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CMU Approved
Approved: 80kidz (CMU Tips For 2010)
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 4 January 2010
In January, we’re giving the CMU Approved section over entirely to new(ish) acts we think will be making a big mark on 2010. Let’s kick off with the one band who feature both on this list and in our top ten albums of 2009, 80kidz.
Formed in Tokyo in 2007, Jun, Ali& and Mayu (who recently left the group) originally came together as DJs, but really started turning heads, including ours, when they began tweaking records for a series of increasingly impressive remixes. Original music soon followed, and their debut album, ‘This Is My Shit’, arrived last year. In the UK it was only soft released on iTunes through the band’s own Kidz Rec label, meaning it largely went unnoticed, though has received a boost after their track ‘Miss Mars’ was featured on a Kitsuné Maison compilation. If a UK label doesn’t pick them up to properly release the album this year, then the world is a very silly place and I don’t think I like it any more.
www.myspace.com/80kidz
