London electronic/dance trio PVA have unleashed the video for "Bad Dad".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.
Speaking on the themes of the single, the band’s Ella Harris said: “Bad Dad explores the internal world of a new father checking in on his son at night, afraid of the lineage of masculinity and how it might impact someone so untainted.”
Berlin based producer/DJ duo Local Suicide have dropped the Alejandro Paz Remix of their track "Hercules Adonis".
Following the success of their debut album, ‘Eros Anikate’, the duo return with the first of four remix EPs for their release, each named after an ancient Greek god. The EP will be released tomorrow September 16th via Iptamenos Discos. Get your copy here.
'Eros Anikate - Adonis Remixes' is a 5-track EP featuring remixes for 'High Buildings w/ Lee Stevens', 'Whispering w/Curses', and 'Hercules Adonis'.
Alejandro Paz, a DJ and producer from Santiago, Chile. His sets are recognisable for his energetic approach on stage, where he sings and dances, and his music selection that showcases the most recent productions of the Latin panorama. His upbeat remix of ‚Hercules Adonis‘ brings in percussive rhythms, bouncy bass, and silky synth pads for a groovy and energetic tune that closes out the EP on a high.
Telefís, the groundbreaking collaboration between two Irish iconoclasts – acclaimed producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee (U2, REM, The Killers) and revered singer/lyricist Cathal Coughlan – have revealed their new single “The Carthaginians”, alongside an accompanying music video.
The song is taken from their upcoming album 'a Dó' (set to arrive on October 7th). Pre-order your copy here.
"The Carthaginians" and it's a tribute to Irish showbands of the '60s and '70s. The tribute video was directed by Jacknife Lee featuring footage of early U2, Virgin Prunes, Cathal Coughlan & Microdisney and Nun Attax.
Jacknife Lee explains..."When Cathal and I started conversations about what the themes for our second album “a Dó” might be, we kept coming back to the peculiarly Irish phenomenon of the 'showband’, and certainly not in the dismissive way our teenage selves might have approached it but with a curiosity and excitement. Entertainment and community were important to us as teenagers in the late '70s and the '80s and all the bands featured in the video, from the Miami Showband to Nun Attax were born of this, and have more in common with each other than not. When Cathal and I were starting out the thought of us having similar goals and impulses as the regal showband or dickie rock would’ve made us laugh and maybe throw a punch, but now not so. There is a straight line through us all. The post-punk artists featured in the video (as well as the touring showbands) could only have been products of Ireland and we wanted to celebrate the oddness of it all. So we invent ed a showband and called them “The Carthaginians”. The song explores what it’s like to be in a band, the relationship with the audience, the internal dialogues, the branding, the town hopping, the dashed hopes, and the ridiculous fantasies”.
London electronic/dance trio PVA have premiered their new single "Bunker".
The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.
Speaking about it, the band explain: “We started playing ‘Bunker’ almost as soon as the band started. Originally just a looped groove, it has evolved into the live track it is today through various compositions and outings live. The song tries to act as a reminder to overcome the want to chase things that ultimately lead to isolation.”
The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.
Brussels based electro/indie dance DJ/Producer duo Sylphomatic have revealed their infectious new single "Wild Pony".
The track is taken from their new EP 'Eyes On Karman', set to arrive tomorrow, September 2 through NEIN Records. Buy it here.
The very first EP of the shamanic electro music duo comes dressed to impress! Through five high-quality original cuts, the lads introduce their talent and creativity to the Indie Dance/Dark Disco community with their solid debut on NEIN.
With their multi-genre EP, they successfully managed to combine a truckload of their main influences and deliver their vision of what dance-floor-oriented themes must embody.
Telefís, the groundbreaking collaboration between two Irish iconoclasts – acclaimed producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee (U2, REM, The Killers) and revered singer/lyricist Cathal Coughlan – have aired their new single “The Age Of Cling”.
The song is taken from their upcoming album 'a Dó' (set to arrive on October 7th) and is the first of two tracks on the album that feature a guest appearance from Will Sergeant, legendary guitarist and songwriter of Echo & The Bunnymen.
The album was finished several months prior to the sad passing of Cathal Coughlan on May 18th earlier this year. Telefís is Irish for Television and pronounced Tel-eh-feesh. It’s also a nod to the post-punk heroes of the late 70s that dwell in Jacknife and Cathal’s collective consciousness. Their first transmission arrived last Autumn with the twisted electro-funk of “We Need”, a cheeky and satirical look back to the early days of TV in Ireland and the memory fragments of their youth. But as with all of Cathal’s lyrics, there are contemporary lines drawn to today’s power structures and hierarchies. Flights of the imagination ensuring that nothing is ever quite what it may appear.
Brighton, UK musician Stephen Mallinder, co-founder and frontman of the iconic Cabaret Voltaire, has aired the video for "Shock to the Body".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from his second solo album 'tick tick tick', which came out last month (July 15) via Dais Records, grab it here.
Channeling the temporal malaise of lockdown through a lusher palette of modular electronics and stereo strings, the songs embrace ambiguity and plasticity, loose systems of percolating circuitry and airless funk. Recorded across a handful of sessions at MemeTune Studios in Cornwall with frequent collaborator Benge (aka Ben Edwards), Mallinder cites no guiding aesthetic premise for the collection beyond “cowbell on every track, and entirely no reverb.”
London electronic/dance trio PVA have revealed their new single "Bad Dad".
The song is taken from their highly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH', due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.
The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.
Dina Summer, the collaborative band project by the producer Kalipo and the DJ/producer couple Local Suicide, have revealed their new single "Mars".
The song is taken from their debut album 'Rimini', out now via Audiolith Records. Getyour copy here.
'Mars' is a laid-back, groovy track that is perfect for the warm summer days by the beach. The mellow synth pads and soft leads create a weightless and carefree atmosphere that transports you and embodies the lead vocal line, ‚Careless on Mars'.
European, multi-lingual, art-school, post-punk, techno-inspired band The Umlauts have dropped the video for their new single "Another Fact".
The song is taken from their forthcoming EP 'Another Fact', set to be released on October 14th via PRAH Recordings. Get it here.
“Another Fact is our ode to the euphoria and strangeness of clubbing. As a group it is a space we all feel quite differently about, so working on this song became an interesting melding of experiences and perspectives. We wanted it to sound like it was being heard from outside a nightclub. We were thinking throughout the lockdown of all of the empty nightclub spaces, those big empty silent rooms must have had a sort of spooky haunted feeling, so we were interested in inserting some of those qualities into the music.” The Umlauts on Another Fact
On the video, The Umlauts explain: "We met Paul during our last London gig at Venue MOT Bermondsey. He offered to dance for us on stage during the festival season, but as we are a 9 piece live, the chance of having enough space on stage for a dancer isn’t very possible, but we had been planning to shoot a music video for our latest single Another Fact so we jumped at the idea of having him dance for the video. A week later, we met Paul at a Pub in Bermondsey, had a few Pints and started shooting. We wanted the video to recreate the crescendo of energy which Another Fact embodies. Paul dances through the streets of Bermondsey bumping into us along the way, intoxicated by the groove of the song. His moves represented the mood of the song perfectly. We ❤️ Paul."
Director Federico Arosio and cinematographer Giulio Amendolagine add: "Working together with The Umlauts, we wanted to incapsulate the energy of the song through long shots and condensed actions. The script was written on the day, which means there was a lot of freedom for improvisation. The track felt very club orientated to me, so Giulio and I decided to play around with the motion of the camera to emphasise Paul’s movements and to capture the variation of lights that surrounded us in the different locations."
London electronic/dance trio PVA have announced the release of theirhighly-anticipated debut album 'BLUSH'.
Following on from the release of their critically acclaimed single “Untethered”, the album is due out 14th October via Ninja Tune. Pre-order your copy here.
Arriving closely on the heels of their 2020 EP “Toner”, the band’s stunning debut album sees them further consolidating the beating pulse of electronic music with the raw energy of a life-affirming gig and reveals more about the trio than they’ve ever previously shared. The eleven blistering tracks from the group, Ella Harris and Josh Baxter (who share lead vocals as well as handling synths, guitars and production) alongside drummer and percussionist Louis Satchell, are made from a formula of acid, disco, blistering synths, the release of the dancefloor and cathartic sprechgesang post-punk.
New single “Hero Man” offers a freeing and powerful new look into the latest stage of PVA’s musical evolution. The rhythmic track combines ethereal synth lines with propulsive basslines and precise, energetic drumming, whilst Harris’s self-facing lyrics build into the vocal hook of “can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t go to work, I can’t leave”. Thematically, Harris explains that the song is about “a relationship with yourself that is restrictive and closed off,” going on to say that it is “an expression of this frustrated anger at masculinity and a resentment at being unable to free yourself from that and explore the world.”
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Hero Man" below.
London-based DJ/producer Fossil Archive (aka Roberto) has shared his new single "Pattern Repeat", featuring Kiara Scuro’s ZaaZaa.
The song serves as the title track on his new EP, which features four original techno tracks conveying his artistic range, set to be released on August 5 via Fossil Archive. Pre-order it here.
‘Pattern Repeat’ sees the producer teaming up with Kiara Scuro’s ZaaZaa, who delivers ethereal vocals across pounding kicks and squelching acid licks.
Berlin based producer/DJ duo Local Suicide and Buenos Aires native DJ/producer & multi-instrumentalist Skelesys have released the video for their collaborative single "Moustache".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from Local Suicide's debut album ‘Eros Anikate’, which came out in May through their label Iptamenos Discos. Grab your copy here.
"...a tribute to Dalí and his legendary moustache. But beware! The title of the track may seem humorous, but the instrumental is far from being funny. On the contrary. It's a complex production, at the crossroads of new wave and post-punk, all sprinkled with touches of EBM. "Moustache" is largely magnified by Vamparela's vocal performance. Add to this, a dark wave atmosphere punctuated by a groovy and omnipresent synth superimposed on floating pads... That's it, you're in space with moustaches floating around you... (Have we gone too far? Maybe.) In short, we had a lot of fun on this devilishly danceable track to the rhythm of "Dalí" chanted in the background."
While the track crescendos into an ominous buildup of synths that continue to mesmerise you, the famous Vamparela vocals are the perfect surrealist playground that Dali himself would be proud of. Contrasting the playful with the serious, this track is the perfect oxymoron with post-punk and EBM madness, of which we’d expect nothing less from the two acts coming together.
Glasgow electronic duo UNI.OMNI (aka MWX and Wave Energy Converter) have unleashed their new track "No Emotion".
Inspired by feelings of duality and the unpredictability of our dynamic world, UNI.OMNI respond with challenging dark electronic notes, driven vocals and expansive percussive backdrops.
French techno producer GONE has released his new single "Out Of Time".
The song is out now through Enchanté Records, it was composed, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by GONE and follows the release of ‘Control’ as well as his debut EP Sources.
The heart races through an unrelenting storm of rhythm while thunderous basslines crash overhead. GONE’s very own vocals strike white-hot against a backdrop of strobing synths, pulling the listener deeper into a landscape of echoing memory. Like staring up at the night sky, ‘Out Of Time’ perfectly balances light and dark tones to evoke a sense of something greater.
Speaking of the single, Gone tells us: “I recorded the voice during my studio live session and it was raining outside. The meaning of the lyrics is a secret, somewhere between space and a dark love story. Am I out of time?"
Berlin based producer/DJ duo Local Suicide and Argentinian DJ/producer & multi-instrumentalist Skelesys have shared the video for "Naked & Confused".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their collaborative EP 'You Are Mine', released earlier this year (Janaury 14) on London's Snap, Crackle & Pop, showcasing their brooding, stomping, synthy marriage of eighties sci-fi and gothic horror sounds. Get your copy here.
Dina Summer, the collaborative band project by the producer Kalipo and the DJ/producer couple Local Suicide, have unleashed their new single "Revenge".
The song is taken from their upcoming debut album 'Rimini', set to be released on July 15th via Audiolith Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Their 4-track ‘Revenge’ EP includes a radio edit and an extended album version with upbeat synth lines and warm summery grooves. The release also includes a darker, gritty saw edit with a driving saw bass and arpeggios and a stripped-back, pulsing dark disco edit with washed guitars and plucks. All the different interpretations of the track reflect the group’s varied influences ranging from 80’s disco, 90’s electro, new wave and downbeat.
Brighton, UK musician Stephen Mallinder, co-founder and frontman of the iconic Cabaret Voltaire, has dropped his new single "Contact".
The song is taken from his second solo album 'tick tick tick', which will be out on July 15 via Dais Records, pre-order it here.
Channeling the temporal malaise of lockdown through a lusher palette of modular electronics and stereo strings, the songs embrace ambiguity and plasticity, loose systems of percolating circuitry and airless funk. Recorded across a handful of sessions at MemeTune Studios in Cornwall with frequent collaborator Benge (aka Ben Edwards), Mallinder cites no guiding aesthetic premise for the collection beyond “cowbell on every track, and entirely no reverb.”
Egyptian-born, Barcelona-based DJ and techno producer Raxon has his addictive new tune "Conscious Technologies".
The song is taken from his new EP 'Cosmic Cure', out today (June 10) via Truesoul.
Raxon has fast become known as one of the Middle East’s most respected electronic artists, his upbringing and passion for this music has driven him to produce his signature sound of driving bass heavy House & Techno.
