See 9 more photos
Crookers
On Tour179,825 plays (15,787 listeners)
electro, dirty electro, fidget house, electronic, italian… see all
(2003 – present)
Drawing from influences of house, hip hop and beyond, Crookers blend their beats with the kind of fidget house finesse that gives Potty Mouth Music its soiled swagger. Since 2003, DJs Phra and Bot have been drawing upon their collective musical backgrounds to create tracks that twist, startle and surprise with synthetic pop.
Before their collaboration as Crookers, Bot and Phra pursued their music interests on a separate tip. Bot took up the piano and guitar at an early age, later moving onto synths, turntables and sequencers. Phra had already started DJing by age 11, when he was introduced to the Italian hip hop scene. Soon, he morphed into an MC and became fully immersed in a culture that would shape his future production career.
“Both of us started getting more involved in music when we used to listen to hip hop,” Phra says. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre success and explore dance music. The experiment worked. “It felt natural to team up, seeing that we had the same musical tastes … which isn’t that easy here in Milan,” he says.
After having released two EPs earlier this year (“Knobbers” and “Mad Kidz”, both exclusively containing original tracks), they are currently working on their first album, which is due for late 2008 or early 2009.
Before their collaboration as Crookers, Bot and Phra pursued their music interests on a separate tip. Bot took up the piano and guitar at an early age, later moving onto synths, turntables and sequencers. Phra had already started DJing by age 11, when he was introduced to the Italian hip hop scene. Soon, he morphed into an MC and became fully immersed in a culture that would shape his future production career.
“Both of us started getting more involved in music when we used to listen to hip hop,” Phra says. When the two artists met, both were trying to branch out of their genre success and explore dance music. The experiment worked. “It felt natural to team up, seeing that we had the same musical tastes … which isn’t that easy here in Milan,” he says.
After having released two EPs earlier this year (“Knobbers” and “Mad Kidz”, both exclusively containing original tracks), they are currently working on their first album, which is due for late 2008 or early 2009.
Videos
-
Play
Crookers - SVEGLIA
-
Play
Crookers - Knobbers (Original Mix)
-
Play
Crookers - Big Money Comin'
-
Play
Crookers- My Penny
Top Albums
Top Tracks
| 1 |
 |
|||
| 2 |
|
Knobbers EP Teaser
full track
|
||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 |
|
Sveglia
full track
|
||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| 7 |
|
|||
| 9 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| 11 | ||||
| 12 | ||||
| 13 | ||||
| 14 |
|
|||
| 15 |
Shoutbox
-
telmodsg wrote:
foda-se
-
salty_cookie wrote:
uh ah, they ROCK!!!
-
STRADAioli wrote:
OH, FINALMENTE DEGLI ITALIANI!!!
-
ViceGermany wrote:
VIVE LIVE TOUR 2008 /w Drop the Lime, Purple Crush, Miss Odd Kidd, ThunderHeist, Little Boots, Mickey Moonlight (Ed Banger), thecocknbullkid, amm. 30.10.08 - Köln @ Werkstatt 31.10.08 - Frankfurt (Offenbach) @ MTW 01.11.08 - München @ Erste Liga 11.12.08 - Hamburg @ Neidklub 12.12.08 - Berlin @ Scala 13.12.08 - Stuttgart @ Rocker33 More info & free tickets on www.vicelive.de
-
McDaid1916 wrote:
Mental Tuneeeeeees
-
Falderrr wrote:
lovelovelove
-
tom7991 wrote:
better than the bloody beetroots better than the bloody beetroots better than the bloody beetroots
-
[deleted-user]
wrote:
dirty dirty dirty electro!!! <3 it
-
brankin wrote:
fucking awesome last night
-
DaftPunkerAlive wrote:
Everytime I listen to Gipsy P, the only thing that comes to mind is "Bubble Boy"! DUnno Y...
-
SHiRO24 wrote:
that's the old mix made with some of the best italian hip hop artist
-
DaftPunkerAlive wrote:
Maybe???? 2007 Mix Promo Sampler: Tracklisting: 1 Intro 2 Suoni Da Deephouse 3 Amico Del Synth-Yo Featuring - Supa 4 Questa E' Una Bomba 5 Bermi Un Gin Tonic Col Naso Featuring - Ghemon Scienz 6 Yeah Yeah Ok 7 T..Ie Che Penso 8 Mastichiamo Featuring - Rido 9 No Dubbio Brò Featuring - Bassi Maestro , Dj Panda J 10 FT3 Intro Featuring - FT3 11 FT3 Outro Featuring - FT3 12 Viceversa Featuring - Jack The Smoker , Kuno 13 Limonare Featuring - La Pisa , MOL 14 E' Roba Nostra 15 No Flowers 16 Boss Featuring - Kaso E Maxi B , Michel 17 Suoni Da Deephouse Part II Featuring - Stabbio Boy 18 La Vita Sotto La Tastiera Featuring - Amari 19 Nchlinez Featuring - Dargen D'Amico 20 Piombala Featuring - Alessio Beltrami 21 Crookers Da Marte 22 Baby Beatbox Intro 23 Atomic Baile Boy 24 Stab X
-
DaftPunkerAlive wrote:
Il Cattivo (Plus Thunder) = Amazing!!!
-
rip-off wrote:
oh come to portugal
-
Manbone wrote:
help! I need to know... the name of a crookers sampler mix I've become obsessed with. Starts with a catchy whistle... then in comes the beats with a flute or somethin..... some dude rapping 'down with me... come go down with me...' Then the whistle. Anybody? PS>saw the Crooks spin at Wrongbar in TO back in May & was insane...
-
NextechFestival wrote:
CROOKERS live ::: 18 SEPT. 2008 ::: FIRENZE ::: ITALY ::: http://www.nextechfestival.com
-
carminebasile wrote:
wow wow wow!! yeah yeah yeahs
-
izziboll wrote:
NIIIIIICE!
-
nextech wrote:
CROOKERS live ::: 18 SEPT. 2008 ::: FIRENZE ::: ITALY ::: http://www.nextechfestival.com
-
mlokon wrote:
I WANT CROOKERS IN POLAND!!!!!!!
Events
- Oct 11 Crookers secret location, Paris, France
-
Oct
18
GAN-BAN NIGHT '08
Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan
10 shouts
| 60 attendees -
Oct
25
[ADE] Klinch: SuperRauw
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3 shouts
| 73 attendees
Listeners
-
puncket
Listening now
to Knobbers EP Teaser -
moneoide
Top Listener
-
Broeder-Tuk
Top Listener
-
Weskor
Top Listener
-
Master_kAROL
Top Listener
-
Traploper
Top Listener
Recent Activity
- S734L7H5N1P3R, haroshnerf and champevo added Crookers to their libraries. yesterday morning
- z00by tagged Crookers with ‘dirty fucking electro’. yesterday morning
- katytreppass, Kn3w2Kn0w, Willem91 and 4 other people added Crookers to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- bonckergump added Crookers to the lineup of Mexican Jack Mafia presenta: CROOKERS at Pasaje América. Tuesday morning
- nydiest09, PopcornColor, saggsee and 9 other people added Crookers to their libraries. Tuesday morning
- GodzillaPresley wrote about Crookers in Play It Louder. Sunday afternoon
- petemt and huppdiwupp added Crookers to their libraries. Sunday morning
- makinations added Crookers to the lineup of Stereosonic Satellite v4.0 at Manning Bar, University of Sydney. Sunday morning
- SandrusHTD, tateandsmile, chinitatngerine and 4 other people added Crookers to their libraries. Sunday morning
- casinapien tagged Crookers with ‘electronic’. Friday evening
Related Journals
-
Play It Louder
by GodzillaPresley |
12 Oct 2008 | Add comment
-
NEXTECH FESTIVAL 2008 ::: PROGRAMMA :::
by NextechFestival |
22 Sep 2008 | Add comment
-
The Beatz and Bobz Show | NSB Radio | 15/09/08 | Download
by bervine |
16 Sep 2008 | Add comment
Groups (18)
-
Missingtoof
745 members
-
Pukkelpop
342 members
-
-=EuroCrunk=-
262 members
-
Eclectro
249 members
-
Dancefloor Mayhem
72 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
