Feb 7 2013

[Audio] Chvrches’ ‘Recover’

Every new release from Chvrches makes us a little nervous. there is so much hype surrounding this Glaswegian ElectroPop trio that we get concerned they won’t be able to live up to expectations. For now, at least, dipping into their third single, Recover, puts to rest any fears and they deliver another stunning slice of moody ElectroPop.

Awash with Numandoid synths, Recover does that thing all the best 80s SynthPop tunes do. Balancing a big, seemingly upbeat, optimistic tune with a melancholy running through it like a tear. Singer Lauren’s frail yet impassioned performance is almost heartbreaking and needs, to a certain extent, to be countered with all the shimmering synth work. We think we if heard the acapella we might cry. This prefect blend of optimism and pain is evident in, literally, every classic SynthPop act there is and Chvrches are on a fast track to joining some of them, we just hope all the hype doesn’t ruin it all.

♫ Chvrches – Recover

Chvrches’ new single is released 25th March with two new tracks, ZVVL and Now Is Not The Time, and reMixes from Curxes and Cid Rim.

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Feb 7 2013

[Audio] Ghost Beach reMixed by Summer Heart

Three days ago we told you the New York DiscoPop duo Ghost Beach would be releasing a track from their forthcoming reMix EP every week. Three days ago! Three days ago we introduced you to Shook’s reMix of Been There Before. Three days isn’t a week, and here we are with Swedish DreamPopper Summer Heart’s take on Faded. Not that we’re complaining mind. “Bring ‘em on” we say!

To say Summer heart’s version of Faded was a blissful wave of synthetic dreams would be an understatement. Actually. Summer heart mixes up a little Nu-Disco with healthy doses of Chillwave and Dreamwave and moulds the song into a tide of reverb drenched snyths. gritty, undulating synths stand back to back with chirpy Sci-Fi blips and speaker filling strings. Ghost Beach’s original vocal just lend the track another layer of drama. Another great tune form this EP, more to come from Penguin Prison, Gigamesh and Chad Valley.

♫ Ghost Beach – Faded (Summer Heart reMix)

Ghost Beach’s reMix EP is released at the end of March.

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Feb 7 2013

[Audio] Aeroplane reMixes Pool

In his second reMix of the week Aeroplane keeps up the pressure. Turning his attention to German Indie band Pool’s Flex single, Vito delivers another slice of upbeat ElectroPop, this time weaving some of the original’s guitars into the mix and slowing things down a little, whilst sounding faster.

Normally we’d rather he excised the guitar, but right here it sounds amazing. Keeping that funky little lick actually makes the track. This is nicely juxtaposed by a growling analog bass and the brightest of synth riffs. This has the result of turning the hazy Folk of the original into an infectiously catchy Pop tune. Once again Aeroplane has taken a mediocre track, and turned it into gold. Surely it’s time for an Aeroplane reMix album?

♫ Pool – Flex (Aeroplane reMix)

Pool’s Flex is out now on Solomun’s 2DIY4 label.

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Feb 6 2013

[Audio] Kisses’ ‘The Hardest Part’

Hello? It looks like LA ElectroPop duo Kisses are on Cascine now! When did this happen? I suppose we can’t know absolutely everything, but we feel like a certain someone should have told us about this. Anyhoo, it looks like the have a new album coming out, the follow up to their awesome The Heart Of The Nightlife, and the freshly revealed first single is The Hardest Part.

Produced by Pete Wiggs from Saint Etienne and Tim Larcombe, who’s worked with Sugababes amongst others, the duo who produced Kisses’ last single, Funny Heartbeat, The Hardest Part is classic ElectroPop with a big 80s chorus. With their typical Tropical Indie-Pop sheen over some big nostalgic Pop magic Kisses, one again, deliver the best in fun, catchy, Pop tunes. And with all the best 80s tunes, it;s an optimistic sounding song, that hides a bittersweet melancholy within it’s lyrics. We’re really looking forward to finding out what the album holds.

♫ Kisses – The Hardest Part

Kisses’ The Hardest Part is released 14th May.

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Feb 6 2013

[Audio] Yelle’s ‘L’Amour Parfait’

One of our long term favourite French artists, and one of the best live acts in the world Yelle are finally back with a brand new single. It looks like tEPr isn’t around anymore, leaving Julie and GrandMarnier to carry on as a duo with, in the case of this new tune, a little help from Aeroplane. What this has resulted in is quirky ElectroPop gold that brings Yelle back to their 80s Pop roots.

Big undulating synths and a booming 808 beat produce something vintage Pop but with a contemporary Electro sensibility, which was always the best of Yelle. Julie engaging French vocals have always transcended the language barrier, even in a live situation, and allow them free rein on a hypnotic electronic soundscape with and 80s hook and a B-Boy beat and you have the recipie for a Pop winner. The single will come with reMixes from by Baadman, Sticky K, The Phantom and Ruben Mandolini . The title means ‘The Perfect Love’ BTW.

♫ Yelle – L’Amour Parfait

Yelle’s L’Amour Parfait is released11th February.

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Feb 6 2013

[Audio] Man Without Country reMixes Miike Snow

This is epic. Welsh Electronica duo Man Without Country are set to follow the release of their début album Foe with an official album of their remix work, featuring reworks they’ve done for the likes of M83, Moby, Chad Valley, Active Child and this absolute monster of a track for Miike Snow.

Man Without Country (which is a bit mean to Wales really) deliver a remix of Miike Snow’s Pretender that manages to be both moody and exhilarating. With a strong mid-90s vibe to it, the track is loaded with big beats and growling synths, like Depeche Mode meets The Crystal Method, alongside Miike Snow’s heartfelt vocal. the result is a classic Indie-Dance track, just the right amount of melodic, just the right amount of raucous, that bodes very well for the rest of the reMix album.

♫ Miike Snow – Pretender (Man Without Country reMix)

Man Without Country’s RMX album is released 4th March but available to listen to on Spotify from 25th February.

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Feb 1 2013

[MP3] Computer Magic

One of out favourite artists hailing from Brooklyn (and that is no mean feat, we’re pretty sure that when you move to Brooklyn you get given a complimentary analog synth) is Computer Magic. We’ve written about Danielle Johnson’s music a fair bit over the past couple of years, but thinks have been pretty quite since last summer. No fear though, she’s back with a brand new single, A Million Years, due out in march and it’s everything we’ve been missing.

Mixing up a hazy Indie-Electro vibe with a solid Disco groove, A Million Years, pumps along to a hypnotic Moog bassline and spacious, atmospheric, buzzing synths, wrapping the listener in a blanket if electronic comfort while Danielle’s quirky lament sounds a lot more cheerful than the songs subject matter would suggest. If you like interesting, quite introspective, Indie-ElectroPop you’ve come to the right place.

♫ Computer Magic – A Million Years

You can pre-order the A Million Years 7” single from Computer Magic’s store, here.

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Feb 1 2013

[Video] Depeche Mode’s ‘Heaven’

So the big news this week, as you’ll probably guess from our Twitter and Google+ feeds, is the new single from one of our all-time faves Depeche Mode’s forthcoming 13th (and probably last) studio album Delta Machine, Heaven.

Heaven is a pretty unsurprising. An epic ElectroPop track injected with Dave and Martins blues influences The B-side, however, All That’s Mine, is a fantastic, moody, synthetic opus that harks back to late-80s Mode. Check the video for Heaven, directed by Timothy Saccenti, who revels in Depeche Mode’s religious iconography.

Depeche Mode’s Heaven is released 5th March

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Feb 1 2013

[Audio] Mmoths featuring Holly Miranda

Irish producer of spacious beats and The XX support act Mmoths is gearing up for the release of his new EP, Diaries, the lead track of which is a beautifully abrasive slice of edgy and atmospheric Electronica featuring the vocal talents of new XL Recordings signee Holly Miranda. All These Things.

It’s a smokey composition where drill-bit industrial sounds are morphed into something ethereal and magical, intertwining with a post-Chillwave, post-Dubstep soundscape and Miranda’s silky smooth vocal. Inhuman sounds suddenly become organic and flowing as the track seems to evolve naturally over it;s course. Like a song grown, rather than created. We can definitely see All These Things earning Mmoths a great deal of attention.

♫ Mmoths (Feat. Holly Miranda) – All These Things

All These Things is taken from Mmoths forthcoming new EP, Dairies, released 4th March.

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Jan 31 2013

[Audio] Bloodgroup’s ‘Fall’

You may, not may not, remember Icelandic Experimental ElectroPop outfit Bloodgroup from their 2007 début album Sticky Situation. At the time they ware completely unfairly dismissed by a lot of the music press as a poor-man’s The Knife, mostly by journalists completely uneducated in electronic music (they may as well have said “all this electronic stuff sounds the same”), but one listen to the follow up album, Dry Land, and tracks like the album’s lead single, My Arms, immediately displayed an avant-garde SynthPop identity of their own. The four piece are back for 2013 with a third album, Tracing Echoes, heralded by it’s inaugural single, Fall.

Fall is a beautiful piece of rousing tundra-Pop. A quiet manner and a build of intricate rhythms and gently tones belie quite an epic, anthemic, song. Warping synth pulses and icy pads form an interesting contrast to the heartfelt vocals giving you the best of two worlds in one track. Both experimental, and Poppy, Fall bodes well for the album.