If you missed out on Flairs‘ gorgeous electro-disco number “Better Than Prince”, originally released in 2008 and re-released as a 12″ in 2009, here is a catch-up session! Mixed and co-produced by Etienne De Crécy and Alex Gopher, “Better Than Prince” is a hypnotic piece of laid-back electro carried by Flairs’ off-beat drowsy vocals, nicely …
If you ‘ve been reading umstrum for a while, you might have heard some of Teen Daze‘s earlier jams here and here. For the uninitiated, prepare to fall under the spell of his mesmerizing brand of synthey chillwave. The Vancouver-based musician has just shared the song “Brooklyn Sunburn”, taken off his forthcoming album All Of …
Surfacing through Triple J’s Unearthed, Oliver Tank is a 22-year-old artist who started making music in his bedroom somewhere in Sydney and quickly captured everyone’s attention. Equally influenced by contemporary electronica (think Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada or James Blake), mainstream hip-hop and club-oriented dance music, he makes music that he describes as “fairly accessible …
Parisian electropop outfit KiT consists of Audrey on synths and vocals, Quentin on guitar and bass and Fred on synths. With influences ranging from Radiohead to Metronomy, Hot Chip or PJ Harvey, they combine careless pop melodies and dark electronica undertones. After a pretty long break, they shared their latest tune “Drunk’ Boat” last week …
“BrightLightsBigCity” concludes the six-chapter collaboration between Australian/South African synthpop outfit Clubfeet and fashion videographer Alex Goddard. For this last video, Goddard hand-painted the processed 8mm frame by frame in an extremely exhausting process that has definitely paid in spades. It features subtle nods to each of the previous clips, including personal favourite “Last Words”. Watch …
It is (almost) official now, Brooklyn’s own MNDR will be releasing their debut album sometime this year and the first single is already out on Ultra Music. With this new track, singer songwriter Amanda Warner and producer Peter Wade set their sights on the dancefloor and the result is a super catchy synthpop gem. “#1 In Heaven” …
City Calm Down is a four-piece live electronic outfit from Melbourne. With varying degrees of influence stemming from post-punk, disco, jazz, and techno, they’re making an interesting brand of dancy electropop. The band’s latest release is a double A-side single including two new songs: “Dare” and “Burn Out”. City Calm Down – Dare This new …
Milano Sun consists of Johan Jonasson, Love Sivik and David Axelsson, three friends who share an apartment in central Gothenburg, not far from their music studio. The idea to form a band was born one morning in early spring as the boys were basking in the sun of a Milanese park. They were traveling through Europe with …
