MP3: The Young Punx – ‘The Clapping Song’
The Young Punx have taken part in the legendary Buffet Libre ‘Rewind’ project, in which 100 artists do cover versions of tracks from the 70s, 80s and 90s for a free online digital download compilation. The Young Punx chose to cover the Belle Stars version of ‘The Clapping Song’ from 1982, which is itself a cover of Shirley Ellis’ 60s original. Featuring vocals from Laura Kidd and virtuoso guitar from Guthrie Govan the track starts out as a fairly faithful cover version, until Phonat takes the helm half way through and it turns into a kind of electro drum and bass freak out version!.. Read more
Top UK trend bible the Sunday Times declared disco to be London’s new New Rave this week, suggesting office parties and hen nights are set to dominate the lifestyles of ‘cool kids’ in 2009.
Toronto electro house star Deadmau5 has one of the most committed fanbases in electronic music currently, with his melodic electro and progressive house sound constantly debated and dissected on forums. A few aspiring producers out there are desperate to emulate Deadmau5′ sound, but one has gone further than most to copy it. In this video, Belgian producer Timofey shows how he managed to recreate Deadmau5′ recent hit ‘Ghosts N Stuff’ perfectly in Ableton Live 7.
Ten years is a long time in any job, but Justin Rushmore of Soul Of Man is proud of his illustrious career as head honcho of Finger Lickin’ Records. Along with Jem Panufnik they’ve grown from being the only people on the label to a tour-de-force in the music world.
The BBC has announced it’s annual list of the artists it predicts will be making waves during 2009. Although incorporating acts from across the musical board, the list picks up on a trend first mentioned a few weeks back in UK broadsheet The Guardian regarding the rise of the female electro pop star. The paper prophesied that the waves of white male guitar bands that have dominated the charts in recent years were set to be replaced by a fresh influx of laptop-wielding female stars, predominately in their early 20s… 
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To widespread delight Episode 22 of The Young Punx FM Podcast is now available featuring some incredible music, more cowbell, lewd T-shirts, exclusive new tracks and Simon and Hal causing the usual havoc.
