Toolroom Knights Return With Gabriel And Dresden

Toolroom Knights return with the next installment of their DJ-led mix albums. Reflecting the underground sound of the label, this time round mixing duties have been bestowed upon producer/DJ duo Gabriel & Dresden, who prove here why fans and critics have hailed them as the future sound of electronic music. This year brings G&D their 17th Billboard #1 chart hit, the Winter Music Conference International Dance Music Award (IDMA) for "Best American DJ," and is now capped off in fine style with the unveiling of Toolroom Knights, Volume 2 mixed by Gabriel & Dresden.

Gabriel & Dresden explore a more organic and textural musical landscape on this double disc collection, adeptly blending sounds from indie rock band Junior Boys to Claude Von Stroke, Apparat, and The Knife. This collection brings the debut of Gabriel & Dresden's popular remix of the Killers "Read My Mind," and includes exclusive tracks such as Gabriel & Dresden's re-interpretation of label boss Mark Knight's (with D. Ramirez) "Columbian Soul", their remix of Monochrome "Pearl", and Shlomi Aber & Itamar Sagi's "Blonda". Unreleased Josh Gabriel tracks "Summit" and "Crosstalk" add a peak into the solo record he's quietly making.

"When asked whether we would be interested in doing a compilation for Toolroom, we immediately said yes! We knew that this forward thinking label would be the perfect platform to release tracks that had never been heard outside a club, and capture the musical diversity and inspiration of our DJ sets." -- Gabriel & Dresden

Reconstructing and editing most tracks for this album, the San Francisco based duo have spent an age putting together this exceptional two disc mix, carefully selecting tracks that encapsulate the true sound of Gabriel & Dresden right now as DJ's.

Toolroom Knights mixed by Gabriel & Dresden is out October 23 on Toolroom Records.

CD 1:
1 Intro 2 Junior Boys "In The Morning" (Hot Chip Remix) 3 Above & Beyond "Good For Me" (King Roc Dub Mix) 4 Claude Von Stroke "Who's Afraid Of Detroit" 5 The Knife "Like A Pen" (Thomas Schumaker Remix) 6 D. Ramirez & Mark Knight "Columbian Soul" (Gabriel & Dresden Tuscan Soul Reconstruction)
7 Stephan Bodzin "Fahrenheit"
8 The Egg "Nothing" (Dusty Kid Loves Rock Mix)
9 Josh Gabriel "Crosstalk"
10 Ozgur Can "84 Shots"
11 Gabriel & Dresden Feat. Molly Bancroft "Tracking Treasure Down" (Wippenberg 128 Mix)
12 Merkins "Nesk"
13 Trentmoller "Moan" (Trentmoller Remix)

CD 2:
1 Intro
2 Monochrome "Pearl" (Gabriel & Dresden Thirst Mix)
3 Shlomi Aber & Itamar Sagi "Blonda"
4 Eyerer & Namito "QuipaUIPA" (Etienne De Crecy Remix)
5 James Holden "A Break In The Clouds" (Christopher Norman Feat. 3pm Turn On The Lights (Acapella))
6 Gabriel & Dresden With Scarlett Etienne "Eleven"
7 Dubfire "Road Kill"
8 Gabriel & Dresden Feat. Jan Burton "Enemy" (Gabriel & Dresden 2007 Remix)
9 Dusty Kid "Tsunamy"
10 The Killers "Read My Mind" (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Mix)
11 Josh Gabriel "Summit"
12 68 Beats "Replay The Night" (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
13 Mark Knight & Dave Spoon "SYLO"
14 Apparat "Fractals Part 1"

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