Mogwai: Helicon 2
Kid 606: Dandy
Missy Elliott:
The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Janek Schaefer: Wow
Ruby: Lilypad
Turin Brakes: Long Distance
The Monsoon Bassoon:
Commando
Ambulance: Whindie
The Strokes: Alone, Together
Architecture In Helsinki:
The Owls Go
Future Pilot AKA:
Mein Nehi Jana
The Futureheads:
Decent Days And Nights
Shirokuma:
Moonlight In The Afternoon
Mint Royale: The Effect On Me
Franz Ferdinand:
Do You Want To
Mystery Jets: On My Feet
Jack Arel: Berkenhead School
Pet Shop Boys:
I'm With Stupid
Von Südenfed:
Fledermaus Can't Get It
Freddie Mercury:
I Was Born To Love You
The Futureheads:
Back To The Sea
Architecture In Helsinki:
Hold Music
Tunng: Bullets
Lily Allen: LDN
Jensen Sportag: Cocktease
Franz Ferdinand: Ulysses
Moondog:
Enough About Human Rights
Noah And The Whale:
Love Of An Orchestra
Final Fantasy:
Midnight Directives
Praise:
Franz Ferdinand: Do You Want To (Max Tundra Remix) *****
"Unlike a lot of genre-translating remixers, Max Tundra doesn't pretend there was dance music hidden in the original - just over-the-top sugar-rush pop. One bit feels like someone playing Nintendo for an arena of cheering fans, another throws up a flurry of flickering funk-lite synths, and the whole thing matches the song so perfectly that this is now the version that gets stuck in my head." - Nitsuh Abebe, Pitchfork
Architecture In Helsinki: Hold Music (Max Tundra Remix)
"When a record has a cover this lovely you really don't expect it to sound that good at all, which is probably why I wasn't expecting much from 'Hold Music', the latest record from Architecture in Helsinki. Backed with a Max Tundra remix my hopes went up slightly but little could prepare me for the electro-by-way-of-funk-soul-and-Stevie-Wonder mayhem you actually get on this crackers 7". As if the original isn't mental enough, Max Tundra does exactly what he does best on the flip and betters it in every way, perfectly complimenting the screamy oddball vocals with his inordinately odd production. Hows about you produce another album now Mr Tundra sir?" - Boomkat
The Futureheads: Decent Days And Nights (Max Tundra Remix)
"Reasons I Adore This:
1. I’ve never heard a remix sound so unlike the original track, yet still be utterly in keeping with the band’s style. No frantic guitars, or crashing angular posing, but the essence of Futureheads is obviously malleable because this is still quintessentially them: experimental, pop joy.
2. The discordant splintered sounds manage to weave and overlay in a wonderfully harmonious loop, despite the initial jar of the listening experience. This isn’t passive stuff, but something engaging that demands you submit, tangling you up in the strands of melody.
3. It’s magical in an absurd way; the chords of an alternate universe built out of oversized tones and fantastical notes. This is Wonderland, this is Wonkaville; the underlying string shiver ominous but entrancing.
4. The painstakingly constructed precision is something else: so many incongruous sounds, so much repetition, but oh, how it works. And when the piano section tingles in against that cello, you’re suddenly light and falling.
5. And how the vocals layer to chant and ring, as you build and swoop with the subtle shifts in depth until the very end." - Abby McDonald, PopText
Here is a selection of remixes by Max Tundra. There are many more where these came from - seek them out or, better still, commission Max to remix your band!
