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On their website, Manchester, England electronica / pop trio Delphic have announced that Modular Recordings will be releasing their debut EP in America in March. They have confirmed the EP will be available digitally on March 02, followed by an extremely limited 12″ vinyl run on March 16, just ahead of their appearance at this year’s Coachella on April 18. The band are already a big deal in their native England, coming in second in the BBC’s Sound of 2010 poll and having already sold out dates on their March UK tour.

The full track listings of the various packages are as follows:

12″ Vinyl
A1. Counterpoint (Original)
A2. Counterpoint (Renaissance Man Remix)
B1. This Momentary (Original)
B2. This Momentary (Nightmoves Remix)

Digital Bundle
01. Counterpoint (Original)
02. This Momentary (Original)
03. Sanctuary (Original)
04. Counterpoint (Renaissance Man Remix)
05. This Momentary (Nightmoves Remix)

Digital Bundle (iTunes Exclusive)
01. Counterpoint (Original)
02. This Momentary (Original)
03. Sanctuary (Original)
04. Counterpoint (Renaissance Man Remix)
05. This Momentary (Nightmoves Remix)
06. This Momentary (Everything Everything Remix)

Should you need convincing, watch the band’s live performance of “Doubt” (their latest single at home, released on January 04) a couple weeks back on the UK late night music tv program “Later with Jools Holland.”

Delphic’s debut album Acolyte was released in the UK by Kitsune Maison on January 11.

Delphic: website | myspace

Hello all. So, first, apologies, because this is going to be a slightly shorter remix entry than usual. That being so because I’m currently traveling and won’t be back in the good ol’ United States for another two weeks. But I didn’t want you to start your week off with nothing. However, I am currently in London discovering some solids sounds, which I will share when I return. But today I shall cover The Presets.

The Presets are a creative and extremely cutting edge electronic duo from Australia, signed on to the same label as Cut Copy and Van She, Modular Recordings. I first heard them with the release of their 2005 album, Beams. They released their sophomore album this year, Apocalypso, which met and surpassed their debut by far.

You can catch the duo on tour in the US beginning in Tallahassee, Fl. on March 27th and finishing up in Pomona, Ca. on April 20th. Check the band’s website for dates and venues.

website | myspace

“This Boy’s In Love”
“This Boy’s In Love” is a slightly different sound for the group. It’s more of an indie disco song, rather than their usual electronic punk. The song has heavy traces of Depeche Mode, particularly in the dark piano melody and the deep echo-y vocals. The vocals are what stand out in this song, they yearn, they’re nostalgic, they’re haunting. Musically it contains metallic synths and light looping percussion. It’s all a little dark romanticism.

Lifelike Remix
Though the original is a great song and I’m sure it will be a classic, I much prefer the remix by Lifelike. It has more synthesizers than driving electronic bass beats of the original, which gives it a softer feel. For me the song conjures up an image of a deep, dark night, a wet, one lane highway road on a mountain surrounded by deep green trees, the only light the moon and driving down that road very fast.

“Talk Like That”
Firstly, check out the video for this song. Very cool. It’s sort of reminiscent of the famous 1980s Apple Superbowl Commercial combined with Flashdance‘s Alex Owens wearing American Apparel; all slightly harking back to the novel 1984. This is a fast moving song, but eerie in so many ways, with sinister drums and bass, a chant like chorus, sharp paced disco synths and fuzzy guitars.

Miami Horror Remix
This mix comes with a lot of grit thrown into it. Though the original is slightly faster and certainly gloomier, it lacks a certain pertinence, which Miami Horror throws in with cut up, distorted, grinding synthesizers and guitars. The song is magically transformed from an ominous, disco pulse to a more suiting track for the clubs.