Little Boots– Jubilee Disco Mixtape = It’s was the Queen’s birthday, or anniversary or something, over the weekend. That usually means days off and bad traffic. But this year it meant Little Boots dropping 40 mins of fun Disco, House and Pop. God save the Boots.
♫ Little Boots – Jubilee Disco Mixtape
Boot’s new single ‘Headphones’ will but out 16th June, the video is coming this week.
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The first of the reMixes of Little Boots’ genius forthcoming single ‘Headphones’ is here. And American DJ/Producer Todd Edwards gives us the first taste of a disco oriented Little boots so far from this album.
So far the recent Little Boots single have been leaning in this direction of shiny Pop and deep House, two directions we’re big fans of, but sometimes you just need to bring the funk. This reMix is laden with horn stabs, Disco licks and some nice ‘70’s flute flourishes. The thing that works best about this track is the staggered beat, which seems to work with the track and give it a driving energy. Although this reMix injects some pretty sweet Disco into Boot’s current sound, I can’t help but hope to see some reMixes from some of the real talent in Nu-Disco these days, that’s not to diminish Todd Edwards Disco-House work, but there is some real Disco gurus out there who could work wonders with this track. But if this is all the Boots funk we end up getting, then it’ll do nicely.
♫ Little Boots – Headphones (Todd Edwards vocal reMix)
‘Headphones’ will, we presume, be out soon. The video should be hear shortly.
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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to hear five or six new tracks from our reigning ElectroPop princess Little Boots’ forthcoming new album, and believe me they were all strong contenders for single material. At a guess though, I would say this track, ‘Headphones’ will be next up for single treatment, being premiered on Radio1 is a big of a giveaway.
Produced with New York’s Disco duo The Knocks, when she played it live Victoria explained that the song was about going to a disco only to find out the music is shit, sticking your headphones on and having a boogie in your own little world (which leads to awkward moments when the disco music stops). To be honest, after a couple of amazing, but pretty underground singles, this is the track that is going to propel Boots back into the public consciousness. Classic DiscoPop and just shows victoria;’s talent for straddling the underground dance/shiny Pop line with ease, something now many can accomplish. This summer she’ll have us all singling!
♫ Little Boots – Headphones (Radio Rip)
‘Headphones’ will, we presume, be out soon. It’ll be interesting to see who is up for reMix duties.
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Here’s the video for Little Boots’ current track, ‘Every Night I Say A Prayer’ and in keeping with the ‘90’s House influence on the track, the video rocks the ‘90’s hard.
Zaiba Jabbar directs this clip which makes stark use of contrasting black and whites for a simple but striking visual style.
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While new Little Boots reMixes are always welcome round these parts, nothing compares to the perfect Pop of the music of Ms. Hasketh herself. So though we’ve had to spend the last couple of weeks content with the robotic, pulsating, Tensnake reMix it was in anticipation of Saturday, Record Store Day 2012, when the original version finally dropped.
And it was worth the wait, alongside ‘Shake’ it’s proof enough the in her years gallivanting around the world Victoria lost none of her ElectroPop flair. ‘Every Night I Say A Prayer’, maybe even moreso than ‘Shake’, it the kind of big, swooping, catchy Pop we’d expect from Little Boots. Produced with Hercules & Love Affair’s Andy Butler the track opens it’s arms to a deep ‘90’s House bassline and bright piano hook, but never loses itself in either the ‘90’s nostalgia or the House, instead making both elements work for the track, rather than the other way around. in 2008 Little Boots was the future of ElectroPop, in 2011 she’s come back to kick everyone’s ass and show the world how forward thinking electronic Pop music should be done. Not sitting on her laurels, constantly thinking ahead.
♫ Little Boots – Every Night I Say A Prayer
The 12″ holds reMixes from Tensnake and Joe Smooth whilst the North American edition includes additional work from Nic Sarno, My Panda Shall Fly & D-man. Boots will be playing playing May 4th at XOYO with support from Ronika. Yes, we will be there.
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In support of Record Store Day 2012 (which you should all get on board with BTW) out ElectroPop princess Little Boots will be dropping a new 12” ‘Every Night I Say A Prayer’ accompanied by a free download this 21st April.
‘Every Night I Say A Prayer’ was put together with Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair and is an eipc slice of Pop that comes complete with this reMix from Tensnake, who takes things in a deep, hypnotic, direction. If you heard Boots’ last mix you will probably recognise that synth snare and rolling bassline as Victoria snuck it into the cunningly titled ‘Into The Future’ mixtape. Tensnake’s treatment of the track is an undulating Sci-Fi soundscape, retaining Boots’ Pop but taking it on a cosmic cruise to strange new paces. There’s a clash of analog warmth and abrasive sound in there that is at once comforting and slightly unsettling, like a journey to strange places with only Victoria’s voice to guide you. I love how Little Boots stays so Pop, but take so many risks with reMixes and extras. The total (and tiny) package.
♫ Little Boots – Every Night I Say A Prayer (Tensnake reMix)
The 12″ will also hold a reMix from Joe Smooth. Boots will be playing a special gig at Rough Trade East in London on Record Store Day, as well as a playing May 4th at XOYO with support from Ronika. Yes, we will be there.
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Little Boots – Into The Future Mixtape = Here’s yet another mixtape from ElectroPop queen Little Boots. She’s on a roll with them these days! Expect forty minutes of slammin’ electronic dance with an unexpected darkness.
♫ Little Boots – Into The Future Mixtape
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Blake Robin A.K.A. Baron Von Luxxury has been creeping around, injecting classic sounding tracks and reMixes into out consciousness for a while now and this week saw the release of his new album, ‘The Last Seduction’. Be warned, it’s ElectroPop gold!
The album seems like, I don’t mind saying, the perfect meeting of Nu-Disco and ‘80’s SynthPop, from the opening track, the Moroder stylings of ‘The Lovely Theresa’, it’s all cosmic Disco grooves and big ‘80’s choruses. there is something so addictive in the Baron’s mastery of both Funky dancefloor grooves and what can only be described as big, classic, Pop hooks. The album ranges from The Human League-esque straight-up SynthPop such as ‘Alice Underground’ to floor shaking Disco groovers like the title track. He’s roped in some help too Keenhouse contributes synth work and production here and there and returning the favour for his reMix of ‘Meddle’ Little Boots shows up on ‘That Disco Beat’, a big DiscoPop epic. To be honest I can imagine any readers of this site that I wouldn’t recommend this album to!
♫ Baron Von Luxxury (Feat. Little Boots) – That Disco Beat
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – Alice Underground
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – The Last Seduction
♫ Baron Von Luxxury – Terry Richardson (Produced By Keenhouse)
‘The Last Seduction’ is out now to download and released on Manimal Vinyl.
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More new Little Boots! Débuting on Radio 1 last week this track from her forthcoming new album see her teaming up with Electro-House producer Michael Woods.
‘I Wish’ is probably the closest thing to a ‘bang0r’ that Boots has ever done. this is a track aimed purely at peak time, big room dancefloors rather than the charts. Pumping Ibiza stings and Victoria’s anthemic sing-along chorus in combination make this a sure fire summer hit for 2012/ Rousing and uplifting, with just the slightest hint of melancholy to the vocals, this is one to drop when the floor is full.
♫ Little Boots & Michael Woods – I Wish (Radio Rip)
Little Boots current single ‘Shake’ is available right now.
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I gotta’ say, I do like all this Little Boots being back business. Just knowing that Vicky is out there somewhere promoting an ElectroPop single is a calming influence on me, takes me back to those early, exciting days of electronic rumors.
A couple of new reMixes of her latest (comeback?) single ‘Shake’ have dropped this week. Azari & III, not strikingly, go deep with the track. Really deep. Their reMix is a growling, swelling, slightly techy jam that shoes off some nice raw 808 drum sounds and reminds me a little of early Bleep House. In their hands ‘Shake’ goes from being DancePop gold to a hypnotic mantra. Crazy P head straight for the disco with their take on the track, taking a little Indie along with them. their version is a laidback, but groovy summer vibe.
♫ Little Boots – Shake (Azari & III reMix)
♫ Little Boots – Shake (Crazy P reMix)
‘Shake’ is available right now.
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