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This is the last afternoon jams you’ll get from me til January. I’ll be busy working on the NYE party we’re throwing here in Vancouver.

So, in advance, Happy New Year everyone and have a wild but safe time.

Yours Truly,

KB Crew

Chester French “C’mon” Pance Party Remix
Duck Sauce “aNYway” Black Noise Disco Mix
Lady GaGa “Bad Romance” DJ Chiments Remix
Dragonette “Pick Up The Phone” Here We Are Remix
College – A Real Hero Mix | via Valerie Collective

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Well 2009 is nearing it’s end and everybody has dropped their lists of favorite albums, remixes, songs, etc. (Check our top 10 albums of 2009 here) Generally we compile the Boner Jams based on downloads for the month and make a mini-mix, for this one we’ve taken a slightly different approach, we’ve selected some of our favorite songs from this past year and made them into one big ass mix, clocking in just under 2 hours. These are just a few of our favorite songs, because let’s be honest, if we had to compile all of our fav songs this shit would be like 6 hours long. So obviously with that said there were some stuff left off, which was really hard to be honest, and this mix nearly became the best of Fred Falke, Lifelike, Classixx, The Twelves and Grandtheft. SERIOUSLY!

Anyways give it a download and hear the year the way we did.

Previously:
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 1
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 2
Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 3

Download: Killahbeez.com Presents Boner Jams Vol. 4 | Click on link, it will re-direct you.

Tracklist:

Phoenix Lisztomania (Yuksek Remix)
Dragonette Pick Up The Phone (Beaumont Remix)
Bag Raiders Shooting Stars (Shazam Dub Mix)
Plastiscines Barcelona (Lifelike Remix)
Metric Help Im Alive (The Twelves Remix)
Sebastien Tellier Fingers of Steel (Hypnolove Remix)
La Roux In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
Felix Da House Cat Ready 2 Wear (U-Tern’s Evening Wear Edit)
Duck Sauce aNYway (DJ DLG Remix)
Terry Poison Comme Ci Comme Ca (The Twelves Remix)
Database vs. French Horn Rebellion Beaches and Friends (The Twelves Remix)
The Juan MacLean ONE DAY (Grandtheft Extended Dub)
Casiokids Finn Bikkjen!
Yeasayer Ambling Alp
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
Ladyhawke Back of the Van (ddpesh Remix)
San Serac & The Tranzistors Zanadu (fetch remix)
Two Door Cinema I Can Talk (French Horn Rebellion Remix)
VHS Or Beta Feel It When You Know (LA RIOTS REMIX)
Santigold ft. Spank Rock Shove it Grandtheft Remix
Fear of Tigers The Adventures of Pippi Longstrump (Edwin van Cleef Remix)
Miike Snow Animal (Fred Falke Remix)
Grizzly Bear Two Weeks (Fred Falke Extended Mix)
Moby Mistakes (Lifelike Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero (RAC Re-Mix).
Holy Ghost! I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version)
Hot Chip One Life Stand
Phoenix Fences (Neo Tokyo Remix)
Ladyhawke Magic (Classixx Remix)
Empire Of The Sun We Are The People (The Golden Filter Remix)
Fever Ray Seven (CSS Remix)

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.

Click on link to download.

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

Image: Power 106

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”

Download Here.

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)

Click to download.

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

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

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

Treasure Fingers, the name has been synonymous with great dance music in 07/08. From dropping his own gems, “Its Your Turn” and possibly electro track of the year, well for me anyways, “Cross the Dancefloor” and not to mention the numerous banging remixes that he continually drops. My personal favorites being Chromeo’s “100%”, Empire of The Sun’s “Walking On A Dream” and even making Fergie’s “Glamorous” palatable. The man consistently keeps people shaking their asses whether its on the dancefloor or in the privacy of their own home. With that kind of resume we can definitely expect more hotness coming out in 2009 and it’s already started with Treasure Fingers remix of Miike Snows‘ “Animal”, heard here. In anticipation of him coming to Vancouver on January 23rd to Celebrities (tickets at www.blueprintevents.ca), we caught up with the man known as Treasure Fingers to talk about his remixes, plans for an album and for the gear heads, we touch on what equipment he uses in the lab.

KB: First off, thanks for taking the time to do this interview with us. So tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started in producing and DJing electronic dance music?

Treasure Fingers: I started with hip hop and experimental stuff when I was really young, 14 or so, on my dad’s drum machine and 4track. Around 16, I lost interest and started playing in punk/hardcore bands. I didn’t really get serious with dance music production & DJing until I was 17 or 18 and my band had broken up. I liked that I could fill the creative musical void by writing, producing, & DJing solo.

KB: You have an interesting name, Treasure Fingers, and before that you were know as The Enemy, tell us about those names, what was the inspiration behind them?

TF: Some friends of mine and I just kicked around some names and Treasure Fingers seemed to be the most popular. I still wasn’t completely sold on it at first but I really like it now. It’s taken over me. ‘The Enemy’ actually started out as NME-5, my first DJ name. I quickly grew out of that and changed it. I still use the The Enemy moniker for some hip-hop/extra production.

KB: Which musical genres as well as artists do you find gives you inspiration? And what kind of influence has coming from the south, Atlanta, had on your style of music if any?

TF: I listen to almost everything and it all influences me at least a little bit. For Treasure Fingers, 80’s funk and disco is the biggest point of influence. I think a lot of the r&b and rap I listen to comes through a little also. I love southern rap, and the vibe of the Atlanta club music scene and (I) hope a little of that comes across through my music.

KB: How did you meet up with the folks at Fools’ Gold and A-Trak and eventually getting signed to the label?

TF: I had quite a few mutual friends but what actually brought it all together was A-Trak sending me a MySpace message saying something like “hey! I like your music and run a label, are you interested (in) releasing some records with us?”. Since then, I’ve become good friend with A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs and the rest of the Fool’s Gold family; they’re all really good people.

KB: Ok so straight up I have to say I love your track “Cross the Dancefloor”, when I first heard it I was quite blown away. The melodies and production work are ridiculous. What was the process of making that track?

TF: Thanks! It started out as just an instrumental filter disco house type track. Then one day I decided to try to put vocals on it. The next day I thought it might be cool to have some girl vocals responding back to my male vocals. The overall production is pretty simple, just a clean kind of poppy track. There’s a sample in there (the filtered disco part during the first breakdown), but I played the rest of the synths, bass, drums and built the track up around the sample just in case we couldn’t get it cleared. Luckily, it got cleared and I’m blown away at how well the song as done thus far.

KB: Recently you remixed Chromeo’s track “100%” and they remixed your track “Cross the Dancefloor”, how did that partnership come about? Were you always into Chromeos’ stuff prior to Fool’s Gold?

TF: Yeah, for sure. I first heard of Chromeo from some DJ mix they had released years ago. Lots of old classic 80s funk, I didn’t know they were writing or producing their own stuff until I heard “Needy Girl”. I love their work, great guys too. I didn’t meet or get in touch with them until Fool’s Gold signed “Cross the Dancefloor”. A-Trak hit me up one day and said his brother and P-Thugg loved it and he wanted to get them to remix it. My remix for them came through some Bacardi promotion they were coordinating with Vice Records, I got asked if I wanted to remix “100%” and of course agreed to it. “100%” is one of my favorites off that album.

KB: As is mine, and that remix of yours is also bananas.

KB: For all the gear heads out there, what do you use to create tracks / remixes?

TF: I use a PC running Cubase SX 3, I know I need to upgrade to 4, as my main sequencer. As far as instruments, I use a lot of VSTs, some hardware synths (Roland JX3P, Roland Alpha Juno-1, Yamaha DX100, Korg MS10), a couple guitars (Gibson SG, Fender Strat), Heil Talk Box, MPC 2000xl, Fender Rhodes mark V, and a lot of other smaller fun things.

KB: In an interview that I checked out between you and Kill The Noise you mentioned that you wanted to move towards more of a live show by the end of the year, is that something that’s still in the works?

TF: Definitely! The live show won’t be ready for a while though. I’m concentrating on finishing the album now, but once it’s done I’m going to focus on putting the band together and hitting the road.

KB: So staying on topic with the album, when can fans expect it? Or has touring been taking up a lot of your time?

TF: Touring and remixing has been taking up all my time lately. Next year will be the time for a full-length album. I have a lot of tracks half finished & demo tracks already, I just need to pick out the best and finish them.

KB: What are some of your upcoming projects and collaborations that you can talk about?

TF: Not too much I can talk about right now really. I just finished a bunch of new remixes that should be coming out over the next several months. You can check my MySpace (www.myspace.com/treasurefingers) or website and see the full list of remixes I’ve done to date. I’m currently finishing one for Miami Horror “Don’t Be On With Her” for Virgin/EMI in Australia.

KB: So with your busy schedule are you still involved with or plan to work with Evol Intent?

TF: Yes, we have a live show we’ve been doing at bigger events and festivals. We’re working on new material now, and also doing a couple new remixes. One is for Shiny Toy Guns “Ghost town” and the other is a dubstep remix of Tech Itch & Kemal “The Calling”.

KB: Dope. So changing course, what are Treasure Fingers current top 5 tracks that you can’t stop listening to?

TF: Drop Out Orchestra “Gibbon”, D’Stephanie “Rock the Disco”, Van She “Kelly (Breakbot remix)”, JR Disco “What Cha Going To Do”, Matt Hughes “Can’t Talk Now”

KB: Thanks again for taking the time to do this interview.

TF: No Problem, Thank you!

Treasure Fingers website: www.treasurefingers.com
Treasure Fingers MySpace:www.myspace.com/treasurefingers

Treasure Fingers “Cross The Dancefloor”

Chromeo “100%” Treasure Fingers B-Live Pemberton Mix

Ahhhhh snap. Everybody’s favorite Kid Sister is back with a new track called “Get Fresh”, which is produced by XXXChange and DJ A-Trak. Anybody else wondering when she’s gonna bless us with a full album???

Kid Sister “Get Fresh” Produced by XXXChange & DJ A-Trak

MSTRKRFT (read as “Master-Kraft”) is an electronic group out of Toronto. Actually this year at the Toronto Virgin Music Fest they replaced SebastiAn, when he missed his flight and they didn’t disappoint. The group came together in 2005 and consists of JFK (Jesse F. Keeler) and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas). The group has remixed over 30 songs of various genres including the latest remix of John Legend’s song “Green Light”.

On Friday I attended Fist Of God, which is the official name for the MSTRKRFT tour as well as their upcoming album, which is expected to drop in January of 2009. The stop I was at had Felix Cartal opening up, but there will be various openers throughout the tour such as DJ A-Trak, DJ Aoki, LA Riots, Congorock, DJ Assault and the aforementioned Felix Cartal. Blueprint Events, which is known as one of Vancouver’s best electronic promoters for a minute now, was hosting the event as well as the after party.

The event took place at Celebrities Night club and was fully packed, in fact this show could have easily taken place at Commodore Ballroom to accommodate more folks, but nonetheless the vibes were good as people were ready to dance their fuckin’ asses off. The duo came on at around 1am and they immediately had the crowd going crazy, as their sound is fairly distinct with that 4/4 beat and heavy heavy synths.

Like usual they played a range of stuff including their own remixes, from the Presets to Dem Franchise Boyz to Cupid to Daft Punk to Usher to Kylie Minogue and throwing in stuff from their first album as well. The set was filled with energy throughout and both MSTRKRFT and the crowd seemed to be feeding off of one another and it was non-stop. The set ended at about 2:30am, but an encore had JFK continue to rock the house til well past 3am. If you left this party not soaked from head to toe in sweat, then you my friend were not partying hard enough. Overall one word can describe this set. EPIC!

Thanks to Alvaro from Blueprint Events for hooking me up with the opportunity to attend the show. For more of their upcoming events check out www.blueprintevents.ca. For those out in New York on October 10th, MSTRKRFT will be playing at Webster Hall, but they’ll also be at the New Era Flagship store as they have a New Era collaboration that’s dropping.

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David Thai
www.killahbeez.com

MSTRKRFT “Easy Love”

Kylie Minogue “Wow” (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Justice “D.A.N.C.E.” (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Here are the rest of their tour stops:

Fist of God tour:

09-26 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre (with A-Trak, Felix Cartal, LA Riots, Congorock)
09-27 San Diego, CA – House of Blues (with Steve Aoki, Felix Cartal, LA Riots, Congorock)
09-28 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre (with Aoki, Felix Cartal, Congorock)
09-30 Pomona, CA – Glass House (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-01 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-02 Seattle, WA – Showbox (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-03 Vancouver, British Columbia – Celebrities (with Felix Cartal)
10-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Exchange Event Center (with Felix Cartal)
10-06 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-07 Chicago, IL – Metro (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-08 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-09 Columbus, OH 0 Boma (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-10 New York, NY – Webster Hall (with Felix Cartal, Congorock, DJ Assault
10-11 Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar College (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-12 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts (with Felix Cartal, Congorock)
10-13 Boston, MA – The Estate (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots, Congorock)
10-15 Baltimore, MD – Redrock (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-16 Charlotte, NC – Forum (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-17 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-18 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Music Park (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-19 Memphis, TN – Hard Rock Café Memphis (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-22 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-23 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-24 Dallas, TX – House of Blues (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-25 New Orleans, LA – Voodoo Music Experience: The Tenth Ritual
10-27 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-28 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre (with Felix Cartal, LA Riots)
10-31 Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Palace Convention Center (with Felix Cartal)
11-01 Las Vegas, NV – Fabulous Festival

Here’s a video interview that Spin magazine just dropped with DJ A-Trak discussing the new Nike Running Man Mix that he worked on for Nike. Here’s an excerpt from the site:

Admitting he’s no Jesse Owens, A-Trak parallels the “pacing” it takes to run with his style of mixing and sequencing. Running Man was “about letting certain elements of the track seep in and flow gradually,” he explains, instead of the obviousness of a club record, but let’s see you try to keep your feet still once the beat hits. – Spin.com

Haven’t heard the A-Trak ft. Kid Cudi “Say Whoa” track? Listen to it here.