here’s a band we’ve got a special thing for here at GothRobot… somewhere in between 8-bit and Electrocore, The Habitat have got all the bedroom freshness you can have, coupled with total unpretentiousness and lots of wanting to have a good time… we’ve got a tasty double-whammy for ya:
XX (instrumental), a melody in motion, looking out the window of a train, travelling across a landscape of giant mauve pixels and overwhelmed by borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered 80s… a sweet mini-symphony of colour and bitcrush…
this is gonna fuck you, an ironic electro / drum & bass piece that works, could be the music to Bucky O’Hare full of interplanetary Life Force trying to conquer the Green Planet…
more to come soon! enjoy :]
we love it when we feature a band and they shortly after make it! remember our first post about PILLAGE last month? and remember our forecast? well, now übercool french magazine Trax has chosen their track okay! for this month’s CD sampler of the coolest stuff about…
we want to congratulate PILLAGE of course… and for those of you who can’t get hold of a hard copy of this month’s Trax here’s your chance to get hold of okay!… as always, click on the magic pink bar…
and don’t forget to get your copy of Early Works, the 20-track strong compilation downloadable for free from right here for a limited time only…
allez allez PILLAGE!
right! just a real quickie to say that my neu track extreme terror is now on myspace, so make sure you drop in for a listen… thanks for your support!
over and out (soon on Sabotage Concept Records)
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need a shove? not getting any touch? you think it means too much?
you not coming undone? you afraid of fun? well, come play with Synthia
and let them recharge your love battery to the max with their Love Energy! mixtape… it contains a variety of french electro-berries, and other super-fruity goodies, smoothy blended using plenty of FM modulation…
when it comes to talking about their own production work, rather than their DJ mixes, their name may be a bit of a giveaway, and it ain’t ironical, which means that it does just what it says on the tin, and you can expect synths galore… with an EP on Revolucion Records released last october and an album being released on their own label this spring, they’re likely to be one name you’re going to be hearing once and over again during 2009 and beyond… their approach to french-stylee 80s-inspired beats oozes simplicity, freshness and flawless sampling… Synthia don’t try to be anyone else… their tracks are packed with light, colour and funk-filled, sometimes mysteriously dark arps… they don’t sound just like everyone else, and that’s why we just absolutely love them…
here’s the tracklist for the Love Energy! mixtape:
1. Nightdrive with you = Anoraak (adeyhawke mix)
2. Paris = Friendly Fires (Aeroplane mix)
3. Fantasy Park = College (moulinex mix)
4. Nil by Mouth = Knightlife (rmx)
5. Heat you up (melt you down) = Shirley Lites
6. Williams Blood (Aeroplane mix) = Grace Jones
7. Ruthless City = Morgen Geist
8. E=MC2 = Giorgio Moroder (feat Harold Faltermeyer)
9. Double Shadow = Junior Boys
10.Self Control = Raf
11.Drive Your Car (hot chip Mix) = Grovesnor
12.Kelly (breakbot mix) = Van She
13.Melo 3 = Synthia
14.Saphire (grum mix) = P e a c e fire
15.Voyager (revolte mix) = Daft Punk
16.Just Change = Combo
17.Neo Violence (shazam Mix) = The Tough Alliance
we’ll be back with more Synthia for you real soon! in the meantime catch ‘em DJing live every saturday at Room Bar, Manchester…
we spotted this tattooed lil fella from São Paulo on myspace last week… he’s called LUFRKKK, he’s just started producing in a style that he defines as maximalist, blending electro, breakbeats and funkbeats into one hell of a potion…
we’re really loving his remix of Anthony Rother’s 4EVER… the beats are full, vibrant, alive, and there’s more to it all than just overwhelmingly boring thumps… it’s a bit like country vegetable soup with extra chunks of veg, or a spicy italian with extra pepperoni, supersized and with extra potato wedges…
there’s a few more pieces of his work on his ’space, but coz we don’t like you feeling unsatisfied, we’ve got you a whoppa of a second dish course, i.e. a tasty rework of Afrika Bambaataa’s Got That Vibe that’s got extra chilli and comes with falafel and tzatziki on the side… hot!
we can’t wait to listen to LUFRKKK’s own work and you’ll be the first to get your hands on it here…