ac slater.

march 10th. ac slater's new ep 'rock it out' is finally out! this time on nightshifters, jason forrest's new label, which has already thrown out quite a few gems in its circa half year existence! 'rock it out' comes around as a nice package of exceptional tunes including a few obvious dubstep influences rounded off with equally great remixes by rob threezy and scott cooper.

ac slater - rock it out

the whole package is ready for pick up on beatport now. and ac slater and nightshifters are more than ready to receive some of your myspace love! read more!

tesla boy.

while i am having a hard time finding good new artists to post about, those wonderful people from valerie always seem to be able to track them down. one of their latest finds is tesla boy from moscow, russia and i can't remember the last time i have been that hooked on a bunch of tracks. tesla boy perfectly combine the vibe of my favorite eighties pop songs with the sounds of today, thus being catchy as hell and easily accessible for everyone.

both 'spirit of the night' and 'electric lady' will probably be on repeat wherever i go for the next couple of weeks. both are from a limited edition ep that tesla boy released earlier this year and while our friends at valerie call these tracks 'simple but well produced', i think that's a bit of an understatement. to me, tesla boy combine top-notch production with great pop appeal. and as i've only got radio and a tape deck in my car, i wish music like theirs would finally make it to mainstream radio.

tesla boy - spirit of the night
tesla boy - electric lady

head over to the marvellous valerie for another stellar jam from tesla boy and make sure to show tesla boy some myspace love! read more!

get famous!

get famous! is a duo from canada consisting of jnl and aaron ives and their myspace profile says they are influenced by 'all that is funky and delicious'. listening to their tracks, there is no denying that as they are perfectly mixing up catchy eighties pop, electro funk and a fair amount of french touch.

'slip away' is the most beautiful dreamy french house track that i have heard in ages, meaning this could very well be a long lost alan braxe and fred falke collaboration that was just unearthed again, right on time to remind everyone out there what french house used to be all about. and you know what that means: endless layers of smooth vintage synthesizer sounds, wonderful chords and just the right amount of guitars.

get famous! - slip away

show get famous! some myspace love and i am sure you'll hear more from them on here very soon! read more!

que.

que is basically just a side-project of pista kralovic from slovakia who also plays guitar and sings in the uniques. mind you, if you have heard the band's material, this track sounds nothing like it.

"let's go to my place" combines deep booming 808 kickdrums, clap massacres, funky organs, twirling synths, fat saw chords and a catchy vocal sample to a true club stormer, this is literal 'electro house' paired with a rock and roll attitude. i had this on repeat for like a week and still can't get enough of it, definitely one of my favorite tracks so far this year. que deserves to be huge!

que - let's go to my place

by all means, feel free to repost this and keep an eye on que. read more!

gazelle.

gazelle is the current project by xander ferreira from south africa. delivering a fresh mixture of sound, combining influences from funk, disco, eighties electropop and traditional african music, gazelle brings some well-needed breeze of fresh air to today's dancefloors. 'chic afrique' is the name of the recently released gazelle album and my favorite jam 'she did me' is a perfect disco track with lovely chords that remind me of true pearls from inner city and (gasp!) technotronic.

gazelle - she did me

promoters and bookers watch out as gazelle are currently planning a european tour and are still looking for a couple of gigs. head over to their myspace to hear some more! read more!

designer drugs + le castle vania.

good thing dylan of le castle vania and lies in disguise is such a busy man. i think everyone appreciates new stuff from him. it gets even better as good friends computer club and rrrump (also label mates on always never) brought in some support for this remix of blogosphere favourites designer drugs. and crafted was a dance floor kind of pop sound that is sure to work wonders on the crowd!

designer drugs - back up in this (le castle vania, computer club & rrrump remix)

watch out for more from the entire always never camp! read more!

fantastadon.

as you might have noticed, fantastadon has been really busy doing things with discodust homies hot pink dolerean. although there's still more of that coming soon he didn't miss his chance to send us a bit of his own current work.

the first track is a remix of hollywood holt's 'hollywood' that's been getting quite some airplay on mtv recently. fantastadon keeps on delivering party flavour!

hollywood holt - hollywood (fantastadon's extended mix)

next up is a new original track that's been getting quite some airplay by myself on his myspace player. it's rougher than the hollywood holt remix, reminding you of fantastadon's ability to produce some rounded up massiveness.

fantastadon - fantastadonculous

keep an eye out for tons of new stuff surfacing in the next weeks, including a nice little promo mix. and in the meantime, don't forget to show fantastadon your myspace love! read more!

little boots remixed.

grindin once again proved to be the fucking place to be today, as a certain someone came up with a whole bunch of remixes for what might be the next little boots single, called 'new in town'. while we all were a bit hesitant at first if those are good to post, the fearless discobellers just went ahead and put up the fred falke and drop the lime remixes and as i am feeling like little boots needs some more blog hype these days to keep up with all the love la roux has been getting lately, i decided to put them up as well.

expect no big surprises. it's little boots, it's fred falke and it's drop the lime, after all!

little boots - new in town (fred falke remix)
little boots - new in town (drop the lime dub)

and as always, you can be sure that we will watch little boots' every move! read more!