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]

Super awesome everybody faves Late of the Pier’s new single is out and in addition to the track we all know and love, Space and the Woods, the accompaniment, Focker, is a doozy. It comes at you from about 15 angles at once in some meta-symphonic blast, and somehow also congeals quite nicely as a whole. If Black Sabbath resurrected itself to make video game soundtracks, I’d imagine it’d sound something like this. Go hit them up via myspace to get a hold of all their tracks in pretty digital download format glory!

Late of the Pier - Focker (Instrumental) [zshare] // Late of the Pier - Focker (Instrumental) [ysi]

Is it late to wish happy new year? Sorry, we weren’t too active in the last couple of days. We are kinda exhausted after the holidays.

Anyway, here’s a new song I definetly have to post since we played the remix of Space and the Woods by The Neon Plastix like a hundred times. BiBaBiDi posted Broken’s remix by Portasound.

This is the new generation of synth-driven British acts who are not like post-post-punk but really that is their root. The remix is like drunken disco for surreal sailors (without the gay implications). Vocals are haunting. Great stuff.

Late of the Pier - Broken (Portasound 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!)