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As I looked down the list of tracks within a MSTRKRFT
mix—Death From Above 1979, Metric, Bloc Party, Wolfmother,
Juliette and the Licks, The Kills, Kid Sister, Brazilian
Girls, Chromeo, The Gossip, to mention just a few—I
realized that most of the artists they have plucked for
our listening pleasure are within music I own, have seen
live, or both. Basically, they’re pulling the gold
strands to weave dance nights that have left their mark
on many.
I can’t really agree with the press release that credits them with pioneering
the recent rise of electronic dance music in the US,
even if it stated the group was a help to the movement
and was not alone in the pioneering. Their debut album
came out in 2006, so I would have to put a few other
artists ahead of them in that line.
There is no argument, as stated above, that MSTRKRFT
is within the mind’s eye of the dance hurricane
that has males squeezing into their girlfriend’s
pants, girls getting fashion tips from the ‘80s/Debra
Harry archives, and “dirty” being the provocative
key to a hot and sweaty club night.
A new album from MSTRKRFT is expected sometime this
year, which follows the acclaimed LP Good Looks
from ’06. Although their current tour is a live
show, when they come to Denver, their gig at The Church
will have Jesse F. Keeler (ex-Death
From Above 1979) and Al-P a the DJ
helm instead. Considering their act does best when they’re
up close and personal with the dance peeps, it will
be interesting to see if they’re planted atop
the skyscraper DJ booth or if the club figures out a
way to let them get sweaty with the rest. Either way,
it will be a welcomed shift to the trance that dominates
The Church.
www.myspace.com/mstrkrft
-Kim Owens, March 6, 2008
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