By Ali Ikram
The 2011 New Zealand Music Month has been notable for how many local acts are not in the country.
As Kiwi bands ply their wares worldwide, fired with creative juices and sometimes Government funding, Nightline meets Kids of 88 who are between sorties to the US.
The band were recently called the breakout act of this year's south by south west by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
And now band members Sam and Jordan are undertaking perhaps there most audacious play for US attention yet, remixing perhaps the biggest artist on the planet – Lady Gaga, with the approval of Gaga's management of course.
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