The band started in 1997 with an exchange student named Benjamin Jay Kline, who studied in Flensborg High School. He had agreed to partake in the school's singing competition, with his own song. When the time came he decided to go to the movies instead and asked his "sister", Laufey, to sing it instead, to which she agreed. The school band had one Freyr Gígja on guitar and Guðni on drums, and their co-operation proved so fun that they decided to continue, and recruited Nonni on guitar and Bjössi on bass.

While waiting for the drummer on their first practice, a chap they knew named Kjartan was out walking his dog, and dropped in on a visit. He sat behind the drum-kit, counted in, and thus the band was fully formed.

The band had one popular song, called "Surferboy" which got on some charts, and was released on a compilation CD called "Drepnir". Then Freyr dropped out and Gísli Árnason took his place. The Sugarcubes' label Bad Taste got wind of them and released the CD PP. ep. also in 1997. Apart from this the band released a CD named "Hvað" (What). Their 15 minutes of fame came when they opened for Skunk Anansie in what was then Iceland's largest stadium.

The singer, Laufey, is now an actress and a model, Freyr is a reporter and Bjössi the bass player currently drums with Singapore Sling. PP. ep. is now nowhere to be found, but there's a slight chance that it may be bought digitally at tonlist.com.

PPPönk - Svitafita (Sweatfat)

PPPönk - Últradans (Ultradance)

dirtydirtydancing

i guess it's no more too hype to eat spiders this week, but rather slather your naked body with chocolate and wander around offering treats to people, OK FINE SOUNDS FUN I'LL HAVE A LICK.

having read the vice issue on girls on my way back from a lovely week-end in paris, covering a yet dormant killer flu (i'm probably dead by tomorrow just so you know i'm posting before so i dont leave you without good music to mourn my loss to), i've been a bit upset by some articles (excisision almost got me throwing up my sandwich, girl getting off to beating up, girl selling her poop ewww) and endeared by some others (not as interesting to list, really). girls are really amazing, and everyone should be reminded of that at least once a day. i mean : boobs! indulging in really old shameful dirty secrets! spending the night swooning over hundreds of blur's youtube comparing the awesome features of alex damon graham! i tell you : only a girl.

i used to not like girl singin so much, i used to hate remixes, how the world has changed. these three songs are remixes, these three songs feature girly vocals, these three songs are hott hott hott.

1) this one is not *too* new but so good, a rex the dog remix for the swedish hot "more poppy than them you die" band the sounds. it was recommended by the lovely patrik north from the lovely music label SUMMER LOVERS UNLIMITED on his lovely blog el popo. since i am ill as fuck, i am allowed to be lazy, and copy/paste what patrik says about this track (also because it is very true and i couldn't agree more and rephrase this would be plagiarism and i'd rather quote than plagiarize) :

IF YOU ARE A DJ AND YOU DO NOT PUT THIS INTO YOUR SET IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO THEN WE ARE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE.

IF YOU ARE A GIRL WHO LIKES TO HAVE FUN YOU WILL SING ALONG TO THIS INTO A HAIRBRUSH WHEN YOU ARE GETTING READY TO GO OUT AND YOU WILL BE FIGHTING FOR SPACE IN THE BATHROOM MIRROR AND YOUR BEST FRIEND WILL HAVE CURLERS IN HER HAIR AND SHE MIGHT SHOVE YOU A LITTLE TOO HARD BUT THAT IS OK BECAUSE AFTER ALL SHE IS YOUR BEST FRIEND AND PLUS YOU ARE TOUGH.

IF YOU ARE AN UPTIGHT STRAIGHT DUDE WHO LISTENS TO RAP/INDIE/GENRE-TECHNO THEN YOU WILL NOT LIKE THIS AND NEED TO GO AWAY, BUT IF YOU ARE FUN OR GAY THEN IT'LL BE OK AND YOU WILL SMOKE SOME WEED AND DANCE TO THIS IN SOCKS AND BOXERS.

The Sounds - Tony The Beat (Rex The Dog Remix)

second, is an amazing soft sad fluttering remix done by the teenagers (signed to SLU! wooh!) for the pretty dudettes of au revoir simone. you probably have heard it on their myspace, and loved it, as you should, and here it is in good quality to take out on your ipod, because as you might have noticed, we're nice like that. let me remind you that teenagers are remixing like fire right now, for the likes of NYPC, thieves like us, van she etc, yeepee.

Au Revoir Simone - Fallen Snow (The Teenagers Remix)

third final point conclusion : woooh yet again a new van she tech exclusive remix! we missed this on the blog, it was a bit sad. but fear not for that a new phase of vst awesomeness is beginning here with soon : a remix of tiga (wonderfully strange and upbeat and uuuuugh gonna want more) a remix of utah saints (makes your eyes go wide, as wide as that msn smiley, you know the one, and makes your body shake like a killer flu does or maybe even more) a remix of mstrkrft (haven't heard this one aw booh) and more.
THIS ONE though screams cuteness by its every pore (if a song was a girl). it's a remix of a song by the aussie band teenager (no the no s), who just released their debut album "thirteen" you should buy it. go on their myspace to download the original, another little gem.

Teenager - Alone Again (Van She Tech Remix)

<3 <3 <3 kissous kissous

Il fallait reparler de Felix Cartal. Il fallait apprendre à connaitre ce garçon dont on avait jamais entendu parler il y a encore une semaine et dont chaque morceau est un vrai hit. 4 questions pour 1 interview.

Where are you coming from ? We never heard of you and one day all these tunes are coming out, you are not signed on a label but you do remixes for Mstrkrft and Ashlee Simpson, how could this be ?

I started as a musician in a pretentious progressive rock-band throughout my earlier years, which I played bass guitar. The transition into electro was only natural. As for right now, I am practicing doing remixes/originals on my own, until I feel ready enough to approach a label (or a label feels ready enough to approach me, haha).

Are you a total bedroom producer or do you do dj mixes / live ? As you produce dance music, it's difficult not to imagine how this music would be received, so what the purpose of your music, at which moment
should it be played, for what kind of girl, what kind of clubs would you prefer your songs to be played in ?

Currently I'm only doing bedroom producing, because I don't have the resources to perform live, but hopefully that will change soon
;) ;) ;)

I'm making music because I've been inspired; electronica has made me excited about music again. It's helped me discover that adding a little bit of cliche in what you make is what makes music interesting, rather than trying to create something completley new, I'd rather rework the cliche into something fresh. I guess in that sense, I'm making music to try and inspire those like I have been. Ideally, I want my music played at the most typical, frat-boy filled club in town, because there would be nothing more satisfying then hearing 40 boys singing along to Ashlee Simpson unknowingly.

In the music universe what special friendships do you have, who are your models? what do you do in life except music?

Discodust has been really nice to me, supporting me from the beginning, and other various blogs (Shot Callin, Slutty Fringe, ON-OFF, TTY). Musically, my models have been Teki Latex (the happiest music on earth), the EdBanger team, melodramatic vocoder rock (the Midnight Juggernauts and All Night Dance Party, and those I've listened to before I even understood what electronica was (Daft Punk, Vitalic, The Chemical Brothers, Out Hud). Other than music, I am attending university and shopping a lot.

What are the 5 greatest mouths you know?

I feel like it would be too easy to insert a fellatio joke here, so I'm just going to answer straight up in a very particular order.
1. Stephen Tyler
2. Hilary Duff (who I'm dying to remix)
3. Dikembe Mutombo
4. Woody Allen's Wife/Daughter
5. Tony Blair

MP3 : Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E (Felix Cartal remix) (EXCLUSIVE)

Kiss FELIX CARTAL on HIS MYSPACE