POTTY MOUTH MUSIC (Chicago): www.pottymouthmusic.com Screw soap the mouth; the brand of jack that defines Chicago’s new-school house sound gets a tech-heavy makeover from the talent roster of Potty Mouth Music. Inspired by the dirty glitch twists of fidget house producers such as Switch, Trevor Loveys and Jesse Rose, Potty Mouth ditches conventional house boundaries, imploring turntable trickery, unconventional loops and straight up techno into its catalogue of tracks. Chicago-based label head James Amato keeps house-heavy influences in place and lacing them with the kind of dirty glitch that makes it feel so good to be so bad. Potty Mouth’s first three EP releases include the electro-tinged productions of The Cookers (Milan, Italy) with remix by Majik J, DJ Fame (New York, NY) and Santiago & Bushido (Chicago, IL.). PMM-001 CROOKERS "MASSIVE EP" NOW AVAILABLE Digitally via www.beatport.com PMM-001 - "MASSIVE EP" Original tracks by: The Crookers Tracks: Massive, Disco Fidget, Bumble Bees Remix by: Magik J (Massive) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
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Drawing from influences of house, hip hop and beyond, Crookers blend their beats with the kind of fidget house finesse that gives Potty Mouth Music its soiled swagger. Since 2003, DJs Phra and Bot have been drawing upon their collective musical backgrounds to create tracks that twist, startle and surprise with synthetic pop. Before their collaboration as Crookers, Bot and Phra pursued their music interests on a separate tip. Bot took up the piano and guitar at an early age, later moving onto synths, turntables and sequencers. Phra had already started DJing by age 11, when he was introduced to the Italian hip hop scene. Soon, he morphed into an MC and became fully immersed in a culture that would shape his future production career. “Both of us started getting more involved in music when we used to listen to hip hop,” Phra says. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre success and explore dance music. The experiment worked. “It felt natural to team up, seeing that we had the same musical tastes … which isn’t that easy here in Milan,” he says. Crookers have sleazed out dance floors with a catalogue of original tracks, but it’s their work as remixers that have made them one of the most after batteries in the business. Currently, the duo is reworking tracks for the likes of Arman Van Helden, Bonde do Role, Brodinski, Magik Johnson and Bumblebeez. Listen for their forth coming, debut album to feature other fidget house favorites, including Edu K, Steed Lord, Joyce Muniz and Miss Odd Kidd and others. When Crookers are not crafting their dirty (crooked) beats in the studio, they are busy holding down their residency with MTV (Italy). “House and hip hop are our main influences, but we try to put all the things we like in our productions. We listen to a lot of music from very different periods and genres.” The result is a twisted blend of glitch, tech and distortion, which finds a dirty slot on the Potty Mouth music roster. CROOKERS - BEATPORT - TOP TEN (09/14/07) 1. Crookers _ Soca Ali Baba Feat. Mc Dindao _ Man rec. 2. Ben Westbeech _ Dance whit me _ Switch rmx _ Brownswood Rec 3. Elektrons _ Get up (Herve rmx)_ Wall of Sound 4. Armand Van Helden _ I Want Your Soul (Crookers rmx) _ Southern Fried 5. Alex Gopher_ The Game (Bloody Beetroots)_Go4Music 6. Q45_Naughty (Kissy Sellout rmx)_Hussle Rec. 7. Dusty Kid_ The Cat (Crookers rmx)_ SOuthern Fried 8. Madox _Plastic Fantastic (Riva Starr rmx)_Mantra Breaks 9. Devil's Gun_ Gold Dust (Boy 8-bit)_Eat Electric 10. Bart B More_Make Some Noise_Secure rec EPS COMING OUT SOON ON POTTY MOUTH! PMM-002 - "GHETTO DAYZ EP" October 2007 Original tracks by: Dj Fame Tracks: Anutha Day In Da Ghetto, Thats How People Get, All She Wants To Do Remixes by: The Bulgarian (Anutha Day In Da Ghetto) PMM-003 - "ZOMBIE DOOR EP" November 2007 Original tracks by: The Bulgarian Tracks: The Zombie Door, Into The Groove, Listen Man Remix by: Santiago & Bushido (The Zombie Door) PMM-004 - "FOR WHAT EP" December 2007 Original tracks by: Santaigo & Bushido Tracks: For What, Got That, Head Trick Remix by: The Crookers (For What)