They're a band called The Mentalists – we're not being rude about them. Anyway, this is genius.Not just because of the technical ingenuity of playing a cover of MGMT's 'Kids' using iPhone apps Ocarina, Retro Synth, miniSynth and DigiDrummer Lite. But because they're a band, so this is pretty savvy viral marketing in its own right.Marvellous stuff. We're busy working on our remake of the entire Lily Allen album using just Bebot – Robot Synth and the intro music from Rolando…

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