LA’s Droog crew launch Culprit label

LA’s Droog crew launch Culprit label

20 March, 2009 | 12.28PM

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Music News: culprit, droog

Los Angeles is positively brimming with electronic music talent, and the Droog crew are one of the city’s most promising techno collectives.

Having zoomed onto the horizon with a series of quality intimate techno parties including a weekly Sunday knees up at The Standard hotel downtown, the trio of Andrei Osyka, Brett Griffin and Justin Sloe are fast becoming one of the West Coast’s most talked about DJ trios.

Now Droog have decided to launch their own label called Culprit, and Seth Troxler, Lee Foss, Lee Curtiss, Kenneth James G., and Jamie Jones all feature on their excellent first EP.

We’ve got exclusive sneak peak previews of the tracks after the jump!

Droog’s label Culprit was a long time coming and they clearly worked hard behind the scenes to ensure the label’s first release would be a launch pad for future successes.

By roping in Jamie Jones, Seth Troxler and Detroit’s Lee Curtiss for the first EP, Droog have assembled a cast of talented young guns who deserve all the recognition they can get.

The label’s launch party is at Damian Lazarus’ Get Lost party at Miami’s Electric Pickle on March 28th.

Hot Natured ‘h.e.a.d.s’

Londoner Jamie Jones teams up with sometime Drooger Lee Foss for a trippy soulful tech house record with plenty of wacky FX and jigged-out vocals. Church organs and an interesting arrangement take the record through a plethora of moods and grooves.

Kenneth James G. featuring Kelly Johnston ‘Animals Tonight’

‘Animals Tonight’ is one of the standout cuts on the EP, a dirty minimal house record with sultry female vocals, late night gritty bass and plenty of afterhour power. This one could blow up.

Lee Curtiss & Seth Troxler ‘Slipping’

What do you get if you cross Lee Curtiss’ deep techno beats with Seth Troxler’s funky spatial tech house? You get ‘Slipping’, a slow-burning candle of bubbly tech house that oozes sophistication. It’s an understated, subtle approach to simplified techno.

Lee Foss ‘Solo’

There’s a strong Seth Troxler influence on ‘Solo’, which makes sense considering the two producers are friends. But Foss takes the minimal soul movement down a complicated path of moving basslines and ketamine-fueled techno that rambles and groans, but somehow still manages to stand on two feet.

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