Tesla Boy – Spirit Of The Night (Acoustic Piano)

Tesla Boy - Electric Lady (Baxter Remix)

Book Of Love

You Make Me Feel so Good

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a decade since Digitalism broke through with their anthemic ‘Zdarlight'. Nu-rave and dubstep came and (largely) went; hip-hop morphed into trap; and EDM made pop stars out of dance DJs. Back with their third album, ‘Mirage' – some five years on from sophomore record 'I Love You, Dude' – the German duo have wisely resisted any vogues or trends. Instead, they present a record that takes their much-loved sound and opens it up to new permutations and possibilities.

‘Mirage' sees Digitalism return in their most complete and coherent incarnation yet; the album spanning euphoric radio-friendly electronic pop and guttural dancefloor bangers with equal aplomb. Their songwriting craft has stepped up a notch too, their vocal tracks delivered with more conviction than ever and once again firmly placing them in a position as an act with big crossover potential.

With a newly focused approach, the duo put together ‘Mirage' in the relatively short space of six months. “This time the production felt so natural and clear,” says Isi. “Our secret is our new light-heartedness.” The album was inspired by “deprivation and travel” – a nod to both the trials of their extensive touring that has taken them everywhere from Coachella to Melt!, and their respective residences in London (Jence) and Hamburg (Isi). “Usually, the best ideas just come to us when there’s not much going on immediately around us”, Jence explains of their creative process. “When you’re forced to imagine things, that’s when inspiration is best. You know, when you switch off the light in our bunker studio, it’s really dark, and there’s nothing - until you start creating things in your head - and then as music.”

Dashes of disco, French touch, prog rock, rave and hip-hop are thrown into an eclectic sound palette that colours the album. From the full-power electro-indie of ‘Battlecry' to the upbeat rock flavour of 'Go Time' and the euphoric melancholy of ‘Utopia’, their sensibility for storming riffs and melodies hasn’t waned one bit. Then there’s the scintillating epic 'Destination: Breakdown' and glitchy electro-rap ‘Ism' showing yet more accomplished diversity. The two-part title track shows the evolution of their synth work in stunning fashion, beaming in inspiration from the greats like Vangelis and Tangerine Dream across a mesmerising twelve-and-a-half minute journey that makes for an impressive album centerpiece.

“First of all it’s probably a snapshot of our thoughts, like a brain scan”, says Jence on his evaluation of the new album. "It’s a soundtrack to our own world, but so vaguely put again that other people can identify with it, or come up with their own analyses. It’s meant to be something fantastic, something beautiful, yet fragile. Maybe a parallel universe that you step into, and you get stuck there. Or you get back into normality, had a hell of a ride, and count the days until you can visit it again. It’s meant to stimulate your imagination.”

Mirage

Destination Breakdown

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Grinderman 2 RMX

Hyper Worm Tamer (Unkle Remix)

Sweat Symphony

Truckers Delight

"Another Life" -EP OUT NOW!!

Contact, remix enquires, live bookings etc:
willybaxtermusik@gmail.com

Influenced mainly by disco, electro and pop, the sound of Willy Baxter consist of strong melodies, retro-futuristic production and pop style vocals with soul and passion. 

First EP "Aiming High" was released in 2007 by Irish label SeedyBurn. Second EP "Proof" was released in 2009 with shortened name "Baxter" on US based OMG label. Proof EP got lots of attention in music blogs. It was remixed by well known electronic artists such as Lifelike and Spirit Catcher. Later that same year, a long play "In Between", collection of tracks from 5 year period, was released on british Mullet Records. 

In 2010-2011 Willy Baxter toured in Finland, Russia and Poland, making remixes for other artists including Russian Tesla Boy and composing his new own material. In year 2012, Skyscraping -EP was released as Willy Baxter with a Skyscraping - music video.  Check the music video here:

http://youtu.be/CNxHn-YaS5w

After a few years a brand new EP "Another Life" will be released in July 2018

Releases
- Proof -EP (OMG! Recordings 2009)
- Proof -EP (remixed) (OMG! Recordings (2009)
- In Between -album (Mullet Records 2009)
- In Between (remixed) (Mullet Records 2010)
- Skyscraping -EP (Substream 2012)
- Another Life -EP (Here) (11.07.2018)

Remixes
- Tesla Boy - "Electric Lady Baxter Remix" (Mullet Records 2009)
- Tesla Boy - "Thinking Of You Baxter Remix" (Mullet Records 2010)

Tesla Boy - Electric Lady (Baxter Remix)

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