Techno? Wait, what?
// September 29th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Uncategorized
I Love Techno 2009 is one of the world’s biggest dance music festivals. Just a quick glance at the roster (Deadmau5, Boys Noize, Zombie Nation, Tiga, Fake Blood, and Bloody Beetroots, to name a few of the very many) shows us all why we should move to Belgium. (Quick note: A few of these people are going to be at either LovEvolution or Subsonic Halloween Spookfest, so it’s not that bad.)
One thing this festival is known for doing is releasing a genre-pushing mix by one of the headliners a month in advance (2007′s mix by Dave Clarke is my favorite). This year, however, really stretches the boundaries. It’s mixed by?
Yes, Crookers, the guys who brought us that Day ‘n’ Nite remix, the guys who make electro versions of rap tracks and hip-hop remixes of electronica tracks. Definitely a shock when the opening tracks of a self-proclaimed techno mix album are banging fidget house tunes. It does veer back into familiar territory eventually (Osborne’s The Count), but the CD as a whole goes places you’d never expect.
Just take a gander at the Crookers remix of Fever Ray (Track 4) and see if you’d call this techno. [I don't even know what to call it, other than awesome.]
