Sounds Like: There's more to come
Currently "hibernating with the bears" (working on next album), here's some Midnight Juggernauts rarities from their first EP and a favourite track of mine from their album Dystopia - Tombstone.
Midnight Juggernauts - Tombstone.
Midnight Juggernauts - Fire Below.
Midnight Juggernauts - Safari World.
www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts
Buy Dystopia @Amazon
La Roux - In For The Kill (Clash The Disko Kids and Ming 'Lo-fi 1AM' remix)
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The hair again.La Roux's quiff quoff quaff (hair - see picture) has been hurling itself round the remixers recently and letting itself be combed in to all sorts of coiffures, but this dub-type jingo of In For The Kill is a favourite for me which suprisingly, after seeing their boy-band photo, comes from Singapore trio Clash the Disko Kids. These kids ain't learnt to spell yet but they can sure treat a La Roux song right.
La Roux - In For The Kill (Clash The Disko Kids and Ming 'Lo-fi 1AM' remix)
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www.myspace.com/larouxuk
www.myspace.com/clashthediskokids
Sounds Like: Absolute bliss
THIS, is one of the most absorbing, gorgeous, thirst-quenching electro tracks I have ever heard. The Classixx remix of Beni's My Love Sees You.
It is beautiful.
Beni - My Love Sees You (Classixx remix).
Also check out their remix of Guns 'N' Bombs track Riddle of Steel which featured on Gildas & Masaya's (of Kitsuné) New York mix
(well worth checking out in itself, as is their Paris mix
).Guns 'N' Bombs - Riddle of Steel (Classixx remix).
And here's some gold at the end of that rainbow - an orginal track from Classixx feat. Jeppe - I'll Get You. Video by The Cobrasnake.
www.myspace.com/classixxmusic
www.myspace.com/gunsnbombs
www.myspace.com/listentobeni
Sounds Like: Marina and the Diamonds, Regina Spektor
Along the lines of Little Boots, in a similar vein to Marina and the Diamonds and appearing through the same double doors as Regina Spektor, Ellie Goulding has joined the long lines of soft-voiced female electro-pop acts emerging from the fruitful musical orchard that is The Internet. I hate to lump them all together but the comparisons are obvious.
So original? Maybe not but certainly worthy of a listen, at least to Starry Eyed, a catchy pop tune with a ladder to the wall of Castle Electro (I'm having a day of ridiculous metaphors - does that one even work?). And the second track, Wish I Stayed produced by Frankmusik is certainly growing on me.
If you like this kind of thing I suggest you check out Katie Dove-Dixon too.
Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed
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Ellie Goulding feat. Frankmusik - Wish I Stayed
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www.myspace.com/elliegoulding
Sounds Like: Where my ears want to be
In this beautiful adventure that is me crossing over from a predominantly indie to a predominantly electro musical landscape, I have stumbled upon something incredible.
I think I'm in love with French fashion gurus and record label Kitsuné.
Over the last few weeks I have been delightedly persuing the bountiful Kitsuné collection and finding hidden treasures everywhere. It is as if I am eating several hundred jam doughnuts and whilst greatly appreciating the outer, sugar-coated dough of each one, I am also finding myself regularly indulging in a sweet strawberry fondant centre.
Anyway, for a lot of you, I imagine you already know what Kitsuné is, and your smirking a little on the inside at my naivety. But you may not know that the next Kitsuné Maison compilation is due tomorow (digital pre-release). Here's a nice teaser mixed by JBAG:
Kitsuné Maison 7 Minimix (by JBAG).
Kitsuné Maison 7 Tracklist*:
01. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work
02. We Have Band - Time After Time
03. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
04. Crystal Fighters*** - Xtatic Truth
05. The Golden Filter - Favourite Things
06. La Roux - In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
07. Beni - Fringe Element (Short Like Me Edit)
08. AutoKratz - Always More (Yuksek Remix)
09. 80 Kidz - Miss Mars
10. James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)
11. Men - Make It Reverse
12. Chew Lips*** - Solo
13. Chateau Marmont - Beagle
14. Heartsrevolution*** - Untitled
15. Delphic*** - Counterpoint (Delphic’ En Route Mix)
16. Encore - Untitled
17. Maybb - Touring In Ny (Short Tour Edit)
18. Renaissance Man - Rythym
19. Tanlines - Bejan
*Tracklist thanks to Asian Dan
Here's a cracking video from Kitsuné introducing their new clothing collection "The Graduate":
www.kitsune.fr
The MixTapePodcast has an interview with Gildas Loaec, Kitsuné's artistic director here
Cover: Ze RemixesSounds Like: The best night ever.
Van She, not content with producing one of the best electro-pop albums of last year, are now releasing a remix album appropriately entitled Ze Remixes. The remixes are all by Van She Tech - two Van She members bent on conquering the world with some stunning reworks. See some past remixes here, here, here, here, here, here and er here.
The new album will come in a bundle with the original V. Here's the tracklist:
V
1. Memory Man
2. Cat & The Eye
3. Changes
4. Strangers
5. It Could Be The Same
6. The Sea
7. Virgin Suicide
8. Temps Mort
9. Talkin'
10. Kelly
11. So High (With Play Paul & Nicos Marcos)
12. A Sharp Knife
Ze Vemixes
1. Changes
2. Talkin'
3. Strangers
4. It Could Be The Same
5. Sexual City
6. Cat & The Eye
7. Techno Music
8. Virgin Suicide
Here's a quick preview. It doesnt get much better than this! These are streams only that you can listen to on the Van She Tech Myspace - no downloads folks - buy it!
Vanshe Technologic - Strangers Vemixed
Vanshe Technologic - Changes Vemixed
Vanshe Technologic - Techno Music Vemixed
www.myspace.com/vanshetech
You can pre-order @JB HIFI but I'm pretty sure its Australia only..
Photo thanks go to 1D110Sorry about the lack of updates I've been shrouded in revision recently. Had my first exam of the season today and would you believe it, there was a power-cut and all the lights went out. We had to carry on mind!
I've been a little bit obssessed with these two Junior Boys tracks recently. Nice bit of revision pop.
Junior Boys - In The Morning.
Junior Boys - Bits and Pieces.
www.myspace.com/juniorboys
Buy So This Is Goodbye @Amazon
Sounds Like: Choppy goodness
Young French DJ/Producer Surkin has cooked up some cracking remixes in his time and I thought a revist was in order.
The artist of the first track I knew nothing about, but didn't initially expect great things from the name Teki Latex who appropriately seems to be some kind of bizarre French rapper. Interesting. And God knows who "Lio" is. Anyway, the track name Les Matins De Paris (my GCSE level French tells me that's The Mornings of Paris?) sounds delightful and Surkin steers it into a glorious choppy mix.
Teki Latex feat. Lio - Les Matins De Paris (Surkin remix).
Track 2 is a bit calmer, VHS or Beta's Burn It All Down. Although a little disturbing on the lyric front you can't help but, er, sing along. Best not.
VHS or Beta - Burn It All Down (Surkin remix).
www.myspace.com/surkin
www.myspace.com/tekitek
www.myspace.com/vhsorbeta
Sounds Like: Good news for the album...
Alex Metric has a new three-track EP Head Straight coming out on the 25th May preceeding his album due out in September. Here's the track titles:
Head Straight
What Now
Shirley, you can't be serious?
You can hear snippets of all three tracks over at Alex's Myspace.
But I do have Head Straight in full for you today in glorious 360kbsp:
Alex Metric - Head Straight.
www.myspace.com/alexmetric
Photo courtesy of nick russillI don't think I listen to enough Moby. This track is unfortunately called Shot in the Back of the Head, but its actually quite nice to listen to. Light electro magic.
Moby - Shot in the Back of the Head.
www.myspace.com/moby
Buy Go - The Very Best of Moby @Amazon
