TAG: New Young Pony Club

Mar03

Munk – The Bird and The Beat (Review)

Munk

The Bird and The Beat

Released by Gomma Records


Mathias Modica aka Munk is ready with his third album, The Beat and the bird. The DJ, multi-instrumentalist and producer releases his album on Gomma Records, the label he co- founded and which is known for quality dance music. He’s basically Germany’s James Murphy, and even though James didn’t participate this time, big players like Etienne de Crecy, Alex Gopher, and Jan Driver (Boys Noize) shared the production credits. The all-rounder himself performs on everything from piano, synths, xylophones, bass, guitars and drum machines. He’s a big player like ...

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Apr20

New Young Pony Club’s Andy Spence Talks New Album, New Future

It’s been three years since New Young Pony Club broke onto the fledgling indie dance punk scene with Fantastic Playroom, the debut that yielded two hit singles, “Ice Cream” and “The Bomb,” as well as a nomination for the prestigious UK Mercury Prize. But Andy Spence, guitarist and producer for NYPC who recently talked with The Retrospective via telephone about their sophomore album, Optimist, wants you to know it wasn’t for a lack of trying.

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Apr13

New Young Pony Club are a Bunch of Optimists (Review)

New Young Pony Club

The Optimist



A lot has changed since since New Young Pony Club's debut album, Fantastic Playroom, was released on Australia's Modular Records back in 2007. With New Rave exploding around bands like CSS and Klaxons, NYPC got swept up in the hype of a genre so ill-defined that three years later many people still don't know what it means. While Fantastic Playroom chronicled the darkly glittering party persona of singer Ty Bulmer, NYPC's new album, Optimist, is the story of what happens when they step out of the harsh glare of the disco light and into the shadows of a broken heart.

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Dec18

DJ Mehdi – Red, Black & Blue (Review)

DJ Mehdi

Red, Black & Blue

Released by Ed Banger


In 1988 eleven-year-old Mehdi Faveris Essadi acquired his first tape: Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The rest is history and somewhat documented on this collection of remixes. "When it comes to this remix game, I have only one rule: first there is THE BEAT. Remixing = beat making + having fun," says Mehdi.

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Nov18

DJ Mehdi Remix Record = French Party

After jumping on the ED Banger house-of-hits back in ‘06, DJ Mehdi is prepping to drop an album of his own remixes. His last record proved him to be a standout amongst his labelmates, and this mix promises to be a dousy with Joakim, Etienne De Crecy, Sebastien Tellier, Cassius,Busy P, New Young Pony Club, …

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