Word Up!

This was a random convo I had with one of classmates the other day. Enjoy.

P: I was listening to my ipod yesterday to all these songs my ex boyfriend put on it for me. All the songs were sex music.

Me: Well what do you mean sex music? What were the songs?

P: Well one of the groups was techno kind of and had a weird name with a hole bunch of letters in it and the song was called "Word up."

(Pause here)

Me(while laughing): I think you are talking about MSTRKRFT. Their name is in all caps right?

P: Yeah. I think that's it.

Me: How is that sex music?

P: Well the lyrics in that song were like "Get Fucked, get fucked, do it hard."

Me: And you think that is sex music?

P:Yeah.

Me(laughing again): I thought sex music was more like Barry White. You know like "Let's get it on." More sensual.

P: Well what are the lyrics about then?

Me: They're just lyrics. Besides it's not like you need to get lubed up to listen to it.

JFK- not the airport

Okay, okay this boy (man?) has got me hooked in a bad way. He is none other than Jesse Keeler of MSTRKRFT.

First, I fell in love with Death From Above 1979 a few years back. In high school my friends would play You're a woman, I'm a Machine at every party and we would throw down in the living room to it. I remember that ominous day when I had just made a custom DFA t-shirt earlier in the day, and when I got back to my place later on I found out DFA had broken up. I was devastated, but then my friend turned me on to MSTKRFT and explained Keeler was one part of the DJ duo.

I also remember the first time I heard MSTKRFT while driving around in that same friends car. It was like nothing I had ever heard, and it is still beyond epic.

Each time I see MSTKRFT live I have to fight the urge to bust up to Keeler and stroke that luscious mustache. I also have to fight the urge to attempt to get a swig out of that infamous Crown Royal bottle they bring to every gig. During the shows, Keeler lights cigarette after cigarette, so hence the accompanied photo. Beyond epic is the best description I can come up with for the beats Keeler produces.

Check it out here

All We Do Is Party!

#29- MSTRKRFT

Gateway Song: "Easy Love"

Love Affair: "Paris", "Bounce" and "Fist Of God".

Watch this! Don't you have the urge to stroke that mustache?