Name: 2. Alex Virgo & Benjamin Groove - New Romantic Love Affair MST by Love Attack
Duration: 6 min 18 s
Description: It’s a beautiful thing when friends work together and this is the case for Alex Virgo & Benjamin Groove. Long-term friends with eclectic tastes in music have in recent years found synergy in their music production together, bouncing off of each other and producing exciting results.

Birds (@birdsoflondonsparadise) is Katie Wilkinson and she has her own popular radio show on Netil called Feed The Void which showcases her widescreen tastes. Her productions are just as broad as they mix up techno, 90s acid, electro and gothy 80's EBM and New Wave. They have so far come out on the likes of Hoga Nord, Ombra International and NEIN while she also contributed to this label's vital IMPACT compilation. She opens up this superb EP with 'The Chimes Of Solitude', which is five minutes of brooding electronics, slow dub rhythms and shimmering synths that awaken late-night spirits. 'The Island' is another mysterious and occult affair with dark bass and jittery drums. Heavily filtered vocals echo through them with twitchy acid flashes and mystic synth leads that serve to slowly hypnotise. The brilliant 'Dance Of The Cobra' layers up more stark analogue drums and gothic bass sounds with eerie synths that ring out into the darkness. More spooky spoken words and caustic acid lines add further intrigue while 'Fragments (A Song For The Dead)' closes with a slow but heavy techno kick drum, textural chords and jerking acid-laced rhythms that demand you march along in submission. This is a brilliantly bleak yet beautiful EP on Freeride Millenium (@freeridemillenium) that contrasts light with dark, hope with fear.

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The Chimes Of Solitude

Bandcamp

Birds - The Chimes Of Solitude [Freeride Millenium]

It’s a beautiful thing when friends work together and this is the case for Alex Virgo & Benjamin Groove. Long-term friends with eclectic tastes in music have in recent years found synergy in their music production together, bouncing off of each other and producing exciting results.

2. Alex Virgo & Benjamin Groove - New Romantic Love Affair MST

Two seasoned French DJs/producers team up in a Parisian studio for a vibrant alliance destined at the more elusive dancefloors - vous avez dit disco noir?

Long-time chums Jerry Bouthier and Julien Plaisir de France met at the beginnings of rave and forged an enduring friendship based on mutual artistic respect as well as a fondness for absurd humour and all things 80s. Both went on to define their own path whilst regularly contemplating working together on a project, alas to no avail. Until recently when, on a whim, they cracked open the champagne in the studio, let the jokes flow and finally got down to it. Created on vintage tools, fat synths and classic drum machines ‘Eccitatissimo’ (the clue is in the name) throws hypnotic basslines, chorus guitars and frantic effects into the mix; a 120 BPM peak-time banger that pushes the right buttons, groovy yet trance-like with spaced-out breakdown. 

Balearic player of the early Parisian rave/house scene (with late brother Tom), long since relocated to London, Jerry Bouthier eventually joined the dots between dancefloor and fashion as he became DJ stalwart of the Kitsuné label/clothing brand (owned by Daft Punk’s manager), touring around the world on the back of his residency at infamous London club BoomBox; whilst simultaneously maturing as diligent sound-designer for the fashion world (Vivienne Westwood etc), a craft - characterising moods - tailor-made for Jerry. Over the years he has created hundreds of soundtracks for the catwalks of London, Paris, Milan, NY and deejayed at the parties of some of fashion’s biggest names, yet still relishes his me time in the studio looking for the perfect beat/melody.

Having learnt the bass in his teens in the aim of joining his mates’ band, Julien Plaisir de France quickly caught the electronic bug, released his first 12”s on seminal Parisian house label Pro-Zak Trax and soon scored a club smash under his Sweet Light moniker with electro monster ‘Abusator’ (championed by 2 Many DJs, Tiga, Ivan Smaghe…). He renamed himself Plaisir de France and became a reference on the edit scene breathing new life in plethora of classics. Julien has just rounded off twenty years of music-making with the release of his debut album '#20’ celebrating timeless French electronic pop with the help of a motley bunch of stand-out vocalists and his own personal gallic twist. Still, true to himself, he remains a generous, eternally enthusiastic dj.

Jerry Bouthier: “We both love the original new wave/post-punk of yore, the sound of NY clubs such as Mud Club, Danceteria etc, when electronic instruments started to infiltrate studios and dancefloors. Futuristic music to dance to - obviously fed by disco - but also packed with attitude and interesting new sounds. A landmark in time… With Julien our musical trajectories crossed again thanks to the current dark disco thump that harps back to that golden era, it was the perfect moment to combine our inspirations and contribute to this scene that keeps on pushing the limits… A good occasion to spend time with Julien who makes you look at life with a smile, priceless!"

Julien Plaisir de France: “Sure, ‘Eccitatissimo’ is all about dancing… from the past to the future, from maximal to minimal! Jerry and I go a long way, our friendship has lived through various eras and music styles. We may share an appreciation for bands, our roots I guess. Our initial bond stems from having succumbed early on to the drive of the synthetic beat though. We never fail to value powerful ideas or inspired musicianship, hence the logic of combining our skills - my tendency to let sonic concepts run wild and Jerry’s no nonsense study of what makes bodies move - in order to deliver fresh, effective tracks.”

https://thisberecordings.bandcamp.com/album/eccitatissimo-ep

https://soundcloud.com/jerrybouthier
https://soundcloud.com/thisberecordings
https://soundcloud.com/robosonic

PREMIERE: Jerry Bouthier - Plaisir De France - Eccitatissimo (Outtake's Punk Walk Remix)

We've been live on @black-rhino-radio 

@iulianiosub is doing his first interview with @romainfx852 as his guest, talking about all the @fauveradio & @fauverecords projects and what’s to come in the near future 

Romain FX, DJ, producer and founder of Fauve Radio talks music, ongoing project & future plans w/ friend, colleague, fellow music enthusiast and host of the interview, Iulian Iosub.

https://blackrhinoradio.com/radio/shows/fauving/episodes/fauving-2022-08-04

Fauving w/ Yosub & Romain FX - 4th of August 2022 live at Black Rhino Radio

All Mutant Disco Radio Show premieres available on :

Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLypdVb_SuSmL_C21MgXo2Q
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31NT4Oq48gcKdmttAFbx23
Facebook group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/170732496230
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/MutantDiscoRadioShow
Twitter : https://twitter.com/LeriAhel
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/mutant-disco

Taken from "KickZologo – Prohibido EP (Controlla)".  Out September 04th 2022. Buy here 
https://controlla.bandcamp.com

Artist social media:

https://www.instagram.com/kickzologomx
https://www.facebook.com/Kickzologomx
https://www.facebook.com/ximelascu
https://www.instagram.com/ximelascu
https://www.facebook.com/thealix

Label social media:

https://www.facebook.com/Controlla.x
https://www.instagram.com/controlla.mx
https://soundcloud.com/controlla

Prohibido

PREMIERE : KickZologo - Prohibido (ALI X X XIMENA Remix) (Controlla)

To celebrate my birthday season, here's a song I've been sitting on since 2017. You may have heard it out and about at ICKY in Berlin, The Carry Nation at Good Room in Brooklyn, or live on Party Zone, Iceland's oldest dance radio show.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Whitney Weiss - The Best Way

The second premiere of The Seadogs remix ep is from the label honchos Blavatsky & Tolley.

BTCOP - Montclare (Blavatsky & Tolley Transformation Remix)[Premiere]

Released as part of the Cyduck Videogame-Themed Compilation 'Press Start'

Paradise of the Fallen Archangel

Evil rise tonight

We welcome the return of American producer Sunset Vision with the new single Violet Ocean. Sunset Vision maintains the high-quality Progressive texture while using exquisite atmosphere and melody lines to immerse the audience. It is a masterpiece for relaxing on the shore.

💿Buy/Stream~~
https://linktr.ee/sunsethorizonmusic

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Sunset Vision - Violet Ocean (Extended Mix)

B1 - Luce Eterna ai Sognatori

Love Attack is record label founded in 2020 by Alan Dixon.

Demos: loveattackrecords@gmail.com

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