Tag Archives: House

Apr 5 2013

[Audio] Ali Jaimeson’s ‘Pending’

 

Ali Jaimeson

Ali Jamieson is getting set to present his new EP to the world. Having been snapped up by Keenhouse’s Sunlinxx imprint, Jaimeson is soon to release his first offering for them, Pending is due out later this month and it;s left-field jazzy Disco is a good fit for the label. Ali’s kinda’ been a slow burning surprise to everyone, better known has Heavy disco label boss and La Bombe PR guru, he;s been quietly developing his sound as a producer, releasing EPs to little fanfare and subtly ended up one of the most interesting producers working today, this new single proves that.

The release’s lead track, Pending, is a luscious mix of gritty Disco and smooth Acid Jazz. Complimented by a heavy synthetic bassline, the track counterpoints dirty, distorted synths with a laid back, vintage, electric piano line. An ecclectic mix of shuffling machine beats and funk fuelled riffs, Pending is both pleasing to the ear and infectiously groovy. It’s B-Side, In Light Of, takes a more chilled approach. But don;t let that put you off, it’s Sci-Fi LA-Funk-from-the-future style chilled. With a touch of Chicago about it, if DâM-FunK made House records in space they would sound like this. As the track progresses it become more involved, as Ali plays with more levels of melody and intricacy while keeping it, at all times, smooth as hell. French Disco master Douze’ provides a reMix of Pending, bringing his brand of huge Nu-Disco to the track, while respecting the originals flow with a bass heavy groove and moody chords. This is an excellent release from Mr. Jaimeson which is gonna’ make a lot of people sit up and take notice.

♫ Ali Jamieson – Pending

♫ Ali Jamieson – In Light Of

♫ Ali Jamieson – Pending (Douze reMix)

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Apr 5 2013

[Audio] Grum’s ‘Everytime’

 

Grum

I swear people don’t get Grum, or at least choose to forget about everything he’s released since Can’t Shake This Feeling. Sure, he made some of the best Dreamwavey-Disco around, but if I hear another person talking about Grum being Disco my head is going to explode. Grum is a talented producer who has never needed to restrict himself to tight niches. For the last year or so he’s been a Euphoric Trance artist, with everyone seemingly to be trying to pretend he wasn’t, and now he’s turned his considerable skills to that rich point in the early 90s in the UK when House was morphing into Rave, in a post-Bleep House world, and captures that freshness, that excitement, in his new tune, Everytime.

So what we have here with Everytime, is a rolling British House beat and intoxicating proto-Rave synth lines. This is a 4am warehouse tune. In a way it’s a kind of UK response to the waves of late 80s/early 90s Chicago House-a-likes currently flooding the dance scene, and as you can hear from the radio rip, Annie Mac’s “really really feeling” it too. Whilst still pretty House oriented, Grum fans who refuse to move on might feel more at home with this new reMix the man has also dropped. It’s for Liverpudlian act Cahill’s Fell The Love. A big piano House monster that’s a bit more MTV than Everytime. Both new tracks are most welcome here, Grum’s been away far too long.

♫ Grum – Everytime (Radio Rip)

♫ Cahill – Feel The Love (Grum reMix)

Grum’s Everytime is released soon, with a bunch of reMixes.

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Mar 29 2013

[MP3] Tippy Toes reMixes Little Daylight

 

Little Daylight

Here we have Tippy Toes reMixing Little Daylight. Which, despite sounding like an explosion in a My Little Pony factory, is actually a deeply groove slice of New York Disco. Tippy Toes are an up and coming duo who met at DFA’s studio when one was a sound engineer and the other way laying keyboard tracks for LCD Soundsystem, having been jamming for a while, they getting ready to unleash their sounds on the world.

They’ve released a reMix of fellow New York Indie-Electro outfit Little Daylight’s Overdose. Stripping most of the vocals from the abrasive and haunting original, Tippy Toes layers snatches of half-heard voices over a think synth bass and shuffling drums.and some Dubby Disco sounds. Even including a little Acid flair in the track, Tippy Toes have delivered a well rounded slice of spacey House with that gritty New York Disco groove that only comes from one place.

♫ Little Daylight – Overdose (Tippy Toes reMix)

Little Daylight’s Overdose is out now.

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Mar 29 2013

[Mixtape] Walter Sobcek’s ‘Instants Veloutés’

 

Walter Sobcek

Walter Sobcek – Instants Veloutés: An April Mixtape = Walter Sobcek’s latest mixtape is the perfect set-up for your Friday night. Taking a ecclectic, wide spread of Disco, House and Dreamwave these guys deliver a deep, and sometimes surprising, collection of tracks to get you in the mood for your weekend. There’s even some Shiny You Guns in there!

♫ Walter Sobcek – Instants Veloutés: An April Mixtape

The tracklist
01. D-Pulse – Velocity Of Love
02. Change – Change Of Heart
03. Bicep – Love Comedown
04. Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen (Oxford reMix)
05. Fox The Fox – Precious Little Diamond
06. Erkka – Excommunication
07. Moon Boots – No One
08. Jim Capaldi – That’s Love
09. Fleetwood Mac – Rihannon (Baron Von Luxxury Dreams Unwinding reMix)
10. Shiny Toy Guns – Fading Listening
11. Janet Jackson – Rock With U (Ghosts Of Venice Rework)
12. Walter Sobcek – Je Me Souviens (TBS reMix)

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Mar 28 2013

[Video] Kris Menace’s ‘Voodoo Dilate (Samo)’

 

Kris Menace

Voodoo Dilate (Samo) is the new single from German Disco producer Kris Menace. Coming from his album Features, a collection of collaborations, the track features Chelonis R. Jones and sees Menace takeing a darker House routes with his music.

Directed by Meeto Worre Kronborg Grevsen, the clip features dancer Nicklas Milling Pedersen A.K.A. Nicklas ‘The Nerd’ as an anonymous shadow.

Voodoo Dilate (Samo) is taken from Kris Menace’s collaborations album, Features, out now.

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Mar 27 2013

[Audio] L’Equipe Du Son’s ‘Transmissions’

 

L’Equipe Du Son

It’s been about a year since the release of Dutch SynthWave and Nu-disco producer L’Equipe Du Son released his début album, Supersonic. We’ve been writing about this guy for a while now and eagerly awaiting his second full length offering. Transmissions, his sophomore record sees L’Equipe Du Son taking a slightly harder route, injecting his laid back Boogie with some tough Electro elements and influences as wide ranging as Acid and House.

There’s nothing on Transmissions as overtly retro as Playground Rebels, instead we find fifteen tracks of synthesizer Funk with gritty dancefloor edge. The album is interspersed with skits and interludes that create a nice cohesion to the collection, but from the first proper track, Transmission 1 Le Rocker, with it’s cut-up Disco and grinding synth leads you get a sense of what you’re in for. Taking the rough Dirty Disco leads to an Acidic extreme whist keeping a huge French Touch groove going. This is swiftly followed by Supermarche, wich sees L’Equipe Du Son’s SynthWave roots shine though with warbling basslines, stabbing vintage chords and electro tom rolls. L’Equipe Du Son the proceeds to hit you with all the colours of the dance music rainbow. C’Est L’Equipe Son! is fairly standard Nu-disco, Beauty Is The Light delivers full-on Chicago House and Lesson 2 swings back to an explicit filtered house groove. But it’s when L’Equipe Du Son strays from the standard Disco path that this album rally shines. Little Maniacs is a gruff Disco tune with more than a spoonful of Industrial Techno while Love Connection is the albums concession to pure SynthWave, a rolling synthesizer epic, providing the album with some much needed soloing. The album closes on Transmission 2 Snowballing and Falling Down, two tracks that send off the record by returning it to it’s hard hitting beginnings as the synths get turned up to eleven for the finale. Transmissions is a solid release, a bit of a departure from the urban Boogie of Supersonic maybe, but storming enough for any dancefloor.

♫ L’Equipe Du Son – Supermarche

♫ L’Equipe Du Son – Little Maniacs

♫ L’Equipe Du Son – Transmission 1 Le Rocker

♫ L’Equipe Du Son – Love Connection

L’Equipe Du Son Transmissions is released this week on Silhouette Music.

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Mar 26 2013

[Video] Chris Malinchak’s ‘So Good To Me’

 

Chris Malinchak

Here’s the video for New Yorker Chris Malinchak’s dreamy new single, So Good To Me. Already Pete Tong’s ‘Essential New Tune’, this summer slice of electronic haze looks poised to do big things.

The video was premièred at the weekend by Ministry Of Sound TV and presents a youthful innocence that fits the track well. And Giraffes.

Chris Malinchak’s So Good To Me is released 5th May.

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Mar 26 2013

[MP3] Neon Workout’s ‘Discotheque’

 

Neon Workout

Here’s the new one from Sweedish Electro producer Neon Workout. he’s been pretty prolific in the last few months with a string of reMixes and originals. His latest, Discotheque, is a free download and the prefect piece of robotic Disco. This is what Cybermen get down to.

Pounding drums, punchy synths and a rolling Italo bassline all slot in place, but the track has more to offer than that. Interesting little live sounding fills and a robo’d up sample give the tune a quirky edge, injecting a little fun into a hard hitting dance track. Littered with dancefloor pleasing drops, and 80s references, Discotheque is one for the peak of dancing.

♫ Neon Workout – Discotheque

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Mar 25 2013

[Video] Rex The Dog’s ‘Do You Feel What I Feel?’

 

Rex The Dog

After what feels like an age waiting, the awesome Rex The Dog is back with a brand new single set to drop in May. Do You Feel What I Feel? features the vocals of Jamie McDermott and hard hitting slab of Italo goodness with a 80s SynthPop twist.

The video is directed by, and starring, performer and director Scottee, who soups up some start, striking visuals for the track.

Rex The Dog’s Do You Feel What I Feel? is released 6th May on Southern Fried with a preceding vinyl release limited to 300 pieces including a Tiger & Woods reMix and a new track, Bonn.

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Mar 25 2013

[Mixtape] Le Youth’s new mixtape

 

Le Youth

Le Youth – Solé Fixtape Vol. 9 = Some smooth summer vibes now from LA Disco producer Le Youth and another tape from those bike people. I’m not sure if mixtapes and bikes go together particularly week, it’s starting to look like cheep advertising, but Le Youth’s tape rocks, just the thing to warm you up this winter, complete with tape flips too!

♫ Le Youth – Solé Fixtape Vol. 9

The tracklist:
01. Fabolous (Feat. Tamia) – So Into You
02. Perseus – Russian Girlfriends
03. Moon Boots – Got Somebody
04. Lil’ Flip – Sunshine
05. Le Youth – C O O L (Le Youth Rock The Boat Edit)
06. Chris Malinchak – Beside Me
07. Avant – Reaction
08. Air Zaïre – Play
09. Jade – Every Day Of The Week (Finnebassen Remake)
10. Mase – All I Ever Wanted + Flip Tape
11. R.Kelly (Feat. Keri Hilson) – Number One Sex
12. Rotkraft – To Love You (Vancington reMix) (Le Youth Edit)
13. Behling & Simpson – Politics
14. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name (Cyril Hahn reMix)

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