MNDR has been nominated for an MTV O Award in the “Best Web-Born Artist” category! The MTV O Awards are focused on music in the digital world, from “Best Music Hack” to “Best Artist With A Cameraphone”. You can vote 20 times a day here and don’t forget to tell your friends with Facebook and Twitter sharing!

UPDATE 8.12.11: The single is now certified at 3.2 million in sales worldwide!

MNDR’s hit with Mark Ronson and The Business Int’l just keeps going. “Bang Bang Bang” was featured on Now That’s What I Call Music! 77 in the United Kingdom which has now sold more than 1.2 million copies and been certified Platinum!

You can get one here at iTunes!

MNDR recently remixed Austra’s “Spellwork,” off of the spectacular Feel It Break. The dark dance grooves were inspired by Austra’s wizardly haunting vocal and MNDR’s own 4-track remix style. It’s featured as track A1 on their new Sparkle EP.

Take a listen below:

http://soundcloud.com/dominorecordco/austra-spellwork-mndr/s-zF6Rj

MNDR’s “Cut Me Out” Featured on Cinemax

“Cut Me Out” is this summer’s soundtrack.  Currently airing all over Cinemax, check out their summer movie preview set to MNDR’s newest single. Inception never looked so good!

MNDR and WonderSound recently participated in the MINI Countryman Wanderlust series, a multi-regional event soliciting artists across the nation to create various one-of-a-kind adventures in non-traditional settings. On May 4th, local New York City guests were invited to drive upstate in their personal Mini Coopers to experience a unique audiovisual installation in the woods at sunset. WonderSound’s Peter Wade and Amanda Warner from MNDR, musician and video artist Greg Zifcak, and artists Rob Seward, Jamie Careirro, and 0thers contributed to the experience.

To read more about the event, click here.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAb3gutXwG8&feature=player_embedded

MNDR has just remixed Rai Knight’s “New New” in Wade and Warner’s lo-fi “4-Track” remix style.  The remix was composed and recorded on 4 tracks of analog tape using Rai’s original vocal edited in ProTools.  Wade’s Yamaha RX5 drum machine provided the back beat and was layered with spring reverb and delay directly to tape.  Then synths were overdubbed (Voyager and SE-1) through UA  2-610’s and a vintage Omnipressor.

The remix was mixed at WonderSound by Emmett Farley.

Listen to the New New (MNDR Remix)

A track sheet from the session is here:

MNDR was featured last night on Last Call with Carson Daly.

Click below for both performances from the show, plus an interview with the artist:

VIDEO 1:  Interview intro and her Echoplex (LA) performance of “Cut Me Out”

VIDEO 2:  Second performance of “Fade To Black”

Tune in tomorrow night to watch MNDR perform 2 songs on Last Call With Carson Daly! The setlist includes “Fade To Black” and “Cut Me Out.”  The all new episode also features Mike Mills and Foster the People. The show starts Tuesday May 24 at 1:35AM EST on NBC.

We dig this video featuring MNDR at this season’s first AUDIOPHILE show at The Brooklyn Museum. The footage captures the energy and slick museum aesthetic of a memorable night. 2 more shows on the horizon for the series.

Click here to watch on vimeo

After the devastating earthquake in Japan, WonderSound friends The Freelance Whales asked us to participate in a benefit EP to help Japan rebuild. We remixed “Hannah” and here’s how we did it.

The remix was programmed primarily on a Roland Jupiter 6 analog synth tracked through a Universal Audio 2-610 and Distressor. I cut up the original drums from the session, re-amped them, and layered them with 12 bit drum samples from my Yamaha RX5 drum machine.  The concept was to build slowly, drop everything out and then experience a brain overload where we throw everything at it. With a stunning mix from studio engineer Emmett Farley, the remix of the popular single “Hannah” was born.

-Peter Wade

http://www.freelancewhales.com/