MSTRKRFT
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 MSTRKRFT spinning at Sotto Zero in Toronto, Canada. July 2007
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Electro house Dance punk |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label(s) | Last Gang Records |
| Associated acts | Femme Fatale Death from Above 1979 |
| Website | Official website |
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| Jesse F. Keeler Al-P |
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MSTRKRFT (read as "Master-kraft") is an electronic music group from Toronto (East York), Ontario, Canada who are signed to Last Gang Records. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler formerly of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) formerly of the Mississauga electropop group Girlsareshort. Al-P was also the producer for Death from Above 1979's second album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine as well as several of (Jesse's former band) Black Cat #13's records. MSTRKRFT also produced Die Mannequin's first EP, How to Kill, and Magneta Lane's second LP, Dancing With Daggers.[1].
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[edit] History
Their first single was "Easy Love", released in 2006. They released their second single, "Work On You", on July 6th. In contrast to the "Easy Love" music video, "Work On You" featured animated robots similar to those found in classic cartoons (see: Voltron, Transformers ). Although The Looks is MSTRKRFT's first album featuring original content, the band has created remixes from a variety of other artists ranging from Buck 65 to The Kills to Jesse F. Keeler's own band, Death from Above 1979.
MSTRKRFT released their first LP, The Looks, on July 18th, 2006 in the United States and February 2nd, 2007 in Britain. Keeler and Al-P told Eye Weekly weeks before the release of The Looks, that as the album was being finished, the planning stages for a follow-up record had already begun. Describing the upcoming album's new direction, Al-P said that the album would be "darker, underground disco and house with elements of American rock music."
The "2007" version of their song "Street Justice" was also released as a single. On the band's website message board, Keeler mentioned they were also working on a compilation album comprised of their remixed tracks.
Their song "Paris" was featured in a 2006 commercial for the online music store URGE. In 2007 MSTRKRFT appeared at the WEMF World Electronic Music Festival one of the genre's most prestigious events.
Rock 'v' Dance. In September 2007 MSTRKRFT performed at an Australian spring music festival "Parklife" in Brisbane. They performed their remix of the song "Woman" from Modular label mates Wolfmother. Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother stormed the stage and sang live while MSTRKRFT performed the remix.
In 2008 through Obeygiant.com released a mix cd with Z-Trip. In conjunction with this CD, Obey offered the Art work print. Its called Soundclash of the Titans.
On May 24th, 2008 MSTRKRFT were featured on the the famous BBC Radio 1 show, The Essential Mix.
[edit] Equipment
MSTRKRFT uses two Technics turntables along with a seldom used pair of Pioneer CDJ1000s and an Apple MacBook Pro running Serato Scratch Live channelled through a Pioneer DJM800 four channel mixer.
In the studio Jesse and Al use Digidesign Pro Tools mixing software along with a complement of hardware synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland SH101, the Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, the Roland TR-909 which they mainly use to "trigger older synths" and TR-707, the Moog Voyager, the Roland Super Jupiter,and the Korg MS-20.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles
- "Easy Love" (January 31, 2006)
- "Work on You" (July 6, 2006)
- "Street Justice" (January 18, 2007)
- "Bounce/VUVUVU"(April 1, 2008)(Dim Mak)
[edit] Remixes
Songs that MSTRKRFT have remixed include:
- Panthers - "Thank Me With Your Hands"
- Death from Above 1979 - "Little Girl"
- Death from Above 1979 - "Sexy Results"
- Juliette and the Licks - "Got Love To Kill"
- Annie - "Heartbeat"
- Metric - "Monster Hospital"
- Services - "Elements of Danger"
- The Kills - "No Wow"
- Bloc Party - "Two More Years"
- Buck 65 - "Kennedy Killed The Hat"
- Wolfmother - "Woman"
- Polysics - "Ceolakanth Is Android"
- Gossip - "Listen Up!"
- Revl9n - "Someone Like You"
- Para One - "Dudun-Dun"
- Brazilian Girls - "Jique"
- Acid Jacks - "Awake Since 78"
- All Saints - "Rock Steady"
- Armand Van Helden - "NYC Beat"
- DIM - "Airbus" (JFK Remix)
- Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."
- Goose - "Bring It On" (JFK Remix)
- Space Cowboy - "Running Away" (JFK Remix)
- Chromeo - "Tenderoni" (Al-P Remix)
- The Crystal Method - "Keep Hope Alive"
- D.I.M - "Is You" (JFK Remix)
- Kid Sister - "Control" (JFK Remix)
- Mr Miyagi - "Pick Your Poison" (JFK Remix)
- New Young Pony Club - "Get Lucky"
- Bloc Party - "Flux" (JFK Remix)
- Kylie Minogue - "Wow"
- Ayumi Hamasaki - "Beautiful Fighters" (Al-P Remix)
- Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'" (JFK Remix)
- Usher - "Love in This Club"
- ThunderHeist - "Jerk It" (Nasty Nav + JFK Remix)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Album notes for Dancing With Daggers by Magneta Lane [CD liner]. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Paper Bag Records (PAPER019). Dancing With Daggers at MusicBrainz.
[edit] External links
- MSTRKRFT official website
- Modular: MSTRKRFT
- MSTRKRFT at MySpace
- MSTRKRFT at Last.fm
- MSTRKRFT: Killin on the Dance Floor interview with Clubplanet, March 29, 2007
- JFK Remixes at Myspace
- AL-P Remixes at Myspace
