IAT favorites Desert Planet will be touring Germany yet again this coming May and you should book them to play your party: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/tourmay2006.htm
Good times are guaranteed.

Finnish game-pop group Desert Planet was awarded the "Artist of the year 2005" award from the Arts Council of Lapland, Finland. Besides the cash reward, the council also cited the group's original music, innovative use of Internet promotion and success with export despite any official support. Congrats!

Another day in December also means another top 10! Today's list comes from the amazing Desert Planet! Be sure to catch them on tour in Germany later this month too - they are most certainly not to be missed. Dates:

12/09 - Rocker33, Stuttgart (GER)
12/10 - ENZIAN Bar (Kreuzberg), Berlin (GER)
12/11 - Berlin's Premier Modernist Sunday Event, Berlin, Germany (GER)
12/14 - Weinerei, Nürnberg (GER)
12/15 - Raum 4, Fürth (GER)
12/16 - Kunterbunt e.V., Schwerte (GER)

Top 10s for 2005: Desert Planet

IAT fave Desert Planet will have two songs featured on the program "Food Jammers" which airs on Canadian TV. The show is said to be a mix of "American Chopper" and "The Naked Chef", if that makes any sense. Read more: http://www.peacepoint.tv/foodjammers.php

Disagreement.net interviews the brilliant Desert Planet: http://www.disagreement.net/interviews/interview_desertplanet.html

The amazing electronic humppa act (and Desert Planet sideproject) Screaming Timbermen have relaunched their homesite and posted a new mp3 of the song "A night at the oasis": http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/timbermen/index.htm
Amazing stuff, as always.

Podcast: Feel-good summer mix

Top fives: 2005 so far

The always-amazing Desert Planet has posted a live video clip recorded at Glashaus in Baureuth, Germany on May 10: http://www.koti.org/jari/DPlive/
Additional tour pictures here: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/tour.htm
The new album "Mario built my hot rod" is out now via Germany's 9pm Records and is absolutely brilliant. My wife played it for her class of two-year-olds at preschool and they all danced to it for 45-minutes straight. And then they wanted to do it again! If that's not high praise, I don't know what is. Very, very recommended.

Streaming playlist: Spring is in the air

The video for "Return of the ninja droids" from Finland's Desert Planet is finally online: http://www.9pm-records.de/en/dp_trailer.htm
Again, this track is one of the many that you can find on the IAT "Reader's companion" compilation. Look for more info on the right. In other news, it's been confirmed that the highly-regarded Stupido Records will be distributing the duo's new record in Finland.

To celebrate the miletsone of 50k visitors to their homesite, the always amazing Desert Planet has posted a new mp3 for download: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/zombie.htm
Can you go wrong with a song called "Zombie duckwalk"? No! Of course not.

The always amazing 8-bit rockers Desert Planet are set to release their brand-new album "Mario built my hot rod" on May 2 via 9pm Records. The duo will heading out on the road in support of the release and more info can be found here: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/engani/mario.htm
Desert Planet are one of the many fine acts included on the "It's a trap reader's companion" compilation, so of course anything they do is highly recommended. I also hear that the album includes a guest appearance from members of the Finnish humppa group Eläkeläiset, so you know it's gotta be something special.

The brilliant Desert Planet is working on booking a tour of Germany and Switzerland from April 29-May 14 and needs your help. Go hear for more info: http://personal.inet.fi/taide/junttila/desert/ani/tour.htm