Tonight, the officially unofficial after party for the Goldrush tour featuring Santogold and A-Trak. Word is that a certain DJ who may or may not be a former DMC champion will be making an appearance. Regardless, come rage with Dave P and Adam Sparkles with cheap drank specials til 12.

Dave P

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Santogold comes home and is playing at the TLA this Tuesday!

Tickets are $23 or 4 for 69.

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Congratulations goes out to Fools Gold Records for being named one of the Indie Visionaries in the latest issue of Billboard Magazine.

Thanks to acts like Kid Sister, independent label Fool’s Gold is making inroads in monetizing hipster-hyped music. The label was co-founded in April 2007 by DJ Nick Catchdubs and Kanye West’s DJ, A-Trak, and has since grown to a roster of 15 artists whose active touring habits are perfect for keeping the party going.

Sensing a void in the marketplace, A-Trak and Catchdubs were at first simply looking to distribute music they’d heard in their electro-hip-hop-pop club circuit. Inspired by boutique labels like Nervous and Sleeping Bag, they began releasing singles and EPs digitally and on vinyl.

Be sure to check out Fools Gold on Rcrd Lbl for links to a new Nike+ mix by ATrak, a remix by JFK of MSTRKRFT of Kid Sister and more.

Read the Billboard article here.

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Fools Gold & Dim Mak Present Screaming Bloody Murder Tour April 2008 featuring A-Trak, Sinden, Steve Aoki, Sammy Bananas and special guests at, where else in Philly but, the Barbary. I could totally do without one guest on this tour, but nothing wrong with seeing someone once right?

Screaming Bloody Murder Tour: May 13th, 2008, Barbary in Philadelphia

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So this CD is kinda ballin out but its like two years two late. A-Trak comes to the table compiling tons of really hot electro cuts blended with hip hop acapellas. Maybe its just cause I understand how people make this shit now that makes it pretty uninteresting instead of the days when it would be electro cuts underneath the actual rap songs. With Serato, Ableton, and any other digital djing component its pretty easy to lay the southern hip hop accapellas over these electro records. I shouldn’t even say records, I should say mp3’s. Either way he does some pretty good blends with Hustlin Hustler which pairs Rick Ross and SMD. It actually sounds like Rick Ross is riding the beat and not just layed over it (man thats some shit I haven’t thought about since my underground hip hop days). Actually the really real stand out is “Call that girl a Margherita” which is probably due to my deep affection for Italo, Pitbull and how A-Trak blends it into that TTC track. I remember when the Unclassics records were dropping and this was like my official intro to Italo with this track by Margherita. It totally reminds me of this girl Alexus who I used to hang with who was totally into this space disco sound and we used to freak out to shit like this when it would get played. Like when Dan the Swede would get on the decks and drop some shit like this and you put your shoulders down and do that two step bounce and swing your arms back and forth.. Shit I probably sound like a fucking idiot right here. What evers. Yeah so it goes into that TTC track that is blazing. If only I cared enough to figure out what the fuck they are saying. I just like saying Cuizzi Cuiz when I am really drunk. But I gotta give major props on the outro which is a My Love routine which I think if I heard in the club I would probably try and punch some one, but technically its pretty cool. I mean if I wanna hear some dj cutting up shit like hard core in the club its gotta be on some ghettotech records. Like when Disco D (RIP) cuts up “Hoes In This House” that shit would make me wanna keep dancing and freakin the shit out of some girl, but A-Trak on some let me show you why I won DMC 4 times before I was 18. Pitchfork gave it an 8 out of 10 so email me and get this shit.

Art work by obey which is some clothing company that does something but is notorious for ripping people off for some odd reason.

Actually the best part of this mix is the “Shout out to all the artists whose music I used on this CD. Go Buy their records!”

Email 5151List [at] Gmail with “Dirty DMC” to receive A-Trak - Dirty South Dance

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