20 minute guest mix by The Young Punx for Annie Nightingale’s legendary BBC Radio 1 show on 28th May 2010. Hot house, dubstep, breaks, grime and mashup action!
The Young Punx Guest Mix for BBC Radio 1 Annie Nightingale Show (2010) by MofoHifi Records
TRACKLISTING
Vangelis – “Blade Runner Blues”, The Young Punx – “Club Culture”, The Young Punx – “You You You (Acapella)”, Per QX – “Go Bang! (Dub)”, Khia – “The K-Wang” (Acapella)”, The Young Punx – “Juice and Gin (Riva Starr Mix)”,
Laidback Luke and Lee Mortimer – “Blau! (LA Riots Mix)”, The Young Punx – “Juice and Gin (Acapella)”, Fantastic Plastic Machine – “Madness” , The Young Punx – “Young and Beautiful (Acapella)” , Stupid Fresh – “Do The Dog”, Lars Moston – “So Sick (Max Cherry Mix)”, The Young Punx – “MASHitUP (Shir Khan Mix)”, Devlin – “Pure Imagination (The Young Punx Mix)”, Newham Generals – “Head Get Mangled”
2 hours of outstanding house, electro and drum and bass, and Simon in a gold thong.
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MUSIC IN THIS SHOW
The Young Punx – A Million Stars (DEMO), Xinobi – Valsa in NJ, WebQueary – Searching, Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco, Phonat – Ghetto Burnin, Fantastic Plastic Machine – Madness, Fantastic Plastic Machine – If you do I do, Simon Iddol – Dirty Like Day (The Young Punx VS Michael Jackson), DJ Bc – Unbelievable Juice and Gin (EMF VS The Young Punx), A plus D – Final Telephone (Lady Gaga VS The Young Punx), Keenhouse – Ari-es (Grum Mix), Just Hal – Creation (Tristan D Mix), Lars Moston – So Sick (Max Cherry Mix), Delphic – Halcyon (L-Vis 1990 Dub), The Young Punx – Young and Beautiful (Acapella), Vato Gonzalez – Badman Riddim, Fantastic Plastic Machine – Forever Mine, Plasma – Crazy (Neo Tokyo Mix), Chase & Status – Music Club, Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend (High Contrast Mix), The Young Punx – SugarCandySuperNova (Redroche Mix), The Young Punx – Ready For The Fight (Wez Clarke Mix), Rafeal Frost – Run to you (Scumfrog Mix), Lazy Jay – Float My Boat, Duck Sauce – You’re Nasty, Phonat – Love Hits The Fan (IAM ONE mix), Hostage – Dub My Disco, Phil Retro Spector – Monkey Gone To Opera (The Young Punx VS Pixies VS Goldfrapp)
The lovechild of sleazy East London disco and jpop-esque female vocals, Laura Kidd’s perky performance adds vocal bounce to the track’s twisted disco vibe. Perfect for late-night, back-alley antics ‘SugarCandySuperNova’ is the Punx latest offering to be lifted from current album ‘Mashpop & Punkstep’.
Calling in remix favours from fellow stirrers of the scene MofoHifi have put together a world class remix package. First in the party is Per QX, self proclaimed leader of the Dalston Gay mafia and founder of Gutterslut, creating a gritty electro workout. Meanwhile LA’s Acid Girls bring their own unique blend of cool weird electro to the party. Superfrank arrives armed with guitar blended big beats and Redroche provides the massive big room house banger.
The track already has the blogs buzzing and has already spent a week at number three in the ‘We are Hunted’ remix chart which monitors all blog, radio and general hype on a track on the whole net.
The Punx have once again teamed up with regular collaborator and cult animator, Han Hoogerbrugge, to produce a surreal and wickedly amusing video. It looks like space ships and the like to us, but if you’re seeing anything else you can only blame the depths of your own mind…
For this awesome mashup album (free download – promotional use only) many of the biggest names in mashup music from all around the world have joined forces, via the AudioPorn Central website to create a complete mashup album based on The Young Punx album Mashpop and Punkstep. Each mashup artist has picked a different track from the album to mash up, blending The Young Punx tracks with artists as diverse as The Pixies, Michael Jackson, Oasis, Depeche Mode and Lady Gaga, creating the rather wonderful unofficial MASHED POPPED PUNKED album.
AudioPorn All Stars VS The Young Punx
MASHED POPPED PUNKED
[download >> zip MediaFire mp3 album]
01 The Young Punx – Club Culture Blues
The Young Punx VS Vangelis
02 Pheugoo – wUUUnderwall
Oasis VS The Young Punx
03 lobsterdust – Hey I’m Ready
The Pixies VS The Young Punx
04 B.A.R.T.O. – Lapdance Never Dies
N.E.R.D. VS The Young Punx
05 Dunproofin’ – SugarCandySuperChic
The Young Punx VS Chic
06 Copycat – Burn Photo Burn
Depeche Mode VS The Young Punx
07 Phil RetroSpector – Monkey Gone To Opera
The Young Punx VS The Pixies VS Goldfrapp
08 Simon Iddol – Dirty Like Dat
The Young Punx VS Michael Jackson
09 DJ Schmolli – Simple Mashures
The Young Punx VS Featurecast VS Kelis VS RHCP VS Suzanne Vega
10 A plus D – Final Telephone
Lady Gaga VS The Young Punx
11 dj BC – Unbelievable Juice and Gin
The Young Punx VS EMF
12 Divide & Kreate – Fallen Rock Star
The Young Punx VS Poison
(Veröffentlichung und verfügbar in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ab den 14.05.10. // Japan, Australia, NZ out June)
The Young Punx return for their second studio album, a startling and inventive exploration of the deliberate destruction of genre boundaries in electronic music. Probably the first album in history to have toyed with drum and bass, heavy metal, electropop and cuban timba within the first 5 minutes (!) “Mashpop and Punkstep” is a vibrant manifesto for the next generation of mashup music. Featuring the epic collaboration with Memphis hip hop Don ‘Count Bass D’ – “Ready For the Fight” (already heard as the theme music for EA Games “Fight Night 4″ and as official entry music for world middleweight champion Arthur Abraham), the J-pop electro disco of SugarCandySuperNova and the Ragga House of “Juice and Gin” the album spans Puccini Opera, Punk rock, hip hop, synth pop, Japanese rock and much more…
“[The Young Punx are...] jubilantly shredding genre boundaries, swooping like crack crazed Magpies to grab their favourite shiny bits with maniacal gusto” – Clash Magazine
“It’s like a cross-section of contemporary music, totally amazing” – Disco Demons Blog
“I think Mashpop and Punkstep is already one of the best party albums this year!” – Extra New Music Blog
On Saturday 23rd January, the world’s leading music industry conference, MIDEM, was kicked off by a panel discussion with Hal Ritson of The Young Punx and Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls discussing the artist’s perspective on new models for the promotion of music in the digital economy. Other speakers following included Pharrell, Ed O’Brian of Radiohead and Fallout Boy.
There has been a lot of press coverage of the event, but here are a couple of examples :
BBC News Website
Bands that took the corporate buck may once have been accused of selling out, but commercial sponsorship is now often seen as a smart way to fund your music.
Hal Ritson sings with Young Punx and is Dizzee Rascal’s live band leader
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So UK dance act The Young Punx accepted sponsorship from beer company Warsteiner, which wanted to raise its profile among clubbers in Germany.
Warsteiner put on club nights where The Young Punx DJ’d and performed live, the company gave away their music, used it in its MTV ads and the band featured the drink in their podcasts.
“They were paying to have us associated with their brand,” says Young Punx singer and Dizzee Rascal’s live musical director Hal Ritson. “We were happy to be associated with their brand since our brand is basically having a few drinks and having a good time.”
During last year’s promotion, according to Facebook statistics, the number of Young Punx fans in Germany shot up and Germany went from being “a territory of no relevance” to third on the list behind the UK and USA.
“That’s a fanbase that came through one year without us maybe selling many records, but with many, many people hearing our music. And we got paid, so everyone’s happy.”
MIDEM(net) Blog
Hal Ritson and Amanda Palmer at MIDEM 2010
Artists are getting in early with their views on digital music innovation this MidemNet – the opening panel on day one features Amanda Palmer (centre, of Dresden Dolls and now solo fame) and Hal Ritson from The Young Punx (left)… It also made history as the first ever MidemNet session to kick off with a ukulele cover of Radiohead’s Creep (Palmer), interpretive dance (Ritson) and a sock puppet (representing Paul Van Dyk).
Ritson talked about his own online activities, saying an artist has to do three things nowadays: first, get people to listen to the music; second, get some emotional contact with them; and third, find a revenue stream from somewhere.
“We’ve totally embraced the point that writers of music blogs are totally taking over as the new tastemakers of music,” he said. So Ritson looks at blogs giving away free music not as a threat, but as the modern equivalent of radio promo. “You’re getting people to hear your music,” he said.
On Wednesday 21st October 2009, at the BBC Electric Proms, Dizzee Rascal performed his first ever full length concert backed by a live band to widespread critical acclaim. That live band was made up from members of The Young Punx collective, plus Vula Malinga from Basement Jaxx, a 16 piece string section from The Heritage Orchestra and choristers from King’s College Cambridge, all under the musical direction of The Young Punx’s Hal Ritson.
Hal took 2 month’s off from Young Punx duties to get deep inside the world of Dizzee Rascal’s music, rebuilding 7 years worth of the grime superstar’s tracks in new and exciting ways to create an unforgettable night of live music. Though a Dizzee Rascal show through and through the night featured The Young Punx’s trademark genre defying attitude, reworking songs as metal, japanese classical music, country, flamenco, oldskool hip hop, organic drum and bass and much more!
Read a review of the show from The Sun, NME or The Star.
Imagine
The Young Punx, a collective of musical miscreants, led by maverick multi-instrumentalist Hal Ritson, have been steadily building a name for themselves over the past couple of years. With remixes for the likes of Autocrats and Mighty Dubcats under their belt, 2010 will see the release of their new album ‘Mashpop & Punkstep’, but ahead of that they’ve pulled together a tasty little Remix EP to whet the appetite…
Heading the EP is Black Noise’s electro crack house take on ‘Ready For The Fight’, which sees the south coast trio throw a heap of Mr Oizo-esque sub bass and beats at the already heavy Count Bass D collaboration. Scene veteran Shinichi Osawa steps up to the plate next turning the guitar driven ‘Rockstar (Understand)’ into a bleep-laden vehicle, destined for the dancefloor.
House man of the moment Riva Starr gives ‘Juice & Gin’ a techy makeover in his own inimitable style, plundering the best synths to create another messy dancefloor affair. Rounding things up is a double hitter of re-workings of ‘MashitUp’ the single released earlier this year to DJ and dancefloor acclaim. Kam Denny takes the electro-pop of the original, adds a tougher edge and builds to a climax which will leave you in no doubt as to how he’s cemented his position as one of Australia’s finest producers and remixers. Fellow Ozzie and young upstart Junior Black completes the set with a vocal-introed mash-up (for want of a better word) punctuated with synths and beeps in all the right places.
With their second longplayer due for imminent release and a double a-side single package coming soon, The Young Punx are now making moves up the ladder and are sure to be coming to a radio station, dancefloor or live venue near you soon…
“It’s been described as an Acid House Bohemian Rhapsody, it takes in 25 styles during it’s course, I like it” – Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1
“This guy F**ks with all the rules” – Norman Cook
“Learn to Recycle is six minutes of utterly unique music” – IDJ
“Phonat has frequently stunned us with his none-more-innovative productions over the last few years, coming across like a hyperactive Daft Punk on happy pills…… By the end, you’re exhausted, perplexed, flabbergasted, and left with the feeling that all other music is boring, unimaginative, repetitive trash. Wow. 10/10″ – Data Transmission
Unique, innovative, rule breaking, genre-spanning….just a few of the plaudits that have been used to describe the works of Phonat, the seven foot mop-haired Italian who’s been catching the ears and attention of the ever intangible ‘tastemaking set’ over the past few months. The album features guest appearances from The Young Punx including Hal Ritson, Guthrie Govan and Simon Bettison.
Annie Mac, Annie Nightingale, Andy George, Rob da Bank and Pete Tong have all been championing the producer since last year, when singles ‘Incredible Sound’, ‘Ghetto Burning’ and ‘Learn To Recycle’ marked him as one to watch for 2009 and beyond. Now readying the release of his eponymous debut album, Phonat has created a panoply of chopped up riffs swirled around murky basslines, a world where guitar-driven dancefloor fillers meet bleep-filled fantasies for fun, friendship and possibly more.
Originally from Florence, Italy, Phonat (aka Michele Balduzzi) was first spotted by MofoHifi Records on MySpace and they were so impressed with the 21 year old that the loving label bosses persuaded him to leave his parents’ idyllic country farm in Florence and move to a bed sit in Canning Town. Armed only with a five-year-old computer and an electric guitar Phonat dutifully relocated to London in late 2007 and the rest, as they say, is history.
Drawing on every vein of dance music, from hip hop to house, garage to breaks Phonat’s expert use of a vocal hook is also evident, most noticeably on the Yolanda vocalled ‘Ghetto Burning’ and next single ‘Set Me Free’ – where classic 80s style rock vocals sit atop a stacatto-synthed stomper.
Phonat may have arrived on the scene late last year, but with DJ bookings and remix requests coming in from across the world and his album ready to hit the streets, 2009 is set to be an busy year for the big Italian.
‘Phonat’ by Phonat was released on MofoHifi Records on September 21st. ‘Set Me Free EP’, featuring remixes from Avicci, Louis La Roche and High Rankin was out August 24th.
Tracklisting
- A Warm Welcome
- Get Down My Dirty Street
- Set Me Free
- Ghetto Burnin’
- Love Hits The Fan
- Ho Visto Un Quadro Verde
- It’s For You
- Learn To Recycle
- The Big Deal
- Zombie Army
- Bad Boy
- London
Available at all major sellers.
The Young Punx team up with their Japanese label buddy Shinichi Osawa with this full throttle remix of forthcoming Young Punx single ‘Rock Star (Understand)’. This banging hard glitch remix went straight to number one in the Japanese iTunes electronic chart on release! Shinichi Osawa is one of the worlds most exciting producers and needs no introduction following his UK releases on Data (Star Guitar) and Southern Fried (The One).
The Young Punx perform "Rock Star (Understand)" live in Japan, July 2009.
‘Rock Star (Understand)’ will feature on The Young Punx new album (Mashpop and Punkstep) which is due out later this year. The song itself is a reworking of a song called ‘Understand’ by the Yokohama based band Asian Kung Fu Generation who have sold over 10 million albums. The Young Punx performed with Asian Kung Fu Generation, Hard Fi and The Manic Street Preachers on July 20th in Yokohama to over 25,000 fans.
(NB This release is not yet available in North America)
The Young Punx are pleased to announce that their forthcoming single ‘Ready For The Fight’ is one of the title tracks on EA Games highly anticipated Fight Night Round 4.
The song features prominently in the game which is expected to sell several million copies across the globe. MofoHifi records have already been inundated with requests for the track from gamers from across the world and have consequently set up a limited release of the single on iTunes.
The inspiring hip hop mashup track features guest vocals from respected US rapper Count Bass D and has already been described by AOL’s influential gaming site ‘Flytrap’ as one of the top ten songs of all time to feature in a computer game.
The track will have a full release later in the year, with a video being cut by cult artist Han Hoogerbrugge.
Listen to Ready for the Fight on YouTube.
Buy the track on iTunes (LINK FOR USA / CANADA)
Buy the track on iTunes (LINK FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD)
To find out about this track read about it in the NEWS SECTION ARTICLE.
We went out onto the streets of London with members of the eclectic mashpop collective to find out about their approach to albums, music, gigging and mayhem.
The first single from The Young Punx second album, featuring vocals from Laura Kidd, awesome ravey fidgety mixes from Shir Khan and Goshi Goshi and an insane new video from Han Hoogerbrugge!
The Young Punx; an innovative collective of diverse musicians led by inventive multi-instrumentalist and producer, Hal Ritson, have been building themselves quite a reputation of late. Resisting easy definition by continuing to deliver fresh sounding, first-class electronic music, coupled with a string of hugely popular remixes for the likes of Sonny J, Mighty Dub Katz and Giant Jnr, The Young Punx are becoming one of London’s hottest exports. Drawing on an eclectic fusion of influences – breaks, house, rock, pop and electro – to create a sound loosely coined as “mashpop and punkstep”, they get ready to release their second album in Spring 2009.
MASHitUP is its first single release, a fine slice of quality breakbeat driven electro pop featuring a killer punky vocal from ‘new girl on the block’ Laura Kidd (fresh from touring with Tricky and her collaboration on ‘Automatic’ with Michael Gray, Eye Industries) and staggering shredding guitar licks from The Young Punx’ resident guitar virtuoso, Guthrie Govan. It’s dirty, it’s multi-layered and it’s loud – just the way they like it.
MASHitUP is already creating vibrations across the globe. From performing it live to a rapturous 15,000 strong crowd alongside the Stereophonics in Yokohama Arena, Japan, to featuring it in their inspired DJ set alongside Tiesto at Ibiza super club, Privilege, it’s going down an absolute (electric) storm.
Discerningly keen-eared blog tastemakers have been onto this for some time, sharing and hyping MASHitUP since mixes surfaced 6-weeks ago. Support from key blogspots, such as Discodust, Discobelle, Get Weird and Monster Says Rawr – considered instrumental in unearthing and breaking the hottest of fringe and underground acts – are all marking The Yong Punx as one to watch this year:
“I love the original on this, The Young Punx are bad as fooook, will be playing this 
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– Micky Slim
Filmed out and about in Old Street, London, and more intimately at Hoxton’s cult ‘Phone in Sick’ night, hosted by Jerry Bouthier, MASHitUP’s video is a visual feast of freakish fun. Cut and animated by renowned Dutch Digital Artist, Han Hoogerbrugge, if you’ve ever wondered what Old St might look like should a troop of bikini-clad clowns invade, take a peek and wonder no more…
Mixes come from the Berlin Battery’s Shir Khan and new MofoHifi signings, Goshi Goshi. Shir Khan is undoubtedly one of the finest German DJ / Producers to have emerged in recent years and underlines exactly why he deserves the hype with this mash-up of electro house style leads, distorted e-guitar solos, baile funk drum rolls and a shuffled groove. All in all a massive record already singled out by Pete Tong for inclusion in his Fast Trax Show – “Totally rocking remix!”
Goshi Goshi lean their mix towards the ‘sound of 2008’ fidget house. With a banging combination of retro rave revivals, dropping basslines and glitchy beats, they deliver a killer peak-time remix.
