Showing posts with label Holographic People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holographic People. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Cavaliers of Fun - Camp COF EP

We just realized we turned five years old last month. That's quite a respectable age, and yet there were no parades or gala nights in our honour, at least none that we were invited to. There were no fighter jets flying in formation, no confetti rain, and no squares or streets named after us.

I'm joking of course. As we've written many times, even if we know that there are thousands reading what we write, we are still just a couple of guys who write a couple of lines about some music we happen to like at the moment. Sometimes we play that music to other people too, but it's not that we're these rock stars or important journalists or anything. So every time we meet someone we haven't met before who say that they read our blog, or we get nice mails or comments from fans, we really appreciate it. And if a band or producer or singer writes lyrics about us, we get really honoured and humbled too.

That's one reason that we like Cavalier of Fun's new tune "Anoraak, Pegase and RAC". It's about Ricco Vitali's nostalgic memories of listening to the great synthpop and nu disco movement around the turn of the decade and how that's still a point of reference and a source of inspiration even today. An homage to his histories as he describes it.

We have fond memories of those times too, as like Ricco sings, that kind of music "was seen on Tracasseur", especially during our earlier days, and getting mentioned together with Anoraak, Pegase and RAC is a great honour. Those were all guys that we read about on blogs like Valérie that Anoraak and Pegase were part of, and that we listened to and wrote about in our turn. So we thank Ricco for the perfect birthday gift of a nice shout-out and a trip down memory lane!

There's an air of nostalgia over the whole EP "Camp COF", which isn't that strange as it draws so much inspiration from the nu italo and nu disco movement that was very nostalgic to begin with. That said, the whole EP ranges between more introverted indie pop and rock influences and the catchier part of nu disco. While we have a soft spot for "Anoraak..." for obvious reasons, "Valey of Dreams" is a favourite.

"Camp COF" is out tomorrow on Holographic People, but the video of "Anoraak, Pegase and RAC" is already live.



Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Pat Lok ft. Bear Mountain - Same Hearts

So, this happened today. Pat Lok released his new EP "Same Hearts". It's released on Holographic People and features, apart from lovely vocals from Bear Mountain, remixes by Oxford, Shelby Grey and Ride the Universe. My favourite of the remixes is the percussive 80's funk of Ride the Universe - glad to see the boys being in good form - but I still prefer the original which is available for free with a simple click on the like button on Pat's Facebook page.



Thursday, January 24, 2013

New tracks from Clancy and Shelby Grey

Two artists from Holographic People, Clancy and Shelby Grey give us two hot steamin' new tracks. This is great news but what's even better is that both tracks come as free downloads!

Clancy who made it into our Best of 2012 lists, is now back with another big tune in "How To Hold On To You". Great work by Clancy, and I really hope 2013 will be his year!



Shelby Grey has made a remix a la ‘dreamwave 90’s Balearic' on Saint Lou Lou's "Maybe You". Sweet remix!



Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Shelby Grey with two new tracks

Shelby Grey releases a single with two new tracks on Holographic People. The title of the release is "The Devil's Dancer" and is also one of the tracks included, the other one is "Danse Macabre".

Both tracks are a bit different from earlier of Shelby's releases and got a lot of the 70s cosmic disco sound. I like what I hear from Shelby Grey a lot. "The Devil's Dancer" is a real 70s disco pearl putting it somewhere in a darker Moroder-land. Plenty of good people such as Xinobi, Clancy, Moonlight Matters and Punks Jump Up are already supporting the release and from now on also Tracasseur. Buy the release over at Juno.



Friday, September 30, 2011

Shelby Grey debut album

The latest release from Holographic People is a pretty special one for those involved. After working on it for two years, Shelby Grey is finally able to release his debut album "The music is on his side". Almost just as happy is his manager and label boss Sarah, who have followed the whole process closely.

This process have seen no limits or rules, just the result from a music lover with a creative mind. We often get promo texts that talk about "genre-defying" music which often is anything but, but this album is exactly that. Not only can't it be pinned down to one particular genre of nu disco, electro or any other of the usual genres we're throwing around. Every track is so well-conceived and written that it often stands with one leg in art music, which makes me think of old masters like Aphex Twin, Future Sound of London or Squarepusher. And I bet that quite a few of these tracks would sound really good performed by a symphony orchestra.

If all this sound too brainy and boring, fear not. It's actually a very pleasant journey from start to finish. The album also features collaborations with Ricco Vitalli, of Cavaliers of Fun fame, and Shelby's friends Wallace and Guzmán (Guzmán is Spanish for Grommit).

Here's the full album for streaming:

Shelby Grey - The music is on his side LP by Holographic People

I'd like to single out a few faves. When I downloaded the album, the tracks didn't line up in the right order in my player, so after the opening track "April's Legacy" I have been listening to "Chains of Love" (track 9), and there's something with the clash between these two songs I like. Both are pretty slow, but while "April's Legacy" is dark and menacing, "Chains of Love" is fluffy and romantic. The third favourite is the most uptempo one; on one hand it's as simple as I'm a sucker for pumping beats and house pianos, but the sudden adrenaline rush in between all the weaving soundscapes is really nice.

Oh, and they're giving away 100 free downloads of "April's Legacy". There were 50 left when I posted this, so hurry!

1.Shelby Grey - April's Legacy by Holographic People

9.Shelby Grey - Back to Bollebygd by Holographic People

3.Shelby Grey -Wild Youth feat. Ricco Vitali by Holographic People

Bonus #1: Check out the mix Shelby made for Mixmag:

Shelby Grey - I Wanna Be Just Like You Mix by Mixmag

Bonus #2: A coming collaboration is Hal Incandenza's remix of Shelby Grey's next single. While waiting for that, here's his great Britney Spears remix:

Britney Spears - Till The World Ends (Hal Incandenza Remix) (320 kbps)

By the way, if you're in Barcelona on October 15, you should go see Cavaliers of Fun and Shelby Grey on the Holographic People showcase at Razzmatazz. Here's the Facebook event.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Cavaliers of Fun - Sharing Space Secrets EP

Today one-man super band Cavaliers of Fun release his long awaited EP entitled "Sharing Space Secrets" on Holographic People. Ricco Vitali shows that he not only can produce great synth pop remixes, but that he also can craft really well-written pop songs. I know that he and the label is very happy with it, and they should be. This is how pop music should sound like.



Cavaliers of Fun - Passengers by Cavaliers of Fun

Cavaliers of Fun - Summer Days by Cavaliers of Fun

Cavaliers of Fun - Wiki by Cavaliers of Fun

Cavaliers of Fun - Sharing Space Secrets by Cavaliers of Fun

Cavaliers of Fun - GOLD by Cavaliers of Fun

BONUS - FREE DOWNLOAD Cavaliers of Fun - Sharing Space Secrets (Space edit) by Cavaliers of Fun

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Clancy + Build = Miroir

As you know, we're huge fans of Clancy and Build, both as individual producers and when they join forces as they've been doing with a string of great remixes. Together they formone of the best Anglo-Australian partnerships since Stock, Aitken & Waterman produced Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue...

Now they've formalized their collaboration in a new project called Miroir, and the first batch of original productions in the form of the "So Fewer Particles Scatter" EP is out tomorrow on Holographic People. You can stream it here before you buy it. But that's not all; they are giving away an exclusive mix to their biggest fans!

Miroir - Kites

Miroir - So fewer particles scatter

Synth Vs Sea

Miroir - Night Sky

Miroir - Luminance by Holographic People

Miroir - Night Sky (Miroir Club Mix) [Tracasseur exclusive]

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves

So I'm back from the dead after the flu from hell. Women who talk about how painful it is to give birth don't know how it's like to be a man with a really bad cold (to paraphrase an old Swedish add). Like an unintentional get-well present I received Shelby Grey's brand new EP "Echoes Dimensions & Waves" from Heartbeats Management, aka Sarah Hansson, the Swedish Barcelona-based manager, booking agent, recent label boss (and apparent wonder woman). Yes people, Heartbeats have evolved into a label called Holographic People, and, judging by the first release you see before you and that we know future releases include Clancy & Build and Young Digerati, we already know it's going to be one of our favourite labels.

So what about the first release? Well it features Ricco Vitali (half of Cavaliers of Fun), I trust the list of remixers apart from Grey himself says it all; Beaumont, Clancy, Worship, Stephen Falken and AlbertOne help the EP become an orgy in lush dreamwave synths and driving electropop and synth house beats.

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Beaumont Remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Clancy Remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Stephen Falken remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (Worship remix)

Shelby Grey - Echoes Dimensions & Waves (AlbertOne remix) by Holographic People