21.9.08

I HATE CROOKERS

Why does everyone cream for Crookers? Everytime something new from them drops my only reaction is one of utter bewilderment. Uh, another fucking Crookers remix. Fucking groan. Let's be serious people, cut the bullshit. What's the appeal here? I find their wonk stuff so intolerably bland and boring. But time and time again they'll be ruling the Hype Machine charts and are uttered in the same breath as the likes of MSTRKRFT, Beetroots and Ed Banger. At least those peeps can churn out an interesting couple of minutes. Yeah I kind of dug that one they did with Kid Cudi, but that's not enough win me over. Especially when they give us this rubbish SO remix.

Shinichi Osawa - Rendezvous (Crookers Remix) [Click through to stream]

Yeah whatever, call me out on it, say I'm a douche and that I should shut up. A spade is a spade. I'll call it. They're overrated.

This one's underrated, and surely the best mix on The One +.

Shinichi Osawa - Our Song (Song + You) (Remixed by De De Mouse)

Angry comments in 3, 2, 1....

SHINICHI OSAWA

DE DE MOUSE

99 comments:

cigi said...

oh man, totally right! someone else on the same opinion at last

Anonymous said...

you SUCK! nah just joking, you are right with crookers, not cool

Rasmus said...

Ok, they may be slightly overrated, but they still have their moments. I really enjoyed their essential mix and the Busy P, Cudi and Rimini remixes, but a lot of their own stuff is pretty meh..

disconnesso said...

Respect!

(from an italian guy who doesn't love EVERY little thing done by Crookers)

:)

Justyna said...
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Anonymous said...

i couldn't agree more!

nicko said...

man, the crookers are awesome. i love their shit!

Anonymous said...

i concur. crookers = sigh

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Andrew said...

AMEN TO THAT

CROOKERS = :-/ (hmpft)

Anonymous said...

crookers are fairly over-rated yeah, they've released some real stinkers. but this track isn't that bad, hardly even wonky and the bassline is cool as

Ricky said...

Crookers are terrible. Their remixes are so monotonous and annoying, its depressing how many people pretend to enjoy it.

christen said...

def not a fan of crookers, can see how some ppl would dig them, but my problem is that their sound is based totally on groove, no melody/harmony that im a sucker for!

Anonymous said...

fair play everyone has their opinion but have you actually seen them dj? They rip up every rave they play at, and love doing it. I love DJ@s with ENERGY!

Anonymous said...

good tunes to get your munt onto

Deckhead said...

i totally agree, i hate djs who are starting out and play about 4 crookers track in a set, and all the lil scene kids who are gurning hard will get up and dance.

Anonymous said...

You're just jealous.

Anonymous said...

Methinks you hold way too much pop-bias, seeing as your blog is so "omg indie dizko as fux".

Ugh. Tiresome.

Joe said...

Agreed

crookers are lame and only fags like crookers

ha

Anonymous said...

take the main rif from any song, use filters to achieve annoying, stretchy rave sound, use switch's drums - THEN - use vocals for first verse - then the chorus - then crookers rave section aaaaaand repeat.

agreed. boring.

sam said...

a lot of that Eye talian stuff is pretty wankstah. got sick of that casa del mirto stuff in about 20 seconds, bloody beetroots ehhh?? tell me something that i might like besides junior jack's velveeta from italy?

ElNinoJTDJ said...

Crookers have some awesome tunes, some are bit samey and boring but there Knobbers tune is cool and the busy p remix was awesome and come on the we are prostitutes remix was the tune of 2007

Leyva said...

Love your honesty and yes it's your opinion and it's valid for you. I feel the same about other re-mixers, producers, and re-dubbers...

Anonymous said...

if they were shit they wouldnt be successful..enough said

Anonymous said...

not shit, just over done.

Anonymous said...

crookers r the worst set out
there only successful for the reason that little kids jus wanna jump round, listen to real producers like daft punk n they got squat

valerie will rule the world

Anonymous said...

"if they were shit they wouldnt be successful..enough said"

if you push out enough remixes, you're going to hit the mark every 15 or so. consistency should be more highly valued.

JoeVizz said...

to be fair ur right about consistency bein more important. and in terms of music quality is def more important than quantity. but i gt the feelin sum people say they dont like crookers cos theyre massive now and dont want to be seen to be 'following' the crowd. and wna appear like theyrefar more interested in 'underground' stuff...just to sound cool. come on u know u rave ur tits off to it in ur bedroom when no ones watchin ;)

Anonymous said...

ok you can't deny the awesomeness of 'love to edit' or their remix of 'bad runner' or 'let me back up' or to 'protect and entertain' or 'thunderstruck' i mean those r all pure bangers 2 rock any dancefloor (btw have u heard gypsy p hahahaha BORAT DISCO DANCE).....however i will say that their new stuff is annoying and repetitive

Gabriel said...

I think their essential mix is one of the best, far better than MSTRKRFTS and maybe Soulwax are the only contendors for top spot in my opinion

they're remix of fancy footwork is also a massive tune not to mention their remix of let me back up by don rimini

if anything I'd say they're UNDER-RATED! x

eyedropFUNK said...

crookers rule , why are they getting slated for producing music its what they do and love.

have you heard mstrkrft recently, not good.

have you heard crookers secousse and rendevous a maz ing.

Joe said...

all you dudes saying crookers are wicked seriously need to broaden your music collection.

all their stuff is so generically bangerish and its just rediculious

the only reason they are as successful as they are is because they sell out and do mixes for fucking one love!

D E F E A T said...

even my music is better.

that shit is like being stuck in a washing machine.

Dilla said...

Gutta agree, their stuff is pretty much the same all around and bland but fuck is it ever fun to mix with other genres tho...to me thats what I find brilliant about them...that and Im a hardcore raver

Anonymous said...

Its boring and repetitive, and ok you need a few decent bangers in a set, but wtf happened to melody? For me rave lost its 'vibe' a long time ago, now there are these pale faced scene kids thinking they're so 'now' for taking MDMA and gurning to crookers rofl
Far too many Jusitce wannabes out there too.
When will people go back to being imaginative and creative rather than jumping on whatever is popular at that moment in time...

Dan said...

They were pretty good at Tank.
Dont listen to them much anymore.
They are abit overrated I must agree. Their new stuff isent very good. All the same

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Anonymous said...

Totally agree, I'd go so far as to say that I wouldn't be at all phased if they died in a horrible plane crash.

Jan said...

Good thing you're honest. That's awesome!

Tintin said...

Agreed... Crookers are playing in dublin(ireland) next month on the same night as russ chimes and all the tools in dublin are heading to crookers...

crookers are bunk...

johnny the d-bag said...

One time I saw a croooker and i jabbed him in the nuts and said "gimme back er jerbs!"

Anonymous said...

I've gotta semi-agree with you here.
Crookers are on the same note as MSTRKRFT For me. Every once in a while they come out with a really great remix, or a really great original, but in between these tracks theres like 40,000 shit remixes that just kill songs.

Anonymous said...

man what do you mean the likes of ed banger. ed banger is a record label, how can u compare an individual artists music qaulity agaisnt a a whole label?
other then that, crookers ARE overrated but are still pretty good. hence their popularity?

brian savage said...

to be honest, i really loved crookers' early stuff like big money comin' and knobbers, when wonk was new to me. the wobble was fresh and sounded great on a big system. but that sound got tired real quick, much like the beetroots (well they were always shit in my eyes, one trick pony's playing to crowds of sheep). crookers have breaths of fresh air every 10 remixes or so, but the rest is for the birds.

Anonymous said...

youre totally wrong. i wouldnt really sit down at home at listen to crookers over high tea, but they rock any night out with hardcore bass, bouncy rythms and a mental atmosphere. go stuff yourself.

Winnie said...

Crookers like Mstrkrft came out with a unique sound and did advance things a bit which you have to give them credit for. Their sound isn't that novel anymore and a lot sounds the same and as if it was made 5 minutes too.

They have put out some gems that have made a lot of people dance their ass off so you shouldn't hate just because everyone is in cool off disco mode now.

Anonymous said...

yeah they lack consistency but they pull out huge bangers and they do them properly. formulaic? yes. overplayed? yes boring? no fucking chance, some of you people need to relax and have some fun.

Paul said...

Great post. Totally agree with it's sentiment.

Anonymous said...

Nah this is bullshit

Anonymous said...

A good producer decides to appeal to the mainstream market instead of indie nerds writing pop blogs :o

Mark 0 zero said...

i really dont have anny remix of croockers i dont like their shit. .. . more or less , more less.

Anonymous said...

maybe if you guys spent more time making better music then you might be successful like crookers. one out of 15 of there remixes might be good, but at least they are spending their time working on 14 other remixing and not blowing hot air on some hollar board. and let them put out as many "shit" tracks as they want. they are still getting booked and still getting paid. whens the last time any of you got a check for talking shit?

Anonymous said...

not to mention norman cook signing crookers to southern fried... i mean we all know how little he knows about good music. norman and crookers are do-ers you all are talk-ers. nuff said

Anonymous said...

and you cant call someone a sell out if you havent even sold. seems like only you smart people with better music/skills then them have a problem with them. jealous.....just a bit. i mean how do u post on a blog called i hate crookers and claim to be better then them? are you serious???

Anonymous said...

those young kids who dont know anything and just want to just around are called a target audience / fan base. bitter ass bloggers must be your target audience. good luck with that.

Dave said...

When did i claim to be better than Crookers, dickface? Jesus christ it's like a Hipster Runoff comments-war on here.

Anonymous said...

you fucking shit cunt the crookers are rokn the scene!! get with it buddy.. boring i dont think so..... there remix's rock teh d floor and get every one pumped try downloading a kiss lose canons mix jesus..

Chev B said...

hahahahah your such a doofus!

rockn the scene hey?

Anonymous said...

personal opinion never gets you anywhere in these blogs.
and no one here can say their music is better.
i dont see anyone featuring at big clubs around the world.
The crookers and hot right now. if you dont like them... screw off and listen to something else.

Anonymous said...

u need to understand the their roots to hip hop and how they fuse hip hop beets with an electro house feel. Its not about hype, if you can understand what they try and create with their sound and how unique it is. Obviously you don't listen to it loud enough. If you've got some speakers in you car, then bump them. Its a different experience louder.

Anonymous said...

I totally disagree, you suck

Anonymous said...

Nothing against those ho like em, but I agree they are overrated. I didn't know they were big and previously underground, I just don't like their stuff. Seems to me they just take perfectly good songs and butcher them into club hits. Everyone is always shocked but I actually like the original cudi better than the crookers remix...at least the original has some life to it. the remix just sounds like another song to dance to

Anonymous said...

if you don't like there music
don't listen to it dude .

plain and simple .

of course it's gonna get
old if you keep listening to it
douchebag ..

Anonymous said...

Just saw them live in nz a week ago, they are so much better live than on cd, definitely music not to be studied but just let loose too. My friend mr ecstasy tells me he likes crookers very much.

Josh said...
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Josh said...

"I kind of dug that one they did with Kid Cudi"

...not gonna take this review seriously.

And lets get real, Ed Banger lol. Justice and Oizo and ocassionally SebAstian drop tunes. The rest are whack on CD....amazing live, i can say this having seen most of the crew one time or another


Lets not forget Crookers are DJ's and untill you see them live i doubt you know....then again im sure if you saw them live you wouldn't know the difference

Getting tired of neon kids tryna be coinneseurs of the scene. Go Back To Pelski

Anonymous said...

some crookers tunes are hard to listen to if its just you and your mp3 player...
but played out on a sweet soundsystem they are fucking amazing. you guys just need to get out some time and hear the tunes.

also why make a forum on this? you have wayyy too much time on your hands

Anonymous said...

your an idiot crookers fucking rule! as someone else said, have you ever seen them dj? best two sets i've ever seen, and thier own stuff rocks the dancefloor everytime. people who keep going on about being annoyed coz of young gurners dancing to crookers tunes get over it, they're the future for all dj's so get a grip. crookers rule!

Anonymous said...

Mate who cares. They make loud, banging stuff which sounds great when played live. And about the scene kids, it sounds like you're the one trying to be cool by making a blog about saying they're crap. I couldnt care less if scene freaks like them, most people i know love them cause they provide tunes which you can get down to!

Anonymous said...

i agree with the guy above! rock off, rave on!

weimer said...

LIFE IS BORING

Anonymous said...

OMG!!
have u ever seen them dj!! i have seen many djs!! my fav is the man himself Boysnoize then 2nd is crookers!! the buzz u get from them is amazing!!
If u dont like fidget house then dont listen to them! No1 makes u listen to them.

Crookers are amazing they play with the music and arent scared and their randomness is superb! ie we are prostitutes into its a kinda magic :D

Anonymous said...

OP is shit. Crookers are cool.

Don't drop bombs, drop acid.

Anonymous said...

OP is still shit.

To poster two above, damn yes, just saw Boysnoize @ Summerdayze in NZ, well worth it.

Anonymous said...

OK.... All of the DJs that you bloggers post about are over rated!!! Yes there are a lot of talented DJs with good tracks out there, wether remixes or originals... But as soon as they get posted on a blog, everybody and their mom hear it and the artist is caught up in the viral whirlwind and all of the "hype"! Of the different sites out there Hype Machine chose there name wisely.(I guess this one got the name right, but doesn't see the irony)... That's exactly what they are a machine that creates hype around an artist. Some of them deserve it more than others!!!

So, what are we to do???? Stop blogging??? Don't send links for mp3s???

That's not the answer... We have to accept that the internet and technology has changed the music scene. Now, there is going to be a lot more shit to sort through to find the truly good music.

My point simply... Don't Hate on the Crookers!!! They are much better than many of the other DJs popular in the blog world... And after seeing them live I can say that they definitely have skills!!!

Anonymous said...

Dude, anyone that bring awesome remixs to the mainstream and rock the top40 chart etc. is doing nothing but good to the 'scene'.

You wanna be original? invent a new scene.

Anonymous said...

Dude, anyone that bring awesome remixs to the mainstream and rock the top40 chart etc. is doing nothing but good to the 'scene'.

You wanna be original? invent a new scene.

Anonymous said...

got to say i felt the same way for about 6 months but lately they've been growing a bit on me. honestly only useful for a quick breakdown in a set otherwise it bores people... the radio1 mix is stellar though and they keep it varied enough so as to keep me interested. feel free to disagree.

Anonymous said...

you cant deny that his remixes dont make you want to jump around. they get a party started. that "best" track you posted there of osawa made me want to fall asleep while watching some fucking stars in an indoor observatorium.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me, but you fools cannot make an opinion on Crookers without hearing the essential mix.

Pure gold.

Anonymous said...

you bastard,crookers rules man, get use to it !!!

Anonymous said...

signed to southern fried aren't they? last i heard norman cook knows a little about music

their style comes from a hip hop background, i like it. Its good to hear out every once and a while, rather then a Dj going off on some shit house tangent, play what the people want to hear, you'll get no where otherwise.

I'd chuck in 1-2 songs from crookers in a set everytime, and they always go off

Anonymous said...

Crookers are nasty. I listen to all types of hip-hop and I can't get into a lot of house and electronica because it's not always funky the way i like it, but crookers are.

Their essential mix was incredible.

Day n NIght remix is incredible.

Embrace the martian is incredible.

maybe i would think they were overrated if i listened to more of your type of music

Anonymous said...

firstly,if u have enough time to make a webpage about hating crookers you have no life.theyr tunes are fukin rockin so all you sados get with it.

Anonymous said...

firstly,if u have enough time to make a webpage about hating crookers you have no life.theyr tunes are fukin rockin so all you sados get with it.

Anonymous said...

i can understand that some people dont like what others do but i think ure a fuckin wanker for comin on here and saying that they are bullshit and bland and this and that and thinking ure opinion is the only correct one,
u ask almost anyone who listens to music if they have heard of crookers and 90% will say yes, cant say that for many djs

Matthew said...

Couldn't care what you think. I love the Crookers tracks and always will.

Anonymous said...

http://wemakeitgood.com/mix-series/volume-07-crookers

shut up, listen and learn!

Tony Sap said...

Crookers changed the game and you are just a hater. If you think you can bring it, just do us and stop your whining! There's enough music out there for everyone. If you don't like it, just skip to the next song or change the channel. CROOKERS FOREVER BABY!!! MILANO REPRESENT FOR ALL YOU SUCKAZ

Daniel said...

they're pretty good
but not all of their mixes are the business
and ppl swear they are like the only good djs there is , please there's plenty more

Liam said...

100% disagree
I love the Crookers
and think you are completely wrong.

Carmine said...

Bro. I get Where your coming from


HOWEVER

crookers have that style!!

EG. Knobbers get everyone in the discotech going "po po po po Po!!!"

i think they are original and cool!!


CANT WAIT FOR THE ALBUM CROOKERS!!!

Anonymous said...

ummm, thats cool that you dont like them and all. but im quoting this directly from the top of your page.

"If you are the artist or label, then I post your music because I genuinely love it."

what a load of horse shit?

Anonymous said...

get a life you twat haha maybe find something else to do cause you wont get much fun from life wanking over a computer screen all day haha

LOSER

Mad Pete said...

Thay suck horribly, but don't say it in public. You'll get lynched by people who think they know something about music...
(p.s. I have to admit: love to edit & rmx of bad runner were ok ;), but that's it )

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WOW LOL. for someone that sits there and talks like he know a thing or 2 about electronic u sound dumb as fuck. yeah crookers arnt the best producers but there sick as fuck. wether u like them or not. thats y ur still sittin there on the computer with nothin better to do then to b hatein like a fagget and there up there all night doin wat they do best "droppin fuckin bombs for madd money" lets see u do anybetter hater.. otherwise shut the fuck up, cuz frankly u dnt have shit on anyone in this sceen.

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