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The Young Punx

"Future superstars" - Galaxy FM "Essential"-DJ Mag

About Me


“I love The Young Punx. I’m a big fan” – Fatboy Slim
“One of the hottest remix teams around and Future Superstars” – Galaxy FM
“Brilliant” – Judge Jules
The Young Punx are London based Hal Ritson and Cameron Saunders. Over the past few years they have firmly established themselves as the new darlings of UK dance music, with many of the world's top DJs championing their records and over 100 BBC Radio 1 plays to date. The duo are at the forefront of the UK dance scene, and their cheeky pop culture mentality has seen them catch the headlines in mainstream media as diverse as The Sun, The Mirror, La Stampa, Radio 4 news and even BBC 2 Newsnight!
Their debut album - 'Your music is killing me' - is currently on release in the UK and Japan, with more countries coming soon. Their fresh and energetic sound that they term 'Mashpop and punkstep' is the natural next step in the evolution of mashup music - fusing elements of house, electro, breaks and drum and bass with an eclectic soundclash of popular culture references, rock, disco, 80s pop, classical and jazz to create something at once original and resolutely accessible.
Performed entirely by the band and their guests (no audio samples) with a wry sense of humour and pop art sensibility, the album features tracks such as the shipping forecast quoting "Rockall", cosmetic surgery sideswipe .. which is featured on the FIFA '07 EA computer game.
The Young Punx - Your music is killing me - Music video

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The Young Punx - "You've got to..." video

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The Young Punx - "Rockall" music video

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The Young Punx - Wake up, make up, bring it up, shake up

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REMIXES
The Young Punx are now firmly established as one of the most in demand remixers in the UK. In the past 18 months they have remixed artists such as De Lacey, Chicane and Tom Jones, Scissor Sisters, Hound dogs, Dario G, Tina Turner, Space Cowboy and many more. The Young Punx created the lead radio mix for Studio Bs Cmon Get it On which spent several weeks on the Radio 1 Playlist and charted top 30 in May 06.
LIVE
The Young Punx play live both as DJs and as The Young Punx live band.
The full live band includes legendary guitar virtuoso Guthrie Govan (Guitarist Magazine guitarist of the year) and vocals from Tiffany Gore (Medcab / Chicane / Kraak en Smaak) and recently performed for 2 nights at the Nano Mugen Festival in Japan to an audience of 24,000. Highlights of 2007 included Glastonbury and SummerSonic Japan festivals this year.
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The duo have recorded guest DJ mixes for Annie Nightingale, XFM, Kiss FM, Andi Durrants Galaxy FM Network and Ministry of Sound radio, and several guest mixes for Judge Jules as well as DJing at Radiohead aftershow parties in Earls Court.
OTHER PROJECTS
As well as co-running dance labels Heavy Disco and MofoHifi, and performing in dance acts Medcab and Mohito, multi-instrumentalist Hal from The Young Punx also produces and/or performs behind the scenes on many other top 20 dance projects such as Eric Prydz's number one hit "Call on me, "Shine" by the Lovefreekz, Ai no corrida by Uniting Nations and Fire by Lethal Bizzle. Hal is the vocalist on the UK Top 20 hit "Tell me why" by Supermode, and co-wrote 3 tracks from David Guetta's platinum selling "Poplife" album.
People are saying...
"My latest discoveries" - Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1
"Brilliant" - Judge Jules, BBC Radio 1
"Future superstars" - Galaxy FM
"Talented beat alchemists... Exhilarating stuff" - Music Week
"The new kings of dance music" - HTFR
"Chunky, cheeky, and damn near essential" - Lewis Dene, DJ / Update Magazine
"Infamous audio terrorists" - Eddy Temple-Morris, XFM
"Skilled cultural pirates" - Front Row, BBC Radio 4
"I'm feeling this. It's shaking!" - Adam Freeland, Breakbeat pioneer
"One of the tastiest white labels around" - Mixmag
"More of this! Clubland needs a good kick up the arse." - Scott Mac, DJ
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Member Since: 6/20/2005
Band Website: theyoungpunx.com
Band Members:

DJ / Production: Hal Ritson (right), Cameron Saunders (left)
Live Band: Hal Ritson (keyboards/bass/vocals), Guthrie Govan (guitar/bass), Simon Betterson (drums) with special guests including Tiffany Gore (vocals), Yolanda Quartey (vocals) and Cameron Saunders (decks and FX).
Influences: Daft Punk, Bassment Jaxx, The Police, Beck, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw, John B, Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim, The Plump DJs, Motorhead, Guthrie Govan, Just Ice, Big Daddy Kane, Chic, Madonna, The Prodigy, Fat Boy Slim, Mylo, Abba, John Zorn, The Beastie Boys, Electric Six, Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Stardust, Joe Smoove, AC/DC, London Electricity, Bacharach and David, Goldfrapp, adverts, films, pop culture crap, Kraftwerk, Stu Allan, Bizmarkie, Mantronix, Cybotron/Juan Atkins, Hashim, Francis Ford Coppolla, Jean Michelle Jarre, Sasha, David Lynch, Hunter S Thompson, Bjork, OMD, Scissor Sisters, Pointer Sisters, Twisted Sister, Bill Hicks, Doctor Who,

Sounds Like: File under wilfull disregard for genre. Some of it's house, some drum and bass, some rock, some pop, some breaks. But some songs in the ballpark of Bassment Jaxx, Daft Punk, Eric Prydz, John B, Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, Steve Angello, Plump DJs, Chemical Brothers, Beastie Boys, Mylo, Prodigy, Crystal Method, Scissor Sisters, Fatboy Slim

Record Label: MofoHifi, Avex (jp), Oxyd (It), Warners (se)
Type of Label: Indie

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New facebook young punx page

Do you use facebook as well as myspace?We've just added a new facebook page for the young punxbecome a 'fan' of The Young Punx withing facebook here:http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7409522783...
Posted by The Young Punx on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:00 PST

New article in EQ magazine

You might like to check out the new article in EQ magazine online...http://eq-mag.co.uk/interview36.html"It seems like a very long time since there was someone like the KLF who were serious about the ...
Posted by The Young Punx on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:42:00 PST

THE ALBUM IS FINALLY RELEASED! - YOUR MUSIC IS KILLING ME

THE ALBUM IS FINALLY RELEASED! - YOUR MUSIC IS KILLING ME As a follower of The Young Punx you will no doubt be VERY EXCITED to know that our debut album "Your Music Is Killing M...
Posted by The Young Punx on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:31:00 PST

Great Article from Clash Magazine

"Clash Magazine" article November 2007THE YOUNG PUNXDance music is known for its inherent lack of humour. In these days of po-faced minimal techno posers, a hamster burp and a beat can be hailed as th...
Posted by The Young Punx on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:40:00 PST

NEW SINGLE OUT NOW - YOUR MUSIC IS KILLING ME

NEW SINGLE OUT NOW - YOUR MUSIC IS KILLING ME The title track from our upcoming album "Your music is killing me" now available to buy as a single on mp3. This single has it all...
Posted by The Young Punx on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:44:00 PST

Check out this video: Amazing Lyrebird footage. Mimics chainsaw, music, DJ

Ho ho hoCheck out this video: Amazing Lyrebird footage. Mimics chainsaw, camera, music, DJ Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by The Young Punx on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:45:00 PST

Check out this video: The Young Punx - Your music is killing me - Music video

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Posted by The Young Punx on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:50:00 PST

"Fire" now available on mp3 + YGT remixes on vinyl

We are pleased to announce the availability of 2 new limited club promos of young punx tracks: "Fire" is now available from dance mp3 stores, such as Juno, Tr...
Posted by The Young Punx on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:02:00 PST

Album launch in Japan today!

Hurray! The Young Punx album "Your music is killing me" is released in its first country today - Japan. So all you Japanese fans can buy the record today!http://info.hmv.co.jp/p/t/2561/882.htmlhttp:...
Posted by The Young Punx on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:59:00 PST

You've got to... OUT NOW on mp3 and vinyl

Well hurrah now. You can now buy our delightful single "You've got to..." on mp3 and vinyl. With mixes from Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and Soul Seekerz. Please buy it. Now!...
Posted by The Young Punx on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:26:00 PST