Category: Nu-Disco

“Stone Fox” by Hunter as a Horse

“Stone Fox” by Hunter as a Horse is a trip through music history – a mix of Moon Pix era Cat Power vocals with nu-disco synths at the 1:26 mark, fun roller disco style of variety of instruments (metal tin beats?) and percussions, then moves to a dream pop style overture and breathy vocals at the 2:43, finishing off with library cosmic synths at the 3:26 mark that then slows down to a more typical dream pop. Finally finishing off at 5:17 with dark wave synths building on top of the dream pop breathy vocals.

“He Keeps Me Alive” by Sally Shapiro

BoxSpeaker heard of Sally Shapiro through the ever-cool Jamie H.

Sally Shapiro is an italo disco duo that sounds like the vocals of a faster, happier Au Revoir Simone with the italo disco high-hats and synth beats.

“He Keeps Me Alive” is another one of those electro tracks that has such a happy beat but actually has somewhat sad lyrics. With its happy synths and high-hats juxtaposed by sad lyrics of “remember[ing] we’re just friends.”

“Warm Water” by BANKS (Snakehips Remix)

Snakehips’s remix of “Warm Water” by BANKS speeds up the original track’s vocals then translates the PBR&B sound to a nu-disco combo of staccato keyboard chords, bassline, and flashes of cosmic synths – going from Sade to Moon Boots in 4 minutes and 13 seconds.

[TRACK ALERT:] RAC’s Upcoming Single is an MNDR, Kele Triplehitter

The production, DJ, and remix genius that is RAC is giving everyone a preview of his upcoming single “Let Go” featuring MNDR and Kele (of Bloc Party fame) on vocals!

RAC is one of my all-time favorite producer/DJ/remixers – everything he touches is gold. While my introductions to RAC were much different from his current releases (his remix of “Zero” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was electro/electrorock and his remix of “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes stripped the original’s folksy orchestrations, sped it up, and added layers through various loops), he has definitely helped develop the indie dance nu-disco genre with his newer work.