Nov 2 2010

Russ Chimes; The Midnight Club is finally here!

The wait is finally over! This week Russ Chimes’ ‘Midnight Club’ EP was finally released and it’s so good to have these tracks, we’ve played to death already, in glorious high quality!

Easily on of the best Nu-disco releases of the year (made all the better by a trilogy of amazingly crafted mini movies) we were exited to see that the release was joined by a reMix EP as well! While we are all totally in love with the original EP track, which seem to tell a story all of their own, without the videos, as Mr. Chimes proves he is one of the most innovative and constantly perfectionist producers working in this genre, the EP provided some pleasant surprizes including this reMix of ‘Targa’ (the whole reMix EP is of ‘Targa’) by Bestrack who actually keeps a lot of the original intact but covers the song in massive synth chords and a band new big ol’ bassline.

♫ Russ Chimes – Targa (Bestrack reMix)

The ‘Midnight Club’ EP and is reMix sister are out now. Both are highly recommended!

Russ Chimes @ Beatport

Russ Chimes @ Amazon

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Nov 2 2010

Robots With Rayguns – In Your Arms

Lucas Patrick Smith A.K.A. Robots With Rayguns always makes me take notice when he drops a new track, he’s been steadily releasing some of the best 80’s influenced dance music and reMixes around over the past couple of years but despite a few blog column inches seems to have missed out on some of the big hype he deserves.

His latest tune, ‘In Your Arms’ is a three and a half minutes of perfect feel good retro Dreamwave dance pop with a spot-on manipulated vocal sample and a rockin’ distorted synth wailing throughout.

♫ Robots With Rayguns – In Your Arms

I would honestly love to hear a full length album from RwR. I reckon, given 10 or more tracks in which to breathe, Lucas could pull of a masterpiece!

Robots With Rayguns @ Amazon

Oct 29 2010

Cinnamon Chasers’ ‘Two Hours Time’ video

Just a quick one for you this Friday, busy weekend ahead.

Here is the new video for Cinnamon Chasers forthcoming single ‘Two Hours Time’, an amazing, dreamy Disco –Pop track, that continues in CC’s tradition of beautiful, storytelling clips. This time directed by Jovan Todorović and shot across Serbia, Austria, Germany, Holland and Spain.

‘Two Hours Time’ is released 15th November.

Cinnamon Chasers @ Beatport

Cinnamon Chasers @ Juno

Cinnamon Chasers @ 7Digital

Cinnamon Chasers @ Amazon

Oct 28 2010

A couple of new Mille tracks

Things have been a little quite from Mille since his rash of amazing reMixes and the ‘Crysteena’ single late last year.

But fear not, the Swedish Nu-Disco genius has been hard at work and recently uploaded to new tracks to his SoundCloud.

‘Afterski’ is pure brilliance, the kind of thing you’d expect from Mille. Slick as anything you’ve heard,retro synth inspired, dancefloor ElectroPop. Soaring electronic lead lines and electro toms fly all over the track. It’s uplifting as hell. ‘Warchief’ is a tiny bit darker and a bit more pumping. If ‘Afterski’ is the soundtrack to an 80’s prom, then this is the soundtrack to a gang fight. Not a gang fight you’d get these days, a bandannas, studded gloves and dance moves gang fight!

♫ Mille – Afterski

♫ Mille – Warchief

We can’t wait for news of a new Mille release!

Mille @ Beatport

Mille @ Neon Gold

Mille @ Pure Groove

Oct 26 2010

Hyboid

Kicking off today we have some hypnotic cosmic Disco from German producer Hyboid.

The track ‘Vogon Poetry’ comes from the EP ‘Chicken Accelerator’, an Astro Chicken label sampler and is six minutes of pure Sci-Fi synthesizer rock-out. Like a soundtrack to an 80’s space opera that was never released this track is all about blue-screened spaceships and silver jumpsuits powered by urgent arpeggios and otherworldly analog lead lines.

As you can probably tell from the title, Hyboid is a HitchHikers’ fan and has spliced up this video for ‘Vogon Poetry’ from the amazing BBC serial. It works really, really, well!

♫ Hyboid – Vogon Poetry

Hyboid is planning to release his début album ‘Aliens Ate My Synthesizer’ on vinyl in December.,

Hyboid @ Juno

Hyboid @ Amazon

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Oct 24 2010

electronic rumours mixtape: Pop-Fu 07 ‘Hold On To The Summer’

Hey! The weather’s getting shitty and I’ve got a long journey this week so I knocked up this rough ‘n’ ready Mixtape that I’ll share with you lot. There’s some awesome ‘pretend it’s still Summer’ tunes on there.

Check it:

01 StardonE – CT
02 Bag Raiders – Way Back Home (Original)
03 Gemini Club – Ghost (Hey Champ! reMix)
04 Walter Sobcek – Je Me Souviens (Paul reMix)
05 Starsmith – Knuckleduster
06 Russ Chimes – Never Look Back
07 Alfa – Sky Patrol
08 Pacific! – Narcissus (Club Edit)
09 Xinobi – Varial Kickflip
10 LIGHTS – Second Go (Echoes reMix)
11 Mark Ronson & The Business INTL (Feat. MNDR & Q-Tip) – Bang Bang Bang (Russ Chimes reMix)
12 B-Xentric! – Complete
13 Tesla Boy – Thinking Of You (Casio Social Club reMix)
14 LexiconDon – Student Body (Build & Clancy reMix)
15 Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Original Radio Mix)

Oct 23 2010

MMMatthias reMixes I’m Not A Band

I’m Not A Band are classically trained musician Stephan J and vocalist Kassandra Papak from Germany who create an interesting mix of Laptop Pop and traditional instrumentation.

Their forthcoming single, ‘Crazy’, has been giving the ol’ reMix treatment by electronic rumors friend MMMatthias who serves up a version full of his trademark retro synths lines but with more of a raw feel than his previous work. When the tracks garage beats and squealing analog electronics reach a climax, toward the end of the track, following the songs chord progression it is truly euphoric!

♫ I’m Not A Band – Crazy (MMMatthias reMix)

I’m not a Band’s ‘Crazy’ EP out 26th November on ADP Records.

I’m Not A Band @ Beatport

I’m Not A Band @ Juno

I’m Not A Band @ 7Digital

I’m Not A Band @ Amazon

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Oct 22 2010

Starsmith – We Leave Tonight

ElectroPop producer extraordinaire turned Nu-Disco celebrity Starsmith has just dropped a new tune over on his SoundCloud. In his own words ‘We Leave Tonight’ is “Just something I was mucking about with…” but we all know that Starsmith mucking about is the ElectroPop equivalent of Picasso doodling on a napkin…it’s still gonna’ be worth shit loads!

The track is piano led, mid-tempo, chilled builder that defiantly shows there’s more to Fin than bangers and just makes us more exited about a full length record from the man.

♫ Starsmith – We Leave Tonight

Starsmith’s début single, ‘Give Me A Break’/’Knuckleduster’ is out now:

Starsmith @ 7Digital

Starsmith @ Amazon

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Oct 15 2010

Fiero

Fiero are the latest in the long line of top quality Dreamwave and Nu-Disco coming out of California that you should be keeping an eye on.

Made up of DJ Nicky Savage along with fellow DJ and bassist Disco, For Your Health and Punk drummer/guitarist Sam//Aftermath, the trio knock out mixtapes full of smooth Electro party tunes and reMixes with more 80’s ElectroPop and Funk than you could shake an 80’s ElectroPop and Funky stick at.

Checking out their original material, though, is a thing of magic (as they themselves would tell you). Obviously there is a hint of the LA/Binary Dreamwave sound in the mix but they’ve got this strong late 80’s ElectroSoul or DancePop vibe running throughout. ‘Snacks On The Beach’ is pure summer fun, a party jam, a driving jam, a chilling jam. Mixing up a semi-rolling bassline, electro toms and the intertwining of some shimmering lead lines, the whole thing is an synthesizer barbeque with your best friends and finest beers.

♫ Fiero – Snacks On The Beach (Original Mix)

Check out more from Fiero and give them some MySpace lovin’:

Fiero @ MySpace

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Oct 14 2010

StardonE reMixes The Smashing Pumpkins

After the whole StardonE are ace business of earlier this week I was disappointed to find that their reMix of The Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘1979’ had reached it’s download limit on SoundCloud, so I got straight onto StardonE to remedy the situation and to be able to share it with you guys.

The track itself reminds me so much of being younger so the fact that someone has done a nice Dreamwavey reMix of it pleases me no end. Taking the hypnotic nature of the original and adding some killer drums, arpeggios, and a sweet little riff is, frankly, pure genius.

Listen, and enjoy: