Electric is Pet Shop Boys 12th studio album, and without question their most purely dancefloor-focussed to date; 9 club-ready cuts with heavy kick drums and screaming, neon synths very much the order of the day.
Dropping 22nd July is Flashmob’s superb remix of one of the track’s from the album, ‘Vocal’ which further draws out the already overt club influences in the record. Earlier this week The Guardian caught up with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe who picked out the 10 dance records that have most heavily influenced their new LP.
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NT: "When house music came along, the British musical community jumped on it immediately. Yet when we went to Chicago in 1988 to promote our album, we asked the record company representative: 'Can you take us to a house club?' He said: 'What's that?' This was on the third Chicago House album, called Acid Tracks. It's such a euphoric record with these inspirational lyrics: 'I can hear it on a timeless wavelength, never dissipating, but giving us strength.' He's talking about music. I love it when you get a feeling of hope and love on the dancefloor rather than that aggressive thing you get nowadays."
Read the full article on Guardian’s website
Pet Shop Boys ‘Vocal’ (Flashmob Remix) is out 22nd July
