World Famous Beat Junkie J Rocc is a master of the mix (and A-Trak’s actual favorite DJ). For this month’s installment of Fool’s Gold Radio, the celebrated DJ digs into his personal stash of stems and edits, performing surgery on timeless classics by De La Soul, Kraftwerk and J Dilla in a way that only he can. Listen here.
Cosmo Baker is the DJ’s DJ, a veteran with deep crates and the skills to rock any function. It’s an honor to welcome him to Fool’s Gold’s Apple Music monthly mix series, as he serves up a chunky heap of disco, soul and house for the ages. Listen here.
The 2nd installment of our monthly DJ mix series with Apple Music is here, from Goldie Awards champion Miles Medina. The Bay Area turntablist serves up and incredibly creative set that ranges from DJ Quik to Mariah Carey. Listen here.
Absolutely loved kicking off our 2023 residency at Public Records with our cofounders A-Trak & Nick Catchdubs on the decks all night. Best sound system in the city, hands down. Stay tuned for more 15th anniversary celebrations for the Fools, and peep photos below.
Ahead of the 3-part residency celebrating the 15th anniversary of Fool’s Gold Records, Public Records’ own Steven Klavier had a chat with co-founders A-Trak + Nick Catchdubs. Read the article here.
Buy tickets to our show this Sunday here.
We’ve been in the lab, with a pen and a pad, plotting on a new Apple Music DJ Mix series with some of our favorite Fool’s Gold friends and family. Who better to kick off the monthly mixes than beat master and underground legend, Nicholas Craven. The Montreal don blessed us with a neck-snapping hour of banging hip hop. Check it out here.
We couldn’t be more excited to announce that South African producer, singer, songwriter, and DJ Muzi has joined the Fool’s Gold family. We were bumping his 2021 album Interblaktic all through the pandemic — an album that was praised for combining aspects of Afrofuturism alongside Afrobeats, hip-hop, kwaito, and 80s electronic music.
Muzi has received press in Spin, Forbes, Vice, and more. With four studio albums since his debut in 2016, Muzi continues to progress sonically with each album, combining his influences and creativity into cohesive projects that have captured the attention of some of the biggest artists in the world. Can’t wait to share his new Fool’s Gold output with the world.
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Nick Hook and DJ Earl got up for a week in Brooklyn and 50 Backwoods is the result, a new LP (and tour all Dec!) turning hip hop, footwork and more upside down. Listen to “Hook Chop” feat Wiki now, get tix at foolsgoldrecs.com/nickhook and hear the whole album 12/8.
Iconic New York indie label Fool’s Gold (that’s us) spent the past decade smashing hip hop and electronic scenes together. Now it celebrates with a full year of events that take the imprint’s DIY, party-starting spirit to the next level. Founded by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs in 2007, Fool’s Gold has defined a generation of North American electronic and hip hop music: when Kid Cudi hit your MySpace top 8, Duck Sauce soundtracked your first festival, and Danny Brown shoved you face first into the outer limits of rap, the FG logo was right behind it, armed with a devotion to fresh talent and new sounds. Read More
Black Atlass’ debut Fool’s Gold LP Haunted Paradise remains the perfect moody soundtrack for this fall and beyond. He’s keeping the vibe going with a new Spotify playlist featuring album cuts alongside favorite (and unexpected!) inspirations ranging from Radiohead to Eminem. Check out the premiere + interview on Teen Vogue.