Are we finally emerging from Groundhog season? Like me, do you feel as though each and every day of 2021 thus far has had the feeling as though a mysterious force keeps hitting the repeat button? UK Lockdown #3 has been a real stinger, hasn’t it? So you, therefore, might need a reminder of what new music went down in January and February?… We thought as much! So we’ve pulled our finger out and compiled the new March 2021 edition of our Spotify playlist “This Beat Is Poptronik.” Want to know more?… we’re only too happy to oblige…

MARCH 2021

Who is featured?

This week the 78th Golden Globe Awards took place. The awards recognizing excellence in film, both American and international, and American television. We couldn’t help but notice Sia had been nominated for the Best motion picture – musical or comedy award for her movie “Music” when we were thumbing through the noms. (We cover (Raj covers) film reviews as well. If you hadn’t noticed.) What can we say, other than Sia was robbed by “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” So we’ve taken it upon ourselves to crown Sia queen of the March 2021 “This Beat Is Poptronik” playlist. Bagging the top spot with “Together” a song brimming with positivity and hope.

With a melody as slinky smooth as buttercream and just as sweet. Newcomer Jack Newsome has two playlist placements. Start with his latest jam “Arms.” “The Year The World Stood Still” will help you get another feel of his artistry. A potent singer-songwriter force, we have a very good feeling about.

We have never heard the Billy Idol track “Eyes Without a Face” sound so chill, but we are in rapture with the new Poolside remix. The blissed-out production is totally a new flavour to behold.

Long live Baby Queen! I’m pretty sure “Raw Thoughts” is my most streamed track of 2021, already. No coincidence then, Bella Latham has made the playlist twice. With her lyrics, she, is so, brilliant and being hugely relevant at the same time. Surely, “These Drugs” is as deep as it gets. It is so raw.

Sound On. “Bad Tattoo” from HYYTS is dreamy delicious, electro-pop teamed with, an intelligent social commentary that takes you on a journey.

Don’t miss gems from Allie X, Sam Feldt and Kesha, Nick Jonas, London Grammar, Greyson Chance and Conan Gray

Who you should have on your radar:

Sweden’s flyckt shares innovative track “Love Is Overrated.” Arresting soundscapes, palette cleansing and very addictive.

The pop is strong on “Champagne Butterflies” from Ireland’s Wild Youth. Irridescent, addictive indie-pop met with synth grooves.

Drink up the summer vibes. Alfie Templeman makes us aware he’s the hottest new indie-pop talent to watch with brilliantly good “Everybody’s Gonna Love Somebody.”

DISCOVER rising electro-pop innovator Leif Coffield who will revitalise your senses with mesmerising, boundary-pushing track “Say My Name.”

A gem. Drew Sycamore – “45 Fahrenheit Girl” a little, reminiscent of Miley Cyrus. Deserves to be a Europop smash. Pop with an electronic heartbeat.

Digitized, glitchy sound. Hyper-pop stylings, similar to Charli XCX, A.G. Cook & SOPHIE. If “Soda Pop” indicates how Apollo Monroe does, exciting & edgy. We hope there’s more similarly buzzy, forward-thinking music ready to launch.

Please DO go and explore the March 2021 playlist and discover a new favourite track and/or artist for yourself. (While you’re sitting on a bench with a friend having a takeaway coffee.) Stayed tuned. Check back for more “This Beat Is Poptronik” news and an updated playlist sometime soon.

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A lot has happened since the last “This Beat Is Poptronik” update in March. As much as I hate to keep mentioning it. The wrath of COVID-19 and adjusting to life in lockdown, self-isolation or quarantine and observing social distancing when we venture out, has become a strange new norm. In light of everything which has been happening, we hope that our readers are staying healthy, safe, & sane! Despite the obvious adversities, it has been particularly heartening to see communities come together to support one another. The music industry especially, being an early adopter of finding new and innovative ways of keeping us all uplifted at this time. Livestream gigs and benefits have really, taken off. There are so many now that it is hard to keep up! The humble, playlist has become an even more important companion in these times.

Subscribing to the “This Beat Is Poptronik,” playlists means there is no excuse not to enjoy and support electronic, pop, and indie music, be it from established or newly, emerging artists. To make things even simpler, we have started up “This Beat Is Poptronik” 2020 Archive Playlist this month as well, which we will keep adding to (find it HERE)

The May edition of the playlist is now out, ready and waiting for you to download or stream, (whatever you prefer really) and pop into your ears.

Who is featured?…

Who could have predicted the opening spot would go to the Call Me Loop track “Downhill From Here“, huh? We couldn’t resist having little a joke. Nonetheless, the track is a pop-belter. Enjoy it much.

Blog favourites, Bright Light Bright Light, Sazzie, Tom Aspaul, SIRPAUL, REYNA, Alex Di Leo and Hannah Jane Lewis continued to show us what they do best.

Aluna (now solo) of AlunaGeorge stepped back into the pop arena. While Pet Shop Boys, Troye Sivan, Dua Lipa, Lennon Stella, Ava Max, HAIM and 5SOS threw more of their electrifying tracks into the ring.

Who you should have on your radar:

First up, from a voice that resonates with special magic. GRACEY who is currently enjoying her first official top 40 chart placing as the featured artist on the Kid 220 track “Don’t Need Love” – has changed the name of her lovely sad pop banger “Gone” to “Alone In My Room.” To reflect self-isolation and because Twitter told her too. She’s ace BTW.

From TikTok sensation to future-forward artist. Trevor Daniel embraces emotive pop sensibility head-on, on FINNEAS co-write and produced “Past Life.”

We are given a glimpse of Evie Irie’s spitfire personality on “Over Him” and definitely, have the appetite for more sassy pop songs from her.

We’ll be paying close attention to rising electronic producer pluko from now on because his track “used to” with Cassette Tapes is incredible electronic pop music.

Please DO go and explore the playlist and discover a new favourite track and/or artist for yourself.

We’ll update you again on “This Beat Is Poptronik” news next month.

Now that’s what I call electronic pop!

Only the best new pop, electronic and indie music makes it onto our This Beat Is Poptronik Spotify playlists.

Curated by Mandy Rogers and Raj Rudolph from EQ Music – This Beat Is Poptronik is your must-listen-to playlist to download on-the-go.

Turn it up and tune everything else out.

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What an exceptional month, February 2020, turned out to be for new music. It well and truly lived up to its promise and brought an avalanche of new pop tracks tumbling into our lives. Most of the time it felt as though the shortest month of the year was zooming by at fast-pace, just because of having one/two days less, there was just so much to cram in. And now, we get to take a look back at the crazy month in music, that was February 2020, because the latest edition of our “This Beat Is Poptronik” – March 2020 playlist is now out, ready and waiting for you to download or stream, (whatever you prefer really) and pop into your ears.

Subscribing to the “This Beat Is Poptronik,” playlists means there really is no excuse not to enjoy and support electronic, pop, and indie music, be it from established or newly, emerging artists.

Who is featured?…

She was cutting it fine right up until the last minute but in the end, Lady Gaga comeback track “Stupid Love” showed everyone else how pop needs to be done and as you would expect, the queen of pop grabs the top spot.

Equally, between them, Dua Lipa (“Physical”), Harry Styles (“Falling”) Greyson Chance (“Dancing Next To Me”) and Dagny (“Come Over”) released the best new music videos, for their A1 pop songs.

It’s the 20th Anniversary year of the Sugababes, and we know they are busy recording music. But we had a sweet surprise of a release from Mutya Buena with Electric Pineapple on the track “Black Valentine.” You would be crazy, mad to let the song fly under your radar.

Betty Who doesn’t just get one feature, but turns up on the playlist TWICE.

Newcomers to note:

Dallas-based synthwave duo, PRIZM really piqued our interest with their 80s styled nu-retro vibes.

It’s fair to say we’ve become a touch obsessed with Raissa. We feel her eclectic stylings are a little bit similar to that of early MARINA.

It is the second time in 2 months that we have featured KOOLKID. He has songwriting credits for BTS, the latest for “Inner Child” from “Map of The Soul: 7“

Please DO go and explore the playlist and discover a new favourite track and/or artist for yourself.

We’ll update you again on “This Beat Is Poptronik” news next month.

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It’s 2020! Not only has the New Year begun but a new decade as well. If you’re anything like me, it takes at least a week to get back into my stride once the festive holidays are over.

2019, what a year that was. Making the headlines, were the turbulent political landscape, Extinction Rebellion protests and the impacts of climate change and global warming. All being topics in the news we would wake-up to most mornings. On a happier note. There was music, and quite a lot of it, focusing on lending a voice or opinion on current social topics. But, music also brought us some splendid electronic pop tracks. That we felt we should put together a Spotify playlist of the EQ approved, best songs for 2019.

Over 80 tracks made it onto the “This Beat Is Poptronik – January 2020” playlist on Spotify. Totalling nearly, five hours worth of non-stop listening to the best electronic, pop and indie songs of 2019. It’s a good way of remembering the tracks you were crazy for and find others that you might have somehow overlooked.

These tracks will brighten up your day. Whether it’s your commute into work, cleaning the house from top-to-bottom or just taking a few minutes out for yourselves to enjoy a cup of coffee and a break from the daily grind.

I’ve listed the first 25, brilliant tracks below, but how many more new favourites will you find for yourselves on (link ->) “This Beat Is Poptronik – January 2020“?

1. Like Like – Lost Child
2. Shut Up – Greyson Chance
3. Juice – Lizzo
4. Party Pill – Cub Sport
5. Like I Do – Nosaint
6. Lucky Strike – Troye Sivan
7. Medellín (with Maluma) – Madonna
8. Hot Sauce – Butterjack
9. Drink Too Much – G Flip
10. Adore You – Harry Styles
11. Icy – Kim Petras
12. Superstar – MARINA
13. I Don’t Know What’s Cool Anymore – Alphabeat
14. Tempo (Feat Missy Elliott) – Lizzo
15. Take You Home – Dido
16. Lottery – jens
17. Ever Again – Robyn
18. OMM! – morgxn
19. Let It Be Me – Steve Aoki and Backstreet Boys
20. Turn Off The Light (feat Elvira) – Kim Petras
21. Stan Yourself – NEO10Y
22. Couldn’t Do It – Leon Else
23. When I’m With Me I’m Never Alone – Bad W0lfy
24. 1999 – Charli XCX and Troye Sivan
25. The Alarm – All Hail The Silence

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How in the world has November come so quickly? Last time I checked, we were enjoying the summer heat, now we’re all bundling up in our winter wear. We shouldn’t let the chilly weather get us down because when it comes to great music, take off those scarves and jackets because we have a brand new This Beat Is Poptronik playlist to warm you right up.

This month’s playlist features:

Ghost by Sleeping Wolf
WTF (Pop Culture) by Lovestarrs
Meteorite by Years & Years
You Won’t Know Where You Stand by Aquilo
Control by Operators
We Don’t Wanna Dance by Jane
The Great Escape by Noréll
I Wanna Shake You Out Of It by Young Kato
I Ain’t Missing You by Aston Merrygold ft. LDN NOISE
13^th Floor by Bravestation
Kaleidoscope by Fenech-Soler
That’s So Us by Allie X
Body Moves by DNCE
Are You Ready by Prides
One Bad Night by Hayley Kiyoko
Last Day Of Summer by Mickolai
Beast by Tungevaag & Raaban ft. Isac Elliot
Perfect Illusion by Lady Gaga
Never Ever by Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør
Perth by Avec Sans
My Love Is Gone by SAFIA
Brightside by Icona Pop
Miss You by James Hersey
City Boy by Nic Billington
Sunsets by Nick Pes
Shotgun by Rebecca & Fiona

It’s hard to believe that we only have one more This Beat Is Poptronik Playlist for 2016! So follow EQ Music on Spotify and stay tuned to see who may just make that list, right here on EQ Music Blog.

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When you were of school attending age, you may have looked at August 1st to have a freak out that the summer holiday is coming to a close.

Sometimes, you need to look past those inevitable events and enjoy what’s left of the fun.

That’s why we here at EQ Music Blog have curated this month’s edition of This Beat Is Poptronik

Available on Spotify and Apple Music.

Don’t be sad loyal readers.

The end of the summer doesn’t mean the end of great music.

There is so much more great sounds to come in 2016.

So, stay tuned for the next instalment of This Beat Is Poptronik, here on EQ Music Blog.

This month Poptronik playlist features:

Wild by Troye Sivan ft. Alessia Cara
Ready For Us by Draper Ft. Sykes
Worship by Years & Years
Wide Awake by Eric Saade ft Gustaf Norén
After Juliet by Boycode
Fool’s Gold by Dagny ft BØRNS
Comedown by PUZZLE
Let It Go by Stooshe
Forever by MIAMIGO
You Don’t Know Love by Olly Murs
Praying by BB Diamond
Bury It by CHVRCHES ft Hayley Williams
Somebody Else by The 1975
UDSM by KLOE
One IN A Million by Midnight to Monaco
Second Nature by Stalking Gial
Fever by Roosevelt
Feel My Love by Jake Quickenden
Numbers by Kaptan
Thinkin’ Bout You Baby by NØVE

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Let’s be honest here. May was just not the greatest month in music. With the loss of a legend and the resurgence of that annoying “It’s gonna be May” *Nsync meme, it’s time to start a new. If it’s true that April showers bring May flowers

Let the latest edition of This Beat is Poptronik be the miracle grow to a great month in pop!

May’s Poptronik playlist brings a hot dose of what you need to get start off the month right featuring:

‘Go’ by M83 ft. Mai Lan- Serena caught M83 in concert last month and couldn’t wait to share her experience as an instant converted fan. ‘Go!’ is their latest single off their April album release Junk.

‘Kamikaze’ by Young Brother- the single ‘Kamikaze’ has been out for about a year now. Though, proving great things come to those who wait; in a years’ time, Young Brother teamed up with Ultra and unleashed a 80s infused 8-bit adventure for his debut video for the aforementioned single.

‘Sail Away’ by Man Made Time- Nothing makes the staff at EQ more excited than when an out-of-the-box thinking new act becomes known to us. This past month, Man Made Time awoke our senses with a future sound served of their forward thinking creative direction. A sonic template cut heavy from the percussion section set aside placement of esoteric electronic undertones that provided a fitting sonic dance floor for otherworldly gilded vocals.

‘Give It Up’ by Nathan Sykes ft. G-Easy- The all grown up boy bander has delivered something incredibly sultry. Nathan’s latest single showcases his soul stylized vocals to their fullest, and yes… you do hear a sample of the 90’s hit ‘Don’t Leave Me’ by Blackstreet.  I guess April marked the month that could go down in history is one where the boy banders show that they are true men! With the release of Nathan’s latest video you get a look at everything you ever wanted to see from him and more… Just wait for those fan fics.

‘I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler’ by YACHT – this LA based band opened up for M83. ‘I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler’ takes a stylized look at what the 21^st century has become with the addition of synths and truly 80’s inspired vocals. YACHT proves that it’s okay to come to a show early, you don’t know what kind of treasures you may find.

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March 2016 was quite the month for pop music. As the temperature began to rise, so did the hot new pop beats caressing our ear drums.  It’s a new month, and that can only mean one thing…

A brand spanking new “This Beat Is Poptronik” playlist for April 2016!

From the past 31 days, we’ve compiled the 25 best tracks that have graced the pages of EQ Music for your own listening pleasure.

This month’s Poptronik beats include:

“You Are The Only One” by Sergey Lazarev – Thunder and lightning, the face of euro pop has gotten exciting! With an upbeat, positive, love song matched with innovative and striking visuals in the accompanying video; When Sergey takes the Stockholm stage with the pop banger ‘You Are The Only One’ this May, the world will finally see what we’ve been talking about all these years.

“Until The End” by New Arcades – We can always look to New Arcades for the consummate dose of synth-pop. After firing great electronic nuggets out for a substantial amount of time, this past month the duo released their latest single ‘Until The End.’ In mixing up the old and the new, New Arcades arrive with the power of busting synth-pop, glistening in nostalgia too.

“One Strike” By All Saints – There hasn’t been quite the girl band presence in the charts since the late 90’s has there? As of late Little Mix and Fifth Harmony have been quite comfortable at the top… until now. It’s true All Saints are officially back! This past month brought the first single off their new album “Red Flag” entitled ‘One Strike.’ Too look at and hear them, you wouldn’t think of them as 20 years older. The girls are still able to harmonize as well as they did then, then with a modern 2016 edge!

“Coda” By Kill J – Through ethereal meets synth pop sounds, Kill J takes the listener on a journey of full blown empowerment. For the non-musically educated, the term coda is the ending passage of a piece of music. ‘Coda’ takes the listener on a full blown tempo roller coaster whilst delivering a powerful message of standing up for yourself by taking the last word in the end.

Raj had a chance to check out Kill J live at SXSW, check it out here.

“Close” by Nick Jonas ft. Tove Lo – He’s not a boy anymore! By taking inspiration from the moody vocal stylings of his featured counterpart Tove Lo, Nick Jonas tells the true story of the magic and madness of love. By using the analogy of fear, ‘Close’ describes the separation of two lovers when the other is too afraid of commitment. Taking the literal expression of that fear, the video also turns up the heat. No worries it’s a video safe for work! They’re just showing the world the forces of love that not even a rocket scientist can explain.

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by Serena Butler

Ladies and gentleman, after a three year hiatus. POPTRONIK IS BACK.

For those of you who may be new to EQ Music Blog, Poptronik is a multi-faceted attachment to what you read here. The focus being to shine a spotlight on those in pop music who have a true understanding and appreciation of the power of pop music. If they know what they are doing in pop, and of course doing it well; we will expose you to their talents.

For 2016, This Beat Is Poptronik has been reborn into a monthly Spotify playlist of standout artists with releases from the past 30 days that truly deserve more than just a passing glance via blog review.

By following EQMusic on Spotify, you’ll be tuned into what is hot and happening in electronic pop each month and for months to come.

20+ fabulous tracks all at your fingertips such as…

Playing Out by ‘Next Of Kin’ ft. RAFF : A track that brings quite the combination of electro and soul to kiss your ears sweeter than a Cadbury Egg. RAFF has recently caught the attention of writers over at Buzzfeed naming RAFF one of the 25 “Brilliant Musicians You Need To Discover NOW!”

‘Youth’ by Troye Sivan: The track brings a gentle electro pop melody to basking in the light of true love. Virtually coming out of nowhere the South African born artiste has taken over the world by storm.

‘Waste My Time’ by Girl Friend : The Manchester outfit changed up their crisp, indie lead synth-pop by teamed up with LVTHER to spread a little nu-disco hue of tropically filtered electro-funkiness on their new single. Look for their new EP this month!

Happy Days by Brooke Candy: A true pop chameleon has expanded her musical repertoire by venturing into our electronic pop world. The dark pop is quite the change to her hip-hop releases in the past. Brooke Candy proves with this release that she is able to cross genres and experiment. A true asset when it comes to delivering pop music.

‘Jealousy’ by Robert DeLong : The one man electro band has delivered an electro infused middle finger to the jealous lover in this upbeat track. The upbeat melody delivers a feeling of strength not having to put up with someone’s lies.

THE HISTORY OF POPTRONIK
With explosive beginnings back in 2012, Poptronik saw the release of the first compilation mix aptly named ‘This Beat Is Poptronik – Volume 1’ Little did we know that Poptronik would lead to much bigger things…

With a positive world wide response, EQ Music took Poptronik Poptronik to the people by launching the very first Poptronik Festival in Sitges, Spain. The festival brought out many faces from the pop and electronic scenes both new and old such as: Andy Bell of Erasure, Lady Gaga collaborator Fernando Garibay, SIRPAUL, Monarchy, Cazwell, Electrovamp and many more. Just check out the fabulous highlights below.

In 2013, Poptronik took another turn. With the success of crowdfunding campaigns becoming much more relevant. Poptronik decided to take a look at the 98% of artists/musicians outside of the major label bubble by giving them their own spotlight with This Beat Is Poptronik – Volume 2.

With the three years behind us, the mission of Poptronik remains the same – to help the world see even more artists who are more than deserving to share the charts with with the industries top 2% of artists signed to majors.

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