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.

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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/

Freelance Whales has recently released a new, collaborative benefit EP. All net proceeds aid victims of the earthquakes in Japan. The album boasts 8 tracks including remixes by Ra Ra Riot and our own Peter Wade on track #1 “Hannah.”

Learn more and get one (or two) at:

http://www.freelancewhales.com/

WonderSound latest riddim project “Tip Pon Toe” has leaked to the internet. Named after Rihanna’s scorching version (penned by Peter Wade and Angela Hunte (who also penned “New York” for Alicia Keys and Jay-Z)), the “Tip Pon Toe” riddim also features wicked versions from Spragga Benz, Shelene, Don Rey and Stamma Ramma and is now voicing additional artists.  Check it out here:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsmo742bsGA

Available soon from WonderSound Records.

“I don’t want to make a record,” says Amanda Warner, a.k.a. the latest, hottest, most effervescent minimal-techno electro-pop project to hit Brooklyn. “I want every song to be a number one. I want it to be huge and the best thing I can make.” Warner came to Bushwick last winter by way of Oakland, California–but it was in her hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, that she learned to multitrack at the age of nine. “I’m a mega, mega gear nerd,” she admits. MNDR will release her debut album, a collection of singles produced by Peter Wade, in spring 2010. More info at mndrmndr.com — Lucy Madison