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Artist: Fedde La Grand
Title: Toolroom Knights
Label: Bandroom Records
2009 was a truly phenomenal year for Dutch artist and Flamingo Records head honcho Fedde Le Grand. With a glittering career that includes worldwide number ones, A-list collaborations, tours in every continent, a raft of International awards and a debut artist album ‘Output’ that hit over 60 countries worldwide, it was a year that cemented his reputation as one of the most forward-thinking, in-demand, creative forces in Dance Music. Renowned for his global hits ‘Put Your Hands Up for Detroit’, ‘Let Me Think About It’, ‘The Creeps’ and ‘3 Minutes to Explain’, Fedde set all of clubland on fire and stamped his name all over the global music charts. Weighty remixes include Black Eyed Peas front man Will.i.am, Fatboy Slim and Madonna (who used ‘Put Your Hands Up…’ to promote her Sticky and Sweet tour). Since the early days his more stripped-down production had won him an elite group of fans, allowing him to experiment with a darker, more minimal Tech House sound.
His pseudonym F.L.G. continues this and saw tracks ‘Amplified’ and ‘Pink Bird’ on Toolroom Records become anthems on the Underground scene, but this wasn’t Fedde’s first release on the label. ‘Just Trippin’ was a massive release that cemented Fedde’s association with Toolroom at an early stage. With Fedde working more closely with Toolroom in 2010, he seemed an obvious choice to continue the Toolroom Knights series and kick start the New Year with a very definite bang. Fedde’s Toolroom Knights reflect his world famous DJ sets and explores his versatility as both producer and DJ with CD1 mixed under his F.L.G. moniker and CD2 as Fedde Le Grand. CD1 is deeper and stripped back, laying a distinctive groove in preparation for the more uplifting tones of CD2. Including an exclusive track written by Fedde, namely ‘An Old Technique’, CD1 includes tracks from Solomun, Noir, Saeed Younan, Joey Negro & Mark Mendes. CD2 kick starts into full on Fedde Le Grand mode with Ntfo’s ‘Filter’ and Steve Bug’s ‘Swallowed Too Much Bass’ before moving onto Johnstar’s ‘Tick Tock Track’, another exclusive on the compilation. Weaving through big room favourites ‘My Friend’ by Nicky Romero, Marcus Kaes new Flamingo release ‘Do Bing’ and the massive Fatboy Slim vs. Fedde le Grand – Praise You 2009, CD2 certainly reflects Fedde Le Grand’s style.
‘Toolroom Knights Mixed by Fedde Le Grand’ Tracklisting:
CD1 Mixed By F.L.G. 1. Solomun Feat. Ole Soul – Cloud Dancer
2. iO – Jeton
3. Joey Negro presents Akabu – Sax My Bitch Up (Audiojack Mix)
4. Raman Tapia – You Know
5. Neuroxyde vs Doomwork – Jazzy Stuff
6. F-Man & F.L.G. – An Old Technique
7. Noir & Westboy – She’s Got My Heart
8. Andreas Henneberg & Simon2 – Bolingo Gringo
9. Jaimy Feat. May-Britt & Michelle David – Take You Higher (Belocca Remix)
10. Mark Mendes & Mike Jacinto – Molly
11. Super Flu – Shine
12. Croatia Squad – Electric Masquerade (Daniel Portman More Carnival Remix)
13. Arado & Den Ishu – Uganda Express
14. Saeed Younan – Yeah Ha
CD2 Mixed By Fedde Le Grand
1. Ntfo – Filter
2. Steve Bug – Swallowed Too Much Bass Feat. Paris The Black Fu (Joris Voorn Remix)
3. Hauswerks – Chunk
4. Johnstar Feat. MC Spyder – Tick Tock Track (Julian Sennels & Ben Bastion Remix)
5. David de Valera – Say That (Loko Remix)
6. David Amo, Julio Navas & Gustavo Bravetti – Raw
7. John Acquaviva, David Amo & Julio Navas – Acquanamo
8. ICS – Workshop (DJ Madskillz Remix)
9. Chipi – Bumblebee PM Mix (Silvio Ecomo Remix)
10. Dean Newton – Boombox (Da Fresh Remix)
11. Mark Knight V Koen Groeneveld – Put Your Hands Up
12. D-Formation – Weakness 13. Nicky Romero – My Friend
14. Fatboy Slim vs. Fedde le Grand – Praise You 2009 (F.L.G. Remix)
15. Marcus Kaes – Do Bing (Dominik de Leon Remix)
16. M-Tek vs Tim Priestley – Stalker (Disfunktion Remix) OUT NOW
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