Mar 13 2013

[Video] Westbam & Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs’ ‘You Need The Drugs’

This is the video for German techno legend Westbam’s new single. featuring the vocals of Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs fame. You Need The Drugs is a moody and beautiful electronic soundscape, driven by metronome military beats, toped with Butler’s impassioned lament.

The video is actually part of a documentary being but together by Joerg Hoppe. Titled B-Movie, the film will portray West Berlin in the 80s using found footage from the period and our friend Mark Reeder’s point-of-view, that of a Brit living in cold war Berlin.

You Need The Drugs is taken from Westbam’s forthoming new album God’s Road, with features more collaboration with the likes of New Order’s Bernard Sumner, Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers and Iggy Pop.

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Mar 13 2013

[MP3] Kash reMixes Cassie

Here’s an interesting little oddity that really grows on you.London based ElectroPop singer/songwriter Kash, who you may remember from Viceroy’s reMix of his track Long Way From Home, was basically mucking around with a track, injected the vocal from Cassie’s Me & U and came up with some serious deep warehouse brilliance. Sometimes happy accidents do happen, like that time we redesigned electronic rumors on a whim and it turned out alright.

It’s a hypnotic tune, and by hypnotic we don’t mean repetitive, more like entrancing. All low kicks and enigmatic keys, the reMix is perfectly formed to loose yourself in, in some dingy, dark club. Saying Cassie’s voice is pitched down doesn’t quite do them justice. A better explanation would be to say Kash has transformed her vocals in to some kind of House flavoured Gregorian chant, that weave in and out of his smokey backing track. If you get into this track, just be sure you can get out again.

♫ Cassie – Me & U (Kash reMix)

Kash’s Playing The Fool single is out now.

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Mar 12 2013

[Video] Compuphonic’s ‘Sunset’

We featured Compuphonic’s Marques Toliver featuring Sunset and it’s reMixes early last month it’s a really nice tune and a solid reMix package. The track’s now got itself the cutest video too.

Lisbon based film producers Salon Alpin have put together a painstakingly animated clip in which bookmarks can have fun too. We can’t help but wonder why Get Physical Music couldn’t have held off the release of the EP a month and used this beautiful video in the Sunset’s proper promotion, rather than unleashing it now, weeks after, which makes it feel a little like an afterthought. Which is a bit sad. Watch and enjoy though.

Compuphonic’s Sunset reMixes are out now..

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Mar 11 2013

[Release] Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi – Boy

Out today! This very morning! Is the new single from Canadian Chillwave future-star and Box Of Wolves and the London singer/songwriter who’s name is on everybody’s lips Christa Vi. electronic rumors’ latest release is one we can definitely be very proud of, these guys are insanely talented and exude an effortless cool. Here’s some of the press release, which as we have now established, is fine for me to copy & paste because I wrote the thing in the first place.

Combining Box Of Wolves’ hazy synthesizer DreamPop sound with Christa Vi’s smokey voice, as she delivers an emotional and relatable refrain, was a stroke of genius. Bringing together the worlds of nostalgic analog synth music and thoughtful IndiePop with fantastic results. With a lead track destined for the radio and reMixes that will be packing dancefloors in the coming months, ‘Boy’ is sure to be many music fans’ soundtrack to the summer. Backed with a storming, Funk fuelled, Nu-Disco reMix from Toronto’s Cyclist and an ethereal slow-House workout from Tongan producer Summer Occasion, the ‘Boy’ single offers a catchy soundtrack to any mood.

I’d get used to this one, you’re going to be hearing a lot more of it in the coming months.

♫ Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi – Boy (Single)

Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi’s Boy is out now on electronic rumors.

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Mar 11 2013

[Audio] Russ Chimes’ ‘Turn Me Out’

Out on Deconstruction soon is the new one from Mr. Russ Chimes. A new Chimes record sis, as you’ll know if you’re a long-time reader, is something we get pretty excited about ‘round these parts. I hate to use the phrase ‘flawless career’, but Daytona and before with stuff on his MySpace, he’s not released a duff track yet. Of course, I’ve just gone and jinxed it now. My bad.

The jinx doesn’t take effect just yet though, as Chimes’ latest tune, Turn Me Out, is a big House monster that, once again, proves why he’s the top of his game. It’s a track that nicely bridges the new Housemeister Russ Chimes with the old Dreamwave guru Russ Chimes, as a big diva vocal hook and warehouse bass play together with sparking arpeggios and atmospheric strings. Complimented with a nice, deep, northern, Synth bass and a hint of Tropical vibes, Turn Me Out has a little something for everyone on the dancefloor. Which is probably why Russ first made it to DJ with. I wonder if Chimes turned his attention to Heave Metal, if he would be better than everyone else at that too?

♫ Russ Chimes – Turn Me Out

Russ Chimes’ Turn Me Out is forthcoming on DeConstruction.

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Mar 11 2013

[Audio] Decibels’ ‘Ruza’, with Holmes Price and Tronik Youth reMixes

Next month, British Electro-Art-Poppers Decibels release their new single. Ruza is a follow-up to last year’s acclaimed The Lesser, which received a fir bit of coverage and airplay. Ruza builds of that success to deliver a confident sequel that’s sure to fine appreciation amongst Indie and Electro fans alike, and with Holmes Price, Tronik Youth and Skeleton Army stepping up for reMix duties, there’s something for everyone.

Ruza is an ecclectic tune. Reminiscent of Hot Chip at their most playful with Clock Opera as their backing band. A rowdy orchestra of rolling basslines and random percussion, all complimented with buzzing synths and rich pads. A listless vocal just adds to the breezy IndiePop feel, expect to be hearing this tune, a lot, over festival season. Holmes Price takes that airy groove and runs with it, whipping up a Tropical injection with a classic House core. If the original is a track for hot sunny days, this mix if for the nights that follow. Tronik Youth, on the other hand, take the track to a slightly grittier place with raw beats and riffs straight out of a grimy London warehouse. Joining them on the release is a classy House mix from Skeleton Army to complete a solid package. Look out for this one.

♫ Decibels – Ruza (Radio Edit)

♫ Decibels – Ruza (Holmes Price reMix)

♫ Decibels – Ruza (Tronik Youth Mix)

Decibels’ Ruza is released 15h April on Nein Records.

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Mar 8 2013

[MP3] Chaconne

This week new artist Chaconne stopped by the electronic rumors inbox to show off his tracks. We say new, he’s got stuff on SoundCloud dating back two years, but new to us at least. And we’re very glad he did, this Oxford based producer is turning out some of the beat late 80s Influenced SynthWave-with-a-House-and-Disco-swing we’ve heard in a while. It’s hard to know where to start with Chaconne, all of his tunes are top quality, be here’s a few of our standouts.

Heart To Heart is Chaconne’s latest work, and one of his best. Joining the dots between 80s Electric Soul and modern (retro) Disco and House. it’s like someone took a Five Star instrumental and re-edited it into a Nu-Disco floorfiller. Pure genius. Loaded with a bouncy FM bassline, slick 80s stabs and pulsating digital brass, alongside a solid groove and washed with modern production techniques, Chaconne really does modernise a classic sound. This results is something that sounds authentic, rather than ‘inspired by’. Totally a 12” extended mix! This Last Dance is more typical SynthWave. A beautiful, emotional synthesizer piece with an Italo flavour and all the musical narrative of the best 80s soundtrack work. Rich in densely layered synths, This Last Dance lifts you up and drops you down in all the right places, subtly carrying you along in it’s moods. Romance And Revolution was another standout, a powerful, driving slab of nostalgic energy. Punchy bass, big piano chords and some shuffling Tervor Horn-esque lead lines build and build toward the tracks crescendo, a swirling symphony of vintage sounds. This is what SynthWave is like when it;s done by people from the UK, a little less Miami Vice, a little more The Bill, and that’s Top Of The Pops perfect for us.

♫ Chaconne – Heart To Heart

♫ Chaconne – This Last Dance

♫ Chaconne – Romance And Revolution

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Mar 8 2013

[MP3] Rüfüs’ new single

Australian Indie-ElectroPoppers Rüfüs are back with out first taste of what to expect from their forthcoming début album. The trios new record will be titled Atlas and is due out later this year. Our glimpse of the futures comes in the form of new single Take Me. The single comes with a packed reMix package featuring Cassain and AdaptOrDie.

Take Me sees Rüfüs ever further going down a Tropical Pop route. Upbeat Island percussion and chiming synths envelope this gentle, but catchy tune. The prefect tune for lazy summer nights. Fellow Aussie Cassain Houses things up a ton with a dark growling bass and atmospheric keys made all the more epic with an occasional haunting piano hook. The original’s breezy vocals take on a new smokey quality in this mix. AdaptOrDie a new project with a strong pedigree. When you consist of half of The Swiss and Empire Of The Sun’s backing band you know things are going to be a bit special. Their take on the track is a deep warehouse tune, a nice mix of Chicago sounds and European club music heritage. It’s a really nice package you could do worse that invest in.

♫ Rüfüs – Take Me

♫ Rüfüs – Take Me (Cassian reMix)

♫ Rüfüs – Take Me (AdaptOrDie Rmx)

Rüfüs’ Take Me is released 8th March.

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Mar 8 2013

[MP3] Modern Machines’ ‘Trouble’

NYC’s Modern Machines return from a bout of touring with a storming new track. After a host of massive reMixes for the likes of The Knocks and CREEP the duo are set to deliver some killer original tunes, starting with Trouble.

Bringing to the forefront the Vera Hall sample that Moby rocked on Natural Blues, these guys take a completely different route with the vocals. Dropping them straight into an Electro Disco fire-pit of huge synth stabs, stomping beats and some madcap ChipTune wobbling. Big, uplifting hooks and a grinding bassline keep this track powering onward and destined straight for the big room.

♫ Modern Machines – Trouble (Radio Edit)

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Mar 8 2013

[Audio] Final DJs reMix Plane Shepard

Oh, Germany’s Final DJs always bring us the very best sweet sweet synthesizer music. This time they have been hand picked by Kris Menace’s renowned label Work It Baby! to deliver their reMxing good on newcomer Plane Shepard’s début single.

The track’s called Play With You, and Final DJs get deep into the groove with this five minute breezy anthem. Final Djs do love their soaring leads (as do we!), and right here they put them to work, sweeping over an Electro Boogie bassline and a hint of Tropical percussion. Like a far future dance party, this mix of Play With Me delivers all the energy and emotion you’d expect from a Final DJs tune, add in a little robovox and you’ve got a huge floorfiller. just wait for the finale!