The Young Punx news archive

Things that happened... oooh... ages ago. Starting with 2006 and moving backwards.

NEWS 2006

• November 27th. "Rockall" video now online!

  The video for "Rockall" by The Young Punx is now online. A madcap affair featuring Mike Fielding (Naboo from The Mighty Boosh), a demon metal guitar player rising from the depths and break dancing fishermen. You know, the usual.

  Our site : http://www.theyoungpunx.com/rockall/
  Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PdN2XYkRnU
  Myspace :http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1498048660

  

  The track is also available on 2x 12" vinyls for the first time today! GET THEM HERE
  

• September 27th Rockall... coming soon...
  THE YOUNG PUNX
  ‘ROCKALL’
  MOFI HIFI RECORDS
  RELEASED 27 NOVEMBER
  
  “Screams Hugeness – The latest Missile from the rapidly rising Young Punx” Kris Needs
  
  The Shipping Forecast is one of the UK’s greatest broadcasting institutions. ‘Rockall’ sees The Young Punx irreverently cut it up and recklessly mash a gale force 10 forecast into a rocked up, funky electro monster, forecasting the British Isles to Party. With a string of huge club records and remixes under their belts, The Young Punx are fresh from performing to 25,000 ecstatic Japanese festival goers, and are now threatening to be one of the biggest dance cross over bands of 2007.
  
  Quintessentially English, The Young Punx, aka Hal Ritson and Cameron Sunders, are renowned for splicing pop culture with an attitude not seen since Fatboy Slim and Coldcut, but with a wry sense of irony and a stunning example of how to make original live dance music without samples. ‘Rockall’ sees them go to work on the shipping forecast, read, and now endorsed, by Radio 4 announcer Alan Smith.
  
  "I've been on the radio nearly every day for the past 16 years - but this certainly is the first time I have ended up as the vocalist on a dance song! “ says Alan. “The Young Punx made the track without me knowing, but now I have heard it I really like it. It's quite funny to think that people up and down the country are dancing to my voice". The record also features virtuoso rock guitarist Guthrie Govan (Guitarist Magazine Guitar player of the Year) on lead guitar and Rob Harris from Jamiroquai on rhythm guitar.
  
  As well as being one of the leading remixers in the UK (having recently remixed the likes of The Scissor Sisters and Studio B), and beloved by the breaks and electro community, The Young Punx have built a reputation for making witty musical comments on popular culture, including their notorious mash up of the 118118 adverts "Got Your Number" and last year's celebrity name dropping rework of Mylo's "Destroy Rock and Roll" entitled "Destroy Celebrity Crap" – with titles like that you can guess where they’re coming from. With support from big name fans such as Fatboy Slim, Pete Tong, legendary journo Kris Needs, and Judge Jules, expect to hear much more from The Young Punx as their debut album is set to drop in 2007, and watch out for the shipping forecast on a dancefloor near you soon!
  
  Remixes come from Ben Braund (Brand Reynolds), Phonat, Medcab, and Krafty Kuts.

• August 2nd. Back from Japan - check out the photos

  Well we're back from Japan now and WHAT A GREAT TRIP. Both the DJ gigs and live band gigs were hugely enjoyable. The best sound, the best lights, the best crew, the best audiances. WE LOVE YOU JAPAN! Please take a moment to check out the photos from the tour to get a feel for the trip and the gigs!

• (yes.. featuring Hal in a Superman costume and, more importantly, Tiff in a Nurses outfit!)

  
  
• July 31st. Young Punx collaboration at number 13 in the UK singles charts

  "Tell me why?" by Supermode is now in the UK singles charts at number 13. The track is produced by Steve Angello and Axwell and features vocals from Hal Ritson from The Young Punx. Check out the video here.



• July 10th.

  Thanks to everyone who came to our gig at Club 5 in Washington DC, USA last week. We all had a great time. You might want to visit knowrhythm.net, the website of photographer and designer Phillip Wong to check out some cool photos he took of the gig - like this one...

  Looking forward to seeing our Japanese fans at the Nano Mugen Festival in Tokyo next week, in our 4 piece live band featuring the legendary Guthrie Govan on guitar...

  Over the past couple of weeks we have also being remixing the new Scissor Sisters / Elton John collaboration and producing a new track with Krafty Kuts that will be the next Krafty Kuts single .

  Also note that Hal from The Young Punx is the singer on "Tell me why?" by Supermode which is now on the Radio One A list!




• May 11th. HELLO ITALY!

  The italian label Ondesferiche is going to include "Young and beautifull" in a compilation called "Sonic Arts Volume 1", due for release on the 30th may, national distribution by Self. Also "Young and beautifull" will be released as a single and the video sent to all national music channels. For Italian updates keep an eye on www.ondesferiche.it

• April 26th. New single - Interplanetary on promo now
  

  Catch the early copies of the latest release from The Young Punx this week from major mp3 stores and tastemaker vinyl shops. "Interplanetary" is a funky slice of insane carpenters-sampling sci-fi madness featuring a comprehensive mix package from The Young Punx, Openair, Digital Dog, Phunk Investigation, SoulShaker and Max Neutra.

  "massive funky peak time house in epic proportion. High quality, organic premium goods. This will be the song everyone leaves the club humming through the next work week." - funkyhousemusic.com

  Get it now on mp3

  

  or vinyl

• April 24th. New remix - Chicane feat. Tom Jones - "Stoned in Love"
  

  Copies of The Young Punx remix of the new Chicane / Tom Jones track are starting to turn up now. I'm sure it will be in the UK charts very soon so it shouldn't be hard to find!

• April 17th. Tracks for sale on mp3 sites!
  We are pleased to announce that we are now starting to sell The Young Punx music as mp3 downloads on a wide variety of mp3 download sites such as iTunes, Napster etc. More sites and more tracks will follow soon, but for now, click on some of these... and buy some stuff!

  

• April 10th. New Mix Releases - Studio B and Urban Myth Club
  

  Today sees the UK (and online) release of "C'mon and Get It On" by Studio B - their follow up to the massive "I see girls". Playlisted on Radio 1, the main mix of this track is a retro 80s pop rock mashup-y commercial house mix by The Young Punx - the first time one of our mixes has been on the playlist. (update - reached number 28 in the UK Top 40)

  Watch the video - http://www.skint.net/qt/StudioB_CMon_QT.mov

  [buy CD from HMV]
  [buy CD from Amazon]
  [buy vinyl from Juno]
  [buy mp3 from iTunes]
  
  
  Also out now is the beautiful "I feel it" by Urban Myth Club from their album "Helium" - which is also released this week. The Young Punx have a funky house remix of "I Feel It" on the single package, but we would also strongly recommend you check out their album if you have ever enjoyed Zero Seven, Moby, Air, Royksopp etc.
  [Buy CD single from Juno]
  [Buy mp3 single from iTunes]
  [Buy mp3 ALBUM from iTunes]
  
  
• March 9th. Another Update.
  Recent good news includes... The Young Punx remix of Studio B's "C'mon get it on" is now playlisted on BBC Radio 1! We are now signining an excellent album deal for Japan which we are very excited about. New remix underway for Space Cowboy! And watch out for news on our new single "Interplanetary" very soon!

• February 9th. Update.
  So what have we been doing in 2006 you may ask? Producing a new track with the Stereo MCs and Braund Reynolds, and doing remixes for Tina Turner, Chicane and Tom Jones. Basically. Rockandroll.

• December 28th. New track "It doesn't Stop" available on limited white label pressing
  We have put out a very limited white label pressing of a new track "It doesn't stop". The track is basically a house cut up remix of the instrumental section of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" that we did for our own DJing purposes but has proved rather popular. [buy from Juno]

• December 5th. Two new tracks on UK CD release
  

  Today sees the full commercial release in the UK of 2 tracks that have been absolutely massive in the clubs this year, where the lead club remix is by The Young Punx. Feel free to buy them!

  1) "Rocket (A natural gambler)" by Braund Reynolds.
  This is absolutely our favourite track of 2005 - a rip roaring barnstormer of a song that sounds like someone has discovered a long lost Tom Jones number from the '70s and bootlegged it in the style of JXL vs Elvis. In actual fact it is 100% original and destined to become a classic. The second CD of the set has The Young Punx remix on it. [buy from HMV]

  
  

  2) "Hideaway" by Delacey.
  This is one of the all time classic house tracks which has been remixed many times over the past decade. This 2005 rerelease is lead by the infamous Young Punx remix which re-invents the track as a fictional long lost 1960s motown recording the bootlegs it up to date. The CD also includes the classic Deep Dish mix. [buy from HMV]

   

   



• November 14th. Medcab "dance" on full release
  Today sees the full commercial release in the UK of "Dance" by "Medcab" including, for the first time, availability on CD single and iTunes MP3. This party breaks reworking of of the ESG classic that featured prominantly on UK Toyota adverts this year is a Young Punx spin off project. It's an infectious feel good track, wih a great suite of house and breaks remixes including mixes from The Young Punx, Mohito and Cicada.

  BUY IT!
  It would be great if you bought it, in particular if you buy it THIS WEEK since chart impact is greatest when everyone buys it at the same time. For people in the UK it is best if you go into a major record store and buy it (order it if they don't have it) or you can purchase online or at iTunes.
  
  

  Find out more and hear sound clips at www.medcab.net. If you are ordering it at a shop you are after "Dance" by "Medcab" on the Virgin sub-label label "Nebula". A CD single and 2x vinyl 12" are available.

• October 20th. DJ Magazine article online
  We have now added the page article on The Young Punx from October's DJ Magazine to the web site here. Read all about it...

• October 13th. "Young and Beautiful Cosmetic Surgery Clinic" web site
  Got a few minutes spare to entertain yourself? You might like to check out our new viral website to support the promotion of our single "Young and beautiful". The "Young and Beautiful Cosmetic Surgery Clinic" is a satirical parody of plastic surgery web sites (or alternatively the way we wasted yesterday afternoon depending on your perspective). Vaguely amusing. [link]

• September 27th. New in - "Destroy Celebrity Crap" Vinyl and T-shirts
  Fight the inanity! 'Destroy Celebrity Crap' extended 12" remix now available on limited edition vinyl. Make the statement of the decade with your very own Destroy Celebrity Crap T-shirt...


• September 19th. "Young and Beautiful" video now online
  After a couple of weeks editing the Young and Beautiful video is now online. Check it out! Dig the nurses! Dig the blood! :-) Email it to your friends. Post it on your blogs! You know the score...
  watch the video
  


• August 30th. "Young and Beautiful" video shoot
  The Young Punx spent the weekend in a plastic surgery clinic in Helsinki filming a video for Young and Beautiful. As shown below, this had its perks.
  hear sound clips here. watch finished video
  


• August 23rd. "Young and Beautiful" reviewed on Update Magazine front page
  
  
  hear sound clips here.
  


• August 2nd. Electro Drum and Bass week. Though we are best known currently for our House productions, our closer followers will be aware that The Young Punx sound embraces a wide range of electronic, rock and pop styles. Mashup innit? This week has been a big one for us doing Drum and Bass and DnB tempo electronica - firstly having the honour of working on 2 new tracks for the forthcoming Young Punx album with Electro Drum and Bass god (and 80s style icon) John B. This enabled me to learn my new Nathan Barley-esque phrase of the month "That sounds pimp!". We've also been doing a remix for Avex in Japan. Of an Art of Noise cover. By a magician (!?) (don't ask), where they specifically requested our wayward punk D'n'B stylings (How about "Punkstep" as a genre name? :-)
  


• July 29th. The Daily Star. Yup. Getting classier and classier we made it into the Daily Star today.
  In fact, having been in Popbitch, The Star and the front page of Update in one month we must be, like, F-list celebrities by now or something...
  


• July 22nd.The Young Punx remix of De'lacy - Hideaway 2005. The Young Punx recently remixed the all-time house classic "Hideaway" by De'lacy. Faced with the challenge of re-inventing a track so brilliantly mixed by Deep Dish a decade earlier, and remixed many times since The Young Punx took the radical step of rerecording the track as if it were a live TV performance of the track by a motown band in the 1960's (!) then sampling this "vintage record". With the track already being played by Judge Jules, Update magazine writes:
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  BUZZ NUMBER 1. DE'LACY 'Hideaway' (Slip N Slide)
  Trying to put new life into a classic anthem is always gonna be a difficult task, but The Young Punx have pulled it off big time. They've come up with a whole new angle on Delacy's "Hideaway", taking it to peak time Big Beat Boutique, having the time of their lives, getting up to all sorts of shenanigans and soaking up the atmosphere. Then putting the live party vibe on record and creating a rip roaring roof raiser. This is set to hit all over again.
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  5 dancing men
  


• June 1st.OK so we got bored over the May bank holiday, and driven mad by the inane C-list celebrity driven media around us (and the crazy frog) we remade Mylo's "Destroy Rock and Roll" using the names of celebrities dominating the UK media instead of the original list of 80s pop stars. Then, getting carried away we made a video for it. The resulting carnage is here.
(update... this got major attention via Popbitch and 20,000 downloads in July!)

• May. Watch out for the new track "i'll be there" by french house artist Muttonheads. It's high quality pumping electro house with 80s samples, but rather more classy sounding than many of the post-"Call on me" 80s sampling pop dance around recently. With great remixes from Raul Rincon and... of course... The Young Punx. [ buy or listen at Juno ]


• March 30th. HOT TRACK ALERT. Watch out for a great new track we've been involved in recently - Dance by Medcab. This track is a reworking of the 1980s punk funk classic by ESG (which might be familiar to those of you in the UK who have seen the current Toyota Verso car advert with the dancing surfers, or heard Jo Whiley play it on radio one recently). There are quite a few great remixes around on a breaks disk and a house disk including a Young Punx remix. Find out more about this project on the Heavy Disco web site.

• February 25th Hey there. Sorry we haven't done a news page update for ages. We've been really busy, but - hey - that means that there are lots of records around now. Mainly a whole pile of young punx remixes. And you want to know about them don't you???
  JUST HAL - "Creation"
  This is Hal from The Young Punx' debut single on Kickin records. Big uplifting haunting house. Buzz charted, several plays from Judge Jules on Radio One.
  More info at http://www.kickinmusic.com/salesnotes.php?CatNum=KICK129
  Buy at http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/165808-01.htm

  PHUNK NOUVEAUX - WHATEVER - THE YOUNG PUNX REMIX
  Summer filter house sounding something like Tim Deluxe "it just won't do" and Stardust "Music Sounds Better with You". Plays from Tong and Jules.
  More info at http://www.kickinmusic.com/salesnotes.php?CatNum=SLIP183
  Buy at http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/166071-01.htm
  Or if you want CD on this compilation
  http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/172583-01.htm

  GROOVE CUTTERS vs GO WEST - "WE CLOSE OUR EYES" - THE YOUNG PUNX REMIX
  Yup - the post "call on me" 80s pop + house free for all continues with this classic 80s reworking. The Young Punx are on the remix adding lots of retro 80s flavour. Available on CD and 12"

  PLASTIC DREAMS - FUSE (MOVE YOUR BODY) - THE YOUNG PUNX REMIX
  Xpansions' rave classic "Move your body" revisited in a big Daft Punky way. The Young Punx remix is becoming the lead mix for this track. Very upfront and almost impossible to find, but very hyped with Tong plays, buzz chart etc. Great Hoxton Whores mix on there too. (PS the artist for this track was formerly known as "Headstrong" but they changed it recently)
  http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/176899-01.htm

2004

• September 27th. Today sees the release of the awesome "French style" vocal house track - Slip Away by Mohito feat. Howard Jones. on UMM records. This track is a collaboration between The Young Punx, husky voiced soul singer "Busk" and eighties icon Howard Jones, with house god Steve Angello on remix duties. Lots of play from Fergie on BBC Radio One. Buy it now! [buy from Amato] [buy from Juno]
  
  
• September 20th. The Young Punx at number one! Well OK - not quite... But Hal from The Young Punx does play the keyboards on eric Prydz's UK number 1 smash "Call on me". So, you know, nearly :-)
  
  
• September 16th. The Young Punx have completed a great new remix for Kickin records / Slip n Slide for their track "Whatever" by Azido ba Bass (under the name "Phunk Nouveaux"). The result sounds a bit like the mutant love child of Stardust "Music sounds better with you" and Tim Deluxe's "It just won't do". It sounds like a club smash whatever!
  
  
• August. If you are in the UK and have been watching the European cup you will be sure to have seen the latest Nike Football TV adverts featuring Thierry Henri playing football through his house. The music for this track is a mambo by bar breaks artists "Skeewiff" from their album "its all gone...". The Young Punx were commissioned to do a club remix of this track and came up with something halfway between breaks and house that Streetwise Records described as sounding like "a 70's porn track mixed in with Mr Oizo". It can be a little hard to track down but it is billed (somewhat inaccurately) as "Big Les vs The Young Punx" and you might be able to track it down online.
  
  
• July The Young Punx have now launched their fresh new Breakbeat record label "Heavy Disco". The debut release is a killer EP of Finnish breaks including tracks by LBJ and Infekto. Check out the Heavy Disco website!
  
  
• 15th June."Punx Get Loose" is released in the UK (and on export from the UK) on July 12th, on Mondo records cat: MND016, distributed by Amato. Order it from your local store now! Or buy it online.
  
  
• 1st May. Judge Jules plays "Punx get loose" second track on his primetime BBC Radio One show. (Note - And continues to play it prominantly for 6 weeks)
  
  
• 19th March. Great Review in DJ Mag this month : The Young Punx. Got Your Number (Breaks Mixes) **** Not sure if this is a bootleg or not, but hold on, it isn't another rip-off of a classic track. Instead they've sampled those 118 ads and I like it. I first heard Distortionz playing it on his popular Friday night breaksfm.com show. Rising horns and strings build throughout the intro. Old blaxploitation wagga-wagga guitars lead funkily into a bassline groove that I want to describe as "pleasant", but that sounds like a cuss in this age of topsy-turvy adjectives, so maybe describing it as "fucking pleasant" is doing the tune more of a service. Original breakbeat was all about horn sections and tight wagga-wagga- guitars, and it's refreshing to see that formula in use again on the bassline breaks scene. Colourful, fresh and fucking dressed to impress. (Ollywood) DJ Magazine. No61 / Vol3 19 Mar - 1 Apr 04 / page 80.
  
  
• 8th March. Oooh. Lots of things. Firstly our new track "Punx Get Loose" will be released over the next couple of months on Mondo records. Look out for promos around now! Also we have some Radio One and XFm guest mixes incoming on the 4th and 11th of April. Plus, Hal has been over in Finland doing a little work with Helsinki Breaks master LBJ (Botchit Breaks records). Busy busy...
  
  
• 17th Jan. The Young Punx are currently working on remixes for Darren Tate/GD and a storming new track by 80s icon Howard Jones.
  
  
• 5th Jan. The Young Punx voted by Radio One listeners as one of the two best Bootleg remixers of 2003, togther with Adam Freeland. [visit Annie Nightingale awards on the Radio 1 web site]
  
  

2003

• 13th Dec. Judge Jules includes an excerpt from The Young Punx live DJ set on his radio one show. He called it "Chemical Brothers vs Motorcycle" though the keen eared amongst you may also have spotted Radiohead, Bjork, Vigi and Zero, Phat Conductor and Joe Smooth in the mix too!
  
• 26th Nov. We DJ at the Radiohead aftershow party in Earl's Court tonight. Also look out for our DJ set at 8pm on Sunday 29th on XFM
  
• 2nd Nov. Wooo. Hurray. We were worried that The Number 118118 might try and stomp on our track "Got Your Number" for ripping off their TV adverts, but it turns out they really like it and are letting us get on with it without interfering. They have even done a last minute edit to their latest advert to include a snippet of the track! Cool. Meanwhile all of our first run of white labels sold out in two days! There's another run being made now...
  
• 15th Oct. "Got your number" rises to number 8 in the Buzz chart too.
  
• 15th Oct. "Got your number" enters the UK Buzz chart at 18 and Coolcuts chart at 8.
  
• 22nd Sept. Ali B flags The Young Punx breaks mix of Stand Back by Linus Loves as a future floor filler.
  
• 22nd Sept. Good radio play this week from Annie Nightingale, James Hymen (Mash up, Look sharp) and Judge Jules (Got your number).
  
• 6th August. The Young Punx working on new remix of Linus Loves - "Stand Back" for Ministry of Sound.
  
• 25th July. DJ Magazine writes - "Another name to watch is THE YOUNG PUNX. Already scoring points for their breaks cut-up on "The Matrix Rebooted", they wear a different hat on "Dance with someone else". It' 80s pop and a lyrical hook from Madonna's 'Get into the groove' that gets a twisted, almost Gallic sounding musical bed. One spin and this peak time crowd pleaser will have the floor heaving."
  
• 5th July. Judge Jules opens his Radio 1 show with "Dance with someone else" and orders further copies to keep in Ibiza.
  
• 1st July. The Young Punx number 14 in the Buzz chart and number 20 in the Coolcuts chart
  
• 1st July. "Dance with someone else" being played by Seb Fontaine, Annie Nightingale, Ali B, XFM, Ric Groves, Nic Fanciulli and more...
  
• 9th June. The Matrix Rebooted in Unique's 8 biggest sellers/restocks for the week.
  
• 5th June. 10 Sui reviews The Matrix Rebooted for iDJ magazine: "a bull dog bass line and funky snares ... tears out a few brain cells and replaces them with Morpheus hypnosis. CHOON."
  
• 18th May. Annie Nightingale plays The Matrix Rebooted on her Radio 1 show. [track listing]
  
• June. Summer migrations of giant electric jellyfish disrupt power supplies at The Young Punx sub-atlantic lair, causing delays to remix work.
  
• May/June. The Young Punx are number 1 in the MP3charts.com UK chart and Drum and Bass chart.
  
• 8th May. LiquidX opens his set at Essential, Brussels with The Matrix Rebooted. [video clip]
  
• 6th May. DJ Jurassik plays "The Matrix Rebooted" in the streets of Shoreditch out of the back of the Fuel sports car that has been converted to be a massive portable sound rig with decks! Excellent!. [photograph]
  
• 2nd May. XFM play The Young Punx's mix of Electric Six's "gay bar". (update - they are still playing it, and have been playing "The Matrix Rebooted" and "Wake up, make up, bring it up, shake up" too)
  
• March. The Young Punx are created in a freakish GM experiment by mad scientists working outside of international law in their sub-atlantic lair. The 2 infants' hearts were in synch at exactly 130bpm. Punx 1's first word was, conventionally enough, 'Papa', though Punx 2 immediately answered with "don't preach - I'm in trouble deep" put through some wierd kind of filter and echo.