Smirnoff presents DFA Records Stage @ FMF

Smirnoff presents the DFA Records stage at the Future Music Festival 2012:

James Murphy & Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem/ DFA)
As cutting-edge purveyors of punk-dance-rock anthems laden with dirty sounds and fat, nasty grooves, LCD Soundsystem have enjoyed cult status since bursting onto the scene in 2002 and have been sending main stage festival crowds completely bonkers ever since. The Grammy-nominated brainchild of DFA Records founder and electronic punk music luminary James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem have amassed six top-selling compilations, released a deluge of eclectic hits (including ‘All My Friends’ and ‘Daft Punk Is Playing At My Place’) and had their music snapped up for inclusion in a wealth of video games (including ‘FIFA 06’), high profile TV shows (including ‘The O.C’) and premium advertising campaigns (including one for Nike which featured Murphy’s infamous ’45:33’). Always full of great lyrics, smart themes, sarcastic insults and good jokes, the music of LCD Soundsystem is in a league of its own. Their live shows are always hot, but their DJ sets are even hotter as Murphy takes his crowd on a journey through a DFA-infused land of rare cuts, exclusive edits, unreleased reworks and LCD-inspired bootlegs.

Hercules & Love Affair
Straight of out of NYC, Hercules & Love Affair is the brainchild and prodigious musical project of DJ Andy Butler. Supported by Kim Ann Foxman, Mark Pistel, Aerea Negrot and Shaun Wright, this funk-up, soul-fused, House-driven silky soul explosion is the proponent of floor-friendly tunes like ‘Classique #2’, ‘Blind’, ‘You Belong’, ‘My House’ and ‘Painted Eyes’, and two massive albums – 2008’s “Hercules & Love Affair” and 2011’s “Blue Songs”. Taking the joys of hot nights in cool discoteques to the world with a cutting-edge take on House music’s classic forms, Hercules & Love Affair have made the world fall in love with Disco, all over again.

Holy Ghost!
Featuring the combined talents of long time pals Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel, Holy Ghost! are an Electropop duo who have a knack for tearing roofs off. With their roots firmly embedded in early Hip Hop culture and a penchant for melodic bliss, this winning combination has spawned massive tunes like ‘Hold On’ and ‘I Will Come Back’ and seen the pair remix the likes of Moby, Cut Copy and MGMT. Signed to DFA and often found touring with LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost! are nothing to be afraid of if you dig good times and great electronic music.

Juan MacLean
Responsible for massive singles like ‘By The Time I Get To Venus’ and ‘Happy House’, UK musical maestro Juan Maclean is well on his way to self-decreed global domination. In the last handful of years alone he’s skillfully remixed the lofty likes of Daft Punk, Air, David Gahan and Matthew Dear, and has released a stunning trio of full-length artist albums (‘Less Than Human’, ‘Visitations’ and ‘The Future Will Come’) – and this speaks nothing of his regular jaunts around the world to grace the biggest clubs, festivals and events, with his project partner in crime, Nancy Whang’s. A cult figure amongst fans of the DFA sound, Juan Maclean’s synth-infused pop classics have inspired a legion of followers and continue to provide the soundtrack for big nights out and heaving parties from Brasilia to Berlin and everywhere in between.

Benoit & Sergio
There are few artists making seriously great music while not taking themselves too seriously; that difficult feat is one rarely attempted and even less often successfully carried out. Benoit & Sergio grew up thousands of miles apart, in Paris and Lowa respectively. In 2008, they met at a party in Washington DC and began making dance tracks in the long winter of 2009. Right from the start, they had an insatiable artistic chemistry that kept them in the studio for ten to twelve hours at a time, riffing on each other’s ideas until they had created something even more epic than they had anticipated. They have recently released the "Principles" EP on DFA and "Let Me Count The Ways" for Spectral in May and June 2011.

Horse Meat Disco
Now into their seventh year, Horse Meat Disco have continued to lead the way with packed residencies at their HQ at The Eagle in London’s Vauxhall, Lux in Lisbon and Tape in Berlin. Inspired by the music and inclusive ethos of New York’s club scene during the ‘70s and ‘80s, the collective have garnered a unique reputation for amazing parties and unmatchable sets, the quartet of DJs each mixing their own quality blend of disco juice. During 2011, as well as playing their annual UK festival dates at Glastonbury and Lovebox, they will be spreading the love to some of the world’s leading festivals including Vivid in Sydney, Electric Elephant, Bestival and San Francisco’s Pride.