electronic tracks
Track: Invisible Minds – The Cut Girl feat. Howard Hobbs
Despite the fact he keeps hos real identityclose to his (or her) chest, London producer invisible minds gained friends and influenced people as diverse as Clash magazine, Tom Ravenscroft, Lauren Laverne and Steve Lamacq amongst others with his brilliant debut single ‘Yo Mae Leh’, as well as scoring number 1 on the iTunes electronic music …
Track: Lo Moon – My Money, plus UK tour dates
In the run up to the release of the self-titled debut album from Los Angeles trio Lo Moon, out on Columbia Records on February 23rd, they’ve released a new track My Money. It’s this smart, atmospheric synth-pop, part-Bastille/Boxed In, but owing more to the likes of Talk Talk. The album has been produced by Chris …
Track: Belle and the Beats – Soldier of the night
Soldier of the night is the new single from Amsterdam based Belle and the Beats. Its the first single from the bands upcoming debut EP Lose Your Feathers, and the first fruits of the bands collaborations with producer Gil Lopez (including Kuenta i Tambu, Naked Ears), assisted by Mark van Bruggen (Dotan). Soldier of the …
Track: Erasure – It’s Still Not Over (rework)
In LGBT+ History month Erasure celebrate their role in the struggle with a classical reworking of ‘It’s Still Not Over.’ I don’t know when it began, but there has been an epidemic of classical versions of pop songs recently. Even so, it is very unusual to do it with an obscure album less than a …
Track: North Sea Navigator – Pure Modulations in Space and Time
North Sea Navigator is essentially the project of former Gravenhurst guitarist Paul Nash. Ahead of his/their debut album ‘The Memory Clears the Space for What’s Needed’ out on Blurred Recordings on April 13th they’ve shared a new track, Pure Modulations in Space and Time Now a four piece, with the additions of Charlotte Nicholls (Portishead, …
Track: Ibeyi – Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez (King Doudou remix), plus European tour dates
Ahead of their huge European tour in support of their critically acclaimed album Ash, out now on the ever brilliant XL Recordings label, Ibeyi have today revealed a remix for their Spanish language track “Me Voy feat. Mala Rodriguez;” as seen through the eyes of PNL-affiliated producer King Doudou. King Doudou sees it as a …
Track: Julia Holter – So humble the afternoon
The Adult Swim Singles Program continues unabated (that programme being releasing a free single every week digitally) with a new release from American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and artist Julia Holter. Called ‘So humble the afternoon’ its this slightly eerie and unnerving slow burner, built on this repeating two note synth pattern over which …
Track: Eilish Gilligan – S.M.F.Y.
Backseat Mafia were highly impressed by Melburnian native Eilish Gilligan‘s single “Creature of Habit” late last year – a haunting, sparse piece of electronica that highlighted Gilligan’s extraordinary vocals. Gilligan is back with S.M.F.Y., which, almost impossibly, ups the ante. Instrumentally this is a far more complex dance-orientated piece with synth riffs and a driving …
Track: Let’s Eat Grandma – Hot Pink
Let’s Eat Grandma, aka teenage vocalists, multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth have returned with a new single – Hot Pink, out now via Transgressive Records / [PIAS]. Talking of the single the girls say “Hot Pink is about the misconceptions of femininity and masculinity and the power of embracing both of them. …
Track: Datarock – Laugh in the face of Darkness
The long awaited return of Norwegian synth act Datarock is gathering pace. Ahead of their first album in nine years – Face the Brutality, out on March 9th on YAP Records, the band have announced a second single ‘Laugh in the face of darkness’, following on from Ruffle Shuffle, which dropped at the end of …