Category: electropop
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Takatsuna Mukai is a multi-instrumentalist who plays electric violin, electric guitar, synthesizer and bass guitar, in addition to being a wizard with programming. Takatsuna first arrived in London in 1991 and has been busy making music, and doing other music-related projects, ever since. During his first decade in the UK, he collaborated with Timothy Turnbull…
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Keane’s first album, Hopes And Fears, is such a classic — arguably the magnum opus of one of the UK’s greatest bands ever — that the idea of someone doing a new remix of one of those songs worried me. Especially when I heard that the song in question was going to be “Bend And…
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Click “read more” below for Michael’s take on this electro-pop style remix…
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David Lynch’s 2011 debut, Crazy Clown Time, was a vocoder-hater’s worst nightmare. And it wasn’t for people who weren’t into meditation either. But for any fans of Lynch’s films who’ve ever wondered what the melodies and monologues inside of his head actually sounded like, it was a fascinating listen, even if it was something they probably listened…
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If you love synthy, ’80’s-inspired pop with sleek beats and beautiful electro-touches then you’re sure to immediately fall in love with Diana Vickers’ new album, Music To Make Boys Cry, her sophomore effort and first for the label So Recordings. Honestly, it doesn’t get much better than this. These 10 songs are sure to fire…
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At some point this morning or early this afternoon a little song called “Work B**ch,” which I will now refer to as “Work Bitch,” leaked… And it immediately went viral, this after an awful lot of people posted fake versions of the song online all weekend… Of course, people had been saying that it leaked…
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Cut Copy posted the following on Facebook Tuesday afternoon: We are very pleased to announce our new album Free Your Mind, releasing Nov 2 (Aus) / Nov 4 (UK/EU) / Nov 5 (Americas)! Pre orders are available now and come with an instant download of our title track “Free Your Mind” – get to it!…
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“Limpido” — that’s Italian for “clear” — is an amazing new duet by Laura Pausini and Kylie Minogue, which they’ve recorded for Laura’s upcoming Greatest Hits collection. It was just released today on September 10th, 2013. It begins with an enormously punchy beat and faint, fluttering synth, and then Laura sings a verse in Italian…
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Meital Dohan is sure to go viral in the not so distant future. And not just because her forthcoming video for her new single “Give Us Back Love” is incredibly raunchy (and fun). No, Meital is sure to get people’s attention for the simple fact that “Give Us Back Love” is one of the catchiest,…
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Metals are a duo formed in Melbourne consisting of producer/DJs Chris Coe and Ehsan Gelsi. They recently completed a summer UK tour with gigs throughout the country, including Nottingham, Coventry and London. Oh, and they also played a little festival called Glastonbury — maybe you’ve heard of it? Metals’ new single, “That Ain’t Real Love,” is from their…
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Los Angeles native Gavin Turek’s new E.P. might be entitled the “break-up tape.” but she is likely to break *out* in the not so distant future. And it would be about time, as she’s been working on various projects for a few years now. If you’re one of the cool kids then you’ve probably even…
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Interview by Michael McCarthy Earlier this week, we brought you an exclusive interview with Dean Garcia of SPC ECO. As a former member of the renowned electro-duo Curve, we knew Dean would have a wealth of information to share and we were dying to learn more about his new project, SPC ECO. To that end,…
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Ugly Bunny is a super synthy, sun-kissed electro-pop duo from Sacramento, California. Its members are 17 year old vocalist/keyboardist Gwendolyn Giles and 16 year old producer/vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Camryn Nichols. (Yes, they’re still in high school.) The two formed their musical partnership during the summer of 2012 after Gwendolyn had just returned home from touring Europe with…
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AlunaGeorge are a British duo comprised of Aluna Francis (vocals and songwriting) and George Reid (production and instrumentation), who’ve made it well-known that their wide array of influences range from Mariah Carey to Radiohead to Destiny’s Child to The Knife. Not that they needed to tell us that, as they proudly wear their influences on…
