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The Italian’s have a great way or mixing up the genres with Electro-Rock and Techno-HipHop being quite popular to the Chianti & Pizzeria conceiver’s. For the latter however, we have Milan’s DJ/Producers, Crookers with their recent release Tons Of Friends. An album entirely of collaborations.

Soulwax, Will.I.Am, Kid Cudi, Miike Snow as well as others filling this up to be a 20 track LP, is quite a feat. It would’ve been a project lasting quite some weeks as timing the acts for visitation is likely to not have been an easy task.

I have no doubt that these boys will have this taken to the Platinum level. It will be appreciated by many whether you’re more into your Dance or more into your Hip Hip. If both then this is definitely a purchase for you. This amalgamated collection of tunes are all really good. With the dub tracks such as No Security ft. Kelis having some right grimey tones to it, to Royal T ft. Roisin Murphy with a vocal trance feel and then having a dancehall vibe with some Reggae vitality on Arena ft. Poirier & Face-T.

The 2-step style to me can be quite annoying as I don’t really know where the trails will lead me. On this it was interesting and I wasn’t disappointed. Only the organ mimicked keyboards on Transilvania ft. Steed Lord I found a little agitating but I can let that slide.

One which I am impressed with I have to say is the Blues tinged, fraught with bass tune with Tim Burgess singing on Lone White Wolf. You rarely hear anything resembling, yet I suspect you’ll be hearing at least something of Crookers in the not so distant future.