WHAT IS A DJ?

DJ ¹ (dj)

n.

A disc jockey.

v. DJ'ed, DJ'·ing, DJ's

v.tr.

To act as a disc jockey at (a social gathering or radio station).

v.intr.

To act as a disc jockey.

TRACKLISITING

1. Theme from Discotheque - Samantha Fu

2. Hoes Get Down - High Powered Boys

3. Bonkers (As heard on Radio Soulwax Edit) - Dizzee Rascal

4. Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Edit) - Wild Child

5. The Worm ( Database Rework of Erol Alkan Rework) - ZZT

6. My Adidas (Pilotpriest Remix) - Run DMC

7. Bonafied Lovin' ( Yuksek Remix) - Chromeo

8. Love Long Distance ( Fake Blood Remix) - Gossip

9. Show Me Love (Afrojack Remix) - Steve Angello feat. Robin

10. Supermassive - Trumpdisco

11. Heads Will Roll (Dan OH Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

12. Pon de Floor ( Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix) - Major Lazer

13. New York, New York (Chu Fu Fix) - Frank Sinatra

14. Hip Hop (Diplo Remix) - Dead Prez

15. I Have A Poney (Exclusive Unplanned Project Refix) - Vitalic vs Martin Luther King

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Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic music that has its roots in London's early 2000s UK garage scene. Musically, dubstep is distinguished by its 2step rhythm, or use of snare sounds similar to 2step garage and grime, and an emphasis on bass, often producing "dark" sounds, but just as frequently producing sounds reminiscent of dub reggae or funky US garage. Dubstep tracks are generally produced at a tempo of around 140 beats per minute and in recent years have developed signature half time rhythms, often heavily shuffled or syncopated, and usually, though not exclusively, including only one snare drum hit per bar, often on the third beat. Such factors make dubstep rhythms markedly different from four-to-the-floor rhythms used in other styles of electronic dance music such as house music, which usually have two snare hits accompanying the second and fourth kick drum. Often, the sense of rhythm in dubstep is propelled more by the bassline than by the percussive content.

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1. DUBSTEP IS BORING                                                       DZ                                                                                                                                                                          
2. Get Ya Cock Out                                                                                   Rusko                                                                                                                                                   
3. Everybody Nose (Crookers Edit)                                                               N.E.R.D.                                                                                                                                                              
4. Whos Afraid Of Detroit (JSaxton's Scared Remix)                              Claude VonStroke                                                                                                                                          
5. Bless Up (Original Mix)                                                                  DZ                                                                                                                                          
6. Midnight                                                                                              Loefah                                                                                                                 
7. 28 Grams                                                                Loefah & Skream                                                                            
8. Diesel Not Petrol                                                                   Sukh Knight                                                                                                                                                       
9. Monsoon (Loefah Remix)                                                            Skream                                                                
10. 2 N A Q                                                                                                 Rusko                                                                                                                                   
11. Drumz West                                                                  Benga                                                                                                                                                                                           
12. Alright, What's Happening?                                       Magnetic Man                                               
13. Jahova                                                                                                  Rusko                                                                                                                   
14. Soulz (Benga Remix)                                                                       Magnetic Man                                                                                                  
15. Rebel (Skream Remix)                              Toddla T feat. Banjamin Zepheniah & Joe Goddard                                                                                                                         
16. Bed Bugz (Rusko & The Others)                                                 Rusko                                                                                                   
17. Dutch Flowerz (Rusko Remix)                                                     Skream                                                
18. Where's My Money (Caspa Remix - Jack Beats Re-Edit)          TC                                                                          
19. 100 Proof                                                                                             Kid Simple                                                                                                                                                          
20. Stagger                                                                                                 Skream                                                                                                                                
21. Trapped In A Dark Bubble                                                            Skream + Benga                                                                                              
22. I Love College (Kid Static Dubstep mix)                                       Asher Roth                                                                               
23. Neverland                                                                                           Digital Mystikz                                                                                                                                  
24. Ice Box (Dubstep Remix Vocal)                                                  Omarion                                                                                             
25. Wearing My Rolex Pirate                                                              Wiley                                    
26. Tortured Soul                                                                                    Skream                                                                                                                
27. Higher State                                                                                       D1                                                                                                                          
28. Hyper Hyper (Feat. Otto von Schirach)                                   Modeselektor                                                                                  
29. Township Funk (Skream Remix)                                                  Mujava                                                                                                               

See Dee

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         I.            The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix)                                    Nathan Fake

        II.            B2 Pocket Piano Brodinski remix                                      DJ MEHDI

      III.            Oblivion  [Noob remix]                                                       Brodinski

      IV.            Raven                                                                                     Proxy

       V.            Beeper (A-Trak remix)                                                        Sinden & The Count Of Monte Cristal

      VI.            My Punk (Jokers Of The Scene Remix)                            The Subs

    VII.            Lyposuct (Original)                                                              D.I.M. & TAI

   VIII.            Who Are You (Trumpdisco Edit)                                        The Proxy

      IX.            Personal Jesus (Boys Noize Rework)                                Depeche Mode

       X.            Gasolina (Fake Blood Mix)                                                  Bonde Do Role

      XI.            Heads Up (Mightyfools Remix)                                          Sound Of Stereo

    XII.            Bang (Buraka Som Sistema Carnival Remix)                     Rye Rye ft. M.I.A.

   XIII.            Breakbeat Metal Music                                                       Luke Vibert

  XIV.            Baggy Bottom Boys (DZ's "Ravestep" Remix)                   Jokers Of The Scene

    XV.            Far From Home (Digitalism Remix)                                    Tiga

  XVI.            Boom Da (Crookers Remix)                                                Mixhell

 XVII.            Disturbia (DJ Weekend's Party Alarm Remix)                 Rihanna

XVIII.            Cocaine Bassline                                                                  NONEWYORK

  XIX.            Hit That Gash (DJ Primecuts' Re-Rub)                               Foreign Beggars, DJ Primecuts

    XX.            The Sound Of The Big Babou                                             Laurent Garnier

  XXI.            Dominator (Joey Beltram remix)                                       Human Resource

 XXII.            Devine Gosa (Switch remix)                                               Radioclit

XXIII.            Sexy Bitch feat. Akon  (Afrojack Remix)                           David Guetta

XXIV.            Girls (Geht's Noch? Edit)                                                     The Prodigy

XXV.            Day N Nite / Sorry (DJ Pizzo XS Banger)                           Kid Cudi Vs. Kaskade

XXVI.            The Chomper (LSD Version)                                               Popof

XXVII.            Frau (Boys Noize Remix)                                                     Frau

XXVIII.            The Whistlerz (Diplo Remix)                                              Claude Von Stroke

XXIX.            Louder Than A Bomb                                                          Tiga

XXX.            Sujo (Bart B More Balkan Edit)                                           Bassjackers

XXXI.            This Boy's In Love (Zombie Nation Remix)                       The Presets

XXXII.            Testarossa Autodrive (Sebastian Remix)                          Kavinsky

XXXIII.            Peanut Club feat. Noob (NT89 Remix)                              Brodinski

XXXIV.            Headlock (Perfect Loosers Soca mix)                               Esser

XXXV.            Taken Away (Disco Trash Music Remix)                           Digitalism

XXXVI.            Walking on an Amplifier                                                     Fedde Le Grand vs Empire of the Sun

XXXVII.            Bassline Time                                                                        AC Slater

XXXVIII.            Wiess Gaf                                                                              Glow

XXXIX.            Fired From Work                                                                 Diplo

    XL.            Delboys Revenge                                                                 The Japanese Popstars

   XLI.            Fanfares                                                                                 Vitalic

 XLII.            Let The Bodies Hit Thunder (DJ HLM Edit)                       Crookers vs DJ Sega

XLIII.            Supernova (Doorlys Dubstep Remix V2)                          Mr Hudson & Kanye West

 

Three Minutes

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I.Ending Of An Era- Midnight Juggernauts
II. Well Now- Jesse Rose
III. Voyager- Daft Punk
IV. Use Me- Demon & Alex Gopher Present Wuz
V. Sweet Lies- Booka Shade
VI. The Girl and the Robot- Röyksopp
VII. Paris Four Hundred (Etienne De Crecy Remix)- Mylo
VIII. Heavy Cross (Yuksek Remix)- Gossip
IX. Anunciacion- Gui Boratto
X. Love To Edit- Crookers
XI. Tenderoni (Proxy Distort mix)- Chromeo
XII. Miss You (Thin White Duke Remix)- Mirwais ft. Craig Wedren
XIII. Believe (Martin Solveig Remix)- Soldiers Of Twilight
XIV. Bumblebees- Crookers
XV. Around The World- Señor Coconut & His Orchestra
XVI. Romeo (Ryback Remix)- Basement Jaxx
XVII. The Bushman (Crookers Remix)- Magik Johnson
XVIII. Beetroots on Film- The Bloody Beetroots vs Duran Duran
XIX. Voulez Vous- ABBA
XX. Radio Ladio (Radioclit Swedish Remix)- Metronomy
XXI. Destroy- Proxy
XXII. Look For The Woman (Fake Blood Remix)- Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
XXIII. Kicking & Screaming (BangGang's E is For Edit)- The Presets
XXIV. XR2 (Diplo Remix)- M.I.A.
XXV. Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)- Spank Rock
XXVI. Tits & Acid- Simian Mobile Disco
XXVII. Hey (Sonic Truth Remix)- Laidback Luke & Diplo
XXVIII. Pon De Floor (Ernold Sane Remix)- Major Lazer
XXIX. Mars (Roccanova Remix)- Fake Blood
XXX. The Chomper (LSD Version)- Popof
XXXI. In For The Kill (Foamo's Skream Remix Bootleg)- La Roux
XXXII. Raven (Les Petits Pilous Remix)- The Proxy
XXXIII. Air Conditionné- Julien Jeweil
XXXIV. Dr. Frenchy Bernard- The Japanese Popstars
XXXV. Who are you? (Redial Remix)- The Proxy
XXXVI. Kickdrum- Felix Da Housecat
XXXVII. Gives You Hell (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)- The All-American Rejects
XXXVIII. Let The Bass Kick (Blowup Remix)- DJ Chuckie
XXXIX. Don’t Feed The Cat- DJ Koze
XL. Ready or Not- CLP
XLI. The Worm- ZZT
XLII. You and I (Deadmau5 Remix)- Medina

HEAVYSET

heav·y·set (hv-st)

adj.

Having a stout or compact build.

TRACKLISTING

1. Hell - Intro

2. Warp 1.9 - The Bloody Beetroots & Steve Aoki

3. Golden Skans to Interzone (So Me Remix) - Klaxons

4. Remedy (A1 Bassline Remix) - Little Boots

5. What You Need - Tiga

6. Motor (Broke One Remix) - SebastiAn

7. I'm Not Drunk (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - Benni Benassi

8. Wake Up - Les Petits Pilous

9. Black Gloves (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) - Goose

10. Underground (Busy P Remix) - Das Pop

11. Bruce Willis Is Dead (Religion Remix) - Mr. Oizo

12. Rave Is King (Le Castle Vania Remix) - Fukkk Off

13. Ghosts n Stuff - Deadmau5

14. System - Outro

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OUT OF AFRICA

This is an africa/Jamaican/Latin mix inspired by the recent influx of bumpy house beats and congo clangs into dance music - so here ya go - http://www.zshare.net/audio/6418158849de25fd/

TRACKLISTING

1. INTRO- African Americans

2. Toto - Africa (Benson Mix)

3. Major Lazer - Pod de Floor' feat. VYBZ Kartel

4. Mixhell - Boom Da ( Downtown Remix)

5. Buraka Som Sistema - Aqui Pra Voces ( Mastiksoul Samba Remix)

6. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie - Moombah (Afrojack Remix)

7. Renaissance Man - Rhythm

8. Major Lazer - When You Here the Bassline feat. Ms. Thing

9. Douster - For Weirdos Only ( Momma's Boy Remix)

10. N.A.S.A - Whatchadoin' feat. M.I.A, Santagold, Spankrock (Villians Remix)

11. Souldiers of Fortune - Jungle Boogie ( Ryan Ridback's Get Down Remix)

12. Major Lazer - Jump Up feat. Leftside & Supahyp (Co- Produced By The Crookers)

13. INTERLUDE- Can You Dig It?

14. El Guincho - Kalise ( Round Table Knights Remix)

15. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Sticky K Remix)

16. M.I.A - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

Enjoy.

This weeks Essential mix is by....Justice

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1. Earth Wind and Fire - In The Stone
2. Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
3. Prince - Earthquake
4. DMX Crew - ?
5. Daft Punk - Musique
6. Busy P - Rainbow Man
7. France Gall - Musique
8. Justice - Valentine
9. Alan Braxe - In Love With You
10. M83 - Run Into Flowers (Jackson Remix)
11. Les Rythmes Digitales - Sometimes
12. I Robot - Spacer Frau (Boys Noize remix)
13. Hall and Oates - Private Eyes
14. Chromeo - Tenderoni
15. Tepr - Minuit Jacuzzi (Data remix)
16. Chic - Everybody Dance
17. Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows
18. Goose - Bring It On
19. The Proxy - Destroy
20. Zongamin - Double Dostiev
21. Zombie Nation - Tape Me
22. Boule Noire - Super Lady
23. Chemical Brothers - It Doesnt Matter
24. TC Crew - ?
25. Surkin - ?
26. Mehdi - Lucky Boy (Surkin remix)
27. Vamp - Outlander
28. Fields - ? (Sebastian remix)
29. Feadz - Sekstyle
30. Jamelia - Something About You (Mr Oizo remix)
31. Jesse Velez - Fire
32. Justice - DANCE (live version)
33. Surkin - Radio Fireworks
34. Soundhack - Freakin
35. Justice - Stress
36. ZZT - Lower States
37. Justice - Stress
38. Scenario Rock - Both Gotta Move On
39. Vanessa Paradis - Be My Baby
40. The Ronettes - Be My Baby
41. Breakbot - Happy Rabbit
42. Jacques Dutronc - Les Cactus
43. Justice - Dvno
44. Kavinsky - Testarossa Autodrive
45. LFO - Freak
46. Mr Oizo - Lotus Suite Koln
47. Autorepeat - Most Keys Are Auto Repeat (Soundhack)
48. Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy
49. Buggles - Elstree
50. Das Pop - Underground
51. Gilbert O Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
52. Human League - Things That Dreams Are Made Of
53. Savas Pascalidis - Defend It
54. Rainbow Brothers - ?
55. Chromeo - Ah Oui Comme Ca
56. Leonard De Leonard - Leonizer
57. Ian Pooley - Chord Memory (Daft Punk mix)
58. Human League - Dont You Want Me
59. The Prodigy - Girls
60. Klaxons - Gravitys Rainbow (Soulwax remix)
61. Paraone - Liege
62. Daniel Balavoine - Vivre Ou Survivre
63. Miss Kittin - Requiem For A Hit (Gegm remix)
64. Mr Oizo - Stunt
65. Handycap - Murphy
66. The Rave - Mother
67. Fancy - Inside Of You
68. Syreeta Wright - Sweet As Candy
69. Modest Mussorgsky - Night On A Bald Mountain
70. Joni Mitchell - California

This week's Essential Mix is by .....TIGA

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1. Air Liquide - The Increased Difficulty Of Concentration - Smile Communication
2. Telefon Tel Aviv - The Worst Thing In The World (Gaiser possibly the universe mix) - Bpitch
3. Sei A - Smile For Me - Missive
4. Arnaud Rebotini - Decade Of Aggression (Jesper Dahlback mix) - Citizen
5. Tiga and Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night (Konrad Black mix) - Turbo
6. Sei A - My World - Missive
7. The Mole - Like The Way - Wagon Repair
8. Seth Troxler - Face Tribute To Head - Wagon Repair
9. Depeche Mode - Wrong (Magdas Scallop funk mix) - Mute
10. Plastikman - Risk Assessment - Minus
11. Yo Majesty - Club Action (Stanton Warriors mo bass mix) - Wax
12. Sydney Samson - Riverside - Sneakerz Music
13. Tiga - Shoes (Mr Oizo mix) - Different
14. Zoo Brazil and Adam Sky - Circle Jerk (Bloody Beetroots mix) - Turbo
15. Tiga - What You Need (Proxy mix) - Different
16. The Dove - My Album Is Complete
17. Housemeister - Beef Jerky - Boysnoize
18. Moby - I Love To Move In Here (Proxy mix) - Mute/Turbo
19. Housemeister - Who is That Boys - Boysnoize
20. I-Cube - Supernovac (live at the Lanchonete mix) - Versatile
21. Donato Dozzy and Giorgio Gigli - Real Love EQ - Italy - Wagon Repair
22. Mike Mind - Acid Machine - Turbo
23. Tiga - Overtime - Different
24. Matias Aguayo - Walter Neff - Kompakt
25. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Mars Arizona (DFA mix) - Mute
26. Sei A - This Is - Missive
27. Peaches - Lose You (Matt Walsh and Alex Jones mix) - XL
28. Tiga - Mind Dimension (Ben Hoos Mind Die Menschen mix) - Different
29. Zombie Nation - Worth It (1) - UKW
30. Zoo Brazil and Adam Sky - Circle Jerk (Milano 309 mix) - Turbo
31. Mr Oizo - Steroids (remix) - Ed Banger
32. Tiga - What You Need (Zombie Nation mix 2) - Different
33. Marco Carola - Ninety - 100% Pure
34. Guy J - Shaman (Cari Lekebusch mix 1) - Turbo
35. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Tiga 1-2-3-4 mix) - Rabid/Mute
36. Cage and Aviary - Television Train - DFA
37. MGMT - Electric Feel (Prince Language mix) - Columbia
38. LCD Soundsystem - Too Much Love - Capitol
39. Tiga - Love Dont Dance Here Anymore - Different

10 Songs for the Week

1. Dizzee Rascal feat. Armand Van Helden - Bonkers

2. Animal Collective - My Girls (Hatchamatik Disco Bootleg)

3. We Smoke Fags - Eastenders

4. U2 - Get on you Boots (Justice Remix)

5. Modeselektor vs Boys Noize - Kill Frau (Justice live mashup)

6. Les Petits Pilous - Wake Up

7. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks (Tiga's 1,2,3,4, Mix)

8. Late of the Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Metronomy Remix)

9. Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle (Mr. Dan's Magic Wand Remix)

10. Amy Winehouse vs Britney Spears - Detox

Benicassim

Extra acts added for this already whopper festival.
Here are a few of the excellent acts not including the headliners (Kings of Leon,Franz Ferdinand,Oasis,The Killers)

Boys Noize


TV on the Radio


Gui Boratto

Mystery Jets


Late of the Pier


Yuksek


Aeroplane


Peaches


Laurent Garnier

This weeks Essential Mix is by Daft Punk

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Daft Punk - "Wdpk Essential Intro" (Daft Trax)
Paul Johnson - "Hear The Music" (Peacefrog)
Armand Van Helden - "Funk Phenomena [JOHNNICkennydopeMastermix]" (Henry Street)
CZR - "Chicago Southside" (IHR)
Studio 54 - "Git Down Saturday" (Dance 6)
Red-X Presents When Worlds Collide - "Dee's Knots" (Remix Delux)
Parris Mitchell - "Ghetto Shout Out" (Dance Mania)
Daft Punk - "Teachers" (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Martin Luther King - "I Have A Dream" (20th Century)
Rick Wilhite - "Drum Patterns & Memories [M.M. Mix]" (K.D.J)
Jammin Gerald - "Get The Ho'94" (Dance Mania)
DJ Attack - "Da Way U Work" (U.C)
Thomas Bangalter - "Spinal Beats" (Roulé)
Tha West Siders - "Waxscratch Trax" (Dance Mania)
Thomas Bangalter - "Spinal Scratch" (Roulé)
Fantom - "Faithful [Prassay Mix]" (Source)
Fantom - "Faithful [Original]" (Source)
Fantom - "Faithful [Da Cracy Mix]" (Source)
I:Cube - "Disco Cubizm [Daft Punk Mix]" (Versatile)
Daft Punk - "Rock 'n' Roll" (Daft Trax/Virgin)
DJ Hyperactive - "Chicago" (Contact)
Daft Punk - "Oh Yeah" (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Cajmere - "Only 4 U" (Cajual)
Trankilou - "Champagne" (Kif S.A)
Studio 54 - "And da Beat Goes On" (Dance 6)
DJ Funk & Gerald - "Hold Up" (Universal Funk)
Ween - "Freedom Of '76" (Flying Nun)
Cassius - "Foxy Lady" (Cassius)
Gusto - "Disco's Revenge" (Bumble Beats)
DJ Deeon - "2 B Free" (Dance Mania)
Sweet - "Somebody's Watching" (white label)
Da Mongoloids - "Spark Da Meth" (Strictly Rythm)
Ron Maney & L.A. Williams - "Shining" (Kumba)
Roy Davis Jr - "Gabrielle" (Large)
Robert J. Hairston - "Preacher Man" (white label)
Daft Punk - "Around The World [Motorbass Mix]" (Daft Trax/Virgin)
Kenny Dixon Jr - "U Can Dance If You Want 2" (K.D.J)

Micachu and the Shapes

Micachu is, the 21 year old songwriter / producer, Mica Levi. She studies composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London . As well as writing more traditional pieces, she writes electronic pop songs, sometimes delivered acoustically. She has worked with a band of equally talented musicians (“The Cluster”) made up of Miss Bienek, Taza, Yvette, Baker Trouble, Mayhem, Kit Downes, Ghostpoet and Kwes, but has recently unveiled her amazing new band (“the Shapes”), made up of Raisa Khan and Marc pell.



Having played at Sonar 2007, in Barcelona, she is currently working on her new album with Matthew Herbert

Her mixtape is available to download now and she released a single (Lone Ranger) on Brikabrak records in March 2008.

Micachu and The Shapes have since signed to Rough Trade records, and their debut album will be out on March 9th 2009.

A New Start

I have been really shit at keeping this updated because I have had loads of stuff on so I'm going to try and start again

First things first; a new weekly segment. Every Sunday I will post the 10 best songs at the moment. Not necessarily new, just excellent tunes. Not posting direct links because I already got in trouble from the record companies for that (not joking) but this little link should be handy

1. La Roux - In for the Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix) Banging remix
2. Womack and Womack - Teardrops Classic tune that Mylo dropped in Bristol last week
3. Roots Manuva - Again and Again (Matt Helders {from the Arctic Monkeys} Remix) Great song remixed by an excellent drummer/dj
4. Metronomy - Radio Ladio (Radioclit Remix) Taken from Metronomy's last album and remixed by the Bonde De Role's producers
5. The Virgins - Rich Girls Great band even if they are milked to death by both 'Gossip Girl' and 'The City'
6. Skream - Midnight Request Line The best dubstep
7. Chicks on Speed - Wordy Rappinghood Not exactly new but still used by 2manydjs and Erol Alkan
8. Dj Mujava - Township Funk Couldn't post this list without spreading this massive song around
9. Fake Blood - Mars (Herve Refix) Great version of the first decent rave song in ages
10. Bloc Party - Mercury (Herve is in Dissaray Remix) Bit crap to give two songs to Skream and Herve but they are both putting out excellent songs at the moment and this version is going to be on Bloc Party's new remix album

And just for good measure here are 20 songs in 10 minutes

The Crookers

Drawing from influences of house, hip hop and beyond, Crookers blend their beats with the kind of fidget house finesse that gives Potty Mouth Music its soiled swagger. Since 2003, DJs Phra and Bot have been drawing upon their collective musical backgrounds to create tracks that twist, startle and surprise with synthetic pop.

Before their collaboration as Crookers, Bot and Phra pursued their music interests on a separate tip. Bot took up the piano and guitar at an early age, later moving onto synths, turntables and sequencers. Phra had already started DJing by age 11, when he was introduced to the Italian hip hop scene. Soon, he morphed into an MC and became fully immersed in a culture that would shape his future production career.

“Both of us started getting more involved in music when we used to listen to hip hop,” Phra says. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre success and explore dance music. The experiment worked. “It felt natural to team up, seeing that we had the same musical tastes … which isn’t that easy here in Milan,” he says.

After having released two EPs earlier this year (“Knobbers” and “Mad Kidz”, both exclusively containing original tracks), they are currently working on their first album, which is due for late 2008 or early 2009.

Crooked Mix
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