Nov 28 2013

[Download] Touch Tone reMixes Marlene’s ‘Bon Voyage’

LA’s best-kept-secret (which, frankly, is a bit mean) Touch Tone graces us with another new reMix this week. His latest muse is Sweedish Pop singer Marlene, who recently released her début single, Bon Voyage. It’s Bon Voyage that Touch Tone reworks, sprinkling it with a little West Coast magic.

We’re not overly familiar with the original, it sounds a bit R&B influenced, including a half-decent Rihanna impersonation at times, but in Touch Tone’s care it becomes a storming beach House tune. Clean and snappy, with a Tropical edge, this reMix drifts into your speaks like a sea breeze, bring with it good-time and good-weather (both of which are, we presume, in abundance in LA). Chirpy little melodies play tastefully with a booming hook and razor sharp drums. Touch Tone delivers the goods once again.

♫ Marlene – Bon Voyage (Touch Tone reMix)

Marlene’s Bon Voyage is out now.

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Nov 28 2013

[Audio] MiGHty mOUse & Monarchy’s ‘In Front Of Our Friends’

Here’s one tune we’ve been eagerly awaiting for a while now. London’s Disco don MiGHty mOUse and Awesome faceless SynthPop duo Monarchy together on one track. Somewhat of a spiritual follow up to the mOUse’s reMix of Monarchy’s Disintegration, this tune delivers on the price of infectious Cosmic Disco and soaring Pop vocals at the same time as presenting one of the catchiest tracks either of them have released to date.

With a head nodding bass groove courtesy of MiGHty mOUse’s Du Tonc partner in crime, Matt Van Shie, the mOUse style Disco is infused with a brass section whose hook will literally be stuck in your head all day and all manner of sweeping synths. The perfect vintage dancefloor accompaniment for some heartfelt vocals. All-in-all, In Front Of Our Friends is really nice. Lyrically, musically, vocally, just nice. People don’t write enough nice music these days.

♫ MiGHty mOUse (Feat. Monarchy) – In Front Of Our Friends (Disco Mix)

MiGHty mOUse & Monarchy’s In Front Of Our Friends is out now.

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Nov 28 2013

[Audio] Ceo’s ‘Whorehouse’

Well, we didn’t think we’d be hearing anything new from Swedish Avant-Pop act Ceo (The Tough Alliance’s Eric Berglund) again, he kinda’ went quiet after the release of his début album, White Magic, but here we are with a brand new single, and news of a forthcoming sophomore album titled Wonderland, on Sincerely Yours/Modular. the track’s called Whorehouse, and it;s Poppy, Catchy and hilarious.

Riding over a stomping beat and a cavalcade of blippy synths, Ceo rocks a Beach Boys vibe with his vocal arrangement, keeping things light and Poppy whist he laments that he’s ‘locked inside a whorehouse’. The whole track is a wonderful and playful mix of infectious Pop and an experimental attitude. It’s bouncy, fun and painfully intelligent. A contradiction that we aren’t going to argue with.

♫ Ceo – Whorehouse

Ceo’s Whorehouse is released 2nd December.

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Nov 28 2013

[Video] Mereki’s ‘Blue Lake’

Look! Mereki’s Blue Lake has got a video! You know we love the single’s breezy, LA Disco, Dreamwave, ElectroPop vibes. But do we love the video?

Yes we do! Directed by Ariane Stewart & Mereki Beach slices up a bunch of cute vintage home video with a ton of Mereki doing her thing.

Mereki’s début EP is due out soon.

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Nov 22 2013

[Video] Avan Lava’s ‘So F*kt Up’

Brooklyn resident, Keljet collaborator and one half of Ayer, Avan Lava’s new single, So F*kt Up, is released next month. A noisy, bass heavy, synth twisting, future R&B crooner.

Here’s the official video, directed Cody Critcheloe, a delirious party chronicle.

Avan Lava’s So F*kt Up is released 3rd December.

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Nov 21 2013

[Audio] Say Lou Lou’s ‘Beloved’ reMixed by Tiedye

Sweedish Disco duo Tiedye. Terrible band name. Excellent reMixers. Just take their latest work, the B-side to Better In The Dark, forthcoming single from Say Lou Lou, Beloved. As with most Say Lou Lou singles, Beloved is epic DreamPop at it’s finest. All floaty and hard to focus on but doing just the right things at just the right times, Tiedye, take that vibe and drag it onto the dancefloor of a boogie.

This reMixes swirling synths actually give it a Dreamwave air, the bright arpeggios instilling it with a sense of nostalgia. Which, of course, plays right into the sisters dreamy vocals. Tiedye mange to get all euphoric without going too far down the cheese route, which is tricky business that they have pulled-off quite nicely. Also, there’s a really nice snare in this track. Listen out.

♫ Say Lou Lou – Beloved (Tiedye reMix)

Say Lou Lou’s Better In The Dark is released 25th November.

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Nov 20 2013

[Audio] Flight Facilities And Micky Green’s ‘Stand Still’

Eh-up, here’s the new one from Australian Indie-Disco aviators Flight Facilities. Flight Facilities are whatever the opposite of prolific is, and we always tend to forget about them when they haven’t just released something, but the scarceness means a new single from these guys is always something to be savoured. So let’s savour away.

Stand Still features Parisian-based-Australian singer Micky Green, and those of you expecting some dude named Michael will be disappointed, Micky is a lady, and a lady you may remember from her single In Between from earlier this year. Trudging ever deeper into the waters of cue Electro-Indie, Flight Facilities deliver an astoundingly infectious slice of vintage synthed IndiePop right here. Nary a Disco lick in sight. Green sound pitch perfect, with her sweet, introverted vocals meshing with the tracks sparse keys and rumbling, bouncy bassline. There’s a whistling hook to, ‘cos we’re only bugging.

♫ Flight Facilities (Feat. Micky Green) – Stand Still

Flight Facilities Stand Still is released 25th November with the full reMix EP coming 9th December with work from Com Truise, Wave Racer and Mario Basanov.

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Nov 19 2013

[Download] Little Boots’ ‘Nocturnal Versions’ EP

Well, this is a nice start of the week surprise. ElectroPop princess Little Boots is not only releasing, digitally, two tracks that have only been available previously on limited edition 12”, but she’s releasing them for free. All in celebration of her impending show at Heaven in London where she’ll be playing a special set with a one-off expanded live band. So get stuck into these two hypnotic edits of Broken Record and Strangers.

Both are tracks taken from her recently released sophomore album, Nocturnes, presented here as quite radically reworked dancefloor monsters. Strangers becomes an eight minute epic with all the DJ friendly bits expanded and a few Dubby effects thrown into the mix to form a decent edit. It’s companion, Broken Record, delivers on the album version promise of an Acid workout. The original track starts to fade out at around four and a half minutes, just as the dirty 303-esque riffs kick in. On this Nocturnal Version you get an extra three minutes of pedal-to-the-metal dancefloor action. Not to be sniffed at.

♫ Little Boots – Broken Record (Nocturnal Version)

♫ Little Boots – Strangers (Nocturnal Version)

Little Boots’ Nocturnes album is out now.

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Nov 19 2013

[Audio] Electric Youth’s ‘Innocence’

Canada’s finest Dreamwavers Electric Youth are back! After far to long an absence since their last single, The Best Thing, the Torontonian duo have just announced the release of their new single, Innocence. The single is taken from their forthcoming début full length record, due out next year. It seems weird that the duo have been around for so many years, but are only just releasing an album, but it’s definitely one we are looking forward to.

Innocence sees Electric Youth in full-on DreamPop mode. Austin keeps the music a swirl of hazy synths, with smokey, reverb washed keys still holding on to a degree of power. The spacious synths meld and blur into Bronwyn’s almost ethereal vocal performance, making them both just parts of a bigger whole. Dramatic and encompassing, Innocence is a good sign that the album is going to be something pretty special. See that? We got through the whole article without mentioning the dreaded ‘D’ word!

♫ Electric Youth – Innocence

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Nov 19 2013

[Download] Keljet reMixes Ayer’s ‘Circle Down’

A couple of weeks ago we featured the début rack from new Brooklyn based ElectroPop duo Ayer. Circle Down immediately highlighted Ayer as one to keep an eye on, and now it gets even better. Dutch Disco masters Keljet have got their hands on the track and given it an almighty workout. Those passionate vocals really lend themselves well to a tune gliding across the dancefloor.

Keljet soup-up the track with punchy bass and a a nice line in lush retro synths. The originals breezy vocal style slots right in as Keljet work up a nice groove with a couple of sweet, emotive, piano breakdowns. The bassline here is so hypnotic, you just can’t help but nod your head to it, it gets under your skin. Keljet and Ayer are planning a proper collaboration soon, so this reMix is a nice little hint of what to expect in the future. And we expect great things.