Blog: Kunk - Budapes

On account of a variety of factors, not least of which is an upcoming lil' Kunk appearance on the super awesome Fear of Tigers podcast, we'll soon be re-animating ourselves in a slightly different format. One which should engender a great post frequency than what we've seen lately here at the ole mykunk. So keep your browsers at the ready. In the meantime, here's a recent remix of the Retro/Grade dudes which caught our fancy, by Gigi D'Agostino... er... Gigi D'Angelos.

• Retro/Grade - Mindfighter (Gigi D'Angelos Euro Mix)

Now the following post is one in which the Kunkers have ceded their 'journalistic integrity' in order to allow our good friend and Bavarian synth-disco producer extraordinaire, Justin Faust , take over the steering wheel and post his top 10 for 2010. It's a Kunk exclusive and hopefully will serve as an inspiration point for us to get off our duffs and back on the posting train. So, without further ado - the Justin Bieber Faust Top 10 for 2010! Herr Styler - Snow In Paris Herr [...]

So, kids and convicts, Kunkers will be making a so-called "Swedish Suicide Night" this Saturday at Mappa Club. It's named appropriately on the occasion of a pair of guests we're super excited to have in town. The first are a pair from Sweden, Kajsa and Kristian, who are writing for let's just say, prominent music blogs of which you are undoubtedly aware. The other guests are actually a gaggle of Suicide Girls flying in from New York, Spain, and the UK, for some debauchery and dj-ing. [...]

So the new Crystal Castles album is out there and it beats through the hearts of many-many hip kids from both the indie and the electro camps these days. And that is fine since it is a cool album. Of course, CC's psychotic rampage of dance music spawned a horde of remixers. There are some cool names there like No Age, Punks Jump Up... and this is only the "Baptism" single. Thurston Moore did "Celestica", Mindnight Conspiracy and LightsoverLA did "Vietnam", Now I'm here to share my favourite of the official bunch (and not counting the Dirty Sky [...]

The brandon half of kunk has been on a running kick lately, and as an output of that, decided to saddle up and have a go at Budapest's annual half-marathon last month. To get pumped for the event, in addition to doing the standard carbo-sniffing and gatorade lathering, i threw together a lil' itunes playlist to accompany me for the jaunt. The mix proved to be potent as i managed to finish the whole damn sprint without keeling over. Afterwards i realized the playlist was chock full of our favorite artists and thus, necessarily, quite heavy on the faggy electro. [...]

Borrowing the title from Hot Chip, it is my pleasure to announce that Kunk is not blogging so often because we have a lot of Kunk-related activities. Since it's officially autumn, club season is already underway. Leaving behind the highs and lows of the cruel summer, we now move inside weird buildings, basements, theatres and bars. For this reason, we have a pair of surprises, well not so surprsingly we made mixes to please you. One is longer and it's titled as this post is titled and has many hits of recent Kunk sets as well as blogged remixes and [...]

The mega-fun occasional party series we started a couple years back and throw together with local art/music/fashion/design blogs, better known as 2ManyBloggas, will come to life again this October 1 at Merlin. On the occasion of Budapest's annual design week activities beginning that week, we've labeled this edition as "Well-Designed" and the participant blogs will accordingly make some creations they consider to be... er... well-designed, all of which will be displayed at the venue. In addition to the blogger contributions there will be some bitchin' live and dj sets per usual, along [...]

Some mega-heaviness just came our way via the soundclouds today. Both  ULTRNX and Saint Pauli hail from Germany; the latter first popped up on our radar after their mixes for Cryptonites and Dirty Disco Youth last year. Fast forward to now, and this Saint Pauli remix of Rockstr is blowing us away. I guess if it was 2007 i'd call it a 'banger', but these days i think you can just call it 'murder'. Hits you like a hammer. Not much more to say than just have [...]

So Tensnake has been rocking through Brandon's posts , and I guessed now that we received a Treasure Fingers remix of "Coma Cat", it's time I joined and jumped on the bandwagon. Since summer's dying, it's nice to have these tracks that get you ready for club season. Treasure Fingers added some extra disco and pumping to the original tropico-balearia. The main keys are still there but it feels more like a club track than a beach track now. Enjoy another great Treasure Fingers rework. They have so many cool tracks and remixes that I [...]

Ren Riz is a young producer out of down under (specifically Melbourne) who's making a fun mash of sounds - you'll encounter flavors of house, space disco, funk, electro, french touch and a bunch of other genres called upon for his edits. All together, it's a cornucopia that has the Kunkers feet on tap mode. Part of his appeal is obviously related to his production abilities, however we're also believers in good song selection. The fact that he did a vamped-up version of Stevie Nicks'  Stand Back got immediate bonus [...]

Couple days ago, Xinobi sent over his new track. It's a serious piece of work: it's creepy and laid-back, it's Knight Rider and a cheesy horror movie about ghosts, it gives you the funk and the atmosphere. All this at the same time. Brilliant dynamic and the jingling keys and main synths are awesome. "Japanese" has a subtle but really powerful force behind it that seems to want to explode but it doesn't. It's a long and intense drive through a haunted forest. The only good comparison would be Danger's own tracks. [...]

We're more than happy to see Kris Menace go to work on Kylie's latest single, Get Outta My Way . Especially when he conjures up the shadow of Kunk guilty pleasure Another Chance by Roger Sanchez. At least, to our ears that's how it sounds. Sometimes heartfelt trance-pop is right up our alley. Have a gander at Roger's effort from a decade ago and tell us if you agree. Simultaneously, we're linking to Menace's myspace page just cos we like his top image so much, and further you can [...]

Russ Chimes had decided to outdo himself of late and accompany his upcoming Midnight Club EP with a video trilogy for the ages. It is the Godfather I, II, and III of our times (or, the Naked Gun series, take your pick). However we fully and thankfully expect that Sophia Coppola will not be acting Part III, thus ensuring vimeo immortality for this fantastically-produced set. Parts I and II (which was just released yesterday) follow the tribulations of a pair of young lovers who like to party at da club, and who unfortunately also become entangled in [...]

It's not often you hear some 'killer harpsichord' to lead off a cosmic-electro tune, but there's a first time for everything. Danger's remix of the Acid Washed self-titled track is a low-key but intense space faring journey to galaxies both near and far, and we love it. The track keeps all systems on 'dreamlike' until about 2.50 when a lil' bass is brought in to kick things into overdrive. This 'France on France' collab will be released as part of a 123 later this month with remixes also by [...]

LA-based Human Life has recently set loose the intriguingly-titled Italo Crimewave , which sounds to me like short documentary following the Crystal Castles duo as they dress up in mafia gear and do dj sets at Sicilian house parties featuring dubious Eddy Huntington tracks . But I digress. In reality the track doesn't venture far from the aesthetic of its title, and we're fine with that. It's a slow unfolding lightly-synthed breath of fresh air, hearkening back to some Moroder-esque soundscape - packed together with some Italian whispers for suspense. [...]

Blissful meets sublime in Anoraak's peaceful edit of Psychic Chasms by Alan Palomo and friends. The intro is like a light rainfall composed of fragile crystals... and things don't degrade at all the rest of the track through. I think this track manages to find the sweet spot on the intersection of chill, Balearic, and synth - the sound is similar to all in some way, yet completely original on its own - which is a good thing. It's part of a remix pack just uploaded today to Anoraak's soundcloud, and will also be included [...]

Our love for Discotexas and its artists is undeniable. First we listened to Moullinex then Xinobi and later Rockets ( post ). Now, Fred Oliveira of Rockets has a new project called Lazydisco . As Discotexas described it, it's slightly different dance music with sparkles. We agree. First track "More Tigers" has an uplifting sunny afternoon-esque vibe driven by awesome synths. Gotta love this late summer jam. The hype starts now, get on the bandwagon. We can expect a remix from our previous and beloved guest, Xinobi. That's gonna be huge. [...]

There was only one bigger problem with The xx 's debut album last year, namely that there were no danceable songs. I mean of course, their concept is far from dance music but the huge hype and success make fans crave for club stuff, I guess. Kinda proves my point that there are many remixes floating out there, so producers also feel the need to tackle The xx's anti-club atmosphere. Delorean, Andy Murphy, Matthew Dear and Death to the Throne all worked on giving The xx some beat-treatment. The last comptetitors to enter the race is LAZRtag , [...]

I was really really hoping that Portland's The Thermals return with an awesome album because the previous album, Now We Can See was kinda a disappointment. In September, 2010, they are gonna release Personal Life , their fifth LP. I can't totally communicate how happy I am that this record turned out to be awesome. The official press release says that, as the title suggests, this album goes to conquer territories that were uncharted by The Thermals: relationships and love. Of course, they had love songs previously, but now, the whole album is about love. [...]

I know, everyone had enough of Ellie Goulding remixes and some probably of Ellie herself. Although she kinda disappeared from the radar lately, hasn't she? Well, nevermind. Thing is that I would probably not post any more Ellie remixes, unless it's something really cool. This time, it's Alex Metric . You probably know how much Kunk loves to drop those grenades that come out from the studio of Mr. Drury, either his Bloc Party remix or "Sabotage" rework, we love it. For God's sake, he can even make a shitty song like "Stylo" into an awesome and [...]