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Picture walking into a packed nightclub; the air is thick and smells of booze, the people are sweaty, the women are scantily clad and everyone has one hand in the air while the other gropes the person next to them. Three men clothed in hot pink and covered in platinum bling are on stage surrounded by sexy hot pink female gogo dancers bouncing to the beat. Massive kick drums push the low end of the sound system while ripping guitarlike synths tear through the high end as one of the men onstage MCs and controls the dripping sexed up mob destroying the dance floor. You have just experienced a second of a Hot Pink DeLorean performance.
Hot Pink DeLorean was formed in October of 2007, when Chris, Matt & Jon, members of the drum & bass group, Terravita, decided to make an electro tune with their good friend, TJ, otherwise known as Fantastadon. The song created that night was “Played Out”. None of the members knew the fate that awaited them. “Played Out” made its way to Aleks, the owner of the infamous German blog, Discodust. (discodust.blogspot.com) Aleks wanted to post the tune, so Chris, Matt & Jon, picked a name and went back in the studio to make some more electro. They emerged a few days later with their booty shaking anthem, “Badonkadonk” and a remix of “Boyz” by M.I.A. All three songs were posted on Discodust and piggyback posted on countless other blogs within the week. All three members of Hot Pink DeLorean were immediately swamped with phone calls the following weekend from their friends telling them their tunes were dropped in clubs all over the planet. The boys, knowing they were sitting on something huge, returned to the studio immediately and produced the tunes “Freak Night” and “Aeroplane”. Both tunes were received as well as the first batch. “Freak Night” found itself being caned by huge acts like the Bloody Beetroots and “Aeroplane” was featured on Annie Mac’s show on BBC1.
With such amazing success on the blogs, Hot Pink DeLorean received many offers for official remixes. After carefully choosing, they decided on tunes from breaks producers, Mephisto Odyssey, indy rock band, Hail Social, and electro act, the Glass. The remix of the Glass’s “Mad at You” is out now on Plant Recordings. The remix of Hail Social’s “No Paradise” is out now on the Hail Social record label. The “Bump This” remix for Mephisto Odyssey is pending release.
Since then Hot Pink DeLorean has been touring their DJ/MC act around the US and has a European tour in the works for the fall. They have also completed 4 new original tunes that are awaiting remixes, from Kap10Kurt, Cassette Jam and several other artists. The tunes will then be released as four singles on Hot Pink DeLorean’s own label. The group has also completed a remix of Fantastadon’s blog anthem “Anesthesiologist” and a remix of the Victorian English Gentleman’s Club’s tune “La Mer”.
Hot Pink DeLorean continues to get love from all over the world on the internet and have been featured on all of the top electro blogs (ie. Iheartcomix, Big Stereo, Discodust, Discobelle, Knicken, RCRD.LBL, Big Shot Magazine’s blog, URB magazine’s blog, Rolling Stone’s blog) and countless smaller ones. The group also has some big things going on in the studio and with video game, TV & music licensing, but the details of this are considered “confidential”.
The members of Hot Pink DeLorean also continue to release drum & bass under the name Terravita on the Technique recordings label out of the UK.
Currently, in the studio, Hot Pink DeLorean is remixing Britney Spears for Jive Records, Totally Michael for Iheartcomix, and Hollywood Holt and 2 Live Crew for licensing synch deals. In August Hot Pink DeLorean will be in the studio with Le Castle Vania working on an original collaborative EP.
Also set for release in August, is Hot Pink DeLorean’s remix of the Qemists & Mike Patton, “Lost Weekend”, coming on Ninja Tune, and their remix of Cassette Jam’s, “Don’t Lose Control” on Simian Mobile Disco’s label. Set for release in the near future is Hot Pink Delorean’s remix of Static X & Mephisto Odyssey’s “Crash” on Groove Quest.
Hot Pink Delorean’s remix of Britney Sprears “Radar” hit #1 on Hype machine in August of ’08 and their remix of Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl” hit #5, #7 and #22 on three separate blog posts on Hype machine in August and September of ’08, solidifying Hot Pink Delorean as one of the internets favorite artists.
Hot Pink Delorean’s remixes of Mephisto Odyssey and Hieroglyphics “Bump” and MIA “Boyz” were both featured on the 2008 MTV VMA’s thanks to play from DJ AM.
Currently, Hot Pink Delorean is working on a remix of the Faint for their new album and a remix for the Millionaires “I Move It”. Also set for release in December is Hot Pink Delorean’s debut EP “I AM WHAT PORNO SHOULD BE” on their own label, The Delorean Music Company.
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