty mOUse – February 2012 Mixtape
The tracklist:
01. Friendly Fires – Hurting (C2 Runway Edit)
02. Krazy Baldhead – Surabaya Girl (Tropics reMix)
03. Novikis – Miss Mood (Satin Jackets reMix)
04. Pitchben – Stand Up (Original Mix)
05. New York Skyy – No Music
06. Kreap – DJ Play This Song For Me (Tad Wilys Warehouse Mix)
07. Who Made Who – Inside World (Daniel Maloso Remix)
08. Yan Wagner – Turmoil (Original Mix)
09. Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub)
10. Carry On, Turn Me On (12″ Mix)
11. Kriece – Advanced Flight Engine (Original Mix)
12. Chris Malinchak – At Night (Original Mix)
As a taste of their forthcoming , and eagerly awaited ‘Disco Circus 3’, the Mouse is giving away a new Dub of ‘Smiling Faces’ that appears on the new record. It;s a track aimed squarely at the dancefloor, every element (and there’s a lot of elements!) is just make-the-floor-move material, but then again, that’s what ‘Disco Circus’ is all about.
♫ MiGHty mOUse – Smiling Faces (Unreleased Dub)
The third instalment of MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Disco Circus’ series will be released 10th March featuring the likes of The Magician, Gigamesh and Oliver.
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Blackstrobe main man Arnaud Rebotini is one of our favourite producers, there’s no-one quite like him for teasing hard Disco out of vintage analog synths. In his latest reMix, of Rafale’s ‘Beyond Bad’, he takes the ’hard’ one step further with a tune that is borderline EBM.
Taken from Rafale’s free ‘Obsessions reMixes’ collection, this mix sees Arnaud channelling old school Nitzer Ebb with the dirty, militaristic, bassline, coarse synths and industrial percussion. Last year’s original ‘Obsessions’ album was produced by Robitini himself and it feels like here, he allowed himself to play around more and get a bit more aggressive. Now if only modern EBM sounded like this…
♫ Rafale – Beyond Bad (Arnaud Rebotini reMix)
Rafale’s ‘Obsessions reMixes’ is out now, and free! Get it here.
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In March, one of out favourite musicians (note, I said musician, not producer!) Keenhouse is back with a new EP, ‘Better Days’.
The new record is four tracks of Keenhouse’s freeform Disco that, once again, perfectly display Ken’s exceptional talent both as in instrumentalist and an arranger. The last few years have seen Keenhouse move more and more into an almost Jazz take on Nu-Disco and ‘Better Days’ is no exception. It’s a melting pot of ideas, effortlessly shifting from style to style, from riff to riff, everything held in place with a deep disco groove. the second part of ‘Better Days’ is a more raw House track that owes a lot to Chicago House and Beep House of the late ‘80’s/early ‘90’s, it’s got that mixture of robots beats and a raw experimentalism that could have seen it released in the early days of Warp Records.
♫ Keenhouse – Better Days (1)
‘Better Days’ is released 5th March on Beatport and 12th March worldwide.
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