Jun 5 2012

reMix competition ultra roundup part two: Lifelike & Popular Computer

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So, here we are with the second instalment of our reMix cometition roundup, where we sift through the shit to find the gold so you don’t have to. The other big reMix competition running right now is Lifelike & Popular Computer current single. The robotic dance anthem ‘Getting High’. Let;’s take a look at who’s actually delivered a decent reMix, rather than phoning it in just to reMix a Lifelike track, shall we?

Of course Germany’s Final DJs have a track. You can’t have a reMix competition with a Final DJs entry. But you have to admit they are literally top of their game. Nine times out of ten they blow all the competition away and with their take on Lifelike & Popular Computers tune they are once again in the top tier if entries. Rocking that vocoded vocal for all it’s worth and produce a future dance track that combines the driving power of the original with Final DJs melodic leads and atmospheric pads. Collins’ ‘Children Of The Sky’ reMix mixes up a bit of Italo with a bit of Cosmic Disco to great effect and ends up sounding a bit like the theme tune to a late ‘70’s/early ‘80’s BBC children’s Sci-Fi’ series reworked for the dancefloor. Killer bassline! Tommy turns in a deep robotic bassline to go with the vocal which he layers with some inspiring pads and a shuffling beat. A real ‘80’s sounding SynthWave treat. Russian producer Lamet’s entry brings a rad ‘80’s Funk bassline to the track and works that through a retro SynthWave tune with hints of Jan Hammer.

♫ Lifelike & Popular Computer – Getting High (Final DJs reMix)

♫ Lifelike & Popular Computer – Getting High (Collins’ Children Of The Sky reMix)

Lifelike & Popular Computer’s ‘Getting High’ is out now.

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Jun 5 2012

reMix competition ultra roundup part one: Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins

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We don’t hate reMix competitions. Actually, that’s a lie, we do hate reMix competitions and every time a new one is announced it makes us shudder. For us it means that for the next few weeks our inbox is going to be full of every Dude with a cracked copy of Abelton screaming “look at me, I’ve reMixed some big artist!”. reMix competitions seem great for the original artist, they get loads of free promotion and free reMixes, but for everyone else it’s a tiresome flood of bedroom producers almost begging you to ‘favourite’ them or ‘like’ them in the most undignified ways possible. It’s like every time an even vaguely popular artist announces a reMix competition everyone looses all self respect and turns into musical savages. We do not look forward to it, and you’ll notice that more and more blogs are starting to ignore reMix competitions and their entries. The signal to noise ratio is just too much hard work for anyone. Once an innovative way to connect with fans, reMix competitions are so frequent now they just seem like a cheap way to get a load of free PR for the artist (by essentially using the desperation of unsigned producers) and a way for producers yet to prove their mettle to feel a big special with grown-up stems.

HOWEVER (in caps, because now that our rant is over we can get on with some good music), that’s not to say that these competitions don’t produce some gems. When a talented producer gets their hands on some class stems beautiful things can happen. Some of our favourite tracks of the last couple of years have been the result of reMix competitions. There’s currently two big competitions running and today we will be rounding-up some of the best of both. First up is Kris Menace’s Kiki Twins featuring ‘We Are’. We’ve already featured Final DJs reMix a couple of weeks ago. Here’s some of the best versions to have hit our inbox. Continuing a string of awesome reMixes comes The Big C, who rightly sees a big ‘90’s House vocal where there was one and reMixes accordingly with a proper Chicago vibe and a big piano line. SynthWaver Awkoder brings a cavalcade of tom rolls to the table alongside big synth stabs and twisting leads. Mac Stanton turns in a huge club oriented track, impeccable produced and really working the Diva vocals. Something different comes from Aussie Ren Riz. Taking the track to new, deeper, places Ren keeps the ‘90’s feel but puts the track squarely in the Warehouses of the time. Lastly Dusty Digital enters a bouncy version driven by arpeggios and shimmering lead lines. See, there are some good tunes in there, it’s just so much work finding them.

♫ Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins – We Are (The Big C reMix)

♫ Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins – We Are (Awkoder reMix)

♫ Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins – We Are (Mac Stanton Highway reMix)

♫ Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins – We Are (Ren Riz reMix)

♫ Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins – We Are (Dusty Digital reMix)

Kris Menace & The Kiki Twins’ ‘We Are’ is out now.

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Jun 4 2012

Awkoder re-edits Cyndi Lauper

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Cyndi Lauper and Awkoder? How can this be anything but awesome? The French SynthWave guru has brought a little Nu-Disco to that table with this re-edit of Lauper’s hit ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’. It’s a really good choice for an edit, if you strip away all the cheese connotations the last two decades have dumped onto the original track, you’ll fine it;s an insanely funky Pop number with elements ripe for reMixing.

Sure a lot of people edit Disco tracks, but this right here is a masterclass in editing ‘80’s Pop hits. What Awkoder has done is pretty simple, but very effective. Subtly adding a few elements, beats and arpeggios, and chopping the original track just enough to give it a kick, and no so much it sounds ridiculous (as with so many attempts at edits) he;s given this classic track a shot in the arm and made it fit for peak time in your set!

♫ Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Awkoder Re-Edit)

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Jun 4 2012

Jordan F’s ‘A New Day

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Australian top -tier SynthWave producer Jordan F is back with another new track, ‘A New Day’. I kinda’ get the feeling that since his reversion back to the Jordan F moniker after a brief spell as Countach, that he’s working toward something, that these new tracks being deliver are taking us on a journey toward something special. Is it nearly album time maybe?

‘A New Day’ is a beautiful track that really captures the feeling embodied in it’s title. It’s a bright, optimistic tune, laying out, sonically, the promise of a fresh start and new horizons after a set-back. Jordan’s use of upbeat drums and sparkling layers of synths alongside a happy, bouncy bassline in this track are something you can’t help but smile at, even if you’re having a shitty day, and I think that;s the point of the track. But all that is beside the point once you hit Jordan’s epic soloing, pure synth shredding that will leave you slack-jawed and in awe as this rush of synthesizer music emotion washed over you. Also, in a real world situation, I’m just going to have this track hand on y mp3 player for the long cold walks home in the blinding morning light after all-night clubbing adventures.

♫ Jordan F – A New Day

Jordan F’s ‘Abandoned Streets’ EP is out now.

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Jun 1 2012

Fear Of Tigers’ ‘The Guestlist’ this week

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Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 01/06/2012 = Geisha Twins put in am appearance in the mix on this weeks show along with a pretty Poppy and Funky hour this week. Your weekend really starts here!

♫ Fear Of Tigers – The Guestlist 01/06/2012

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Jun 1 2012

Lissi Dancefloor Disaster & Le Prix

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We took a look at Swedish ElectroPoppers Lissi Dancefloor Disaster’s video for their new single, ‘Singing My Heart Out’ earlier in the week, so now is as good a time as any to get involved with the single and a stunning reMix from one of our faves, Le Prix.

If you checked the video you’ll already know what ‘Singing My Heart Out’ is all about. It’s a rich, beautiful ElectroPop track that gets it’s serious Disco groove on. Deep rushing synths and marching drums create something instantly recognisable as Scandinavian but with just the right amount of groove in there too. It’s a rousing and involving slick of alternative SacndiPop. the main reMix, alongside a Glichty Lo-Fi version from Den Svenska Björnstammen), comes from Le Prix, who provides a laid back synthy track chock full of Le Prix’s trademark SynthWave atmospherics that compliments the impassioned vocals really well. Lissi have been around for while, but we think this is their best work to date, and hopefully the single that gains them some of the attention the so readily deserve.

♫ Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Singing My Heart Out (Le Prix reMix)

♫ Lissi Dancefloor Disaster – Singing My Heart Out

‘Singing My Heart Out’ is out now.

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Jun 1 2012

Ryan Riot

Ryan Riot is a lucky guy, or just has really good timing! Here’s a tip kids, if you want to get hold of us or send us your music, just email us, we rarely check Twitter DMs and new almost never check Facebook messages, with 150-odd emails a day another means of communication is just too much. However, we just happened to stop by the electronic rumors Facebook messagebox as Ryan Riot messaged us, which was a stoke of luck for both of us, normally we wouldn’t have even read his message, and that would mean we would have been deprived of an awesome tune.

And the tune he sent us, ‘Loading Procedure’ is awesome. SynthWave at it’s finest, it’s no wonder this track is getting play from the likes of Reflex and Final DJs. With ‘Loading Procedure’ Ryan has show he could stand head and shoulders with the greats of the SynthWave scene such as Mitch Murder, Miami Nights 1984 and Jordan F, but also injects a health French Touchy-ness into the track too. It’s a schizophrenic beast, Outrun Electro to the core, but with a Nu-Disco sheen that can see it appealing to fans of the likes of Lifelike. Ryan Riot, despite message us on Facebook, has definitely got our attention. Rapid fire arpeggios, nostalgic chords, soaring leads and a nice flow of vocoded vocals. You know what we like!

♫ Ryan Riot – Loading Procedure (Original Mix)

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May 30 2012

Mental Minority’s new track

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The Mental Minority is back, and by that we mean the enigmatic German SynthWave producer had dropped another track. This time he’s ramped up the ‘80’s teen movie soundtrack quota considerably, if such a thing is possible ( I would have thought it wasn’t, and the ‘80’s teen movie soundtrack quota was already pretty full, but Mental Minority has proved me wrong).

‘Take My Hand’ sails along on beams of ‘80’s-synth light. A mid-paced jam that’s loaded with lush chords and shimmering, chiming lead sounds. Underneath all that sparkly nostalgia is are these deep strings, almost like a Gregorian chant, that adds a somewhat hypnotic quality to the track, giving it more depth and richness than just the leads impart. This really is top quality SynthWave and Mental Minority is coming on in leaps and bounds, even bringing something a little different to the table.

♫ Mental Minority – Take My Hand

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May 30 2012

Pyramid’s ‘Rising Day reMixes’

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It’s been only two months since French Sci-Fi producer Pyramid self-released his ‘Life Above The Stars’ EP, a masterpiece of Cosmic electronics which itself was to tide us over in the dark between his last label release, ‘Rising Day’ on Monsieur Adi’s Technofavrik imprint and next month’s ‘Rising Day reMixes’.

The new EP contains reMix word from the likes of Stay Ali, Pilotpriest, Monsieur Adi, Final DJs and Thomas Barrandon and this, Pyramid’s own ‘Auto reMix’ of ‘Sleeping Fox’. This Auto reMix keeps much of the original intact, but gives it a 2012 kick in the bass. No loosing one drop of Pyramid’s trademark analog future funk the track still has all the futuristic dystopian shimmer it always had, but pumps in a way the original didn’t. While the original was all about B-Boy beats and Italo basslines, this version rolls with a Galactic Disco groove and soaring synths. The EP should be a killer with both Final DJs and Monsieur Adi turning in some excellent work.

♫ Pyramid – Sleeping Fox (Auto reMix)

The ‘Rising Day reMixes’ EP is out 3rd June on Beatport, with other stores coming later.

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May 30 2012

Danger’s ‘22h39’

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Whether leaks harm or help and artist in their promotion I open for debate, I can say that, whether harming or hurting, it probably fucks up their pre-planned release track somewhat. Over the weekend a new track from Outrun originator Danger leaked, which looks like it forced his hand to release it through official channels, so here it is.

Danger was one of the undisputed reigning champions of Electro in 2007, even now you can drop something like ‘11h30’ and the place will go apeshit, but other than trickles, and the occasional leak (usually ripped from a live set) EP’s are very few and far between, three in five years, and the last one was two years ago. So the release of ‘22h39’ sees a Danger that despite first appearances isn’t all that different from the Danger of old. His production were always measured and melodic and although the beat is more Disco than Electro-House, it’s still the haunting, driving, powerful Danger we remember.