The Frikstailers first came to my attn via DJ Ripley and Stu FatPlanet, both of whom seemed to admire their “fidget groove” (thx, stu!). I too was instantly enamored with their glitched-up, tech-housey (blog-housey?), syncopated dance traxx. They helped me to imagine Argentina in a different way, hearing Córdoba as another outpost of the EDM whirl, even if one would be hardpressed to place Frikstailers on a map based purely on their transnat’l sound.

Their theirspace offers the following enlightening description:

The music of Frikstailers has mainly a very high level of energy. This is the super rhythmic and sampladelic project in which Rafael Caivano and Lisandro Sona work their taste for the freestyle dancefloors. In their compositions pieces of artists that shake the group unconscious of all the world like Britney Spears, Madonna or Justin Timberlake, are dismembered in microsounds that mutates until they get to another dimension, they reach another aesthetic and meaning This tunes, mainstream hits, pass thru the multiprocessor of Frikstailers, they are mixed with noises taken almost from any font. The final result of all this touches for moments styles like dancehall, reggaeton, hip hop, funk, house and techno. Sometimes they become strange, schizophrenic, but yet they keep the glamour of the original pieces. Frikstailers is part of the catalogue of the promotion label Pino Rec, based in Mexico and Argentina, which objective is to promote latinamerican artists that compose electronic fusion music.

Recently the Friksters have been mixing in (and mixing up) some styles emanating closer to home but resonating widely abroad — namely, cumbia and funk carioca. As they put it,

“Baile Frik” is our way of making a funky carioca dancefloor track and “Sudaka Invasor” is some powerfull Dancehall-Cumbia track. We are shure you’ll enjoy them.

I definitely enjoy these, esp “Sudaka Invasor.” I’m shure you will too!

Frikstailers, “Sudaka Invasor”

Frikstailers, “Baile Frik”