So it has been a big last couple of weeks here at The Blue Walrus. I have officially written my last essay for university – just exams to go – which makes that an end of an era – and also means that I have revision leave which means I can spend more time updating you lot on the best music around. Secondly, we have a new author on board – Lauren – which is awesome and will mean (hopefully) more regular updates. Look forward to her first post in the coming few days and let us know what you think. Thirdly, a couple of friends and I have launched a free bi-monthly magazine for the Edinburgh area called The Supplement – which is basically a little bit like The Week, but more irreverent along with some arts reviews and a music section by yours truly.

Onto the electro…

As usual we have some awesomeness from a variety of places with some bands/artists you should have heard of and others you may not. I have to say a special thank you to Electrorash for a few of these gems who have been getting it right all the time for a while now. (edit 05/04/2008 – oops posted the wrong Cajuan track at first so please re-download it if you want the one I originally meant to post)

We’ve got The Shoes making Primary 1 sound even better, Rogerseventytwo adding his special touch to Yelle creating a French disco track that I think betters almost anything I’ve heard this year. Boys Noize are keeping their level of filthy hard electro where it should be, with Fantasadon going even heavier which I wasn’t sure was possible without becoming just straight growling distortion. Toxic Avenger finishes the mix with a Lies In Disguise remix creating some beautiful beeping climaxes that has defined their sound for a while.

01. Primary 1 – Hold Me Down (The Shoes Remix)
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02. Yelle – Ce Jeu (Rogerseventytwo Bounce Remix)
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03. Midfield General – Disco Sirens
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04. Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat
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05. Boys Noize – Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
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06. GRUM – Go Back
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07. Nelson – I Say You Can’t Stop (DatA Remix)
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08. Fantastadon – Anasthesiologist
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09. Leonard de Leonard – Elephantizer (Facteur)
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10. Cajuan – Raven (Cajuan’s Moog Rave Remix)
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11. Toxic Avenger – Poker Face (Lies In Disguise)
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If you are struggling to download any of the individual tracks from my file server you can also get them at:
Drio.io/electricity8

You can also download the whole mix as a zip file:
Clap your Hands to the Electricity Vol.8