The latest tunes from Fly53 http://www.fly53.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:35:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 This is a Fly53 RSS feed. To find out how to use this, see our RSS guide: http://www.fly53.com/what_is_rss http://www.fly53.com/buraka_som_sistema Buraka Som Sistema materializes a new sound of Lisbon and the most recent Portuguese-speaking dance music bomb, kuduro. Kuduro is dance music from Angola, which pulses through the hometown of Buraka Som Sistema, Lisbon. However at its heart,Buraka Som Sistema is dance music, raw and pure.It is the meeting point for Portuguese Lil'John and Riot with Angolan producer Conductor, trying to make techno but being far far from Detroit. Joining BSS from Angola is Petty, an MC Lil'John remarks as having a voice which embodies the real Kuduro tradition. Another of the contributors to BSS is Kalaf, just about the most recognizable male voice of Portuguese modernity. Together as Buraka Som SIstema they make party, and they make it fun, and visceral, and intense and joyous, like an explosion of good times. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/cut_copy Cut Copy is a band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound, often labeled as indie dance, draws considerable influence from 80s bands such as Fleetwood Mac, New Order, and ELO. The band began in 2001 as the project of Dan Whitford. In 2003 Whitford recruited additional members, and in 2005 toured internationally for the first time, visiting London, New York and Los Angeles. They have toured with international acts Franz Ferdinand, Junior Senior, Bloc Party, and Mylo amongst others; in December of 2007, the band toured Australia with Daft Punk on the Nevereverland tour, the Sydney leg of which attracted a crowd of almost 50,000. Cut Copy is managed by Supervision, and is signed to the record label Modular Recordings, home of Wolfmother and The Presets. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/whitest_boy_alive The Whitest Boy Alive is a musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano & Crumar. They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Bubbles is their German record label. Their debut album Dreams was released on June 21, 2006 in Germany. In July 2007, Phil Hutcheon of Modular Records signed them to their UK imprint and the band played their first UK performance with New Young Pony Club at The Astoria in September 2007. The album was released in the UK with the single Burning in November 2007. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/ghostwood Ghostwood are an Alternative-Indie band formed in Sydney, Australia in 2006. They quickly established themselves on the Sydney indie scene, and signed to Modular Recordings for 1 EP in late 2006. Ghostwood's first release is their eponymous EP, with tracks Red Version, Blue Version, Ghost, Run and Pencils. The single Red Version was itunes single of the week in late August 2007. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/new_young_pony_club New Young Pony Club are a five piece indie/electronica band from London, England. Taking influences from New Wave bands such as Talking Heads and Blondie, and combining them with dance rhythms and synths, they are perhaps more deserving of the "Nu Rave" tag than many other bands in the sub-genre such as Klaxons and SHITDISCO. However, like other bands associated with the label, they are quick to dismiss it Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/kim KIM (Or Kimberley Isaac Moyes as his mother calls him) is erstwhile producer/drummer/programmer and one half of THE PRESETS, Australia’s foremost proponents of dashing pop/dance (non) sense and (not so) sensibility. With his KIM hat on, Kimberley mans the wheel and heads for synthetic, sexed-up electro city. While music from THE PRESETS could incite a riot, these tracks from KIM - a stripped back mix of bleeps, beats, arpeggiated chords and cascading synths - all point straight toward the dancefloor. This clean hit of pure electro action stands out as unique in Australia’s (still) mash-up obsessed/anything-goes dance circles. That’s not to say KIM hasn’t been in good company. Tracks have already been included on Bang Gang’s Ministry of Sound Mashed Two and super-uber-fag Club Kooky compilations and have become instant mainstays in many an Australian DJ box. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/plug_in_city Touted by one Beat writer as the "best new band in Melbourne," Plug In City deliver New-wave, dance-pop, disco- punk with subtle hints of The Stones and The Strokes. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/the_bumblebeez The Bumblebeez (formally known as Bumblebeez 81) is an Australian hip-hop/rock band of the mid-2000s. Their first album is titled The Printz, although this is simply a compilation for an international release, comprised of all the tracks from their first two Australian EPs The White Printz and The Red Printz (known to fans as the Printz saga). Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/the_presets The Presets are a Sydney-based electronic duo, consisting of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes. In September 2005 they released their debut album, Beams, to positive critical response.[1] That same year Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes also toured with The Dissociatives, which is co-fronted by Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Australian dance producer Paul Mac. Johns also played guitar on Presets single "Cookie". Hamilton and Moyes are also members of Sydney instrumental group Prop. Kim has also had a quiet solo career playing shows at Club 77 in Sydney with the local group Bang Gang, who also put both The Presets and Kim on their Ministry Of Sound album Mashed #2. He has helped with the producing of another local band's EP, The Valentinos by Lost Valentinos. The Presets are signed to Sydney record label Modular Recordings, home of The Avalanches, Cut Copy and Wolfmother. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100 http://www.fly53.com/the_softlightes “Musically, we don't know what the end destination is, and I like it that way. Whatever we've created, it wasn't by accident, but it certainly wasn't on purpose. For me that makes music honest,” says Ron Fountenberry, the principle songwriter and unofficial captain of the good ship that is the Softlightes. It’s fitting that Fountenberry references bedrooms when he speaks of the Softlightes’ incandescent and joyfully experimental music—it’s there that he tinkers endlessly with a dizzying array of instruments in search of the perfect melody; a way to channel an equal appreciation for Alvie Singer, Ready Made Magazine, Ali G, Boba Fett, Playstation and Larry David… a way to be real and make someone happy through song. Fly53 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:52:23 +0100