London’s SynthPop rising stars Visitor’s Diamond Cut produced forthcoming single ‘Los Feeling’ is being eagerly anticipated by anyone with even a passing interest in electronic music.

The ex-Cobra Dukes produce, with this single, a perfect balance of the retro and the new, as if modern equipment and production techniques were transported back to the 80’s. ‘Los Feeling’ is powerful and passionate with node to both the intimate ElectroPop of Pet Shop Boys and OMD to the stadium rock of Simple Minds or U2. The much anticipated Alan Braxe reMix has been on Youtube for a while now and has had more than a few repeat listens. Braxe really takes the track to another level creating an intense, multi-layered Nu-Disco track that deserves to blasted loud on a summer’s night!

♫ Visitor – Los Feeling (Alan Braxe Radio Edit)

With more reMixes from Designer Drugs, Fear Of Tigers and Monsieur Adi, waiting for this single to be released is almost painful, until then give the guys some massive MySpace love!

Visitor @ MySpace

Jun 1 2010

Minitel Rose’s new album, with Barretso and Kolt13 reMixes!

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Minitel Rose, those purveyors of the smoothest of French SynthPop & Dreamwave, are finally gearing up to drop their second album ‘Atlantic’ this June, and that (if you didn’t know) is an exiting thing! Their 2008 début ‘The French Machine’ still gets weekly play here and was an important record in terms of introducing a smoother French Electro sound to the masses and drawing wider attention to the Dreamwave movement being spearheaded by the Valerie Collective.

Listening to ‘Wild Birds’, the first track from the album, just wets the appetite even more. Their Electro-House tinged Disco SynthPop is in full effect on this energetic, anthemic track. It’s retro synth chords and uplifting vocals seriously bode well for this album being the soundtrack to the summer. electronic rumors fave Barretso give the track a shot of adrenaline with his reMix, busting out his best pumping percussion and shimmering synths to create a powerhouse of a reMix. Kolt13 brings a Disco/Chiptune soundclash to his version, and intricate mixture of Nintendo madness and Discoball funk.

Minitel Rose look like they are going to release an awesome album, with some awesome remixes. Can’t wait!

♫ Minitel Rose – Wild Birds

♫ Minitel Rose – Wild Birds (Barretso reMix)

♫ Minitel Rose – Wild Birds (Kolt13 reMix)

Minitel Rose’s ‘Atlantic’ is released 7th June digitally and 14th June physically

Minitel Rose – @ Beatport

Minitel Rose – @ Juno

Minitel Rose – @ 7Digital

Minitel Rose – @ Amazon

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May 30 2010

Kamp!; Polish SynthPop

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Kamp! are a Polish SynthPop act who have just released their new single, ‘Heats’, on Brennessel.

The single is an impassioned classic SynthPop tune with a touch of Nu-Disco in it’s bassline. ‘Heats’ is an intricate retro styles Pop song with a little hint of Spandau Ballet about it. The B-side, ‘Distance Of The Modern Hearts’ is more upbeat and an awesome collision between classic, pure 80’s Pop and Nu-Disco. Defiantly a band to keep an eye, or ear, on!

♫ Kamp! – Heats

♫ Kamp! – Distance Of The Modern Hearts

‘Heats’ is out now.

Kamp! @ Amazon

May 29 2010

OMD and Grum on BBC 6 Music’s ‘Back To The Phuture!

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This Monday’s (31st May) instalment of Wall Of Sound label boss and Electro guru Mark Jones’s BBC 6 Music radio show Back To The Phuture will feature not only Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark but Grum too!

OMD’s Andy McClusky and Paul Humphries will be chatting to Mark about getting involved with electronic music, their influence on the charts and their forthcoming album, ‘History Of Modern’ and in the final hours Nu-Disco master Grum will be busting out a special 80’s influenced mix of SynthPop new and old.

To wet your appetite check out OMD’s classic ‘Bunker Soldiers’ and Grum’s blog destroying 2009 monster ‘Runaway’:

♫ OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) – Bunker Soldiers

♫ Grum – Runaway (Radio Edit)

It’s gonna’ be a great show, details here, and you can tune in on iPlayer.

May 26 2010

Short Circuit’s new single

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Andrew Verner A.K.A. Short Circuit is fast becoming the king of Robo-Pop. Coming out of L.A.’s Binary family, the go-to gang for forward thinking cotemporary ElectroPop, Short Circuit has been responsible for some awesome reMixes of late, but the time has come for him to release some original material into the wild.

Setting himself apart from the pack with his heavy use of vocodered vocals, his début single, ‘Let Go’, is a robotic love letter set to a soundtrack of warm synth leads and burbling basses. The single is backed by the kind of reMix package that has fans of electronic Pop music grinning like idiots all day after hearing it. Fellow Binary act, the reliably amazing, NightWaves bring a bit more of a Dreamwave flavour to the track, although heavier than you’d expect from these guys They bring the robot to the Disco with some thick bass sounds and screaming synths. Small Pyramids take ‘Let Go’ to a more chilled, atmospheric, place with a deep electronic groove while Popskarr reveal themselves as one to watch after turning in a blinding, funky, late night House mix.

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (NightWaves reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Small Pyramids reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go (Popskarr reMix)

♫ Short Circuit – Let Go

‘Let Go’ is Short Circuit,’s first single and will be followed up by an EP later in 2010.

Short Circuit @ Beatport

Short Circuit @ Juno

Short Circuit @ 7Digital

Short Circuit @ Amazon

May 25 2010

New Anoraak track!

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Member of the Valerie posse and Dreamwave pioneer Anoraak has been quiet of late but today dropped a new track on the public via his Facebook page.

It’s a welcome return from Frédéric, I still listen to 2008’s ‘Nightdrive With You’ all the time and this new tune, ‘Above Your Head’ has the same vibe going on. This is the prefect way to make emotional electronic music with a smooth, chilled summer vibe. If you were looking for some ElectroPop to while away these warm nights we’re getting recently to, then look no further:

♫ Anoraak – Above Your Head

Anoraak’s full length début is due on 30th August on naïve.

May 25 2010

Cassette Club 4 Me

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Some interesting facts:

1) Cassette Club’s new single on Eye Industries, ‘4 me’, is pretty awesome. 2) The reMix package is even awesomer. 3) The fact that Eye Industries is allowing us to share four storming reMixes with you is the awesomest!

You can check out the original on SoundCloud, it’s a smooth and soulful Nu-Disco affair with a late night vibe and the reMixes just knock it out of the park! I gotta’ begin with a shout out to our friend Beaumont, not only is it great to see so many of his reMixes getting official releases these days but the man keeps getting better and better. This reMix, I reckon, is my favourite of his tracks to days. It’s a sweet Dreamwave track that is easily equal to, or better than, most of the Valerie crew’s output. Bestrack keep the Nu-Disco groove going but deliver a slightly harder vibe while Quinten 909 & Livian go crazy with the deep funky House thang. Algeronics wrap up the single with a Wonky bass Fidget tune thick with rave synths. A truly impressive line up of reMixes!

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Beaumont reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Bestrack reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Quinten 909 & Livian reMix)

♫ Cassette Club – 4 Me (Algeronics reMix)

‘4 Me’ is released today! Go check it out:

Cassette Club @ Beatport

Cassette Club @ Juno

Cassette Club @ 7Digital

Cassette Club @ Amazon

May 25 2010

HEALTH reMix album

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Electro tinged Indie noiseniks and some time Crystal castles collaborators HEALTH are gearing up to release a reMix album to accompany their last LP ‘Get Color’

‘Disco 2’ will feature 11 reMixes and one new track, the blog hyped ‘USA Boys’. It will include this reMix by Javelin who take the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it ‘Get Color’ opener, ‘In Heat’, and with the lightest of vocal effects, Disco strings and sweeping synths create a summer monster!

♫ HEALTH – In Heat (Javelin reMix)

HEALTH will be supporting Crystal Castles on their UK tour later this year and their ‘Disco 2’ album drops 22nd June.

HEALTH @ Juno

HEALTH @ 7Digital

HEALTH @ 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:

May 22 2010

The Sound Of Arrows reMix Lady GaGa

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It’s not Lady GaGa’s best song, but it is her new single, and it is elevated to the lofty heights of ‘fucking awesome’ by Swedish SynthPop masters The Sound of Arrows.

‘Alejandro’ is given a complete, smooth SynthPop makeover the way only The Sound Of Arrows can becoming a slice of pure 80’s Pop with the lightest touch of Nu-Disco!