May 9 2011

Ellie Goulding’s cover of ‘Heartbeats’ given the Cosmonaut Grechko treatment

Ellie Goulding’s live cover of The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’ is the only cover I can tolerate (i.e. I love the original and hate Jose Gonzalez generic, uninspired, snorefest). Ellie’s voice, with it’s slight rasp, adds something to the song nicely. Wonderful news the that Russia’s coolest producer, Cosmonaut Grechko, has editied the hell out of it.

Dropping a nice chilled beat and some spaced-out synths in the background turns a nice cover into something pretty special. Grechko has actually turned the backing track into something a bit reminiscant of The Postal Service. It’s very easy to stick this track on the headphones and get lost in Grechko’s programming and Ellie’s voice.

Enjoy:

♫ Ellie Goulding – Heartbeats (Cosmonaut Grechko Edit)

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May 9 2011

More Futurecop! ‘Starworshipper’ reMixes

With Futurecop!’s ‘Starworshipper’ reMix competition over, and congrats to MPM for the win, we thought this would be a good time to let you check out some of the awesome ‘also rans’.

We’ve already posted the MPM winning entry and Sferro’s smooth mix, but up there as a serious contender for the crown is Ren Riz’s perfect slice of Dreamwave DancePop that compliments and builds on the original with style. Silenx’s ‘Sunrise reMix’ injects a little synthesizer emotion into the track with his big retro chords and little additional melodies that nicely layer up the track. For those of you wanting something to beef-up the tune check Owl Vision’s, ahem, bang0r, that takes your face and slams it into the dancefloor.

Amazing work by everyone involved.

♫ Futurecop! – Starworshipper (Ren Riz reMix)

♫ Futurecop! – Starworshipper (Silenx Sunrise reMix)

♫ Futurecop! – Starworshipper (Owl Vision reMix)

MPM’s winning entry will feature on Futurecop!’s next release.

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May 9 2011

Zimmer’s Half Moon Bay (May Mixtape)

Zimmer’s Half Moon Bay (May Mixtape) = An insane amount of good tracks on this hour of some of the best smooth synthesizer music and Disco grooves around.

♫ Zimmer – Half Moon Bay (May Mixtape)

The tracklist:

01. Siobhan Wilson – Getting Me Down (Anoraak Rework)
02. Tronik Youth – A-Freeka
03. Disco Deviance – You Know How I Feel (Social Disco Club Edit)
04. The Canyons – My Recue (Stallions Festival Version)
05. Lamont Dozier – Back To His Roots (Kiwi Edit)
06. Sharon Brown – I Specialize In Love
07. Alexander Holland – The Best Of Me
08. Golden Bug – Sex Beat (Mustang Instru reMix)
09. Kolombo – Passin’ Me By
10. Casio Social Club – The Running Man
11. Tyson – Die On The Dancefloor (Mickey reMix)
12. Yuksek – On A Train (The Magician reMix)
13. The Swiss – Bubble Bath
14. The Beatrabauken – Puppet Disco
15. Young Digerati – The Dauphin (Ride The Universe reMix)
16. Jacques Renault – Look At You (GRVRBBRS reMix)
17. ODahl – Out Of Control (Justin Faust reMix)
18. Homeboi & OhYeah! – Côte D’Azur
19. Broke One – Go Go Go
20. digitalfoxglove – Someone Else
21. Drop The Lime – Devil’s Eyes (Classixx’s B-Live Mix)
22. Lou Teti – Get Away (Drop Out Orchestra Rework)

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May 9 2011

CSLSX

This track hit all the right buttons!

Philidelphia based, but worldwide staffed, Electro collective CSLSX have just dropped this downtempo Disco jam ‘Keep On Shining’. It appeals to every bit of the electronic music lover in me. It’s driven by a mid-tempo solid rhythm section with a head nodding bassline, Cosmic synth work and hit of Dub influence. This is a tune to be played on repeat on long, hot, summer nights.

♫ CSLSX – Keep On Shining

Keep an eye on CSLSX at their Facebook page.

CSLSX @ Facebook

May 9 2011

Gigamesh & Foster The People

What a tune to come back from the weekend too! Gigamesh smashes this reMix of Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ right out of the park!

With just the right mix of Indie-Electro and Disco Gigamesh has revamped FTP’s over-remixed ‘hit’ into a piano and electro tom laden summer anthem. A new lease of life for the track was defiantly needed for this song to get some of the summer play it so desperately wanted and Gigamesh has done just that.

♫ Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (Gigamesh reMix)

Foster The People’s album ‘Torches’ is out 24th May.

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May 6 2011

Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’ this week with College and you know who!

Fear Of Tigers – ‘The Guestlist’ 06/05/2011 = The week Fear Of Tigers’ special guest is Valerie Collective head honcho, and the man behind College, David Grellier and in a fit of insanity Fear Of Tigers invited me back on the show to pick my big tune of the moment, which had to be Ride The Universe’s reMix of Chromeo’s ‘Hot Mess’, alongside the usual best of ElectroPop, Dreamwave and Nu-Disco around.

♫ Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’ 06/05/2011

As you probably know Ben from Fear Of Tigers ran the London marathon a while back to raise money for WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals). We’d like to extend our congratulations to Ben for an amazing job, you can read about it in this blog post, and there’s still time to get in with a quick sponsorship if you’re feeling charitable, check out his Just Giving page.

Fear Of Tigers @ Just Giving

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May 6 2011

Hardtopronounce & BlackOut Disco’s ‘Monique’

Ace Disco-House label Champagne Records’ latest free release is Hardtopronounce & BlackOut Disco’s ‘Monique’ single.

You should go get it, kick off your weekend is cut-up Disco style. ‘Monique’ is one smooth slab of filtered goodness with a funky ass vocal sample throughout and a cute little running flute riff. Labelmates Vostok-1, drop a sweeping blissed-out Nu-Disco reMix as part of the single with cranks up the effects to take you on your journey to planet Disco. Play it loud!

♫ Hardtopronounce & BlackOut Disco – Monique

♫ Hardtopronounce & BlackOut Disco – Monique (Vostok-1 reMix)

Download the whole single for free at Champagne Records SoundCloud page.

May 6 2011

Mustang’s Monarchy reMix

Monarchy and Rokhsan’s single ‘I Won’t Let Go’ was released a week or so ago, so if you haven’t heard it yet here’s the amazing Mustang reMix.

Epic and emotional, Mustang has done an awesome job here. Loaded with Disco bass, big retro chords and a funky little guitar riff this reMix really highlights both sets of vocals for the powerful performance they are. I think this is defiantly my favourite of the reMixes, it takes the raw feeling of the original but dials the music down a bit and lets you just sink into it.

♫ Monarchy – I Won’t Let Go (Mustang reMix)

Monarchy’s ‘I Won’t Let Go’ war released last week.

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May 4 2011

B-Xentric! reMix Honom

B-Xentric! have reMixed up a storm on Honom’s new single.

The London duo have ElectroBoogie of the original, pinned it down, and beat it around the face with their massive analog Disco. Big chords and percussion are the driving factors in this reMix, oh and a demon synth bass sound that’s got the funk with a bite to it.

Wait until they kick it up to 10 by dropping the House piano! Crazy!