electronic tracks
Track: Kova – I wanna Be
‘I Wanna Be’ is the debut track from Liverpool based Songwriter-Producer Kova aka Reece Cairns. Its out via Electronic House label Duo-Tone, and follows his remix of Eleanor’s All I want, which also dropped via the same label. Its a departure for Cairns, who, during his time stdying at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, …
Review: Prides – A Mind Like The Tide pt.1
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from synth-pop duo Prides, but, the first notes of their new EP are a glittering lifeline to the broken hearted, an invitation to share our stories and unite in our personal battles. Part 1 of A Mind Like The Tide is the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s debut …
Track: Bipolar Sunshine – Major Love
We’ve had dealings with the shimmering electro-led pop of Adio Marchant AKA Bipolar Sunshine before. Well, he’s back after moving from his native Manchester to LA, and fresh from last years huge collaboration with DJ Snake, he’s back with a new track, ‘Major Love’. He’s grabbed what he can from his surroundings with mellow Manchester …
Track: Lawrence Rothman – Stand By
Taken from the new album ‘The Book of Law’, released on November 3rd through Downtown / Interscope, Lawrence Rothman’s new single, draped in a slick R&B covering is called Stand By, and it’s an expression of pain, wrapped up in rather lovely electro-pop clothes, with just enough of melancholy in his words and melodies to …
Track: Ryan Egan – Tongue of Yours
What do you do when you’ve injured both your hands, and as a result are left with no instruments? Well in the case of NYC based Ryan Egan, you sing all the chords and then programme the drums instead. The result is ‘Tongue of yours’, taken from his forthcoming sophomore EP, Fever & Bloom, which …
Track: White Cliffs – On Call
Brooklyn solo artist White Cliffs has revealed his new single “On Call” – perhaps the sexiest and sleaziest ode to always being available on the telephone. “I was thinking of you then I feel my pocket vibrate” he drawls over a squelchy groove. Perfect for a lazy sunny day in the city, it’s the sort of …
Track: Portico Quartet – Endless
Portico Quartet have revealed a new track “Endless” ahead of their forthcoming album “Art in the Age of Automation”. Minimal beats and industrial soundscapes gradually peal pack to reveal a warm sensuous soundscape. The blend of live instrumentation and electronics combined with the industrial theme harks back to electronica pioneers such as Basil Kirchin, but …
Track: Anna Of The North – Someone, plus news
Anna Of The North is Anna Lotterud from Norway with Brady Daniell-Smith from New Zealand. They first met in Australia where they began writing together and the diverse geographical influences somehow make their way into the new single “Someone” – the arctic, haunting and melancholic voice of Lotterud over the bright synth pop music. It …
Track: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – The Punishment of Luxury, plus album news
One of the best synth bands of the eighties, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), are back with a new single and video “The Punishment of Luxury” in anticipation of their album of the same name due out on 1 September 2017. As I have often written before, creativity does not have a use-by date, …
Track: St Vincent – New York
Hot on the heels of announcing details of her Fear the Future tour, Annie Clark aka St. Vincent has released some new music in the shape of a track, New York. It’s the first new material since her brilliant self-titled album from 2014, and it takes a left turn from that guitar laden sound, with …