If any electro-pop babes beat this effort in 2012, hats off. I am officially a Little Jeans convert, I look forward to singing her praises into the forseeable future.

The lady with the vocal pipes behind tracks from Pnau and Tonight Only has a little project with friend Mike Ross

Here’s their debut fiddle-around called Space In Between – it’s softly spoken electro-pop, don’t stare at it too much or you’ll hurt its feelings.

Space In Between by klpmusic

More from KLP here

Tim, the co-man behind Dappled Cities has a new retro-pop sideproject called Swimwear. It’s shiny, it’s popular, it looks good on, it’s everything you want in a swimsuit. The full EP is pay-what-you-feel on Bandcamp now, so throw Tim a few coins would ya?
Easy High by swimwearmusic

Check out Tim’s Facebook too. Why wouldn’t you?

Composed of 2/9ths Ex-Protectors, 2/9ths(?) Ex-Ernest Ellis band, VEEN is showy, cosmic synth-pop that gives a wink and a nod to early Crystal Castles. Brand new Sydney music, see what you make of it:

M I N D V I R U S by V E E N

8 B I T L E O P A R D by V E E N

xMandu

Kyle Stewart, our bro from Hot Biscuits, has just dropped a mix for the Chicagoist series.
It’s deep and driving through UK Funky and tropical house n’ techno.
Download her below:

Chicagoist Mix #11 Kyle Stewart (Aug. '11) by Chicagoist

Tracklist

ITFW – Big Girl
LOL Boys – Bang Them
Joy O & Boddika – Swims (Alt)
J. Phlip – Bootyberg
Pearson Sound – Stifle
Beastie Respond – Syncopy (Blawan’s Tragt Mekanik)
Mosca – Bax
Roska – Abrupt
Cooly G – Oi Dirty (feat. DVA)
Cooly G – Cali
French Fries – Yo Vogue
Girl Unit – Wut (Claude Vonstroke’s Butt Naked Mix)
Karizma – Outta Control
French Fries – What To Do 2011
Hypno – War Demons (Julio Bashmore Remix)
Darling Farah – Varsity
Chaos In The CBD – Ima Do It Right
J Phlip – Drop Bombz on Your Momz

xMandu

!FOR FREE!

Brush up your retro house sets with vicious cuts from Paul Woolford, the man between the epically aggressive techno of last year’s Bloodline EP on Intimacy, has set free a raft of personal edits of classic house cuts.

Download them for a limited time here:

Classic Re-Edits Volume 1 / Downloadable by Paul Woolford

While on the PW tip, enjoy this long vinyl odyssey recorded at Planet E’s birthday bash at Berghain earlier this year:

Paul Woolford 20 Years Of Planet E @ Berghain / Vinyl Only / March 2011 by Paul Woolford

-Mandu

Emergency post!
Epic bang0r!

Download immediately to bang0rize your day! Sounds like Jokers of the Scene via old school D.I.M. Catastrophic, morbid and crunchy calamity wrapped in your favourite Three ‘n Twenty Bytes and Spices.

Lillica Libertine – Pentagram (original mix)

A few choice jams collated into a vaguely cohesive package of streams and downloads.
I’m having a real electro-pop resurgence this week, so pardon while I indulge and think about sunsets and soft top sports cars.

So Pacific! has written a neo-pop ballet based on the story of Narcissus, this is the first single ‘Unspoken’ as remixed by Valerie’s pin-up boy Anoraak:

Pacific! Unspoken (Anoraak Remix) by Vulture Music

Look a bit further and you’ll see a Moonlight Matters mix in the pack, Seba of course being one half of the (now defunct?) electro/disco power-duo from Belgium, Villa. Cue frantic car-chase and mammoth stair runs:

Pacific! feat. El Perro Del Mar – Unspoken (Moonlight Matters remix) by Moonlight Matters

Pacific!’s new release is out on Vulture right now

And those crazy Australian critters from Kids at Midnight are representing too:

Kids at Midnight – The Chase (Original Mix) by Vulture Music

Bam – enjoi.

-Mandu

I don’t know who Expensive Looks are/is – some guy called Alec from NYC who releases cassettes (hip) and makes psychedelic electronica (hipper) from his bedroom (hippest), but he’s made Gold Field’s track Treehouse very good lookin’ indeed. Driving disco shoegaze! Or is that disco shoegaze to drive to..?

Treehouse (Expensive Looks Remix) by Expensive Looks

Download it, it’s really nice. More gushing on Gold Fields here
And while you’re at it, listen to some Expensive Looks! Tell em’ Mandu sent you and you’ve got a 15% off groupon coupon for the bistro menu.

This one is most excellent:
Be My Own by Expensive Looks

This spin of DOM’s track Living In America is even MORE excellenter:

Living In America (Expensive Looks Remix) by Expensive Looks

-Mandu

Good lookin’ interview over at RA on Night Slugs, plus an amazing mix tape.

Download here

Tracklist below.

Particularly loving this jam which heads out the mix.. coming out very soon on Night Slugs.

Congrats to the boys Bok and Lvis who are both shredding it this year.
-Mandu

Tracklist
Girl Unit – Shade On
L-Vis 1990 – Forever You Dub
Egyptrixx – Liberation Front
Mosca – Square One VIP
Kingdom – Bust Broke
Girl Unit – IRL (Bok Bok Remix)
Jam City – Magic Drops
Lil Silva – Golds 2 Get
L-Vis 1990 – Reprise
Jam City – Arpjam
Velour – The Scent of Romance
Jacques Greene – (Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want
Optimum – Broken Embrace
Girl Unit – Wut