May 29 2013

[Audio] Cyclist reMixes Andrew Clarke

Acid funk gospel vibes in the house right now as we check out Torontonian Disco don Cyclist’s latest work. It’s a reMix of British groover Andrew Clarke’s current single, Under The Sun, out now on SoulDeep Inc. Records. So stand by for some classic House reference points and big vocals.

The reMix is a massive departure from the synthetic boogie of the original. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the massive dose of vintage gospel vocals came with the track, but they are all Cyclist’s input. The vocal’s come courtesy of Aretha Franklin’s Never Grow Old, and Cyclist weaves them in and out of the track. Integrating them into a steadily rising, squelchy electronic House tune that builds and builds both in intensity and with the vocals into a dirty synth and piano groove explosion.

♫ Andrew Clarke – Under The Sun (Cyclist Gospel reMix)

Andrew Clarke’s Under The Sun is out now.

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May 29 2013

[Audio] Figure Of 8’s new EP

Belfast’s finest son, Figure Of 8, has just released a brand new EP. Not only is it the mans first proper release since last year’s acclaimed Bittersweet, but the EP also has the honour of being the inaugural release on Figure Of 8’s newly launched record label, DreamQuest. Promoting some of the best electronic music from Ireland, it;s only fitting that the 001 accolade goes to it’s founder.

The Regenerate EP delivers four tracks of spacey dance music. Figure Of 8’s tunes always have a timeless, genre-less quality to the. With one foot in Disco and the other in House, the rest of Figure Of 8 mills around in places like Acid and Dub. Being Figure Of 8’s first EP, rather than a single, you get a nice scope of styles held within. From the opener, Something In The Trees, with it’s ringing Balearic Minimal groove and warehouse bassline to the Cosmic Italo meets Chicago Beats stylings of The Shining Path the EP wraps the listener in deep electronic soundscapes and shuffling retro rhythms. The moody, pulsating ElectroPop of the Our Krypton Son featuring Fountain Of Youth is one of the EPs highlights, drifting out of the speakers like synthetic smoke. Intricate in it’s crafting, it’s a track that illuminates a new element with every listen. Playing out with the Dubby Garage vibes of Never To Be Seen Again, the Regenerate EP is something that any fan of classic dance music, or electronic music in general should be looking into.

♫ Figure Of 8 – Something In The Trees

♫ Figure Of 8 (Feat.Our Krypton Son) – Fountain Of Youth

♫ Figure Of 8 – The Shining Path

Figure Of 8’s Regenerate EP is out now, you can pick it up here.

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May 23 2013

[Audio] Airbird & Napolian

Some laid back and hazy LA Funk flavoured Chillwave right now courtesy of the awesome Cascine. This time the noise comes from a collaboration between the Ford from Ford & Lopatin, Joel Ford henceforth known as Airbird and Ian Evans A.K.A. Napolian and their début single together, the double A-Side In The Zone/Special, out now.

In The Zone features vocals from labelmate, Miss Erika Spring, ex-of Au Revoir Simone, and neatly blends a little Disco, a little R&B, a little SynthWave and a little Indie in a big ol’ cooking pot which they simmer over a Chilly-Funk fire. Erika’s hazy vocal flows with the tracks eddies, occasionally bubbling to the surface. The chanteuse’s dreamy wisps of vocal smoke find their way in the nooks and crannies of Airbird & Napolian’s slapping basslines and compelling synths. The B-Side, Special, warps up Airbird & Napolian’s sound with a little retro 80s flavour and a generous helping of House pump and dirty Funk. Working a filtered French Touch groove, these guys makes something ecclectic sound totally dancefloor.

♫ Airbird & Napolian (Feat. Erika Spring) – In The Zone

♫ Airbird & Napolian – Special

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May 22 2013

[Audio] Tesla Boy’s ‘The Universe Made Of Darkness’ (+ new single featuring Tyson)

Russian ElectroPoppers Tesla Boy’s début album, Modern Thrills, is one of our favourite albums of all time. Back in 2009 the totally nail everything that was so good about the burgeoning Dreamwave and post-Dreamwave Nu-Disco scenes and wrapped all that smooth LA funk and 80s soundtrack epicness with Pop sensibilities and incredibly catchy songs. Their sophomore full length release, The Universe Made Of Darkness, out this week, has been on rotation here for the past couple of weeks after a first few nervous listens. This album has so much to live up to, so many expectations, we just didn’t know if it would deliver.

It does. In abundance. Tesla Boy’s sound had only matured on this release, there’s a greater width of influences and more attention to detail. The Russian’s have managed to release an album that sounds quite a bit different to their premier record, but still unmistakably Tesla Boy. The album still retains the cool Disco vibe, the epic songs, but has a larger scope, and a bigger sound. Kicking of with Dream Machine, a smooth piece of arena SynthPop that weaves a proggy vibe into it’s 80s LA funk, the album soon launces into Tesla Boy’s most recent single, the energetic, anthemic, M.C.H.T.E. before bringing the groove right back on Invisible. Invisible is a laid back, but powerful, track that mixes a poolside feel with huge grinding synths and is indicative of Tesla Boy retaining their cool boogie, but making it so much more expansive. Up next is Broken Doll, which features the awesome Tyson. The perfect cool, dirty Disco tune that makes a brilliant platform for Tesla Boy’s Anton, and Tyson, two ElectroPop heavyweights to duet. Wicked Disco licks and slab bass rub shoulders with gritty synths and a relentless mid-tempo pounding. Broken Doll will be the bands next single. Previous single Split is up next, with a little old school Tesla Boy nostalgia, as with another (quite) old single Fantasy that follows. Saturn is the first of a couple of musical interludes, a beautiful and haunting 80s soundtrack-esque piece with a slight oriental feel and a surprising highlight of The Universe Made Of Darkness. Undetected is a bass heavy Nu-Disco bouncer that blends a little 80s UK Pop into the thick, warbling slo-mo funk that is complimented by the shimmering keys and hazy 80s Soul of Start. After the abstract bass House interlude of Something Deep, we are hit with Paraffin, which features Fritz from Azari & III. Paraffin is full on RoboPop Disco, an energetic, kinetic, but ultimately slick meeting of Chicago House and Dreamwave where everyone’s a winner. Which leaves the album to play out on the full-on early 90s DancePop of the single 1991. So there it is. The Universe Made Of Darkness was one of, if not the, most anticipated album of the years for us, and we are so relieved to say, it’s awesome.

♫ Tesla Boy – M.C.H.T.E.

♫ Tesla Boy (Feat.Tyson) – Broken Doll

♫ Tesla Boy – Stars

♫ Tesla Boy – 1991

♫ Tesla Boy (Feat. Fritz Helder from Azari & III) – Parrafin

Tesla Boy’s new album The Universe Made Of Darkness, is out now. The Broken Doll single is out soon.

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May 22 2013

[MP3] Say Lou Lou’s ‘Julian’; free reMixes

Australian/Swedish Say Lou Lou duo are currently riding the wave of success with their current single Julian. In order to commemorate the critically acclaimed track, the girls are giving away a free reMix bundle featruing some choice cuts from some interesting artists. Here’s out favourite two.

Australian Nu-Disco Lancelot producer can always be counted on to deliver the goods, and with his take on Julian he’s gone off in a deep, almost Bleep, House direction and totally nails the sound. Pulsating subsonic basses and warm filtered organs swirl around the track. A lavish palette of rounded sounds fill every corner of the mix, spellbinding warehouse grooves and seedy beats create an air of danger and mystery that allows the girls vocal to take on a new, moody, aspect. The Bleep House riff is pretty killer too. Newcomers The Chainsmokers, in contrast, bring the full on, uplifting, dance-party sheen which teeters on the edge of cheesy when compared to Lancelot’s mix, but you can’t help but smile to this one. Those two aren’t all that included in the free bundle, you can download the whole thing here.

♫ Say Lou Lou – Julian (Lancelot reMix)

♫ Say Lou Lou – Julian (The Chainsmokers reMix)

Say Lou Lou’s Julian is out now. You can download the whole reMix package for free here.

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May 22 2013

[Video] Goin’ Old School: Bomb The Bass, The Art Of Noise & Koo De Tah

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

today we’re kicking off with Bomb The Bass’ raucous Hip-House monster Megablast from 1988 .

Here’s The Art Of Noise’s haunting, yet Industrial, Moments In Love from 1985.

Finally funkin’ out with Tina Cross’ Koo De Tah’s hit Body Talk, again from 1985.

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May 22 2013

[Audio] Bronson’s ‘Diamonds’

Straight outta’ Athens, Greece comes Bronson, a new duo made up of Poka and Etal, who you may remember proving one of the many reMixes of Kris Menace’s We Are a while back. The twosome have had their début release snapped up by Belgium’s Smile Recordings and released this week. Their premiere release, Diamonds, holds an extended original and three reMixes, each with a distinct House flavour. Time to dig deeper.

Diamonds oozes smoothness. Undulating and enigmatic, it rolls on a Deep House bassline and timeless piano hook. Eschewing melody in favour of a hypnotic vocal hook and bass reliant groove, Bronson create something with both Housey and Dubby vibes. Which is exactly what you want at 3am in a warehouse somewhere. This ones purely for the dancefloor. Alongside reMixes from Rick Shiver and Supreems sit’s a beast of a reMix from A.N.D.Y.. A.N.D.Y.‘s House Re-Work lives up to it’s moniker as he takes the track to new places, twisting and turning it around a solid House beat. Elevating the piano hook to proper melodic places and complimenting it with a rich string section A.N.D.Y. creates a little slice of dancefloor euphoria. Definitely a reMix package for late nights, four tracks of moody, intoxicating House.

♫ Bronson – Diamonds (Extended)

♫ Bronson – Diamonds (A.N.D.Y. House Re-Work)

Bronson’s Diamonds is out now.

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May 21 2013

[Audio] Jesse Oliver’s ‘Purified’ EP

Here’s something a bit special from Finnish artist Jesse Oliver of, one of our favourite production duos, Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver, fame. Just released on On The Fruit Records is his solo Purified EP. This is a release that’s a little more personal, a little more experimental in it’s approach, and a little more conceptual that what we might expect from this guy, but the results speak for themselves.

The three tracks on the Purified EP haven’t been near a computer in their production. this is all analog or hardware synths, hardware sequenced and recorded to tape these tracks haven;t even been through modern mastering techniques. This is something Jesse has been wanting to try for a long time now and the results are meticulously crafted little gems. The EP kicks off with Red Door, a driving slice of Italo with a tiny Balearic sunrise flavour. Quite SynthWave in it’s angle, all urgent arpeggios and big tom rolls, yet also folding in Oliver’s big room know-how, 2211 mixes up dark future synths and B-boy beats to create a growling synth backing for some seriously nostalgic 80s hook and chimes to dance around the track. With a lush breakdown and and emotional resonance, this might just be the EP’s highlight. Which leaves the title track, a cosmic synth epic that 50% night drive and 50% galactic voyage that leaves you wanting more. Could these tracks have done with a little mastering. Possibly, but that doesn’t really detract for a collection of badass synthesizer workouts. How they’d sound in a club we can’t comment on, but they sounded pretty good in our speakers.

♫ Jesse Oliver – Purified

♫ Jesse Oliver – 2211

♫ Jesse Oliver – Red Door

Jesse Oliver’s Purified EP is out now.

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May 20 2013

[Audio] Lindstrøm reMixed by Charli XCX & Twin Idol

In return for Norwegian Cosmic genius Lindstrøm reMixing here current single, You (Ha Ha Ha), ElectroPop princess Charli XCX has teamed up with Twin Idol to drop a radical reworking of Lindstrøm’s Fāār-I-Kāāl. And when we say ‘radical reworking’, we really mean it, Fāār-I-Kāāl, is I’m sure you remember is a bright, optimistic slab of funky galactic Disco. This is a bass heavy ElectroPop haze.

So what we have here is an R&B flavoured Bass track with and ElectroPop vibe. Charli lays down some vocals which the original track was missing and wraps the track in swirls of hazy synths and chimes. Big warping bass sounds jostle for space with haunting melodies as Charli and Twin Idol create a mood both of mystery and for dancing. Let’s face it, it’s pretty much a different song, but a pretty compelling one though.

♫ Lindstrøm – Fāār-I-Kāāl (Charli XCX Vs. Twin Idol reMix)

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May 17 2013

[Mixtape] Walter Sobcek’s May tape

Walter Sobcek – ‘So Ouate’ A May Tape = Walter Sobcek’s tape this month delivers some seriously blissful Disco sounds, prefect now the days, and nights, are getting a little warmer.

♫ Walter Sobcek – ‘So Ouate’ A May Tape

The tracklist:
01. Leblanc & Carr – How Does It Feel
02. Breakbot (Feat. Irfane) – A Mile Away
03. Ambrosia – You’re The Only Woman
04. Poolside – Do You Believe?
05. Michael Jackson – Remember The Time (Louis La Roché reMix)
06. David Sanborn – Let’s Just Say Goodbye
07. Lee Ritenour – Countdown
08. Nile Rodgers – Yum Yum
09. Fleetwood Mac – Dreams (Walter Sobcek reMix)
10. Bobby Womack – California Dreaming (A-Maze Winter Edit)
11. Chic – Hangin’
12. Marcus Marr – The Music
13. Touch & Go – Gotta Have U
14. Calvin Harris (Feat. Ellie Goulding) – I Need Your Love (Louis La Roché reMix)
15. Final DJs (Feat. Gin Joints) – City Lights
16. Nora En Pure – Come With Me

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