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The new teaser video for French imprint Kitsuné’s upcoming compilation features scantily clad models bouncing around to a soundtrack of Holy Ghost, Crookers and Yuksek. What’s not to like?
House of House – aka Liv Spencer of Still Going and Saheer Umar – burst onto the scene with their “Rushing to Paradise” release back in 2009. Remixed by the likes of DJ Harvey, and taking on remix duties themselves for A Mountain of One and Juan Maclean, their track was released in a clubbing climate that was open to deep and epic sounds focused around classic vocals. Juno Plus spoke to Liv about the New York house scene, Robbie Williams and their collaboration with rowdy Italian duo Crookers.
Artist: Crookers feat Miike Snow
Title: Remedy (Remixes 2/2)
Label: Southern Fried
Genre: Electro house/Electroclash
Format: 12″, Digital
Buy From: Juno Records, Juno Download
Finally, after steadily setting the world on fire from 2006 (starting with their incendiary mix of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck), Italian DJ’s Bot and Phra are almost ready to drop their first album proper, Tons Of Friends, in March. But before that, we’ve got some tantalising mixes of their single with Miike Snow, done with even more friends’ help.
Having had Crookers rework his track “The Bushman”, Magik Johson returns the favour with a vocal and dub mix here. Both tinker with the originals’ core elements, adding a lot of flair to the gliding lead sound that brings in the chorus and adding some dirty distortion to the bass. The dub is even tougher, combining rising acid squelches and bit-crushed leads to mash things up even harder.
Riton has a lot of fun with the tune by adding Baltimore-patterned kicks over a high pitched guitar-like lead that sounds like Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has stopped by for jam. The vocals and piano of the original are kept in too, but it almost begs to be an instrumental. Cassius slow things down a tiny bit for a more epic/less glitchy version that makes a nice rounded contrast to the other mixes. Expect to hear even more of Crookers’ friends making an appearance when the album drops in March.
Review: Oliver Keens
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Rowdy Italian duo Crookers will officially launch their debut album, Tons Of Friends, on March 6 in the main room at Fire in Vauxhall, London.
Lively Italian duo Crookers have released the video clip for their new single “Remedy”, directed by Paul Kamuf.
