Electronic Pop | House
The Amplifetes are a sort 4 piece super collective from Sweden — yes, as in the same place that has already produced Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, and The Hives — the Swedes are killing it as of late. The Amplifetes are about to release their first full length album at the end of the month. Taken from it are the following tracks that are full of dance energy and enough pop sparkle to shine any Friday right up.
Can’t not wait for Coco Sumner (aka I Blame Coco) to drop her full length album, “The Constant”, this September. Coco Sumner is the daughter of rock legend Sting, so there is an inherited grit to her vocals that is such a stark contrast to the electronic backing tracks.
She has been quite busy as of late:
1 Teaming up with Drum and Bass producer Sub Focus to lend her vox on the track, “Splash”.
Sub Focus – Splash (ft. Coco – Rusko Remix)
2 Then her first single, “Caesar ft. Robyn”, got the remix treatment from non other than Miike Snow’s.
I Blame Coco – Caesar (Ft. Robyn – Miike Snow Remix)
3 And now her latest single, “Self Machine” also gets an equally energetic remix from Chew Fu. And it’s the best one yet. To coincide with her full length release she will also be releasing a third single called
I Blame Coco – Self Machine (Chew Fu Robotix Fix)
And here’s an unreleased track called, “Never Be”.
The Good Natured – Your Body is a Machine (removed per request)
The Good Natured is a dark and left of center pop experience. Mixing subtle electronic elements and piano with Sarah’s vocals who remind me of a darker Lily Allen.
Bio:
Having salvaged her grandmother’s 1980s Yamaha keyboard, Home Counties girl Sarah McIntosh – aka The Good Natured – self-produced her debut EP, ‘Warriors’ (2009). A year later, McIntosh sat her A-levels and split up with her boyfriend. With these changes she found a whole new inspiration to write, the fruits of which, ‘Your Body Is A Machine’, will be released on 5 July.
‘Your Body Is A Machine’ is a driving, dark and subtly dramatic left-field pop song: musically atmospheric — inspired by the likes of Japan and David Sylvian – and lyrically intense (“We are influenced by our self love and benevolence”). And then there is her voice: a strange, steely thing, simultaneously emotionally involving and quietly repressed, calling to mind the clipped tones of Ladytron and Neil Tennant in equal measure. Throughout, McIntosh displays a maturity beyond her teenage years. She may be called The Good Natured, but you wouldn’t want to cross her.
‘Your Body Is A Machine’ was written by McIntosh and produced by Dan Foat and Nathan Boddy (Delphic, I Blame Coco). The single feature remixes by Zebra & Snake, Body Language, Aspirins for My Children, Radioproof and Baby Monster. The Zebra & Snake remix is featured on the Kitsune Maison compilation released 26 April, having picked up radio support from Huw Stephens, Nick Grimshaw, Steve Lamacq and Kissy Sell Out.