Minuit [minweee!]If Lily Allen sang for The Kills, and UNKLE was the band..MINUIT, the Kiwi band with the French name, have been jigglin hips in Berlin and beyond.Now they are bringing us their new album; Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death.com.Minuit bounded onto the worldwide scene in 2006 via a bundle of remixed 12 vinyls, including club anthem Room Full of Cute remashed by Rico Tubbs.Catching the ear of Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the dynamic three-piece were asked to record a 30 minute live session for her show at the famed Maida Vale Studios of BBC - the first live act ever asked for Nightingales long standing show. From there they appeared on Pete Tongs FastTrax video show, and pretty soon Adam Freeland was emailing for gig tickets..This got them a monster mainroom set at FABRIC LIVE alongside Freeland, Plump DJs and Stanton Warriors; and headlining Ali Bs AIR night at Cargo in London. Plus tours to far flung venues from St Petersburg to the Czech Republic; storming The Crystal Methods DJ night in Los Angeles; and headlining the recent Hanoi International Music Festival in Vietnam.In 2008, the band released the album I Went to This Party and There Were 88 Guards with Guns into through London based Dollhouse Records, which entered the UK DJ Mag charts at #15.With credentials like that youd expect this new album to be a dancefloor beat-fest ... but frontwoman Ruth Carr comes to the fore and shines with some stunning lyrical content.Heart-melting lines like; Im not so brave, im just surrounded by cowards,.. I may be falling off the cliff, but im still dancing,.. to the vengeful; 25 bucks says ill break you, kneecap your legs chop you in two ..and the nihilistic battlecharge of; He said all hell cant stop us now, long live zero!The album mixes sinister with salvation; chirpy with apocalyptic; and flys the flag for doing it their own way - thats Minuit for you. Debuting at #8 in hometown New Zealands national album charts in July this year, the album caused confusion in record stores.. is it indie, is it club, is it vampire-ballads??Minuit teamed up with UK producer Andy Chatterley to carve out a sound for first single and album opener Wayho. As much at home recording lo-fi indie or programming beats for the hip-hop elite, Chatterley has sessions for Kanye West, and remixes for Blondie, Muse and Peter, Bjorn and John under his belt. Studded with delightful buzz and hum, the rest of the album has been mixed by Ryan Beehre (AKA FunknSlocuts) and produced by Minuit. It weaves its way into the vibrant underbelly of a world youd usually have to apply for a visa for.Speaking of foreign worlds, their fabulous Minuit World Wide Website beat the likes of the Pet Shop Boys to win Best Music Site at the International Pixel Awards, as well as Best Music site at SXSWHaving said all this, Minuit admit they still have to add (minwee) to their posters wherever they go...But like any live band, you need to hear it AND see it to truly get it. The Crystal Method rated Minuits set in the Big Day Out Boiler Room as the highlight of their day.Find Me Before I Die A Lonely Death . com (yes it is a real URL! Typing it in with no gaps gets you to a networking site for inanimate objects..)