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"La Grève Générale had their computers running on overload and almost made the ram packed venue collapse..." - VICE
We are John and Gav, we have a computer. We used to dj in our hallway in Hackney but thought we might share our music with other people who couldn't fit in our hallway, especially not with all the bikes in the way, or who might not be able to get to Hackney cos the Silverlink's shit.
We mix electro, hip hop, pop, indie, punk, electroclash and other shit we like, and have lots of mixes in our our blog here .
We have DJed at stuff like MODULAR, VICE parties, CMJ Festival in New York City, Klubb Ace in Stockholm, Decatur Social Club in Atlanta, Fabric, Turnmills, Egg and 333 in London, Stengade 30 in Copenhagen, KB in Malmo... on bills with people like New Young Pony Club, Foals, Filthy Dukes, Poney Poney, Jean Nipon, Cadence Weapon...
If you would like us to bring our laptop and shit and do a live set at your club/night/wedding/funeral/bar mitzvah please email our bookings address: [email protected]
Cool people have said stuff like this about us:
DJmag : Dirty, dirty lowdown electro grit. This DJ duo are all about the tough crunchy beats and raw ear-splitting noise... killer selection /Missingtoof : I wish I was a baller, I'd love to have these kids stateside... raising your standards & making electro clash a threat again / BigStereo : Quality... LGG has become known for dropping in surprises... Anything but typical... I'm down. / Sexual Earthquake in Kobe : La Grève Générale is a great name to party all nite long! / stockholmbeatconnection : Amazing! / this chick on virb : ur sound makes my tits go hard / iheartcomix.com : crazy… full force… I like it / Tuftsmania : Soooo awesome… / Slutty Fringe : make mixes of buff hype proportions / JetPilot : completely fucking mind blowing / The Sky Report : awesome / Straight from the whore's mouth : most excellent / Superfibre : pure disco punk dance rock genre-bending fun / catdirtsez : there is more going on here then simple mash ups, a la girl talk / "Hackney's very own crossover mixmaster duo. LGG take all your favourite songs, dice them liberally, throw them in a blender with a healthy dose of on-the-fly Ableton and process to create the smoothest, tastiest and most invigorating combination of flavours you're going to get anywhere this side of 2ManyDJs - Voltage / Trash Menagerie : bringing the noise
Mixes
New!
VICE COPENHAGEN LIVE SET - An 80-minute highlight of our 6-odd hour set at Vice Scandinavia's party in CPH a few weeks ago.
Previous
BLOG HOUSE IS DEAD - Bumper new year 2008 mixtape - With Wale, Ying Yang Twins, Fuck Buttons, Bangers + Cash, Whitenoise, Villians, Sportsday Megaphone and loads more
SOUNDS LIKE DISCO TETRIS - Exclusive new mix for Stockholm Beat Connection as promo for our Stockholm gig in October. With Les Savy Fav, Bonde Do Role, Interpol, Kanye West, A-Trak, Yelle, Afrika Bambaataa, Bat For Lashes, Danger and lots lots more
Live set from Modular including Snowden, Lil Mama, Dragonette, Plan B, Duke Dumont, Bobmo and others.
People are numbers mixtape - 41 mins of mashed up electro, hip hop and shit, including Ying Yang Twins, Ocelot, Fake Blood, Daft Punk, Johnny Cash, Kraftwerk and loads more.
Ice cream Sunday mixtape - An eclectic mix of The Bloody Beetroots, Battles, The Presets, Muscles, Herve, Soulwax, The Black Ghosts, Blonde Redhead and about 32 others.
Rave or die - Rocklands Party live set - Miami Horror, Pharrel, Timbaland, datA, Godspeed, Klaxons and lots more.
Cheese on toast and sambuca mixtape - Van She Tech, MIA, Mr Oizo, All Saints, Kissy Sell Out, Goose, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Boys Noize and more.
Soixante-trois minutes eclectic mix - a bit of everything. With Explicit Samourai, Daft Punk, Plan B, Justice, TTC, Surkin, David Bowie, Modeselektor, Michael Jackson and loads more.
Indie disco mix - Straightforward mix of 55 minutes of indie rock, disco-punk and electroclash. And Justin Timberlake. Including Test Icicles, The Faint, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, Franz Ferdinand, Cut Copy and more.
Other
Mashups, older mixes and things - various mashups and old mixes. Including highlights from our set from the Red Star, and Justin Timberlake vs Uffie mash
Nanomixes - mini mixes under 10 mins. New third one up June 07.
Music blogs - a list of mp3 blogs that have mentioned us or that we like, and what they said about us. Updated Sep 07.
And finally
C'est bon, dit LGG: Hackney, Daft Punk, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, coffee and tea and biscuits, old books, Mr Oizo's Nazis, watching Leyton Orient FC throw away a 1-0 lead and lose, Ed Banger, p2p, Chris Morris, Celebrity Big Brother 2006, pamphlets, The Velvet Underground
C'est de la merde, dit LGG: the Silverlink, the Olympics, Bob Geldof, The Friday Night Project, actual Nazis, wage labour, box office pickup charges, booking charges, Celebrity Big Brother 2007, Nico
- Above graphics thanks to phase02.org
