Tag Archives: House

Aug 30 2012

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s ‘WTF Is Love?’

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)

Little Bear’s London ElectroPop/House outfit Ursa Minor (Little Bear) are gearing up for the release of their new EP, titled Shell. In advance of this five track release they have let slip the EP’s lead track. WTF Is Love, and one of it’s reMixes. It’s evocative stuff.

It’s a deep, deep track. Accompanied by an ominous Acidic burbling the tracks work both a sparse SynthPop/early House mix and Little Bears ethereal vocal line to their fullest. This track has a nice, atmospheric mix of raw Roland drum sounds with vintage House feel and gritty European SynthPop beauty. It’s not even the best track on the EP either! Ular Gray takes things to a Deep House place with his reMix of the track. Even going so far as to deepen the vocals, giving them a haunting, ringing quality that sits well with Gray’s classic, hypnotic, House groove.

♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) – WTF Is Love?

♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) – WTF Is Love? (Ular Gray reMix)

Ursa Minor (Little Bear)’s Shell EP is out on 1st October

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Aug 27 2012

Cosmonauts’ ‘Love Me Tonight’

cosmonauts

Here’s a new freebie from London’s galactic Disco dons Cosmonauts. The track takes a slightly different slant to the cosmic groove we are used to hearing from them. This time they are dropping a classic sounding early ‘90’s House track

Suitably, for a retro House tune, Love Me Tonight lifts and tweaks the vocal from the classic 1993 House track of the same name from Anthony White. Cosmonaut’s slow things down a bit and slide the vocal into their own interpretation of deep Chicago jams, complete with digital bass, brass stabs and sample trickery. The guys add their own little flavour to the ‘90’s House revival mix by rolling in a little Tropical percussion and a cheeky hit of space-age buzzing synth work. A nice weekend diversion.

♫ Cosmonauts – Love Me Tonight

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Aug 27 2012

Strangers reMixed by Superstringz

Strangers

Last week saw the quite long awaited proper release of London moody ElectroPop trio Strangers’ Safe/Pain single. The track is doing well and has been generating quite a bit of buzz over the last couple of months, especially after it’s surprise inclusion in the BBC Olympics coverage. To celebrate the release here’s a free reMix from Brazilian producer Superstringz.

The reMix isn’t featured on the single, but weirdly it’s actually better than the reMixes on the release. Superstringz manages to work a rich dance track that still adheres to Strangers general vibe. Loaded with ominous synths and Depeche Mode-esque percussion, the reMix channels Strangers euphoric melancholy into a big House track that still retains all the tracks depth. Go check out Safe/Pain right now, you won;t be disappointed.

♫ Strangers – Safe/Pain (Superstringz reMix)

Safe/Painby Strangers is out now.

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Aug 27 2012

Aeroplane’s August 2012 mix

aeroplane

Aeroplane – August 2012 Mix = Vito’s back with another stunning hour of Disco and House jams. There’s a bit of Maxi Soundsystem in there, a bit of Blende, some Lindstrøm & Todd Terje and even some Saint Etienne, ‘cos we know Vito loves his ElectroPop.

♫ Aeroplane – August 2012 Mix

The tracklist:

01. Compuphonic (Feat. Marques Toliver) – Sunset (DJ T reMix)
02. Adriatique – Motions
03. Delia Ros – Love Rush
04. Luca C & Brigante – Flash of Light (Solomun reMix)
05. H.O.S.H. – HearThuG (Technicolor Main Mix)
06. Saint Etienne – Heading for The Fair (Time & Space Machine reMix)
07. Blende – Fake Love (The Living Islands Tropical Doom Dub)
08. Scandal – Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Soundsystem reMix)
09. Lindstrøm – Eg-Ged-Osis (Todd Terje Extended Edit)
10. Colour Coding – Perfect (Baby Diego reMix)

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Aug 27 2012

Hemingway reMixes Gossip Culture

Gossip Culture

We featured the original version and a reMix from French SynthWave rocker Tommy, of American ElectroPop producer Gossip Culture ‘s new single, Just Fine With You, a couple of months ago. Now it;s looking like the track is getting it’s proper release soon it seems time to look at the remaining reMix on the single, from the excellent Toronto eclectic Disco producer Hemingway.

Hemingway whips up something a little different for this track. Driven by harsh drum machine beast that are very reminiscent on early Warp Records output. Those raw, shuffling House beats provide a unique backing for Hemmingway’s waves of lush synths. Ryan Sheridan’s hazy Chillwave vocal sits nicely with the reMixes cosmic synths and ‘90’s House touches. It’s a reMix that probably shouldn’t work on paper, with all these conflicting elements, but Hemingway makes everything come together in harmony, and makes it seem effortless.

♫ Gossip Culture – Just Fine With You (Hemingway reMix)

Just Fine With Youis out this summer.

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Aug 24 2012

Lenno’s Summer Mix part 2

lenno

Lenno – Summer Mix 2012 Pt. 2 = Finland’s finest is back with the second part of his Summer mixtape series. Just as huge as the first one, Lenno drops some of the biggest Electro, Disco and House tunes of the moment.

♫ Lenno – Summer Mix 2012 Pt. 2

The tracklist:

01. Breakbot – One Out Of Two (Oliver reMix)
02. Bit Funk – It’s My Love
03. Gigamesh – Your Body
04. Eumig & Chinon – This Fang
05. Sohight – Get It Right (Patchwork reMix)
06. Koobra – Only You feat. Joanna
07. Aston Shuffle – Won’t Get Lost (’96 Bulls reMix)
08. Strip Steve – Hood
09. Justice – New Lands (Falcon reMix)
10. Anna Lunoe & Touch Sensitive – Real Talk
11. Gracias – 40k Volts (Lenno reMix)
12. Foster The People – Don’t Stop (Oliver reMix)
13. Roman D’Amour – Make Love Tonight (Lifelike reMix (Lenno Re-Edit))
14. Pryda Vs. The Temper Trap – Mighty Love & Sweet Disposition (Lenno Mashup)
15. Russ Chimes – Back 2 You
16. Timo Juuti & Hector 87 – Cheap Bad Moves

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Aug 23 2012

Comtron

Comtron

Rimeroni Vumani, Rimmer London and now Rimmer Veeman. Rimeroni, one third of Lé Lé, is a man of many names. Veeman comes into play in his new project Comtron. Alongside Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig (himself a musical chameleon, here going under Bas Bron, probably best knows as Seymour Bits) Veeman has just released an album of analog Electro goodness. Rimmer London has always been a favourite of ours, a pioneer of the analog Disco sound, so we’re expecting great things from Comtron.

Comtron’s 099 album is a space age, synthetic, oddessy that walks the thin line between Moroder Disco and Electro Funk, with just a hint of old school EBM and Acid. Robotic, synthetic, Funk prevails throughout the album. The B-Boy beats, pulsating basslines and stabbing House-like synth riffs are relentless in every track, from the frantic warehouse vibe of Get to the surprise KMFDM-esque growl of Corrupted. The albums standouts have to be Fraud, an epic slice of galactic Disco that pairs dark Boogie beats with a cosmic lead line for a unexpectedly euphoric result. Bust, which layers classic House hooks over a brooding, burbling Electro groove and ignites comparisons to Warp Records’ very early output. And ¥€$, the records opener. ¥€$ is definitely the track to get you hooked, both majestic and some how stripped down and raw, this is analog Disco at it’s best. Pure synths. If you like robotic sounding Disco or old school Electro, Comtron’s new release is really worth a look.

♫ Comtron – Fraud

♫ Comtron – Bust

♫ Comtron – ¥€$

099 is out now.

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Aug 23 2012

Housquare’s ‘Rubis’

Housquare

Here’s the latest in French outfit Housquare’s continuing quest to bring the ‘90’s back right in-your-face. Now on Cheap Thrills Housquare have an even larger platform for their unapologetically Chicago House sound that they like to mix up with contemporary production.

Their new track, Rubis, serves as a bridge between their Old Gem EP and their forthcoming new release, Subshine, but as a stand alone it sums up everything we love about Housquare perfectly. There’s classic breakbeats, rave stabs, House piano, and that kind of dark ominous undertone to the track that all the best early ‘90’s House tunes had. Housquare has the early ‘80’s House sound down pat, there’s actually few who do it better.

♫ Housquare – Rubis (Original Mix)

Housquare’s Subshine EP is released 30th September.

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Aug 22 2012

Just some of those Barry Manilow reMixes

barry-manilow

Right then, by now I think you all know our opinion of reMix contests. They aren’t good for anyone. But we’re not going to go on about it again, but like we said we’re only going to do round-ups of reMix competition entries from now on, because, don;t get us wrong, reMix competitions do churn out some absolutely wicked tracks. This week’s tiresome competition comes in the surprising form of legendary smoothster Barry Manilow in a transparently lame attempt to seem relevant, or something. The upside of this is it’s given some very talented producers access to that unmistakable croon.

So here’s the first batch of reMixes of Manilow’s new single, Everything’s Gonna’ Be Alright. These guys are way ahead of the pack right now. American Disco producer Blue Satellite comes out of hiding to drop an absolutely massive Nu-Disco mix of the track. Seriously, this one is huge. Loading the track with bright synths and a solid Disco groove was exactly the way to go with this track, and Blue Satellite nailed it. Waling a different path if Ireland’s Figure Of 8, who gets a little Techy, a little Electro and a little Experimental with his all-too-short, atmospheric, reMix. His pulsating synth sounds and robotic beats shine a light on a whole new dimension for the song. Greetings Program plays around with Disco and SynthWave for his reMix, injecting the track with a little Electro Boogie. This probably isn’t the last Manilow round-up we’ll do, we are hearing whispers of some huge entries incoming. But this will do for now.

♫ Barry Manilow – Everything’s Gonna’ Be Alright (Blue Satellite reMix)

♫ Barry Manilow – Everything’s Gonna’ Be Alright (Figure Of 8 reMix)

♫ Barry Manilow – Everything’s Gonna’ Be Alright (Greetings Program reMix)

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Aug 22 2012

The Penelopes’ August Chart Mix

The Penelopes

The Penelopes– The Penelopes’ Charts August 2012 = London based French ElectroPop duo The Penelopes drop their picks for August 2012. One or two of our favourite from the last four weeks are in this storming half hour.

♫ The Penelopes – The Penelopes’ Charts August 2012

The tracklist:

01. Black Moth Super Rainbow – Windshield Smasher
02. Misun – My Time
03. Blood Diamonds – Ritual (Original Mix)
04. The Human League – Don’t You Want Me (Aeropop Edit)
05. Miike Snow – The Wave (Filght Facilities reMix)
06. Larry Tee (Feat. Charlie Le Mindu) – Charlie! (Gooseflesh reMix)
07. Elite Gymnastics – Minneapolis Belongs To You (Cover by Recycle Culture)
08. Maserati – The Eliminator
09. Suga Free And Pomona Pimpin’ Young (Feat. Latoiya Williams) – We Go
10. The Mountains Goats – Cry For Judas

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