Mar 6 2012

Mitch Murder’s ‘Best Of The Best’

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The reigning heavyweight champion of SynthWave, Mitch Murder, is back with another new track. Where the man finds the time, I have no idea.

‘Best Of The Best’ is his latest. What can I say about Mitch Murder that I haven’t said before? The man really is the shit, both in terms of production and musical ability, and this tune is no exception with it’s big emotional retro synth chords and ‘80’s Pop drums, but that’s now where the gold in this tune is. The real hairs-standing-up-on-the-back-of-your-neck aspect to ‘Best Of The Best’ is the soloing. Mitch let’s rip on this track. Soaring to the stratosphere, with Malmsteen moments, Mr. Murder shreds his synths and sounds like he’s having real fun with it too. We love a good synth solo here and Mitch’s rally are ‘Best Of The Best’

♫ Mitch Murder – Best Of The Best

Mitch Murder’s stunning ‘Current Events’ album is out now.

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Mar 6 2012

Jowie Schulner’s ‘Boombar Music Club 005’ mixtape

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Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 005 = Boombar main man Jowie (a man in desperate need of new press photos) is back in the mix for this month’s awesome hand-picked cuts. Including Lenno & Jesse Oliver’s Miami Horror reMix, which I featured on my latest Mixtape, great minds think alike!

♫ Jowie Schulner – Boombar Music Club 005

The tracklist:

01. Gui Boratto – Paralelo (Oliver SchoriesreMix)
02. Oliver Nickels – Velvet Graveyard
03. Avon Stringer – Spunky Shades (Holmes John reMix)
04. Tesla Boy – Rebecca (Satin Jackets Instrumental reMix)
05. Stefan Z – Nova
06. Stephen J. Kroos – Phobos
07. Kris O’Neil and JPL – No Porn Intended (Original Mix)
08. Jaytech – Ozone
09. Miami Horror – Holidays (Lenno and Jesse Oliver reMix)
10. Penguin Prison – Fair Warning (Oliver reMix)
11. Kaspar Kochker – What’s Up (Jose Ribera and Manolo Ribera reMix)

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Mar 6 2012

Binalog Frequency with Medora & Songdreamer

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A while back we wrote about Binalog Frequency’s science fiction breakin’ beats ‘Neon Funk’, now he’s used that track as a starting point for his version of Songdreamer and Medora’s ‘Be On Your Way’.

‘Be On Your Way’ is originally a collaboration between vocalist Songdreamer and hard CORPS’ Clive Pierce’s Medora project that Binalog has worded his Electro magic on. Keeping the Bleep House-esque ghetto bass of ‘Neon Funk’ and lairing it with Songdreamer’s’ vocals (which are slightly reminiscant of one of my favourite voices, Martina Topley-Bird’) makes for an interesting and involving mix. Soulful vocals and rapid fire robo beats? How can that be anything but awesome?

♫ Binalog Frequency (Feat. Songdreamer) – Be On Your Way (Medora version)

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Mar 5 2012

Quasars’ new track

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Here’s a new tune from one of our favourite Russian SynthWave producers right now, Quasars.

Leading the way in the exploding Russian retro synth scene, Quasars had dropped so many good tunes lately and ‘Pong’ is no exception. After a rousing intro of building chords and shimmering lead synths the track take you on a journey through retro synth awesomeness. As big and sweeping as a SynthWave track should be, emotional in a way that you can really connect with but full of post-Italo dancefloor goodness too. Really nice build for the middle eight too!

♫ Quasars – Pong

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Mar 4 2012

electronic rumours mixtape: Pop-Fu 10

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After a massive hiatus while I have been doing incredibly important stuff, a lot, Pop-Fu is back! Finally you have something to do with that C90 you’ve got lying around ‘cos, as ever, Pop-Fu 10 is a compact ‘fits-on-one-side-of-a-tape’ 45 mins of big big big ElectroDiscoSynthPopWave nonsense!

♫ Pop-Fu 10

The tracklist:

01. Arnaud Rebotini – Another Time, Another Place (JBAG reMix)
02. Jordan F – Outrun
03. Neon Workout (Feat. HR) – Look Into My Eyes
04. Quasars And Lovinsky – Made In The 80’s
05. Ride The Universe (Feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley) – A Little Better
06. Final DJs – One Day In The Sun
07. Miami Horror – Holidays (Lenno & Jesse Oliver reMix)
08. The Wombats – 1996 (Lenno reMix)
09. Lazerhawk – Arrival (Jordan F reMix)
10. She’s The Queen Vs. Jeremy Grasso – The Way/Happy Face (Lightwaves Mashup)
11. Camaro Kids – Back To The Night
12. Picture Book – Sunshine (Justin Faust reMix)
13. Monsieur Adi – Fire Fire Fire (Original Mix)
14. LIGHTS – Toes (Jakob Liedholm reMix)
15. Justin Winks Vs. Casio Social Club – Rock The Discotheque (Original Mix)
16. Kate Bush – Cloudbusting (MiGHty mOUse Re Work)

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Mar 4 2012

FM Attack reworks Richard Marx

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Pure gold! One of Canada’s best synth exports and one of our favourite producers FM Attack taking on Richard Marx 1987 power ballad début ‘Should Have Known Better’.

The wavy mullet’s voice with FM Attack’s sweet retro synths is a match made in heaven. No only does FM Attack provide a slick as hell ‘80’s sounding Electro backing that works the right bits of the song at the right time, but he also liberally applies some lush vocoding to Mr. Marx’s vocals. The whole thing shows a great respect to the original track, but take it so much further, to the point where you couldn’t listen to the original again without somehow feeling that the stuff here was missing. Powerful, uplifting, nostalgic synth awesomeness.

♫ Richard Marx – Should Have Known Better (FM Attack 2012 Radio reMix)

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Mar 4 2012

Final DJs Vs. MRTN

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Why do Final DJs always release stuff at the weekends? I need some time off sometimes y’know! But here I am, tired from a weekend’s brutality and there are good tunes to be blogged about!

MRTN’s ‘Slow’ caught out eye a while back, it must have caught Final DJs eyes too for them to come up with such an inspired reMix. It’s exactly the kind of sweeping SynthWave you expect from these German producers, the kind that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, but it’s the way the big retro dance track interacts with Lovisa Negga’s voice that’s the icing on the cake. It’s a must listen track, a full-on, high-octane synthesizer Disco assault with a sweet vocal.

♫ MRTN (Feat. Lovisa Negga) – Slow (Final DJs reMix)

MRTN’s ‘Slow’ is out now.

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Mar 1 2012

Mental Minority’s new tune

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Here we have another new track from mystery German producer Mental Minority.

‘Turn the Key’ is a driving slice of Post-Italo SynthWave. Crammed full of ‘80’s referencing politically charged samples and a bassline full of nervous energy, the track has an air of anticipation about it. It’s a track of two halves, and kinda’ tells a story that way. There’s the initial half that is thick with expectation and glides along in a retro Electro way, with big ‘80’s chords and a steady beat. Then part two kicks in, double times the bassline and the track powers to it’s climax, a shimmering lead line that let’s us know everything might just be alright in the end.

♫ Mental Minority – Turn The Key

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Feb 29 2012

New tune from Follow Me

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Some brand new night time SynthWave right here from Follow Me who’s just dropped his latest work, ‘A Mission Nocturnal’.

It’s a stomping, moody Italo based tune, which some awesome little flourishes, especially in the second half with the delay heavy guitar sample. There’s a bright, almost oriental feel to the twisting and intertwining arpeggios that, arguably, are the core of this track. With the Italo bassline below them and the big retro chords above, they help the track along to becoming a class late night jam.