We at Killahbeez have raved about The American Dream Team’s work in the past on a few occasions.  In support of their monthly party, Lickwud, Code-D executed another banger of a mixtape.  For this month’s party, Colt 45 will be giving away their malt liquor at 10pm.  Come out to Williamsburg tonight and support TADT’s monthly party if you’re anywhere near Brooklyn.

Listen to the stream below to get a taste of Blue Dream and download the mix here.

TRACKLIST
1. TADT Blue Dream Intro
2. Jack Beats – Get Down VIP Edit
3. Naughty By Nature – Get To Know Me Better (TADT Remix)
4. Nas – Made You Look (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
5. Bingo Players vs Chocolate Puma – Touch Me (Bart Bmore Remix)
6. Spencer & Hill – Cool (Afrojack Remix)
7. Black Lips – The Drop I Hold (Kill The Noise Remix)
8. Prodigy – No Good (After Midnight Remix)
9. The American Dream Team – Hands Up!
10. Udachi & Jubilee – Smoke Rings
11. Reid Speed & Hot Mouth – Jailbait Rinse
12. Jedi feat. Choclair – Get It Girl
13. Tomb Crew – Western Jam
14. Black Noise feat. Wizard Sleeve – Me Plus You
15. Monster Squad – As The World Turns
16. Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Dub)
17. Dub Pistols – I’m In Love (Foamo Remix)
18. Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie – Moombah (Afrojack Remix)
19. The American Dream Team – Murder Music
20. Reid Speed & Mike Balance – Prosti Tot
21. Patrick Wolf – Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)
22. Proper Villains – Music Takes Me Up
23. Oh Snap – Plus Size Model (Treasure Fingers Remix)
24. Monster Squad – Make Me Lose It
25. The American Dream Team – Listen 2 The Music
26. James Curd – Back Off Move Away (Treasure Fingers 5am Disco Mix)
27. Jewl Kid – Break My Heart (Computer Club Remix)
28. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
29. Florence & The Machine – You’ve Got The Love (The XX Remix)
30. Blue Dream Out Take Outro

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On Monday we posted Duck Sauce’s, collaboration between A-Trak & Armand Van Helden, first single / video “aNYway”. We all thought that was it, we should’ve known better cus here’s an alternate version of the video, this one directed by Surface 2 Air and takes on a bit of an interpretation from a famous scene of the film Ghost (Demi Moore & Patrick Swayze), but a lot more sensual, the video ends with explosions of sorts. That’s all I’m sayin. Definitely liked this version better.

Here’s the first video from the Armand Van Helden and A-Trak collaboration, known as Duck Sauce, for the single that’s been out for just over a month or so, “aNYway”. For the video, neither of them make an appearance, but it’s still a dope video, a throwback to the old Motown / Late night variety shows back in the day. The Duck Sauce EP is expected to drop sometime this month, on Fool’s Gold, and if this single is any indication, we can all expect some great dance music.

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Karen O. and The Kids “All is Love” From Where the Wild Things Are
Duck Sauce “aNYway” DJ DLG Remix
Simian Mobile Disco “Naum” Gabo Remix
Rye Rye “Bang” Risk One Remix
Matt and Kim ft. De La Soul “Daylight” Troublemaker Remix
Keenhouse “Civic Transit” Anoraak LAX Remix
Biggie vs Tupac “Runnin’ With The Xx” Quix vs Elliot Blend

On Friday everyone in the music community were delivered another shocking blow as DJ AM was found dead in a NYC apartment. For those really unaware, DJ AM was probably one of the first DJs that really paved the way for all club DJs in demanding respect and of course money. For those that only thought of AM as a “celebrity” DJ, most definitely I feel sorry for you. The man was mad talented and was always pushing the limits of DJing. But really, who cares what I think, have a read at the words that his friends have written about him, truly touching and amazing to hear what kind of generous and humbled person he was. R.I.P. DJ AM.

Grandtheft of Team Canada on DJ AM
Eli Escobar on DJ AM
Mad Decent on DJ AM
A-Trak on DJ AM

Mixes for download. Click on a link to start your download.

DJ AM “Do Over June-22-2008″
DJ AM “Live from WMC 2008″
DJ AM “Live @ Banana Split 5-6-07″
DJ AM “Power 106 Mix Pt. 1″
DJ AM “Power 106 Mix Pt. 2″
DJ AM “Power 106 Mix Pt. 3″
TRV$DJAM – Fix Your Face 2 Mixtape

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A-Trak grew up with being labeled a child DJ prodigy by many, but despite that heavy label, he’s been able to deliver above and beyond anybody’s expectations. Constantly coming up dopness to give us eargasms on projects like Sunglasses is a Must, to Dirty South Dance and now Infinity + 1 and his Fabriclive mix. Expanding beyond his own music he co-founded record label Fool’s Gold Records with friend and fellow DJ, Nick Catchdubs and discovering KiD CuDi. He’s currently on his 10,000lb Hamburger Tour which features Fool’s Gold DJ, Treasure Fingers and Theophilus London, which is stopping throughout various cities in North America.

Killahbeez: A-Trak, thanks for taking the time to do this interview.

A-Trak: All good…

KB: Lets’ talk Infinity +1, how does this project differ from Dirty South Dance, which was a personal favorite on repeat for a straight year.

A-Trak: Thanks man. This mix CD is completely different. The whole concept of Dirty South Dance was based on bootlegs that I was making with rap acapellas and electro tracks. That was a new sound in 2007 but I can’t do that anymore. Infinity +1 is much more based on the montage of songs itself, rather than the individual songs. And musically it’s in another vein.

KB: It seems that this new release features more of an electro/disco/house vibe to it. Is that reflective of your personal taste has evolved over the years?

A-Trak: Yeah that’s correct , it’s got a sort of spacey vibe to it. Of course my taste and my selections evolve with time. Up until 5 years ago I was mostly playing hip hop. Around the time that I put out my DVD (Sunglasses Is A Must) and did that tour with The Rub I started playing more party sets. When I made the Dirty South Dance CD I was getting interested in electronic music. I’ve dug deeper into that since then and now I think I pick and choose from all those areas and pick my selections depending on the context.

KB: In an interview that our writer, AJK, did with your brother, Dave 1, they touched on how Chromeos’ sound and your sound are starting to fall in line. Growing up how much of an influence did your older brother play in the music that you listened to? Do you two still bounce material off of one another?

A-Trak: Dave played a huge influence on me when we were growing up, in terms of listening to music. Basically I would listen to whatever he and his friends were listening to. Now we share a lot of music. Yes he’s definitely the first person to hear my demos and give me feedback, and vice versa for Chromeo.

KB: Switching topics to fashion. It’s clear that you have an appreciation for fashion, you’ve modeled for Sixpack’s lookbook, what was that experience like and are you doing more stuff down the road?

A-Trak: Doing the Sixpack lookbook was fun, I’ve collaborated with that brand many times over the years so I’m always happy to do more stuff with them. I’ve been asked by more brands but I turn down a lot of things. I actually wear Sixpack tees so it made sense for me to do that shoot.

KB: Staying on the topic of fashion, you hit up Paris for fashion week. Which shows were you able to take in and were there any pieces that stood out in your mind?

A-Trak: Yeah I went to Paris fashion week with Kanye. It was women’s fashion week though I can’t really recall specific pieces, it was more about taking in all the creativity. I saw Givenchy, YSL, Hussein Chalayan, Viktor & Rolf and Sonia Rykiel.

KB: Going back to music, I’ve heard that you and Solange Knowles are working on some music and a record between yourself and Armand Van Helden. Are there any other collaborations or remixes that you have planned next?

A-Trak: Yes I worked on a track with Solange and I’m sure we’ll do more. She’s a great writer and has a very open mind. Sure there are more collaborations planned but I won’t tell you everything! I will tell you that I just completed an EP with Armand Van Helden which is coming out on Fool’s Gold.

KB: What else is on the agenda for A-Trak?

A-Trak: Wrapping up a few remixes and I’m going to start on an A-Trak record soon.

KB: Any departing words for the readers out there? Thanks again for taking the time.

A-Trak: Support Fool’s Gold! Kid Sister album coming soon. Thanks for the support.

Photo: Matt Barnes

So if you’ve been following A-Trak on twitter, you’ll notice that every once in a while he’ll drop a reference about Duck Sauce, in fact all of the Fool’s Gold Record artists drop references to Duck Sauce. Well, if ya didn’t know, Duck Sauce is the official name of the collaboration between A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. They’ve collaborated together to create a 4 track EP, which 2 of those tracks are dropping today on Beatport, while the actual EP will drop in September. Below is a video of A-Trak and Armand talking about the project and how they came about to working with one another.

Here’s a preview of what you can expect to hear.

So by now y’all know former Killahbeez writer AJK has been off doing his music thing. Last Summer he released his EP, which a large portion of it was inspired from his time in New York City. Then he dropped his Ladyhawke “Back of the Van” remix for folks. Now, he’s back with a full on mix for you all to bump for the summer and beyond. The mix contains some of the dopest jams right now as well as the new Boys Noize track “Jeffer” and the unreleased The Juan MacLean “One Day” Grandtheft remix. Perfect for a road trip, the gym, the drive in to work or whatever, 74 mins of straight goodness.

AJK “Day Off”

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Tracklist

1. Knightlife – Crusader
2. Sneaky Sound System – When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)
3. Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (GRUM Remix)
4. Shazam – Pool Party 2009
5. Supermol – Light Years (Lifelike Remix)
6. Ben Mano – Jesus was a B-Boy (Moulinex Remix)
7. Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (A-Trak Remix)
8. The Juan MacLean – One Day (Grandtheft Remix)
9. U-Tern – Pop Lock
10. Minitel Rose – Continue (Russ Chimes Remix)
11. The Golden Filter – Solid Gold
12. La Roux – In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
13. Alan Braxe & Kris Menace – Lumberjack
14. Pnau – Embrace
15. GRUM – Sound Reaction (The Phantom’s Revenge Remix)
16. Fake Blood – Mars
17. Alex Metric – Pins
18. Boys Noize – Jeffer
19. GRUM – Runaway (Calling in Sick Remix)
20. Xinobi – Day Off (Anoraak Remix)

Recently I embarked on a road trip where I drove about 10 hours (due to holiday traffic) to my destination and 8 hours back home (from 11pm – 7am) and while I was away I was on the road for about 3 hours per day for 3 days. So needless to say I got mad familiar with my MP3 player. It was then that I realized how essential your tunes are to keep you…well me, in this case, awake during these drives. With the Summer basically here and people taking road trips and such I’ve set out and brought you my top 10…ahem…top 15 essential tunes I had to have on the road and these are in no particular order (I tried but gave up essentially).

To start this I laid down some rules. No originals, the majority of the tracks below are remixes as you’ll see, but these were the jams I actually rocked as oppose to the originals. Tried to restrict myself to remixes that dropped between January of 2009 and June of 2009, so we have the freshest of the fresh here.

And yeaaaaaah I realized I cheated, but you know what, who cares, you win cus you get more songs to download. Feel I’m missing something, hit us with your input by leaving a comment below.

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Download the whole package here: Part 1 | Part 2

1. Fred Falke Remixes

• Annie “Anthonio” Fred Falke Remix
• Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” Fred Falke Extended Mix
• Sneaky Sound System “I Love It” Fred Falke Remix

2. La Roux

• La Roux “In For The Kill” Lifelike Remix
• La Roux “Quicksand” Mad Decent Remix

3. Friendly Fires “Skeleton Boy” Grum Remix
4. Santigold

• Santigold ft. Spank Rock “Shove It” Grandtheft Remix
• Santigold “Lights Out” Tepr Emo Remix (Tepr from Yelle)

5. Au Revoir Simone “Shadows” The Teenagers Remix
6. Metric “Help I’m Alive” The Twelves Remix
7. Little Boots

• Little Boots “Stuck on Repeat” Fake Blood Remix (A-Trak Edit)
• Little Boots “New In Town” The Golden Filter Remix

8. Phoenix “Lisztomania” Classixx Remix
9. Sébastien Tellier “Kilometer” MOULiNEX Remix
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Zero” R.A.C. Remix
11. Minitel Rose “Continue” Russ Chimes Remix
12. N.A.S.A. ft. Lykke Li, Santigold, Kanye West “Gifted” Treasure Fingers Remix
13. Breakbot “Penelope Pitstop”
14. Yelle “Qui est Cette Fille” (Cover of Robyn’s “Who’s That Girl?”)
15. Nightwaves “Invincible” Snow Picnic Remix

One remix that I would’ve loved to have added to this list is Grandtheft’s remix of The Juan MacLeans’ “One Day”, but the track hasn’t officially dropped yet and I ain’t gonna be the one that leaks it. After all that camp has been great with Killahbeez. I will say though that I had this remix on repeat numerous times on my road trip, so be on the look out for it when it drops.

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Sneaky Sound System “It’s Not My Problem” Thin White Duke Remix
Simian Mobile Disco “Hustler” A-Trak Remix
Theophilius London ft. Lykke Li “Computer Love” Kraftwerk Cover

For this week’s Mixtape Monday, I came across Dj Loveboat mix, ‘Cotonete’.  Not much is known about Dj Loveboat and it may safe to assume his alias has nothing to do with Aaron Spelling’s show.  I did, however, find out that this mixtape was originally dropped on March 23rd in support of Breaklda’s 4th year as a record label.   The playlist consists of bangers, electro pop hits along with a few reworks by Mr. Loveboat himself.  Have a listen and dl the mix here.  Truthfully, I was intrigued as to how Appaloosa’s single, ‘The Day We fell In Love‘  fits into the equation.

01. Messinian – Magic
02. Soulwax – Another Excuse (DFA “Funkytown” Remix)
03. Sidechains – Can’t Love You Babe
04. Ladyhawke – Back of the Van (DJ Loveboat Remix)
05. Walter Jones – Deuteronomy Brown (L-F Edit)
06. Justin Timberlake – Love Stoned (Justice Remix)
07. Kris Menace and Alan Braxe – Lumberjack
08. Britney Spears – Radar (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
09. Guns and Bombs – Riddle Of Steel (Classixx Version)
10. Messinian – Cant Hide Her
11. Jape – Floating (D.I.M. Remix)
12. Amanda Blank – Get It Now (DJ Loveboat Remix)
13. Drop The Lime – Hear Me (Buraka Som Sistema- DJLVBT Edit)
14. Electric Youth – Lying Still (DJLVBT Edit)
15. Kylie Minogue – Boombox (Revolte Remix)
16. AC Slater – Party Like Us
17. A-Trak – Say Whoa (Boys Noize Remix)
18. Streetlife DJs – We Love the Disco Sound (CutnRub Dub Mix)
19. N.A.S.A – Whatchadoin ft. MIA, Santogold & Spank Rock (Villains rmx)
20. Pase Rock – Get Money Kids (Malente Re-Dub II)
21. Feist – My Moon My Man (Boys Noize Remix)
22. Appaloosa – The Day We Fell In Love
23. Dj Loveboat – Outro

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In collaboration with Parisian graffiti artist, Andre Saraiva, Belvedere IX released a short film titled “Mr. IX” last week for the new IX vodka. Belvedere IX (one “X”) is infused with nine ingredients: ginseng, guarana, acai, ginger, sweet almond, jasmine, eucalyptus, three cinnamon, and black cherry in micro-batches to blend Belvedere vodka with artesian water. The video below features the personality of Mr. IX, created by Saraiva to embody the spirit and the energy of the night.

Mr. IX from Mr. IX on Vimeo.

Belvedere IX will be hosting VIP receptions during the Coachella festival between April 17-19th. The global launch event will take place during the Cannes International Film Festival in May.

Press Release: To Enjoy An Exclusive Series of Events During Coachella 2009

LOS ANGELES, April 6 /PRNewswire/ — Belvedere IX and Music Loves Fashion have joined forces with the House of Hype and BPM magazine to present another unforgettable series of VIP events during the Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2009. These events will be for the benefit of the ONEXONE foundation, which works to preserve the lives of children in the U.S. and around the world with a focus on hunger, clean water, health care, and education (www.onexone.org).

After the success of the two past years, the red carpet will be rolled out at the Palm Springs’ Riviera Resort and Spa, from April 17th to the 19th 2009, and will be hosted by Jeff Duke and Adam Frankel. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy the best in music, fashion and style with specialty gifting suites by 55DSL, Rocketdog, Vitamin Water, Kia, and Wrigley’s 5ive gum. The “Music Loves Fashion” event creates a desert playground for entertainment and recording industry professionals and their guests attending the Coachella Music Festival. Private VIP helicopter and bus shuttle service will be available between the festival and the Riviera.

On Friday, April 17th and Saturday, April 18th from 10pm to 6am, Belvedere IX will present the Ballroom events that will be held in the Riviera’s 20,000 sq. ft. reception hall, where acclaimed DJs Kavinsky, Sebastian, DJ Mehdi, A-Trak, Pase Rock, LA Riots, Felix Cartal, Classixx, Them Jeans, Blake Miller, Peter Parker, Hyphy Crunk, DJ Excel & Gomez Warren IV, DJ Yo-C, and Doman+Pettigrew will take over the turntables. There will also be live performances by Dr. Hollywood, Elsiane and Scour. All visuals will be done by Madonna’s light engineer Christan Lamb and by Space and Dream. The entry fee to the Belvedere IX Ballroom event is a $50 donation that will directly go to ONEXONE. The daytime pool parties will be held around the Riviera’s clover shaped pool everyday from 12pm to 10pm showcasing over forty DJs, with fashion shows by MTHEMOVEMENT for Haus of “M”, an eco friendly street-savvy line for men and women, and Sonia Vera Swimwear. Saturday the 18th, 55DSL, in conjunction with Dim Mak, will host their fifteenth year anniversary pool party with Danny Masterson, The Whip, and many more special guests.

About Belvedere IX

Belvedere IX (pronounced One-X) is the new super premium spirit from Belvedere that brings the best in vodka quality and exciting innovation to the nightlife scene. A breakthrough in vodka innovation, it is produced using similar methodology to that of gin and not just artificially flavored vodka. With the release of IX, Belvedere continues to assert its Luxury Reborn message with powerful references to contemporary culture, as shown in the creation of the packaging. The design is the result of a collaboration with graffiti artist Andre Saraiva, who conceived a new personality to inhabit the Belvedere Palace: Mr. IX. Belvedere IX is a new style of vodka that embodies the spirit and energy of the night.

About Music Loves Fashion

Music Loves Fashion, “For the Love of Music, For the Love of Fashion”, is a worldwide movement, which has taken by storm countless events, at the most exclusive locations, featuring the hottest celebrities, the best in music, the latest fashions, and the most fabulous crowd.

For more information www.musiclovesfashion.com

About House of Hype

The House of Hype is a customized lifestyle retreat that caters to celebrity clientele within the entertainment, music and sports industries. With a presence at select Hollywood award shows, film festivals and sporting events, House of Hype provides luxury services ranging from daytime hospitality lounges to elite nightlife entertainment.

For more information www.houseofhype.com

Source: Belvedere IX, music loves fashion

Here’s a new track, “I Poker Her Face”, via Kanye’s blog that he dropped yesterday. It’s Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West, Common with scratches from A-Trak. Definitely down with this jam right, the lyrics are pretty funny when you listen to them, all three gentlemen kill it on the track and it was a nice touch scratching in GaGa’s song “Poker Face” in at the end. A nice tie in.

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Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West, Common & A-Trak “I Poke Her Face” [MP3]

Image: WENN

After a year’s hiatus, I decided to head back down to sunny South Beach for WMC 2009.  As the days close in, the folks that run the Winter Music Conference publishes a master list of events.  First thing I noticed at a local bodega was this year’s publication was a pamphlet in comparison to previous years Frank151 mini mag style guides.  Although, having a game plan is to your advantage, you can wing it and still have a fun time.   Just watch out for the tourist-ready alcoholic beverages averaging in at 16 dollars, half priced lunches and breakfast but with a caveat of ridiculously expensive coffee, oj and iced tea.  This is to be expected as a trade off for the hotel poolside cabanas, people watching seats on Ocean Drive and of course the clear blue water/white sand combo in Miami.

As far as music goes, this was my outlet for lots and lots of deep house, broken beat and of course electro pop.  My friends and I planned on hitting up several parties throughout the day until we couldn’t stand anymore.  One piece of advice, if your hotel is in SOBE, stay in SOBE.  The taxis have no issue taking you on the “tourist” route to cross the MacArthur Causeway.  Some parties were a bust aka Tuesday Night at Laundry Bar and Friday Night at White Room.  However, there were some events that stood out and made WMC 09 memorable.

One such event was the Sander Kleinenberg yacht party.  Thoughts of waiting in long lines at Epcot or Universal Studios came to mind and gave me a chuckle.  First, my friends and I walked from 9th and Collins to the Shelborne Resort to redeem our tickets.  One line at the hotel lobby takes you upstairs to the Wanttickets.com suite.  From there, another line gets in contact with a customer service rep.  Next step, much like a reality tv show challenge was to hail a $40 dollar cab ride to the docks before 3:30.  Arrival yielded two more lines to get onto the Biscayne Lady.  But the wait was worthwhile as the food appeased my palate.  The all you can drink bar also came in handy to enjoy progressive house by Sander.  My group and I were definitely loving every aspect of the yacht party.  The rest of Thursday night was a mix between a blur and being woken up to head down to Heathrow Lounge for an event called Sonic Boom.

Friday was a free for all.  I had no game plan other than to hit the Scion Party at the Gansevoort South Resort featuring Annie Mac, A-Trak, Dj Medhi, Riton, Toddla T and Rusko.  However, during the daytime, I did notice Sephora had a line ready for j-pop songstress, Utada Hikaru.  Thanks to Japanator, this info was confirmed.  Half of me wishes I camped out like the nerd I am.

After a long day of exploring, I was able to catch the last leg of the Scion party with A-Trak ending his set and Dj Medhi beginning his.  Had we read the flyer, we would’ve avoided the dude playing top 40’s “hip pop” on the rooftop pool.  Thankfully, the friendliest security at the elevator guided us to the beach club where the Scion party was held. Guestlist, bah who needs it. Friendly foreign girl wanting photo op with me? Why the fuck not, all in good fun. $20 dollars for two Amstel lights gave a slight hiccup to the fun.

The rest of the night involved trying to hail a cab back down to 9th and Collins from 23rd ended in failure.  We walked roughly 16 blocks down only to return back to the Lincoln Road for Sushi Samba.  One hour wait stated the hostess.  Final destination: Sushi Siam where our eyes were hungrier than our bellies.  Afterwards, we made it out to The Shore Club where we finally caught Rusko’s set.  A cab ride to the White Room lead to a mediocre night.  Despite wanting to see Alan Braxe, Roy Davis Jr., and the Juan Maclean, I was just not feeling the venue.

Saturday – When I am looking for you, I call your number, but I can’t get through…
Spent most of the day at a nearby friend’s pool at the Marriott on 2nd and Ocean.  Then made it out to Taverna Opa for excellent Greek dining and entertainment.  This is where our nerd juices were overflowing with joy.  We actually asked the cab to get us to Rokbar right when doors opened at 10.  Who does that?  A fan of MODULAR mothafuckin Records does, thats who.  Our zealousness yielded a mini camp out as doors opened at 11, not 10.  But the venue is beautiful, Knightlife, Kim’s and Dan’s set was amazing.  Nothing could’ve gone wrong with this evening.  Well except overdoing it with jager shots.

The trip concluded with a super early shuttle ride to the airport Sunday Morning.  Lethargic days and affordable eating, here I come.  See below for some highlight photos taken collectively by my friends and myself.  On a side note, Dan Whitford of Cut Copy was nice enough to take a photo with my friend, SK.

First let’s start off with the video. Here’s the latest from Sébastien Tellier for his single “Kilometer”. The song, upbeat and sexual, the video doesn’t disappoint. With countless up close shots of women’s asses (in underwear, otherwise I would’ve labeled NSFW) and animated hot dogs acting playful and squirming around the women, yeah you read it. Seems like its just another day for our man Sébastien.

Now for the mini review of the Kilometer EP, so with this being an official single his PR folks were kind enough to send through his EP for us to listen to and review. One of the dubs is the A-Trak dub, which A-Trak himself has posted for downloading as well as us, that mp3 can be found here. There’s that dub version and there’s the remix version, the tracks are essentially the same but the dub has a lot more of the instrumental playing, while the remix itself has the vocals starting right at the beginning. The A-Trak remix is also co-produced by big brother and one half of Chromeo, Dave 1 (check out our interview with Dave 1).

The other two remixes on this EP include the Aeroplane ‘Italo 84′ and Arpanet remix. The Aeroplane remix is ridiciulously good. Right up there with A-Traks to be honest. Aeroplane does a great job of interpreting the song the way they felt it should be. The Arpanets remix is the complete opposite of both previous remixes. The Arpanet remix takes the track several bpms down and believe it or not makes it a little bit more nasty and sexual, I didn’t even think that was possible, it’s also much slower than the original. It’s a huge mind shift compared to the other two remixes, but stands on its own just as well.

Honestly this is one of the most solid EPs I’ve heard in a while, all the remixes and original tracks on it make it worth the purchase. Grab all 5 tracks from Amazon for only $4.45.

Be sure to catch Sébastien Tellier on tour now.

01/04/09 : LPR / New York City, USA
03/04/09 : 09:30 Club / Washington, USA
04/04/09 : Transit/ Philadelphia, USA
05/04/09 : Paradise / Boston, USA
07/04/09 : Cabaret Music Hall / Montreal, Canada
08/04/09 : The Mod Club / Toronto, Canada
09/04/09 : Empty Bottle / Chicago, USA
10/04/09 : Grinnell College Harris Center/ Grinnell, USA
13/04/09 : Chop Suey / Seattle, USA
14/04/09 : Richards on Richards / Vancouver, Canada
15/04/09 : Doug Fir Lounge / Portland, USA
17/04/09 : The Independent / San Francisco, USA
19/04/09 : Coachella Festival / Indio, USA

Aww snap! Another giveaway. We keep ‘em coming for all you readers out there. This prize pack is ridiculous. This is the A-Trak Infinity +1 giveaway, the package includes the upcoming album, Infinity +1, Fool’s Gold t-shirt, “Shake it down” on vinyl, Fool’s Gold Remixed on vinyl and an autographed poster from A-Trak himself. Check the details below on how to enter.

*****WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL*****

Prize Details:

• 1 copy of Infinity +1 on CD
• Fool’s Gold T-shirt (May differ from image below)
• Vinyl, “Shake It Down” and Fool’s Gold Remixed.
• Autographed A-Trak Poster

How To Enter:

• Leave a comment below.
• Each comment counts as an entry, one entry per person and per IP.
• By entering contest you are also agreeing to sign-up for updates about Fool’s Gold directly from Fool’s Gold, www.foolsgoldrecs.com.
• Contest Closing Date: Monday March 23rd at 9am PST, Noon EST

Visit http://infinityplusone.tumblr.com for fresh shit dropping every day of the month leading up to the release.

Be sure to check out A-Trak out on tour, dates below:

Friday Feb. 13th – Toronto – Circa
Saturday Mar. 14th – Brooklyn – Studio B with DJ Mehdi
Tuesday Mar. 17th – Boston – The Estate
Weds. Mar. 18th – Austin – SXSW
Thurs. Mar. 19th – Austin – SXSW (Palm Door with Fool’s Gold)
Friday Mar. 20th – Los Angeles – Avalon with Sinden
Saturday Mar. 21st – San Francisco – Paradise

A-Trak has been dropping goodies everyday of this month to promote his latest project Infinity +1 which is set to release on March 31st. He recently dropped his remix of Sébastien Tellier’s track “Kilometer”, the track is one of many that are featured on the mix. I have to say I haven’t been able to stop listening to this, this remix is pretty ridiculous.

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Sébastien Tellier “Kilometer” A-Trak Remix

In preparation for the release of the official mix album Infinity +1, the tech-savvy DJ A-Trak is launching a special Twitter based campaign (http://twitter.com/atrakinfinity) today with new content being released daily leading up to the album release on March 31st. Leading off this digital onslaught is an 8-minute downloadable teaser minimix showcasing some of the many high points of Infinity +1. Straight up this minimix is no joke, definitely gives you a good vibe of what to expect.

Download Minimix here

Tour Dates:
3/13/09 TORONTO, ON//CIRCA
3/14/09 BROOKLYN, NY//STUDIO B (w/ DJ Mehdi)
3/17/09 BOSTON, MA//THE ESTATE
3/19/09 AUSTIN, TX//PALM DOOR (Fool’s Gold)
3/20/09 LOS ANGELES, CA//AVALON (w/ Sinden)
3/21/09 SAN FRANCISCO, CA//PARADISE
3/22/09 LOS ANGELES, CA//LAX
3/26/09 MIAMI, FL//BEATPORT POOL PARTY
3/26/09 MIAMI, FL//LOUIS CLUB
3/28/09 MIAMI, FL//RALEIGH HOTEL
3/28/09 MIAMI, FL//WHITE ROOM (Fool’s Gold)

What were you up to this Valentine’s Day? Dinner, Drinks and a movie? Lame.

If you were in Vancouver then you’ve could’ve been enjoying some craaaazy parties. This weekend hosted the LG Mountain Festival, which a few of us attended the Saturday session as it had Kid Sister, DJ A-Trak and Team Canada Djing. I actually missed on A-Trak’s set as well as Team Canada’s set, but I would be redeeming myself later that night. I did happen to catch Kid Sister and have to say, she’s pretty dope live, great charisma and stage presence, plus her songs are straight up party music.

Later that night a few of us popped down to Pop Opera to catch Team Canada doing their set and getting the people shaking their asses. From there we quickly bounced to where DJ A-Trak was throwing down the party. The crowd was hype and A-Trak played a variety of jams across multiple genres.

Of course getting into some of these things couldn’t have happened to a few people. So big shout outs to AJK, Jeff from The Hastings Set crew and Dana D from Nordic Trax and Red Bull for showing some love.

Enjoy some of the pictures below. The rest can be found on our Flickr page, www.flickr.com/photos/killahbeez/.

Kid Sister

DJ A-Trak

Team Canada

A stunning Kid Sister models the newest collection for female street brand Married to the MOB.  By far, this is one of my favorite lookbooks from MTTM.  Kid Sister is a perfect spokesmodel for MOB’s latest line.  From her sneaker game, “pro” nails to her rhymes, she is the complete package of a female with mad steez.  Oh, did I mention that her brother is half of Flosstradamus and she is boyfriend is DJ A-Trak?  It must be great being Kid Sister!

The complete collection is located here.

I love the “Obama 9 Dollar” bill.

Source: MTTM