The last couple of weeks has seen us crop up on Radio 1 in a couple of different guises.
Firstly last week Rob da Bank played our remix of Manchester Indie group Driver Drive Faster. Their single was released on Monday via iTunes along with our remix. Take a peak here….
Get it on iTunes here
Also on Monday night Nick ‘Grimmy’ Grimshaw played our single My Ways on his Radio 1 Future Pop Show, you can listen again here. We’re played at 1 hour 37 mins……….don’t worry you can skip through it.
Listen again here
February 24, 2010
Radio 1 air play
February 21, 2010
Debut Single
We are super excited to announce that we will be releasing our debut single, ‘My Ways’, on March 15th. It’s been a lot of hard work getting this far and now we can’t wait.
It will be available as a limited 7″ vinyl (Hit Club Records) and digital download (Silver Music Machine).
MAY68
1. My Ways
2. The New You
3. The Duke is Dead (Egyptian Hip Hop Remix) – Digital download only
You can pre-order them here:
Digital Download via iTunes
7″ Vinyl via Pure Groove Records
We’d like to thank John Poole, Christian Wright, Hit Club Records, Silver Music Machine, Dan Parrott, Hannah Mort and everyone else who has supported us along the way.
To celebrate this we will be having a single launch party on March 27th at Retro Bar, Manchester. The guys from up the racket are hosting the event for us, Retro Bar if you haven’t been is a small intimate dark venue in the city centre where it is sure to go off, it’s going to be ace.
View the Facebook event
Get your tickets here
MAY68 x
February 16, 2010
New MAY68 Dj’s Mix
Right Click the image to download
Whilst on a little break from live dates we managed to bang together a new Mix for you guys. Its short but sweet, racking in around just over 20mins.
I guess its kind of Disco Electro stuff which we’ve picked up over the last few weeks with some older cuts in there as well.
Check it out and feel free to comment
Heres the tracklisting:
1: KIM – Party Machini (Emperor Machine Extended Remix)
2: Hot Chip – One Life Stand
3: Laidback – White Horse
4: M – Pop Muzik (Todd Terje Edit)
5: Sebastian – Motor
6: The xx – Crystalised (Rory Philips Remix)
7: Gorrilaz – Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)
8: ABC – Look Of Love (Basement Jaxx Remix)
9: Wild Geese – Touch
10: Friendly Fires – Onboard (Joakim Remix)
February 14, 2010
Ding ding round 3……..
Anyone who saw our barnstorming Dj set last time we were down at The Corner or at Ruby Lounge at New Years will be excited to hear we’re back, this time playing alongside uber hipsters up the racket and Jamie from The xx.
Check the event out on Facebook here
Grab yourself a ticket here
and
Bag yourself Jamie xx’s new mix here
BOOM TIME!
February 7, 2010
Tour Photos – Newcastle, Glasgow & Manchester
4 dates in on the tour, things are going really well and we’re all having an amazing time. Highlights so far have got to be Glasgow and Fac251, Manchester, both were really great shows.
We’ll keep you updated as we go along, this week we hit Sheffield, Bristol and London. Can’t wait.
February 7, 2010
Clash Magazine – Free Download
We’re featured on this Clash Magazine Album, click the logo to go to their website and hook yourself up.
February 4, 2010
We’re on tour
Jude designed this ace poster for our tour. We’ve just finished our first two dates, which were amazing. Glasgow was immense, such a fun crowd.
We’ll put up a proper tour diary when we get a chance, we’re updating our facebook fan page with new photos and keeping twitter running while we’re on the road. Check there for exciting updates.
Plus anyone who missed out on our newsletter, sign up in the top right of this page and get an exclusive Hot Club de Paris remix we did, seems to be doing rather well in the blog world.
Twitter: MAY68_
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MAY68/35912472370?ref=ts
February 2, 2010
New online shop
Our online store is now up and running, we have some brand new T-shirts in glorious black and white and some shiny badges. Click the image to the left to take you there.
We will also be selling tees at shows while we’re on the road.
January 31, 2010
Delphic album launch – Islington Mill
Friday was awesome, at the last minute we got asked to play the Delphic album launch party at Islington Mill, Salford. It was an awesome night, thanks to everyone who helped make it happen.
Here’s a picture of Jonny.
January 3, 2010
2009 roundup & what to expect in 2010!
Well as the year draws to a close (and the decade for that matter!) we thought it would be apt to let you all know what’s made 2009 a great one and what we’re looking forward to in 2010…
It’s coming up to a year since our debut gig at the Tiger Lounge for our friends at FictionNonFiction on the 6th of January.
We kept things on the down low for this one but for the 30 or so people there to see all the bands, they all witnessed our birth, taking our first nervous steps as a band into the live sphere. Things have come on since then but we wouldn’t have wanted our debut any other way. Small, intimate, shambolic and among friends.
Since that first fateful evening we’ve grown, moving forward to play with the finest of our peers and influences, including (in no particular order) the likes of Max Tundra, Dutch Uncles, Egyptian Hip Hop, G/L/A/S/S/C/A/N/D/Y, Desire, The Juan Maclean, The Answering Machine, Chew Lips, The Drums, We Have Band, Marina and the Diamonds, Performance, My Tiger My Timing, Everything Everything…
There’s been a number of gigs, we enjoyed most of them but our highlights were:
1. The Juan Maclean @ The Deaf Institute (MCR)
2. G/L/A/S/S/C/A/N/D/Y @ The Deaf Institute (MCR)
3. The Drums @ Night and Day IN THE CITY (MCR)
4. We Have Band @ ICA (LONDON)
5. High Voltage headline @ The Deaf Institute (MCR)
A massive thank you to everyone who came down to any of our shows this year we’ve had a good haul of supports (and the occasional headline) and you’ve all helped to make it a great experience for everyone involved.
We’ve also had a fair few remixes done this year. Our good friend Oscar Wildstyle of Modernaire fame managed to squeeze in a remix for us after putting his own spin on the likes of Empire of the Sun & Who Made Who. As a Christmas treat to you all we’re putting this up for limited download. The link’s lasting for 7 days so get it now whilst you can:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ifa2mmzz2yc
(COPY THE LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER)
So what next? Anyone closely following us may have noticed that ‘My Ways’ and ‘The New You’ are no longer available in our player…
Well! We are very pleased to announce that we took our humble bedroom recordings and sent them off to a pro (one Mr John Poole to be precise) and got him to work his magic over our mixes making them suitable for mass consumption. The new mixes of both tracks sound HUGE and we will be releasing them to the public in both 7” and digital format on February the 8th 2010! Big thanks to HIT CLUB for the physical release and SILVER MUSIC MACHINE for taking on the digital side of things. We’ll have more details on where to get hold of copies nearer the time so keep on checking back for more info.
As if that’s not enough, we’ve already been back in the studio recording the follow-up. The tracks are already sounding great, so really looking forward to getting it all back from the mixdown.
We’re gonna be off touring the UK to promote the single. Gigs are still being added to the final running order but check our main page for the current confirmations. Rest assured there are one or two VERY special suprises that we can’t wait to announce.
Anyhow that’s us for the year, looking forward to kicking back for a few days over Christmas before plotting the finer details of our assault on 2010. For those of you wanting one last show down in 2009 why not join us @ the Ruby Lounge in Manchester for our guest DJ slot to see in the new year, along with the likes of Manchester’s finest including, The Whip, Same Teens, Monday Murkage and a whole heap of great DJs.
As a taster of what to expect here are our top 5 tracks of 2009:
1. Spaghetti Circus – Still Going
2. Kilometer – Sebastien Tellier (Aeroplane Italo ‘84 mix)
3 . Happy House – The Juan Maclean
4. In For The Kill – La Roux ( Skream’s Let Get Ravey Remix)
5. Sea Within A Sea – The Horrors
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See you soon
Jonny
MAY68
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