Crookers - Bowser (Full EP Stream)

The infamous Italian duo Crookers are back with a brand new EP entitled "Bowser". There's a good range of sounds here. "Trillex" kicks it off with a big, festival-ready boom. And the eponymous "Bowser" brings in the tribal drums and toned out vocal samples. Finally, "Turn The Lights On" is a thugged out hip-house jam featuring some cool rhymes from Philly rapper STS (Sugar Tongue Slim).

Check it out and pick it up on Beatport if you're feeling it.

Kid Sister - Kiss Kiss Kiss [Mixtape]

Kid Sister [Fool's Gold] : Official | Facebook | Twitter
I just love when I check my email when I'm running late for work and find music waiting for me to explore. It's kind of a blessing and a curse. The iPhone maybe a multipurpose device but it doesn't exactly allow me to download & unzip .zip files containing fun filled tracks. Any hoo fast forward another cubicle day and I finally get to listen to the music waiting for me in my inbox.

Thank you to Fool's Gold for sending us Kid Sister's latest creation. With assistance from Nick Catchdubs|Nina Sky|Gucci Mane|Caspa|Douster, Kid Sister presents us with a fun filled set of party popping tunes to get us ready for the weekend.

Download Kid Sister's KISS KISS KISS Mixtape for FREE Here or Here

Tracklist:
01. Kissin-tro
02. Kiss Kiss Kiss
03. Work Them
04. Green Velvet – Everybody Wants
05. Carte Blanche – Do! Do! Do! (Original / Laidback Luke Remix)
06. Daydreaming (Douster Remix)
07. Lookout Weekend f. Nina Sky
08. Gucci Rag Top f. Gucci Mane
09. Click Clack (Show It Off)
10. Don’t Stop Movin
11. Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix)
12. Paul Wall – Imma Get It
13. Jo-DE-Ci f. DJ Gant-Man

Bonus Download: Carte Blanche - Do! Do! Do! (Laidback Luke Remix)

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Treasure Fingers [Feature Interview]

Treasure Fingers: Official | Facebook | Twitter | Beatport

A little over a week has passed since our good friend Nightfox started her Dank Radio infiltration mission with her interview with Sound Of Stereo and she's already putting in work with her next installment. To be honest with you, it's a welcome surprise and boy is she putting me to work with these deadlines [It's all good! You know how we work. 24/7 365, all day, everyday, until the end of days.] The interview that follows entails her encounter with the funky producer/dj Treasure Fingers [Fool's Gold]. Keep on reading to find out about album updates, the status of Evol Intent, and his hometown of Wewoka Oklahoma.

Hey Dank Radio!
In a recent conversation with DJ Shaun P, we discussed the pros and cons of my job. He told me that although I was extremely lucky to be able to meet the people I get to meet, he would never want my job in fear that his love of music of a certain artist would be marred if he turns out to be a dick. Luckily, I’ve been blessed in that every artist I’ve met so far (minus one, I won’t name him here but you can ask me later) have been the nicest, most humble people I’ve met, welcoming me into their rooms, backstage, and going out of their way to lend me twenty minutes of their time. Probably means little to them, but it means the world to me. My impression of an artist has yet to be marred (thank God). So here’s a recent interview with Treasure Fingers, and thanks to my friend Jack Daniels, probably the most random interview I’ve held to date. Thanks again Treasure Fingers.
Enjoy,
Nightfox

Nightfox: So I see you’re in the middle of a big tour, how are you enjoying it so far?
Treasure Fingers: It’s been good. I was actually off for three weeks so it’s good to be back again.

Nightfox: Do you find yourself finding the time to produce and work on tracks while touring?
Treasure Fingers: Not really when I’m touring. I try to but I really like working in my studio, and when I’m on the road I only have my laptop so it’s a big difference. But I like it though because when I’m on the road I don't have a lot of time to produce but I have all these ideas in my head. Then when I actually get home I can get a lot of stuff done.

Nightfox: So does that mean we can expect the album anytime soon?
Treasure Fingers: Yeah hopefully! I need to just take a break and actually finish it when I’m not doing gigs.

Lift Me by treasurefingers

Nightfox: And are you still working with Evol Intent through all this?
Treasure Fingers: Yes. We have two new singles almost done. Four tracks broken up into two separate 12" single releases, and maybe an album in the works? I don’t know, we’ve been really productive lately.

Nightfox: When it comes to producing, are there any rules or codes of ethics in your opinion? Any do’s and don'ts?
Treasure Fingers: Um, not really. I mean, I’m not a fan of just ripping stuff off, you know. If I sample someone I try to do something creative with it. I just try to be original. Besides that, no rules, I guess.

Nightfox: Describe the differences between your live set and your DJ set.
Treasure Fingers: I’ve never actually done a live Treasure Fingers set. We’ve done live Evol Intent, and that’s still less on computers and controllers and stuff, but it’s kind of programming on the fly, just doing effects and stuff like that. But if I wanted to do a live Treasure Fingers show, it would probably be with a band but I’d kind of like to stick to DJ’ing for now.

Nightfox: I see your doing Korea for New Years! Have you ever been there before?
Treasure Fingers: No! I’m super excited! Well, they put in the offer and I was really excited and then North Korea bombed them so I thought the gig was off and my agent was going to cancel it. But the promoters came back and promised it was all good and things would be safe.

Nightfox: Interesting, will there be any extra security or anything like that?
Treasure Fingers: I don’t know. I’m not too worried about it actually. I’ll go anywhere. Like, I feel like I could die here tonight as well as I could there, so I’m not really afraid of anything. I’ve always wanted to play crazy places. I don’t know if they’ll have extra security or not but it will be super fun, I’m sure.

Nightfox: What do you expect from Korea?
Treasure Fingers: I’ve played Asia a couple times, like, Taiwan, Singapore, and Jakarta, places like that and it’s always really cool but I’ve never played Korea before so it’ll be a new experience.

Nightfox: And after Korea you head to Australia. How do you like it there?
Treasure Fingers: That’s probably my second home. I would live there if it wasn’t so far from everything.

Nightfox: What do you like best about it?
Treasure Fingers: It’s just really nice. It’s got a nice climate, you know. The continent is big so it’s kind of like America, you could go to a really nice beach or you could go way out in the wilderness. It’s just a cool place with laidback people.

Nightfox: So I see you used to play in punk and hardcore bands as a teenager, and when you were younger you were into hip-hop. Why make the transition to dance music?
Treasure Fingers: Well, lately, the Treasure Fingers stuff is definitely the most dancey I’ve ever done. I did Evol Intent before that and before Evol Intent I did even weirder experimental glitch stuff so it’s just been sort of a progression. I’ve always liked and made house music but I’ve never focused on producing it heavily until recently.

Nightfox: Do you plan on keeping up with Treasure Fingers?
Treasure Fingers: Oh yeah, yeah. I’ve thought about starting a couple side projects just because I have all these ideas for new songs and they don’t fit within what I like the Treasure Fingers sound to be. You may see a new project from me soon. But, Treasure Fingers is top priority right now.

Nightfox: Care to elaborate?
Treasure Fingers: Um, I really shouldn’t (laughs). It’s really just sort of the brainstorming stages now so I’ll keep it under wraps until it’s ready to launch.

Nightfox: So what city are you from in Oklahoma?
Treasure Fingers: Wewoka. It’s ridiculously small. About 4 thousand people.

Nightfox: Oh wow. So what was your first big gig that got you out of Oklahoma?
Treasure Fingers: When I was coming up there were these big raves coming up in Oklahoma City. And they also had an underground club that went until like, ten in the morning or something. They have been playing house there since like, 1989 or something crazy. Which, I wasn’t around of course, back then but that was my influence for the whole club scene or rave scene. So I guess I was 16 when I started going out there for raves and getting into the clubs. I met Jeremy Dawson who is now in Shiny Toy Guns, and he booked me for my very first rave. After that I started playing neighboring states and it kept spreading from there.

Nightfox: Growing up did you always have a feeling you would go into music or did you have a Plan B?
Treasure Fingers: I feel truly blessed to be this successful but I always knew it would be a hobby. I actually went to school for graphic design. I have a degree in that and I worked in that until probably about four or five years ago. Then I would freelance on the side. As of the past three years, it has been all music.

Nightfox: Do you ever design your own stuff?
Treasure Fingers: Sometimes but I don’t even like to touch my own stuff. I just got burnt out. I like art directing and having someone else do it now (laughs).

Nightfox: So who are your favorite 90’s hip-hop artists?
Treasure Fingers: I was all over the LA west coast stuff as a kid. I liked Eazy E, Dre, Snoop. I liked all the San Francisco stuff too like Spice 1 and E-40. And I don’t know, there was all this weird underground gangster rap stuff I was super into when I was 12. And even now I go on last.fm sometimes and stream Spice 1 radio and they play all these amazing artists that never really made it big. It’s amazing. That was definitely the big golden era of rap for me.

Nightfox: So what’s your favorite 80’s funk artist?
Treasure Fingers: Oh man. Zapp and Roger. No question.

Nightfox: Any music makers you’re especially diggin’ right now?
Treasure Fingers: I love all the new guys coming up. Bit Funk in Chicago. Le Zebra, who’s actually from out here I think. Night Riders, from Boston.

Grum - Through The Night (Bit Funk Remix) by Bit Funk

Nightfox: What are your plans after your tour?
Treasure Fingers: I have a heavy schedule up until May I think. I’ll probably take a couple weeks off and chill then. I haven’t even thought about it really.

Nightfox: Are you going to rest at all?
Treasure Fingers: (laughs) I should but I’ll probably just go into the studio. That’s kind of relaxation for me. It would be nice to just take a month off and just go into the studio.

Nightfox: I hear a lot of complaints from artists about airlines. What is the worst airline in your opinion?
Treasure Fingers: Aw man. There’s a lot of them. I’m really not a fan of Continental. So definitely Continental.

Nightfox: Ever lose anything?
Treasure Fingers: Oh yeah. I was on a Delta flight and the panel next to my seat was broken and I had a little bag with all my important stuff like my passport and my iPod and it fell all the way under cargo into the belly of the plane. They said they couldn’t get it until they did maintenance there so I had to file report and do all this stuff. I think I was going to Canada a few days later so I had to expedite a passport and replace all my stuff. But I sent them the receipts and they paid for everything. So thumbs up to Delta. But they need to fix their planes up (laughs).

Nightfox: What do you think of the explosion of dubstep? Here in LA, it’s developed a huge underground following.
Treasure Fingers: I like a lot of it. There’s some that I can’t stand but there’s a lot of really good stuff out there. And with the Evol Intent project we do a lot of dubstep too.

Nightfox: Ever thinking about going into dubstep?
Treasure Fingers: Not as Treasure Fingers. I thought about doing some collaborations with people and just blending some funky kind of synths & talkbox vocals so there might be a collaborations with that soon, I don’t know. I’ve been talking with 12th Planet so we'll see where that goes..

Nightfox: What’s your favorite track that you released this year?
Treasure Fingers: I would say Keep Up, which just came out on Fool’s Gold, because it was the first full song released where I wrote and played all the music, no samples, and co-wrote the lyrics with a friend. We took about a week cutting the vocals and had an engineer mixing them. It’s more of a process than I’m used to. I’m used to just doing everything myself so for that one we put the most time into and I’m really proud of the outcome. Aside from that, probably It’s Love, the B side to Lift Me. That one came about because they wanted something else to release with Lift Me so I kind of had to make it under pressure. And it all just kind of came together. I wanted some female vocal samples, yet without sampling, on it so I slowed it down and sent it to Haley Small, who sang on Keep Up and gave her a rough idea [of what I wanted]. Then I pitched her vocals back up and chopped them a bit. It was kind of unexpected how well it turned out.

Keep Up feat. Haley Small by treasurefingers

Nightfox: Well, I loved it! So do you like playing bigger gigs like raves or do you prefer smaller, more intimate settings like Avalon?
Treasure Fingers: I like the big raves but I feel like it’s hard to read the crowd sometimes, so you kind of just do your thing and hope it’s going over well. Whereas Avalon or smaller clubs, you see peoples faces and really see how’s it’s going. Also with the smaller clubs, well, tonight it’s me and Burns so hopefully everyone who came out either came to see him or I or both of us. But at a big rave you don’t know who is there for you. They could have came to see Tiesto and just wandered into your tent. If you’re playing funky house and their into trance, they might just stare at you for an hour waiting for whoever is next.

Nightfox: So when you play do you read the crowd mostly and see what they like?
Treasure Fingers: Well mostly. I try to do my own thing, I never compromise as far as what music I’m going to play. I go between really synthy, kind of melodic stuff to really funky house or whatever. If I can sense they are ready for something else and or not feeling it, then I'll start switching it up a little. I'm helpless in the "pop and rap requests" type clubs though, I don't even have that sort of stuff on my laptop or CD wallet.

Nightfox: What is your favorite gig or venue so far?
Treasure Fingers: Well, Avalon has actually been amazing every time I've played here. Tonight I think someone hit me up at 11:30 or something and told me they were at capacity already, so it’s amazing to fill a venue this big. Also, Voyeur San Diego where I played last night, there’s always really good shows there.

Nightfox: Oh yeah, I have yet to make a road trip down there.
Treasure Fingers: Oh, you’ve got to go check it out. They’ve made it slightly bigger since they took down a wall. It’s still a very intimate venue and the people there are super into the music.

Nightfox: So you do you know Harvard Bass pretty well then?
Treasure Fingers: Yeah I met him a long time ago, I think before he was even doing Harvard Bass. Then I started hearing his tracks and he pretty much blew up overnight. He's awesome though. Good guy too.

Nightfox: When you’re in LA are there any places you need to visit or people you need to see?
Treasure Fingers: I try to hang out with all my friends when I’m out here and eat good food. Definitely try to hit up Roscoes and In N Out.

Nightfox: So when you wind down at the end of the day, what do you like to listen to?
Treasure Fingers: Probably my favorite band is Mono, this band from Japan that’s all instrumental. Like, 12 minute tracks, all super melodic and moody, really beautiful music.

Nightfox: Well, thank you Ashley! As a writer and a fan I want you to know that this has been an awesome experience!
Treasure Fingers: Yeah no problem! Happy I could help.


Purchase @ iTunes | Beatport
Tour Dates:
Dec 18, 2010 - Brooklyn, NY (US) @ Public Assembly - BEMF
Dec 31, 2010 - Seoul, Korea @ Club Rococo
Jan 5, 2011 - Washington, DC (US) @ U Street Music Hall
Jan 12, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV (US) @ Ghost Bar
Jan 21, 2011 - Byron Bay, (AU) @ The Great Northern
Jan 22, 2011 - Canberra, (AU) @ Trinity Bar
Jan 25, 2011 - Brisbane, (AU) @ The Bowler Bar
Jan 26, 2011 - Adelaide, (AU) @ Shore's Complex
Jan 28, 2011 - Melbourne, (AU) @ Colonial Hotel
Jan 29, 2011 - Wollongong, (AU) @ The Grand Hotel
Jan 29, 2011 - Sydney, NSW (AU) @ Civic Hotel
Jan 30, 2011 - Gold Coast, (AU) @ Titanium Bar - Dirty Sundays
Feb 5, 2011 - Perth, (AU) @ The Bakery
Feb 12, 2011 - Auckland, AUC (NZ) @ De Club
Feb 25, 2011 - Salt Lake City, UT (US) @ Salt Palace Convention Center

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A-Trak - Dirty South Dance 2

A-Trak[Fool's Gold] just released his follow up to Dirty South Dance titled Dirty South Dance 2[via Pigeons & Planes]. To be completely honest I'm not a big fan of the recent mash-ups. If it's a mash-up it better be by 2 Many DJ's or something done with an instrumental vinyl on one turntable and an a capella track on the other turntable. Sure there have been a couple tracks that were pretty cool but those are few in number. Luckily, right from the get go I was drawn into this mix. What better way to start a mix then with Claude VonStroke's song Vocal Chords. He keeps his skratches relevant and necessary just like a master axe shredder filling in the spaces of a song with a few phrases of finger tapping here and a soulful bend of a string there. The EDM feel keeps you dancing and this is no surprise with the inclusion of Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Track Remix), DJ Zinc - Blunt Edge, and Joker - Tron. Another track to note is DJ Craze's remix. I wonder if this is a sign of future productions by DJ Craze and maybe a more production type work with DJ Klever. Deep down inside I wish for a DJ Craze/DJ Klever battle with Plus One/Beni G (Jack Beats). Any hoo, stream/download the mixtape below. It's surely going to be in my regular rotation for the next couple months.

A-Trak [Fool's Gold] Tour Dates:
May 29 2010 Movement (DEMF) Detroit, Michigan , US

May 30 2010 Sasquatch Festival Quincy, Washington, US

Jun 5 2010 Reset SD San Diego, California, US

Jul 4 2010 Calvi on the Rocks Corsica, FR

Jul 9 2010 Club 75 @ Pacha Ibiza, Ibiza, SPAIN

Jul 10 2010 Oxegen Festival County Kildare, IE

Jul 11 2010 EXIT Festival Novi Sad, Belgrade, SERBIA

Jul 15 2010 OsloLive Festival Oslo, Troms, NORWAY

Jul 16 2010 Dour Festival Dour, BE

Jul 17 2010 Extrema Outdoor Festival Eindhoven, Norway, NETHERLANDS

Jul 17 2010 Melt Festival Gräfenhainichen, Wittenberg, GERMANY

Aug 22 2010 Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, NETHERLANDS

Aug 29 2010 SW4 Get Loaded Festival Clapham, London, UNITED KINGDOM

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The Bloody Beetroots - Set Times

The Bloody Beetroots are set to destroy the Palladium this weekend with a SOLD OUT show on Saturday and an additional show on Sunday. Tickets are still available for the Sunday date but don't sleep on it. Destructo is also engaging in a twitter ticket giveaway so be sure to follow him for a chance to win those tickets. I'll be reporting on the Saturday show so I'll see you crazy kids then.

The Bloody Beetroots [Dim Mak] Tour Dates:Apr 23 2010 HOUSE OF BLUES - SAN DIEGO, CaliforniaApr 24 2010 HARD LA - LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaApr 25 2010 HARD LA - LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaApr 30 2010 CLUB - ADELAIDE, South AustraliaMay 1 2010 THE CREAMFIELDS - SYDNEY, New South WalesMay 1 2010 THE WAREHOUSE - CANBERRA, Australian Capital TerritoryMay 2 2010 THE CREAMFIELDS - PERTH, Western AustraliaMay 3 2010 THE CREAMFIELDS - BRISBANE, QueenslandMay 8 2010 THE CREAMFIELDS - MELBOURNE, VictoriaMay 25 2010 THE @L’ATABAL - BIARRITZ, AquitaineMay 26 2010 THE LE 4 SANS - BORDEAUX, AquitaineMay 27 2010 THE LE PHARE - TOULOUSE, Haute-NormandieMay 28 2010 PRIMAVERA SOUND - BARCELONA, BarcelonaMay 29 2010 THE PAPILLON DE NUITS FESTIVAL - ST. LAURENT DE CUVES, Basse Normandie, Basse-NormandieMay 30 2010 THE SALLE DE LA CITé - RENNES, BretagneJun 2 2010 THE 603QM - DARMSTADT, HessenJun 4 2010 SELECTOR FESTIVAL - KRAKOW, MałopolskieJun 5 2010 THE FESTI’NEUCH - NEUCHâTEL, NeuenburgJun 11 2010 THE NUVOLARI LIBERA TRIBU’ - CUNEO, CuneoJun 13 2010 ROCKNESS FESTIVAL - DORES, INVERNESS, ScotlandJun 18 2010 THE HURRICANE FESTIVAL - SHEEßEL, Sachsen-AnhaltJun 19 2010 THE SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL - NEUHAUSEN OB ECK, Baden-WürttembergJun 25 2010 OPENAIR FESTIVAL - ST. GALLEN, St-Gall

The Bloody Beetroots - Domino OUT NOWiTunes | beatport | Amazon
The Bloody Beetroots - Domino [Dim Mak]
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Concert Review: Kill The Noise & Treasure Fingers

@ Into The Am|v20 4/8/2010

I understand this review is long overdue. Quite frankly it's almost 2 weeks since I attended this show. But hey, in my defense I had my very first Coachella to prep for(more on that event in an upcoming post). It's better late than never. So let's begin shall we...

So in typical local Long Beach fashion I arrive on my time frame and accidentally miscalculate the factors of spring break, grand prix season, and 18+ teenagers hungry to get their club experience going. Having to wait in any line in Long Beach especially for a club I used to frequent 4 years earlier is enough to make any local turn around and leave but I stayed true to my resolve, "all for the love of music." After a brief 45min. wait in line I managed to walk in right as Kill The Noise was murdering the crowd with Daft Punk - One More Time. Everyone was getting down with their moves when all of a sudden KTN drops Project Bassline - Drop The Pressure (Jack Beats Remix). I don't know about you but whenever I hear the wobble of a Jack Beats track I just have to move and dance. Before I got carried away I managed to snap a quick photo of everyone throwing their hands in the air right before the drop. And with that burst of musical energy I soon realized that KTN's set was soon to be over as Treasure Fingers was setting up his gear. [Self note: Show up early for KTN]

Right from Treasure Fingers' first track the crowd jumped into a funky dance fever. The kids up in front waving their hands in the air, the couples by the railing were getting their grind on, and last but not least the groups to the side grooving to their distinct shuffle styles. The only song I can clearly recall is his remix of Classixx - I'll Get You. I see why TF is with Fool's Gold and is sponsored by the likes of Native Instruments, Moog, and Traktor Pro. Once he gets you going you can't help but dance all night long.

Kill The Noise [Slow Roast] Tour Dates:

Apr 23 Whiskey Bar - Portland, Oregon

Apr 24 Motor - Seattle, Washington

May 02 Wavehouse - San Diego, California

May 07 SHLOK - Naperville, Illinois

May 08 Bourbon Street w/ Treasure Fingers - Baltimore, Maryland

May 20 Smirnoff Experience w/ KLEVER - Vancouver, British Columbia

May 21 Firebird International Raceway - Chandler, Arizona

May 22 Lizard Lounge - Dallas, Texas

May 28 Spirit Bar - Nelson, British Columbia

May 30 Miss Buffalo / Boat Cruise - Buffalo, New York

Jun 12 Electric Daisy Carnival - Denver, Colorado

Jun 25 Matter - London, London and South East

Jul 15 Camp Bisco! - Mariaville, New York

Treasure Fingers [Fool's Gold] Tour Dates:

Apr 21 2010 W Lounge - Salt Lake City, Utah

Apr 23 2010 Trinity Colllege - Trinity College Spring Weekend - Hartford, Connecticut

Apr 24 2010 HiFi - Calgary, Alberta

Apr 28 2010 Opera - Atlanta, Georgia

Apr 30 2010 Mai - Nashville, Tennessee

May 01 2010 Lizard Lounge - Dallas, Texas

May 07 2010 Traif Music Hall - Buffalo, New York

May 08 2010 Bourbon Street - Baltimore, Maryland

May 09 2010 B Side Liquor Lounge - Cleveland, Ohio

May 15 2010 Formosa Fun Coast - Festival - Taipei

Sep 10 2010 Five Star - Hopscotch Music Festival - Raleigh, North Carolina

Kill The Noise - Roots [Slow Roast]

Treasure Fingers - What Am I Supposed To Do [Fool's Gold]

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