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DT: APRIL 25, 2016 FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/BARI LIEBERMAN
MSO PR
MSTRKRFT ANNOUNCES
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES FOR JUNE
TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 29
NEW TRACK “LITTLE RED HEN” OUT NOW
AVAILABLE NOW ON iTUNES
After a five-year hiatus, Canadian electronic music producers MSTRKRFT (Jesse F. Keeler & Al-P) sprang back into action in March with the release of “Little Red Hen” (Last Gang Records). The duo also made a handful of appearances in Austin for SXSW, revealing their new live show. Now MSTRKRFT will emerge again with a select run of U.S. tour dates this June. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 25.
Kicking off June 1 in Washington D.C., MSTRKRFT will embark on a seven-date tour taking them to Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where they’ll perform live shows. They’ll also head to Denver and north back into Canada in Ottawa for DJ dates. The complete routing follows below.
2011 was the last time MSTRKRFT was heard from with the release of the single “Back in the USSA.” It capped off an incredible run for the Toronto electronic dance music disruptors that began with their Juno Award-winning debut album The Looks in 2006. Electrifying festival appearances at Bonnaroo and HARD Summer followed in addition to high-profile official remixes for everybody from Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue to Wolfmother, Justice and Bloc Party. 2009’s Fist of God boasted collaborations with the likes of John Legend, Ghostface Killah, E-40, N.O.R.E., Lil’ Mo and more as it predicted an eventual crossover between hip-hop and electronic music on the horizon.
Check out MSTRKRFT‘s Essential Playlist on Spotify now here.
“Little Red Hen” is available to hear at the newly launched MSTRKRFT.com and for purchase via Last Gang Records at iTunes here http://smarturl.it/LittleRedHen
Critical praise for “Little Red Hen”:
“…four minutes of growling synth-bass and blaring electronics…” – Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone (3/7/16)
“‘Little Red Hen’ is an unapologetically crisp dance track with plenty of big kick drums and rave stabs-all edge, no rounded curves.” – Noah Yu, The FADER (3/6/16)
“It’s a thundering electro house cut filled with pulsating sirens and slippery synth blasts. Imagine giving a hen a dose of some sort of hyperactive, endorphin-pumping drug and then letting it loose in a pen littered with chicken feed; this is probably the sound it would have going off in its little head.”
– Ben Kaye, Consequence Of Sound (3/6/16)
“…it doesn’t feel like they’ve missed a step whatsoever. It features a set of swirling synths, spiraling out into multiple directions and further distorting the sound. It creates a strange and bouncy song. The tune almost feels like a build up and inversion of the previous types of music they’ve been known for. Whatever the intention is, the song is super slick as can be.” – John Hill, Noisey (3/6/16)
“With ‘Little Red Hen,’ MSTRKRFT show that even after half a decade, they still have everything it takes to stay on the cutting edge.” – Toby Reaper, Dancing Astronaut (3/6/16)
“….a spare, dissonant banger…” – Katie Bain, Beatport (3/7/16) “Toronto techno shredders MSTRKRFT, featuring Jesse F. Keeler of Canadian punk duo Death From Above 1979, have come screaming back like a power surge from wherever they’ve been hiding for the past five years. Dispensing with the wry Justice-league bounce of their last album, 2009’s Fist of God, on ‘Little Red Hen’ Keeler and DJ partner Al P. twist the innards of their synthesizers (and likely most of their listeners) with relentlessly grinding, leather-on-leather squeals. It’s Hell’s Club on speed.” – Harley Brown, SPIN (3/11/16)
Look for more to come from MSTRKRFT.
Catch MSTRKRFT on tour this June:
*Live Set
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For more information on MSTRKRFT, contact:
MSO PR 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Bari Lieberman (Tour) x222, blieberman@msopr.com
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