LA Riots’ exclusive Coachella DJ mix

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LA Riots don’t do nuance. The Riots’ remixes for A-list electro acts such as Justice, Hot Chip, VHS or Beta and Kid Sister break the faders on every ingredient that matters to a packed dance floor: crunching bass, anthemic hooks and jittery edits that have come to define crossover dance music in the last year.The duo recently signed on with MSTRKRFT’s management and got a record deal with Fools Gold, the label co-owned by Kanye West’s longtime DJ, A-Trak, which has been running the table on flinty hip-hop and electronica. But the Riots made time to craft an L.A. Times-exclusive DJ mix of artists performing at Coachella that they feel define the electro scene this year. It’s 20 minutes of relentless party-starting cuts from France, England, Australia, Brazil and exotic Canada that you can expect to hear in this year’s dance tent, and features several of their own hotly tipped remixes of Coachella artists. Here's what the Riots had to say about what went into this mix:

"We chose artists that we feel directly relate to what's going on in electronic music today. It was pretty easy with the lineup at this year's Coachella because so many of the artists are staples in our sets. Every single song we used in this mix we've played in the clubs recently."

Polish your Wayfarers, don your gold-lamé swimsuit and remember that Paris doesn’t have a lockdown on sweat, sex and techno. We do just fine on our own here.

Hot Chip -- "Ready for the Floor (LA Riots Remix)" Buy it here.

Kavinsky -- "Testarossa Autodrive (sebastiAn Remix)" Buy it here.

Justice -- "DVNO (LA Riots Remix)" Buy it here.

Bonde Do Role -- "Gasolina (Radioclit remix)" Buy it here.

Uffie -- "Hot Chick" Buy it here.

M.I.A -- "Bamboo Banga" Buy it here.

Kid Sister -- "Control (LA Riots Remix)" Buy it here.

Cut Copy -- "Saturdays" Buy it here.

Chromeo -- "Needy Girl (Vandalism Remix)" Buy it here.

Boys Noize -- "oh! (A-Trak Remix)" Buy it here.

Justice -- "The Party (LA Riots Remix)" Buy it here.

Yelle -- "A Cause des Garcons" Buy it here.

Tegan and Sara -- "Back in Your Head (Morgan Page Remix)" Buy it here.

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Comments

[benga]

It figures these guys cant do anything without puting themselves above everyone else. If its to feature other artists when why put so many of their own tracks? Oh yeah because Danielle has the biggest ego out of anyone I have ever met and probably thought the mix was to feature him, and him alone.

[Brian]

I just saw LA Riots in Vancouver last week and I must say that these guys are so rad. They are going to get more than 15 minutes you can bet.

Peace

[MOE SHEIKHA]

mad ups to la riots!!!

[steven]

excellent programming as the tracks flow really well together. wouldnt expect anything less from these two as their DJ sets are some of the tightest i've ever seen. they definitely shouldnt be lumped into that whole hipster stare-at-the-computer-screen-to-mix category that many of these new DJs fall into and their tracks are pretty much a staple in most peoples sets. the hype is definitely warranted. these guys have only been together for about a year and have done so much more than most accomplish in ten!