Viewing Archive for May, 2011
A couple show annoucements
We’re deploying our troops to Paris! It’s a Fool’s Gold -slash- Macklovitch crusade. Le 8 juillet… Chromeo, myself, my homie DJ Craze, Breakbot, Kavinsky, Nick Catchdubs & Rogerseventytwo and La Grande Halle de La Villette.
On vient vous divertir, vous amadouer avec des beaux sons et des petits pas de danse.
Get your tickets here.
Also, in the more immediate future… tomorrow is the first date of my new Vegas residency. Yes, THAT’s happening. It’s time to take down the Blue Man Group. I’ll be at the Wynn at least once a month during the remainder of the year, starting tomorrow at XS. Let’s get jiggy with it.
Hard Summer teaser
Duck Sauce, Chromeo and friends will be rocking Hard Summer this August in LA, check this fun video trailer to see all the party people taking part, in handy Sharpie logo form. And buy your tickets before it sells out!
Around the World, Pt.32: Magic 8-Ball Tour – South, East Coast & Midwest
Whoa, we’re already 3 weeks into the Magic 8-Ball tour… so much to blog, so many state lines, so many truck stops, long nights… all of the lights! We’ve done 12 cities so far. I’m proud to say I haven’t messed up a city name on the mic yet. The tour started in the South, then we made our way up the East Coast, into the Midwest. Now I’m not even sure where I am. I will attempt to recount the adventures.
“Asian Sensation” tour with Congorock next month
To the East, my brotha, to the East.
The Fool’s Gold traveling circus is heading to Asia in June, starring myself and Congorock. Check the dates on the flyer above or in the Tour page.
Behind the A
I spoke to Hypetrak/Hypebeast about my current “A” stage show and gave some more insight on where the idea came from, who developed it, what those buttons do, etc.
Read the full article here.
Catch the Magic 8-Ball Tour in a city near you.
Photos by KirillWasHere.com
Czech fan mail… amazing
This mysterious envelope came to the Fool’s Gold office. It included a letter and something wrapped in a folded magazine page, sealed with scotch tape. I opened that makeshift sub-envelope while reading the letter and saw that it enclosed 1 dollar. Here’s the gist of the letter: fan in Czech Republic wanted to buy “Barbra Streisand” legally but all the territory restrictions blocked off his country. So his solution was to download it from a blog and mail us $1! As he wrote in his letter: “1 buck (or duck?)”. Amazing.
Filip, you’re the man. The Duck salutes you.
2 great “Making of…” articles
So last week out of the clear blue skies, two excellent “making of” articles were published at the same time about two truly seminal albums. I need to share these, they’re absolutely stellar. Must-reads.
New York Mag: The birth of the Beastie Boys – an oral history on the 25th anniversary of Licensed To Ill.
Complex presents: the making of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.
The Beasties article is interesting to me because it goes so far back in time (starts in 1981!) but in fact, in the DYI spirit of the era and the convergence of music scenes it actually makes me think of the current climate. Also, quotes from the homie Dante Ross! I’ve said this a bunch of times before: the Beastie Boys were the original funky white boys in hip hop, they laid the blueprint and are my gosh-darn heroes. Their new album is good, too. (Zdar!)
The Mobb Deep piece is crazy. What struck me the most was the importance of Q-Tip. Of course I always knew that he produced a few joints on the album but this article really shows us how much of a bigger role he played in shaping the whole sound, swapping out drum samples, fixing drum patterns, mixing other songs, assisting with mastering… Also, the commentary from Matty C and Schott Free is golden. Add to that Havoc’s account of Prodigy’s unorthodox creativity, Pee teaching Hav how to use a sampler, etc., and you’ll be hooked.
