Jun 18 2013

[Audio] Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont’s ‘Safe With You’

Last month we introduced you to the Dub Mix of Alex Metric‘s team-up with Jacques Lu Cont’s Safe With You. It’s was surprisingly amazing, but all we could have asked for is a bit more in the vocal department from Niki & The Dove‘s Malin, and more of a Pop structure. Well, we didn’t have to wait long as this past weekend Pete Tong premièred the full vocal version of the track, grab yourself a listen.

Possibly one of the Pop songs of the year, Metric and Lu Cont don’t hold back the big builds and uplifting hook, weaving them effortlessly with hard hitting dancefloor beats and gruff basslines. Malin’s vocals soar over the track and really make the track what it is, the chorus is so insanely hands-in-the-air that not even shoving your hands deep in your pockets will prevent the inevitable. Expect to hear this a lot over the summer, and your life will be enriched for it. Bring Pop and Dance together perfectly.

♫ Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont (Feat. Malin) – Safe With You (Single Mix)

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Jun 18 2013

[Audio] ATTAR!’s ‘The Fool’

The Fool is the new single from Belgian synthetic Disco maestro ATTAR!. Released later in the month on Eskimo Recordings, The Fool is actually the début solo release from ATTAR!, ex-one half of Mustang, despite the fact that it seems otherwise. ATTAR! has been entertaining us with tracks, reMixes and mixtapes for months now, his last original release being the free Folivora Parade.

Featuring vocals from Cherry, The Fool walks the line between slowed down robotic Disco and Italo in order to deliver a steady tune that’s a brooding as it is funky. With a slightly Killer-esque bassline, heavy on the synths, the track serves up an almost 80s SynthPop feel that is just faintly brushed with a Disco groove to make it dancefloor palatable. Possibly the best of both worlds. The B-side, Colibri, ups the tempo somewhat for a jackin’ House jam that hit’s just the right floorfilling notes. The single comes equipped with a reMix from Pete Oak, definitely worth checking out.

♫ ATTAR! (Feat. Cherry) – The Fool

♫ ATTAR! – Colibri

ATTAR!’s The Fool is released 24th June

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Jun 18 2013

[Video] French Horn Rebellion’s ‘Dancing Out’

Here’s the video for NYC duo French Horn Rebellion excellent, Jody Watley & Young Empires featuring, new single Dancing Out.

The clip was Directed by Norton, and is a suitably tongue-in-cheek vintage affair.

French Horn Rebellion’s Dancing Out is out now.

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Jun 18 2013

[MP3] All Night Shoes’ ‘Like This’

American Dreamwave/Nu-Disco producer All Night Shoes is making forays into DiscoPop and Chillwave with his new tune, Like This. Branching out from his Nu-Disco sound, All Night Shoes plays around with new elements and new tempos with this tune, including some pretty slick vocals to create a different mood altogether from his usual output.

Laid back in it’s approach, and it’s BPM, Like This weaves bits of Chillwave and ElectroPop into a poolside Disco groove. As with his last tune we featured, the Jazzy Hello Jupiter, All Night Shoes isn’t afraid to think outside the box but manages to contain all this experimentation inside a neat Pop structure, making Like This both interesting and accessible. One for lazy summer nights.

♫ All Night Shoes – Like This

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Jun 17 2013

[MP3] Bestrack’s new, free, album

Rad Parisian Disco producer Bestrack has just dropped a whole albums worth of tunes for free. The dude dropped some top reMixes recently but it sounds like he’s been saving the good stuff for this collection of original tunes. And what a collection it is! We would seriously pay money for this record, and it would be one of our top buys that months. Prepare for eight tracks of some of the best Electro-Disco around.

Workout 2000 is the title of the album (Bestrack calls it an EP, but c’mon, eight tracks? Far to generous) and it definitely is a workout. From the very start of the release, the opening bars of In Your Eyes it’s all high-octane dirty Disco. Cut-up funky shit supreme the opener is an almost perfect example of soaring peak-time Disco-House that immediately hooks you into the album, screaming solo and all. Don’t Quit brings a big retro feel to proceedings, with some massive nostalgic DiscoPop, that doesn’t quit for the whole record. This collection of track strikes just the right balance between 80s Pop, Nu-Disco and tough Electro. From the grinding dystopian SynthWave of Jaguar to the hi-energy EuroDisco of Stamina the album covers a myriad of styles, all tried together with Bestrack’s slick groove. The title track is definitely a highlight, bringing together Bestrack’s cinematic SynthWave side with a driving Italo feel and heaps of Disco swing. Summing up the album with it’s huge vintage chords and twisted vocal samples, Workout 2000 is a great ambassador for the whole release. This album would come highly recommended if it cost money, at this price it’s essential.

♫ Bestrack – In Your Eyes

♫ Bestrack – Workout 2000

♫ Bestrack – Don’t Quit

You can download the whole of Bestrack’s Workout 2000 here.

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Jun 17 2013

[Mixtape] Peter & The Magician’s ‘Exclusive Mix’

Peter & The Magician – Exclusive Mix = Yuksek and ex-Aeroplane DJ The Magician are gearing up to drop their third collaboration in the form of the On My Brain EP, we’ve heard the release and can confirm it’s pretty special, but you can hear snippets of it in this exclusive mix they’ve done to celebrate the forthcoming release. And in a shocking turn of events, The Magician has, for once, graciously decided to respect the artists he uses in his mixtapes by providing a tracklist this time!

♫ Peter & The Magician – Exclusive Mix

The tracklist:
01. Peter & The Magician – Peter Pan
02. Kris Menace (Feat. Black Hills) – Waiting For You (Fingerpaint reMix)
03. Shit Robot – Take Me Up (Marcus Marr reMix)
04. Jessie Ware – Imagine It Was Us
05. Azari & III – Indigo (Dub)
06. Peter & The Magician – On My Brain (Original Mix)
07. Zinc (Feat. Sasha Keable) – Only For Tonight (TEED reMix)
08. Kindness – House
09. Daft Punk (Feat. Panda Bear) – Doing it Right
10. Juveniles – Elisa

Peter & The Magician’s On My Brain EP is released 24th June on Yuksek’s Partyfine label.

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Jun 14 2013

[MP3] The Penelopes reMix Back Back Forward Punch

London based French duo The Penelopes are fast becoming one of the more prolific acts in ElectroPop. You’d have thought after the release of their Never Live Another Yesterday album last summer they would have taken a break, but no. With a constant schedule of touring, monthly mixtapes and a stream of top quality reMixes these guys have just kept the pressure up. Check out their latest offering, it;s a reMix fro Australian DiscoPop duo Back Back Forward Punch, an act we’ve been hearing some good things from in the past few months, and their new single Don’t Stop Now.

The Penelopes bring a bright and airy Disco groove to the track. Something that is both body moving and a heady castle-in-the-air of a track, utilising severely punchy bass and hazy synths to create a dancefloor dreamscape to loose yourself in. But the starlight synths and the half heard swirling sax belie what is a pretty hard hitting floorfiller. The Penelopes have delivered a multi-layered crate essential.

♫ Back Back Forward Punch – Don’t Stop Now (The Penelopes reMix)

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Jun 14 2013

[Video] Mirror People’s ‘Kaleidoscope’

With the new release of the reMix package of Portuguese Disco don Mirror People’s 2012 single Kaleidoscope, comes a fresh video, which is about as title-inspired as you can get.

Directed by Victor Santos the video is very Kaleidoscopey, and just the right side of psychedelic Disco that fits so well with the Portuguese scene.

Mirror People’s Kaleidoscope reMix single is out now with work from Psychemagik and Xinobi, via Discotexas.

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Jun 13 2013

[Audio] Todd Terje’s ‘Strandbar’

The king of the summer, or at least the king of the festival season, Mr. Todd Terje is back with a brand new single, The Norwegian maestro is serving up another platter of typically quirky galactic grooves under the title Strandbar (Norwegian for ‘Beach Bar’). Comprising of three version of the same track, the single hold a Samba version, which didn’t really float our boat as much as the Disco version and the chaotic Bonus take on the track.

The Samba and Disco versions clock in at over eight minutes each, the Samba mix delivering a Jazzy, freeform feel. But it’s in the Disco version that the track really shines. From the opening bars of it;s wobbly bass, you know you’re in for an analog Disco treat. Loaded with cheeky purcussion and raw, space-age, synth work, the Disco version is basically an infectious nine minute Cosmic Disco brap, that gets dangerously, but groovily, proggy toward the end. An organically evolving Disco oddessy through warping synthetic soul that leads you toward a relentless House piano riff that ties the whole track together. This one is reaching for the stars, but never looses Terje’s off-kilter sense of musical humour. The bonus version is an interesting exercise in sweeping synth sound effects and Terje’s painfully intricate purcussion programming, a real treat for fans of his complex rhythms. Get ready for your open air anthem of the summer.

♫ Todd Terje – Strandbar (Disko)

♫ Todd Terje – Strandbar (Bonus)

Todd Terje’s Strandbar is out now.

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Jun 13 2013

[Video] Gigamesh’s ‘GTFO’

GTFO, Minneapolis based synthetic Disco merchant Gigamesh’s contribution to Kitsuné Music new Kitsuné America 2 compilation is a spellbinding slice of Boogie that is now available for your viewing pleasure in video form.

With such an awesomely retro tune, the video could only be like it is, loaded with vintage video effects and bad dancing.