So, as Team Poule returns to its regular business: Here comes, by way of London via Belfast, The Soft Look. And oh my, I can’t quite reconstruct how this ended up on my iPod but it’s a shockingly good EP this “electro-pop individual” released here. Attached is bloody amazing opener High Water. Get that whole EP though, easily one of the best things you will listen to today – possibly even all year. And it’s only February!
Here we go for yet another compilation, only picked the finest grapes for this one. It’s been a while since number 11 and putting together this new selection took a bit longer that anticipated, but it has been real fun and it’s taking Poule d’Or straight back to its roots. Genuinely happy sharing this collection with you now.
A big thank you to all the artists involved. Really glad having you guys on board. It’s an absolute treat, every time. Also a shout-out to fellow Hamburg music blog Camels & Lions, who has been a stellar source and supporter for this edition. Hat-tip to the camel’s head Nicolas for sublime taste in music and overall swag.
Scroll down to download the set of mp3s for your on-the-go listening pleasures or stream the mix on 8tracks. Here goes the track list, hope you enjoy these songs as much as Team Poule does. Thank you for being here. Shalom.
So, being a kid of the late-80s and early-90s – this one by Torgny from Oslo is right up Team Poule’s icy alley. The memory is blurry but this is what it was like in retrospect. Synth, electronic, and a little bit of Michael Jackson in everything. When it was really important to SOUND good. You know.
And as much as he is doing right with these tunes, he is doing, well, differently, in his press shots. So instead, here is the photo of a police dog trying to use a pay phone in New South Wales in 1935.
Attached is Nights, the man’s new single.
Totally into this. Mysterious, hot electro pop from Los Angeles’ based and ungoogleable group Mega. Attached is their first demo Doin’ It Wrong.
Not an ounce too heavy is this fresh breeze of pop music coming in from Montreal’s Cooper. Her debut single was just released through Sara of Tegan and Sara’s label. Intense. Look out for more.
So I never did a best-of-2013 last year. One release that certainly would have made it into the top-5 is Dråpe’s debut Canicular Days. Perfect electronic pop music of the more dreamy and shoe-gazey kind. Draw-Peh have it all. Based in cozy Oslo, they are up to conquer relevant cities in Germany this week, playing Marburg (15th) and Kassel (16th) then Hamburg’s Astra Stube this Friday and Lido in Berlin on Saturday.
