Chromeo rocked the crowd on Sunday afternoon with a set that was so… gangsta. Click through for more photos of Chromeo and check out all of our Electric Zoo photo galleries HERE.

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Before summer comes to a close and we begrudgingly ease ourselves back to reality, Fool’s Gold Records is bringing back their Labor Day extravaganza for one last hurrah.

Now in its second year, Fool’s Gold Day Off has all the elements of a perfect summer day – a barbeque, drinks, and a killer soundtrack courtesy of Juicy J, Danny Brown, Just Blaze, the Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak & Dave1), Araabmuzik, Cubic Zirconia, Party Supplies and Nick Catchdubs.

What more could you ask for? An afterparty? No problem. The party will continue with the Fool’s Gold Night Off at Westway with music by the Brothers Macklovitch and Just Blaze.

So there you have it: the perfect summer send-off. Make sure you get there early, last year’s event reached capacity before nightfall. And if you need a soundtrack to get you psyched CLICK HERE to check out Danny Brown’s XXX mixtape, and HERE for Party Supplies’ Firecrackers mixtape.

David “Dave 1″ Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel (better known as Chromeo) have just released their newest video for When The Night Falls featuring Solange Knowles. The video is filled of your typical 80′s music references as well as a synth line that almost identically matches Madonna’s Lucky Star. The mildly disturbing video seems to suggest Dave 1 can immediately impregnate women with just a look- oh baby baby. Overall, this track should give a fun upbeat kick to your mundane Wednesday.

Looking to get out of the city for the weekend? Then consider getting funky in Vermont at the Royal Family Affair on August 12-14. Headlined by Soulive, Chromeo, Lettuce and Big Gigantic, the line-up also includes Medeski, Deitch & Skerik, Break Science featuring Chali 2na, The London Souls and a closing set by the Royal Family All Stars.

In addition to your typical festival programming, the Royal Family Affair is hosting afternoon music workshops that cover a wide range of topics including composition, improvisation, production and engineering. The esteemed faculty? Eric Krasno, Adam Deitch, Neal and Alan Evans, Skerik, John Medeski and the Shady Horns’ Ryan Zoidis and Sam Kininger. Workshops cost $15 each, $75 for an unlimited workshop pass, and are free with a Full Rager VIP Pass.

If that weren’t enough, the Royal Family Affair is offering a wide range of activities that are free to all ticketholders, including hiking, free beer tasting, paintball and tennis.

Sounds like the makings of an awesome weekend. The Royal Family Affair will be held at Stratton Mountain in Bondville, Vermont, which is accessible by car, train or shuttle bus. CLICK HERE for more info about planning your trip, and get your tickets HERE.

Last Friday, Fool’s Gold Records descended upon Paris for a night of epic proportions. The night featured a live performance by Chromeo and DJ sets by A-Trak, Nick Catchdubs, DJ Craze, Breakbot, Kavinsky, and Rogerseventytwo.

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Festival season is officially upon us, and lot’s of events this year are looking to expand. This includes Made Event’s annual celebration of all things dance music, Electric Zoo, which has added a third day to their weekend extravaganza that will take Labor Day weekend, September 2-4, 2011. The line-up is as follows:

Friday, September 2

☛ Main Stage: Moby (DJ set), Benny Benassi, Rusko, Tiga, AN21 & Ma Vangeli

☛ Hilltop Arena: Richie Hawtin Presents Plastikman (Live), MSTRKRFT, Felguk, Gareth Emery, Markus Schultz, Robbie Rivera

☛ Carl Cox & Friends Take Over Sunday School: Carl Cox, Loco Dice, Joris Voorn & Nic Fanciulli (B2B), Victor Calderone

☛ Red Bull Music Academy Riverside: Crookers, Martin Solveig, Bart B More, Busy P, Feed Me, SebastiAn

Saturday, September 3

☛ Main Stage: David Guetta, Above & Beyond, Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77, John Digweed, Sander Can Doorn, Sub Focus

☛ Hilltop Arena: Ferry Corsten, ATB, Andy Moor, Dirty South Joachim Garraud, Mat Zo, Sean Tyas & Simon Patterson (B2B), Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano

☛ Sunday School Grove: Luciano, Danny Tenaglia, Carl Craig, Chris Liebing, James Holden, Steve Bug

☛ Red Bull Music Academy Riverside: Skrillex, Super Smash Bros, 12th Planet, Beardyman, Kid Sister, Porter Robinson, Tommy Lee & DJ Aero

Sunday, September 4

☛ Main Stage: Armin Van Buuren, Afrojack, Chromeo, DJ Snoopadelic, Calvin Harris

☛ Hilltop Arena: Boys Noize, Diplo, Big Gigantic, Carte Blanche, Excision & Datsik, Fake Blood, Jack Beats, MiMOSA

☛ Sunday School Grove: Richie Hawtin, Dubfire, Gui Boratto, Guy Gerber, Ida Engberg, Nicolas Jaar (Live)

☛ Red Bull Music Academy Riverside: Infected Mushroom, Gabriel & Dresden, Arty, EDX, Hardwell, Kyau & Albert, Mark Knight

More artists TBA!

Payment Plans

Passes to the festival can be purchased HERE. This year, Electric Zoo is also offering a payment plan for those who would prefer to not pay the full sum all at once. This payment plan contains two options. The first payment option allows you to pay a 50% deposit of your order total upon purchase of the pass, plus service fees, with the remaining 50% automatically deducted from your card on August 1, 2011. The second option allows you to pay 30% of your order total plus service fees as your first payment, with the remaining total automatically deducted in equal payments on July 1st and August 1st 2011.

Dust Reduction

Electric Zoo will also be making efforts to reduce dust this year, as the dancing and frolicking of 25,000 pairs of feet coupled with the unusually dry summer took a toll last year, and by the end of the day, the grass had been trampled and a lot of dirt had been kicked up into the air.

Here’s a list of things they’ve put in place to reduce the dust:

• Flooring will be used in all of the tents. This means that where all that dancing is going on, the grass will be protected and dirt won’t be kicked up.
• Dirt service roads will be covered with flooring. As our crew travels in golf carts and other vehicles to get from place to place around the perimeter of the festival grounds, there’ll be far less dirt stirred up.
• Making use of existing pavement for high traffic areas, including the area directly in front of the main stage. The main stage will be moved back this year in order to create more space. This will mean that a large area directly in front of the main stage will now be situated on pavement rather than grass. So when you “tear up the dancefloor” in front of the main stage, you’ll no longer be tearing up grass and kicking up dirt at the same time

They’ve also hired lawn specialists to consult with and work with Randall’s Island Park to improve on the maintenance of the field and to get it as healthy as possible before Electric Zoo.

Check out our coverage of last year’s Electric Zoo HERE, and stay tuned for more information and updates from us as the event draws closer!

More often than not, when I see a band perform on multiple occasions they fail to live up to the magic of the first time. Last Friday at Terminal 5, Chromeo proved to be one of few anomalies as they continue to elevate their game from show to show.

This was their first New York performance since the release of Business Casual, and for the first time since I initially saw them live (in 2009 at street Scene in San Diego) they had an album’s worth of new material to add to their show. Chromeo presented a well-balanced set list, playing favorites drawn from all three albums. They hit it out of the park with the encore, which included my two favorite tracks from Business Casual, “J’ai Claqué La Porte” and “Grow Up”.

CLICK HERE to view photos from the night, which also featured The Suzan and MNDR. Don’t miss The Suzan on March 4 when they perform at the Downtown Music Festival at Webster Hall. Tickets available HERE.

Chromeo is movin’ on up… to Terminal 5, to be exact. Following the success of their third album, Business Casual, and several sold-out shows last summer (including THIS ONE at Bowery Ballroom), Dave 1 and P-Thugg are embarking on an 11-city tour, kicking off next week in Quebec City. This is the duo’s first tour since they released Business Casual last September.

The Risky Business tour will stop at NYC’s Terminal 5 on February 4 and will feature opening sets by MNDR and Fool’s Gold darlings The Suzan. Unfortunately, the show is already sold out, BUT there are plenty of other ways for you to get your Chromeo fix. On January 18, the duo will release Live From Montreal iTunes Session exclusively on – you guessed it – iTunes, and you can catch them on TBS when they perform on Conan on February 21. And best of all, the Duck Sauce remix of “Hot Mess” featuring Elly Jackson (La Roux) is available for free. Listen/download below.

Chromeo featuring Elly Jackson – “Hot Mess” (Duck Sauce Remix) [download]

On Monday, Fool’s Gold Records teamed up with the good folks at Jelly to celebrate the end of summer with their “Day Off” Labor Day party. Held in the City Winery backyard, the afternoon featured DJ sets by Nick Catchdubs, Klever, Kill the Noise, Craze, Just Blaze and The Brothers Macklovitch, with live performances by The Suzan, Pill, Donnis and Yelawolf.

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Brace yourselves, because this weekend is going to be an absolute marathon. After the Electric Zoo takes over Randall’s Island on Saturday and Sunday, Fool’s Gold Records is throwing a HUGE “Day Off” party on Monday to in celebration of our nation’s lack of labor.

The event will feature a plethora of Fool’s Gold artists and friends, with live performances by Yelawolf, Pill, Donnis and The Suzan, and DJ sets by Just Blaze, Craze, Klever and Kill the Noise. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Fool’s Gold party without its founders Nick Catchdubs and A-Trak, who will also be spinning. A-Trak and his brother, Chromeo’s Dave 1, will once again join forces as The Brothers Macklovitch for a tag team set.

The party kicks off at 2 PM at the City Winery Backyard in SoHo. No need for tickets, it’s a free event.