Catchdini kicks of his new monthly singles series with “UFO Style,” a big one for the clubs and the CHUDs. He gets even wavier with a bugout music video (happy 420 kids!) and sets the stage for more slaps to come. Follow the Spotify playlist for even more body movers & mind expanders.
“UFO Style” is the first in a series of new singles from NYC DJ/producer and Fool’s Gold co-founder Nick Catchdubs: a concentrated blast of distorted drum programming, hypnotic synths and scratched up text-to-speech apps. It’s the first proper follow up to Nick’s beat-laden Smoke Machine LP (as heard in Apple Watch commercials and Broad City), kicking off a new era of Catchdini’s anything-goes approach to electronic music. To let him tell it: “I love old records, but have no interest in making retro songs. I’m energized by the spirit of New York you hear in Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock and Jive Ryhythm Trax, comic books and rave flyers, late night radio tapes and shitty drum machines… to Xerox that feeling would be boring. But putting my own spin on those inspirations is crazy exciting! ‘UFO Style’ is me wondering what it would sound like if The Orb made music for subway dancers. Please play it on a good system.”
B.I.C. link back up with Nick Catchdubs for “Thought U Knew,” another unconventional banger from their forthcoming FTW EP. Hyperactive BX bars zoom over cut-n-paste string chops and bass drops for a Fool’s Gold rap cut like none other. Play this loud, preferably in a residential neighborhood!
B.I.C. spill manic Uptown charisma all over “Drippin Sauce.” The supercharged track (and it’s deranged cable box music video) is the first tease from FTW, the group’s Nick Catchdubs-produced EP dropping early next year. Yesus, Pete, Ill Spills, and Izzy-Oz have been a dependably turnt presence on the New York underground since their Funkmaster Flex approved debut “Yo Soy Widdit,” but “Drippin Sauce” takes their appeal well beyond the city limits, blasting uncut Bronx energy to the rest of the known (and unknown) universe. Listen now!
Thanks to everyone who made #NewYorksLoudest lit! Check out what happens when G Herbo, G-Worthy, Flipp Dinero, Jesse Marco and DJ Tara take over the Paper Box stage for a night of great music and great people in FG’s hometown. Full photo gallery on the FG FB, some selects after the jump! Big up Lugz NYC.
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FG loves NY! Peep what went down at the first ever Coney Island #FGDAYOFF with Jay Electronica, A-Trak, Flosstradamus, PNB Rock, Trippie Redd and the rest of the legends. (Special shout to Four Loko!) There’s a full photo gallery over on the Fool’s Gold FB, check out some of our favorites after the jump. Read More
Roska cements his rep as king of UK bass with an extra funky remix that takes Nick Catchdubs & Holly’s “Dip Dip” from the rave to the carnival. Lighters up! (Don’t sleep on the original either…)
New York’s Loudest went UP! Our second edition featured live performances by Smokepurrp and B.I.C. (backed by A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs on the decks) and DJ sets from Aiyoo Q and DJ Wonder. Check the recap video and photos after the jump, shout out our friends at Lugz and Paper Box! Read More
As the ice caps melt on Planet Rock, “Dip Dip” emerges: a glitchy, heavy funker from doomsday party preppers Nick Catchdubs and Holly. Play this NYC-via-Lisbon collab from FG’s co-founder and the prolific new producer loud as hell in a fallout shelter near you.
#FGDAYOFF jumped into 2017 with an epic Montreal show. Big love to A-Trak’s hometown, peep the recap video featuring Jazz Cartier, A$AP Nast, High Klassified and all the other performers and party people who made it unforgettable! (Shout out Mural, Hennessy Canada, Saintwoods and all the other behind-the-scenes champs too.) Check out the photo galleries on FB and see upcoming FGDO cities and dates at fgdayoff.com! Read More