FOOL’S GOLD

We told you there was more Bag Raidin’ to be had! Check Sammy Bananas’ damn near freestyle-y take on “Fun Punch” featuring the vocals of BK belter Carrie Wilds, available for free download from our friends at RCRD LBL.

Buy the original BR single from Beatport, iTunes and anywhere else fine digital music is sold in North America (vinyl on its way too). It’s got a new track with Donnis plus remixes from Jokers Of The Scene, XXXChange and Jan Driver.

The latest addition to the Fool’s Gold cavalcade of hits is the Big Fun EP from our Sydney, Australia brothers Bag Raiders. Buy it from Beatport, iTunes and anywhere else fine digital music is sold in North America (vinyl on its way as always!)

It’s a family affair, led off by the extra-funky Donnis collab “All The Girls,” along with brand-new, unreleased remixes of BR hits “Fun Punch” by Jokers Of The Scene and XXXChange and “Turbo Love” by Jan Driver. If you’re already a fan of Bag Raiders’ wiggly, synth-driven dancemania, we’re happy to give you some new treats - and if this is your very first introduction to the duo, buckle up!

More soon, including a very special Sammy Bananas remix. Be sure to check the Raiders on the new Bang Gang 12 Inches compilation out now as well.

Our pal Gus from Bang Gang is drawing on the wall in honor of the new Bang Gang compilation LP. The crew has been dropping a series of mini mixes to promote it, including this one from Bag Raiders. Kingdom + Kid Sis in there!

The looooooong awaited Bag Raiders “Big Fun” EP on Fool’s Gold - featuring some fresh remixes of their signature tunes + brand new surprises - is out in a matter of days, stay tuned…

We definitely believe in the power of smart partnerships and teamwork over at FG HQ, which is probably why one of our earliest outside supporters was fellow start-up RCRD LBL, who built their whole site around supporting artists and presenting great selections of free, authorized new music.

We’ve done free downloads and track debuts with RCRD LBL for almost as long as we’ve been a label ourselves, and this Tuesday (7.14) we’re linking up with them yet again for the 1st RCRD LBL “Friends & Family Meet Up” from 7-10pm at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. Reps from the family of labels involved on the site (Fool’s Gold, Ghostly, Warp, etc) will be premiering tons of brand new and unreleased music - and generally just kicking it - so come through and start your evening with us!

To get you psyched, hit the jump to download ALL of the free Fool’s Gold music available on RCRD LBL - tracks, remixes (our own as well as jams our artists have crafted for others), mixtapes and more. Over 50 tracks! (more…)

Stray & Grass is the brainchild of Christopher Brave aka one half of Bag Raiders aka “Stray” and his flatmate (”Grass,” duh) who devised a whole magical world of food / rap themed t-shirts and cheeky r&b songs. Dive into the site, download the mixtape, buy some tees!

In other Bag Related news, Bang Gang has just released their “Turbo Love” remix single in OZ (stay tuned for an exclusive Jan Driver mix on the Raiders’ forthcoming Fool’s Gold EP) and the guys produced a elaborate rap epic for countryman MC Snob Scrilla. Download em!

Keeping with todays interview theme, a bunch more Q&As with the fam have popped up on these internets of ours over the past few days. Read up on your read ups!

- Nick Catchdubs on Fairtilizer
- Nacho Lovers on Pulse Radio
- Bag Raiders on Nicky Digital
- A-Trak on Paste
- Nick Catchdubs on Sneaker Freaker

If you live in select North or South American cities, you can check Chris and Jack jamming out in your neighborhood some time this month. For instance, tonight they’re kicking things off in Santiago, Chile with Tiga, next weekend they’ll be on our home turf…they’re even going to Kansas!

If not, keep up with their adventures vicariously on the newly relaunched Bag Raiders site, and stay tuned for that forthcoming Fool’s Gold 12″, it’s a doozy. Insane remixes? Check! Rappers? Check! Ze Germans…?!??!

Go throw some support to our Australian brothers in Bag Raiders by voting for them in the Triple J Radio “Hottest 100″ Poll. YES WE CAN! (Sorry, just wanted an excuse to say that again.)

Sydney’s Bag Raiders just dropped this funky piano of a remix for OZ label-mates ZZZ. You should play it really loud while dancing around your room or washing your car or Twittering from your phone or doing any of the simple things that make life worth living.

ZZZ “Lion (Bag Raiders Remix)” [mp3]

If you likey, grab this and the rest of the tracks and remixes from ZZZ’s latest single over at Beatport. And don’t forget, the Raiders make their stateside debut on Fool’s Gold in early 09 so there’ll be more from them very very soon!

The Australian sensations and witty young gents known to the world as Bag Raiders hit our fair city for a freebie show tonight @ Plan B (339 E. 10th St @ Ave B) sponsored by Scion Radio. Midnight Juggernauts, Tittsworth, Ayres, and Blu Jemz will also be playing DJ sets, so be sure to roll through.