FABRICLIVE 45

On FABRICLIVE 45, A-Trak proves exactly why he is one of the world™s most exciting selectors. Try and fathom how a mix with a tracklist that lurches from Boys Noize and Baltimore edits to Aeroplane and Todd Terje remixes to a nine year old scene-altering UK garage anthem actually fits together. It is this that makes this one of fabric™s most distinctive and jaw-dropping mixes yet  rarely has there been a disc that so epitomizes the style and ability of the DJ in question. A-Trak loops, layers, scratches, doubles-up, re-edits, re-tweaks and does God knows what else to make this mix both cohesive and breathtakingly brilliant. A-Trak started early. Winning the World DMC Championships at the age of 15, he was a child prodigy, propelled straight into the big leagues. In the twelve years since, his career has taken countless twists and turns. From being Q-Bert™s DJ of choice, to hip hop™s hottest property, to Kanye West™s official tour DJ and unofficial tastemaker, to genre-hopping DJ par excellence to Fool™s Gold label boss and icon for a generation of kids that are turning a blind eye to any boundaries between hip hop and electronic music. For years, A-Trak was a straight-up hip hop DJ. Having years earlier skipped the queue by winning the DMCs, he later met Kanye West at an in-store and became his tour DJ, playing to millions of people around the world, rubbing shoulders with everyone from Jay-Z to Pharrell to Nas  and in the process earning himself an incalculable amount of kudos in hip hop circles. Meanwhile, he was developing a reputation on his solo tours, and with his mix CDs, for being one of the world™s best dancefloor-rocking mash-up DJs, spinning hip hop with bits of electro, dancehall, Baltimore, bootlegs and more, building bridges between hip hop and dance music. With his label Fool™s Gold, home to the likes of Kid Sister, Kid Cudi, and Sammy Bananas, A-Trak has set a template for scene™s that he found springing up all over America and Europe, cool kids from a hip hop background getting down to uptempo club music. His label, and its rioutous tours, have subsequently made its artists some of the most blogged about people on the planet. Producing and remixing many of the label™s hits himself, he continues to expand his individual impact on the music landscape year on year. Though A-Trak set™s musical repertoire has expanded, he still mixes, cuts and scratches like the world champion hip hop DJ he once was, and tours the world causing havoc on dancefloors throughout in the unmistakable A-Trak style. Tracklisting: 01 A-Trak - Say Whoa  Fool™s Gold DJ Sneak - You Can't Hide From Your Bud - Classic 02 Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak Remix)  Boysnoize Records 03 Scott Grooves feat Parliament Funkadelic - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix) - Soma 04 Voodoo Chilli - Get On Down  Cheap Thrills 05 Skepta - Sweet Mother (House Version)  Boy Better Know 06 DJ Class - I'm The Ish - Unruly 07 Metronomy - Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix) - Because 08 His Majesty Andre - Peep Thong  Cheap Thrills 09 Zombie Nation  Forza (Original) - UKW 10 Alex Gopher  Aurora  Go 4 Music 11 Dance Area - AA 24-7 - Phantasy 12 Robbie Rivera - Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Remix) - Juicy 13 Daniele Papini - Church of Nonsense - Media 14 Laidback Luke & A-Trak - Shake It Down  Fool™s Gold 15 Nacho Lovers - Acid Life (Nachos 909 Dub)  Fool™s Gold 16 Rob Threezy - The Chase  Rob Threezy 17 Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix) - XL 18 Fan Death - Veronica's Veil (Erol Alkan's Extended Re-Edit) - Phantasy 19 Simon Baker - Plastik (Todd Terje's Turkatech Remix)  Ongaku 20 The Martian - Tobacco Ties  Red Planet 21 DJ Gant-Man - Juke Dat Girl From The Back  Fool™s Gold 22 DJ MP4 - The Book Is On The Table - Musics Net 23 Jamie Anderson & Content - Body Jackin'  IDG 24 Raffertie - Do Dat  On The Brink 25 DJ Zinc  138 Trek Bingo Beats