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No Amazon, I'm not going to pay you £17.49 for an import copy of Empire of the Sun's album (or! as I've just discovered, £32.99 on CD-WoW). For now I am quite happy to listen to the songs on their myspace and these remixes I bring to you today (if you want a full album review, pop over to Sundtrak where Jon has checked it all out in detail)

I've posted about Empire of the Sun before - a project of Nick Littlemore from Pnau and Luke Steele from the Sleepy Jackson.

And so of course, we have the usual round of Australians remixing Australians. Sam La More features again, as does Van She Tech and uh...Ted and Francis - whoever they are.


Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Van She remix)



Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (Sam La More remix)


Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (Ted & Francis remix)

www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound
www.myspace.com/tedandfrancis
www.myspace.com/samlamore

As I dig deeper into the past of the current Australian electro-pop explosion (and it is quite a brilliant explosion, an explosion of the positive kind, such as one used to visually enhance a film or access a new mineral resource), I find more and more that all these guys seem to know each other. Its as if they all went to the same Australian school of electro-pop. So find of the day is Teenager, which is the old duet band of Nick Littlemore (currently band member of PNAU and more recent project Empire of the Sun) and Pip Brown (aka Ladyhawke). We've already seen the stunning stuff they're producing these days so its nice to go back to their roots. I've only been able to get hold of the tracks on their myspace, their album is proving extemely elusive so this is a bit of a snapshot.

The stand-out track is "Alone Again" which is just what a duet should be. Bloke sings. Girl sings. And eveythings beautiful.

"West" is a bass driven track featuring only Littlemore's vocals. Its all quite unpolished stuff but a good listen all the same.


Teenager - Alone Again


Teenager - West

www.myspace.com/teenagerband

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If you want to buy Teenager's album and you live outside Australia, well, no chance. If you find a copy give me a shout.

Hi all, sorry about the lack of posts the last few days, I've been down in London at the Notting Hill Carnival which was pretty fun. I haven't got my photo's developed yet but this chaps are quite good if you fancy a ganders.

Guess I've got a lot of catching up to do! Good news is I have a few interviews in the pipeline which is really exciting. I'll keep it a surprise who they are because its just so much more thrilling if I do that (one band is actually famous you might say!).

But back to the music. Today's chaps are Australian electro-band PNAU and their side-project Empire of the Sun (a collaboration between Nick Littlemore from PNAU and Luke Steele from The Sleepy Jackson)

Here's a PNAU track "With You Forever" remixed by Fear of Tigers.

Preview and download:

PNAU - With You Forever (Fear of Tigers remix)(Mediafire)

And here's Empire of the Sun's first effort, "Walking on a Dream"

Preview:


And a remix of "Walking on a Dream" from Sam La More:

Preview and download:

Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Sam La More remix)(Mediafire)


www.myspace.com/pnaupnau
www.myspace.com/fearoftigers
www.myspace.com/empireofthesunsound
www.myspace.com/samlamore

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