It’s that time of the month again… So Kunked podcast #3 is in Das Haus. Just to break up the whole ‘guys locker room’ feel of the proceedings, we invited the Polish babymommy of a local Hungarian rockstar to shoot the shit with us. Was Kasia able to tone down the banal, faggy, and vaguely-sexist chatter that cigi and i usually partake in? Listen and find out! Apologies again on the occasional mic static… one of these days we’ll finally have it all ironed out!

My favorite track of today’s episode takes the form of a production by a Dutch semi-Italo-disco-ite calling himself Alden Tyrell.  It was uncovered (at least to me) by the recent DVAS passion communication mix up and is straightforward but stellar. Literally stellar: you know, a gay space journey to reveal science fiction fantasies that take place only after all the alien autopsies have been conducted… a cosmic homosex adventure which rides the waves of supernovas and… okay… you get the point. But really, it’s nostalgically awesome, which means it’s so so present day right?

Covered in this episode:

• Late of the Pier - Focker
• Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season
• Boys Noize -NeOhPen (Danger Remix)
• Teenagers in Tokyo - Very Vampyr (DCup Remix)
• Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini
• Mates of State -  Now
• Baby Huey -Hard Times
• Opening Discussion - Hungarian Girls

So Kunked Podcast - Volume 3 [zshare]

Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini [zshare] // Alden Tyrell - Rendezvous at Rimini [ysi]

My favourite and trademark M.J. song ‘Beat It’ was raped by Boys Noize. (Thank you Missingtoof. The post there is called ‘Pop Remixed’ - awesome.) Or was it the other way around? I think I’ll go along with the second version.

Guilty pleasures are becoming cool. Everyone has them and everyone likes to deny. Just take a look at this picture and ask yourself: can you honestly say that it’s not superfucking hot? Natural selection is underway in bringing these pleasures to the light and surface. New artists take on songs from officially not-cool but in the ‘who the fuck cares about it’ sense they are awesome. Like M.J. Super hip djs the Villains did M.J. The Bloody Beetroots will get huge because of they are suprising! (Remixed Metallica, She’s a maniac, etc) Felix Cartal did Ashlee Simpson, Metronomy covered Toxic (it kinda sucks) and there’s a great remix of Kriss Kross’s Jump by D-L-i-d, etc. You might think that the remixers make these songs listenable but you are wrong. More likely, the remixers themselves are affected by the originals. Fun eats it’s way into the underground more explicitly.

The remix itself is forgettable. I’m not a big fan of Boys Noize. (Oi Oi Oi is ok but nothing more.) The last 2 and a half minutes are good but I think the dynamics are sorta lost and there should be more of the vocals. The effort is appreciated.

Boys Noize - Eat It (M.J. - Beat It)