Feb 18 2010

Euphorie

You won’t be surprised to hear that new Electro act Euphorie hail from France!

With most of the attention of Electro lovers out there being put upon Dreamwave recently it’s nice to hear some straight up bangers still being produced, and ‘My Lipids’ certainly is that! It’s a 100% Electro party track that would slay on any dancefloor! ‘Bots Attack’, on the other hand, is a relentless, Industrial, robotic Electro noise attack. Slow and methodical, it’s chainsaw synths will burn your brain!

♫ Euphorie – My Lipids (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Euphorie – Bots Attack (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check out some more from Euphorie on his MySpace:

Euphorie @ MySpace

Feb 18 2010

Night Plane reMix

NightPlane

Simon from THISISNOTANEXIT records dropped this track over on his Twitter feed, it’s an amazing reMix of ‘Wave Haze’ by Night Plane from his ‘Chinese Shadows’ 12”.

Hypnotic and atmospheric, it’s a smooth, almost BladeRunner-esq, soundtrack to the city at night. A crazy, chilled, mash up of Dreamwave, SynthPop and Electro Jazz that’s just made for staring out the car window at the street lights rushing past.

♫ Night Plane – Wave Haze (Fort Tilden Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Chinese Shadows’ 12” is available from the THISISNOTANEXIT store.

Night Plane @ Beatport

Night Plane @ Juno

Night Plane @ 7Digital

Feb 17 2010

Fabian get new reMixes and a TNUC video!

Fabian

Fabian’s ‘Heatwave’ was originally featured on Binary’s excellent Dreamwave/SynthPop compilation ‘Binary Presents: LA Lights’, one of the standout tracks of the album, it was pure 80’s movie party scene montage soundtrack and created quite a bit of blog hype last year.

Now, not only are Binary dropping a superb reMix package but the track has been given the TNUC video treatment. TUNC is a video creator/editor, sometime reMixer, blogger from the 80’s(?) and all round purveyor of good taste, you can check the visuals he came up with for the track here.

The almighty, blog destroying, Russ Chimes contributes to the reMix line up and really excels himself with the bassline and soaring synth work he lays down. Also along for this night drive are Werewolf By Night, one of my personal favourite Dreamwave artists with an uplifting, ringing, feelgood take and Short Circuit who bring things straight back to the dancefloor with their cut up electro.

♫ Fabian – Heatwave (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fabian – Heatwave (Russ Chimes’ Funkwave reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fabian – Heatwave (Werewolf By Night reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Fabian – Heatwave (Short Circuits Heatstroke Edit) (zShare) (MediaFire)

I strongly suggest to go check out ‘Binary Presents: LA Lights’ is a seriously good compilation.

Fabian @ Beatport

Fabian @ 7Digital

Fabian @ Amazon

Feb 14 2010

Volta Cab

VoltaCab

Following hot on the heels of Tesla Boy comes Russia’s latest Dreamwave hope, Volta Cab.

Owing just as much to Sci-Fi as it does to the 80’s, VC’s music is a fluid combination of retro electronics, Nu-Disco, ElectroPop and Chiptune. ‘Clarissa’ is a analog bass laden tune with sweet vocodered vocals that is so smooth it practically melts your speakers. ‘Stay With You’ is more of a driving number with 80’s rock samples throughout while ‘We Are Marsians’ is more typical Dreamwave fare but show the Volta Club really is top of his game.

♫ Volta Cab – Clarissa (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Volta Cab – Stay With You (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Volta Cab – We Are Marsians (zShare) (MediaFire)

Sitting somewhere between Fear Of Tigers and Kavinsky, you can check some more of Volta Cab’s stuff on his MySpace.

Volta Cab @ MySpace

Feb 14 2010

AXXE

Montreal ElectroPop duo AXXE apparently came together out of a dislike for each other and despite living in close quarters utilise technology to undertake their songwriting and production remotely!

Whether that’s just spin or not, the music stands on it’s own merits. Their recently released double A-side ‘Hard Candy’/’S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night’ drops two slices of expertly crafted DiscoPop that just ooze decadence. the tracks have been given the reMix treatment by two pretty well known Electro up-and-comers, Worship and Neon Workout. I’ve loved Worship’s previous reMixes and her the Swiss producer ramps up the AutoTune to create an edge Nu-Disco vibe. Neon Workout takes it straight to the dancefloor with electro tom and handclap craziness!

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – Hard Candy (Worship reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ AXXE – S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night (Neon Workout reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The single is available from Bandcamp, and go give AXXE some MySpace lovin’!

AXXE @ Bandcamp

AXXE @ MySpace

Feb 9 2010

The Golden Filter’s new single!

TheGoldenFilter04

While we are waiting (and quite literally can’t wait any longer!) for The Golden Filter’s début long player, ‘Voluspa’, to drop on 26th April we can present here a taste of things to come in the form of the first single from the album.

‘Hide Me’ comes out just before the album release and a is a great choice for lead track. Slightly more upbeat that the previous singles. Still undeniably The Golden Filter’s New York Electro Disco but with a hint if Goldfrapp poppyness.

♫ The Golden Filter – Hide Me (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Hide Me’ is released on 19th April followed by the album on the 26th.

The Golden Filter @ Beatport

The Golden Filter @ Juno

The Golden Filter @ 7Digital

The Golden Filter @ Amazon

Feb 8 2010

StuffHappeningNow article on 80’s inspired Electro

London based zeitgeist ‘zine Stuffhappeningnow recently got in touch asking for our opinion on a few issues relating to 80’s inspired Electro-House/Dreamwave.

You can read the full article online here, it’s a good primer on the scene and features thoughts from Electric Youth, College and myself.

Read ‘Dreamwave: inside the nostalgia cult’ @ Stuffhappeningnow

Feb 8 2010

Shy Child; The Anoraak reMix!

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We’ve waited with baited breath for the most exiting (to us at least) reMix from the forthcoming Shy Child single ‘Disconnected’. Now the wait is over.

Anoraak’s take on the tune is every bit as good as we had hoped. The meeting of Shy Child and Anoraak is just a clash of two of our favourite artists. The reMix is mostly a smooth Dreamwave epic give a slight edge by arpeggiated digital synth bass that slowly builds to a rockin’ crescendo.

♫ Shy Child – Disconnected (Anoraak reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

‘Disconnected’ is out soon followed by the album ‘Liquid Love’ on 15th March on Wall Of Sound

Shy Child @ Beatport

Shy Child @ 7Digital

Shy Child @ Amazon

Feb 8 2010

Polygon Palace

PolygonPalace

Melbourne based Polygon Palace, Australia’s latest weapon in their bit to talk over the ElectroPop world, have dropped this awesome track about a time machine being built in Tokyo city. Sounding a little like some of the UK LaptopPop acts but with a bigger sound, ‘Tokyo Getaway’ is SynthPop with a garage sound.

The track is completely turned around into a slap bass heavy banger by Cryptonites while fellow Aussies Cassian rebuild the original track times 100 adding a sprinkling of Disco flavour.

♫ Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway (Original Mix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway (Cryptonites reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Polygon Palace – Tokyo Getaway (Cassian reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

The ‘Tokyo Getaway’ single is released soon, check their MySpace for details.

Polygon Palace @ MySpace

Polygon Palace @ Amazon

Feb 8 2010

Priors reMixed

Priors

The track ‘What You Need’ (or at least the demo version of it) by Raw Man’s project, Priors, has been knocking ‘round the internet for a few months now. Finally it is getting a full reMix package release courtesy of Eye Industries and the smooth Nu-Disco ElectroPop jam some pretty sweet reworkings.

Grum just goes from strength to strength. His reMix here is more chilled than his usual production but it shows a laidback side to his work and is a solid slick of 80’s-esq electronic Funk. Hey Champ!’s take on the tune is more of a cut-up roller-Disco monster. Finally Allen Walker gives us the most straight-up dancefloor version

♫ Priors – What You Need (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Priors – What You Need (Grum reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Priors – What You Need (Hey Champ! reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

♫ Priors – What You Need (Allen Walker ReWrite) (zShare) (MediaFire)

You can pick up the reMix package right now!

Priors @ Beatport

Priors @ Juno