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Posted on Nov 25th, 2008
Continuing commentary on America’s subprime mortgage crisis or Fool’s Gold viral marketing campaign? THANX 4 THE SHOUT RUPERT!
Continuing commentary on America’s subprime mortgage crisis or Fool’s Gold viral marketing campaign? THANX 4 THE SHOUT RUPERT!
Congrats to Trackademicks (pictured above at the photo shoot for his forthcoming Fool’s Gold 12″), who was just honored with a 2008 “Goldie” Award from the SF Bay Guardian in their Best Of The Bay issue. You can read the full story here. More from Track at his blog, including new remixes, a Cure “Lovecats” cover with 1 O.a.K., and more.
Check out all kinds of snappy snaps and globetrotting misadventures in “Around The World,” A-Trak’s new column on thefader.com The first entry is up now, keep checkin for new ones!
We have a nice likkle label profile in the latest issue of Dazed And Confused in the UK. Find it on fine newstands everywhere, or just read the pithy quotes from me, Dust and Trizzy in the enlarged scan here.
Check us (and the trusty home office) next to Mad Decent, Italians Do It Better, Traum and a bunch of other fine and diverse labels in the latest edition of XLR8R’s “Labels We Love” issue. There’s also a nice likkle blurb on Jokers of the Scene on the same page! Grab it on your newsstand or check the free PDF version here.
We continue to Debo our way into the record industry with this week’s Billboard mag, where Fool’s Gold is named as one of ten “Indie Visionaries” in their first annual list, alongside not just other labels but managers, booking agents, websites and various “innovators taking risks and reaping rewards.” It’s always nice to be noticed! Read the whole article here, more big dog label news soon…
We alluded to it back in March, now Pitchfork is officially spilling the beans about Running Man, A-Trak’s take on Nike+’s successful series of original workout jamz from the likes of LCD Soundsystem and other upstanding citizens. Running Man features 45 minutes of original music (and serves as A-Trak’s full-length production debut), Kid Cudi pops up for a guest spot, Dust provides exclusive digital booklet illustrations, and you can cop the whole thing on iTunes on June 24th.