if you havent seen this, its pretty cool - Busy Ps Bday Celebration - One dude (tommy b not a robot) dj'ed

i found this on skateboard ps blog yesterday, its freakin sick. well kinda

ed banger orgy on stage, watching some shady ass daft punk mixing up justice and i think sebastiAn. bangalter looks like one of those weird european aging backpackers, but i dont carez

and if i hear another "he was human after all" jokes im gonna lose my shit

Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk!! from ViDoL on Vimeo.

and i also found this

POST MoRE JUSTICE TRALERS 4 Nu LIVE DVD

aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Justice, Ed Banger and So-Me have finished their DVD A Cross the Universe, A DVD CD of justice footage from all over the place.

This will moisten ur balls

nb xxxxbonus trailer and video footage of a bum freestylingxxxx

A CROSS THE UNIVERSE teaser
by edbangerrecords

New Mr Oizo Album Due November 17

A preview of a new track from Ed Banger's Mr Oizo, which is due out on his album on November 17

The guy is a french genius and this track bangs my balls

Mr Oizo - Positif (preview)

Kraftwerk Remixed By Busy P - Plus Big Day Out Headliner Announced

©2007-2008 ~ejan

Finally another Ed Banger post on tradehooks.
it's been too long my friend

I came across this bomb track whilst browsing the internet this evening.

Kraftwerk - It's More Fun to Compute (Busy P Remix)

I like it

great success

oh and on a side note WESC headphones from sweden are by far the most superior DJ headphones in the world. their sound is head and shoulders over those shitty Sennheiser HD25s or whatever the fuck they are
Check out WESC

Plus they have the coolest ads

In other news Neil Young will headline 2009 (2k9) Big Day Out Festivals

Stussy: Our Gang Series

This is kinda old news, but new to Australia. The Stussy "our gang" series is freakin ill. Its a tshirt series of a whole bunch of modern artists designing shirts as they interpret the concept in their own way. Their are 3 groups of gangs at the moment, the first included Reas, Delta, So Me, Morning Breath and Rob Abeyta, and were my favourites in the series.

DELTA
is one of the graffiti pioneers of Europe. Active since the eighties, he developed his own unique three-dimensional typographic style. As an artist, he grew from his experiences to look at and deal with the streets to a more reflective kind of work. His drawings, paintings, video work and installations breathe the ghost of the old utopists and constructivists, but of a time where the rotting process of the concrete is clearly visible. They could be seen as fingerprints or portraits of industrial architecture.

ROBERT ABEYTA JR.
is a full time designer and painter living in the Los Angeles area. Until recently, he was working with NIKE as Art Director on a new line of sneakers & apparel. His past works include collaborations with Spike Jonze, French Director and Academy Award Winner Michel Gondry, Stussy and Undefeated. Also numerous music packaging designs ranging from the seminal punk band LOS CRUDOS to The Transplants to LA hip hop legends Mack 10, Cypress Hill and DJ Quik. Other works include the design of numerous skateboards and apparel while working as an Art Director for Fourstar Clothing at the Girl Skateboard Companies.
MORNING BREATH
is Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto. In 1996, the two started working together at Think Skateboards in San Francisco. Doug and Jason found early on that they had similar tastes and influences, many of which were associated with the late '70s and early '80s; everything from sniffing glue and punk rock to racking paint and hip hop. Over the years, their creative collaborations continued to expand beyond skateboard graphics and they realized the need to create a formalized partnership. In 2002, the two founded Morning Breath, a creative studio located in Brooklyn, New York. Doug and Jason now split their creative energy and time between commercial and personal work. In 2006, their first book was published entitled The Early Bird: The Art and Design of Morning Breath.
TODD JAMES
is an internationally known artist and designer who spent the bulk of his childhood and adolescence watching cartoons, eating cereal and writing graffiti. Through his work on NYC's subway trains, as REAS, he mastered the practical challenges of good design at an early age. James' commercial works include logos for clients such as the Beastie Boys, The Source, Eminem, Mobb Deep and Redman. They remain some of rap music's most enduring icons. As the Puppet Designer and as a Production Designer on Comedy Central's hit show Crank Yankers, James' singular aesthetic sensibility was introduced to a television audience with great success. On the fine art side, work by James has been shown at the 2000 Venice Biennale, The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Tate museum in Liverpool and at Deitch Projects in NYC as well as the Beautiful Losers museum tour. Most recently has been making paintings for his second show in Copenhagen at V1 Gallery and working on new projects for Adult Swim. James currently resides in New York, home base for his company, REAS International.
SO ME
is head of the graphic design department at Ed Banger records, one of the most exciting electronic labels in the galaxy. His hand written drawings, which mix retro typography and hip hop clichés, have traveled around the world. While Video Director for Justice (MTV Music Award for "best video" for D.A.N.C.E.) and Kanye West, Graphic Designer for the Japanese clothing brand Revolver, So Me has become the designer of the "French Touch" second generation.

(c) Stussy 2008

As expected I have the SO ME one, so suck it up fuckers

It turns out So Me can produce music also, as we were demonstrated on Ed Rec Vol III

mp3: So Me - Decalcomania

Old Justice Track 2003

Okay, this morning I woke up, 2 hours probably too early, my body was telling me, Selecta, man give me some more. i couldn't, my room was brighter than old gregs minge, and it was heating up like the small camp oven it is.

i rolled over and saw my itouch, a great source of Wifi entertainment. i navigated my way to my favourite aggregator and found this gem

A Justice 2003 release, from an obscure French mixtape, pre Cross,
Dunno if it is an Ed Banger release, if anyone knows anything come checkitout

Thanks to wavesatnight

JUSTICE- Sure You Will

ED REC VOL 3

Alright so Ed Rec Vol 3 officially comes out on the 9th, here is the little promotional video.

ED REC VOL 3


and here's a little gif for your myspaces' ..yay!
and Busy P the legend himself is bringing out his new EP titled "PEDROPHILIA" and it flows like this:
A1 "TO PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN" featuring MURS
A2 "PEDROPHILIA"
A3 "TO PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN" DJ MEHDI 99 rapmix
B1 "TO PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN" CROOKERS remix
B2 "TO PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN" SO ME Get Naked remix
B3 "TO PROTECT AND ENTERTAIN" MR OIZO remix

and if you want some of these...
submit your Ed Rec Fan Art to here (i took the liberty of translating it from CRZY french) to win the chance to buy one of only 60 pairs of Busy P AF1's.

you heard me right, you win, you get the opportunity to BUY the shoes, that's how hot these babies are. they don't even guarantee they will have your size.
oh and did i mention you have to be there in paris to BUY them in person.

and if you like the shit, buy the shit

Two Track Tuesday: Play Paul and Klaxons

This weeks theme, breathing.

Both these remixes have sampled a little breathing, for some reason it works, and well. First up is a remix i found a while ago, can't tell you much about it, other than its called "La La Land" remixed by Ed Banger All Stars, whatever and whoever that means.

mp3: Play Paul - La La Land (Ed Banger All Stars Remix)



Today's top track on HypeM is a Goldfrapp cover of the Klaxons song "It's Not Over Yet", it's pretty good, and one of the better covers i've heard. And it got me listening to some of the Klaxon's tracks, especially the bangin remix of "Golden Skans" by the Godlike SebastiAn.
If you haven't heard this, put your seatbelt on. (If your chair has one)

mp3: Klaxons - Golden Skans (SebastiAn Remix)

Ed Rec iii- Busy P Feat. MC Murs- To Protect and Entertain

As expected with every other highly anticipated new release, some c*** has leaked the new Busy P mixed Ed Rec iii. There are a few tracks floating around in particular a Justice remix of Stress, and a newie from Sebastian named Dog.

But this is my favourite, when dance music producers get together with Hip Hop Powers, successful examples include, most recently the Salmon Dance with MC Fatlip and the Chemical Bros, Krafty Kuts and Kurtis Blow, which is all i can think of at this early stage of the morning.

But now we have MC Murs and Busy P with 'to Protect and Entertain'. I like it. Heaps of people hate it coz it is a little cheese. Maybe because i have max respect going back a long way for murs, especially his stuff with Little Brother's 9th Wonder, and Busy P is french and absolutely awesome. How can you go wrong

Busy P feat MC Murs- To Protect and Entertain

Buy it at Amazon.com when it's released

Also pay attention to his sweet Air Max 87s in the top pic

My Life in One Picture

This picture pretty sums up everything i live for: Fresh Kicks, Fresh Tee's and Ed Banger!

mp3: Busy P - Rainbow Man

Ed Banger News - Ed Rec Vol. III, SebastiAn, Justice

The new Ed Rec Vol. III will be released on the 26th March, so put that on your calendar. The tracklist as below is exciting, i haven't heard a lot of those tracks, probably because they haven't been released yet. Busy P, Justice, SebastiAn and So Me should be stand outs, but Mehdi and Feadz could also be good.
Ed Banger have graced us with a little 10min or so 'minimix' or 'teaser' mixed by Feadz:

Get it Here (zip) - RECOMMENDED

They are doing some release parties as well:
- May 16 - Montpellier / La Dune
- May 17 - Clermont-Fd / La Coopérative de Mai
- May 18 - Paris / Secret Venue
- May 23 - Aix en Provence / Studio 88

Check that all out on their Myspace, also you can listen to the mix by Feadz there as well.

1. Mr Oizo - Yves
2. Busy P - To Protect And Entertain (feat. Murs)
3. Mr Flash - Over The Top
4. SebastiAn - Dog
5. Uffie - Robot Oeuf
6. Justice - Stress (Auto Remix)
7. Mr Oizo - Minuteman’s pulse
8. Dj Mehdi - Pocket Piano
9. Krazy Baldhead - No Cow, No Pow
10. DSL - Find Me In The World
11. Feadz - Back It Up (feat. Spank Rock)
12. So Me - Decalcomania

SebastiAn's latest release is the EP "Motor" coming 28th April.

This is what Ed Banger has to say about some of the songs from the EP:
“Motor”: basic, excessive, devastating, the definition of what the Ed Banger crew likes to call a “turbine”. As alarming as an over-heating reactor: a bomb has been deposited on the dance floor.
“Momy”: Vangelis and Moroder captured in the eye of an electronic cyclone.
“Army”: terminal atomization. No one will come out alive.

A few teaser songs have been leaked, thanks to Asian Dan and One More Disco, the track Momy was leaked just recently.

Sebastian - Motor (Distort Edit)
Sebastian - Momy
Sebastian - Kinder Kut

And finally Justice are touring in France (gayyy), on the dates below.

- April 18 - Strasbourg / Zénith with Uffie feat. Feadz and Scenario Rock
- April 19 - Bourges / Festival du Printemps
- May 15 - Montpellier / Zénith with Uffie feat. Feadz and Scenario Rock
- May 16 - Grenoble / Summum with Uffie feat. Feadz and Poney Poney
- May 18 - Paris / Olympia with Das Pop SOLD OUT
- May 20 - Dijon / Zénith : support act Uffie feat. Feadz and Scenario Rock
- May 22 - Nantes / Zénith : support act Uffie feat. Feadz and Scenario Rock

Now this is a big call, but, JUSTICE WILL BE PLAYING AT SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS. I'm making the call, someone has to do it. This is how they'll do it:
They are playing at the Emmabodafestivalen in Sweden on the 1st August, and then they catch a plane to Australia, play on the 3rd August for Splendour and then fly to Tokyo for the Sonic Festival on the 9th August, which has been confirmed.
yep, its so simple.

Two Track Tuesday: Uffie and Regurgitator

Two Track Tuesday this week starts with another Bangin' sensation. Born in America and raised in Paris, Uffie or Anna-Catherine Hartley as she is less referred to as, met DJ Feadz at a party she was having and went on to work together.
Her releases such as 'Pop the Glock', 'Ready to Uff', 'Hot Chick' and 'In Charge' are all fairly solid releases, but it is 'Dismissed' and her feature doing vocals in the Justice track 'Tthhee Ppaarrttyy' that really stand out for us here at TradeHooks.

Uffie has not released her own album, even though announced to be released in 2007 it has now been predicted to be released in Q3 2008.
Amazon - Ed Rec Vol.2

oh and she's fuckin hot
Uffie - Dismissed

Next up is a track which we agree could be released again today and be just as popular as when it was first released. Regurgitators '! (Song Formally Known As)' was an instant hit when it was released on the album 'Unit' in November 1997. The video was taken around Tokyo especially in the famous intersection in Shibuya.
This is the only blog you will find this single on.
Buy on Amazon

Regurgitator - ! (Song Formally Known As)

Tell us what you reckon, and if you haven't heard any Regurgitator before, its the song to listen to.

Surkin - Next of Kin EP

So Surkin is praised as the frenchies youngest star at age 20, he hails from the label Institubes and in my opinion gives those ed banger boys a run for their money. He has previously released remixes of Justice's DVNO, Klaxons Golden Skans, Boys Noize Don't Believe the Hype and Dj Mehdi's Lucky Boy,and is now set to release his EP titled 'Next of Kin' as in 'Next of 'Sur'kin' on the 10th April at a massive release party at the Paris Social Club.

The EP will go as follows:
A1. White Night Two
A2. Kid Gloves
B1. Next Of Kin
B2. Next Of Kin (Todd Edwards' Re-Kindled Mix)

The EP is actually available on the iTunes Plus Store now.

His claim to fame is that he knows "who puked in Bangalter’s mask on New Year’s Eve." continuing that he "could topple the whole French dance scene just like that." ITM.

Surkin - Next Of Kin
Klaxons - Golden Skans (Surkin Remix)
Justice - DVNO (Surkin Remix)

And remember, if you like the stuff, buy the stuff.