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We moved!!!

2011-02-04T15:06:00.002-05:00

So if you don't know by now, we have a new home! we redisgned the blog and pretty much make it more simple.

Check it out here.

theneonrider.com

and keep visiting us, we appreciate it.

Cheers!

TNR crew.

Chill and Burn the End of Summer

2010-08-28T12:34:00.006-04:00

We know that there are no words for our big absence but to make it up to you as a tradition we are bringing you two mixtapes to chill or burn the end of the summer depending on your mood. These two are all vinyl sets and we picked some of the records that we were spinning in some parties and at home when we were relaxing during this summer in NYC. So we hope that you enjoy them as much as we did recording them. Here are the playlists for both of them.

Chill

Hundred Strong ft. Amp Fiddler - Stylin' Free (Guynamukat Are Our Friends Dubbier Remix)
Aeroplane - We Can't Fly (Remix)
Get Down (Super Value Edit)
6th Borough Project - Hang On
Situation - Sutra Love
Mid Air - Ease Out (Vocal)
Al Hudson - I'M Under Your Spell (Mark E Edit)
Barbara Mason - Another Man (Vocal Version)
Trus'me Ft. Dam Funk - Bail Me Out
Tony Cook ft. Dam Funk - What's on Your Mind?
Heaven and Earth - I Really Love You

Burn

Try to Find Me - Get to my Baby (TBD Extension)
Riccio - Dance (With Me)
Cole Medina - Red Hot
Coyote - Moving (Still Going Remix)
Justin Vandervolgen - Sheebooyah
Mystery Meat - Pump (Jacques Renault Edit)
Coati Mundi - Disco 101 (Lee Douglas Remix)
Phenominal Handicap Band - Carry on Carrie
Leftside Wobble & Guy Williams - Angel in My Pocket
Faux Love - Be With You

Enjoy!

TNR

Spring is here...

2010-03-10T13:12:00.008-05:00

Almost a season has passed and you haven't heard from us, and we apologize we've been very busy with independent new projects and spinning some gigs here and there.

We have a new mixtape for this upcoming spring season, it has all the Neon Rider gems that you could expect, is definitely on our more housy side, but its definitely a party starter and a joy to listen for this spring. So love it hate it, dance it, blast it, and pass it along. Don't forget to support the artists and get their records.

Here's the Setlist.

1. Problèmes d' Amour - Alexander Robotnick

2. The Fear (Beg to Differ remix) - Nick Chacona

3. Don't Turn it Off (feat. Qzen) - 40 Thieves

4. Lost in Music (The Revenge Rework) - Sister Sledge

5. Miss World (Soultourist Remix) - 6th Borough Project

6. Glass House - Eli Escobar

7. Reckless with your love - Azari & III

8. Burning Love - Glossy

9. Raw Cuts #2 - Motor City Drum Ensemble

10. Snakes & Ladders - Sly Mongoose

11. Love Me Tonight (Channel 83 edit) - Fern Kinney

12. Baby Can't Stop (Aeroplane vocal mix) - Lindstrom & Christabelle

TNR Spring Essential Mix.

Well be back with our regular weekly post next week.

Start to follow us on Twitter @theneonrider and Facebook.

Welcome Winter Mix!

2009-12-03T13:03:00.003-05:00

The winter has arrived but that won't stop us from getting our groove on to some nice tracks, so for this we have put together for you a really nice mixtape filled with some disco, house and funky sounds right out from The Neon Rider collection. We hope that you enjoy it as much as we did when we were recording it. I´ll leave the tracklist here, but please go and buy the vinyls or electronic if you can find them, support the artists.

The Neon Rider - Welcome Winter Mix

1.- Daniel Wang - Free Lovin'
2.- Atlantic Conveyor - We Are
3.- Hide n' Seek (Lee Douglas Edit)
4.- Lover In Me (Situation Edit)
5.- Plastic Mode - Baja Imperial
6.- Glossy - Last Night
7.- Feels Good (You Got The Love) (Cosmic Boogie Edit)
8.- Neurotic Drum Band - Robotic Hypnotic Adventure
9.- Soundstream - Dance With Me
10.- Steve Hurley & The Voices of Life - The Word is Love (Silk's Anthem of Life)
11.- Don't Go In the Bushes (HMD Edit)
12.- Tensnake - In The End (I Want You To Cry)

Enjoy!

3YO

Quickie for the weekend

2009-11-28T14:30:00.002-05:00

Remember those girls from Vancouver called Fan Death and their electro-synth disco influenced sound? well they have a new video from their track Cannibal. The video has it's moments but nothing out of this world. Check their upcoming EP on Erol Alkan's label.

I'm going to leave you with a bonus as always just to remind you of their sound and if you've never heard of them you're going to love them.

Fan Death - Veronica's Veil (Erol Alkan's rework)

Flairs on 8 bits

2009-11-27T12:24:00.002-05:00

Remember around February 2008 we heard about Flairs (played bass for Benjamin Diamond and Alex Gopher and teamed up with Etienne de Crecy to produce his better than prince EP) and their track "Truckers Delight"? Well, the track has a new video, directed by Jérémie Périn.

The video is an 8-bit sytle journey that it will probably take you back to the 80's playing Outrunner, at the Arcades. The story is simple a Trucker follows a blonde, in a very raunchy Mario Bros. way.

FLAIRS - TRUCKERS DELIGHT from 3rd Side Records on Vimeo.

I'm going to leave you this oldie but goodie track just in case you've never heard of it.

Trucker Delight - Flairs

Enjoy.

Jupiter

2009-10-22T15:17:00.003-04:00

So one of our favorites new bands that haven't been heard in a while is Jupiter, they're back with their new EP called "Starlighter", available on vinyl and also @ juno . The Parisian duo bring that funky-cosmic electro sound filled with big bass sounds synths and smooth voice. Enjoy the track.

Jupiter - Mama Used To Say

Jesus 2000

2009-10-14T12:10:00.004-04:00

Today I'm going to delight your eyes before your eyes. A really cool short, by students at Gobelins.(Rémi Bastie, Jean-Baptiste Cumont, Clément Desnos, Jonathan Djob Nkondo and Nicolas Pegon) that features one of the worlds most beloved character, on a very fun fast paced journey with some Electro music. Check it out, hope you like it.

And now for your hearing delight a new song of one of our old favorites, it's not exactly what we've been posting lately but we've always like Vitalic as an artist, and you might say it goes with the video.

Sea The See (Red) - Vitalic

Enjoy.

Heart Break Dancing

2009-10-07T14:13:00.003-04:00

Lithuania's duo sensation Downtown Party Network released last July their latest material called "Heart Break Dancing EP" on Eskimo Recordings. The record is filled with cosmic sounds, great synths and that balearic influence that categorizes Eskimo artists which has just the right ingredients to get the party started. I found this album a little more up beat than the last one which had another great track that we spinned in some gigs and made the dance floor melt, "Days Like These" and I'm going to give this as a bonus today.

So let's cut to the chase, here's "Heart Break Dancing" so you can be the judge of all the things that i said and please go buy the album online or on your favorite record store because the b-side "Walk on Ice" is a gem as well.

Downtown Party Network - Heart Break Dancing

Bonus:

Downtown Party Network - Days Like These

Enjoy!

3YO

The Neon Rider in Lala Land

2009-10-02T12:17:00.005-04:00

People from the L.A. area, were coming on Oct. 17 to spin some classic sounds from The Neon Stereo with The Mexican Institute of Sound, and Simona. This party is brought you by Converse and Vice Magazine, so you know it'll be good, you know how Vice parties are. So if you are in the area come and bring your dancing shoes, and be ready to melt the dancefloor.

It's free of course so RSVP now.

And as a bonus here's a little taste of what you might hear us spin.

Underwater - Harry Thumann

Enjoy.

Danger

2009-09-28T12:29:00.003-04:00

The Horse Meat Disco compilation was released a couple of weeks ago and you can find it on vynil, cd or even online. I've already got my vynil copy and also bought it online, but the only differences are like two or three songs in the tracklist. Anyway the compilation is great for disco lovers, a lot of dance floor classics are there as well as some more rare tracks.

For this week I've selected Gregg Diamond's "Danger" which was out in 1979 on TK Records with "Stand Up and Dance"as the b side. This tracks is straight up disco with a great bass line and vocals that will make you want to dance. Remember to buy this compilation before it gets sold out it's totally worth it.

Gregg Diamond - Danger

Enjoy!

3YO

Air

2009-09-23T11:11:00.002-04:00

The new video from Air's Sing Sang Sung song. Directed by Mrzyk & Moriceau @ El Nino animated by Mathematics studio. From their upcoming album Love 2 set to be released on October. Hope you like it. nuff said.

AIR MUSIC VIDEO SING SANG SUNG from MATHEMATIC SAS on Vimeo.

Air - Sing Sang Sung

Enjoy.

This New Technology

2009-09-22T12:14:00.003-04:00

One of the Best Australian acts from 07-08 was definetely The Midnight Juggernauts, and now they are back with a digital release of their single of This New Technology. They are releasing a limited edition 7" on Acéphale Records (SALEM, Air France, Memory Tapes), available for pre-order now.

This track is just what would you expect from them cosmic synths to the easy vocals in the chorus and definetely the drums. Let's wait for the release of the new album and see how much they evolved, but for now enjoy the track.

The Melbourne trio will be making a brief trip to the US this October, showcasing new material from their forthcoming album (due early 2010). We'll keep you posted.

Midnight Juggernauts - This New Technology (Album Version)

Enjoy.

Untitled Love

2009-09-19T11:54:00.003-04:00

I know that the Neon crew has been away for a while, summer, in my case moving from Mexico City to NYC, and I know that there are a lot of reasons that we can list but they won't make up for lost time, so now we are going to give you the quality and the quantity that you deserve. Changing the subject into a less dramatic one, DFA's Still Going is back and after giving us great dance floor moments with "Still Going Theme" two years ago, their new 12" just got out a couple of weeks ago and it's amazing. It has two tracks "Untitled Love" which is the one that you're going to enjoy today and it has an instrumental version as well, the other side contains Spaguetti Circus which is nothing but a dance floor monster.

We totally recommend you to get the 12" at your favorite record store or buy it online on emusic, juno or your most preferred online site. Remember to always support the artist, here we give you just a glimpse of what the albums are but you should spent some dollars to get the whole picture.

Here is "Untitled Love" and as a bonus i'm giving you the Instrumental Version.

Still Going - Untitled Love

Still Going - Untitled Love (Instrumental Version)

Enjoy!

3YO

Modern Stalking

2009-06-20T21:45:00.004-04:00

It's been a while, but we have the perfect song for your weekend. From Hamburg we present you Lovebirds aka Sebastian Doering. He's just another old git who loves music.. Good music!
Guys like Todd Terje are loving their music, and me? Well.. I'm having a drink, dancing and also sharing this great tune with you guys..

Enjoy!

Lovebirds-Modern Stalking

Lovebirds-Can't get along

James Yuill

2009-05-27T12:13:00.003-04:00

This time is turn for James Yuill, an interesting artist which brings folk/pop and electronic music together with a fresh proposal, he had his debut album "Turning Down Water for Air" out on Moshi Moshi Records on 2008 which has received nothing but good critics. This year he got lucky to be picked and edited by Balearic master Prins Thomas."This Sweet Love" was the chosen one and I have listened to it several time but the truth is that while I was stucked in the traffic jam and it just pop up in my stereo I just realize the greatness of it, that's why I want you to listen to it and be embraced by it as I was this very morning.

You can find it on the Kitsune Maison Compilation #7 or mixed in the Live at Robert Johnson Vol. 2 by Prins Thomas. Go out there and buy the records! hope that you enjoy this as much as theneonrider does.

James Yuill - This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Re-Edit)

Enjoy!

3YO

Icasol

2009-05-12T14:55:00.003-04:00

Last week was kind of busy for me, I was feeling all stressed out and I was looking for something to calm me down, make me feel comfortable and looking through my music I found the perfect formula for what I needed, a track that has been for a while in theneonrider music library but that I haven't heard in months. This track released November last year on the high quality label Claremont 56 is called "Ongou" by Icasol and it's remixed by one of the finest acts out there, Idjut Boys.

I don't want to bore you with too much information, I just want to let you know that this track is pure beauty, a work of art for you to close your eyes, relax and then fly off to your favorite destination.

Icasol - Ongou (Idjut Boys Brown Thumb Remix)

Enjoy!

3YO

DISTRICT 9

2009-05-05T11:05:00.003-04:00

One of my first posts for The Neon Rider, was about one of my favorite directors out there, Neil Blomkamp. The trailer of his new feature film "District 9" produced by Peter Jackson is out, and it looks amazing, it just leaves you wanting more. If your familiar with his work, you'll notice that the storyline is pretty similar of Alive in Joberg.

I hope you enjoy it and if you want to go back in time and check my Neil's post go here.

R.

Work it out with Little Boots

2009-05-04T09:34:00.003-04:00

Our friends from Heads We Dance, just sent us their latest b-side work of their latest single featuring the one and only lady of the moment, Little Boots. The Single "When The Sirens Sound" comes out on May 18th, and as you know of what we've posted before this band is getting bigger and bigger every minute, literally. Oh and did we mention it includes Don Diablo, Russ Chimes & Hot Pink Delorean Remixes?

This rock/pop song with its' dancey drums and synth lines will probably make you dance and headbang singing along with the guys and the characteristic voice of Little Boots.

As always you'll be the judge, so get the song give them some love on their new website and myspace, and get their album when it comes out

Their latest album is called 'Love Technology' and will be available from 1st June - though you can pre-order it now by following this link: http://shop.thisisfakediy.co.uk/heads-we-dance-love-technology.html.

Work It Out ft. Little Boots - Heads We Dance

Enjoy.

R.

Passion Pit new video

2009-04-26T22:56:00.004-04:00

A colorful combination of vocals, samples, and awesome beats comes from Massachussets. Passion Pit prepares to edit their album "Manners" out in May 19th. This band has the necessary to be one the most commented for the second half of the year.

Passion Pit, "The Reeling" from Benjamin Technology on Vimeo.

We Got Time

2009-04-22T17:45:00.007-04:00

Maybe it's too early to show you another video but I was blown away by the Moray McLaren video of "We Got Time".

It's all about the "back to basics", the techinque David Wilson masters it's so great and he takes it to another level. The blending of the music with the visuals, help the story telling really well and it seems the visuals take over the song but at the end its a perfect blend of art. I really love pre-cinema optical toys - kinetoscopes, zoetropes, magic lanterns, and the praxinoscopes (featured on the video).

Everything was made in camera, believe it or not. Please watch in on HD, and I'll leave the making of video too. (go to the youtube link beacuse is on wide screen and you might been missing the right side of the frame)

Making of:

Enjoy.

R.

Visual Again

2009-04-20T19:39:00.002-04:00

I haven't post any motion graphics in a while, but today I found something worth posting.

Masa Nakamura is a multidisciplinary designer and animator who doesn’t pigeon hole himself into a single approach to solving his creative problems. Whether it be traditional 2d graphics, stop motion puppetry or painting on glass, Masa is willing to explore any medium necessary to get his message across.

This piece was created by Masayoshi Nakamura and Magico Nakamura created for the Adobe Records video competition. Great way of combining different technics, to entertain and show something beautiful. Watch it on HD if you can.

And as a double gift I'm going to leave you with a great old tune from 1976 by the great Boney M. a track that will make you dream as an 8 mm film.

Ma Baker - Boney M.

Enjoy.

R.

Some Easter Goodies!

2009-04-13T23:54:00.006-04:00

Hey! I know theneonrider crew has not been around and we are truly sorry for that, we've been really busy but to make it up to you here are some easter presents. DFA, one of the most influencial labels around right now and of course one of our favorites, has given use acts that we won't forget or that has been our favorites for some years now, but they also have new talents that are not that mainstream and that only gem finders are aware of their existence. This is why TNR is giving you some of this new names for you to go and buy all their records.

Im not going to go all biographical on you because we know that you have the idea of what DFA is all about, so I'll just mention that some of these releases are brand new and others from last year, in case you don't know any of them all are guaranteed as gems. Also some of them were released on Death from Abroad the european extension for DFA and others with a collaboration with Rong Music. Great acts such as Rub n' Tug, Prins Thomas, Barfly, Emperor Machine, and others put their hands on some of these releases but you would only get them at full quality if you buy them, so after you listen to this tunes go to your favorite online or physical store and spend those benjamins, euros, pounds or whatever your currency is. Support the artists!

Capracara - King of Witches

Yacht - I'm In Love With a Ripper (Party Mix)

Cage & Aviary - Television Train

Free Blood - Grumpy (Greg Wilson Version)

Scotty Coats & Wes the Mes - Double Fisted

Mock & Toof - Underwater

The Juan Maclean - One Day

FYI: These are not ALL the new releases on DFA, give them some myspace love and learn about some other exciting stuff.

Hope that you enjoy this, Happy Easter!

3YO

Neon Broadcasting System News.

2009-03-31T15:36:00.015-04:00

Couple of news to report.

If you are on the NYC area go and check out The Presets show, Our good friends The Golden Filter are opening for them, and as we told you way back, they're going to be the new thing. I'm going to leave you with their new video of the now famous single "Solid Gold", and also a remix they did for Polly Scattergood. Enjoy!

Solid Gold - The Golden Filter from golden filter on Vimeo.

Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch ( The Golden Filter Remix)

Also our friends for Modular sent us the new Wolfmother track called "Back Round". Don't expect anything revolutionary from them is the same old Wolfmother we know either you like it or not. so Enjoy.

Wolfmother - Back Round

And to finish we're anouncing the Opening of The Neon Rider online store, it's still a work in progress but you will be able to get the Limited Edition of The Neon Rider T's collection, and some other cool stuff, be ready for it.

Cheers,

R.

Discough Syrup Mix

2009-03-25T05:12:00.005-04:00

It's been a while since I posted something, and my apologies for that, there's simply no excuse. All this time I was doing extensive research on new artists, and I mean really good ones (they're so hard to find these days).

So for now Neon Readers, I'm going to leave you with a fresh new mixtape, within a classic, old, and also fresh Neon Selection, always keeping the Neon Rider quality.

Enjoy it! and I hope you like it, and dance your shoes off!!!

3.50.a.m.i.x.t.a.p.e. (1hr and 5 min long) (right click save as)
R.

Woolfy

2009-03-03T11:55:00.005-05:00

Long time no see, I know that and I'm sorry but I'm bringing you a lot of goodies from the neon stereo, some of them old and some new but all of them of great quality. We have talked about some of the artists from Rong Music Records, but know is time for Woolfy. D-Hastie and Simon "Woolfy" James met in 1999 in a bar in L.A., it all started with a beer and having something in common, making top of the line funky, dubbed disco, spaced out house and beared rock music.

These guys also have another project called Woolfy v.s. Projections which has a more melodic sound, a bit more calmed but still amazing, this other project had its release on Permanent Vacation Records and it has been on a heavy rotation among some of the best disco warriors out there such as James Murphy and Tim Sweeney.

Their last release Oh Missy is out now with a collaboration between Rong and DFA Records, is a really great track with exquisite guitar riffs and an amazing beat that just makes you want to dance. Again I'll let you be the judge on these tracks, please go to Juno, Emusic, Beatport or your favorite music store and get your hands on all of Woolfy's material, they have some incredible remixes. I'm only giving you some of the tracks because we want you to spend some bucks and support the artists as The Neon Rider does, remember gems are not for free.

Finally, the gifts:

Woolfy - The Warehouse (Lee Douglas Remix)

Woolfy - Odissey

Woolfy - Oh Missy (Extended Mix)

Woolfy vs Projections - The Return of Starlight (Original Mix)

Woolfy vs Projections - Absynth (Marcus Worgull Remix)

Enjoy!

3YO

Stereo MC's

2009-03-02T23:09:00.012-05:00

Remember "connected" by the Stereo MCs (1992)? Last night I heard it on the street! I decided to checkout if those guys were still producing music.. and well, they recently released a new album titled "Double Bubble". Found a song that has the most incredible first 3 minutes, but the rest turns into something unexpected. The first 3 minutes are just great, pure piano house. It is something like hearing the sound of Ian Brown's voice combined with Hot Chip music. The other 3 minutes..... you will be the judge.

Stereo MCs-Connected
Stereo MCs- Show your light

Tokyo

2009-02-09T11:28:00.003-05:00

TOKYO! is an anthology of three short films by directors Michel Gondry (France), Leos Carax (France) and Joon-ho Bong (Korea), each of whom offers an imaginative and transnatural/supernatural glimpse into the Tokyo Megapolis. In the same fashion the internationally released collections of Three (2002) and Three Extreme (2004) consist of similarly-themed triptychs by well-known (Asian) directors, TOKYO! takes things two steps further. First, this anthology deals solely with Japan. Each short film's setting is in Tokyo, the primary language is Japanese, and the cast of each features predominantly Japanese actors, many of whom J-Film fans will recognize. Second, two of the three directors are Western (French). Here's the trailer, it looks visually stunning, check the trailer out, go to a theater near you although it might not have a wide destribution) when is out.

And the music of course is by Tokyo Police Club "Be Good"

Enjoy.

RYDR.

Pop Sensibility

2009-01-25T15:37:00.007-05:00

Hello guys, just passing buy to leave you some fine tunes. It's been a really busy first month of the year, but I will try to stop by with some fresh artists. Looking for an excuse to get together and have a good time, longtime Swedish friends Carl-Henrik Hallén and Daniel Nordh formed Kompis in 1999.

Blessed with a passionate love for electronic music, and confident in the knowledge that a pop sensibility is a blessing and not a curse, the duo unveiled their debut album in 2005.... This album could be from 4 years ago, but it sounds so good that I felt you guys should listen to it..

I wonder why this kind of artists aren't as famous as others...

Enjoy..

Kompis- We Move

Kompis- Go Down

Sidechains

2009-01-24T10:58:00.006-05:00

Almost a year ago, we introduced Sidechains to you along with some of his best tracks. Now its time to show you his latest and coolest remixes. Alex sent us all of them so you can enjoy them. If you didn't have them already grab'em all. Remember to give him Myspace love and I don't think I have to say it again to watch him really closely, because he is already big and getting bigger! Neon Talent revisited.

Enjoy.

Ultra Nate - Free (Sidechains Remix)

Farley Jackmaster Funk - Love can't turn around (Sidechains Remix)

Little Boots - Love Kills (Sidechains VS. Buffetlibre Dj's Remix)

Madonna - Into the Groove (Sidechains Remix)

Louis la Roche - Peach (Sidechains Remix)

RYDR.

MUDD

2009-01-10T12:08:00.006-05:00

What's up riders... As always, here we are with another round of great music. It's time to talk a little bit about Paul Murphy a.k.a Mudd (Rong Music). Influenced by the sounds of Chicago and New York house scene, this talented respected artist only releases solid gold tracks.

You have probably listened to "Adventures in Bickett wood" on James Murphy and Pat Mahoney's incredible Fabric mix or "Damn Flu" on the This is Rong music compilation, but this time I personally selected my favorite track to share with you. 54B is one of those tracks that you can listen at any occasion (you'll be the judge). This track was released in 2006 and it forms part of Claremont 56, an album that mixes a combination of incredibly relaxing disco house sounds and shows that there is no Wrong in Rong.

Enjoy!

Mudd-54B

The Neon Rider's Favorite Remixer of '08

2009-01-08T09:45:00.008-05:00

This post is perfect to start the year and give theneonrider award for the best remixers of '08, eventhough their single got out at the end of 2007, we heard a lot from it during the year. You know who I'm talking about, Brooklyn's own Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel aka Holy Ghost! (DFA Records) these guys gave us a lot of fun in the dancefloors with Hold On, their hit single produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy but during the year they cut the finest remixes for important acts such as Moby, Curses!, MGMT, Cut Copy, Panthers and some others.

I'm writing this just to give you some of the tracks that we enjoyed the most during the year, we always play some of these remixes when we mix at parties and if you don't have any of them I suggest you get your hands on them, believe me pure gold.

Thanks to Holy Ghost! for giving us these great tracks and we know that 2009 is going to be a great year for them. Go give them some myspace love and check their tour dates because if they're in your town there's no excuse for you to miss it.

Holy Ghost! - Hold On (Blackjoy Mazego Groove)

Panthers - Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Disco Dub)

Moby - I Love To Move In Here (Holy Ghost! Remix)

MGMT - Of Moons, Birds and Monsters (Holy Ghost! Remix)

Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub)

Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Holy Ghost! Remix)

Finally their last gem.

Jazzanova - I Can See (Holy Ghost! Remix)

Epic post. Enjoy!

3YO

Just In Time!

2008-12-12T11:36:00.006-05:00

For all of you that don´t know about Justus Köhncke, he is a german producer that has been around for a long time and he was part of the Whirpool Productions team that gave us "From Disco to Disco" and made us dance with it a long time ago, that was before he started working in his own magical stuff. He released his first solo material back in 1999 with Spiralen der Erinnerung which was an all covers album, two years later he signs with Kompakt (One of our favorite labels) and two great singles come out "Jet" and "2 After 909", which were then included in his first LP in Kompakt called Was Ist Musik.

Köhncke continued to evolve and the result was his third album "Doppelleben" released in 2005 which is a little more "happy" album to put it in some words. Catchy intelligent pop mixed with some disco sounds and you get these excellent tracks. Both of the albums that I just mentioned include different styles of music, some tracks to chill and relax and some other to put into a great mixtape and start partying.

These tracks are not new but you will appreciate it more than a brand new Justice track, these are pure art. As always you can be the judge but don't hesitate in giving it a try, another high recommendation by theneonridercrew. Since Christmas is all about giving I'm not being cheap on you and I'm gonna hit you with three tracks and a bonus remembrance. First "2 After 909" from his first album, then "Elan" from Doppelleben which reminds me a litte bit of Metro Area (My favorite Köhncke track) and the third one is his latest work, a great remix for "Paris" by Friendly Fires. After listening go out and buy this great albums and show Justus some myspace love!

Justus Köhncke - 2 After 909

Justus Köhncke - Elan

Friendly Fires - Paris (Justus Köhncke Remix)

Finally the remembrance:

Whirpool Productions - From Disco to Disco

(Right click and Save Link As)

Enjoy!

3YO

Golden Faraway Filter

2008-12-09T18:04:00.009-05:00

The last Golden Filter gem of the year, Cut Copy´s Faraway has been remixed by them, and as you know The Golden Filter is Neon Quality and one of our Favorite bands (and we always spin their tracks live), so here it is enjoy hope you like it and you know you will. Solid Gold: out in the UK on 7" Feb 16th on Dummy records, the debut release for the offshoot label of Dummy Magazine http://www.dummymag.com/

Cut Copy - Faraway (The Golden Filter Remix)

And as a double treat we'll leave you the video teaser of probably our favorite song of The Golden Filter, Solid Gold .

Go to their myspace and give them some love, and remember The Golden Filter name cause it will be back soon as always.

http://www.thegoldenfilter.com

Enjoy.

RYDR.

Listen to Ganymed

2008-11-27T18:39:00.005-05:00

We know that the album cover shown above could compete for one of the worst ever, but we are all about the good music and this time we would like to show you something spacey and rare. This time we selected for you Ganymed, a space disco band with incredible sounds. Believe us when we say incredible we mean it!

We didn't to find many information from them in English, except that they were from Austria, use to wear alien costumes on stage and were disbanded in 1983.

We were able to get one of the records and we had to show some songs to you. Please listen carefully to death to the alien/up to heaven song. It starts really spacey and electro but the end of this theme has an intense rock sound that is just crazy.

Enjoy!

Ganymed-Death to the Alien/Up to heaven

Ganymed- Future Love

Invaders Must Die

2008-11-26T18:23:00.004-05:00

The Prodigy is back! back with a new single from their upcoming album "Invaders Must Die". So after listening to it on Radio 1, I got the track and played it (I'm a huuuge Prodigy fan so i'll try to be objective). Its a Heavy track, meaning it has the usual deep bass sound, old school techno, and that kind of sound that Liam is famous of, besides you get the feel of a Dub/jungle influence and you can tell that Liam has been listening to the new electro. "The result is back to their bone shaking best, a collision of old skool rave noise with the stratospheric limits of new technology".

Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim all feature on the album, which is the first time since the release of Fat Of The Land in 1997. This new Album features collaborations like the albums before, like Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters and Does It Offend You Yeah?'s James Rushent. You'll be the judge of their new sound and we hope you like it, and get tickets for thier upcoming tour.

Enjoy.

The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

RYDR.

Some Human Touch

2008-11-26T11:55:00.005-05:00

Hey long time no see sorry but I've been really busy, no worries theneonrider crew promise to make it up to you this cold December to keep the chills out of your system. Our friends from Heads We Dance are back with their new single "The Human Touch" which just got out on Monday. We know that these guys gave us a really catchy electro pop and well produced song with "My Heart is Set on You", this time they are betting on a slightly different sound including some vocoders, a more hyped up beat but keeping their pop, futuristic sound which adds just the right ingredient to the mixture.

As I mentioned before they just released it and as a double treat we are giving you the b-side of this single which is called "You Are Never Alone With Model 21" which was mixed by Simon Gogerly who has also worked with artists like U2 and New Order so you'll know what to expect, this track reminds me a little bit more of their past single, very danceable and melodic electro pop combined with excellent vocals. This guys are hitting us with some good gifts to finish our year and we hope that they have an excellent 2009. Keep track on "The Human Touch" because some remixes are coming by the hottest acts like Sidechains, Louis La Roche, NeOn and Charlie Fanclub.

Now go enjoy this neonrider quality gifts, be the judge, give HWD some myspace love and check out there site for more information.

Heads We Dance - The Human Touch

Heads We Dance - You are Never Going to Be Alone with Model 21

(Direct Download, Right Click - Save Link As)

Enjoy!

3YO

Moonlight Fantasy

2008-11-18T13:58:00.006-05:00

Finally they're back! Golden Filter debut single, "Solid Gold" is set for release in early 2009 with remixes and exclusive b-side.

Definitely one of our favorite artists right now, and they are back with a new track "Moonlight Fantasy". A slow tempo Disco influenced track with soothing vocals, the kind of baby making music we all like. Keep an eye on them as we told you last time, because they're getting bigger and bigger, just check their tour dates and the artists they're playing with.

Debut Live Dates:

Wed Nov 19th / Gold Dust w/ Kenen Bell + Operators + Kissy Sell Out (dj)
Hoxton Bar + Kitchen, London

Fri Nov 21st / Somewhere In The Universe
New Hero, Brighton

Sat Nov 22nd / Death Disco w/ Digitalism
The Arches, Glasgow

Sun Nov 23rd / Show Your Bones w/ Russ Chimes + Mayor Mcca + more...
The Lock Tavern, Camden, London

Thu Nov 27th / Bugged Out!
w/ Late Of The Pier + Erol Alkan + Metronomy (dj set) + more...
Heaven, London

Fri Nov 28th w/ Hercules And Love Affair
Matter 02 Arena, London

So give them some love and check them out and don't forget to get their single when is out.

(sorry is a zshare file but our servers our down temporarily)

The Golden Filter - Moonlight Fantasy

Enjoy.

RYDR.

HWD Halloween Mixtape!

2008-10-30T13:19:00.003-04:00

It's been a mixtape week here at The Neon Rider, and now is the turn of our friends of Heads We Dance with the coolest mixtape of Halloween History, nice touches from horror classics and also a nice selection of Neon Talents. It includes an EXCLUSIVE Heads We Dance Remix of John Carpenter's Theme From Halloween, some CREEPY classics and some FREAKY fresh cuts! Grab it and dance to it in your favorite Halloween party, hopefully dressed as Daniel San in the shower custom. And quoting Yoni "Have a Terrifying weekend".

HWD - Halloween Mixtape

RYDR.

Cryptonites Mixtape

2008-10-27T20:36:00.003-04:00

Our friends The Cryptonites sent us their new october mixtape and as always everything they do is good, Grab it and have fun. No playlist but loads of edits, unreleased stuff, surprises and bootlegs... Enjoy!

CRYPTONITES - OCTOBERMIXTAPE

RYDR.

Fall Mixtape

2008-10-19T21:33:00.005-04:00

Fall is here things get chili and you lock your shorts back for next year. We are giving you something that might make things warmer, our fall minimixtape, filled with new, old and classic Neon Gems. Hope you like it and you can dance to it and keeps things hot!

Tracklist.

Max's intro
Moby - I love to move in here (Holy ghost rmx)
Ladyhawke - Paris is burning (Cut Copy rmx)
Morten Sorensen - Start Something
James Carmichael with Instant Funk - I got my mind made up
Yazoo - Situation (Hercules & Love Affair rmx)
The Juan Maclean - Happy House
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
The Golden Filter - Solid Gold
Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss a Beat (Cut Copy rmx)
MGMT - Kids (Soulwax rmx)

The Neon Rider's fall mixtape.

RYDR.

Never too late

2008-10-09T23:34:00.008-04:00

Ok, sometimes we feel disconnected, but is never too late to show you some tracks we love or listened a while ago . We spend a lot of time trying to select the songs we want to share with you, because we know you are very selective too!

This time we selected three artists with the usual sounds from the neon stereo (classy retro and sexual) some really fine tunes we know you'll love. The first one comes from the English producers Mock & Toof (DFA, Tiny Sticks), then also from the UK The Mount Cherries (Sunday's Best) and for last Peace Fire introduced by our friends from Discodust. Is Mock & toof going to be the surprise of this year? is Peace and Fire going to still releasing songs in a couple of years? Will the guys from The mount cherries release new material soon? We don't know, but in the meanwhile ,we will enjoy these fine tunes.

Mock & Toof-Lucky

The Mount Cherries- Discotek Suixide

Peace Fire- Baghdad Rainbow

Ghost in the Water

2008-10-05T12:12:00.004-04:00

Today it's turn for Ghost in the Water a great act from Minneapolis. The band is formed by Nathan and Mandy Tensen Woolery, they are a married couple making great sounds and amazing vocals together in this new act. They have been making music for a long time, formerly as Fitzgerald an indie pop band. Two years ago they decided to turn to another direction and that's how Ghost in the Water started.

We asked them about some of their influences and we found many styles mixed there, eighties bands like The Cure, Talk Talk, Siouxsie,Prince and also some contemporaries like Bjork, The Go Find, Styrofoam and the Radio Dept. They just released their debut album called "Tooth", it´s a really smooth record filled with smooth sounds like violins, guitars combined with melodic electro and vocals that fit just right. It's a great album to be on your car driving by yourself, on the beach watching the sunset or in your bedroom reading a book. I suggest that you go to itunes, emusic or amazon and buy it, keep the hype aside for a bit and enjoy this remarcable work.

I'm leaving you two gifts, the first one is from their album Tooth and it's called "I'm not Afraid of falling", sit back, relax and enjoy it. The other one is called Hallucination, it's not on the album and it has a different style, but it's my personal favorite and I know that you're not going to be able to stop listening to it.

Ghost in the Water - I'm not Afraid of Falling

Ghost in the Water - Hallucination

Enjoy!

3YO

NEON GEMS

2008-09-29T00:12:00.002-04:00

This time we are back with some songs that I would consider as good as gold. We are talking about old songs from Kenny Dope, Morgan Geist and International Pony. Guys that have been making music for many years and are considered heavy weights in the industry.

Obviously these three artists have different sounds and their albums also mix different music styles,but that's the reason why is always good to give a try to old stuff or albums that are not your usual pick or genre. What can I say, these songs are nothing but neon gems and we wanted to share them with you. feel free to comment and give us feedback!

Let's start the week with something beautiful.

Morgan Geist-Most of All

International Pony-Leaving Home

Kenny Dope-That Sound

XXX

2008-09-28T23:08:00.005-04:00

Last week, I saw a commercial that entertain me like no other before for a while. Directed for the upcoming Diesel XXX party by Keith Schofield and animated by Big Animal, this spot is great, very creative out of the box and a very good way to promote something. This kind of videos are the ones that start bouncing from computer to computer all over the world very fast, and I'm sure it was on purpose. Take a look at it and I'm sure you're going to have a favorite part (one of mine is hitting the drum, pure gold).

As a double treat im going to leave you with a great track by Gerard "PJ" Browne straight from the disc o' lypso album released before disco hit it big time on the mainstream, and it fits the video perfectly, enjoy.

Gerard "PJ" Browne - Sexy Lady

RYDR.

LGI

2008-09-22T23:47:00.004-04:00

What can I say?, destiny just got my way because I was looking for something really really good for my post, something fresh and this couple made my day, they are Katie Pawluk and Lance Lemon from Providence, RI/NY and together they go by the name of Let's Get Invisible. With just one year since its creation, this project feels just right, the great female vocals mixed with a great beat and I just don't know how to explain the genre yet but actually that doesn't matter at all, what matters is that I can't keep 'em off my headphones just as you won't soon.

When they started a year ago they didn't have much idea of what they were doing, but influences always come together and here's what they told us: "the sounds, films and energy of our youth in the 80's made us fall in love with thick bass lines, cheap synths and jem and the hollograms". How about that, you´ll be the judge of this upcoming neon talents and record labels be aware because these kids are on fire and they aren't signed yet, TheNeonRider suggest you take a look on fresh acts like this.

They are currently working on some new tracks as well as on a mixtape that is going to be released on october and as they told us this one is just for having fun and you know good things happen when you are doing something just for the passion of it, don't miss it!. They are also doing some collaborations with Futurecop! and some other big acts, but that's a surprise so stay tuned and give these kids some myspace love.

I'm leaving you two killer tracks, "Viewers Like You" and "Jump Back" which is my personal favorite, these two are a high recommendation by theneonrider crew, download them and go nuts!

Let's Get Invisible - Viewers Like You

Let's Get Invisible - Jump Back

Enjoy!

3YO

Seelenluft music

2008-09-21T12:19:00.004-04:00

"Birds and plants and rocks and things" is the name of the latest Seelenluft album" Yesterday was the first time we listened to this album and as always it is our pleasure to share some songs with you.

Beat Soler is the mastermind behind this project, he has already three albums as Seelenluft and has been making music for more than fifteen years. As always we encourage you to listen and buy the rest of the album which has a variety of relaxing electro pop sounds.

We are going to leave you a cover song that reminds us of those radio stations only playing classics.

You're going to love it or hate it, we just loved it.

Seelenluft- Horse with no name

Stickydisc Recordings

2008-09-16T13:07:00.003-04:00

Long time no see but I'm back with some hot tracks, this time it's turn for Brooklyn's own Sticky Disc Recordings and with the hands of Morgan Wiley and Eric Broucek in both writing and producing, the two acts that this label offers are killer.

First it's Babytalk, maybe you've heard "Keep on Move" mixed by James Murphy and Pat Mahoney on their absolutely fantastic Fabric Live 36, great song released last year without a huge promotion or rotation in music blogs and this is because people are not into research and to find gems like these you need to get your hands on it and also you must be willing to spend some cash. Recently, when i was doing some of this "exhaustive" research I ran into Babytalk again and guess what new single was released and I just bought it inmediately, the song is called "Chance" and the single includes remixes by Hercules and Love Affair and Babytalk themselves. I won't talk much about it so you can be the judge, but I just can say it's a high recommendation by theneonrider crew.

On the other hand we have Watussi, another great act with a really great vibe to listen to and to start partying. Their single was released this year also and it has been promoted by Tim Sweeney on some of his mixes, I think that makes it speak for itself. The gift that I'm going to leave you is called "If All We Had Was Love" and I suggest that if you want the other single from Watussi and the "Chance" remixes, you´ll have to go to Juno, Itunes or Stickydisc Recordings to get it, spend some cash and support these acts so they can keep giving us great stuff to listen to.

As a bonus, I'm giving you "Keep on Move" in case you missed it.

Babytalk - Keep on Move (Original Mix)

Babytalk - Chance (Original Mix)

Watussi - If All We Had Was Love

(Mediafire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

They're Vack!

2008-09-15T15:31:00.007-04:00

The New Van She album "V" is out now, well not here in America but you can still get it on australian itunes and on jbh and mod store if you have Australian dollars.

Anyway we are lucky to have the album and listened to it and we like what we've heard. If you got the EP or the singles you have an idea how the album is going to sound, a very polish and mature sound, well balanced album. It reminds me of that time when electroclash was coming out of that undeground world, big in NY and the UK. If you have a chance go and get it, and play the whole thing non stop, we're sure you're going to like it. I'll leave you with the new re-edited version of "Kelly" that comes in the album (yes, again). Check their myspace and follow the links to get the album

Van She - Kelly

Media fire link

Enjoy!

RYDR.

Slow-burning pop

2008-09-13T14:03:00.002-04:00

Well, this time were not bringing you something brand new but as always we feel is worth listening. These Brooklyn NY electronic-rock producers and performers record everything themselves and then adapt it live into their shows with crazy projections. It is a mixture of everything. It has rock electro and a touch 80's pop synthesizers and you can hear that they are obviously influenced by radiohead and NIN but who doesn't?

Originally discovered by the greatest record label in the world (Warp Records) , the label released Home Video's first two EPs in 2004. So you know what to expect when you listen to their music.

"Surrounded by the trend-infested-quick-high of the New York music scene, Home Video are slow-burning pop that will invade your dreams and memories "

Home Video-Penguin
Home Video-Gas Tank

A Metronomy on the fifth planet.

2008-09-05T10:49:00.005-04:00

We introduce you to Jupiter a while ago, one of our favorites Neon Talents. The next artist doesn't need any introduction because it's Metronomy. But this post is all about Jupiter.

Is their first remix that we know of and It delivers. Gentle pounding electro that will make you dance, specially if you play it really loud. Thats it! Enjoy.

So here it is the Jupiterean version of Metronomy.

Metronomy - Heartbreak (Jupiter rmx)

RYDR.

Sweet as Sugar

2008-08-16T15:03:00.006-04:00

Sugar coated lies is the new single from artist Christopher D Ashley one of our new favorite Neon Rider artists. He is the freshest and most exciting new artist to join Sunday Best Recordings (Grand National). Based in London, his hypnotic melodies will get in your subconscious for days.

After university, Christopher fell in love with vinyl, Warp records and the like. He rediscovered his passion for electro and fell in love with the music of Radioactive Man, Dexorcist, Evac, Hyde and Exakt. He also fell in love with the new disco revival, Lindstrom, Black Devil et al. It seemed obvious to him to buy vinyl by Luke Vibert, Richard D James and Keith Tenniswood – the latter of which can now be found playing in Christopher's live band.

Christopher D Ashley-Sugar Coated Lies

Christopher D Ashley-Sugar Coated Lies (mediafire)

100's & 1000's

2008-08-07T14:35:00.005-04:00

Another Neon Talent for you, this time is the turn of Hundreds and Thousands. They make that sound that we love here at The Neon Rider, funky bass lines, arpeggio sounds, and danceable of course.

Joel and Blake are from Melbourne Australia. They've only been making music for 1 year and they will launch their first EP in November. Playing Live is a priority for them, and they're planning to add vocals to their tracks.

They listen to a lot of Australian acts, people like Pnau and The Presets, and new kids Ted and Francis. "We look up to the midnight juggernauts alot for what they have acheieved".

EARTH GIRLS is featuring on a new mix by label "BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY" (futurecop), They've recently completed a remix for french act Numero the track being hit pop there original featured on the latest kitsune compilation.

So I'm going to leave you with 2 tracks and a remix, whick they kindly sent us. We're sure you're going to like all of them and make sure to visit their myspace and add them as friends, and as I always say keep en eye on all our Neon Talents they're going to be huge pretty soon, and some of them already are.

Hundreds and Thousands - Lion Heart
Hundreds and Thousands - Earth Girls
Hundreds and Thousands - Earth Girls (Sebastian Kenzy remix)

Tirk Time!

2008-07-31T11:09:00.005-04:00

Weeks have passed since you haven't seen a post by me, but believe me is really hard to find something different out there, good tracks that come and go but not something that makes us feel fresh, excited, maybe is theneonrider crew that has become too picky but in the meanwhile I'll leave you with some greatness that we have been listening to a lot, some of them recent some of them not that much but all of them from Tirk Records one of our favorite labels.

I'm not going to dig on biographies, info and details of this great artists, this is because we want to encourage you to buy these records, support the artist, show some love! All of this is neonrider material, pure quality.

Morten Sorenson - Woo Hoo

Syclops - The Fly

Sorcerer - Hawaiian Island

Hedford Vachal - Toys

Just for your information, Syclops had this release on Tirk Records last september before they were on the DFA crew. We hope that you enjoy this four different acts, we always like to give you something new, something that not everyone is listening to but like always we'll leave that judgement to you, stick around we have been busy but we are going to make it up to you.

Enjoy!

3YO

TR2N

2008-07-26T15:09:00.006-04:00

Ok people it's real! the Tron sequel is closer and closer. I saw the video and I got literally goosebumps. It looks amazing, and Jeff Bridges is back and he looks like God in the Tron world. Sorry for the quality of the video but it's a bootleg shot at the ComicCon. So enjoy the video and feel like a kid again. As soon theres a good quality version I'll put it up.

RYDR.

Saint Pauli says dance!

2008-07-22T14:19:00.003-04:00

Our good friends Saint Pauli sent us a mix they did because they feel very well, so well that they mixed it. Including some new tunes from them and other undiscovered gems. Go and get it and start dancing your asses off Saint Pauli style. Check their myspace and as always, stay tuned for more cool stuff from this guys.

Saint Pauli - Friday I'm in love mix.

The Count and Sinden: Beeper (A-Trak RMX)
Boys Noize: Oh (A-Trak RMX)
Caracho: In Hamburg sagt man ja ja (Saint Pauli RMX)
Martin Solveig: C'est la vie (Bloody Beetroots RMX)
B52s: Juliette in the spirits (Saint Pauli RMX)
Mika: Lollipop (Yuksek RMX)
Busy P feat. Murs: To protect and entertain (Crookers RMX)
Sarah Walker: Punani (The Coconut Wireless RMX)
Audioporno: Choo choo (Bloody Beetroots RMX)
Egotronic: Raven gegen Deutschland (Saint Pauli RMX)
Love&Police: Computermusik
Pnau: Baby (Breakbot RMX)

Enjoy.

RYDR.

Feeling Romantic?

2008-07-15T11:53:00.003-04:00

Since few acts are really exciting right now, I'm going to classic on you and that can never go bad. This time is turn for Detroit's own The Romantics with their big 1983 hit "Talking in your Sleep" taken out from their album In Heat, really great song which remind us how people use to do really good things in the 80s. This band had some hits during the 1980s but by managerial problems and differences between band members they were finally through in the mid 90s.

We were listening to some Romantics hits lately and then a few days ago we got this really great remix for this gem, monsieur Anoraak put his hands on it and he did magic on it filled with a great beat and vocals that blended just perfectly. I'm leaving you both tracks but we know that the original belongs to our classic neon sounds list, simply great.

The Romantics - Talking in your Sleep

The Romantics - Talking un your Sleep (Anoraak Remix)

(Media Fire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

House of Cards

2008-07-15T07:20:00.004-04:00

The new video of Radiohead's House of Cards, was shot without cameras or lights. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR.

Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.

I think is a great way to make a music video thinking out of the box and again mixing new techniques and great talent. Hope you like it and watch the making-of video to learn about how the video was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.

RYDR.

Anoraak's Day off!

2008-07-07T10:17:00.003-04:00

You read it right Anoraak's version of Xinobi's great track Day Off is in the house.

Anoraak is giving his own touch to Xinobi's Day off. This remix is what you expect, arpeggio sounds great production and sound, and he makes this song as if it was his own. Anoraak was nice to send us a low quality version of the song so you can go and buy it at beatport. This will be on Xinobi's 12" release so go to beatport and buy it in hi quality, and keep supporting this Neon Talents cause you know theyr'e the next big thing.

As a double treat I'm going to leave you with the original Xinobi's Day off, and its an actual re-edit of the original version. So if you haven't heard this song get it now and I know you will start dancing right away with this tune. Badass track!

Xinobi - Day Off
Xinobi - Day Off (Anoraak RMX)

Enjoy!

RYDR.

Combo is back!

2008-07-03T18:09:00.008-04:00

Sorry I havent post anything in a while but we've been really busy lately , but that's going to change, I promise.

Anyway enough bullshit and back to the real shit. Our good friend Combo is back with some goodies for all you Neon Rider Fans out there.

Two tracks, Michel Michel and Hiroshima a Darlings of the Splitscreen remix, combo style. Michel Michel has this chords all over the song very 80's style this kind of song takes you back to the good old teenage flicks from back then. Hiroshima's sound is a down tempo with synts tweaks and a funky sound here and there good remix, this song well make your head move while your cruising the coast.....The original version is pretty awesome and it will make you dance and shake your head and your ass if you can.

Anyway as always this Neon Talent delivers and we think you're going to enjoy it, again! Add Combo to your myspace and as always stay tuned for more of him.

I'm giving you the original version of Hiroshima too, so shake that ass and get it, and please don't let a skinny girl let you go.

Michel Michel - Combo
Hiroshima (Combo RMX) - Darlings of the split screen
Hiroshima - Darlings of the split screen
(media fire files)

Enjoy.

RYDR.

Caution... Extremely Pop

2008-07-01T17:16:00.006-04:00

We are back with something fresh again and this time it's turn to talk about Grovesnor a band you might know but we needed to post. If you're into Hot Chip or Erlend Oye and Lionel Richie we are sure you're going to love it. If you're still into MSTRKRFT mmmm we're not sure.
Rob Smoughton released "Drive your car" in April with Greco Roman Records, but we feel people need to listen to it more and love it just like we do. You might heard about "nitemoves" a song that was included on the Hot Chip DJ Kicks comp. Hope you like it!

Grovesnor-Drive your car
Grovesnor-Nitemoves

She Knows It!

2008-06-19T17:42:00.006-04:00

That's right! an exclusive track from our friends Grafton Primary from Sydney, Australia that is coming out on their debut album due out this September. We took the chance of asking them some questions to give you complete information about the band and this is what they told us.

3YO - Band Members?

GP - Benjamin Garden - Keytar,Synths, Vocals

Joshua Garden - Vocals, Synths

Robbie Mudrazija - drums

3YO - For how long have you been making music?

GP - Since I was 5 years old learning classical piano. Josh learnt flute since he was 7. Um both sang in Church choir too haha . We started working on what would become Grafton primary about 4 years ago. It sounded a lot different. Heaps more housey and dance floor.

3YO - Major Influences?

GP - A lot of older stuff we listened to growing up from our parents. i.e lots of classical, Bach, Beethoven. Classic 70s rock i.e the Eagles, Crosby Stills and Nash. Of course the 80s. We grew up in the 80s. So pretty much that whole decade. Giorgio Moroder, Marshall Jefferson, Madonnas early stuff. Depeche Mode, Then later The prodigy, Chemical Brothers. Lots of 90s Dance.

3YO - Plans for 08'?

GP - We're finishing off our first album right now. Playing a massive amount of shows around Australia including the huge Parklife festival which takes in 5 Capital cities. And hopefully getting our asses over to Europe/UK fairly early next year to start playing some international shows.

Well that was it, and we hope that if you didn't know Grafton Primary, now you can see what these guys are all about, electro pop sounds just making you want to dance. Im hitting you with two tracks, the world exclusive "She Knows It" that we bet you are going to love and as a gift I'm giving one of my favorites "Change", it will blow your mind. Go and give our friends some myspace love and keep track of them because they're gonna be on fire this year.

Grafton Primary - She Knows It

Grafton Primary - Change

(Media Fire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

Deastro's Music.. A breath of fresh Air..

2008-06-18T14:35:00.012-04:00

We are back with something very fresh and different. It is time to talk about Randolph Chabot aka Deastro, a guy from Michigan that we are pretty sure is going to explode in your neon stereo.

The transformers movie soundtrack, M83, Cornelius, Brian Eno and French Impressionism are just a few of his influences. The cool thing about it, is that you can really hear those influences in his songs. Does it sound right to you?

All the music is made in Randolph's basement with the help of alot of sampled children's toys and synthesizers. He combines a lot of music styles that can go from Jarre to the Cure and obviously m83. We encourage you to give it a try and listen to the rest of his songs through emusic and his myspace page. You'll be the judge!

Are you ready for Deastro's music?

Deastro-Light Powered
Deastro-The Green Harbour
Deastro-Truth Powered

Drownsoda!

2008-06-16T12:03:00.004-04:00

A boy from Limoges, France called Julien started a side project in summer 2007, he have been playing the drums for a long time on some independent bands, but also he had been interested in electronic music and this test for a new way of creating music ended up in Drownsoda, I'm sure we'll all appreciate that curiosity.

He's a big fan of the Roland Juno 60 sounds and he's inspired by various things, from epic and nostalgic "synthpopsongs" of the 80s (New Orderm, Human League, Rod Stewart, Genesis, Italo- Disco Sounds, Etienne Daho, etc) to the waves of indie shoegazing/power pop of the 90's (Weezer, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, etc). But his election in electronic music influence is the French School, which include Daft Punk, Stardust, Roulé Records and also the new french west coast bands such as Anoraak, Error Love, Pony Pony Run Run, Valerie Collective, etc. So as you can see Julien has some neon rider like taste.

Right now his putting some final touches for new songs, and with the help of some friend he's putting together a live act. He plans to start playing shows this fall and also start a little tour in UK and Germany next year. We always love to present new upcoming talents and this is no exception, mainstream can be a little boring sometimes and that's why we need more of this fresh sounds, please give some myspace love to Drownsoda!

I'm leaving you two great tracks, "Playing With Fire on a Cold Winter's Night" which is my favorite and our friend Anoraak put it on his most recent mixtape, so you should definitely put your hands on it. The second one is "Lost in Nothing Hill", which also describes what Drownsoda is about and all the French West Coast influence. Finally a recommendation from theneoncrew is to grab your car, put on your sunglasses, play this tracks and enjoy the sunset.

Drownsoda - Playing With Fire on a Cold Winter's Night

Drownsoda - Lost in Nothing Hill

(Media Fire files)

Enjoy!

3YO

Are we feeling Frisky?

2008-06-11T11:57:00.003-04:00

This time is turn for Chris Tarwinski a.k.a. Frisky and he is from Edinburgh, Scotland but based in London. Frisky is a sound engineer who has been producing music for around 10 years, he started composing using an atari st running cubase v2 and a little sampler but over the years he has bought various bits of hardware and software, dont think he is still using those ancient tools. What he is now using to give us this great tracks are Reason 3, Sony soundforge and his favorite piece of hardware is an access virus synth.

He told us that he loves making music because he enjoys the process of it, some of his tracks have been played in clubs before, but he has never released anything or signed to a record label although he's always open for any proposal. He has a lot of material that is probably going up to his myspace so if you like it, start giving some love.

Under his influences we can find Metro Area, Daft Punk, Chicken Lips, Ed Banger records, Kraftwerk, Journeys by dj, Anoraak / Valerie records, Mylo, Williams, Erol Alkan, Isolee, Les Rythmes Digitales, Jaques Lu Cont, Digitalism, and so on.

I'll leave you two tracks and I hope you enjoy them. First "Digitalis" which is my favorite and I think that there's a lot of Valerie influence there. Then "Stronger than Me" which has a little bit of Les Ryhtmes Digitales, but both of them have neonrider quality so you know what to expect!

Frisky - Digitalis

Frisky - Stronger than Me

(Media Fire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

Jupiter on earth

2008-06-04T13:38:00.014-04:00

Again another Neon Talent, this is a big one, theyre called Jupiter theyre from France but they've been in the UK for about 8 years, and theyre planning their comeback after coming back from California.

Q & A met at a screening of the 1985 cult classic "Ninja Terminator". Because the screening room was empty except for the two of them, they started talking about how great the film was and the morning after, all they can remember is that they had some music uploaded on a myspace, and Jupiter was born.

Right now they are working on a new track, and as they told us they are really excited.

Right now they are listening to Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys but also the amazing disco guru Patrick Cowley. Cowley is a big influence of them, and Q started growing a moustache to pay him tribute.

Besides the fact that A sounds like Annie(not that is a bad thing or anything), this tracks are amazing, and the Patrick Juvet's cover is really good, more upbeat and updated.They have the disco feeling and that electro pop that we love here on The Neon Rider, exactly what we are listening lately. So check them out, download their tracks dance to them chill to them, whatever you do, enjoy them. We will see more of them in the future as they promise, so stay tuned, this is a Neon Talent you can't miss.

Im going to leave you with their two tracks, Enjoy!

Jupiter myspace

jupiter-starlight
jupiter-I love America

RYDR.

Heads We Dance!

2008-06-02T23:28:00.003-04:00

This time it's turn for Heads We Dance, a really interesting band from the UK that is celebrating their debut single release which is coming out on June 16th, it's called "My Heart is Set On You" and it would be out in an incredible gold 7" with their last single "Love in the Digital Age" as the AA side, you are going to be able to get this through http://www.puregroove.co.uk. This new single is a really good track if you want to quit electro banging sounds and change them for some quality electro-pop, we know that sometimes we can get tired of them and these kind of tunes are a great escape from it but they also give you a great feeling, a smile on your face and an urge to party while your headphones are on.

Because of their debut, Yoni was kind enough to send us a pre release package gift, which includes remixes for the new single, this is just a taste of what you should be getting on June 16th. I´m leaving you three great remixes and believe me all of them are Neon Rider quality, I won´t be saying much about them so you can be the judge on this one. All I can mention are the ones that put their hands on this track and gave it their own style, first Bournemouth's own Geek Chic Soundsystem, then british wonder kid Louis La Roche putting some house and french touch to it and finally one of our neon talents, Portugal's own Combo.

With this formula nothing can go bad, we would like to thank HWD for the support and we hope that their debut is as expected, success, if you want to know more go into their site www.headswedance.com. Now hit these tracks!

Heads We Dance - My Heart is Set on You (Geek Chic's Cardio Workout)

Heads We Dance - My Heart is Set on You (Louis La Roche Remix)

Heads We Dance - My Heart is Set on You (Combo Remix)

(Media Fire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

Street Art in a Museum?

2008-06-02T10:56:00.011-04:00

Wasn't street art supposed to be surprising? I believe that it was a way to discover something unique. Well, not any more! The Tate Modern is now presenting the first major public museum display of street art in London, a street art of site walking tour showing pieces from Madrid artists 3TTMan, Spok, Nano 4814, El Tono and Nuria, plus an interactive exhibition showing graffiti light projections.

The artists: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain.

Is this exhibition showing respect for the work of street artists or is it an insult for many of them? I don't think so! JR has been wallpapering other parts of the city!

Old School Reunion

2008-05-28T19:38:00.008-04:00

It's been a while since the last time I posted, but it's been crazy we've been busy with side projects, that you will see soon.

Anyway, I want to introduce you to some friends of ours for a while, Old School Reunion.

James & Celeste, are from Birmingham UK, Celeste has not long finished her degree in Fine Art and James is currently working in a 80's bar, but that doesn't stop them of making some cool tunes.
They formed January this year,their first few songs were all on Garage band but James sold his drum kit to buy logic,
Now everything they produce is all done on Logic Studio.

They've just finished working on a Remix for Represent http://www.myspace.com/represent952 and it's on their myspace,
there are a few other remixes coming soon as well but they are trying to put some time aside to work on oldschoolreunion tracks.

We asked them what are they listening to now and James is loving Danger, boys noize and the Scarface and lost boys soundtrack, Celeste is loving A Trak, his skills are top, Midnight juggernauts and Kylie. Their future plans is to learn more in logic and get dj-ing about the place and drink way more sambuca.

So check them out, and visit their myspace, download their tracks because once again we give you a Neon Talent that you should keep an eye on. And again we're bringing fresh sounds, and probably the sounds that everyone is going to be listening in a year. Im going to leave you with an exclusive track for the Neon Rider(Rainman), Love story and my favorite DW remix.
(media fire files)
Old school reunion - Love Story
Old School Reunion - Rainman(Neon Rider Exclusive)
DW - You and Me (Old School Reunion RMX)

Enjoy!

RYDR.

Pacific!

2008-05-19T00:07:00.004-04:00

We got in touch with Pacific! from Gothenburg, Sweden and we made them a little interview, this is what Bjorn told us.

3YO: Plans for '08?

Pacific!: We are currently mixing songwriting sessions with touring in europe. We will release our album in england and america later this summer and we are looking forward to that. We are also planning to release a remix T-shirt with download codes for the remixes o the neck. There will be new awesome remixes of our songs on that one!

Right now I'm thinking about how to re-evaluate Pacific! and how to combine short arpeggiated piano-notes, buzzing pads and deep compression... and what this might mean on a philosofical level.

3YO:For how long have you been producing music?

Pacific!: We have been writing songs for years and years together or for other bands together in our studio. That is where we are now too.

3YO: Influences?

Pacific!: Claude Debussy, Air, Phoenix, Daft Punk, Justice and the Beach Boys among others. The released album "Reveries" is influenced by ELO, psychedelia and forgotten islands.

3YO: What are you currently listening to?

Pacific!: Right now (or today) we have been listening to a Soulwax dubbel 12" record, the first Byrds album, Panda Bear and classic music by Peterson Berger.

We would like to thank Pacific! for the support and here's what you've been waiting for. They sent us a remix for their latest single "Number One" and it's done by We Know You Love It. And as a double treat I'm leaving you "Runway to Elsewhere" remixed by french sensation Breakbot which is not that new but I'll bet you'll not stop listening to it. High quality stuff people so if you dig it don't even hesitate to go and get "Reveries" which is now out, if you want to know more about them go to www.musicpacific.com

Pacific! - Number One (We Know You Love It Remix)

Pacific! - Runway to Elsewhere (Breakbot Remix)

(Mediafire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

7he Myriads Are Back!

2008-05-18T15:05:00.003-04:00

That's right! Vitalic and Alexey aka 7he Myriads are back with three new tunes and believe me they are what we were expecting from them, some funk and disco sounds mixed with some french touch equals addictive stuff. We hope that our russian friends get more attention because they are really giving us something different, smooth sounds but with that vibe that just gets you in the right mood to start partying.

This treasure package that they sent us consists in the following. First, "Megapolice" my personal favorite it's just an amazing track, then "Zvezda" which gives us a little more beats and finally "With you Together", this one is a little bit different but the vocals fit just right. This Neon Talent its hot right now, high recommendation by theneoncrew.

7he Myriads - Megapolice

7he Myriads - Zvezda

7he Myriads - With you Together

(Media Fire Files)

Enjoy!

3YO

Release Celebration

2008-05-12T13:49:00.004-04:00

To celebrate their "Hands of God" EP release, our good friends The Cryptonites were kind enough to send us this interesting remix for Coldplay's new single"Violet Hill". You know that when it comes to quality these guys can't fail, we hope that you enjoy this remix that it's filled with Cryptonite sounds which are never enough for theneonrider. And next Monday be sure that you hit itunes, amazon, beatport or any other source and show some love for the Cryptonites by buying their new EP because it's gonna be tight.

Coldplay - Violet Hill (Cryptonites Remix)

(Zshare File)

Enjoy!

3YO

Herbie Hancock jams with his Fairlight CMI

2008-05-07T11:47:00.002-04:00

Boy/Girl Surrender

2008-05-05T11:11:00.012-04:00

This morning we received a package from our friends of Pony Pony Run Run which is a 4 piece band from France, they started this project two years ago and they have been touring a lot around Europe. Within their influences you can find indie-rock, club electro, 80's pop music, mix all these great ingredients and the result is this contagious sound. We posted Error Love before which is a side project from one of the members of PPRR, a different style but quality remains the same also Anoraak is involved in this project so nothing can go wrong.

They have been remixed by some of our favorite remixers such as Russ Chimes and Xinobi (Discotexas) and they gave us great news, Moulinex is working on something for them so you can imagine that track's damage on the dancefloors in the near future. They are working on their album right now, and they are planning to play more gigs in major venues in France and also in some summer festivals around Europe.

PPRR was kind to send us Boy/Girl Surrender which is their latest single and believe me, it will be a refreshing sound to your ears. And as a gift I'm giving you 2 remixes for PPRR by Xinobi and Russ Chimes, none of them that new but both are a must in your playlist.

(Media Fire Files)

Pony Pony Run Run - Boy/Girl Surrender (Summer Edit)

Pony Pony Run Run - First Date Mullet (Xinobi Remix)

Pony Pony Run Run - Star Survivor (Russ Chimes Drive to Survive Remix)

Enjoy!

3YO

Tenebre Soundtrack

2008-05-04T20:06:00.006-04:00

Tenebre is a classic horror movie directed by Dario Argento in 1987. To be honest, I haven't seen the movie but it has an awesome soundtrack produced by Simonetti Morante and Pignatelli best known as Goblin. This soundtrack is full of drum machines dark synthesizers Fleetwood Mac type guitars and lot of chorus effects. I'm pretty sure you all know the Tenebre sample and probably getting tired of it, but it is always good to know where who composed the original sounds of many of the songs we listen today. Personally I believe the original version is better than the new version or edit, but you will be the judge. Perfect basslines to start the week!

Simonetti Morante Pignatelli (Goblin)- Tenebre Remix
Simonetti Morante Pignatelli (Goblin)- Lesbo

B52's by St. Pauli

2008-05-04T12:08:00.007-04:00

Well you remember when we introduce you to St. Pauli, so here they are again with a new great remix as always. This time they put hands on the B52's, yes thats right the old band "Love Shack" B52's, they have a new album that sounds fun and very danceable.

As always St. Pauli delivers every song they touch they make it better than the original. Great remix, it has all the ingredients you electro fans love. So go ahead and show them a little bit of myspace love and keep your eyes and ears on them, because this Neon Talents are f*&$% amazing.

And again, fuck MSTRKRFT we want St. Pauli.

Enjoy!

Juliette in the Spirits - The B52's (St. Pauli Remix)

RYDR.

Take it to the next level.

2008-04-29T18:30:00.005-04:00

I've posted short films with cool motion graphics, without them, but specially excellent stuff. I'm going to go visual again on this post for a little change.

We've never talked about sports, and I'm not going to, but this Nike commercial directed by Guy Ritchie Impressed me. We all love POV shots when they're executed as clean and perfect. If you wanted to know how does it feel to play against the best of the best in the world, let Mr. Madonna do it for you.

The spot feels more like a short film than a commercial, it has comedy, strong parts and even sexual parts in it. The ending perfectly frames the story, and the Eagles of Death Metal soundtrack fits like a glove. Nike did it again. Always ahead of the game.

Enjoy!

RYDR.

Classic Neon Sounds

2008-04-22T11:25:00.004-04:00

Sometimes we need to stop, take a look back and kick it old school, that's why this time we are going to talk about old stuff that has influenced lots of the artists that we are listening to right now. And since we've been hearing a lot of this stuff lately, we've put together a three piece selection that will blow your minds and maybe you'll relate two of them to some recent tracks.

First, "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell and believe it or not he chose that name because he thought it "rocked well", but apparently not because this was his only hit single released in 1984 with the collaboration of Michael Jackson on the chorus. Although Rockwell didn't have another hit, this one will stay in our minds for a long time; if you have heard Xinobi's "Car Chase" you'll see the influence.

Rockwell ft. Michael Jackson - Somebody's Watching Me (Mediafire File)

Cybotron was a Detroit based electro band formed by Juan Atkins and Rick Davis, and influenced by artists like Kraftwerk, in 1983 they released their first LP called "Enter" on Fantasy Records which was the one that gave them name on the early 80's electro scene. After a while Atkins decided to separate and although Davis kept the Cybotron project going, it never sounded just right and there was not much to enjoy of later albums. The song that I'm going to give you is "Clear", probably my favorite of the album, maybe you've heard this song sampled in Missy Elliot's Lose Control.

Cybotron - Clear (Mediafire File)

"Disco Nights", just with hearing that title you'll know what to expect of this amazing track by Bronx's own G.Q. which were an R&B/Disco band formed in the late 70's. They had some great tracks until 1981 when they eventually separated. This one was released in 1979 from their first album called "Disco Nights", and if you have heard 33Hz you'll hear some of the influence. We still can't get it off our headphones!

G.Q. - Disco Nights (Mediafire File)

Enjoy!

3YO

drum machine.

2008-04-21T01:20:00.002-04:00

best drummer i've ever seen.

Le Touch Recordings

2008-04-20T18:46:00.009-04:00

Le Touch is collective based in Mexico City that is starting to make noise in many stereos. They recently started producing music and remixing good music with incredible sounds. It is relaxing dance music that we are enjoying a lot, you will be the judge now. Bufi and Papo Pepo are two Le Touch artists that sent us fresh material. They are basically influenced by many artists we like including Benjamin Diamond and Zoot Woman so we know you'll enjoy it...

Enjoy it!
Bufi- We Begin
Bufi-Like a Child
Beastie Boys- An open letter to NY (Papo Pepo rmx)

Viral World

2008-04-16T13:53:00.007-04:00

Nowadays, everything is viral, and when brands and advertising agencies realized that everybody watches youtube and everybody is there, they decided to launch viral campaigns. Anyway, I found this myspace website, and they claimed is not part of American Apparel and that is not sponsored or anything like that. That might be true, But the thing is that is a good idea, and is meant to be viral. The whole idea revolves around shoplifters caught in American Apparel Stores, and then after they become stars. They have 3 videos now and pictures with all the sexyness of the usual American Apparel photos. Anyway I don't want to promote brands here, is not something we do here on The Neon Rider, but I just wanted to show you this interesting experiment, or campaign? or whatever it is check it out.

Here's one of the videos.

Check their myspace .

As a double treat I'm going to leave you with a new song of Sidechains, we got it a couple of weeks ago and since we talk about this Neon Talent before other blogs and now is everywhere and even other kidz (by colette) copied our post. I'm just going to leave it, just because it's a Neon Talent. Very nice song, very french touch, and very danceable. Enjoy!

Sidechains- Waiting so long

(zshare)

Sport Pop

2008-04-13T23:31:00.007-04:00

Le Sport (my favorite band name) is a duo from Sweden that recently stopped playing. We don't understand why, but we know some of their songs will be always in our minds and you will be one of the few lucky people to hear their catchy music. While looking into old playlists I found a song that could be easily in the latest Cut Copy album or be a song from any artist of the Valerie collective. Le Sport released a few other songs that are really worth listening to if you are into late 80s early 90s dance pop. If you need a extreme pop injection this is the band you should be listening right now.

Le Sport- I comes before U (Ben Morris Remix)

Fresh sounds from the neon stereo...

2008-04-13T20:18:00.005-04:00

It's time to calm down on a Sunday and just relax.. Peter Lindstrøm is a known producer/musician/remixer we have been listening lately. Perfect fresh disco sounds are the only words to describe the music he produces. If you are into retro space sounds and future disco we are sure you will become addicted. From his "It's a feedelity affair"(2006) album we selected the perfect song to just give you an idea of what the album sounds like. Peter Lindstrom also works with other artists like Solale and Prins Thomas creating fantastic music we can stop listening to.

Lindstrom-Fast and Delirious(Neon Selection)

Futurecop!

2008-04-12T11:00:00.004-04:00

Its time to bring you Futurecop!, we already recommended him in the neon talent section but this time we are going to talk a little bit more about this interesting project. Manzur aka Futurecop! started producing music 2 years ago, the first year he described it as making some shitty sounds and really don't knowing where his music was going to, but now believe me it has the right direction.

Within his influences you can find Stan Bush, US 80 pop culture, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Beverly Hills Cops, Corey Haim & Corey Fieldman movies, Back to the Future, Phil Collins, Van Halen, Cindy Lauper, etc. What Futurecop! tries to create is a nostalgic feeling with his music, something fun and free, he describes his shows as something simple, openess is his model and this project is done for fun, he told us that when he stops having fun with it, he will stop making music. That's how things are ought to be.

Interesting plans for 08', lots of shows in London, Australian Tour, Tshirts, an EP coming out soon and they are going to start making new tracks and a mix cd at the end of this year. So as you can see lots going on for the Futurecop! this year, we bet that 08' its going to be good for them and if you dig this great project you better keep track on their myspace to see whats going on.

What you are waiting for, "N.A.S.A" is the title for this song, I bet you'll love it.

Futurecop! - N.A.S.A.

(Removed by request)

Enjoy!

3YO

Mega Heat filled with Souvenirs

2008-04-03T00:10:00.007-04:00

Straight from Nantes on the west coast of France, we introduce you to Gaëtan aka Error Love who started this new project last november, so this is fresh stuff out of the oven. He had many different projects before this one such as electro/experimental/math rock/post rock/dance/pop and the list goes on, even when he was a little boy he considered the ATARI ST4 his first "music computer". FYI he is part of Pony Pony Run Run which is a tight electropop band if you like their track, "Star Survivor", you better check out the Russ Chimes remix is awesome, we mixed it in the Glowin' Mix Vol 1. He is still going independent and his plans for '08 are to keep working on some new tracks and to set up a unique live show for the summer, so if you are interested you better keep track of Error Love's gigs on his myspace.

Influenced by different kind of artists and types of music such as Phil Collins, Silver Apples, 90's Eurodance, Autechre, Goblin, Cybotron, Dopplereffekt, Blondie, Tangerine Dreams and many more, define what Error Love is trying to achieve musically, just combining all this different styles into a perfect blend that makes you want to dance. You know that we are always trying to give you the new stuff out there and this time is no exception, Error Love is a really interesting project and with Gaëtan's experience we bet the result is going to be as we predict it, great success!

I'm gonna leave you two goodies, first "Nightlife Souvenirs" great track, but this one is just to start heating up things, then "Top Cop Mega Heat" which is excellent because of all the different sounds that you can find in it, you will feel an urge to dance with this one. I hope you like them and keep track of all the new upcoming artists that we are presenting you here.

Error Love - Nightlife Souvenirs - Zshare File

Error Love - Top Cop Mega Heat - Zshare File (NEON SELECTION)

Enjoy!

3YO

Grand National, Underappreciated?

2008-04-02T16:10:00.005-04:00

This time is personal, Grand National is a band that I've been listening for a couple of years but it appears they are not getting the buzz they deserve. If you're into Hot Chip, Zoot Woman, Cut Copy or the Junior Boys we are a 100% sure you will like their music. I just don't understand why these guys aren't as big as them! It has a little bit of everything but it is mostly relaxing and smooth electro pop to hear everywhere at anytime. Both records "Kicking the National Habit" and " A drink and a quick decision" are gems that many people should hear now so spread the word!

And by the way, we know we have many readers in Australia. Grand National will be playing this month so check their webpage for more info!

Here are some of our favorites! Support the artist!

Grand National-Peanut Dreams Direct

Grand National-Peanut Dreams (zshare)

Grand National- Cut by the breaks (direct)

Grand National- Cut by the breaks (zshare)

Grand National- Animal Sounds (Fear of Theydon rmx)

Myspace

COMBO MUSIC

2008-04-02T10:55:00.007-04:00

It's been a good week, we've been finding new and fresh talents with the sounds we find interesting. You may know Combo, a few months ago Mr. Discodust introduced us to his addictive music. Combo's music reflects a variety of influences, my favorite one Ultravox, combined with Cerrone. By hearing combo's music trip you can expect anything; with his songs he can take you to from the perfect funk song to relax at the beach to the classiest dance party you've always imagined. Also he's been working in remixes that remind us the first time we heard Miami Horror. He finished a remix for Heads we Dance that has the perfect elements to be in any Kitsune Compilation and will be working on six more songs for this summer.

Combo decided to send us a scoop of his newest material produced in his studio in Portugal. By hearing these songs you will know what we are talking about!

Combo-Sunset (zshare)
Combo-Sunset (direct)
Combo-Come Down (zshare)
Combo-Come Down (direct)

Combo's Myspace

Just a Quickietron

2008-03-31T20:45:00.008-04:00

So we all love Tron, amazing movie ahead of its time. And as the music, visual, art and fashion cycle is leaving the nu-80's and going to the nu-90's, I want to show you this quickie. We talk a lot about music, and we need more visual stimulation once in a while, so here's a sweaded version from the Gondry's school of sweading. The cycle scene in Tron in the good old stop motion style, and maybe you've seen this somewhere else but I definitely think is worth repeating. Enjoy people!

Tron
by freres-hueon

And as always a double treat, something that fits the post. The new Ladytron single of the upcoming album "Velocifero", I'm not going to talk about it, so you can be the judge, and c'mon people we all know them, but it's up to you to say if you like it if you heard it before or if you hate it.(zshare file)

Ladytron - Black Cat

RYDR.

Adeyhawke's Driving All Night

2008-03-30T12:40:00.006-04:00

Influenced by the Valerie Collective, Ciaran aka Adeyhawke decided to start producing music, actually he came across the blog by accident and went linking, he told us that everything associated to it like the 80s influences, images, the sounds captivated him. He comes from a ambient background and he had released an album on a small Dublin label under a different name, so doing electro is new for Adeyhawke but by his sounds and this really deep touch we can tell that he has been around.

As far as influences go, he likes all the biggies like Moroder, Cowley, John Carpernter etc. He's also into Colonel Abrahams, Midnight Star, Herbie Hancock and most other people in that general vein. Boards of Canada is a big influence also and that explains the aged feel of Adeyhawke's tracks.

Now, what you are all waiting, here's a really great remix for AnoraaK's "Nightdrive with You" by Adeyhawke and believe me you'll get the deep feeling that i was talking about.

AnoraaK - Nightdrive with You (Adeyhawke Remix) - Zshare file

I have two more gifts for you, the original version by AnoraaK and "Skyscraped" a great track produced by Adeyhawke. Be the judge on these ones and check out AnoraaK's myspace because his EP comes out late April and is going to be tight.

AnoraaK - Nightdrive with You - Zshare File

Adeyhawke - Skyscraped - Zshare File

Enjoy!

3YO

7he Myriads

2008-03-27T14:49:00.004-04:00

I'm back with more fresh and new sounds because you know how much we like that here at theneonrider. This time is my pleasure to introduce to you 7he Myriads a band from Russia formed by Vitalic Teterin and Alexey Krjuk, they are still going independent but they are being supported by Valerie which is always guarantee for quality. This guys are in love with the French Touch and as they told me, they believe there's not one but two gods : Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel. In the actual scene they are big fans of Breakbot, Cut Copy, Midnight Juggernauts, Sebastien Tellier, Kavinsky and Boys Noize among others. Between their interests I'm going to quote them, "Outter Space and Mac Computers".

Their roots go deeply into hip-hop, funk, rock n' roll and heavy metal. They have participated in many different projects including singing, playing guitars, drums, synths, making electronic music, sampling, djing, rapping, etc. so as you can see this guys have been around. They have been producing music as long as they remember and they define their favorite activity as: "Twisting knobs and listening to what it results in".

Since I was gone for two weeks I'm gonna make that up for you with three gifts. The First two tracks were produced by 7the Myriads, "Sunrise" and "Honey", great smooth but powerful tracks that you should listen to. High Recommendation

7he Myriads - Sunrise

7he Myriads - Honey

Finally, "Night on Earth Mixtape" which is just amazing, a tight selection which defines what we are into in theneonrider and with this you could either dance or just put it in your car for a delightful drive. I'll leave you the tracklist:

1. CFCF - Claudio
2. Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolookology
3. 7he Myriads - Megapolice
4. Pacific! - Runaway To Elsewhere (Breakbot Remix)
5. Mercy Arms - Kept Low (Cut Copy Remix 12" Version)
6. Metronomy - Radio Ladio
7. Damn Arms - Edie (Tybalt Remix)
8. Shinichi Osawa - Maximum Joy/ Surkin - Ghetto Obsession (accapella)
9. Wolf and Cub - Thousand Cuts (Phones Slasher Remix)
10. Cut Copy - Future (Chromeo Remix)
11. The Twelves - The Other Side
12. Alex Gopher - Brain Leech
13. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Slow Motion Tag Team
14. Pacific! - Sunset Blvd. (Radio LXMBRG Remix)
15. Entre Tes Cuisses - The Bowling Anthem
16. Choreo - Spotlightz
17. Cut Copy - Light And Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)
18. Primary 1 - Hold Me Down (The Shoes Remix)
19. Phoenix - North

7he Myriads - Night on Earth

Enjoy!

3YO

Neon Tallynt

2008-03-27T11:40:00.006-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I left you with a song from a new Neon Talent, so now is the time to talk about this girl called Tally Isham.

Tally Isham is the virtual popstar of your dreams. She grew up and studied astrophysics in Scotland, moving to Texas to work at NASA Johnson Space Center in the early 80's. She enjoyed deep sea diving and motorcycle racing before a fatal explosion at the center in 1983. Her image was reborn in the sea of information and she continues to accumulate and augment digital information for your satisfaction.

Her greatest influences include visionaries such as Tangerine Dream, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Vangelis, Queen, Gruppo Bertone, Syd Mead, Hajime Sorayama, Katsuhiro Otomo and Masamune Shirow. Her favorite films are still Brainstorm, Flight of the Navigator, Scanners, THX 1138, Mad Max, Holy Mountain, Vanishing Point, The Warriors, and Westworld.

Tally's music fits what we've been listening lately. It's a very calm and soothing sound but it has that ingredient that makes you play the track again and again, and let's face it people, same sound banging electro is very last year. Arpeggios, 8 bit sounds, old school synth sounds, it could be the soundtrack for a story about a Hero saving the world set in the 80's, or in a videogame for the NES.

So here's an exclusive track from her for all you Neon Rider people, it's called Makeout Sesh and this track will show you the range of Tally's music. And as a double treat i'll leave you a bonus track. Check her myspace and stay tuned because we're going to have some remixes from people that you know remixing Tally's tracks.

We are having some issues with our server so here's the zshare link.

Tally Isham - Makeout Sesh
Tally Isham - Crystal Runner

RYDR.

Sidechains

2008-03-19T12:26:00.006-04:00

We love bringing you more of The Neon Talent and this is definitely one of them. We haven't seen any good artists from Spain in a while, but that's about to change.

This Neon's talent name is Alex Ferrer, from Barcelona and the Sidechains project started last year, in August to be exact. He started playing with cubase at a young age, recording the tracks of an industrial-metal band he had with some friends. Their sound resembled Ministry, NIN, Alien Sex Fiend etc.. Then he started listening to Prodigy, Daft Punk (Homework) etc.. He immediately fell in love with electronic music. After this, he bought some equipment to start practicing electronic music. He started making jingles for Spainsh commercials. And because of that, he was left with little time to work on the music he liked, so the Sidechains project started.
The first track he made as Sidechains was, Turn Your Body On, it was well received, then he decided to take it more seriously and started producing new tracks. One of the tracks is going to be released on Pistol (EMI Sublalbel). The release of more tracks are still in negotiation on another label.

His tracks have different styles and influences. You can feel that 90's techno influences, and suddenly you have funky disco sounds, vocoders on others, mixing it with that electro sound that you love. Very good sounds overall, this is somebody you have to watch closely, and expect more from him in the future here at The Neon Rider.

We leave you with 4 tracks directly from him. Hope you like them on the dance floor or banging from your headphones.

(zshare files)

Sidechains - Dr. Funk

Sidechains - Dance while you can

Sidechains - Turn your body on

Sidechains - Real

Stay tuned for an exclusive Neon Talent and an Interview with Cut Copy!

Rydr.

Robots from South Africa

2008-03-11T21:55:00.007-04:00

There are many good young directors out there right now, he's not new though but he is one of my favorites. You might have seen his work without knowing it was him.

Neill Blomkamp is a South African born, Vancouver, BC-based director of short films and advertisements. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects(it's his trademark).

If you're a Halo fan, you probably saw a series of three short films set in the Halo universe (known collectively as Landfall).Blomkamp was hired to direct the movie adaptation of the series before financial problems forced the project to be postponed, but apparently they're back in production now. His latest work Crossing the Line, is a 2007 short by Peter Jackson and the first film made with the Red One Camera. Right now he's working on a film also produced by Peter Jackson called District 9.

Blomkamp's style is very much his own. It revolves around social and very human behaviors. His fascination with robots, and with them in our society is very distinct. His commercial work touches the same points in different levels, specially on his Yellow comercial for Adidas. His work is not recent at all but you have to check it out if you don't know who this guy is. I know that here, at The Neon Rider, we try to give you the latest and newest stuff, but this guy will be the latest stuff in the future. So you better know him now.

This is my favorite Blomkamp's short film, called Alive in Joburg. You be the judge.

Check his work for Nike, Citroen, and his other short films.

As a double treat I'll tease you with this track, it's by Tally Isham, I'll talk about this Neon Talent soon.

Tally Isham - Virtual Girl

Loose Shus

2008-03-11T12:32:00.003-04:00

I'm back with more of what we enjoy more in theneonrider, neon talent, new upcoming artists with fresh sounds for a change. This time it's turn for Loose Shus a San Francisco based "bedroom producer" as he calls himself, and his plans are to get out in the market ASAP. He is lately hearing a lot of the Valerie Collective, Glass Candy and also a lot of incidental music on out of print VHS. Other big influences are Goblin, Giorgio Moroder, Ennio Morricone, Daft Punk, etc.

Dave started producing music like 6 year ago and he started by cutting and pasting things in Cool Edit Pro, he was just starting and the tracks would be like 1000's of tiny little single drum hits and slice placed just manually along the timeline. And I'll quote Dave on this one, I found it interesting "The timing was all fucked up and the tracks sounded like shit, but they had way more heart than anything I've done since".

Let me tell you people that these two tracks that I'm going to leave you are far from being out of time, just single drums or whatever Loose Shus was making on the beginning, these two tracks are well excecuted and they totally go with theneonrider profile. First "Taurus" my personal favorite and then "Threesome", I'll let you be the judge but on these two, and if you dig them, don´t hesitate to hit 3rd Ward in Brooklyn on march 28th, Loose Shus will be there performing with Romanoff and Neon Coyote.

Loose Shus - Taurus

Loose Shus - Threesome

Enjoy!

3YO

Kelley Polar Neon Pop

2008-03-08T16:31:00.009-05:00

"I need you to hold on while the sky is falling" is the new record from Kelley Pollar. We believe it is just brilliant and this time we know that it will have more impact than Love songs of the hanging gardens. There is a little bit of everything in this album, it is disco combined with 80's new wave sounds, and the perfect touch of electro pop sounds. So if you need fresh air and something different and , we are pretty sure you're going to like this. Kelley recorded most of the music for the album, synth playing, singing, and strings

It sounds like the Zoot Woman hanging out with the Junior Boys and listening to DFA!

Just listen!
Kelley Polar- Entropy Reigns ( Celestial City)

Concrete Amsterdam + Avalon

2008-03-02T23:59:00.008-05:00

Product, interior design, architecture, fashion and visual marketing are just a few things the Concrete guys are into. I would say innovation is the perfect word to describe what they really do. From projects like the Supperclub in Amsterdam , Toys, Restaurants, the nicest Pharmacy you could ever see in Amsterdam to the Uberfluss hotel in Bremen this crew is redefining what interior design is all about.
You can find more of their work in the book "The World According to Concrete" that features more than 300 color images and essays from design critic Timo de Rijk

See more here:
Concrete Amsterdam

Because we know you are just looking for the songs we are back with music from Japanese electro band Avalon. It is like hearing metal songs in Midi format and of course we hope you like it!

Avalon-Exodus Testament

Back to your 80's TV

2008-03-02T23:24:00.005-05:00

Ok first of all I want to make something clear, as Wayfarer said, we don't like posting the latest remix of the remix of the remix, and because I'm talking about Justice, applies to them too. All the hype behind this guys is kind of gross but, when I saw this video, I thought that definitely needed a post about it.

The video is directed again by SOME and, the motion graphics are made by Machine Mollie. Their work is kind of generic, and it doesn't really follow trends as other studios.

The video is great, it's like a big homage to all the cool 80's motion graphics from studios to TV networks. You can see the CBS Fox HBO SEGA ESPN, and a bunch of them that I don't remember that well. It's really well made and the ending is the best part, it's just really cool and frames the whole video up. If you saw Family Ties you might remember what is it all about. Hope you like it, and takes you back to your childhood. Enjoy!

A break from the usual

2008-02-28T19:59:00.015-05:00

Ok seriously, can someone tell us what is going on in Australia? Or can at least someone invite us to crash there? 9 out of 10 songs we've been listening in the past months are made in Australia! And this time rockers Mercy Arms will not dissapoint you. We are pretty sure these guys are going to be big, so start spreading the buzz! It is like hearing Morrissey again combined with the power of the Silent Alarm (Bloc Party) album and the dark sounds from The Cure. Well maybe that's just an opinion, but we really liked their songs and we hope you enjoy hearing them, just as we did. Besides, hearing some rock is always good to escape from those electro sounds that are always following us.

Mercy Arms-Scream

Mercy Arms-Kept Low High Recommended

Other bands we like and you need to listen:

The Fashion These guys will be opening for Cut Copy in NY and are part of SXSW.

Cut off Your Hands No introduction for this guys let's just wait for their new album.

Italo From the Future

2008-02-26T22:26:00.006-05:00

Wicked Picture, right? today I'm introducing to you another neon talent suggestion and I'm sure that just by the image you are wondering who are these robotic characters. Well they are DW from Stockholm, Sweden hitting us with some exciting tracks but what really amazed us is the art that they are making, it goes just right with the sound. Fresh, smooth beats combined with some Italo make a perfect mixture to take an exciting ride with these two fellas.

The song that I'm leaving you today is Hijack, my personal favorite, Killian and Amir (their real names) don´t have a label yet and they are still going independent but I'll bet that through the year we will see more of them because they just can't stay out of sight. Be sure to check out these guys myspace.

DW - Hijack

As a double treat I'm presenting you DaroC from Paris, this guy goes with a deeper and darker sound but it's really amazing, it just gets through you. In his influences we can find artists like Portishead, Depeche Mode, Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, DJ Shadow, Air, etc. He is also going independent but that's what the neon is all about, support upcoming and talented artists with fresh sounds to open more and more minds into new acts.

I'm gonna leave you two tracks, the first one is called Birth which is just fresh out of the oven and the second one is called Serie B, I hope that you find both of them as captivating as I did. Maybe we'll check out an EP from DaroC during the year, let's hope it happens!

DaroC -Birth

DaroC - Serie B

Enjoy!

3YO

Underground Oklahoma+ Neon Pop

2008-02-19T22:30:00.007-05:00

The Underground consists of a system of tunnels and bridges that connect a number of buildings in downtown Oklahoma. The first tunnel was constructed in 1931 with the majority of the Concourse being built betwen 1972 and 1984. Rand Elliott and architect Michael Hoffner (Elliot + Associates) recently developed and completed a new version of the underground in that city. This new space also displays art and information from artists and the city. The light gallery is just one of many galleries that make the city more interesting, changes our perception of Oklahoma, and make the citizens have a more colorful underground journey. Looks like the perfect set for a Zoot Woman video right?

Because here at the Neon Rider we don't have the intention to post the "remixed remix of the latest remix" This time we want to present you more artists with the same fresh sounds but more relaxed. This time it's turn for Glasscandy, Professor Genius and Mirage. Three bands that combine pop sounds, lots of arpeggios, vocoders and Italo!

Glasscandy- Etheric Device

Professor Genius - Mystery Driver

Mirage- Lady Operator

Elliot+Associates webpage