Category: Electronic

  • 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

  • Collide -The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

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    Nice Latin flair meets gothic vibe on this cover of Fun Boy Three’s, “The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum” by Collide. Collide is “An electrogoth/industrial rock band founded in the early nineties, in Los Angeles, California, USA. The name comes from the collision of musical styles – ethereal vocals provided by kaRIN, industrial music provided by Statik.” (taken from Last.fm)

    Collide -The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

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  • DRI – You Know I Tried

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    This totally caught me off-guard, I found this on the HOT page on thesixtyone.com. Melting me with her Tracey Thorn-esque voice meets a downtempo soul songstress — this in a word is, WOW. The production on her album is no less amazing. Sometimes using hip hop loops with a jazz guitar and other times messing with loops in a fashion very similar to BENT.

    This Track can be found on her 2007 release called, “Smoke Rings”

    You can purchase her album here.

    Dri – You Know I Tried

    Here’s the video for the track as well:

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t8hE9X_E-w