And for LUXY:
A-TRAK & CONGOROCK (Fools Gold Far East Tour), 6/5 @ LUXY
[quote]Congorock is a DJ and producer based in Lecce, Italy. Signed onto A-Trak’s Fools Gold Records label, he is part of the current fidget house trend alongside other Italian producers like The Bloody Beetroots, Crookers and Gigi Barocco. His second single “Babylon” became a gigantic international hit and across-the-board festival favorite of everyone from Diplo and Sinden to Tiesto and David Guetta.
出身於義大利的 Congorock 可是當代 electro 大師 A-Trak 的得意愛將。被 A-Trak 網羅進自立廠牌 Fools Gold 旗下的 Congorock,跟他的同鄉 The Bloody Beetroots、Crookers 與 Gigi Barocco 都是 fidget house 界的佼佼者。他的第二張單曲 Babylon 俯推出旋即獲得 Diplo、Sinden,甚至於 David Guetta 與 Tiësto 的鼎力支持,進而成為全球舞池國歌
時間 DATE:2011.06.05 / (Sun.) / 10:00P
地點 ADDRESS:LUXY - Taipei ( 台北市忠孝東路四段201號5樓 )
票價TICKET:TBA
包廂 TABLE:TBA
訂位專線 RSVP:0955-904600
★★★FOOLS GOLD RECORDS foolsgoldrecs.com/ ★★★
Home of A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs, Kid Sister, Kid Cudi, Duck Sauce, Treasure Fingers, Congorock, The Count & Sinden, Laidback Luke, LA Riots, Jokers of the Scene, Sammy Bananas, Nacho Lovers, Crookers, Chromeo, Flosstradmus, Kavinsky, The Cool Kids, and more.
★★★ A-TRAK (Fools Gold, Montreal/New York) ★★★
“No longer is it a crime to mash a hip-hop acappella into a techno track. In this arena, A-Trak, aka Alain Macklovitch, leads the pack. The 27 year-old Montreal native rides the line between hip-hop and electronic beats in a refreshing hybrid of everything ass-shaking.” (BPM Magazine, issue 86)
Very few DJs can jump from club sets to high-profile festival performances, to Kanye West’s larger-than-life stadium shows with ease. In today’s DJ culture, A-Trak holds a truly unique place. He and partner Nick Catchdubs founded America’s most trendsetting new label, Fool’s Gold, launching the careers of artists such as Kid Sister and Kid Cudi. Fool’s Gold’s mission to merge all aspects of club music was already outlined in Trizzy’s original mixtape manifesto, Dirty South Dance (2007), which set the tone for his own production. He is now one of the most sought-after remixers in electronic music, and his remixes for the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Boys Noize have become undeniable mainstays in DJ sets the world over. 2009 saw the release of two critically acclaimed DJ mixes, Infinity +1 and Fabriclive 45, as well as the birth of Duck Sauce, his collaboration with Armand Van Helden. The duo’s radio smash “aNYway” cemented itself as the dance anthem of the year, A-Trak’s first true chart-topper with two videos in international rotation and across-the-board support from Pete Tong to Busy P, David Guetta to 2manydjs.
Not bad for a kid whom many viewed as a 90’s turntablism prodigy. Indeed, Alain’s career began at age 15 when he won the 1997 DMC World Championships and proceeded to take home every other DJ title known to man. He then toured the globe, first alongside Q-Bert’s Invisibl Skratch Piklz and then with Craze and the Allies. In 2004, he was hand-picked by Kanye to be his tour DJ. A near decade of youthful meanderings was captured on his acclaimed DVD Sunglasses Is A Must.
Somewhere along the line, A-Trak also became a streetwear culture icon, collaborating with Nike, New Era, Kidrobot, Zoo York and pretty much every designer worth his salt. And all the while, his brother morphed into the lead singing lothario in the acclaimed electro-pop sensation Chromeo. The last couple of years have seen Trizzy headlining tours and festival stages the world over. Add to that scratching on Common’s classic Be, Kanye’s Late Registration and Graduation, and Kid Cudi’s Man On The Moon, as well as producing Kid Sister’s debut album Ultraviolet, songs with Lupe Fiasco, and original releases with Stones Throw and Kitsune.
After years of schlepping vinyl, accumulating air miles and dressing smart, A-Trak has finally become the man to call to make the kids dance. Ask him and he’ll tell you that this is the moment he’s been waiting for his whole career.
★★★ CONGOROCK (Fools Gold Records, ITALY) ★★★
“BABYLON!” Italy is just spewing out stupefying artists and producers, intoxicating party goers with bass heavy and bleepy sonics that are slewing dance floors all across the globe. Congorock is next up to dominate the current fidget house trend alongside other Italian producers like The Bloody Beetroots, Crookers and Gigi Barocco.
Congorock’s second Fool’s Gold single “Babylon” became a gigantic international hit and across-the-board festival favorite of everyone from Diplo and Sinden to Tiesto and David Guetta. His debut single “Runark” is a buzzing four-and-a-half minutes of heart-attack breakbeats, ghetto house thump, and Sega Genesis synthesizer madness. The chunky anthem serves as a perfect calling card for this young producer, who in the space of a few months went from drumming in a hardcore band, to chopping up beats with his mentor Bob Rifo of the Bloody Beetroots, to producing hyperactive remixes for the likes of Rex The Dog and Boys Noize Records’ DJ Edotronic while touring the globe off the strength of his sweaty and imaginative DJ sets. “Runark” comes backed with an awesomely proggy remix by FG labelmates Jokers Of The Scene, as well as the jacking Congorock originals “Exodus” and “Hybro,” all wrapped up in psychomystical sleeve art from Dust La Rock. [/quote]
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