SPOTlight: MSTRKRFT @ This Is London – 02.09.07
This Friday night at This is London marks the triumphant return of our hometown disco-house boys, MSTRKRFT (pronounced ‘master craft’). As most of you know, prior to the incarnation of MSTRKRFT, there was a little indie-hardcore band called, Death From Above 1979 which featured two musicians – drummer/singer Sebastien Grainger and a bass/synth player, Jessie F. Keeler – whose sound equated to having an elephant in your living room blowing its nose. However, DFA’79 was short-lived as both members had seemingly bigger and better interests in other projects – Grainger, a surprisingly soft solo project, and Keeler his ongoing dance collaboration called MSTRKRFT. As a result, the two split ways and haven’t turned back.
Now, Keeler, who goes by JFK, has teamed up with DFA’79 producer AL-P to create a Daft-Punk loving alter-ego filled with robotic vocoders, heavy four-to-the-floor house beats and handclaps, and of course, a shit-load of cowbells. The result is splendid combination of rave beats that have caused the indie kids to lose their minds on the dance floor. FINALLY! All it took was two indie superstars to teach pretentious hipsters how to dance.
Although, MSTRKRFT has been around since before DFA’79, they have only recently been working full-time on this project. Their catalogue currently includes an LP on Last Gang Records titled ‘The Looks’, and three singles; the porn-electro ‘Easy Love’, the Daft Punk-esque ‘Work On You’ and the club banger ‘Street Justice’. They have also been busy remixing every possible rock and pop act you can think of including; Annie, Bloc Party, Wolfmother, All Saints, Metric, Buck 65, and even JFK’s deceased DFA’79. This stacked repertoire of dancy goodness has taken MSTRKRFT to international success with DJ tours all over the world, from Edmonton to Ibiza.
The great thing about these guys is that their not afraid to try and resuscitate the otherwise breathless electronica music scene, especially in North America. With back to back nights in Toronto and Montreal this weekend, and an extensive tour across the U.S. with house legend, John Digweed, you can be sure that our dance saviours from East York will not be back for sometime, or at least until it gets a bit warmer. So you best get your asses out into the cold winter air and come down to the swanky This Is London Nightclub, because it’s bound to be a great party.
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