“2011 was for us full of good surprises, good music, good friends :)

It includes: FX1 EP (Cheap Thrills), Lightspeed EP (Dave Spoon’s label: Televizion rec), I Need EP (Phra from Crookers’ label: Luckybeard rec), Rise&Fall (Twin Turbo/Turbo Recordings) + remixes we did for Crookers and Count & Sinden”

PS. Check out his amazing mix for the Brick Bandits “Import/Export” Mix Series:

THE MIXIE VOL. 11 / LUCKYBEARD from PTW SCHOOL on Vimeo.

The Mixie is a music project powered by the PTW SCHOOL blog which is based in Milan, Italy. They get dj’s and producers that they like to make a 30 min video where they show their skills with a dj set or live set.

“This time is up to the most loved beard in Italy: LuckyBeard a.k.a. Phra from Crookers. He is the founder of the fresh label: Lucky Beard Records whose roster is formed by massive producers like Bombaman, Digi G’alessio, Stabber, Cookie Snap, Donovans and LuckyBeard himself. These are the words they wrote about us on their website: “This is a simple story: There’s a site called PTW SCHOOL, the coolest of the www. There’s LuckyBeard that while playing in his underwear answers the phone.

This video mix was recorded at Phra’s home. The carpet is authentic and the shorts are branded. The music you can hear in this set comes straight from Lucky Beard Rec productions, 100% LB’s style with some bites of next EP’s, coming out soon and other unreleased tracks.”

We here at Discobelle can present with you the funky, rattling bass filled and synthlaced track “Monkey Face” that even manages to throw in some saxophone sounding action and a break designed for destruction, this track is only available on the limited edition “Hummus” 7″ (200 copies) which you can get from crookers.net.

Crookers: Monkey Face (7″ Exclusive) by Southern Fried Records

As an added bonus, we’re able to give away five copies of the highly limited “Hummus” 7″. Send us an e-mail containing your name and delivery address, we’ll pick out the lucky winners. Deadline is friday at noon (CET).

The “Dr Gonzo” album is released today, expect bangers!

The self described “most discrete member of Club Cheval“, weed aficionado and general dance music miracle worker Sam Tiba has been making relentlessly unique dance music in 2011, reworking everyone from Crookers side project Dr. Gonzo to French turntablists Birdy Nam Nam and Nightshifters’ very own Lucid.

Now, we’re lucky enough to share an old track Sam Tiba remix that will never see a proper release which has been played out often by Girl Unit, Bok Bok and others. Huge grimey strings, codeine injected dreamy vocals floating around the background and what might be maracas clapping together in rapid succession create something similar to the sound of broken glass on concrete. Big and commanding without being overly noisy, it’s guaranteed to turn heads and shake spines on the dance floor.

The Living Islands – Empires (Sam Tiba Remix)

Crookers pull out some of their freshest sounding production to date in this remix of some already prime original track by moombathan juggling talent Munchi. Mr. Lexx, famous for his role beside Santigold on Major Lazer’s “Hold The Line” flows effortlessly with a deadpan delivery.

Also:

“Munchi had a seizure caused by an intracerebral hemorrhage, with no prior condition. He spent 9 hours in a coma and 11 days in the hospital recovering. He has no medical insurance in the US. His medication is expensive and he needs to get back to Rotterdam. Our goal is to pay for his ticket home, get our Hawaiian friends reimbursed for his meds and eventually pay for his hospital bills.”

You can help out here.

“Blended with echoes of reggae greats, outbursts of Italian absurdist radio voiceover work, and risky percussive excercises, the mix may put a strain on the untrained hip.”

Mix for Radio Maliboom Boom from Crookers at Letsmix.com.