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Following on from their successful 2010 return with the Tron:Legacy soundtrack, Daft Punk have now commissioned their favourite earth friends to recreate and remix the original compositions for the appropriately titled Reconfigured version.

Here we have Modular's own Tame Impala replacing the head-numbing bass of End Of Line with an infectiously haunting chorus of synthetic organs and their signature whirlwinds of psychedelic bliss, dragging the original version out of the neon straight edges of the cyberworld and into a joyfully unpredictable space.

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The don of the modern discotheque, the man who practically invented the years 1999 - 2003 as London night TRASH (R.I.P.) set the standard for global indie dance hedonistic good times, Erol Alkan has given Innerspeaker album cut "Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind?" his golden touch.

Tame Impala - Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind (Erol Alkan Rework) Radio Edit by Erol Alkan

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Tame Impala capped off an exceptional year of international acclaim by taking out the 2010 J Award for album of the year for their debut album, InnerSpeaker. The award acts as a signpost for a destination the quartet has been headed towards since the release of their debut EP in 2008, and no doubt a brief rest stop before the band continues onwards and upwards, to infinity and beyond.

Conceived mostly inside the head of principal songwriter and bedroom boffin Kevin Parker, InnerSpeaker was recorded when the band decamped to a house overlooking the Indian Ocean in Injidup. Since it's inception in this isolated outpost in Western Australia the record has found it's way onto the stereos and into the hearts of fans, critics and their musician peers all over the world, with the universal reception overwhelmingly warm.

Although released in May, InnerSpeaker is continuing to connect with fans across Australia and otherwise, and will see the band on the road until mid-2011, by which time, if the talk is to be believed, album 2 will already be well underway.

Tame Impala and Modular would like to thank the triple j staff and their listeners for their ongoing support of fresh Australian talent.

Following on from their sold out show at La Maroquinerie in Paris last week, the Tame Impala fellas made the most of a day off in between shows to shoot a new video for "Expectation". Shot in the beautiful autumn forest in Saint Cloud just outside of Paris, the video was directed by Clemens Habicht, and will be ready for viewing very soon. Photos by Charlotte Zoller from thiskindofmusic.com

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By now you should've all seen the interstellar video for Tame Impala's latest single "Lucidity". To further celebrate InnerSpeaker's second single, we're offering you a free download of a remix of the track, re-imagined by the French re-edit master Pilooski.

Tame Impala recently stopped by the Daytrotter Studio to record a live set.

Setlist:

1. Welcome to Daytrotter
2. Desire Be, Desire Go
3. Why Won't You Make Your
4. Alter Ego
5. Solitude Is Bliss

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The guys also continue their Australian tour this week, before heading back overseas for a bunch of UK and Europe shows. Check the events section for the full list of dates.

It's with great excitement and pleasure that we report that Tame Impala have have been nominated for 5 ARIA Awards, as announced at a ceremony in Sydney yesterday. Their debut album InnerSpeaker has been nominated for the prestigious 'Album of the Year' with band also earning nods in the 'Best Group', 'Best Rock Album', 'Breakthrough Artist' and 'Best Cover Art' categories.

In addition to the nominations being announced, the 2010 ARIA Artisan Awards were presented at the ceremony seeing longtime Modular collaborater, Kris Moyes, take out 'Best Video' for Sia's "Clap Your Hands".