CENTIPEDE by Darko
exclusive mixtape for Metro

TRACKLISTING
Rampage & Nader - I Gave You Love (Starks & Nacey Remix)
Freeez - IOU
Chromeo - Bonafied Lovin (Eli Remix feat. Pase Rock)
Class Action - Weekend (Extended Club Version)
Bohannon - Let's Start II Dance Again
2 Tons of Fun - I Got The Feeling (Dicky Terrel Edit) 
Pase Rock - So Fuckin' Disco
Chanelle - One Man
Ray Mang - Number One
Paparazzi - Stop (BlackShag Dance Edit)
Martin Circus - Disco Circus
Dimitri from Paris - Talking All that Jazz (Torti's Old Skool Mix)

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Metro is pleased to welcome Yeasayer back to our stage to ring in 2011. Those lucky enough to have seen Yeasayer's only Chicago headline show in 2010 (a sold out April 29 performance at Metro) know why their live performances are some of the most highly anticipated this city has seen this year. Of that show, Chicago Tribune critic Greg Kot said "The group de-emphasizes rock conventions – rock power chords, heavy-handed drumming – in favor of influences drawn from hip-hop, world music and even disco. Nobody sounds quite like them..."

The night kicks off with the band Health. Rooted in the DIY noise scene in L.A., Health has been making music together since 2007, when they released their self-titled debut album. Soon after, they began touring with friends Crystal Castles, who also contributed a full album of Health remixes, Disco. Their second album, Get Color, was released in 2009, and was followed, per tradition, by a remix album, Disco2. In addition to their devotion to music, the group sees itself as artists of all stripes, with plans for a full clothing line and internet television show in the works. Health is so devoted to the full artistic experience of their audience, you know their live show will blow you away.

Yeasayer will headline the event with a live set ringing us into 2011. Since the release of their critically acclaimed 2007 debut All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer has been around the world and back again. Known for their psychedelic visuals during live shows, Yeasayer built a reputation for inspiring performances that always leave the audience wanting more. Inspired by musicians hell-bent on sonic experimentation as well as those more comfortable in a pop context, Yeasayer find their domain spanning across the musical spectrum. Their second album, the recently released Odd Blood, plays out at a blistering pace, yet it never sacrifices depth or content. One thing is certain: Yeasayer are accomplished audiologists who are willing to pilfer decades of pop sensibilities and cultural history to create something that is uniquely their own.

After Yeasayer’s live set, the late night dance party continues all the way until 4am with DJ sets by Darko (Devlin & Darko / Spank Rock) plus special guest DJs. Darko is best known as one half of the DJ duo Devlin & Darko as well as a member the live act Spankrock. With an obsession for 1980s hip hip and scratch DJs, Darko joined with Chris Devlin 2002 and began playing gigs. They have DJed with the likes of Beck, KRS 1 and Gnarls Barkley, as well as finding time to start the successful monthly parties, ‘Baltimore Bass Connection’ in Baltimore, and ‘Fully Fitted’ in NYC and put out highly popular mix tapes with XXXchange. As one of the DJs behind the genre-crossing party rap phenomenon of Spank Rock, Darko mixes verything from classic hip hop to Italo disco to French electro into a dance party that’s populist without being strictly pop. Expect him to keep things bouncing until the very moment the lights go on and the sound guy pulls the plug.

Centipede Mixtape by Darko (NYE 12/31/10 @ Metro, Chicago)

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