Death From Disco 2006

Friday, October 13th @ The EARL

kissatlanta.com and OK Productions Present…

The DFA DJ Tour

Featuring Juan Maclean and Tim Sweeney

The production and label powerhouse known as DFA really need no introduction. They are responsible for catapulting The Rapture into the stratosphere, as well as being home to some of the hottest acts around like LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Black Dice, and Juan Maclean. Bands lucky enough to get a DFA remix are usually guaranteed dance floor favorites. In short, when it comes to the age of new disco… no three letters say more than DFA.

On this tour club DJ and WNYU’s Beats in Space radio host Tim Sweeney and DFA recording artist Juan Maclean will be promoting the second chapter of the DFA Remix compilation.

Saturday, October 14th @ MJQ Concourse (Main Room)

kissatlanta.com Presents:

MSTRKRFT

Featuring Jesse from Death From Above 1979 and producer Al-P

MSTRKRFT (pronounced Master Craft) is the pet project of Toronto musician Jesse F. Keeler (Death From Above 1979) and studio wizard Al-P, two music-loving homies whove been itching to make people dance as hard as theyve rock out in the past.

It all comes down to feel, states ALP. Were interested in making people feel like they want to dance, at least a little bit, so its all about whatever it takes to get people there.

The pair has been collaborating, on and off, since 1998. Though they went separate routes Jesse taking a brief break from music, and Al moving to New York where he worked at studios like Sound on Sound and Chung King recording artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, and David Clayton Thomas the friends remained in contact, trading tapes of their individual, unreleased forays into dance music.

This studio success naturally led to Als being at the helm early in 2002 when Jesse was looking for fresh production ideas to compliment his band, Death From Above 1979. Jesse and Al worked 15 hours a day in the studio together to complete DFA 79s Youre a Woman, Im a Machine, a red-hot masterpiece that fuses the energy of rock and roll with the oomph of disco that received rave reviews and spawned hit singles like Romantic Rights, and Black History Month. It also gave rise to Jesse and Als resolve to start their own project.

Enter MSTRKRFT, a package of house, hip-hop, grime, punk, and all kinds of electronic experimentation rolled into one. In a little over a year they have developed a cult following of dance fans around the world and have remixed just about everyone including The Kills, Annie and our beloved trio Wolfmothers track Woman.

The first track off the album Work On You is an extravaganza of pogoing, robot-rock pandemonium and a film clip to match. Easy Love is our prediction for the tune of the summer and has a film clip is bound to get most young male creatures blood a boiling with its steamy milkshake connotations. You can also expect to see the MSTRKRFT duo lighting up the East Coasts smoky club dens in Mid September when they tour Australia.

I love DJing so much, enthuses JFK. Its so emotionally rewarding to see a room full of people dancing. Thats better than any experience Ive ever had.

With two feet firmly planted in punk rocks influential past, and two in dance musics future, MSTRKRFT are the now of now, wow.

MSTRKRFT’s upcoming record, The Looks, is out now on Last Gang records in North Amercia and on Modular in Australia. UK release also on Modular in October.

Downloads

Hot Chip – Just Like We Break Down (DFA Remix) - mp3

Chromeo – Destination: Overdrive (DFA Remix) – mp3

Gorillaz – Dare (DFA Remix) – mp3

MSTRKRFT – Work On You - mp3

Bloc Party – Two More Years (MSTRKRFT Mix) – mp3

DFA1979 – Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Edition) – mp3

MSTRKRFT – Easy Love – video