There ain’t no such thing as halfway Crookers – especially since this Milan-based remix task force is pretty much on top of its game these days. Not only are they featured on the new mixtape by Kid Cudi (that can finally be downloaded for free after internet myriads of eagerly awaiting here), sending Cleveland’s official answer to Devin The Dude on some sugared-out trip to mars via Sheffield, Rome, and Brooklyn. Also they’ll be headlining the Red Bull Music Academy Stage at Melt! Festival this Saturday, topping off an already serious line-up that also boasts a live set by The Count & Sinden, the Crookers’ former remix clients Edu K and Bondo Do Role, Man Recordings head honcho Daniel Haaksman, Vienna’s DJ Beware, German baile expat MC Gringo, Deize Tigrona (who’ll be featured on the upcoming Buraka LP Black Diamond, by the way), and Say Hooo! Friday night will see DJ sets by the Metalheadz massive (Goldie, Storm, Commix) plus tons of steppas’ delights, courtesy of Caspa and Melbourne lecturer Skream. For the full line-up please see here. Selected highlight sets will, of course, be broadcasted on Red Bull Music Academy Radio.

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Festival goers are in for a treat when they attend the Monegros Festival this weekend - adding to the killer line up, the Red Bull Music Academy stage keeps the low end heavy, with sets from Skream, Benga, TRG, and Real. Fresh from destroying the lounge speakers at Sonar, and dropping a bass-off mix versus Martyn on Mary Ann Hobbs' show this week, TRG is getting well into his stride. You can catch his mix live from Sonar right here...

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Besides causing serious excitement amongst the likes of Benji B, Todd Osborn, Gilles Peterson, and Mary Anne Hobbs, with his debut single Get Familiar b/w Rude Effort on One Handed Music, Acton-based beatcat Bullion has delivered a Trainwreck Mix for RBMA Radio, focussing solely on tracks with a precious metal in their title.

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It's not exactly just round the corner, but sometimes that can work in your favour. Bucharest's don of twisted garage TRG has been putting shower faces on dance floors all across the globe, from the dub steppers spiritual homes of Croydon, Mass, and Plastic People, to the techno-crats of Rotterdam and Manchester's breaks and d'n'b scenes.

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Emma Warren, music journalist and Red Bull Music Academy team member, brings you her indispensable insiders' guide to all things Academy related with the Wandering Feet podcast series. Getting deep inside the London Workshop Session, she speaks to past participants Hudson Mohawke and Flying Lotus, catches up with Academy lecturer Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet, and sticks her head into some heavy live master classes: Witness Danny Breaks teaching MPC skills, Beni G smashing Serato, and Wookie perfecting the art of the remix. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ll also hear Ethio-Jazz legend Mulatu Astatke in conversation with Gilles Peterson and learn all about his groundbreaking collaboration with Stones Throw’s Heliocentrics.

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