It’s about time we posted about a less well known band, that’s what we’re hear for after all so here is one that caught my ear, the beats are synthy, chilled yet upbeat. It’s a bit different to what we’ve posted in the past but we’re sure that our readers will enjoy this band

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The lineup: Jonas Bjerre (lead vocals, guitar), Magne Furuholmen (guitar, keyboards), Guy Berryman (bass), Martin Terefe (drums).

The background: Supergroups have long been thought of as the places that rock musicians go when their original bands run out of steam. But there have been some quite good ones in the last decade or so. There was at the end of the 90s the second incarnation of Art of Noise (featuring Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, Paul Morley, Lol Creme of 10cc and guest rapper Rakim), and more recently there was Damon Albarn’s the Good, the Bad & the Queen. Depending on how conservative your tastes are, Apparitjik will either strike you as a hotchpotch of people you hate, or a strong collection of disparate musicians and studio rats, comprising Guy Berryman of Coldplay, Magne the second most handsome one from A-ha, who have enjoyed something of a critical reappraisal of late, Jonas Bjerre of Danish prog-popsters Mew, and Martin Terefe, who was in 2009 the tenth most successful producer in the US Hot 100 singles chart, just behind Kanye, will.i.am, Max Martin and Dr Luke.

It’s interesting to see who the alpha male is here. Put it this way: you would never know that Berryman was involved. If you’re a fan of Mew’s complex but melodic progscapes and A-ha’s windswept, existentialist techno-pop, you’ll love We Are Here, which is a Mew album in all but name while also recalling the harder moments from the A-ha catalogue”
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They’ve got ideas, too, have Apparitjik, and bring a conceptual heft to bear on the project. They are, they proclaim, “a collective with cross-field collaborators in the worlds of music, art, fashion, and the scientific community”. And their first public performance took place inside a specially constructed cube inspired by the Bauhaus movement, itself an idea “congruent with the Apparatjik website, also based on a cube, which pays homage to the complex and controversial theories of quantum-theorist Max Tegmark, a quantum-mechanics professor at M.I.T. Boston, USA.” Blimey. You didn’t get that with Beck Bogert & Appice.

Quoted from the Guardian.co.uk – Written by Paul Lester

http://www.myspace.com/apparatjik

We apologise for the lack of content as of recent but will strive to post up more.

As i’m sure most of our readers are aware MGMT are to soon release a new album and we wanted you all to have a preview of one of the tracks, the album is due for release on 13th of April and MGMT have announced that it will not contain singles the like of which made the first album so popular. This album has been recorded to listen to as a continuous sequence of tracks (we’re thinking a Metanoia style album?),

Hope you all enjoy Flash Delirium off the new album Congratulations

Flash Delirium – MGMT

We’re really pleased to see Vampire Weekend release a new album, the first self titled album was released in January 2008 so they’re well overdue some new material. At last “Contra” has been released, it an enjoyable album, more effects are used on this album, you can clearly hear that Vampire Weekend have developed since there last effort, there are some changes to their sound but they do maintain the same bright and happy vibe that made their first album so enjoyable but with a few slower paced tracks such as such as “Taxi Cab” and “I Think Ur A Contra” thrown in as well.

Overall I would highly recommend this album, enjoy White Sky to hear a preview of the new album.

Vampire Weekend – White Sky

I would recommend purchasing from iTunes as you can get an exclusive bonus track. (click the logo below)

Sorry for the lack of activity and thank you again to all for staying loyal, I’ve recently had to move and I am also doing a Chinese Studies Degree so my free time is sparse at the moment.

However  we’ve got some great bands lined up to show you over the next few weeks but the biggest news at the moment is the announcement of our new writer Alexandra, she has previous experience on another blog and should be bringing some new life to ElectroIndie. She has a great taste in music and she’ll also post reviews of live gigs and will give you a preview of more great upcoming bands. We’re still not closing writer positions as of yet so if you are also interested in becoming a writer drop me an email on ross@electroindie.com

Watch this space in the next few days!

This is a plea to our current readers and hopefully future writers, if you also have a good knack for picking out some of the best upcoming bands and want to get your musical insight seen by thousands of people we’d love to hear you, myself (Ross) and Mark are going through a particularly busy time and though we will strive to keep the website up to date it would help us massively to have a hand or two.

If you think you’ve got what it takes to write for us then please send a message to ross@electroindie.com with a list of at least three bands that you think would fit this site and we may well be in touch soon!

We hope that many of you apply and look forward to getting some fresh blood on the site!

The Transients is a band to truly get excited about, based in Perth, Western Australia this band is producing some great electro-indie songs, you can hear clear 80′s synth influence with today’s touch. They’re new single “One Day” has already been picked up and remixed by Kid Kenobi and the team behind The Transients also lead me to believe they will be on to big things, same producer as Depeche Mode and Goldfrapp, guest singer Yasmin Lee (also appeared on Pendulum’s album in Hold your Colour).

“Known for creating catchy melodies with tight polished production, Robert Maszkowski and Béla Inkster dish up everything from pounding gritty basslines, to feel-good pop songs and laidback percussive instrumentals. ”

I urge you to purchase there new EP (click the iTunes button) and give One Day a listen

The Transients – One Day

http://myspace.com/thetransientsmusic

Boy Crisis

A lot has been going on since we last posted, our writers all had a great time at the recent Reading Festival and we were glad to see many of the bands we had previously covered playing live there!

We are looking forward to covering many more upcoming bands in the next few weeks, we definitely have some catching up to do!

Anyway I want to bring to you a new video by Boy Crisis, the first band we covered on this website, they’ve had a lot of activity since we last posted, they’ve been signed and are about to release there second single “Fountain of Youth” I love the track although it seems another odd “MGMT Styled” video.. enjoy and if you haven’t already read my previous post on Boy Crisis here.

http://www.electroindie.com/2009/03/boy-crisis/

We at ElectroIndie are very excited by one of the hottest festivals of the summer – Reading and Leeds, all our writers have got tickets and will be coving the festival and doing a focus on some of the smaller artists as a run up to this exciting time of the year.

We firstly want to appoligise for the drop in activity but we’re back now and will get back on with keeping you up to date with the latest and greatest artists that are emerging

We want to thank all of our viewers for staying loyal and don’t forget to check our twitter account here for instant updates!

www.twitter.com/ElectroIndie

Electro-Indie iMix 1

A tantalising selection of the best new indie bands and some current favourites, the track order has been crafted to give you a more MGMT sound towards the start, switching to White Lies finishing with some unique but fantastic artists.

1. 1981 (Boy Crisis Remix) – Cake on Cake
2. Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun
3. Kids – MGMT
4. No One Does It Like You – Department of Eagles
5. Leave Them All Behind – Whitey
6. The Ides – frYars
7. Farewell to the Fairground – White Lies
8. A Few Kind Words – Meursault
9. Valentine – The Moths
10. The Light At the End Of The Tunnel Is a Train – Whitey

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Meursault is an odd band, I’ve found one track by them that it absolutely cracking however the rest of their music seems so far away from this that you would be surprised they were even by the same artist.I can only find out a little about this band, that they’ve recently released an album, they’re based in Scotland and if they make a few more tracks like “A Few Kind Words” they’ll be on to a winner.

Meursault – A Few Kind Words

http://www.myspace.com/meursaulta701