Yet another out of the Southern hemisphere side of the planet, Miami Horror is the purveyor of bubbly, summery sounds that make one feel like they are playing in water up to their knees. Given their home state is a hot island, one can understand! In recent days a couple of their remixes have been making waves (har, har) and if you’re a MH fan you won’t be disappointed. Remember that song in the late 90s with the kite in the video and that kid? Right, sure you do. Anyhow The Music Sounds Better With You might just sound even better now… or at least just swap out the kite and replace it with a jet ski. FellowAussies the Presets also got hit up with a dependable edit.

Of course Kunk’s all-time fave Miami Horror remix remains their edit of Datarock’s FaFaFa which we ‘podcasted’ about (episode here) a few months back. Totally gave that ‘okay, but not great’ song a breath of life.

In meta convergence news, Miami Horror will actually be partying in Miami this weekend! No word on if they will, or will not, bring the horror.

Props to Discobelle and Southside on the trax.

Stardust - The Music Sounds Better with You (Miami Horror Remix) [zshare] // Stardust - The Music Sounds Better with You (Miami Horror Remix) [ysi]

The Presets - Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix) [zshare] // The Presets - Talk Like That (Miami Horror Remix) [ysi]

It’s been quite a while since the new album of M83 came out. I really like M83 but I haven’t written about it so now, with the DatA remix of the new single, Kim and Jessie, I have a reason.

The fourt studio album Saturdays = Youth came out on 15th April. Anthony Gonzalez from France always made beautiful melancholic music from coming from behind the veil that separates us from the other world. The overture You Appearing is one of his best songs ever. According to Gonzalez, the album is about the 80s, the wasted youth, teenagers. Hip themes. Buy it here.

The next single will be out July 21. Kim and Jessie in the original is a weird pop song with extraordinary waves of instruments. Great stuff and no compromises, the catchy sound is a product of post-rock and shoegazing aesthetics. My Bloody Valentine jumps to my mind. He got remix-attention from hip acts like Yuksek for the previous single, for this, the DatA edit really fits. It strengthens the original otherworldly feeling but gives it a La Boum-esqe twist. DatA is a great guy btw, his remixes of Big Face, Tepr and Chromeo could rule the dancefloor. France at its best.

M83 - You Appearing [zshare] // M83 - You Appearing [ysi]

M83 - Kim and Jessie (DatA remix) [zshare] // M83 - Kim and Jessie (DatA remix) [ysi]

Cigi says: Luis, the Munich-based, Portugal-original — better known as Moulinex — will be making it Budapest-side this weekend. We’ve been posting about him for a time, now it’s really cool to see the Kollektiva guys got him for a summer show. And by summer show, I mean summery sounds and atmosphere, you know, that everyone likes: open-air, cocktails, cigarettes, whatever. Moulinex is suited for it. You can find a lot of stuff by him via Hypem, I decided to post my favourite mini-banging spacetrash song: Down and Out. Keep your ears peeled for Moulinex in 2008, he’ll be doing a shitload of awesome stuff. D.I.S.C.O. TEXAS label rules.

Brandon says: In other related news, those of you from Budapest who frequent Kunk parties know we have a weak-spot for particularly bad pop music. Like, Backstreet Boys bad. Like, I Want It That Way closes out nearly every party we throw and Everybody creeps into way too many sets. It turns out we aren’t the only boys in this town who get a kick out of the boys from the backstreets. The Headshot Boyz are also in the Ektiv crew and will open up for Moulinex this weekend — they recently did some handywork on the aforementioned Everybody that definitely turns up the heat on the original. It’s not quite up Kunk’s alley (or, backstreet) in terms of style, but we’ve got to give them credit for hitting up a fave of ours that will put a positively perverted twist into any night out upon hearing it.

Now, if a lone remix floating in blogga-land could only get Nick Carter back together with Paris Hilton, the world would be all the better for it.

  Moulinex - Down and Out [zshare] // Moulinex - Down and Out [ysi]

  Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Headshot Boyz Remix) [zshare] // Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Headshot Boyz Remix) [ysi]

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.)

I’ve had my eye on Breakbot since the cute little dancy number that was making minor waves last summer — the aptly-named Summer Party. I thought it would gain a lot more traction… its failure to do so was probably a consequence of the whole Justice juggernaut sweeping otherwise deserving artists underneath the carpet for several months.

Nevertheless Breakbot has been methodically churning them out over the past months — during winter his PNAU remix dropped and was caramel chocolaty sweet — almost, but not quite — too sweet. His edit of Arrow’s Does was also superbly crafted… a mellow fare which adds to the original without destroying it.

Just recently he’s gotten back to the original vibe with Iron Zombie, a solid walking-through-the-streets jam which, pleasurable indeed, even if the title somehow doesn’t fit to the track.

For a nice diverse and consistent collection of quality work, Breakbot is definitely worth giving some myspaces love and keep your ear to his track for more releases!

I feel all tender and sweet now, just like the sound and the photo…awww.

Breakbot - Summer Party [zshare] // Breakbot - Summer Party [ysi]

Breakbot - Happy Rabbit [zshare] // Breakbot - Happy Rabbit [ysi]

PNAU - Baby (Breakbot Remix) [zshare] // PNAU - Baby (Breakbot Remix) [ysi]

Arrow -  Does (Breakbot Remix) [zshare] // Arrow -  Does (Breakbot Remix) [ysi]

Breakbot - Iron Zombie [zshare] // Breakbot - Iron Zombie [ysi]

Sexy in black, scary in black, synths in black, sedated in black… The Black Ghosts are Prince with the hair of Robert Smith in a giant disco on the other side of heaven and the river Styx. The duo from London are one of the most entertaining electro acts nowadays. With a lot of diversity and a tasteful combination of influences they are getting ready for the July 8 release date of their debut LP. Pre-order from the label.

I won’t write a lot, everyone has posted about them and clearly it’ll be hard to live up to the expectations and the hype but I have a strong feeling that they won’t dissappoint. The vocals of ex-Simian singer, Simon Lord is like the best relaxing massage which rejuvenates the body and the soul so you wanna jump back to the tranquilized dancefloor made up of stars which have sexual desires. Watch out, darkness lurks in the shadows…umm…yeah, so the depths of human soul are scary, even in the most calm situations. Neurotic stuff and the unconscious haunts in easy listening. With the music supporting the whole thing, it will dominate upcoming Valentine’s Days’ twisted mixtapes…if you know what I mean haha…pfff… Seriously, watch the lyrics, brilliant.

The Black Ghosts - I Don’t Know (zshare) // The Black Ghosts - I Don’t Know (y. s. i.)

“i don’t know what she did

but she did it to my head”

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.)

If you’re MGMT or Rafale, you don’t need any help these days in creating les sounds de jour. But having the ubiquitous Justice and remixer-extraordinaire Tepr lay down some Ableton hijinx on your shizz certainly can’t hurt. Not long ago we blawgged about Rafale and their 9 minutes opuses that feel more like 3… well, Rock It, Don’t Stop It was recently touched up by Tepr and we’re liking the end result, never mind that the end result is half the length of the original (and how often does *that* happen?!)

Brooklyn neo-psychedelias MGMT and Justice at first sound like an awkward pair, and honestly this track does feel a bit like two unrelated universes colliding together. But the blend somehow strangely works… if you’re living in Central Europe or other locales where absinthe is easy to get hold of, I’d recommend downing a shot of it while listening to enhance the flavor. Aw hell, while we’re at it… i’d recommend an absinthe at the start of nearly any evening to enhance just about everything.

Rafale - Rock It (Tepr Remix) [zshare] // Rafale - Rock It (Tepr Remix) [ysi]

MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix) [zshare] // MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix) [ysi]

Slow, dirty and heavy and recalling a different era that isn’t too removed from today but I can’t exactly place my finger on it, Tronik Youth’s new single shows how to keep a modest pace while not losing any hottness. Already there are several remixes of Laugh Cry Live Die floating around and undoubtedly there will be countless more — but I’m holding out and sticking to the original — in part because he deserves the credit on the back of the many deft remixes he’s put under his belt to date (Goose, The Gossip, and MGMT among other standouts).

Things are only on the up and up for Tronik so check him out live in London-town or on the festival circuit this summer.

Tronik Youth - Laugh Cry Live Die [zshare] // Tronik Youth - Laugh Cry Live Die [ysi]

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.)