Released Today! Flake Records 12 inch!

Flake Records just released a 12 inch packed full of kooky Japanese remixes to promote the special edition Tuckshop they released a last December!

Click here to buy it! (Japanese / English) And hurry, there are only 400 copies!

Look what I found!

Back in 2007 after we recorded the first version of our album Tuckshop (which we ended up scrapping, long story) we sent some seps to our good old pal Paul Holden, who you may know as the King of Town. A little while later he sent us this crazy cool remix of our song Pictures.

Desmond & The Tutus - Pictures (King of Town Nite Version)

Since then a lot has happened, as you know Paul's epic remix of Kiss You On The Cheek became world famous when the dudes at Tigersushi found it and released a nice little 12" single of it, Paul has moved to London and his remixes of The Detachments, Phenomenal Handclap Band, They Came From the Stars We Saw Them oh and Franz Ferdinand are securing him a spot in DJ history!

Check out all his remixes and stuff here at the King of Town Soundcloud page. Become a King of Town fan at his Facebook fan page. And purchase a copy of the Kiss You On the Cheek single from Tigersushi or online at Beatport.

Japan Launch!

Here's a little snap from our launch in Japan, unfortunately we weren't able to fly over for the fun, maybe for LP2!

Thanks Flake Records for the release! Thanks all the remixers for putting such a cool little spin on our songs! And thanks all our Japanese pals for enjoying the Tuckshop!

PS: Check out the 80Kidz remix of Kiss You On The Cheek here!

Remixes! Crazy Rebel by The Sound

So another Tuckshop remix found its merry way into our inbox this morning. And low and behold, it might just be one of the best we've had yet. The Sound is from Cape Town, and have done a bunch of awesome remixes for some great local bands like kidofdoom, Fokofpolisiekar and aKing.

We're all suckers for electro remixes, and this is proper dancefloor thumper. Make sure you check out The Sound's other mixes at the MySpace.

Crazy Rebel (The Sound Remix)

UPDATE! The Sound and Codec teamed up on another remix specially for our Cape Town and Stellenbosch EP parties, you guys!

Pictures (CODEC Vs The Sound Remix)

If you're new to our blog, click here to download all the other remixes and if you're a remixer click here to make your own remix!

Keep checking back here, because we'll be putting up some of the remixes of the tracks on our new EP soon.

Remixes! Head To The Side!

Johannesburg-based Anthony Haenen sent us this totally radical flippedy flop of good old Head To The Side. Nice. Check out Anthony's other stuff here and here.

Desmond & The Tutus - Head To The Side (Patcher's Straight Up Mix)

Check out all the other remixes by clicking here, and if you're up for it - download the seps to any Desmond song here.

We'll be releasing the seps to all the songs on our new EP soon, so if you're into that sort of thing, do come back soon. x

Apricot Jam Remix and J.Gomez goes Deep!

Two more remixes have rolled in, and we got a bit lazy with this blog so it took us a while to upload them but that doesn't mean they're any less deserving of being heard by the 15-odd people that actually visit our blog.

Some friends cooked this crazy little electro number up.

DJ BJ & Jizzylebig - Good & Guilty (Apricot Jam)

And another friend took Kiss You on the Cheek and deepened it up almost beyond recognition, but hey if that's what you're into!

J.Gomez G.Family - Kiss You on the Cheek

Make your own remix by downloading the seps here, or just listen to what everyone else is doing and click here!

"Kiss You On The Cheek" Released This Week on Tigersushi Records!

So as some of you may know, this French label called Tigersushi is releasing the Kiss You On The Cheek single. They sure are, and the vinyl was released this month along with the insanely awesome King Of Town remix and people all over the world are loving it.

Phonica Record Store in London said this about the record:

"Hands down Desmond & The Tutus is the best band name I've heard in ages and, happily, this single 'Kiss You On The Cheek' is deserving of such a wonderfully monikered creator. It's unashamedly cheesy, sunshiny electronic house indie pop gear - with harmonicas and everything..."

And the nice guys at Tigersushi said this nice thing about us:

"Super friendly guys from Pretoria making African tinged post punk, like the Rapture in Tanzania."

Anyway, you can download the tracks at Beatport. Or order it directly from Tigersushi.

Remix! Richard III Mixes

Johannesburg-based Richard The Third sent us two great remixes, he totally electrofied our two sweetest, cutest songs!

Desmond & The Tutus - Saggy Bottom Speedo Swimmer (Richard III Mix)
Desmond & The Tutus - Dancing With The DJ's Girlfriend (Richard III Mix)

His mix of Dancing With The DJ's Girlfriend will appear on his first full length album, Third World From The Sun. Check Richard out at his Facebook goody, you can listen to some other tracks from his album and maybe tell him that we say hi.

Remix Time! Crazy Rebel (Gaetan Remix)

Straight outta France, electro crunk DJ Gaetan whipped up this massive electrobanger remix of 'Crazy Rebel'.

Desmond & The Tutus - Crazy Rebel (Gaetan Remix)

Go here and remix a Desmond & The Tutus song of your choice. Check out all the remixes by clicking here. Tell Gaetan how awesome you think he is at his myspace.

Keyboard Rebel Remix & Cover

There are Desmond & The Tutus Kids scattered all over the world, and the latest remix comes from some Manchester natives, our good internets pals, Keyboard Rebel.

They've remixed an old favourite that didn't end up on the album after all.

Desmond & The Tutus - Bup Pah (Keyboard Rebel)

And! As a special little bonus surprise for all you purist Desmond kids, the Rebels threw together this tasty little number - a cover of another classic Desmond & The Tutus track that also didn't make it onto the album.

Keyboard Rebel - Dancing With The DJ's Girlfriend

Here's the nice little story behind how this cover came into being, as told by Mike Bray of Keyboard Rebel.

"Thought you might like this one as well. Just had it through from our sound engineer, he blagged us some extra time when we were in the plush studio he works at, but only on the proviso that we use it to lay down a version of this, his favourite Desmonds song. A couple of hours later sat at a massive piano and a ridiculous old-school organ, voila.."

Why don't you go to Keyboard Rebel's myspace or their record label's website and buy their very nice album? Go there now.

Peter (Cutout Collective Analogue Vs Digital Mix)

Here's another remix, this one done by Johannesburg bitsy bytesy laptop lads Cutout Collective.

Desmond & The Tutus - Peter (Cutout Collective Analogue Vs Digital Mix)

Tell Cutout Collective how much you love them by clicking here. And make your own remix here.

Kiss You On The Cheek (Cobra Krames Club Mix)

To celebrate the fact that our album's finally done, we've decided it's time to release the hounds. By hounds of course we mean remixes.

If you'll think back a couple months, we posted the seps up for every- and anyone that wanted to add their own little spin to the Desmo jive. So the remixes have been rolling in and we're only posting up the ones that we like; because well, it's our bandwidth and we'll cry if we want to.

Without further adue, here's something cooked up by Cobra Krame$.

Desmond & The Tutus - Kiss You on the Cheep (Cobra Krames Club Mix)

Visit Cobra Krame$ Myspace by clicking here. And click here if you'd like to download the seps to your favourite Desmond & The Tutus song and do your own little remixio.

We'll be posting a new remix every day or two till the launch parties, so bookmark this link and don't miss a single slightly out of time remixed beat.

Remix Time!

Are you one of those people that sort of enjoys Desmond & The Tutus but secretly wishes we were a flamenco death metal trance fusion band or a Swedish techno rave outfit? Well then, boy have we got news for you!

As you probably know, if you're really as cool as you say you are, our album is coming out soon. And as a sort of a celebration we're posting up the separates for just about every song on the album for you to remix into whatever style of music you secretly wish we played.

So, download the seps to any of the following songs right here right now - do a remix, email it back to us, and you (yes you) could soon be basking in the light of the glory and fame that comes with having your remix posted on a blog that gets an average daily readership of 0.3 people! Hellz yeah!

And now for the separates.

Peter
Pictures
Crazy Rebel
Saggy Bottom Speedo Swimmer
Bup Pah
Old Girls
Kiss You On The Cheek
Head To The Side
Good & Guilty

Bookmark this link and check back every now and then for any new remixes we'll be posting up.