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and keep visiting us, we appreciate it.

Cheers!

TNR crew.

Chill and Burn the End of Summer

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...

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.

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Welcome Winter Mix!

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

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

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

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

R.

Jesus 2000

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.

R.

Heart Break Dancing

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

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

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

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.

R.

This New Technology

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.

R.

Untitled Love

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.