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Biography

MSTRKRFT (pronounced "Master-craft") is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto . The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P (Alex Puodziukas) formerly of the Mississauga , OntarioIMO Records. , '' IMO Records ' Retrieved on 14 March 2011. electropop group Girlsareshort .Derdeyn, Stuart. "Austin's just one brief stop on Mstrkrft's musical voyage", The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette , 2007-03-15, p. D3.Rayner, Ben. "On Death and dying: Death from Above 1979: Keeler and Grainger fold band, leaving an indie rock legacy", Toronto Star , 2006-12-31, p. C5.Alderson, Glenn. "They're Krfty: Who needs vowels when you've got vocoders", Calgary Herald , 2006-07-21, p. SW8. Al-P was also the producer for Death from Above 1979's album '' You're a Woman, I'm a Machine '' as well as several of (Jesse's former band) Black Cat #13's records. The duo have been close friends, as well as work partners, for a long time. http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1579/exclusive_i_miscellany_i_interview_with_mstrkrft MSTRKRFT also produced Die Mannequin|Die Mannequin's first EP, How to Kill , and Magneta Lane|Magneta Lane's second LP, Dancing With Daggers .

MSTRKRFT have been commissioned to remix songs by such artists as Death From Above 1979, Kylie Minogue , Katy Perry , Justice (French band)|Justice , Bloc Party , Ayumi Hamasaki , Metric (band)|Metric , Wolfmother ,Devlin, Mike. "Masters of keyboards 'move with the times'", Times-Colonist (Victoria)|Times-Colonist , 2006-07-29, p. B3. Annie (Norwegian singer)|Annie and The Kills .Rayner, Ben. "Seriously, they do dance music: MSTRKRFT: DJ union mines shared passion for electronica", Toronto Star , 2006-07-06, p. G4.

History

Their first single was "Easy Love", released in 2006. They released their second single, "Work On You", on July 6. In contrast to the "Easy Love" music video, "Work On You" featured animated robots, similar to those found in classic cartoons (see: Voltron , The Transformers (TV series)|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 Death from Above 1979 .

MSTRKRFT released their first LP, The Looks , on July 18, 2006 in the United States and February 2, 2007 in Britain. Keeler and Al-P told Eye Weekly weeks before the release of The Looks , that as the album was being finished, the planning stages for a follow-up record had already begun. Describing the upcoming album's new direction, Al-P said that the album would be "darker, underground disco and house with elements of American rock music."

The 2007 version of their song "Street Justice" was also released as a single. On the band's website message board, Keeler mentioned they were also working on a compilation album composed of their remixed tracks. Street Justice was also featured on the THQ action game, Saints Row 2 . Neon Knights was also featured on Need For Speed: Pro Street , their remix for Justices' D.A.N.C.E. was featured in the movie Meet The Spartans , and "Work on You" was featured in Colin_McRae:_Dirt_2|Codemasters Dirt 2 .

Their song "Paris" was featured in a 2006 commercial for the online music store URGE . In 2007 MSTRKRFT appeared at the WEMF World Electronic Music Festival .

In September 2007 MSTRKRFT performed at an Australian spring music festival "Parklife" in Brisbane . They performed their remix of the song "Woman" from Modular label mates Wolfmother . Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother appeared on stage and sang live while MSTRKRFT performed the remix.

In 2008 through Obeygiant.com released a mix cd with Z-Trip . In conjunction with this CD, Obey offered the Art work print, entitled Soundclash of the Titans. On May 24, 2008 MSTRKRFT were featured on the famous BBC Radio 1 show, Essential Mix|The Essential Mix . MSTRKRFT later performed at the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival , which included a diverse group of artists ranging from Metallica to Jack Johnson.

In 2009, their remix of "Woman" by Wolfmother was featured in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers . On March 17, 2009, MSTRKRFT released their second LP, Fist of God . All songs were written by Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P. Initial critical response has been average at best, with major periodicals Spin, Rolling Stone, and Blender giving the album less-than-stellar reviews. The album features guest appearances by John Legend, E-40, N.O.R.E., and Lil' Mo, among others.

In 2011 they released two new singles "Beards Again" and "Back in the USSA" off their untitled third LP

Band name

The band took out the vowels from their name in order to avoid trademark infringement with Mastercraft (tool brand)|Mastercraft , a Canadian tools company.

Discography

Albums

The Looks (July 18, 2006)

Fist of God (March 17, 2009) #14 Top Electronic Albums

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Singles

"Easy Love" (January 31, 2006)

"Work on You" (July 6, 2006)

"Street Justice" (January 18, 2007)

"Bounce/Vuvuvu" (April 1, 2008) #17 Hot Dance Club Play, #75 Australian ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090520-0000/issue1003.pdf

"Heartbreaker" (featuring John Legend ) (July 26, 2009) #50 UK Singles Chart, #5 UK Dance Chart, #63 Australian ARIA Singles Chart

"Beards Again" (March 14, 2011)

"Back in the USSA" (March 21, 2011)

Remixes

Songs that MSTRKRFT have remixed include:

Panthers (band)|Panthers – "Thank Me With Your Hands"

Felix Cartal – "Love" (JFK Remix)

Death from Above 1979 – "Little Girl"

Death from Above 1979 – "Sexy Results"

Juliette and the Licks – "Got Love To Kill"

Annie (Norwegian singer)|Annie – " Heartbeat (Annie song)|Heartbeat "

Metric (band)|Metric – " Monster Hospital "

Services – "Elements of Danger"

Bloc Party – " Two More Years (song)|Two More Years "

Buck 65 – "Kennedy Killed The Hat"

Wolfmother – " Woman (Wolfmother song)|Woman "

Polysics – "Ceolakanth Is Android"

The Kills – "No Wow"

Gossip (band)|Gossip – "Listen Up!"

Revl9n – "Someone Like You"

Para One – "Dudun-Dun"

Brazilian Girls – "Jique"

Acid Jacks – "Awake Since 78"

All Saints (band)|All Saints – " Rock Steady (All Saints song)|Rock Steady "

Armand Van Helden – " NYC Beat "

D.I.M. – "Airbus" (JFK Remix)

Justice (French band)|Justice – " D.A.N.C.E. "

Goose (band)|Goose – "Bring It On" (JFK Remix)

Space Cowboy (music)|Space Cowboy – "Running Away" (JFK Remix)

Chromeo – "Tenderoni" (Al-P Remix)

The Crystal Method – " Keep Hope Alive "

D.I.M – "Is You" (JFK Remix)

Kid Sister – " Control (Kid Sister song)|Control " (JFK Remix)

Mr Miyagi – "Pick Your Poison" (JFK Remix)

New Young Pony Club – "Get Lucky"

Bloc Party – " Flux (song)|Flux " (JFK Remix)

Kylie Minogue – " Wow (Kylie Minogue song)|Wow "

Ayumi Hamasaki – "Beautiful Fighters" (AL-P Remix)

Jesse McCartney – " Leavin' " (JFK Remix)

Usher (entertainer)|Usher – " Love in This Club "

Thunderheist – "Jerk It" (Nasty Nav + JFK Remix)

John Legend + André 3000 – " Green Light (John Legend song)|Green Light " Cohen, Jonathan. , Billboard (magazine)|Billboard , 2008-07-07. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Zero"

FACT – "los angeles" (AL-P Remix)

Keri Hilson – "Turnin' Me On (feat. Lil Wayne )"

Laidback Luke – "Till Tonight (feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn)"

A-Team - "Theme Song" (AL-P Remix)

Katy Perry - "California Gurls"

Kelis - "Scream & Shout" (AL-P Remix)

Rye Rye & M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A. - "Sunshine" (JFK Remix)

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