The hot fuss surrounding Crookers is about to reach fever pitch. Already the hippest act in dance circles they will soon unleash their debut album on the world and things are expected to go mad for the two men from Milan. Their remix of Kid Cudi’s Day ‘n’ Night reached number two in the UK earlier this year and is now riding high on the US Airplay charts. This, and their already huge body of work, has attracted the attention of Kanye West and Will I Am  who have become fans and collaborators. Dolce & Gabbana recently used their U2 remix for the catwalk and their MySpace page is getting more traffic than Coldplay. Like we said, Crookers are about to go boom!

After remixing such huge names in pop and rock Crookers have now gone direct to some of their favourite artists to work alongside on their debut album. Aptly titled Tons Of Friends the roll call of pals involved is jaw dropping. It includes, Kelis, Soulwax,Major lazer, RadioClit, Spank Rock, Pitbull, Tim Burgess, Kardinal official and Roisin Murphy. The tracks have been worked on in various studios around Europe or ideas have been developed through i-chat and e-mail. “Will I am was great to work with, he’s constantly searching for new sounds. He was full of energy in the studio, bouncing ideas around all the time.” “Roisin was amazing, she wrote to a beat in the studio and recorded her song in one day. So did Spank Rock, just heard the beat and then wrote and recorded that same night”

In Ibiza last year they met Chas Smash of Madness, an unlikely alliance seeing as the group are so quintessentially English.  “When we realised he was ‘the heavy, heavy monster sound’ guy, we wanted to work on an updated version of this track we loved (One Step Beyond).” Also expect feisty performances from Kelis and Roisin Murphy, “Kelis is about making the party blow up and Roisin is singing about not being taken for a sucker.” There’s also a collaboration between the daddies of this scene as Crookers hook up with Diplo and Switch for a track called Jump Up. All ears will be on that one from the three heavyweight pioneers of bastard basslines.

So watch out this summer as Crookers retain their status as dons of the dancefloor but further their audience with their mutant take on R&B and pop. They already have tons of friends but by the end of the year they’ll have a whole load more.

www.crookers.net

“Put Your Hands On Me” is released on Monday March 15th on CD and Digital on Liberator Music in Australia.

Last week, Tyson and myself had the opportunity to head across to Milano and checked out the Launch of the New – Bloody Beetroots – Death Crew 77 LIVE Show at Magazinni Generali, a massive two level venue, on the industrial end of town.

This is one of the most dynamic LIVE shows that I have seen in recent times, Firstly there are no turntables or CDJ’s to be seen, instead, Bob and Tommy conduct there crazy circle pit worshipers from behind a island of Synthesizers, guitars, efx and dynamic vocal performances…but there’s more, the addition of one of the craziest drummer I have ever seen, which completes this orchestra of madness.

Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 play at Creamfields in May 2010. Dont Miss it!

Here are some Videos from the Shows at live at 5daysoff in the Paradiso. Check www.vagegasten.nl for more. Filmed by Cavin and Editted by Vage Gasten.

Also check out the Show at Rockers! in Rotterdam,

Also check out this Flicker Album of the Show

MODULAR TOURING

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DELPHIC + MORE

Acolyte, the debut album, is out now. Download the album for just $15 with every ticket purchased to selected shows.

MELBOURNE / The Prince Bandroom

Friday March 26

Delphic

Doom + Hoodrat

Matt Van Schie & Modular DJ’s

Tickets from Prince Bandroom

SYDNEY / The Beach Road Hotel

Saturday March 27

Delphic

Doom + Hoodrat

Matt Van Schie & Modular DJ’s

Sunday March 28

Delphic

Matt Van Schie

Circle Pit & Modular DJ’s

www.moshtix.com.au

Tickets $35 + BF

NEW SINGLE ‘HALCYON’ TO RADIO & TV ON MON FEB 22

www.myspace.com/delphic

www.modularpeople.com

TOTEM-ONELOVE presents

OUTRAGE

Featuring

SURKIN (Institubes FRANCE)

Australian Tour 2010

and Introducing BURNS (UK)

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Thursday 01 April – Melbourne – Prince Bandroom

With ACID JACKS, GENERIK, ANDO

MELBOURNE SHOW INFO:

DATE: Thursday 1 April 2010 (Easter Thursday)

WHERE: PRINCE BANDROOM – 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

DOOR TIMES: 11pm [PLEASE NOTE DOOR TIMES]

PRICE: $30+BF presale

DOOR PRICE: $35 ON THE DOOR

TICKETS: Only from princebandroom.com.au
or for CREDITCARD Bookings call 039536116

Inthemix.com.au

INFO: call 03 94170933 or Onelove.com.au

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Friday 02 April – Sydney – Metro Theatre

With JAMIE DOOM, GENERIK, CASSIAN, U-GO-B, MAGIC HANDS

SYDNEY SHOW INFO:

DATE: Thursday 2 April 2010 (Good Friday)

WHERE: Metro Theatre – 624 George Street Sydney

DOOR TIMES: 10.00pm

PRICE: $35+BF presale

DOOR PRICE: $45 ON THE DOOR

TICKETS: Only from metrotheatre.com.au
or for CREDITCARD Bookings call (02) 95503666

Inthemix.com.au

INFO: call 03 94170933 or Onelove.com.au

SUNDAY 04 April – Brisbane – The Met

With ACID JACKS, BABY GEE , WONGO, ANIKI, KOOCHIE , VAN MIERT , KEEN? , KILLAFORNIA

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BRISBANE SHOW INFO:

DATE: Sunday 4 April 2010 (Easter Sunday)

WHERE: The Met – 256 Wickham St Fortitude Valley

DOOR TIMES: 9.00pm

PRICE: $15 + Bf early birds

DOOR PRICE: TBC

TICKETS: moshtix.com.au

INFO: thearcadecreative.com or Onelove.com.au

OUTRAGE is back for 2010, with a hipster’s version of a STAR STUDDED AFFAIR!

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French wiz-kid SURKIN (Institubes) is making his return down under and bringing an Englishmen, of all people, BURNS.

The youth reigns supreme! SURKIN and BURNS both merely out of puberty, and yet between the two, they have remixed the likes and been remixed by: Boys Noize, Calvin Harris, Gossip, Passion Pit, DJ Mehdi, Chromeo, Para One, Klaxons, VHS or BETA, and Yuksek…WOAH!

SURKIN has already made a name for himself on the OUTRAGE stage at STEREOSONIC in 2009. Now with a partner BURNS attached, the duo play 1 show only in Sydney & Melbourne, and are sure to smash windows, break dance and hard yakka all in the name of OUTRAGE.

Surkin also tours Australia at the following Dates and Venues:

MORE INFO

onelove.com.au

hardwarecorp.com.au

myspace.com/surkin

princebandroom.com.au

metrotheatre.com.au

thearcadecreative.com

“We’re so excited about 2010 and taking the new album on the road. We’ve been working on these songs in the studio for the last 18 months and now is the time to hear them loud!” Arno continues, “The world tour will start in February with us headlining the Future Music Festival in Australia, followed by club shows in key cities throughout Europe and a short trip to the U.S. to introduce the album Stateside. I can safely say we have a big summer of festivals in front of us too!”.

For your chance to WIN a RIVA STARR Pack, enter below!

What each Pack has -

• RIVA STARR ALBUM – If life gives you Lemons, make Lemonade!
• Limited Edition RIVA STARR Lemon T-Shirt
• and the big one two Tickets to See RIVA STARR at CREAMFIELDS Australia, in your City!

*Must be resident of Australia, Creamfields tickets are only for your city(eg If you live in Victoria, you get Melbourne Tickets)

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What’s it all about?

This is the debut album from much hyped Italian house producer, Stefano Miele, AKA Riva Starr. After a string of attention-grabbing releases and remixes for the likes of Fatboy Slim and the Gossip, 2010 is poised to be the year Riva Starr really makes his name.

As an example…
“Yesterday I was drunk, with some chicks in the club/I don’t remember who came back with me/And tonight I will drink, with some chicks in the club, I’m not sure I want to, ooh la la la.”

So is it any good?
Riva Starr is seriously hot property right now, snapped up by Jesse Rose’s Made to Play label – after previous releases on Claude VonStroke’s Dirty Bird imprint and Fatboy Slim’s Southern Fried – he has a six-month waiting list for club appearances and was the talk of the blogosphere last year.

The amusingly-titled If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade is based around of his chunky, Balkan/Mezcla house sound, and is full of the macho Italian swagger you would expect from someone on such a sharp career trajectory; typified by the Noze co-produced lead single I Was Drunk (lyrics above).

Maybe it has something to do with his ten-year career producing under different guises, or his talent for remixing other people’s work, but the one thing that becomes very clear listening to this album is that he’s not very original. The album is littered with fairly explicit references to his influences: from becoming the ninth producer to pillage the classic horn sample on Lafayette Afro Rock Band’s Darkest Night in his homage to 80s electro, Black Mama, to the verbatim use of Ramiez’s Hablando riff on Caballeros, or the re-interpretation of Mr Fingers Chicago house masterpiece, Can You Feel It, for Tribute. The trouble is, like any good parody, he clearly has a deep devotion to the subject matter, and as a result many of the rip-offs sound better than the originals.

Apparently he calls this mimicking style ’snatch’ – also the name of his forthcoming record label – with the album supposed to represent the variety of his musical taste and DJ sets. So whilst he may be something of a musical impersonator, he has managed to successfully combine the best elements of catchy commercial dance with the production detail and depth of more respected underground producers. And in doing so he has created a varied collection of club tools that puts him right up amongst the best of his peers..

AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND BEATPORT

click here to buy

PREVIEW THE ALBUM IN THIS MINIMIX

Tracklisting:

1. I Was Drunk
2. China Gum
3. Bulgarian Chicks
4. Dance Me
5. Black Mama
6. Black Cat, White Cat
7. Once Upon
8. Maria
9. Caballeros
10. Riva’s Boogaloo
11. Tribute

Riva Starr tours Australia for Creamfields Australia in May 2010.

The Totem Onelove Group welcomes the iconic international music festival: Creamfields to Australia for the first time. Creamfields has already toured every continent and brings an all star cast to Australia in May this year.

Creamfields has established itself as the worlds greatest electronic music festival. Now in its 12th year it continues to dominate the festival market, spanning 17 countries and attracting a worldwide audience of nearly 3 million people. Beginning life in Winchester (UK) in 1998, Creamfields continues to hold the crown as one of the worlds favorite dance festival brands.

CREAMFIELDS AUSTRALIA TOUR DATES:
SATURDAY – MAY 1 – SYDNEY
HORDEN PAVILLION / SHOWRING / ROYAL HALL OF INDUSTRIES & SURROUNDS

SUNDAY – MAY 2 – PERTH
VENUE TBA SHORTLY

MONDAY – MAY 3 – BRISBANE – PUBLIC HOLIDAY
EAGLE FARM RACECOURSE

SATURDAY – MAY 8 – MELBOURNE
ROYAL MELBOURNE SHOWGROUNDS

FEATURING DJ LINE UP:
The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 (6 piece band)
Steve Angello
MSTRKRFT
Ferry Corsten
LMFAO (6 piece band)
Dave Clarke
Marco V
Green Velvet
Dirty South
Kid Sister (4 piece band)
Joris Voorn
Lifelike
Riva Starr
Tommie Sunshine
Bingo Players
Zoo Brazil
Filo & Peri
Oh Snap!!

National and local artists will be announced shortly

Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Ultra Limited First Release are $79 (Inc GST) + Booking Fee charges*)
Sydney Ultra Limited First Release are $85 (Inc GST) + Booking Fee charges*)
*Please note vendor booking fee charges are at the discretion of the ticketing agent.

National tickets go on sale 9am Wednesday 17th February 2010 from:
creamfields.com.au
Moshtix (all national outlets, web and phone sales 1300 GET TIX)
inthemix.com.au
Ticketek (Sydney and Melbourne only)
Oztix (Brisbane only)
plus local outlets (see Creamfields website for full details)

Line-up is subject to change without notice. All events are over 18s, photo ID is required. Line-ups slightly vary in each state. View State specific information at the creamfields.com.au website for more details.

creamfields.com.au/facebook
creamfields.com.au/myspace
creamfields.com.au/twitter

With “If Life gives you Lemons, make Lemonade” being released on onelove Recordings  in Australia thru Jesse Rose’s Made to Play label, Italian producer Stefano Miele aka Riva Starr first Single lifted from the Album is “I Was Drunk”, It’s getting smashed across the globe. Video images are taken from the Serbian movie by Emir Kusturica’s Black Cat, White Cat Movie.

Out Now on Itune and Beatport

Just signed! Swiss dynamic duo Round Table Knights’ Calypso EP, It’s out 15th February on Jesse Rose’s Made to Play Label and out on Onelove Recordings in Australia.

The Round Table Knights are a Swiss DJ / Producer duo consisting of DJ Questionmark and DJ Atomik. It‘s been a ten year journey from the Swiss province to the high plateaus of contemporary dance music where they have recently pitched their tents in the camp of Jesse Rose’s ‚ Made To Play‘

If you had to chose one single word to characterise them it could only be diversity. The RTK play all kinds of Electronic/ Accoustic/ Futuristic/ Exciting/ Romantic/ Intense music. Their musical horizon kept them behind the decks in clubs and at festivals all over Europe. “It’s all about the mix” they say.

“Round Table Knights have impressed me loads this year, not only playing the best house sets of 2009 but coming with some really original productions as well”
— Jesse Rose

http://www.myspace.com/roundtableknights

http://www.myspace.com/madetoplaymusic

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video by foederation

http://www.foederation.ch

DJ Support:
Heidi (radio 1/get physical) – super bomb….will play it on my show….
Hot Chip (Joe Goddard) – solid stuff will play!
Annie Mac (radio 1) – love calypso! definitely be playing this
Claude vonstroke (dirtybird) Yo i heard Nat play this at T-bar on Sunday. It was my favorite track in his set and i even trainspotted it. So glad to see it in my inbox motherfuckers!!!! Other track is OK but Calypso will be big. 5/5
Luciano (Cadenza) – “play thanks, Rating: 4/5”
Tiefschwarz /Ali (souvenir) – “yes!”
Justin Martin (dirtybird) – big tune! 5/5
Tommie Sunshine – “no possible way to say which track is better. Rating: 5/5”
Mark Farina(OM records) – crazy!
Oliver $ (made to play/exploited) – Solid!
Savage Skulls (Dubsided) – (*) I I I I OO “ rating 5/5
like house music is supposed to be…….
Mowgli (deadfish/mantra vibes/southern fried) – “Massive! Fantastic Ep! love both tracks! RTK is the the future Rating: 5/5:”
Act Yo Age (sweat it out!/exploited/southern fried) – Wow, Cant wait to play this… Been dreaming of it for a long time, Chris if your reading this… I think… we…. love you… hahhaha Full support! X
Sinden (Dubsided/Kiss FM) – “Been after calypso for a few months now. YEs!!!!”

The Annual Prince St Kilda Festival Street Party Sunday 14th February

The St Kilda Festival returns on Sunday 14th February and of course the Prince Bandroom Party is back. Last year was oarsome the year before that was “mazing” you get it?

Kicking off from 2pm on the Balcony with the Meatlovers Appreciation “Meat up” hosted by Frank Cotela and JC with complimentary burgers, sausages and vege burgers. We also have red red red rose wine for Valentines Day and the biggest lineup on the street featuring John Course, Grant Smillie, Andy Murphy, Brad Sassman, Feenix Pawl, Mic Newman, Sunshine: plus Loverboy Generik, Ando and Friends on the Balcony.

Doors open from 2pm: Free BBQ all arvo and Free Entry until around 6pm (we really don’t know yet)

The Annual Prince St Kilda Festival Street Party Sunday 14th February

Dragonette’s “Pick Up the Phone” has just got to Number 1 on Hypemachine, they are also about to set off on their North American tour supported by Little Boots and Fan Death.

To celebrate such an exciting tour, we have been sent a super-disco remix of their track “Pick Up The Phone” by Michael Van She aka Arithmatix!

Check out the Video!

The legend know as The cobrasnake from L.A> was in Australia recently  and decided to cover Stereosonic.

Check out all the Pixx on his Site…The Cobrasnake Click Here

1. Stereosonic Pics Looks like Sydney Click

2. Stereosonic Pics Looks Like Sydney again click

3. Sydney Parties Click

4. Vampires Click

5. Pizza Wolfmother and chicks Click

There are so many check them out yourself