Aaron Lacrate (milkcrate records), Rob Wonder March 17, 2007

Aaron LaCrate, born and bred on the mean streets of East Baltimore, grew up as a party dj cutting his teeth at Baltimore clubs, lofts, and warehouse parties since the age of 10 years old has been making beats in the basement. Aaron is a student of rocking parties w/ uptempo bangers especially Baltimore Club music. As a kid Aaron LaCrate snuck out to underground parties in some of B-more's most notorious drug infested areas to hear some of the heaviest tunes to come of out of bodymore, murdaland. It was during the late 80's that LaCrate started collecting one of the most comprehensive Baltimore Club collections in the game.

Aaron LaCrate's label Milkcrate Records first major Baltimore project pushes the genre into new territory, properly titled B-more Gutter music. The release features Spank Rock, Low Bee and the inception of Amanda Blank, alongside Aaron LaCrate's brutully raw session of xxx-rated crunked out 120 bpm club cracked hyper beats - guanteed to pack any dancefloor. Mostly self produced bangers like bodymore, murdaland, get um gerl, and the debonair samir SPANK ROCK collabo "BLOW" make the Gutter music release a classic and garnered major attention from i-D, Dazed and Confused, HHC, Fader, Urb, The Observer, The Standard, Uncut, GQ, and NME. "B-more Gutter music is this years "Piracy funds Terrorism" the mixtape of the year" claims HHC. LaCrate is the creator of the Gutter music genre!!

The B-More Gutter music european tour is proof of the musical explosion going on. Aaron LaCrate's beats and selection cater to a cross section in club culture, combining the most infectious elements of dance, house, hip hop, miami bass, and crunk - into an addictive mix of head nodding, bass thumping, booty clapping, doo doo browning, repetitive insanity. LaCrate's brand of crunked out dance music has ripped up dancefloors from Moscow, London, Paris, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and all across America..

With LaCrate's upcoming solo produced jumpoff "bodymore, murdaland" featuring, Amanda Blank, Uffie, Juelz Santana, and others suprise guest to be released early this summer and remixes in the works for Busta Rhymes, Mark Ronson, and others as well as too much music dropping on Milkcrate Records, this DJ and producer is headed for big things. So dont miss out on your chance to bring a little gutter fun to you part of the world.

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