Mark Nicholas – Coming Clean

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Great Depeche Mode-esque vibe on this track with a killer chorus and great backing vocals! I was turned onto this by a fellow last.fm listener, thank you KingLeerUK!

Mark Nicholas bio from Last.fm:

 Electronic musician Mark Nicholas, formerly known as Cosmicity, turned in his synthpop badge to create a gritty and powerful new brand of vocal-driven, industrial-influenced Electronica.

Electronic musician Mark Nicholas, perhaps best known for his work under the name Cosmicity, began working under his real name in 2004. (You can download 7 of his best new songs for FREE here on last.fm and at dirtyelectronic.com.) Mark hails from Detroit (and is a University of Michigan School of Music grad), and though his roots are largely New Wave/Synthpop, his recent material has seen the additional influence of bands like NIN and The Prodigy. His first “solo” album – Duchess 33 – was released in 2007 on his newly-formed record label Dirty Electronic. He followed that album up with a remix album (of sorts) called Perversions in 2008.

Mark is expected to take a short hiatus (he’s having a baby with his wife Sara, better-known as DJ Ginger Snapp) and then return with the announced album “Music For Headphones” in 2009.

 Mark Nicholas – Coming Clean

MGMT – Electric Feel

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MGMT is an electro-pop group from NY. This track is taken from their freshman outing called, “Oracular Spectacular”, which was released this January. This entire album is Phenomenal and worth every penny. The standout tracks for me are, “Time to Pretend” (with it’s buzzing bee lead synth line and lyrics: “Let’s make some music, make some money, find some models for wives…”) , “The Youth” (with it’s synth-orgrans and John Lennon-esque vocals), “Electric Feel” (hear for yourself), & “Kids” (for it’s joy division-esque feel).

Don Juan Dracula -Take Me Home (ft Sally Shapiro)(Johan Agebjorn remix)

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Sweden’s very own Johan Agebjorn lends his hand at remixing this track that was originally released by Don Juan Dracula back in 2005 and gets some help with added vocals from Sally Shapiro. The original track was a little too angst ridden for me, but this remix takes it to more of a synthpop arena, which I love.

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