Albums

A Little Louder

Nothing can prepare you for the full on music that’s about to hit the airwaves. What’s surprising about Kid Massive is that he doesn’t restrict himself to one music genre. This is what makes the album exciting. Expect a wide spectrum of dance music, from Techno to House and expect this album to play on repeat all night.

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“A Little Louder” is a funky party track on the album that emits a euphoric energy and creates warmth. Although the vocals in the mix sound a little artificial, people will be still belting out the tune at 4am, and successfully turning the dance floor in to full on round of karaoke. The bassline is catchy and pumpy and the combination of instruments are tasteful.

“Don’t cry” is formed by an eclectic combination of digital synths and sexy edgy male vocals to match beautifully. The lyrics to the track are soulful and infectious.

” Yawn” is an action packed track that has a catchy bassline, punchy snares, MCing and singing. This track is guaranteed to filter itself in to the charts. Although MCing and Vocals have been added to a monster of a backing track, it’s no where near as cheesy as dance music purists expect. Kid Massive is the artist to look out for this year.

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This is the producer who co wrote 9 tracks on Lady Gaga’s album,”Born This Way” and has made popular music more exciting. American born, White Shadow creates an E.P. as dark as a Black Hole. The best tracks on the E.P kicks off with a very aggressive “I’m Killing me”. Expect a punchy low end kick drum combined with resonating basslines and trigger happy artificial sounding organ and strings. “Born In Detroit” (Detroit known for as the birth place of Techno), contains a grimy blend of its trademark loud rhythm, sliding distorted organ. If Lady Gaga happens to be your guilty pleasure, then White Shadow is the main reason why. It’s rare to encounter a versatile dance music producer that can create pop music whilst using original Detroit styles for filthy techno. Watch out for White Shadow this summer.

Visit www.djwhiteshadow.com

A classical and quirky touch to the music is brought to you by French tunrtablist quartet Pulpalicious. The EP begins with the in-your-face and electric “Bodytalk” that will have you throwing shapes anywhere, at any time.  Bodytalk gives an edgy, youthful and a fun vibe. “L.A Walkaway” is mellow comapared to the crazy electro, though it could still work dancefloors. This is the turning point for the E.P where the synths sound smoother, the rhythm is minimal, but the classical elements never digress. The edginess returns for “Smell My Fingers”. From nasal sounding basslines, analog sounding bleeps, it’s as though Pulpalicious have heavily used older model syntheiszers. Or perhaps it was emulated. There are chages to the rhythm as this track has a touch of breakbeat. Fabulous remixes of Bodytalk and Smell My Fingers are added to the E.P. Pulpalicious are definately the ones to watch out for.

Bodytalk E.P is now available to download via i-Tunes and other digital platforms.

It’s no surprise that our European friends never fail to produce high quality tracks. Previously a taste of Belgium was the chocolates, now we are about to have a closer encounter. Belgian duo Lusty Lee and Mister KA, have developed a unique blend of tech and progressive house that creates a hypnotic groove. They also experiment with broken beats to break a sequence of minimal beats. The effects in the mix are as experimental as the grooves. The duo have had support from the likes of Jon Digweed and Nic Fanciuilli and will continue to make and perform funky grooves for all of us to be enticed.

The E.P is due for release on 6th July. For more information visit www.electronicpetz.com

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Nu disco has always worked on a different wavelength to your typical dance music track. What makes Nu disco different to others is that the sounds are a little more organic. What we can expect from Science Remixes is a soul versus futuristic concoction that harmonises and blends well to form colourful electronic music. It’s also comprehensive in terms of moods. In other words there’s plenty of ambience for warming up, partying hard and cooling down, a vibe to suit all. Where do Cinnamon Chasers get the inspiration to create this playful album? Films such as Never Ending Story and Flight of the Navigator happen to be main formula used. Russ Davies, the brains behind this beauty says ” I try to create music that gives me the vibe those classic films gave me as a kid”.

If you like this try Abakus- “That Much Closer To The Sun”