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Cut Copy & The Presets US Tour Selling Out Fast!

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Modular Loses Gazillions!

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Modular News: Bumblebeez, Bang Gang Deejays, Ladyhawke, Tough Alliance, Cut Copy & The Presets

THE BUMBLEBEEZ - PRINCE UMBERTO AND THE SISTER OF ILL - DIGITAL ALBUM AVAILABLE NOW!

The new digital only album by The Bumblebeez is out now in the USA! The BBz are the funky brother and sister duo from you know where who mix elements of hip hop, electro, indie, Brit Pop, techno and sort of everything in between. It's a fun filled album where the vibe changes from one song to the next, but together makes one big beautiful mess. The album was recorded and produced in Australia by the world famous James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco. The ITUNES version of the record features remixes of their tune "Rio" by Herve, and Etienne de Crecy.

This week they're a Featured Artist on MySpace and you can listen to their full album on Spinner on AOL or RCRD LBL

THE BANG GANG DEEJAYS

The Bang Gang Deejays are renowned for laying down club rub after club rub to the point where everyone simultaneously experiences a dance climax and the rafters rattle with the heaving bodily mass of a thousand people loosing their minds. The Bang Gang Deejays are Ajax, Gus Da Hoodrat, Jamie Doom, DJ Damage, Nolan Nolan and Dangerous Dan, whether you’ve heard of them as a collective or individually you’ll know they can throw one helluva party.

Last year we gave you Light Sound Dance, otherwise known as LSD – the double disc compilation to out-dance all other compilations. This year we’ve got a new fruity frappe of jams selected and mixed together by The Bang Gang themselves, it goes by the name of D is for Disco, E is for Dancing. It'll drop in late October/early November but more information on this mix will trickle in by the week, so stay wide-eyed and focused on modularpeople.com for news.

Without further fluffing about, we have a teaser for D is for Disco, E is for Dancing online for you right now. It features about 45 songs in 10 minutes, covering everything from Ghostface Killah to Kid Cudi, Treasure Fingers, a little baile funk and a whole slab of disco. So either sign up to our ModCast or refresh your iTunes to grab the goodness. Otherwise, XLR8R are hosting it over here.

THE TOUGH ALLIANCE

The Tough Alliance are a duo of dreamers from Gothenburg, of which not a lot of personal information is known, but whose notoriety precedes them with hefty weight. Kicking about in their native Sweden since 2004 and having established themselves as one of the most infamous bands on the scene there, with the forthcoming release of their latest album A New Chance on Modular late September, The Tough Alliance are ready to take on the world, one disbeliever at a time.

A New Chance is a pure turquoise dream of ecstatic house pianos, white sand, melancholic strings, blind faith in the future and how everything – hand on heart - comes down to emotions. It’s the record that sounds like an endless summer, and it will be preceded by the first single Neo Violence, with remixes to come from Laidback Luke, Zongamin, Woolfy and Windsur.

Sweden has had their share of The Tough Alliance, now it’s everyone else’s turn to fall in love. For a thorough introduction into the duo's charms, check them out on YouTube.

Select YouTube links from the TTA catalogue:

Neo Violence (A New Chance, 2008)
Make It Happen (Make It Happen, 2004)
Koka Kola Veins (The New School, 2005)
Silly Crimes (New Waves, 2006)
25 Years And Runnin (New Waves, 2006)
Live at Peace And Love
Live in Malmo

A New Chance will be released September 25 on Modular!

LADYHAWKE

In recent weeks, Ladyhawke has been winging around the world delivering video diaries to update us all. In between tour dates she managed to swing through Los Angeles and jump the que for Disneyland and get in for a day ofMickey Mouse themed madness, see what happened here.

We're expecting to deliver her EP featuring Back of The Van, Paris is Burning, remixes and exclusive tracks on October 14 followed by a few quick dates in NYC, Chicago, SF and LA. Keep your pants on and well post the glorious details as soon as we have them.

Check out her videos for Paris is Burning and Back of the Van while you wait.

THE PRESETS

Talk Like That is to be the next single from Apocalypso, and comes with a straight up sick set of remixes from Jence (Digitalism), Dave Spoon, Optimo and CFCF.

We mentioned it last week, but in case you missed the beat, there is also a fantastic new video for Talk Like That, directed by the mighty, exceptionally talented French duo Jonas & Francois (Justice, Kanye West, Madonna). The video sees a tragically devoted, timelessly beautiful angel praying at the alter of The Presets, followed by a ritualistic destruction of instruments, some wonderfully ethereal slow mo dancing, and a surreal sequence of Kim and Jules in some kind of teenage bedroom talking about cream and sneakers. See it here.
The Presets and Cut Copy will be touring the USA this Fall. Visit our Touring section for all the details.

CUT COPY

Cut Copy and The Presets will be touring the USA this Fall. Visit our Touring section for all dates. The band will also be featured as part of the Rhapsody Originals Live series for the month of August Their current single Hearts on Fire and their album In Ghost Colours is out now onModular.

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The Presets Australian Update + Live Video

The Presets are now the highest selling Australian artists of 2008.

Over Platinum and approaching 100,000 sales in Australia alone with their album 'Apocalypso' .

Over 4 months in the Australian Top 10.

Most highly attended act at this year's Splendour in The Grass (in Byron Bay, Australia) last weekend. Some footage here from the weekend:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_imqihkCT1A

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uyPzg0MAo3k

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=6RwPhE4Sw0o

From the Triple J Website:

"The Presets closed the Mix Up stage with perhaps the set of the festival. The huge popularity they're experiencing was reflected in the crowd. The tent was big, the crowd was bigger. The hands in the air during "My People" seemed never ending. Everyone was there for the sense of unity. This will be a moment people will talk about for years to come." New single 'Talk Like That' added nationally to Australian commercial radio within in a day.

Nominated for Australian album of the year for the J Awards 2008:

The kings of electro-rock have delivered on the expectations set by their debut a few years back with their sophomore effort Apocalypso. In equal parts menacing and enticing, darkly mysterious and compulsively fun, the Presets have a developed an individual style already being emulated around Australia and around the world. Says triple j Music Director Richard Kingsmill, 'The Presets album is set to be one of the landmark Australian albums of '08. "My People" pointed towards an exciting second album might be coming, but the duo have exceeded those expectations. It's one of the darkest party records of all time.'

'My People' has been selected as the music for this year's soccer Hyndai A-League Finals TV campaign:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WLu_pbY6gXE

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New Modular Merch!

Hold onto you’re disco balls! It’s back! Softer than a field of feathers and with more style than Ziggy Stardust in a monkey suit, the second run of the Modular Merchandise range is here. This time around, tee’s come in the blackest of blacks and the whitest of whites with a whole slue of first-rate prints to keep a good day/night rotation going for years.

Unfulfilled with the itchy box-cut and tight-necked tees of the world, the new range features a unique fit that slides onto the bod with ease. The super soft luxury cotton will see that once it goes on, it ain’t coming off and with unisex sizes from XXS to XL, equality is the word.

Whilst all the old-school favorites have been given new life, we took our thumb out and created seven brand spanking Modular designs as well as new prints for label acts, Cut Copy, The Presets, Soulwax and The Bang Gang. A total of eighteen tees to flaunt however you please.

With a super limited amount available, you've gotta be quick like Carl Lewis to make sure you get yours. Lookin' spiffy!

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July 26th: Modular Pool Party at The Standard Hotel Hollywood

The LA summer heat would be absolutely unbearable if it weren’t for two very simple things, awesome pools and kick-ass music. Who better to bring you both at the same time than Modular Records?  Our 1st of 3 summer pool parties is kicking off at The Standard Hotel in Hollywood on Saturday, July 26th with DJ sets by Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Health, DJ Kid Lightning, and Jordan Z. FREE with RSVP!

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