24 May 2007

San Serac has been getting a bit of blog coverage of late, a one man show that sounds like a 1980's stage show musical, San Serac's charming voice along with cheesy riffs aplenty combine to funk up your face leaving you wanting a bit more. The album Professional is available
HERE. Highly recommended.
San Serac - Command Shift Sexy
San Serac - Teenage Wildlife
That hip musical chameleon
Kap10Kurt has put out another track, Mastah Of Puppettes. Once again he delivers the dance beats and 8-bit treats this time with a tinge of urbanicity, yea!
Kap10Kurt - Mastah Of PuppettesI didn't realise those anti-popsters
Best Fwends had made so many tracks, I thought the 7" of theirs I had was about as far as it went, however
Moshi Moshi are releasing their efforts in alpabetical order - 33 tracks in total, most of which roll in at around the 1 minute 30 mark...... perfect for short attention spans.
Best Fwends - House Ghost
23 May 2007

Justin Timberlake is one pop-star who I don't mind shoving on at a party, his beats (or whoever makes them) are some of the best around, and the lyrics, well, I don't pay much notice, just dance. Geordie man
Riton did this mix of
Timberlake's Sexy Back and renamed it Dexy Brokeback, he's taken what was already an ace tune, and retuned it for the dancefloor, squelchy bass etc. Fantastic. Get the 12"
HERERiton - Dexy BrokebackHyperbubble is perhaps a cliche name for an act that sounds somewhere in between Freezepop and Ladytron. Boy and girl - Jess and Jeff lay down some fine synth-pop tunes with great aplomb and are bound to strike a chord with any lover of Freezepop, Ladytron, et al.
Hyperbubble - SyntesthesiaImagine my great joy when I discovered that my favourite Swedish instrumental blip-bloppers
Slagsmålsklubben had been added to play at
Dot To Dot on Sunday! I cannot wait to see these guys!
Slagsmålsklubben - Borg Of HateNow off to watch the football.... I heard Jan Molby passed a late fitness test, Liverpool will definitely win!
22 May 2007
18 May 2007

Sorry for Eggdisk going down and taking all mp3s down except for yesterdays post. I hope they fix it and the tracks come back. I'm using FileXoom for now.
As way of an apology, and to show how bleep my love is for you all, I shall let you in on a little
Crystal Castles yo. Same beats, more vocoder. YUMMM..
Crystal Castles - InsecticonThe other day I stumbled upont
Megapeng. They bring German Casiocore enthusiasm at full pelt right in your face. Comparisons include Le Tigre on Speed, The Chicks disco dancing with Bis and Gravy Train. DIY-pop done well. Now dance.
Megapeng - Rauberhohle
14 May 2007

Not much to report really.
I have been loving a remix done by an uber hot DJ from Germany, namely
Xenia Beliayeva. She has put a spin on arguably the key modern electro exponent
Anthony Rother track Don't Worry. It is really excellent and I can't wait to hear the full-length Rother that's due out on
Datapunk label at some point. This mix though is just dark synth beat heaven with vocals to suit.
Anthony Rother - Don't Worry (Xenia Beliayeva Remix)You may have heard
Teen Video's mix of Justice's D.A.N.C.E. Well there's more to him than that, this is a pretty sweet electro-emo-gospelfunk tune from him. Worth checking out.
Teen Video - TeenagePerhaps a surprise to regular partakers of the music I post about,
Nico Muhly reigned supreme on my last.fm charts, and deservedly so too. His experimental violin play is simply incredible. If you like
Johann Johannson and so on, this guy will certainly impress you.
Grab his album. It also features
Antony of Johnsons fame.
Nico Muhly - Honest Music
9 May 2007

I never really talk about electro-pop or Sweden do I, so here is some electro-pop for a change.
Artymove are like most electro-pop bands, from Sweden, they are a duo plus one. They make lovely synthesized tunes with sweet melodious vocals over the top. Reminds me of Ms John Soda, very nice indeed. Their
website is so chic, their music video is lovely. They are unsigned....
Artymove - Say No MoreThen going back a while,
Dieter Schmidt (
Joakim Ijäs) did a split with Simian Mobile Disco, their track was The Count, Schmidt's was Morse Code From The Cold War, He may be better known as
Kiki, and whatever his alias, he makes great tech-house!
Dieter Schmidt - Morse Code From The Cold War
4 May 2007

I love natural sounding 8-bit noise.
Cheap Dinosaurs do it to good effect here. I like
Cheap Dinosaurs. It's like playing Zelda on your 1989 model Gameboy with headphones on, and maybe one of those stick on lights 'cos you're supposed to be sleeping in bed.
MP3:
Cheap Dinosaurs - Pxl BeechNow for your weekend dose of super dope beats,
Dada Life. I like their philosophy, it goes something like this:
Destroy dance music and have fun. Don’t look back in the past. Always go forward. Don’t think too much. Always follow the money.MP3:
Dada Life - We Do Have A Plan REMOVED
and whilst talking about Dada Life I just can't resist sticking in the outrageously good
Linus Loves remix of Big Time, beautiful, dancefloor slaying bit-pop forever!
Dada Life - Big Time (Linus Loves Mix)REMOVED
Not electronic based, but still with amazingness in common, there is this song by
Pete And The Pirates, who are essentially Tap Tap. Anyway this is
Pete And The Pirates version of She Doesn't Belong which you may have heard on
Tap Tap's smash hit album.... as regards which version came first I could not tell you, and it's far too late for me to be delving deep to find the chronological order of these songs. I don't know which version I prefer, ask me in 12 years, maybe you can make your own mind up quicker than me though.
MP3:
Pete And The Pirates - She Doesn't BelongTap Tap - She Doesn't Belong
Reet, have a nice weekend etc..... Digitalism and friends on Sunday
.....quite good.