29 March 2010 - 0 Comments

Alex the Kid to Play National Live Session across bNet Radio
Single "Future" to Appear on MTV42 Unheard Compilation

New Zealand synth-pop band Alex the Kid will play a 30-minute live-to-air set this week across the bNet radio network.

This coincides with the selection of their single 'Future' on the MTV42 Unheard Compilation. The band will perform the live-to-air set from Red Bull Studios, Auckland this Thursday, April 1 at 3.30pm.

Red Bull Studio Live Sessions are broadcast weekly across the bNet Radio Network, where established and up-and-coming musicians perform live to a national audience.

Last December 'Future' finished in the Top 20 of 357 entries in MTV42 Unheard -- a public voting competition to select New Zealand's 20 best up-and-coming music artists for industry appraisal -- and the song was selected for the competition's compilation CD.  The compilation will be attached to the neck of all 42BELOW bottles from late April.

The final mix of 'Future' is being produced by Minuit's Ryan Beehre and a music video is in pre-production. Following the radio set this Thursday Alex the Kid will also perform at Khuja Lounge, Auckland.  Doors open 8.30pm.

About Alex the Kid

Stylistically Alex the Kid explore themes relating to representations of the future within popular culture and society's relationship with technology. Live shows have utilised 3D, video DJs and interactive props such as laser guns and time machines.

The four members -- Dave Thomson (vocals and vocoder), Ben Thomson (guitar and synthesizer), Renaissance (drums and percussion) and Benjamin Hughes (bass guitar and bass synthesizer) -- have been performing for several years, including three appearances at "pulp-culture" expo Armageddon. In 2008 they released an EP titled 'Welcome to the Future', which received financial backing from Smokefree and positive reviews.

"Alex the Kid are from the future," says Dave Thomson, tongue in cheek. "We have quantum leaped to this time to promote human and robot unity on earth."

Links

Future can be listened to at: www.myspace.com/alexthekidnz
Plus watch online video on vimeo http://vimeo.com/6976703

Thanks to www.smalltime.co.nz for this story.

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