you love my shake

genre: electro-house
artist: Fukkk Offf
album(s): Remix Is King; In Da Club-- Fukkk Offf Remixes
featured tracks: Love My Shake (ft LaClopeAuBec); In Da Club (ft Hazel, Entyce)
label: Coco Machete
street date: February 25th, 2010; June 22nd, 2010

Fukkk Offf hails from Hamburg, Germany-- a hometown he shares with Boys Noize, D.I.M., and Digitalism. A few interesting tidbits, before we get to the tracks. I promise, they're good.
1) Fukkk Offf was still working his day job as recently as December of 2009. So... he works all day, spins all night, and sleeps...when, exactly? Solid work ethic.
2) LaClopeAuBec's remix of Love My Shake is featured on Remix is King because they won a remix contest with Fukkk Offf about a year ago. They've since exploded in popularity. That's about a billion times cooler than winning American Idol.
3) Fukkk Offf says he knows he's played a good set when the audience salutes him with a barrage of middle fingers after the encore. I like his style.
4) In an interview with Fairtilizer, Fukkk Offf stated that his music is "more than just a plingplong of sounds" and that he wanted to create a space in which he could "express feelings about love and hate in a more aggressive way, without any rules." I would say this approach is successfully reflected in his work.

Love My Shake is expertly remixed in a way that's had me dancing in my chair for the last four minutes and twelve seconds. The track starts with a simple splice of the lyrics, then adds some solid drum & bass layers with treble accents that suck you in. LaClopeAuBec masterfully strips away and rebuilds variations of these layers throughout the entirety of the song to yield a fluid transition through the prologue, conflict, climax, and resolution. Sweet.

In Da Club pairs Hazel's sassy rap skills with Entyce's sultry vocals and Fukkk Offf's addicting beats to ensure that YOUR body moves to the bass and the beat. If you listen to this track on repeat (as I have been...), you'll be rapping along with Hazel in no time. You might even get your own feisty attitude and accidentally sass your boss. Oops.

STREAM STREAM STREAM! (and then dance, dance, dance)