EF Records is an independent record label founded in 2009. Based in LA and Charleston, SC, EF Records artists DJ, host parties, and produce music in a wide range of genres including electro, house, and disco.


December 26, 2010

All the Big NYE Parties
posted by: cmnder

The end of 2010 only week away. If you don’t have NYE plans yet, here are some good ideas for where to make some bad decisions.

hard nye 2011 log angeles

Los Angeles
\\EF Records choice for FREE\\
NYE at The Bar:
-Sean Patrick, Joshua Glazer

\\EF Records choice for GETTING BUCK\\
Hard NYE
-Mr. Oizo, Brodinski, Dj Falcon, Congorock, Destructo, Harvard Bass, Sean Pry, Mike Messex, Chris Holmes

The Standard Hollywood
-The Ravonettes by the pool, and a DJ in Purple Lounge (TBA, but we hear it’s Drop the Lime; if that’s true, this is where we’ll be when the ball drops)

Sublevel
-DJ Pierre, London’s Mr C, and LA local Doc Martin

Together As One at the LA Sports Arena
Laidback Luke, Markus Schulz, Wolfgang Gartner, Dada Life, Major Lazer (Feat. Diplo & Switch), Jack Beats, DJ Reza, Kill The Noise, Rusko, Pendulum, Nero, 12th Planet, and more

Giant New Years Eve 2011 (if your looking to get take it back to 1999 with some heavy trance)
-ATB, Gabriel & Dresden, Kristina Sky, Dresden & Johnston, Francis Preve at Hollywood Palladium

Playhouse
-Cedric Gervais

Culprit’s annual party at The Standard downtown’s roof top (free!)
-Droog, Tanner Ross & Sergio, Santos

Avalon Hollywood: John Digweed

King King: Chloe Harris, Erphun, and Kazell

New York
Galiktik: Tevo Howard headlinig

Let’s Play House: Morgan Geist

Mister Saturday: Kyle Hall, Martyn, and DJ Qu

Le Bain: Holy Ghost!, House of House, and Nancy Wang (of LCD Soundsystem)

\\EF Records choice\\
24-hour endurance party at District 36
-Scuba, Robag Wruhme, Pan-Pot, DJ Three, Alexi Delano, Nina Kraviz and leading Berghain resident Ben Klock
-Drinkin and Dancin for 24 hours straight!

(via Resident Advisor)

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cmnder
@ 6:27 pm
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December 5, 2010

Culture Clash with DJ Funk
posted by: cmnder

Last Thursday MACHETE and I hit up LA’s Culture Clash in downtown LA. CC in the US brought a battle of 4 local labels; Dim Mak, Stones Throw, Smog, and Dub Club. The spot was the LA Exchange, a music venue in an old bank building, who’s main room brought 50ft marble ceilings and amazing lights. Each label had a 15 min chance to bust out what talent they had in 3 different rounds. By the end of round 2, reggae group Dub Club (who was dropping an amazing reggae set feat. legendary guest MC Shinehead) had, by all accounts, stoned themselves out of the running, and DJ Funk, reppin’ for Dim Mak had brought some crazy booty house to the floor. Check him out in this video working the mic like it was behind on rent.

DJ Funk for those of you who don’t know is a Chicago house legend. He’s the man the behind Ghetto House, Booty House, and everything that got nasty with house music. The only thing better than his booty house beats is his incredible mic work. This is where I see our own JeffET in a year or two.

Dj Funk – Hoes In This House (Richi Jamz Remix) by RichiJamz

By the end, the comp got down to a showdown between Smog and Stones Throw. J Rocc, DJ Craze, Peanutbutter Wolf, and Mayer Hawthorne duked it out until Stones Throw came out on top thanks to some crowd cheering and decible meters…

stones throw dub club smog dim mak culture clash

Check out this awesome/maybe creepy ninja guy rockin out on the Dub Club stage.

-CMNDer

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December 2, 2010

Rusko – Hold On (Them Jeans Remix)
posted by: machete

them jeans

I had the pleasure of meeting the tall drink of water they call Them Jeans (6′ 9″ to be exact) Tuesday night at Cinespace. When he’s not holding down one of the best weekly parties in Los Angeles for Dim Mak, he’s also producing good music (he held down a top position on Hype Machine with a Yeah Yeah Yeahs remix for almost an entire week last month).

Here’s a brand new remix from Them Jeans:

Rusko-Hold On (Them Jeans remix) by Them Jeans

Looking forward to seeing this homie perform with Thee Mike B, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mayer Hawthorn, J Rocc, and so many more at Culture Clash tonight. Apparently the show is sold out. Big ups to the big guy for getting us on the list. Full report to follow.

culture clash la

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machete
@ 6:37 pm
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November 23, 2010

Simian Mobile Disco @ Avalon
posted by: cmnder

simian mobile disco

Last Saturday MACHETE and I checked out Simian Mobile Disco at Hollywood mega-club Avalon. Our new homie and Avalon resident, Cody Lee, dropped a seemless tech-house set in the side room, and Simian Mobile brought an ear dismantling DJ performance with lots of lights and lots of bass. Definitely heavy on the techno, which for us is muy bueno.

On a side note, I still don’t get why the crowd is 90% Asian on at this place on Saturdays! I must conclude that the party is seriously goin’ down in China if 50 year old Chinese men are tripping out to techno at 3am in Hollywood… Next EF vacay: Beijing!

simian mobile disco avalon hollywood

The duo recently released a new mixtape with (a couple of their own remixes!) called Is Fixed
One of my recent favorites by new star Pantha du Prince brings the end into some dreamy techno. Get on it.

Go to Beatport.com Get These Tracks Add This Player

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cmnder
@ 3:31 pm
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November 20, 2010

What… the.. fuh…?
posted by: machete

Apparently this is really happening. The Dim Mak blog cleverly chooses to use the phrase “music battle” rather than DJ battle, but I’m just really curious to see what’s up with this.

Red Bull Culture Clash Dim Mak Stones Throw

Knowing LA, a best case scenario for this show will be a shooting where the victim survives. Again, that’s a best case scenario. I’m gonna try and go, but I’m wearing a vest. And no, JeffET, not the Cosby vest.

I also stays inVESTed,
DeNitto

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machete
@ 2:10 am
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November 19, 2010

Mowgli Forever
posted by: machete

mowgli deadfish audio

Mowgli is one of the most unique (and reputably hardworking) producers I’ve come across over the past year. His label, Deadfish Audio, releases music for a roster of artists like Round Table Knights and Yolanda Be Cool (remember “We No Speak Americano”? Of course you do) with a hard-to-categorize style of dance music production completely their own. So I was very excited when I saw this new brand new mixtape by Mowgli, which sounds like deep underwater house mixed with tropical space disco. Enjoy:

MOWGLI – November 2010 Mixtape by Mowgli

Oh, and I got even more excited when I saw this:

mowgli j-wow junior boys

J-Wow and Mowgli in the same place, and the only location info being a party line lets you know shit will be legit. If you’re in LA, don’t sleep on this!!

MACHETE

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machete
@ 1:23 pm
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September 25, 2010

Modeselektor in LA!
posted by: cmnder

Had the chance to check out German electro/hip-hop/glitch duo Modeselektor a few nights ago in LA. Their set was more of a live performance than a DJ set, and super dope. They pretty much played a track live, with killer video mixing behind them, for about 5 or ten minutes, and then got on the mic and talked for a sec…then screamed into the crowd and dropped some ridiculous bass!

modeselektor

modeselektor

Their stage performance was pretty good and a little bit of a f-you to the d-bag theater ppl who wouldn’t allow cameras or even gum inside and made you go back to your car to put it away because they hate fun… At one point, Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary (Modeselektor) needed a simple bottle of champagne for crowd drenching in order to do a bass drop, very necessary …with the music stopped and their requests for some bubbly falling to deaf ears, they got the entire crowd chanting “champagne..champagne!” before emptying an entire cooler of ice water on the everyone, turning the fancy theater into a kiddie pool. Needless to say things got nuts from there on out. Modeselektor, you rock!

Here are some vids from the night:


The light show with the huge chandeliers looked dope.


Modeselektor singing live vocals in funny voices.

-CMNDer

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@ 11:45 pm
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