Plastic Plates reMixes Sneaky Sound System

Sneaky Sound System

Apparently, Felix Bloxsom A.K.A. Plastic Plates takes much of his inspiration from busses. You wait for a Plastic Plates track for ages then two come along at once. In the first of two Electro groovin’ reMixes from the La based Australian, he takes on fellow Aussies, ElectroPop heroes Sneaky Sound System.

reMixing their ‘Friends’, Plastic Plates bring a synthetic Funk to the track. The original already has a pretty solid Disco groove, but PP ramps up an analog sounding cosmic vibe that has a raw quality to it that works brilliantly with the lovely Connie Mitchell’s smooth a silk vocals delivery. Hopefully this sudden glut of Plastic Plates reMixes hints at something new coming from the man on the horizon. Definitely more like this reMix would be appreciated.

♫ Sneaky Sound System – Friends (Plastic Plates reMix)

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A Girl Called Ruth

A Girl Called Ruth

A Girl Called Ruth is a, sort of Welsh, multi-national singer/songwriter from London just starting her big push. A lot of young female singers have passed through these pages on their was to the charts, or the bin, and we’d like to think we have developed a knack for spotting the ones who have a fair chance of ‘making it’. We’d say A Girl Called Ruth has a better chance than most, her début single ‘You I See’ is catchy and slick. It’s got that standard mid-tempo safe Pop feel, but is youthful enough not to get lost in the noise.

You can catch the video for ‘You I See’ here, it’s good track that has really grown on us, but it’s a bit too Folk Pop for these column inches (yes, we do occasionally like music that falls outside this webzine’s remit), however there are two pretty dope reMixes we think out reader will dig. Our favourite is a smooth Disco-House mix from Young Favourite, who works the vocal perfectly, switching the mood from introspection to out-and-out anthem and alongside Young Favourites dance groove A Girl Called Ruth, or Ruth as we are going to be calling her from now on, starts to sound a bit Sophie Ellis-Bextor, no bad thing. Nixon offers up a warp bassed breakbeat track with an ominous tone. Whilst, obviously, we’d be secretly hoping that A Girl Called Ruth busts out some ElectroPop for her next single, in general, A Webzine Called Electronic Rumors quite likes this.

A Girl Called Ruth – You I See (Young Favourite reMix)

A Girl Called Ruth – You I See (Nixon reMix)

Check out more from A Girl Called Ruth on SoundCloud.

Choose digitalfoxglove’s new EP

digitalfoxglove

Germany’s finest Nu-Disco and Dreamwave producer digitalfoxglove needs your help!

He’s got a big stack of tracks, all in very early demo form, and he just can’t choose what to finish for his new release. Obviously he loves them all, but he want’s your help to decide what gets priority to be finished and morphed into a funky Nu-Disco monsters in the very near future. You can listen to all of his works in progress in one set below and favourite the ones you like. whatever has the most favourites by 30th June get the digitalfoxglove treatment. We’ve got out favourites, but we wouldn’t want to colour your judgement by telling you.

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Waze & Odyssey

Waze & Odyssey

Waze & Odyssey (revealed to be Retro/Grade’s Serge Santiago and Firas Waez from Caze Nova), ‘mystery’ Disco-House producers who exactly no people cared about the identity of, have had their pretty awesome track, ‘Love That (Burns Hot Enough)’, kicking around the internet for a while now. It’s a nice mix of Garage, Disco and House that could, with the right promotion, blow up this Autumn when it is released. The single is dropping on Waze & Odyssey’s own new label W&O Street Tracks, a vinyl only operation to keep an eye on.

To celebrate the launching of their imprint, Waze & Odyssey are giving away this brand new tune, How It’s Gotta’ Be’. It’s a tune that continues this duos mission to merge some of the funkier styles. There;s not much Disco in there, but it’s a beautiful combination of Chicago House and Garage. Waze & Odyssey have laid down a solid Garage rhythm section, a House groove and then just let some rich strings lush things up a bit. A hypnotic and involving track that has us celebrating W&O Street Tracks’ launch with them.

Waze & Odyssey – How It’s Gotta’ Be

Waze & Odyssey’s ‘Love That (Burns Hot Enough)’ is out this Autumn.

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Mausi reMix Polarsets

Polarsets

This week Indie-Electro outfit Polarsets returned for the summer with a new EP of Tropical Indie flavours. The ‘Exotica’ EP contains more of the kinda’ of summery, feel good, Indie grooves we’ve come to expect from Polarsets and includes a bunch of nice reMixes, including one from an outfit we haven;t featured in a while, Mausi.

Mausi deliver the standout track of the EP, upping the summery feel and introducing the track to a little piano House and beach party Disco. Playing around with the vocals in pretty innovative ways and coupling that with a smooth, piano led Tropical Disco tune. Most of all, however, the track rules for the shimmering lead line that runs throughout. It’s like pure sunshine in a synth.

Polarsets – Distance (Mausi reMix)

Polarsets’ Exotica’ EP is out now.

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Engarde’s ‘Firebird’

Engarde

Here’s the latest offering from Swiss Discoy SynthWave producers Engarde. It’s called ‘Firebird’, and it’s going to be your surprise hit of the week. The duo has been pretty quite since last years ‘Fresh 80’ on Moonbootique, hopefully the recent dropping of tunes indicated a new release coming.

‘Firebird’ is a track that’s smooth as hell, but Funky with it. Taking cues from Filter Disco and Dreamwave, ‘Firebird’ kicks in a way we haven’t heard much of this year, taking us back to those massive Disco mixes during the summer of 2010 from the likes of Russ Chimes and Grum, but with a nice little 2012 twist. Engarde have totally got the pumping DiscoPop thing down pat, we’re looking forward to more from them in the coming months.

Engarde – Firebird

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Jupiter reMixed by DiscoRazor

Jupiter

The Jupiter momentum just doesn’t quit, it seems like every other day we have something awesome about the French ElectroPop duo to write about. In this instance fellow Frenchman and master of Disco and SynthWave DiscoRazor has turned his reMixing attentions to Jupiter’s ‘Hula Hoop’ from the recently released eleven tracks of pure awesome they call ‘Juicy Lucy’.

The original is pretty indicative of Jupiter. ElectroPop with a Disco flavour with a slight Indie vibe and some melodically chopped up vocals. DiscoRazor strips out the Indie guitar and replaces it with some seriously smooth Disco with a bit of a House edge to it. DiscoRazor shows his SynthWave side in the track too, with a twisted synth solo that leads right into a slick piano breakdown. DiscoRazor has delivered a slick carefree tune packed with Funk that perfectly compliments Jupiter’s original whist making it slightly more palatable to late night dancefloors. You could od a lot worse than investigating DiscoRazor’s recently released ‘Golden Night’ EP.

Jupiter – Hula Hoop (DiscoRazor reMix)

Jupiter’s début album ‘Juicy Lucy’ is out now, read out review here.

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Surrender!’s ‘Volute’

Surrender!

Turkish producer Surrender! is about to drop a brand new single in advance of his forthcoming album. Coming out next month on the consistently Funky La Bombe, ‘Volute’ and it’s B-Side ‘Fast Days’, show off two different facets of Surrender!’s infectious groove.

‘Volute’ is a twisting, cosmic, number. With heavy, pulsating, Funk foundations a spacey mixture of Italo and Cosmic Disco play around the track, arpeggios flying, to create something that is both dancefloor addictive and space-age atmospheric at the same time. The flip side, ‘Fast Days’ breaks out the House piano and some massive synth stabs. It’s a driving mixture of Disco and House which is pure uplifting party starter. Both tracks have got a nice grunge o their production, they’re not too clean, not too polished, which (in our opinion) always works better on the dancefloor. Get down and dirty with these tunes! Surrender!’s already getting some play from major names including being part of Digitalism’s new DJ-KICKS album. We’d definitely predict big things for this guy.

♫ Surrender! – Volute (Radio Edit)

♫ Surrender! – Fast Days (Radio Edit)

Surrender!’s ‘Volute’ single is out 2nd July on Beatport.

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Goldroom’s ‘Verano Mix’

Goldroom

Goldroom – Verano Mix 2012 = Josh’s latest mix is the perfect summery hour. there’s some really exciting tunes in this collection including (I believe) the first public outing of Ride The Universe’s reMix of rodent chomper Jane Badler’s ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrows’, alongside some sweet Xtrafunk, some new Van She and Freak You’s reMix of Goldroom’s own ‘Fifteen’.

Goldroom – Verano Mix 2012

The tracklist:

01. Goldroom – Trains
02. Van She – Coconuts
03. The KDMS – Your Love Is Right
04. Xtrafunk – Lazy Sunday
05. 6th Borough Project – Just A Memory
06. Goldroom – Catalina (Small Pyramids reMix)
07. Tropical Monsoon Season – Green On Blue (Moon Boots reMix)
08. Alec Carlsson – Euphoria
09. Cosmonaut Grechko – Headphone Girl
10. Ben Browning – Feels Like
11. Charlotte Gainsbourg – Paradisco (Rex The Triangle reMix)
12. Peaches & Munk – You Can’t Run From My Love (Classixx reMix)
13. Dino Soccio – Dream On…
14. Bonar Bradberry – Loose Grip
15. Madi Matilda – Day Dreams (MyKill reMix)
16. Jane Badler – Yesterday’s Tomorrows (Ride The Universe reMix)
17. Flight Facilities – With You (MAM reMix)
18. Ulrich Schnauss – As If You’ve Never Been Away
19. Goldroom – Fifteen (Freak You reMix)

Goldroom’s EP is out now.

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Todd Terje’s ‘Inspector Norse’ video

Here’s the brand new video for Todd Terje’s crazily infectious ‘Inspector Norse’.

The video is actually a clip from the short film ‘Whateverest’ about rave nutter Marius Solem Johanso A.K.A. Inspector Norse by KristofferBorgli.

Todd Terje’s ‘It’s The Arps’ EP is released 16th January on his own Olsen imprint.

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