Jan 7 2013

[Audio] Stuart Price reMixes Pet Shop Boys

When you’re reMixing SynthPop legends Pet Shop Boys, do you try an bee all hip with whatever sounds are packing dancefloors at the time, or do you think “fuck it” and go all mid-80s reMix? It seems like producer extraordinaire Stuart Price wisely took the latter path and had dropped a track that could comfortable sit on the B-side of any number of 1985-1987 PSB 12”s, albeit with a little more contemporary studio slickness.

As well as drawing comparisons to Shep Pettibone’s classic, pumping, PSB reMixes, Stuart Price’s take on their new single, Memory Of The Future, surprisingly feels like it has a load of mid-80s Front 242 in it’s DNA. The fact that this Extended Mix sounds like extended mixes of our youth is giving us a nostalgic glow. With it’s vintage drum sounds, digital bass and icy pads, this Price mix obviously goes perfectly with Tennant’s vocal, this kind of track is what we’re most used to hearing him on. An excellent update to the classic PSB sound, this one is going to be on repeat for a while.

♫ Memory Of The Future (Stuart Price Extended Mix)

The Memory Of The future reMixes are out now.

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Dec 19 2012

[Video] Goin’ Old School: Heaven 17, The Human League & Pet Shop Boys

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

It’s our last Goin’ Old School before X-mas, so we’re going to continue the TOTP theme with some actual X-Mas TOTP performances, starting with Heaven 17‘s Temptation from 1983.

Followed swiftly be a 1981 performance of Don’t You Want Me by The Human League.

And ending with the Pet Shop Boys in 1988 with Heart.

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Nov 8 2012

Goin’ Old School: Samantha Fox, Pet Shop Boys & Level 42

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

So, were going all 1986 on Goin’ Old School this week, and how can we do that without Samantha Fox’s Touch Me?

Next up is Paninaro, Pet Shop Boys hitting their stride.

And finally the slap bassed digital Soul of Level 42’ Lessons In Love.

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Oct 2 2012

Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Leaving’ video

Here’s the video for the second single from Pet Shop Boys new album, Elysium. Both the track and the clip are classic PSB.

Classy, black & white, and amazingly British. The video, along with the track, sum up everything about Pet Shop Boys we love.

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Jul 24 2012

Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Winner’ video

This is the video for Pet Shop Boys’ new single Winner. An epic SynthPop tune that is, completely coincidentally, about winning stuff, just in time for the Olympics.

Timing cynicism aside, this is the kind of thing only Pet Shop Boys can get away with. And Roller Derby would make a much better Olympic sport than running fast or throwing stuff. All inclusive too!

Winner is released on 6thAugust.

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Jul 3 2012

Goin’ Old School: just the Pet Shop Boys

Goin’ Old School isn’t a trip down music memory lane, it’s a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia:

Pet Shop Boys’ new single ‘Winner’ is out today, it’s awesome stuff that we will bring you one their label sort their lives out, but today we’ll dedicate Going’ Old School to Britain’s finest SynthPop duo, starting with 1986’s Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money).

The tail end of the ‘80’s with Domino Dancing from 1988.

And the utter classic from 1987, It’s A Sin.

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Jun 13 2012

Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Invisible’ video

Here it is! The first new track from Pet Shop Boys highly anticipated forthcoming new album, ‘Elysium’.

Put together by Brian Bress, Pet Shop Boys and Andrew Dawson, they call it a short film for the track. How that differes from amusic video I have no idea, but they are Pet SHop BOys, I’ll take their word for it. The track is blissful, haunting and pure PSB. Excited.