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The term "highly anticipated" gets tossed around a lot, but it might actually be an understatement in the case of the new full-length from Cut Copy. This shit is already #1 on the Australian charts... okay, you probably only have to sell...
expand review like 30 copies to top the said chart, but this is a great little record which quite a few people have been salivating for. "Little" isn't the right adjective actually, as Cut Copy (with help from DFA's Tim Goldsworthy on production) step up with some epic future/retro dance sounds - check the new version of "Hearts On Fire(1)," the intense "So Haunted(2)," "Nobody Lost, Nobody Found(3)," album opener "Feel The Love(4)" and the alternately jangly/squelchy disco jam "Lights & Music(5)." Comes with a big fold-out insert designed by Australia's Alter. 15 tracks, 50 minutes. -Chris Lemon-Red
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Hirsute electro chica Peaches puts the club boots to the New Zealander (via London) on this hand clapping, bass distorting remix of their single "Paris Is Burning(1)." Flip features the original track with alternate French vocals on "Paris S'enflamme(2)." Super heavyweight 45...
expand review pressing in a fancy matte pic sleeve. -Van Hammersly
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The Presets continue to explore the deepest, darkest caverns of electro and rock on Apocalypso, their sophomore full-length for Modular. Along with the buzzsaw single "My People(1)," the Sydney duo get into the housier side of things on tracks like "This Boy's...
expand review In Love(2)," go minimal with "Anywhere(3)," rock out on "Eucalyptus(4)" and even sound like they're having fun(!) on "Yippyo-Ay(5)." (Really, how could you not have fun with a track named "Yippyo-Ay?" Sounds like they've been listening to Chromeo.) 11 tracks; 50 minutes. -Van Hammersly
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Big track from the Presets, who go the ultra heavy, nearly industrial route this time around. The massive distorted electronics and sick live(?) drums of the original(1) run wild as frontmang Julian Hamilton tears it up with emphatic, ecstatic vocals. Gotta say...
expand review though, the remixes are what's good here. Turbo's D.I.M.(2) manages to retain that intensity while making the whole affair much more dancefloor friendly via chunky synths and a breakdown / end bit which should absolutely murder. Also, woah, where the fuck have Mouse On Mars been? Their bubbling, skittery "Acid Pretzels" version(3) is a nice listen, though not as useful as Krice Menace's dubby remix(4). -Larri Byrd
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"This Boy's In Love(1)" is one of the more poppy moments on the Presets' Apocalypso full-length, albeit poppy in a very Presets fashion. The drums are still cold, the synths still sinister and chugging, but the lovesong lyrics and saccharine backup vocals...
expand review give it a decidedly 80s slant. If the OG is a little too Depeche Mode for you, this 12" gives you options: there's a plonging minimal remix from Jori Hulkkonen(2), a housey rework by remixer of the moment Lifelike(3) and a more bare-bones edit(4) by Presets drummer K.I.M. with a vocal breakdown perfect for mixing. Oh and thanks to Modular for the info in the fine print: "DO NOT EAT." -Chris Lemon-Red
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The bigroom sound of Laidback Luke is infiltrating the Lab's 12" microcosm. A collab with A-Trak looms (to be released Fool's Gold), and here Luke gets tapped for the prestigious Modular remix. TTA is one of the label's new acts...
expand review (think OMD crossed with Hot Chip), and Luke destroys their first single "New Violence." His remix(1) is the ultimate of mutts, incorporating vintage rave, fidget, house, and even some bmore. On the flip, Woolfy of Rong gets the call up, leveraging the b-side with some signature slow disco(2). And if you're curious, the original version is also here and it's catchy as hell (I might have to cop the full length now). Cool sleeve too, recommended. -the mgmnt
It feels like The Bumblebeez (aka Bumblebeez 81, but not to be confused with The Bees or Band of Bees) have been around forever, so I was surprised to find out that this album from late 2007 was actually their debut long...
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I've never been to Rio, but I bet it's a fun place. Beaches, bikinis, booty, boob jobs, baile funk... what more do you want? Australia's Bumblebeez obviously have a thing for the place and named their recent electro pop jammy after it....
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The original version of "Far Away" was one of my favorites from the recent album. I like the uncluttered new wave sound, almost sounding like a demo from their first album. And you know that Modular puts together the best singles...
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From the Avalanches, to AC/DC and especially to Kylie Minogue, Australian exports always manage to capture my man Roger Yamaha's heart. So when we got in this "Future" single by Melbourne's Cut Copy, it wasn't hard to guess who would be first...
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Second single from the In Ghost Colours album. In the usual Modular fashion, the track gets tricked out with remixes from currently on-fire producers. Tapping into current 80s trends, Calvin Harris goes retro-electro boogie on his version. Similarly the Midnight Juggernauts go...
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The term "highly anticipated" gets tossed around a lot, but it might actually be an understatement in the case of the new full-length from Cut Copy. This shit is already #1 on the Australian charts... okay, you probably only have to sell...
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On a recent research trip to Discogs, it was revealed that Cut Copy released their first record in 2000! Whoa! I had no idea they'd been doing it this long. This most recent single, produced by one half of the DFA production...
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Cut Copy was instantly popular with the remixes of "Future" that came out last year, and they've come back with more powerhouse remixes this time around. Kingroc and Headman bring us two hot remixes of "Saturday," each exceptionally unique in their own...
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If you're naming your musical project after a Mozart composition, you've got some work to do. Thankfully for Modular and their new signing, the brains behind Eine Kleine Nacht Musik is none other than Henry Smithson, aka Riton, who's been tearing up...
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K.I.M. (aka Kimberly Isaac Moyes, one-half of The Presets) returns with another loaded single for the seemingly unstoppable Aussie juggernaut that is the Modular label. "Wet N Wild" is nothing earth shattering as Daft-influenced vocoder electro goes, but K.I.M. manages to maintain...
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Any artist who names themselves after a Matthew Broderick/Rutger Hauer fantasy vehicle is starting off on the right foot; Ladyhawke (aka Pip Brown) has taken the next step and created a debut record of burning 80s-influenced electro-pop (ie. that new Aussie/NZ sound)....
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