Recent Articles with Empire of the Sun
Sziget festival – One week together island experience
Every year hundreds of thousands of people head to Hungary’s Sziget festival, locking themselves voluntarily into the region’s biggest cultural quarantine, on an island encompassed by the Danube and Budapest’s downtown. During seven days from 10th of August Sziget offers a wide range of established artists, but still manages to find some room on the – more
Smalltown Supersound get busy with Today
We just got word that Norwegian disco label Smalltown Supersound are putting out a collection of new and old tracks for a new compilation entitled Today. The compilation will be unveiled to the masses in early February and will include tunes from artists such as Norwegian disco princes, Todd Terje & Prins Thomas. Four Tet – more
Sidwho?’s Future Classic
Sidwho? one third of The Swiss (check out our Ones to Watch here) and now a full time member of Empire of The Sun is about to release 12 inches of black gold on purveyors of all things fine – Future Classic. Backed up with a Session Victim (Hauke Freer and Matthias Reiling) remix, ‘I – more
Germany put your handclap together
For those of you gripped by the current craze of psychedelic disco by way of artists like MGMT and Empire Of The Sun, The Phenomenal Handclap Band are sure to help feed your ongoing addiction. Appearing on the European import market via UK based label Tummy Touch in July and the Friendly Fire label in – more
ONES TO WATCH – The Swiss and Hounds Of Hate
The next two artists couldn’t be farther apart from each other, literally: The Swiss hail from the lacklustre church state of Adelaide, South Australia while Hounds of Hate bask in the warm glow of East London’s hipster community. Both artists make retro music for the jilted millennial generation, and both have something ferociously infectious and – more
Empire of the Sun disband
Australian psych-pop duo Empire of the Sun played their first and perhaps last show during an early morning solar eclipse today. The heavily stylized six and a half minute video performance took place during the longest such event of the 21st century and seems even more dramatic now that sources close to the band are – more
V-Tech & Filter presents monthly remix competition
Filter magazine, one of the last bastions of respectable music writing, has opened up their web portal to the dance world. Sponsored by V-Tech, Filter-mag.com will be holding a remix competition each month, offering tracks from great artists around the world for producers, DJs and musicians to create whatever they like with it. Last month – more
ONES TO WATCH – The Golden Filter
With their recent remix of Empire of the Sun’s “We Are The People”, NYC duo Golden Filter has garnered heat, hype and love from the blogosphere. American record producer Stephen connected with Australian chanteuse Penelope in a buzzing New York art collective, where they bantered about their first love: photography. They’ve since remixed Little Boots, – more
