Dec 12 2012

[Mixtape] Penguin Prison’s ‘Happy Holidays’ mix

Penguin Prison– Happy Holidays 2012 Mix = Penguin Prison comes bearing gifts! Here’s his new free mixtape, his Happy Holidays mix. It;s a winner all the way through, loaded with reMixes of comfortable recognisable tracks.The opening track alone is worth the admission price.

♫ Penguin Prison – Happy Holidays 2012 Mix

The tracklist:

01. Kavinsky Vs. Holy Ghost! – Night ‘Booty’ Call
02. Bonar Bradberry (Feat. Steven Odyssey Collazo) – Stop & Look
03. Pat Lok – Yes Game (Bit Funk reMix)
04. Shindu – Just Go (Reflex reMix)
05. Whitney Houston – I’m Every Woman (Nelue Rework)
06. Destiny’s Child – Say My Name (Cyril Hahn reMix)
07. Chris Malinchak – So Good To Me
08. Classixx – Stranger Love (RAC Mix)
09. Metronomy – Everything Goes My Way (Psychemagik reMix)
10. Isaac Tichauer – Obsession
11. Munga – Let’s Work It Out (The Living and Dying are the Same Thing Mix)

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Dec 12 2012

[Video] The Presets’ ‘Promises’

Here, finally, is the video for The Presets’ new single, and one of the highlights of their Pacifica album, Promises.

Directed by Special Problems, the video is once again a collage of clips and animation and bright colours, but a bit more coherent that Youth In Trouble.

The Presets’ Promises is out now on Modular Recordings.

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Dec 10 2012

[Video] The Good Natured’s ‘5-HT’

Released tomorrow is The Good Natured new Indie-Rave epic, to coincide with the track dropping, the video has just premièred.

It’s an exuberant affair, fitting for the track, with a decedent edge. It’s like the evil twin of a John Lewis X-Mas advert.

The Good Natured’s 5-HT is released tomorrow with reMixes from Kat Krazy, Ghostwerk remix and Sarah’s cover of Fine Young Cannibals’ She Drives Me Crazy.

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Dec 10 2012

[Audio] Maya Jane Coles’ new EP

It’s been quite a while since we featured the work of Maya Jane Coles. We both featured She Is Danger and premiered music from Nocturnal Sunshine way back when. Indeed, back when Dubstep was still good, before Americans got hold of it and turned it into Heavy Metal. Since then we’ve been buyers of Miss Cole’s tunes but haven’t got around to writing about her for one reason or another.

Well, that’s all changed now, we’ve been dying to write about her new Easier To Hide EP for a couple of weeks now, just been waiting for the tracks to go public. And they have. So here you are. Maybe it’s just the mood we’re in right now, having just relocated back to London, but this collection of four tracks is really vibing with us right now. Deep and urban, complex yet soulful this enthralling EP, released on her new label ‘I Am Me’ is a melting pot of ideas and influences. More emphasis is placed on Maya’s vocals and signwriting, than there’s been since She Is Danger, allows her to create her typically post-Dubby deep Funky soundscapes and add an emotionally resonant topping. the EP kicks off with the title track, a shuffling Deep House track with an introspective indie vocal, a compelling combination. The hypnotic Over brings more of the same with body shaking bass and an inescapable looped riff laying the backing for Maya hushed tones. Run With The Wild provides a Funky Deep House interlude, vocally sparse and loaded with pulsating synths. The EP plays out on Back To Square one with sees Maya bringing back the big beats and sub-bass, which works amazingly well with her voice to create a kinda’ otherworldly, yet infectiously groovy, track to get lost in. If you’re not to bothered about genres, then this EP is definitely worth checking out.

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Easier To Hide

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Over

♫ Maya Jane Coles – Back To Square One

Maya Jane Cole’s Easier To Hide EP is released 7th December on Beatport.

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Dec 6 2012

[MP3] Walter Sobcek reMix Sebastien Schuller

Well, it certainly been a while since we heard form our Dreamwave friends Walter Sobcek, not since the start of this year have we heard a new track from them, but they haven’t been sitting around waiting their time it seems. Some of the fruits of their absence is right here in the form of this dreamy reMix of French artist Sebastien Schuller’s ‘Nightlife’.

Immediately we remember exactly what we loved about Walter Sobcek ad they take just four minutes to carry you away to far-off Cosmic locales. Warm, resonant, synth tones, ringing melodies set against gently guitar and a steady Italo bassline. I finished off that pervious sentence about an hour ago and have just been sat here, with headphones on, listening to this track on repeat, it’s like a music daydream. A swirling mist of beautiful sounds and electronic beats, half heard vocals and a rolling synthetic choir of synths. Oh, and the wicked solo just adds an all new dimension of epic just when you aren’t expecting it. Amazing stuff, we’re so glad these guys are back.

♫ Sebastien Schuller – Nightlife (Walter Sobcek reMix)

Sebastien Schuller’s Nightlife is out now.

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Dec 6 2012

[Video] Chela’s ‘Full Moon’

We wrote about Chela’s beach funky tune Full Moon last month. Well now there’s a video too, and excusing one.

Directed by By Chela & Chase Burns it features the Fifteen singer getting her groove on all over Melbourne.

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Dec 5 2012

[MP3] White Blush’s début EP

White Blush is the pseudonym of LA based artist Carol Rhyu. originally from Chicago, Carol began playing in synth bands when she was in film school in LA, culminating in her launching her White Blush project earlier this year. She’s just released her début, self-titled, EP, and it makes for engrossing listening.

White Blush is a record of many sides, Carol’s music walking a line between hazy Dreampop and Minimal Synth. Stripped down and personal, the six songs on the EP quickly equate you with Rhyu’s ethereal tone and a sparse collection of vintage synth sounds. True Luv, the EP’s opener confronts you with a melodic barrage of ChipTune, raw Drum Machines and waves of dreamlike vocals that swim around the robotic cacophony, a melding of beauty with harshness that is evident throughout the EP. Carol site’s Julee Cruise as an influence, and it’s one she wears on her sleeve. If Cruise was locked in a room with only a TR808, a C64 and an array of broken vintage synths, and sleep deprived, the result may be similar. Mirror matches pulsing arpeggios with a toy-town melody to sound like a fevered dream version of the Blade Runner end titles while Jolene presents imposing industrial drums that are soon tempered with lush synths and some truly epic vocals. 808 Myst is the music from Myst played on an 808, and yes, it is a weird, and downright eerie, as it sounds and lease into the closing track. Juice Of My Heart is rapturous electronic Shoegaze that’s it’s easy to get lost in. White Blush’s début is an impressive, and involving piece of work. An otherworldly journey that leaves you reeling once it finishes and you’re back to reality.

♫ White Blush – True Luv

♫ White Blush – Jolene

♫ White Blush – Juice Of My Heart

White Blush’s self-titled début EP is out now.

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Dec 4 2012

[MP3] Leitbur reMixes Civilianz

This is the latest work from amazing, and highly underrated, LA SynthPop purveyor Leitbur. It’s a reMix of German Indie rockers Civilianz’s Came Of Age and Leitbur transforms a riotous guitar dirge into five minutes of sweet urban electronic bliss.

Keeps things hazy, Leitbur wraps the track in a warm Dreamwave blanket with ringing chimes and reverb washed synth melodies alongside a driving bassline and drums. The effect is almost Chillwave, but retaining the smooth retro feel of Leitbur’s music. The original’s vocals slide into the tune with ease resulting in a nostalgic ray of electronic sunshine that bears multiple plays.

♫ Civilianz – Came Of Age (Leitbur Mix)

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Dec 4 2012

[MP3] Chromatics cover New Order

Alongside an eclectic new mixtape from Johnny Jewel, Italian’s Do It Better have also just released this cover of Jewel’s Chromatics cover of the classic New Order track, Ceremony. The cover features on the new mixtape alongside the likes of Xeno & Oaklander, Desire and Kraftwerk.

Chromatics’ version of the tune is a slowed down, blissed out dream that gets Hooky’s bass spot-on and features Glass Candy’s Ida No adding a little guitar to the mix. Spacious, but not sparse, the track is a downtempo wave of relaxed sounds and Chromatics vocalist Ruth Radelet’s crooning out Sumner’s lyrics with a hazy tone. Perfect space-out music for dreamers, and a nice cover that remains true to the vibe of the original whist sounding completely unique.

♫ Chromatics (Feat. Ida No) – Ceremony (New Order Cover)

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Dec 3 2012

[Video] Shiny Toy Guns’ ‘Somewhere To Hide’

Here’s the vide for LA Indie-Electro outfit Shiny Toy Guns’ Somewhere To Hide, one of the standout tracks from their recent III album, and excellent single material.

The clip is directed by Robby Starbuck, and it probably the best video from III to date. There’s a lot of cool Wonderland business going on, but for us the highlight is the back room/light up instruments bits.