I know, I know who needs this song blogged for the 10th time… I can’t not post it. It was a long time ago since I’ve heard anything new by the Crystal Castles. Sadly, it’s only a remix now and I’m not particularly fond of White Lies who are just another band of the post-post-punk/Joy Division-esque/Interpol (good) - Editors (bad) heritage. Or if I want to be a bit cruel then… anyone has any memories about The Bravery? Yeah, right: “it was an honest mistake woo-huu” haha White Lies could easliy cover it or a Killers song.

On the other hand, the remix, done by the guy part of Crystal Castles, is much much better than the original! Nice work on the vocals and the synth makes it more interesting. The motor-sound reminds me of something, maybe SebastiAn. No, I know, Le Castle Vania remix of Kill the Noise’s Hey You. Nevertheless, a mediocre indie song became a cool, atmospheric disco-track.

White Lies - Death (Crystal Castles remix) [zshare] // White Lies - Death (Crystal Castles remix) [ysi]

So I don’t think our love, or most others’ love for le Castles de Crystal need to be expressed to any greater extent… that is until Lazrtag’s re-work of Crimewave hit bloggaland. Lazrtag hail from Hollywood and their taste for remixes originals shows it: Britney Spears and Rihanna among others have been given brushwork by the lads’ laptops. The Crimewave edit is tops — gives it just the punch it needs for another ciruit on the dancefloors — or you can be sure on our dancefloors at least.

The CC album as a whole is on sale at your favorite local record store and even more conveniently on itunes, so hit them up and give support. My favorite of the lot that hasn’t been given so much attention is Reckless. Worth a listen, and more.

Crystal Castles vs. Health - Crimewave (Lazrtag Remix) [zshare] // Crystal Castles vs. Health - Crimewave (Lazrtag Remix) [yousendit]

Crystal Castles - Reckless [zshare] // Crystal Castles - Reckless [yousendit]

You already know how much we like Crystal Castles. You are aware as well of our love for remixers from London. The following track is around for a while (exactly from September, 2007) but I’ve just discovered it and thought that it’s so remarkably INSANE that I have to share it somehow. So get ready for the remix of Alice Practice by Futurecop! It’s sick.

Futurecop! is inspired by 80s sci-fi movies and cartoons. Sounds hip, right? They’re going to be huge so you don’t wanna miss it now. They’re a duo now but ‘Manzur Igbal’ started it alone and he learned to make music on his own! Awesome. The whole futuredisco concept was invented by a German DJ, now FutureFlashs. He coined the name ‘future disco’. Check the myspace for mix-series.

“Modern synthetic electronic Sound mixed with much Space Elements, influenced by Retro ..70 and ..80 Sounds and Samples of the TV and Pop Culture - a perfect new Sound Mix, called - Future Disco - is born. A new Dimension of ultra modern melodic but banging Space Sound rocks the whole Dancefloor.”

It’s a nice expression, I’ll stick to it. Or how post-daft sounds? Nevermind, the thing is that it’s shiny and brand new! Discodust blog parties from Germany or Valerie crew (who actually inspired the new term) from France are maybe the most well-known examples. So be prepared for artists like SymbolOne, Moulinex, Minitel Rose, and a lot of stuff from Australia cause they’ll take the dancefloor over in a short time. Kunk is on the bandwagon. We’re gonna bring future disco.

Crystal Castles - Alice Practice (Futurecop! remix) (zshare)

Crystal Castles - Alice Practice (Futurecop! remix) (y. s. i.)

CFCF is a guy from Canada called Michael Silver. I knew that we would have to watch out for him in 2008 after he’d done the brilliant remix of HEALTH’s Triceratops. He has the taste to choose songs. For hipsters, the remixes of Crystal Castles and Justice are the most interesting stuff. However, now I’m gonna post two remixes that are newer and more surprising. The first one is Sunset Beach by The Teenagers and the other is an interpretation of a classic soulful disco hit from the 70s: Midas Touch by Midnight Star (video) Perfect music for tired moments of the day like dawn and dusk when nothing is clear, no strict lines, everything is blurry, and you only have feelings that you can’t put to words because you’re too tired but it’s all about half-smiles and melancholy.

The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (CFCF remix) (zshare)

The Teenagers - Sunset Beach (CFCF remix) (y.s.i.)

Midnight Star - Midas Touch (CFCF remix) (zshare)

Mindnight Star - Midas Touch (CFCF remix) (y.s.i.)

HEARTSREVOLUTION is a girl+boy band from LA, now in New York. Their label is IHeartComix. They announced a remix contest for their upcoming remix single: C.Y.O.A (Choose Your Own Adventure) which will be out 11th March. Here’s the video. The 12” will feature a lot of remixes by big names (Brodinski, CFCF, etc). In addition Flosstradamus and LA Riots made remixes for their tracks as well. IHeartComix (obviously), Missingtoof and Discobelle are showing them a lot of hype and love. Plus they are in Nylon magazine’s Dec/Jan 2008 issue.

The couple met while working in a hotel. They started to make music together because the girl is in ice cream truck business (still in service) and she wanted music to play through the truck’s sound system. This is the fucking element of surprise to get discovered. This shows that they make the newest sounding electro stuff but they have the experimenting d.i.y. punk attitude without which electronica is just bpm.

Apparently there’s nothing new I can say about them. The upper stuff is written to be proof that you have to hear this band because they are going to be huge really fast.

The first song is a remix of CYOA. It’s by Lauren Flax who’s a DJ of IHeartComix. She also remixed Morningwood and Le Tigre. The original CYOA has some elements from electroclash, noise and riot grrrl vocals. The remix is kinda calmed by the synths (those sound like Matrix movie…freaky) and reminds me of the CFCF remix of Triceratops by HEALTH.

HEARTSREVOLUTION - C.Y.O.A. (Lauren Flax remix)

The other is Prism Effect. The original has Cory Kennedy, the internet celebrity highschool girl for a guest appearance. The remix is by Acid Girls who are like fucking cool bloggers/djs/producers from LA. It was on the bands self-released split single with Crystal Castles.

HEARTSREVOLUTION - Prism Effect (It’s Not The Size That Counts Acid Girls edit)

Since I’ve first heard the “I wanna…” chanting in ‘Trash’ about a year and half ago I adore The Whip. It was a soundtrack song for the summer of 2006.

They are from Manchester, UK. Their songs are featured on Kitsuné Mainson 3 and 4. They are remixed by and remixing the coolest acts around the UK and France. They have 5 singles out: Frustration, Trash, Divebomb (video), Muzzle No. 1 (video) and Sister Siam (video) They are going on tour next year with Simian Mobile Disco.

Everyone can guess now the kind of music they play. Usually, the whole new dance movement is ‘blamed’ on Daft Punk which is not really the truth. Whatever, they play electronic dance stuff with guitars, laptop, synth, etc. They are like a softer version of Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Here’s a selection

Remixed

The Whip - Trash (Cassette Jam remix)

The Whip - Divebomb (Crystal Castles remix)

The Whip - Muzzle No. 1 (The Bloody Beetroots remix)

The Whip - Sister Siam (Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya remix)

Remixing

The Black Ghosts - Any Way… (The Whip remix)

The KBC - KBC (The Whip remix)

Asobi Seksu - Strawberries (The Whip remix)

So, we’re in budapest. And, things are okay. But, could be better. There’s this party, KUNK, that’s being upgraded from its previous informal operation, into a fully fledged monthly. The resident djs, and authors of this blog are brandon (american) and cigi (hungarian). We like good music, which can be at times, difficult to stumble upon in these parts. So, if you’re an artist, dj, or just passing through town, check us out!

As a first step, a woefully inadequate introduction to KUNK flavor:

Justice - DANCE (mstrkrft remix)

Late of the Pier - Space and the Woods (neon plastix mix)

Crystal Castles - 1983

Datarock - Fa Fa Fa (shakes remix)

Daft Punk - Da Funk

L7 - Pretend We’re Dead

Hot Chip - My Piano (diplo remix)

Billy Ocean - Loverboy

(yes, that last one is Billy Ocean, mad props for the BO!)