Minuit

About the Artist

Minuit (min-wee), the Kiwi band with the French name, are jigglin' hips in Berlin and beyond.

The group are back in the country and have finished recording their new album; Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death dot com out now through Tardus Music.

When this trio released their debut, The 88 in 2003, no-one predicted the success of the debut, nor how warmly it would be received - until it sold gold.

After this, Minuit followed up with the Guns EP, a limited run that sold out in the first week. In 2006 they released their second album, The Guards Themselves, featuring tracks Fuji, Suave As Sin, and underground club anthem A Room Full Of Cute.

Having embarked on three ribcage rattling OEs, this live indie-electronic three-piece have played alongside The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, Adam Freeland, Stanton Warriors, Plump DJs, and crunched hi-end PAs in Berlin, Finland, Russia, Fabric, London and LA.

A deluge of European remix vinyl releases on their own label DollHouse Records UK, led Minuit to release the album, I Went To This Party And There Were 88 Guards With Guns, (a gourmet selection from their previously NZ only releases) into Europe in 2008. This entered at #15 on the UK DJ Mag charts and brought the northern hemisphere up to speed.

But like any live band, you need to hear it and see it to truly get it. The Crystal Method rated Minuit's set in the Big Day Out Boiler Room as the highlight of their day. However, you're more likely to have seen Minuit play a club in Berlin recently than in New Zealand, as they tour far flung venues from St Petersburg to the Czech Republic; from storming The Crystal Method's DJ night in Los Angeles to playing the hotel where Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in Amsterdam; to headlining the recent Hanoi International Music Festival in Vietnam.

Flying the flag for doing it their way - its Minuit!