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Tron Legacy Theme

First off, this is a music site, so I’m not going to rant too much about the upcoming Tron Legacy movie. That said though the original Tron film is probably one of my most favorite films of all time and now nearly three decades later we are finally getting a sequel. As if that wasn’t news enough, a few months ago we learned that the Parisian Gods of Electronica, none other then Daft Punk, signed on to do the soundtrack for the film. The duo has confirmed compiling a 24 song original soundtrack which will be released alongside the film sometime in 2010.

This will be the first new release from the group since their third album, Human After All, in 2005 and their last recorded live album, Alive 2007, back in 2007. Since this is the group’s first commercial project no one has had any idea of what the sound was going to be like because all of their previous work was quite far from being usable in any soundtrack sense.

Die hard fans of Tron who played the viral web game online and discovered the promotional Flynn’s arcade venue in San Diego during the San Diego Comic Con were lead into a back room to see a life sized lightcycle and hear for the first time what the Daft Punk project was going to sound like. The Tron Legacy Theme was played overhead and people who brought video cameras filmed the event consequently recording the music and putting it online for others to hear. Now a full recording has been released online and there are already remixes floating around too.

So here it is, the Tron Legacy Theme. A small glimpse of Daft Punk’s latest project. Its also rumored Daft Punk will go back on tour with the release of the soundtrack somehow bringing in Tron into the experience. I’m not kidding when I say this is my most anticipated music release for 2009 and 2010.

MP3| Tron Legacy Theme – Daft Punk
MP3| Tron Legacy Theme (Reworked By Cryda Luv) – Daft Punk

-Alx

La Roux

Ah 80s synth electropop. Where would modern electro be without you? Well we wouldn’t have bands like La Roux, 80s inspired synth electropop duo from the UK. The group consists of surfable red wave haired androgynous Bowie lookalike female singer Elly Jackson and London based in-the-shadows synth producer Ben Langmaid. Elly’s voice has some of that British flavor we love from the likes of Lily Allen, Kate Nash and Little Boots. Tons of low bit synth beats and drum machines present to back up lyrics drawn from Elly’s rocky 5 year relationship with another woman. Nothing too groundbreaking to the music though, the recently released Bulletproof is a solid song and some of the remixes coming out from the other songs are great. The second single to be released In For The Kill seems particularly flat out 80s in nature not just inspired by which makes for an interesting choice of style. I’ll be interested to see what else they can come up with for the full debut album coming out sometime this year. If you’re a bit of an 80s electropop nostalgic I suggest checking out La Roux.

MP3| Bulletproof – La Roux
MP3| Bulletproof (Foamo Remix) – La Roux
MP3| In For The Kill (Radio Edit) – La Roux
MP3| In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix) – La Roux

-Alx

Kitsune Maison 7 LEAKED! (Download)

Hey Kids! Remember when I said Kitsune Maison 7 was coming out in a week or two? Well guess what I just found out it’s floating around the internet and I found a full album download for you guys! I’ve checked it out already and its pretty fresh, its probably gonna be one of my favorites in the series. In case you forgot what the track list is here is a refresher:

01 Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
02 We Have Band Feat Yulia – Time After Time
03 Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
04 Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (Xtra Loud Mix)
05 The Golden Filter – Favourite Things
06 La Roux – In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
07 Beni – Fringe Element (Shorts Like Me Edit)
08 Autokratz – Always More (Yuksek Remix)
09 80kidz – Miss Mars
10 James Yuill – This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)
11 Men – Make It Reverse
12 Chew Lips – Solo
13 Chateau Marmont – Beagle
14 Heartsrevolution – Bara To Kanojyo To Ouji
15 Delphic – Counterpoint (Delphics En Route Mix)
16 Interlude – Encore
17 Maybb – Touring In Ny (Short Tour Edit)
18 Renaissance Man – Rythym
19 Tanlines – Bejan

You can download the full album here.

ENJOY!

-Alx

Kitsune Maison 7!

We rarely ever post music related news on The Anti Hype but this is something mentioning. One of my favorite indie-electro compilation series, from French electronic label Kitsune Music, is the Kitsune Maison series. With nine albums (Kitsune Maison 1-6, X, Midnight and Love) the compilation series features some of the hottest songs and remixes in electronic music. Not to mention being the label for Digitalism, autoKratz and Ted & Francis, Kitsune has made quite a name for itself in this genre. Now its been announced that on June 1st Kitsune Maison Compilation 7 will be released and will feature the following tracklist:

01. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
02. We Have Band – Time After Time
03. Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
04. Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth
05. The Golden Filter – Favourite Things
06. La Roux – In for the Kill (Lifelike Remix)
07. Beni – Fringe Element (Short Like Me Edit)
08. Autokratz – Always More (Yuksek Remix)
09. 80 Kidz – Miss Mars
10. James Yuill – This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)
11. Men – Make It Reverse
12. Chew Lips – Solo
13. Chateau Marmont – Beagle
14. Heartsrevolution – 薔薇と彼女の王子
15. Delphic – Counterpoint (Delphic’s En Route Mix)
16. Encore
17. Maybb – Touring In Ny (Short Tour Edit)
18. Renaissance Man – Rythym
19. Tanlines – Bejan

If you aren’t excited or just don’t what you are supposed to be excited about you should check out the previous iterations of the Kitsune Maison series.

Little Boots

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There is a simplicity in listening to Little Boots.  ‘Meddle‘ jumps in with drums and a synth line that creeps into the verse so that you’re surprised by how catchy it is. ‘Stuck on Repeat‘  starts so simply and builds up so well that your mind has no choice but to follow. In between, you can sense that behind every electronic note is a human hand. It’s not often that you hear a song where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts while still being ‘electropop’.

-Erick

Fujiya & Miyagi

Breathy vocals, chilled beats and bass, experimental tones and synths, a myriad of percussions, strange lyrics and krautrock influences. The Brighton, England  based band, with a name taken from The Karate Kid and influenced by Neu! and Talking Heads, has a very distinct post punk taste reminiscent of Ratatat-meets-LCD Soundsystem-meets-Hot Chip. They mix into the indie electro but don’t stray too far from the traditional guitar, bass, drums rock trio distancing themselves from a sound similar to M83 or Maps. These guys landed on my radar when I picked up when of their songs (Dishwasher) from a playlist I found online and around the same time discovering that they are on tour with the band from my previous post, School of Seven Bells. If you are looking for something a little funky, lounge-y without getting too techno that you can sway to definitely check out Fujiya & Miyagi. They have two albums out Transparent Things and Lightbulbs.

-Alx

Quick shout out to anyone in the greater Boston/Cambridge area, Fujiya & Miyagi will be playing at the Paradise in Boston on the 15th of Feb with School of Seven Bells, I’ll be there and you should too. Tickets available on LiveNation.

MP3| Dishwasher – Fujiya & Miyagi
MP3| Pterodactyls – Fujiya & Miyagi
MP3| Photocopier – Fujiya & Miyagi

Planisphère – Justice

So back in July, Justice made a mix for the Dior Homme Summer 2009 Fashion show entitled Planisphère. They’ve split it off into three parts, and a final unreleased track.

I’ve put up the first track, Planisphère (Part 1), which so ridiculously sick. It has funky bass slapping and of course the syncopated synths and there’s a slight touch of piano at the beginning, completely on par with Justice. Definitely download it and hear what they’ve been up to.

MP3| Planisphère (Part 1) – Justice

-Erick

The Gossip

The Gossip, a three piece band, brings so much raw unfiltered energy it makes your  body want to dance and explode. I wish I could say I’m being hpyerbolic but I’m not. The song immediately starts and doesn’t let go of you. Though they are only a three piece band, their sound never becomes bare or simple.

Standing in the Way of Control is such an amazing song not only for its energy but also the sense of empowerment it gives, largely due to Beth Ditto’s spectacular voice. None of the instruments use any heavy effects, you can almost hear the fingers slide across the bass strings when the bumping bass line comes in. Be sure to check out their Myspace for their tour dates. Their live shows only ups the energy, a must see concert.

Definitely check out the Le Tigre remix, more of a slower electro-rock mix and the Soulwax Nite version adds a layer of electro-dance on top of the already infectious song.

MP3|Standing in the Way of Control – The Gossip

MP3|Standing in the Way of Control (Soulwax Nite Version) – The Gossip

MP3|Standing in the Way of Control (Le Tigre Remix) – The Gossip

-Erick

Midnight Juggernauts

In my younger and more vulnerable years when I began to listen to this “electronic” music, one of the first electro/dance songs I heard was a Midnight Juggernaut remix of I Get Around by Dragonette. I can’t lie, It’s pretty amazing, definitely a dance song to start the night.  A few of their songs can get a bit repetitive but put you in a sort of hypnotic trance, like Tombstone and I can’t help but follow. The drums feel very real, the bass is subtle but balanced, the modulated voice sounds distinct but human, and the synths feel right in place. Their songs are definitely work checking out and the remixes they’ve done are simply killer( Wow, I just said that). Hearts on fire is another awesome remix they did. They just released their full length album Dystopia, if the songs below spark your interest.

MP3| I Get Around (Midnight Juggernaut Remix) – Dragonette

MP3| Road to Recovery (Miami Horror remix) – Midnight Juggernauts

MP3| Tombstone – Midnight Juggernauts

MP3| Hearts on Fire (Midnight Juggernatus Remix) – Cut Copy

-Erick

(I had the chance to see them at live. I was really impressed, pics here)

Muxtape – Old school music sharing, reinvented.

Muxtape is a new service that basically allows you to quickly set up an account and upload 12 songs that become available to stream as your digital mixtape. This is a great way to share music with people quickly be simply uploadeding the song to Muxtape and distributing the url. Its been literally a day since Muxtape launched and already it has exploded! Its been featured on Wired, Darling Fireball and 37signals, the site has been reblogged on Tumblr over a hundred times, its an upcoming story on digg and not to forget it already has thousands of users! As if that weren’t enough as of today it already has a new awesome feature allowing people to see sets of randomly selected muxtapes on the main page. The idea of the project is brilliant. The problem with “mixed tapes” whether you used a CD, flash drive or an actual tape you were using a physical medium to give music to someone, music is all digital now and digitally distributed, mixtapes were obsolete and the idea nearly became extinct.

Justin its creator basically realized since the music is digital so should be the medium on which it is distributed. The result was a super simple, totally legal and extremely effective, totally digital and high quality way to share music with firends. I can see this becoming as big as facebook or myspace. Everyone will have their social network accounts and a Muxtape to share music with people. Justin says he’s working on a bunch more features, like added customization and RSS.

The only hopes I have for this are that it doesn’t try to integrate, like say in the future you will be able to embed your muxtape on a blog or in facebook or something. It would totally defeat the idea and purpose. And the only additional feature I’d like to see is a favorite system similar to vimeo, so if you see a muxtape you like you can favorite it and have it appear in a list that you can check out at a later time. This could also double as a friend system and a follow system, you (and possibly others if the favorites were made public) will know who your friends are / what their muxtapes are and maybe the possibility of a email notification if someone changes their mixtape. But other than that, the formula for how it works is perfect, it works and it shouldn’t be messed with. There were a bunch of cool webapps I can you think of that were near perfect for the function that they served but down the line the developers kept adding/subtracting/revamping and eventually ended up ruining the formula that worked so well.

Muxtape is a great way to share and discover music by bringing back the mixtape into the digital era. Get your muxtape @ muxtape.com.  You can check out ours at alx.muxtape.com and erick.muxtape.com

-Alx-