Wow, weird title. Like a science fair or something. Nevermind, CSK OK is…umm…I don’t know how to put this but yeah, the guy is from Sydney, Australia. Very surprising, huh? His name is Cassian, he’s talented and only 19. He sent us his rework of The Galvatrons’ When We Were Kids. We’ve posted the Bag Raiders remix of this one and here’s another great Aussie combo again between Melbourne and Sydney.

I think I’m not going to hear the original song. First, I didn’t bother to check The Galvatrons out because they look ugly. Of course, who cares, but it just didn’t appeal to me. However, if remixes like this keep coming I’m really not gonna listen to the original. Might ruin it. Pay attention to CSK OK, really awesome dense space-ish sound and he plays the guitar which is great cause guitars play an important part in good pop music, you know, a Pioneer 1000 MK3 is not everything. And he plays keyboard for Snob Scrilla electro hiphop act. Seems like there are breeding grounds in Austrilia which are like fertilized with cool music. I really wish flight tickets would be cheaper from there.

The Galvatrons - When We Were Kids (CSK OK remix) (zshare) // The Galvatrons - When We Were Kids (CSK OK remix) (y. s. i.)

Cut Copy’s second album is gonna be on lots of end-year lists. It is THE summer album and a great electro sound which stands as milestone for anything new in the scene. The scene from France to Germany to Australia to Pluto. We were on and on about Aussie stuff here at Kunk HQ and Cut Copy is the prominent Australian act.

Hearts on Fire was the first thing I heard back in 2007 from the upcoming album and the laid-back 80s cool disco bulit on waves and sandcastles got my attention from the first time. Now, officially released as a single with a video right by its side remixers attacted it. The list is heavy: Midnight Juggernauts, Calvin Harris and Joakim among others. However, I didn’t like any of the previous. Somehow they took away the smoothness. Holy Ghost’s is kinda near the stuff I was looking for. They are from Brooklyn and on DFA (awesome). Their own track Hold On is great. The best remix, however, was done by a relatively smaller name: Knightlife. They are absolutely cool, remixing Bag Raiders, Alex Gopher (with Riot in Belgium) so they are supposed to become huge. Australia, yeah. Their label is Cutters Records set up by - surprise! surprise! - Cut Copy.

Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Knightlife remix) (zshare) // Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Knightlife remix) (y. s. i.)

Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Holy Ghost remix) (zshare) // Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire (Holy Ghost remix) (y. s. i.)

Warning! Coolness alert! We’ve already posted about GRUM a couple times but I think we haven’t mentioned Le Castle Vania yet. I first heard about Dylan Eiland when he remixed Kill the Noise’s Hey You and that was some amazing gasoline on the fire. Umm…he was remixed by The Toxic Avanger and LA Riots so the hipness-o-meter is just rising and rising exponentially. And of course, opening for Steve Aoki can never hurt for a successful dj-career. Dj Dylan remixed Snowden, 120 Days and the newest stuff is this GRUM song. Thanks to DiscoDust.

GRUM - Go Back (Le Castle Vania remix) (zshare) // GRUM - Go Back (Le Castle Vania remix) (y. s. i.)

This tune bangs and everything. Not better than the original, maybe it’s just fitted for a bit more dancefloor-madness. The sad thing is that I can’t not like it. Why wouldn’t I want to? Take a look at this photo:

Now take a look at this one:

Am I the only one who thinks that there’s something wrong with the universe? First I thought this is a joke. I mean WHAT THE FUCK? And it’s not just about looks. Or it is only about that. I must say that I would choose darkness. The whole thing is so artificially cheesy, it gives me the creeps to think about the future celebrity events, by then everyone will have a button on his hand to trigger a electronic orgasm…Burroughs-style. BiBaBiDi was so right: “Hack DJs clutter out clubs pretending to be the voices of a generation, but have no idea what the hell their generation is, who don’t give a rat’s, and haven’t an iota of a clue as to how to become relevant. Let’s just mosh in the meantime, right? Next time you consider checking out Le Castle Vania or Steve Aoki or Guns ‘n Bombs, resolve to staying home and watching Jeopardy at 3 AM. It’s better than walking into a club, immersing yourself in the noise and confusion, and fooling yourself into thinking it’s music.”

So yeah, you can download this one and bang it with superbass (which is okay, I do it sometimes) or jump a post backwards for the Hammer of Gods track.

Okay, something must be going on in the cold North with the long winters, winds, and snow because they are just going crazy. Sweden is for the UK what Australia is for France…umm…or the other way around? Or not? So yeah, here’s Kleerup, Andreas. I think he was hyped first when he did the collaboration with Ann…I mean Robyn on ‘With Every Heartbeat’ (video) What is it with hearts, beats and music from North? Next big thing is gonna be that he got Lykke Li featured on his album along with other Swedish pop singers, including Lisa Milberg from The Concretes. Swedes do it to each other, nice “intensive farming”.

Funny thing is, I think the better part of the album is when he’s on his own. Then the atmosphere is like Neverending Story. Or maybe the obvious association could be La Boum-esque dancing with a headphone alone on a crowded dancefloor with 80s discoballs. But these songs are truly perfect for days full of ugly hangovers when you just wish to sit on a glacier above everything with cold winds clearing your aching head. Superman sitting on the icy top of the world, sadly holding and staring at some cryptonite in his hands.

Kleerup - Thank You For Nothing (zshare)

Kleerup - Thank You For Nothing (y. s. i.)

Everyone loves Digitalism. They are so cool, even cooler than Justice. The Chewy Chocolate Cookies are from London/Paris with an awesome sound that is easy to recognize and they are so nice that they sent us their version of Idealistic which was the best track on Digitalism’s debut. The starting drums are soooo heavy, we’re gonna play this song a lot. CCC aren’t on the bandwagon of the French stuff, for me they are representatives of the more experimental and non-compromising trend of British new electro like South Central. It shows in the bands they mixed so far: CCC remixed Cazals, Genesis by Justice, The Whip, etc and Danger + Buy Now remixes are on the way. Their EP came out on Ekler’o’shock records in February entitled Pepites (buy it). Give them myspace love and check their blogs, you can buy their remixes and do other fun stuff.

Digitalism - Idealistic (Chewy Chocolate Cookies remix) (zshare)

Digitalism - Idealistic (Chewy Chocolate Cookies remix) (y. s. i.)

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]