We’ve posted about both of these acts. One is Does It Offend You, Yeah? (post), the other is LIFELIKE (post1, post2). The Epic Last Song, the last song of DIOYYs’ album got remixed by the French guy Laurent Ash. This remix sounds so great…i can compare it to CFCF (like i did with his Presets remix). It’s a laid back summer love song for hot nights, when you can run on green fields, watch stars, etc, when everything feels nice and easy and only the air is heavy. It has a discoish angle like the slower songs of The Teenagers or whatever.

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (LIFELIKE remix) (zshare)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (LIFELIKE remix) (y. s. i.)

Continuing in my WTF-style posts today seems like a good day for… trance! Yeah, trance, you know that stuff. Probably best exemplified by those in the global underground crew who visit a suburb near you and keep it 145 bpm for 17 hours on end. I’m generally a believer that if you have to take class A hallucinogens to enjoy the music you listen to, perhaps it’s time to consider the music you listen to. That said, this here track by Pryda — better known as Eric Prydz — ain’t too shabby. That is to say, I like it. And as I sit here, I testify to you that I am not on high on glue or whizz or any other exotic stimulant. At times the track drifts off into a monotonous haze but for the most part its nasty enough to make ‘introspective’ interesting.

And because we totally couldn’t make this post without mentioning… in case you couldn’t for the life of you remember why the name Eric Prydz is on the tip of your tongue… it was that video a few years back for Call On Me right?…

Oh yeah… that one. No telling what the vid for this one might turn out to be.

Pryda - MiamiAtlanta [zshare] // Pryda - MiamiAtlanta [yousendit]

The Wombats are a recent indie band from Liverpool, UK. They have their album out which is really cool and refreshing in the endless ocean of MTV2 bands. They have some hit singles and they climb the charts every time they produce a new one. And btw they are playing the Sziget on the 17th of August.

Backfire at the Disco is just going to backfire now. We like South Central, they made an awsome remix for The Whip and now they take the new - I think reissued - single from The Wombats and give it a heavy rave edge, it pulls like hell. Siren-esqe effects are definetly a signature. South Central = red alert. Vocals are nicely distorted and there’s even a melancholic guitar-slowdown part in the middle. This stuff was done with a lot of taste.

The Wombats - Backfire at the Disco (South Central remix) (zshare)

The Wombats - Backfire at the Disco (South Central remix) (y. s. i.)

Trashbagskids just posted an awesome remix. On the raped side are Valerie membersMinitel Rose, taking the rapers role are Fckn Crew.

Minitel Rose are a 3-piece 80s, future disco, sci-fi retro electronic act from France. They are gonna have their first release out on the 28th of May entitled The French Machine.

Fckn Crew are from France as well and they are kinda on the banger side of the scale. Their stuff is played by Les Petits Pilous and their favourites are The Bloody Beetroots. This is remix is very heavy and fits amazingly with the vocals.

Minitel Rose - Continue (Fckn Crew remix) (zshare)

Minitel Rose - Continue (Fckn Crew remix) (y. s. i.)

Before mykunk got started, if you would’ve shown me a list of artist I would’ve blogged about and asked me to rank them in order of likelihood to appear — Arman van Helden would’ve been sorted somewhere near Nickelback…. that is: NOT VERY FUCKING LIKELY. But all that changed upon hearing the fuzzy/glitchy/electro version of You Don’t Know Me dropped by our faves, Grum. Thanks to him, the New York housemeister suddenly got all 2008 on our ass! And now i’m officially totally confused on how to behave when hearing the track. If muscle memory has a counterpart for music which exists in the brain, that part is flashing red when the first few strains arrive — “get off dance floor! incoming bros flashing belt buckles alert! order whisky and hide in corner and snicker!” … but the part in my brain appreciating the re-edit is like “wait, this is allright…i like this… don’t hide.” Do i like or not, am i alive or dead, it is the Schroedinger’s Cat of remix responses.

Arman Van Helden - You Don’t Know Me (GRUM Remix) [zshare] // Arman Van Helden - You Don’t Know Me (GRUM Remix) [yousendit]

We’re not sure if bangers are indeed dead as Geewhiz mentioned a few days ago, but Kunk-land is totally approving of a modern disco-revival if it can be tastefully done. And Aeroplane have stepped right in to fill that gap if such a gap exists. I know many are obsessed with Glass Candy and though they’re not bad I can’t help but shrug my shoulders at most of their so-called ethereal disco sound… i need a bit more of a beat and a come hither and an urgency. Jetsetting provides that in spades.

From their myspace: “Aeroplane is the Belgium-based project of Stephen Fasano and Vito De Luca.Think psyché guitars, pop keys, melancholic waves and catchy bass lines meets disco beats… Their third 12″ “Whispers” will be released in April which is a collaboration with London Singer Kathy Diamond In the next few months they are a number of remixes coming for Lindström (Feedelity), Cut Copy (Modular) and Allez Allez (Eskimo), but also their debut album is in the pipeline for Eskimo which is planned for release at the end of 2008.”

I should add the Cut Copy remix is of Hearts on Fire — a groovy and stellar edit indeed.

Aeroplane - Jetsetting [yousendit]

Oh the sweet sounds of one’s own voices. Since hearing semi-bangers is sooo much more satisfying while the inane rantings of people you don’t know in person cover up the tracks, Cigi and I humbly give you episode one of the from now fortnightly podcast of Kunk, otherwise known as So Kunked - Music and More from Budapest, Hungary. We plan on pushing the boundaries of idiocy and lameness every two weeks, so be sure to join in the fun via your headsets or speakers. Soon we’ll get it tweaked out and set up on itunes and all that jazz, but for the moment you’ll have to hit it up via good ole zshare.

What’s in store if you download this monstrosity? The usual laptop chatter of two dudes high on coffee and beer, above all else. But for the sake of organization, and you know we are not anything if not organized (haha), each show will be roughly divided up into three parts: the first which handles the intro, as well as tackles one aspect of Budapest that Cigi and I deem ‘funny, lame, or awesome’; the second which contains our ramblings on our roughly 8 (4+4) mp3 picks of the last 2 weeks; and the final part in which we banter about upcoming events in our big village. Our goal (wha, we have a goal?), for those not residing in Hungary, is to shed a little light on the capital city and give a flavor for what we’re playing at our parties, hopefully enticing some visitors… and for those who already live here, just to see what’s happening in Kunk-land — a spoken word supplement to this blog and our gigs.

So Kunked Podcast - Episode 1 [zshare]

Songs covered in Episode 1:

• Class E Cal - X (kap10kurt remix)
• Cryptonites - Trippin’
• Datarock - FaFaFa (Miami Horrors remix)
• The Presets - Are you the one (Lifelike’s 1 Serious remix)
• Crystal Castles vs. Health - Crimewave (Lazrtag remix)
• Hadouken! - Declaration of War
• Hammer of Gods - Krautrock

Opening topic: Budapest Transportation

We’re not gonna post all the tracks that we shot the shit about here, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least lay down one of them, right? Right at ya then with the upcoming single of the new Hadouken! album… and if you like the track be sure to hit them up on their myspace where you can purchase every song and piece of merch your heart desires. As for the song? I say: Hadouken! = Limp Bizkit for the nu-rave generation. Does Cigi agree? Listen to the podcast and find out!

Hadouken! - Declaration of War [zshare] // Hadouken! - Declaration of War [yousendit]

Kunk’s guests Blamma! Blamma! released their first material on Dovecote Records. Featuring 3 songs including the club hit Carry Me Home. Only 500 copies, so hurry up and buy it! Here. Seems the guys did some serious work on making the tracks bang the dancefloor and the weird sounds/effects are still there, no compromises. Second song on the EP is below, killer synths and buzzy, strange rhythm electro. Grab it. Thanks Blammas for hitting us up.

Edit: First song on the EP is up, “Only Friend”, grab that baby as well

Blamma! Blamma! - Only Friend (zshare) // Blamma! Blamma! - Only Friend (yousendit)

Blamma! Blamma! - Let’s Do It, Then (zshare) //Blamma! Blamma! - Let’s Do It, Then (y. s. i.)

ps. the guys are looking for vocalists/mcs to work with, so if you can offer something heavy hit them up on their myspace above!

From time to time it’s good to take stock of your surroundings methinks. The Ektiv boys [post in Hungarian language] recently woke me up to the fact that I hadn’t checked in lately on Matt Modny in Vienna. His superfun MyBitchKlubb has been rocking for a couple years now, and it seems just this year he has a new venture starting up by the name of Numu (Kunk gives full approval of the logo font selection, btw ;)).  I’m liking the direction both MBK and Numu are going in terms of both guests acts and atmosphere, so keep it up Matt! Incidentally for an amusing set of pics from a mybitchklub party from last year checkout the page on my rarely-updated personal blog here. Kunk buddy Damian from Prague’s Heartbeats party was djing that night, which is why we made the trip up the Danube to be there.

Speaking of Heartbeats, it’s also gotten some traction in the past few months which is great to see. The bleep bleep revolution is in full swing Czech-side! Pete Carvell will be the upcoming guest dj there and they’ve had some killer recent acts as well, like Hostage and Tyskerhar.

To sum, I’m really happy to be rocking it here in the Central Europe these days. What we lack in a sea front, we make up with foresight, you see?  There is only one place for the future to be, and that is ahead of us. (On that tip, check back real soon on our event list as the Kunkers have a treat in store as well.)  In the meantime, we leave you with some future taste via a remix of the Cazals upcoming release, Somebody Somewhere, lovingly edited by Kunk faves Lifelike. Recent Kunk guests Blamma! Blamma! also have a remix on the release, as do homeboy from Munich, Luis, aka Moulinex.

Whew! My linky fingers are all tired out.

Cazals - Somebody Somewhere (Lifelike Remix) [yousendit]

Poni Hoax is a five piece band from Paris, France. Well, they are electro but they rock as well. Arty post-punk with catchy electronica. Their song Budapest made quite a buzz in 2005. It was remixed by Joakim. (I know him since the Hearts on Fire remix, seems now he co-produces their new LP and owns their label.) Now, with their second album entitled Images of Sigrid (TigerSushi records, 28th April) they are gonna triumph. Antibodies starts like a Blondie song and (video) was their previous single in 2007 and the next one is Pretty Tall Girls which is quite awesome. When the chorus hits in it kinda blows anyone’s head off.

Poni Hoax - Pretty Tall Girls (zshare)

Poni Hoax - Pretty Tall Girls (y. s. i.)