Jul 9 2010

Monarchy video mystery solved!

Well, either it’s been a slow week or Monarchy have been really busy ‘cos here comes another Monarchy post!

Remember that video for their forthcoming third single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ that suddenly disappeared and was replaced with the official video? Well it turns out that it was intended to be the video for the new Benny Benassi reMix of the track. It’s a cool pumping reMix, maybe one of the others (Holy Ghosts!) would be more deserving of a video and record label pushing but I suppose Benassi is more of a ‘name’ amongst clubbers and, as I said, it is quite a cool reMix.

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops 26th July with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, Treasure Fingers amongst others.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Jul 7 2010

Monarchy début live show and words about space!

Monarchy have announced their début live show at London’s Electrowekrz on the 22nd of this month. Well, strictly speaking it’s not their début show, their début show was at the NASA Planetarium at Cape Canaveral, Florida in from of 20 witnesses and beamed into space. Listen to the band talk about it in this video.

But it is their first ‘proper’ show in front of an audience and the duo’s Twitter feed is full of talk of preparations.

We’re pretty exited and you can be electronic rumours will be front and centre!

Monarchy’s forthcoming third single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way is released this month and amongst the reMixes is this deep Electro affair from DFA producer and analog synth guru Tim Goldsworthy.

♫ Monarchy – Love Get Out Of My Way (Tim Goldsworthy Dub)

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops 26th July with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, and Treasure Fingers also.

Jul 4 2010

Monarchy’s ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ video (again?)

OK, I have no idea what the deal with the previous video clip for Monarchy’s forthcoming ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ single was. It looks like the video was taken down and has now been replaced with this new video that premiered this weekend.

It’s all good though, I actually prefer the new video. I’m a sucker for a bit of poppin’ and lockin’ and the visuals are really striking. It’s also got a little bit of 80’s in there too, like if the characters from New Order’s ‘True Faith’ video all started doing the robot with lasers.

Oh, and the song is still badass!

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops 26th July with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, and Treasure Fingers amongst others.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Jun 21 2010

Monarchy news, in video form

Last Saturday London’s awesome stargazing SynthPop act Monarchy, usually men shrouded in mystery, made a rare, and their début, live appearance.

And where was this gig? You might ask. Well, fittingly for the band it pretty much took place in space. Performed at the NASA Planetarium at Cape Canaveral, Florida in from of 20 witnesses the show gained the band the honour of being the first band to broadcast live into space!

Check the trailer below, it looks like it would have been quite an experience to attend. Monarchy are promising more video soon.

At least if there is life out there we’ve got our musical ambassadorship covered.

Also just premiered is the video for their forthcoming new single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ spanning a cosmic Disco fantasyland. Lots of space-ballet, a space-unicorn, a space-pillar and possibly a space-love story, can’t quite tell. Looks nice though!

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ drops very soon with reMixes from Holy Ghost!, Sinden, and Treasure Fingers amongst others.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Jun 5 2010

Monarchy Vs. Holy Ghost! in full

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As a follow up to our post earlier in the week featuring a Radio Rip of the Holy Ghost! reMix of Monarchy’s amazing forthcoming single, ‘Love Get Out Of The Way’, we can now preview for you the whole song.

There are whispers that the reMix wasn’t supposed to be played as it may have been rejected, but now with the blog hype the track gained this week it may make the cut! This is just rumour though.

Check the original post to hear us going on about Moog funk, and listen to the whole track below.

♫ Monarchy – Love Get Out Of My Way (Holy Ghost! (Feat. Dixon) reMix)

‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ is released soon.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Jun 2 2010

Holy Ghost! reMix Monarchy’s forthcoming single!

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New Yorkers Holy Ghost! have really gone to funky town with Monarchy’s forthcoming single ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’.

Premiered on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 Show last Friday the reMix is a massive slice of Moog Funk. You can hear little elements of the component parts creeping in here and there. Little bits of Monarchy and little bits of Holy Ghost!’s NYC Disco all presided over by a huge Moog riff.

Funkier than we are used to with Monarchy? Yes. Awesome as hell? Yes!

♫ Monarchy – Love Get Out Of My Way (Holy Ghost! reMix) (Radio Rip)

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

May 23 2010

Monarchy drop their Kelis reMix!

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After teasing us on Twitter, London SynthPop masters Monarchy have finally dropped their reMix of Kelis recent smash ‘Acapella’!

From the offset you can tell it’s something special, instantly transporting you to Planet Monarchy as the duo effortlessly work their futuristic synth magic for their take on the track. Actually, ‘Acapella’ is a really fitting song for Monarchy to reMix, the vocal track itself has a kinda’ 80’s space-age Disco feel to it so when combined with the music of these two stargazing ElectroPoppers it becomes this amazing soundtrack to the best 80’s Sci-Fi movie you never saw.

I’d love to see a video for this cut out of bits from ‘Battle Beyond The Stars’ or something!

♫ Kelis – Acapella (Monarchy Urania Club Mix)

Kelis’ ‘Acapella’ single is out now:

Apr 22 2010

Monarchy’s ‘The Phoenix Alive’; soon, very soon!

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It’s less than a month now until London SynthPop genii Monarchy’s first proper single is released. We’ve already told you haw great it is, and how awesome the video is but we though you might need reminding with some reMixes and a listen to the B-Side.

The original is a piece of pure Electronic perfection, a beautiful meeting of Disco and Italo topped with gently, heartfelt vocals that weave in and out of the instrumentation effortlessly. You’ll have heard Kris Menace’s arpeggio led Electro-House reMix before which contrasts with Hot City’s glitchy, Garage beats and cut-up vocals. the B-Sire is ‘It Must Be Love’, a track that might not make it to Monarchy’s début album, slated for a June release, is a ballad with a real mid-80’s Scandinavian SynthPop feel to it and a chord progression that tugs at the heart strings.

♫ Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Kris Menace Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Monarchy – The Phoenix Alive (Hot City Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Monarchy – It Must Be Love (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘The Phoenix Alive’ is released 10th May on This Is London.

Monarchy @ Beatport

Monarchy @ Juno

Monarchy @ Amazon

Feb 27 2010

The Durutti Column Vs. Monarchy

Neon Gold’s SynthPop card up their sleeve, Monarchy, have dropped this wonderfully dark edit of Manchester Post-Punk legends The Durutti Column’s ‘My Country’.

The original is clearly recognisable here, but what is done works so well. The addition of the beat, strings and a sprinkling of synth work all combine to pull the song into the 21st century whilst loosing none of the atmosphere that made the original what it was.

♫ The Durutti Column – My Country (Monarchy reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘My Country’ is taken from the 1989 album ‘Vini Reilly’

The Durutti Column @ Beatport

The Durutti Column @ Juno

The Durutti Column @ 7Digital

The Durutti Column @ Amazon

Feb 8 2010

Monarchy

Mystery men Monarchy have been busy with some high profile reMixes of late and we are glad to report that their track ‘Gold In The Fire’, which has been hyped for a while now, is finally getting an official release thanks to Neon Gold.

We Have Band, Flak Attack and Hidden Cat chip in with the reMix work that spans WHB’s almost tribal chilled Electro, Flak Attack’s pure dance jam and Hidden Cat’s psychedelic space Disco trip.

♫ Monarchy – Gold In The Fire (We Have Band reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Monarchy – Gold In The Fire (Flak Attack reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Monarchy – Gold In The Fire (Hidden Cat reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pre-order the single here:

Monarchy @ Pure Groove