MSTRKRFT
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| MSTRKRFT | ||
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 MSTRKRFT DJing at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Canada.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Electronica | |
| Years active | 2005–present | |
| Label(s) | Last Gang Records | |
| Associated acts |
Femme Fatale Death from Above 1979 |
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| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Jesse F. Keeler Al-P |
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MSTRKRFT (read as "Masterkraft") is an electronic music group from 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 debut 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 E.P., "How to Kill".
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[edit] History
Their first single was "Easy Love", released in 2006. The music video featured four women in business suits drinking strawberry milkshakes. In the second half of the video, the women get into dentists' chairs and get strawberry milkshake poured on them. 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.
Their first LP, The Looks, was released on July 18th, 2006 in America on on the February 2nd, 2007 in Britain. It only contains original material, including "Easy Love", "Work On You" and "Paris". Keeler and Al-P told Eye Weekly weeks before the release of The Looks that as it was being finished the planning stages for a follow-up record had already begun. Al said that this album would be "darker, underground disco and house with elements of American rock music." On the band's forum, Keeler also mentioned they were working on a compilation album with all their remixes. Their song "Paris", which was recently featured in a 2006 commercial for the online music store URGE, is rapidly gaining popularity.
MSTRKRFT is currently lined up to appear at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2007. Street Justice is also set to be released as a single, including MSTRKRFT's 2007 version of the track.
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[edit] Singles
- "Easy Love" (January 31, 2006)
- "Work on You" (July 6, 2006)
- "Street Justice" (January 18, 2007)
[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"
- The 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"
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