Sidechains

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.

Concrete Amsterdam + Avalon

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

Moonbootica

These guys are not new upcomers. They've been around for a while as Dj's and producers.



Tobias Schmidt aka Tobitob & Oliver Kowalski aka KoweSix, are the masterminds behind Moonbotica. They have a Hip-Hop background and have been involved in German music and dj'ing since early 2000. Their sound has seen a long and noticeable evolution. From Hip-Hop beats to Minimal and now Electro. It has changed so much, that if you compare their early releases to the most recent, you'll see what I'm talking about. In 2001 they started their own label, Moonbootique bringing artists like them to light.



Moonbootica is something of a legend in their own lifetime. They have played with, produced and remixed the best. Names like Planet Funk, Tiga and Mando Diao are liberally sprinkled across their C.V.

Following on from their 2005 debut LP, Moonbootica has just released their second album “Moonlight Welfare” . I'll leave you a track of this album. Hope you like it.

Enjoy!

Moonbootica - Strobelight

RYDR.