Sensual Harassment Return with Escape From Alpha Draconis

Old friends, Brooklyn based reptilian duo Sensual Harassment are back among us. From their native star, they have brought us their brand new escapee disco EP entitled ''Escape From Alpha Draconis''. The duo almost revel in art of blurring the lines of disco, pop and new wave, all while filtering it through their own unique vision, creating something that remains both familiar and new. Equipped with a clearer vision, an irresistibly melodic new EP and approving nods from the likes of Pitchfork, Vice, XLR8R, CMJ and Dazed and Confused and us of course, Sensual Harassment seem destined to be one of 2013’s brightest new stars - in our solar system and their own.

http://www.sensualharassment.com/

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Reissues: Foretaste - American Terrorist TV-Show

And now for a reissue of a different kind. I say this as it's not the type of reissue we normally report about. In fact it's a re-working of a previous album, released in 2008, called "Terrorist TV". The tracklisting and songs themselves will be completely different from the prior release. Also included will be 2 tracks from previous EPs. Due any day now and limited to 300 copies.

In case you're unfamiliar with Foretaste, i'll give you a simple and brief history. The band is made up of two members, Sylvie aka "Lover XX (vocals) and Pierre aka "Lover XY" (programming / backing vocals). They hail from Paris and released their debut album, "Beautiful Creatures" in 2005. The third and latest official offering being "Love On Demand" from 2011. A string of live performances have been done, over the past few years, which included Paris and Italy to name a few. In addition to the 3 albums, there's is also a selection of digital  EP's available. XX and XY collaborate on their tracks and focus on matters such as crime, lust, passion, sadness, and forgiveness. I discovered them back in the glory days of Myspace and have been a huge fan since then. That said, i can personally attest to their synthsized goodness. "American Terrorist TV-Show" will be available for purchase at BOREDOMproduct Records within the coming weeks. I'd hate to have any gaps in my Foretaste collection so wish me luck in getting a copy.

For more info on Foretaste, please visit the following: Foretaste Official Site , Foretaste Official @ Facebook , Foretaste Official @ YouTube

Next Wave: Gold Zebra

Gold Zebra is a Montreal based electro pop duo consisting of Julie (Vocals) and JP Richard (Synthesizers). The duo is active since 2010 when they released their debut EP on Visage Musique. Their music combines dark tones with melodic electro beats and seduces you with late night disco melancholia. The duo is currently working on their debut album which is announced for release in spring. Take a listen to Gold Zebra on Bandcamp and check out their official FB page for updates. 

Oppenheimer MkII - The Presence of The Abnormal

Andy Oppenheimer, formerly Oppenheimer Analysis, was working on several musical projects last year including Oppenheimer MkII which features the collaboration with Mark Crumby of Konstruktivists. The duo met last year and started making music together. The result is their debut album 'The Presence of The Abnormal' which features 21st century Oppenheimer style electronic pop. The 12 track album is going to be issued by Klanggalerie and it will be available on CD and digital download initially, with a vinyl edition if there's enough interest. Oppenheimer MkII will be playing live in Vienna on 23 March to launch their first album.  

https://www.facebook.com/OppenheimerMkII
 

Label Spot: Other Voices Records

Other Voices Records is a Russia based independent record label dedicated to releasing works by ambitious and creative artists from the past, present and future. The label concentrates on genres that originated in the 80's like new wave, minimal synth, electropop, post punk, cold wave, darkwave and shoegazer, but it isn't deaf to other music styles like indie rock, krautrock, goth rock, post rock, indie pop,electronica, trip-hop, ambient etc. 

The label was founded in 2007, out of the ashes of Russian pioneering post-industrial/ambient label Tantric Harmonies and till 2009, it existed as Intuition Records after which it changed the name to the Cure inspired Other Voices Records. From 2007 to date the label has issued and reissued albums and released compilations by artist such as Eleven Pond, Tobias Bernstrup, Parade Ground, Lust for Youth and many more. 

 Their most recent release is a compilation called 'Distant Noises' which collects fourteen artists from nine countries and two centuries. Upcoming and something we really look forward to is Soft Riot's debut LP 'Fiction Prediction' which is available on pre-order. More news on that soon.

More about the releases and updates:
http://www.othervoicesrecords.com/index.html

WAW: Lescop- Tokyo, la nuit

The long awaited album by the French electro-pop outfit Lescop is out this month. It is a self titled debut which was produced by Johnny Hostile and which is out on POP NOIRE. The album features the songs "La Foret" which was released last year and their summer hit "Tokyo, la nuit".  

www.facebook.com/lescoplescop
 

Daybehavior- Follow That Car

The Swedish electro-pop trio Daybehavior are back with their third album 'Follow That Car'. This time they have chosen to do all by themselves, in full control and no obligations to other record companies. The album is described as suggestive and cinematic and features 12 brand new tracks including the single releases "It's a Game" and "Silent Dawn". The album was officially released on September 14th through Graplur.  

www.daybehavior.com
 

Out This Week: Parallels- XII

Toronto-based electro pop outfit Parallels have released a follow up to their debut album "Visionaries" which was issued in 2010. The new album announces lighter italo pop sound with synth starlight which is a result of the split between Cameron Findlay and Holly Dodson who were working together on their debut album. The album release was preceded by 'Time Will Crawl' EP which was released in May. The new album is available on vinyl and CD and it is out on Marigold Records.  

www.parallels.fm
 

Out This Week: Bear in Heaven- I Love You, It's Cool

Bear in Heaven are releasing their third studio album this week. The brand new album is entitled I Love You, It's Cool and it is a follow up to 'Beast Rest Forth Mouth' which was released two years ago. 'I Love You, It's Cool' features the hit single "The Reflection of You" and the song “Sinful Nature” has been announced as the next single. The album is out on April 4th on Dead Oceans.

www.deadoceans.com

Next Wave- Living Days

Living Days is Brooklyn based group fronted by Stephonik Youth. Their music is a powerful synth driven electropop influenced by the American synth pop bands Berlin and Missing Persons who released their best albums thirty years ago. Albeit no official releases have been confirmed, there are four Living Days songs streaming on their official Myspace page. Hopefully someone gets his hands on this.   

http://www.myspace.com/livingdays
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LIVING-DAYS

Erasure's 'Essential' Out This Month

Erasure will release a new best of compilation entitled 'Essential'. The compilation features 16 tracks spanning from 1985 to 2003 including some of their biggest hits such as "Sometimes" and "Who Needs Love (Like That)", but also lacks on some huge ones. 'Essential' is out March 19, 2012 through Lexer Music and available on pre-order. Their brand new single "Fill Us With Fire" is also out this month.

Track listing:
Who Needs Love (Like That)
It Doesn't Have To Be – Single Mix
The Circus – Single Mix
You Surround Me
Am I Right?
Sometimes – Single Mix
When Will I See You Again
Video Killed The Radio Star
Victim Of Love – Single Mix
Ship Of Fools
Star – Single Mix
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) – Single Mix
Chorus
Always
I Love Saturday – Single Mix

Next Wave: Social Ambitions

Social Ambitions is a electropop/synthpop formed 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden. Members Anders Karlsson (vocals, synthsizer and production) and Mikael Arborelius(backing vocals, synthesizers and production) write, record and produce music in their studio in Stockholm. The duo is influenced by modern electronic pop, classic synth pop, electronic dance music and the drive of rock and new wave. The result is electronic pop music that bears the proud legacy of the Scandinavian sense of melody and danceable electronic rhythms. 

In August 2011 the single "Commandments" was issued with two previously unreleased songs.In October 2010, they released their debut album 'Almost Gone'. The album contained previously unreleased material and some songs from previous single releases – "Burning", "Innocence", "The Strip", and "Do you want to go". Now they are back with their second album, a mini-album where analogue synthesizers meet punchy beats. It's entitled Anticipation and it was released on February 27, 2012. 

www.socialambitions.com
www.facebook.com/socialambitions

Electronic Rumors Bring You The Best in Electro

Electronic rumors blog (electronicrumors.com) that has been serving up the latest and greatest news and tracks in the world of Electro/Disco/Indie/Dreamwave/Synth/Stuff/Thing/Pop has teamed up with respected Us ElectroPop label Ninthwave Records (Heaven17/White Town/The Modern) to release electronic rumors Volume 1, featuring of some of the best artists making Dreamwave, Nu-Disco, ElectroPop and Indie-Electro in the last twelve months including exclusive tracks from Ride The Universe (Dreamwave supergroup acclaimed, for their reMixes, with their début original), the much hyped Show Your Shoe, Futurecop!, beaumont, Substatic and Echoes and the first time on CD for Queen Of Hearts and Ronika, both tipped by the mainstream press for chart dominance in 2012. They feature alongside some of the most exciting electronic music that broke out in 2011.

  

Class Actress- Rapprocher

'Rapprocher' the debut album by from Elizabeth Harper's Class Actress is out this week. The album is out on 'Carpark Records' and features among others the songs "Keep You" and "Weekend". 'Rapprocher' is where Harper's sexy voice meets the synth-pop beats and catchy melodies. The album is a follow-up to their 2010 EP release 'Journal of Ardency' which was released by 'Terrible Records'

 http://classactress.tumblr.com/

The Golden Filter- Syndromes

The Golden Filter's new album 'Syndromes' is out today. This is the second album for the duo from NYC who released their debut last year. This album has been done in in collaboration with Norwegian Grammy winning director Kristoffer Borgli and as a result came a ten-minute short film titled 'Syndromes'. The first single from the album is entitled Mother and it was released on September 11th.

  www.thegoldenfilter.com

Erasure- Tomorrow's World

Erasure have released their fourteenth studio album entitled 'Tomorrow's World' this Friday, September 30th. The album was written in New York, London, and at Vince Clarke's cabin studio in Maine, between January and June 2011 and it was produced by Frankmusik and mixed by Rob Orton, who has previously remixed other well-known electronic artists such as Lady Gaga and Pet Shop Boys. The first single is titled "When I Start To (Break It All Down)" and was released on 23 September 2011. Like all the previous records, this album is out on Mute Records.

http://www.erasureinfo.com/

Junior Boys- 'It's All True'

Junior Boys have released their fourth studio album It's All True" this week on June 14, 2011 in the USA. The release date for Europe and UK is scheduled for the first week of July. The album is out on 'Domino Records' with "Banana Ripple" being the first song to be released as a single.

Bobby O- Social Contact Theory

The American record producer and dance music artist has released a new album this month on May 15, 2011. The album is entitled 'Social Contact Theory' and features addictive beats, catchy melodies, uplifting arrangements in Bobby O style. Even if there were no singles confirmed from the album, there is a whole series of songs streaming on Youtube. Here is one example.

Kraftwerk- A New Publication

"Kraftwerk: Publikation" is a new and major biography of the first-ever all-electronic pop group and one of the most influential bands in popular music history. David Buckley examines the cult enigma that is Kraftwerk, including their beginnings in the avant-garde musical terrain of late-Sixties Germany and their Anglo-American breakthrough with "Autobahn" in 1975, as well as their astonishingly prescient work, which drew the musical template for techno, ambient, dance and all manner of electronic pop.

The inner workings of this most secretive of bands are revealed through interviews with friends and close associates, whilst the story of their incredible impact on modern music is traced up to the present day using interviews with a host of musicians, from original electro pioneers such as Gary Numan, the Human League, OMD and John Foxx, to contemporary acts still in awe of the original Man Machines.

Source info

http://www.david-buckley.com/news.html

Next Wave: Champagne Riot

Champagne Riot is an electo synth-pop group from Denmark. Formed as a solo project of Caspar Philip Bock, Champagne Riot released a superb EP on Shelflife Records in 2008. Along the way, Champagne Riot became a duo with the addition of Anders Reuter and the two proceeded to experiment with new sounds and a bolder approach to pop music. The group draws inspiration from a variety of places including the world of classical music, Scandinavian melodic tradition, and electronic pop’s greatest torch-carriers including Kraftwerk, New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

The good news is that the group is back with a brand new EP entitled 'Moonstruck' A four track electro pop record, perfect for fans of The Drums whom Champagne Riot supported on their recent European tour and perfect for Spring.

http://www.champagneriot.com/