electro-house

Next year sees a new Hot Chip album, as well as the debut album from his other project, 2 Bears; their brand of electro-house is infinitely less throwaway than Goddard and collaborator Raf Rundell's penchant for ursine costumes suggests.

The arts in 2012: pop 2011

It's been a whirlwind year for electro-house DJ Sander Kleinenberg, touring the world, spinning in Ibiza, dropping singles "This is Our Night" and "M.A.N.I.A.C." from the forthcoming "5K" album, and making a stunning (and completely packed-out) appearance at Lima Lounge back in July.

Nightlife Agenda Fritz Hahn 2010

In fairness to him, all great artists probably need a bit of "me time" before taking the stage, but if Take One is anything to go by, a typical Swedish House Mafia DJ set involves little more than three pot-bellied men punching the air to an electro-house version of Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics.

This isn't Spinal Tap, it's Swedish House Mafia Sam Richards 2010

Fans of the bleepy, bassy, get-on-the-dance-floor-now sound of the "Dutch house" musical style know that Afrojack is the rising star of the anything-goes electro-house scene.

Nightlife Agenda 2010

What I do know is that this is essentially a peak-time, big-room electro-house track, with a buzzy bassline and fun swirly synths - I'm pretty sure this would go over well at 3am (and I'll have to try it at my next gig).

Hump day (Music (For Robots)) 2006

Same goes for the near-perfect electro-house track, "Jumping K", which will likely show its pretty little face on my next mix.

We're Grinding and Grinding... (Music (For Robots)) 2006

Anyone know the name of the dirty electro-house tune that drops about 31 minutes in?

Everybody's listenin' to Hot-ness (Music (For Robots)) 2006

* NB: it is worth noting that I called his kap10kurt remix an "electro-house" song, since this is from July of 2004, well before the term had really caught on - Booya!

Music (For Robots): February 2006 Archives 2006

So, what we have here is another piece of the Parisian electro-house pie.

Screw "freedom" fries, I want mine French (Music (For Robots)) 2006

So, what we have here is another piece of the Parisian electro-house pie.

Music (For Robots): September 2006 Archives 2006