British Synthwave/electronic band GUNSHIP have revealed a lyric video for "The Mountain".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their self-titled first album, released in 2015. Buy it here if you haven't already.
The video was edited by Steve Harvey and features clips taken from: Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Cannonball Run , Cannonball Run II, Against All Odds.
Canadian musician Elliott Vincent Jones has shared the video for his latest single "Dawawine",
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from his forthcoming 'Arto Arto' EP, which will be out on June 10 through Bad Actors Inc. (the label run by Fucked Up’s Ben Cook, who co-produced the EP).
The clip was directed by Pierce McGary (LA), starring Young Guv with a brief cameo of Mac DeMarco.
New Zealand-born artist Luke Benge, aka Lucola Bang, has revealed the video for his excellent single "Snakes & Ladders".
The song is part of our current playlist, it was self-produced and recorded in Melbourne, Australia. It is taken from his debut EP 'What Of It', which will be out on October 30 through Smooch Records.
The clip was directed by Rhys Mitchell (Client Liaison). Watch it below.
Eccentric musical pioneers Blancmange will release their fifth studio album 'Semi Detached', on March 23 through Cherry Red Records.
The follow-up to their 2011's comeback album 'Blanc Burn', was mixed by Adam Fuest, and is shot through with lyrics inspired by Neil Arthur’s instinct for surreal juxtapositions and abstract wordplay It is the first without the involvement of original member and Neils long term collaborator, Stephen Luscombe, due to health reasons.
While retaining Blancmange’s characteristic humour, with this new album Arthur has moved on from some of the old tics and mannerisms to create an edgy, pared down and deeply personal record, getting the balance absolutely right between grit and light, the domestic and the cosmic, despair and joy.
The record features a tribute to Mark E Smith's band on "The Fall" and a cover of Can's "I Want More". Pre-order your copy here.
The band have also unveiled the video for the abum's first single "Paddington", which is out today (March 9), and celebrates London through a blur of evocative, fragmented images – a random memory recall of life in the city.
Check out the video for "Paddington", directed by Tone Davies, and the tracklist for 'Semi Detached' below.
Semi Detached Tracklist:
DELUXE EDITION DISC 1
1. The Fall
2. I Want More
3. Paddington
4. It Didn't Take Long
5. MKS Lover 06. Like I Do
7. Deep In The Mine
8. Acid
9. Useless
10. Bloody Hell Fire
DELUXE EDITION DISC 2:
1 I Want Your Love (Extended Version)
2 Silk Sea
3 That Worm
4 Paddington (Extended Version)
5 I Want More (Extended Version)
6 Like I Do (Extended Version)
7 Useless (Extended Version)
8 Paddington (Alternative Edit)
9 I Want Your Love
This deluxe edition comes with a second CD of exclusive and extended mixes. A limited number will be signed by Blancmange.
American producer Ryan Sheridan aka Gossip Culture has revealed the video for his already classic tune "Just Fine With You", taken from his People Talk EP, released in 2011 via Disco Killers Records. The song is part of our current playlist www.koolrockradio.com.
It is Gossip Culture first video, and was directed by The Studio on Mars. Watch it below.
Kansas City based musician Bryan Cox, AKA Soft Lighting has announced he will release a new album titled 'Portraits' on May 21 via Synth Records.
Equipped with a Juno 60 and a bedroom studio, Cox makes his own brand of light headed pop music influenced by Italo Disco, 80s film soundtracks and contemporary Chillwave artists.
Soft Lighting, Kansas City based musician and producer Bryan Cox solo project, will released a new 4-track EP entitled 'Laser Tag' on September 21 through AMdiscs.
Equipped with a Juno 60 and a bedroom studio, Cox makes his own brand of light headed pop music influenced by Italo Disco, 80s film soundtracks and contemporary Chillwave artists.
We've been spinning his lovely song "Love Is Love" a lot since August and we can't get enough...
Check the 'Laser Tag' tracklisting below.
01. Laser Tag
02. Fly To The Web
03. Fall With Me
04. Hong Kong Nights
The Risk Risk project started in 2009 when Stefan decided to make a record with limited, but cool analogue hardware. What he was looking for was that original, authentic early 80s sound, and he found out that most of the character of that early records was just in the fact that a lot was handplayed and not programmed in a computer.
"This is 1983" was produced without a computer and large parts were simply played by hand directly on multitrack. Using all-analog sound generators, his voice and a pair of Carrera sunglasses, Risk Risk creates classical synth pop with catchy choruses and hand-played synth lines.
Stefan started doing electronic music in 1988 with just one monophonic analogue synthesizer, a Roland TR 606 drummachine and a 4 track tape recorder. With a big interest in melodic music, he likes synth bands like Gary Numan, The Twins, A Flock of Seagulls, Kraftwerk and Italo Disco music. The music he made before "This is 1983" was never released on any record label. Stefan gave Sebastian from Astro Chicken a rough demo of his songs and he liked it (Sebastian was a colleague from work who has passion for electronic music). From that point, he worked almost a year on the songs until they had a record in their hands.
"Risk Risk has an amazing sound, heavy basslines and minmal beats with dark voices, pure eighties style with strong influences of italo disco and synth. It will remind you of Gary Newman, Ultravox (John Foxx era), Devo, Mi-Sex and Rational Youth. Stefan found the formula that every band looks for: to make a catchy album on first play. Kool Rock Radio highly recommends the Risk Risk experience to everyone. 'This is 1983' will be one of your favourite albums of the year (9/10)."
