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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MiGHty mOUse – September 2012 Mixtape = Here we go with this months mixtape from the mighty MiGHty mOUse. That’s a lot of mighty. And there’s a lot of mighty in this September mix. A load of tunes we’ve featured here, and some we haven’t. Space age Disco goodness for over an hour!
♫ MiGHty mOUse – September 2012 Mixtape
The tracklist:
01. Ost & Kjex – Milano Model (A Thrilling Mungophony In Two Parts)
02. Markas – Love
03. Sohight & Cheevy – Travel Anthem (Moulinex reMix)
04. Hot Chip – How Do You Do (Todd Terje reMix)
05. Emeron & Fox – Nightmares (Final DJ’s reMix)
06. Mirror People – Kaleidoscope (Xinobi reMix)
07. Christian S – The Power Of Now
08. Lindstrøm – Eggedosis (Todd Terje Edit)
09. Rainer Weichhold – Infernal
10. Djuma Soundsystem – Menage A Moi (Original Mix)
11. Michale Cleis – Mir A Nero
12. Crystal Fighters – Follow (Diskjokke reMix)
13. Klangkarussell – Sonnentanz (Oliver Koletski reMix)
14. Mark Knight (Feat. Skin) – Nothing Matters (Tensnake reMix)
15. Two Door Cinema Club – Sun (Gildas Kitsuné Club Night reMix)
16. Sailor & I – Tough Love (Aril Brikha reMix)
While you’re here, check out this brand new reMix Mr. mOUse whipped up for his good bud Hervé’s new single Night Turns Into Day. Replacing the piano led Old School sounds of the original with some seriously slick Cosmic Disco giving the big vocals a softer, more silky feel and turning a euphoric peak time track into a smooth, sexy, groover.
♫ Hervé – Night Turns Into Day (MiGHty mOUse reMix)
MiGHty mOUse’s ‘Disco Battle Weapons (Volume 2) is out now on Cheap Thrills
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Show Your Shoe is back! After some time away from music with a flooded studio Nico has got his Disco groove back and whist there are some special tracks waiting in the wings he is announcing his return to the party with this reMix of New York Indie-Electro duo Freedom Fry’s Summer In the City.
The Swiss wonder has always has game above that of many of his contemporaries, he has an ability to make musical connection, and find unique grooves that leaves many others in the dust. His reMix of Summer In the City is a Tropical House mash-up with quirky melodies and intricate percussion. Nico brings a feel-good beach vibe to the track and once again, his use of percussion as a melodic instrument adds an added euphoric funk. The whole island groove is give a House kick with a slick piano line and a thumping beat, the perfect sunshine combination. Show Your Shoe has been quite far too long, we’re so glad he’s back!
♫ Freedom Fry – Summer In The City (Show Your Shoe reMix)
The Summer In The City reMix EP is out now on Bandcamp with a track listing that reads like a who’s-who of electronic rumors favourites.
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Here’s the brand new video for Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs new single, Your Love.
Taking in the sigs of Tokyo for colourful elements and the sounds of TEED’s bass heavy ElectroPop/House jam, the clip sets just the right tone.
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A.N.D.Y. – A.N.D.Y. Tape Six = A.N.D.Y.’s back with an awesome fifty minutes including a load of stuff we’ve featured this week and an forthcoming release on our very own electronic rumors label! See if you can spot it!
The tracklist:
01. Emeron & Fox – Nightmares (Monitor 66 reMix)
02. Moonwalk – Girl For You
03. LuvLife – Want You
04. Ride The Universe (Feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley) – A Little Better (Pat Lok ‘Venice Butch’ Workout)
05. Tyson – Mr. Rain (Sante reMix)
06. LKID – Highlife
07. Econix – Start Something New
08. Kill The Hero (Feat. M K De Monde – Surrender (SHAZAM! reMix)
09. Klever – Weak
10. Deux – Party People
11. Mauvais Cliché – Stop Watching Me
12. DJ Tray – Leave me
A.N.D.Y. & Vicente’s ‘Traffic’ EP is out now on Discotexas.
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We first featured Bittersweet, from prolific Irish dance producer Figure Of 8, earlier this year. Now the track has been given a full singe release, with a cracking B-Side and a whole host of ace reMixes. Dermot is one of Belfast finest exports and always delivers the best slick dance music.
Bittersweet, which features the heartfelt folky vocals of fellow Irishman Jonny Nutt rolls it own with a bit of Dub, a bit of SynthPop, a bit of Rave and a nice easy going 90s feel. Fjordland one of the single’s two B-Sides (alongside The Difference Between Finite And Infinite) is a pleasing retro rave jam and once again make me feel Orbital are a big influence on Figure Of 8, it’s got that kind of dance music feel you don’t get so much of these days, really complex interactions between elements in a densely layered track. Fjordland is a meticulously crafted slice of summery House. Amongst the reMixes of Bittersweet come a couple of tracks from two of our favourites these days. London based French ElectroPoppers The Penelopes and Germany’s finest Nu-Disco genius digitalfoxglove. The Penelopes take Bittersweet up a gear, mutating the laidback introspection into a Disco tinged SynthPop floorfiller. And if you need to chill after than, digitalfoxglove takes the track and does what he does best, blends it with his sweet poolside grooves. Bass heavy and sexy, digitalfoxglove’s reMix is a real late night jam.
♫ Figure Of 8 (Feat. Jonny Nutt) – Bittersweet
♫ Figure Of 8 -Fjordland
♫ Figure Of 8 (Feat. Jonny Nutt) – Bittersweet (The Penelopes reMix)
♫ Figure Of 8 (Feat. Jonny Nutt) – Bittersweet (digitalfoxglove reMix)
Bittersweet is out now on Figure Of 8’s Bandcamp.
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Out this week is the new monster from Dutch Nu-Disco producer Quinten 909. Bringing on-board American funkster Mayhem for a talkbox groove workout, Quinten drops Closer To Me on On The Fruit Records just in time for the warn evening of the end of the summer. Because these are pure evening jams. Time to get sexy.
You should definitely take the time (or the whole afternoon) to check out every version of Closer To Me, but for us the highlights are the Classic Mix, a soaring synth, warbling talkbox, Disco basslined juggernaut of laid back funk. Infectious and impossible not to move to, Closer To Me brings together all the elements of the groove into one giant groove machine. So what can be better than that? Three little words. Ride The Universe. The four Dreamwave warriors add a little Dub sound to their slick as all hell synthetic Disco, and with the talkbox vocals in tow it’s an unbeatable combination that just goes to prove why Ride the Universe are the top of their game.
♫ Quinten 909 (Feat. Mayhem) – Closer To Me (Classic Mix)
♫ Quinten 909 (Feat. Mayhem) – Closer To Me (Ride The Universe reMix)
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Jerry Bouthier’s new imprint Continental Records is just going from strength to strength with a flood of amazing releases. The latest of which will be the new single from Japanese EelctroPop duo Kill The Hero, a storming track called Surrender.
Surrender is a majestic, huge ElectroPop track, played out with heaps of drama. Created by Osaka DJs Taku Hero and Kila and featuring a guest turn from ’80’s Pop legends Scarlet Fantastic’s Maggie K De Monde Surrender brings big retro flavour to a sweeping dancefloor tune that mixes in a little House, a lot of Pop and an infectious hook. The reMix package is pretty stunning too. Highlights include Reflex’s groovy ElectroPop mix, full of stabbing synths and pumping bass, the return of Australia’s SHAZAM! with a hypnotic House track that mixes a ‘90’s sound with SHAZAM!’s Disco leads, Lancelot’s deep, Acid tinged, ‘90’s warehouse workout and Mannequine, who brings the Tropical flavour to the package with a rolling, euphoric slice of beach party Disco. Another mind-blowingly good release from Continental, how long can they keep this up?
♫ Kill The Hero (Feat. Maggie K De Monde) – Surrender
♫ Kill The Hero (Feat. Maggie K De Monde) – Surrender (Reflex reMix)
♫ Kill The Hero (Feat. Maggie K De Monde) – Surrender (SHAZAM! reMix)
♫ Kill The Hero (Feat. Maggie K De Monde) – Surrender (Lancelot reMix)
♫ Kill The Hero (Feat. Maggie K De Monde) – Surrender (Mannequine reMix)
Surrender is released 24th September.
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We’ve been waiting for this track to drop for a while. Last month Nu-Disco genius Louis La Roché teased us with a snippet of his forthcoming reMix of Kate Bush’s classic Running Up That Hill, and we’ve been excited ever since. Well, now the man has dropped the entire track, downloadable for free, and it doesn’t disappoint.
Louis really captures the mood of the original, he doesn’t turn the track into some cheesy dancefloor number that merely uses the original as a springboard. He’s worked the track to be dancefloor friendly, but in a way that recreates the song in that context. Pulsating House bass and funky Disco rolls actually compliment Ms. Bush’s legendary vocals when in the hands of Louis La Roché. A respectful and addictive update to the song.
♫ Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (Louis La Roché reMix)
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The latest release from Mr. Felix Bloxsom, better known as the awesome Plastic Plates, is actually his début EP. Which seems weird as his tracks and reMixes have been gracing these pages for a while now, but if you are going to only just release your début EP, then you can do a lot worse than being picked up by Kitsuné Music as a label.
Simon Lord steps up for vocal duties on the EP’s lead track, Things I Didn’t Know I Loved is an upbeat, catchy slice of slick ElectroPop with a Disco groove. Maybe released just a little too late to catch the heights of the summer, the track nonetheless put you in a summery mood with it’s bouncy keys, infectious piano and smooth vocal. Toy’s is the perfect port-Italo track, the kind Kitsuné are really pushing these days, with a UK late ‘80’s SynthPop bassline and Disco drums the track sprinkles on a little rave lead and it’s all set to blow up dancefloors everywhere. The EP’s remaining original, More Than Love, is the deep Disco antithesis to the EP’s Poppier openers. Growling, funky basslines and a hypnotic Acid line underpin some seriously Cosmic synth work. Not on the EP, but a free download, is this reMix of the lead track from Amine Edge & Dance, who turn the track into deep ‘90’s House territory.
♫ Plastic Plates (Feat. Simon Lord) – Things I Didn’t Know I Loved
♫ Plastic Plates – Toys
♫ Plastic Plates – More Than Love
♫ Plastic Plates (Feat. Simon Lord) – Things I Didn’t Know I Loved (Amine Edge & Dance reMix)
Things I Didn’t Know I Loved is out now.
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