By ThinkInElectronic / Friday, January 17, 2014 / No comments /
Flosstradamus Who??
Flosstradamus is the stage name of Chicago-based DJs J2K (Josh Young) and Autobot (Curt Cameruci).
They have performed at events such as the Ultra Music Festival, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Pitchfork Music Festival, Rothbury Music Festival, Lollapalooza, TomorrowWorld and South by Southwest. They have worked alongside artists including Kid Sister (Young's sister), Diplo, Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J, The Cool Kids, and A-Trak.
In April 2006, Flosstradamus were included in URB's annual "Next 100".
In 2007, Flosstradamus released a mix album for Vice Records as part of Toyota's Scion "CD Sampler" series. In addition, during the summer of 2007 they embarked on an international tour with Chromeo, dubbed the "Fancy Footwork Tour".
Curt is also active in the Serato Scratch Live community making his Flossy FX sampler available online to the masses via their MySpace page.
Flosstradamus has played at many college campuses such as Wellesley College, Drexel University (alongside Waka Flocka Flame), Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University (playing alongside RJD2), Middlebury College, and Columbia University.
In 2009, they collaborated with NIKE + to create a repetitive exercise mix tape consisting of new De La Soul material.Flosstradamus also collaborated with Chairlift's Caroline Polachek to create the single, "Big Bills" for Green Label Sound (the first original production release from Flosstradamus).[5] They have additionally appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and the Nick Jr. program Yo Gabba Gabba!.
In 2011, J2K featured on Toddla T's 2011 hit Take It Back which was a moderate hit reaching the Top 50 in the UK charts.
In 2011, Flosstradamus released the EP, Jubilation, through Fool's Gold. They released another EP, Total Recall, on February 23, 2012 through Jeffrees/Mad Decent. Their most recent EP, Jubilation 2.0, was released on May 8, 2012.
Flosstradamus produced Iggy Azalea's "Flexin & Finessin" track, featuring Juicy J, off her 2012 mixtape "TrapGold". They also produced "YungRhymeAssassin" from Mykki Blanco's 2012 mixtape Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss.
The duo recently released a trap collaboration EP with DJ Sliink entitled Nomads.
The duo recently posted a video on their Instagram account, which features a preview of a new track called 'HDYBYZ'.
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Catch Flosstradamus playing at Mad Decent Block Party 8/9 Feb 2014.
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