Afghan Raiders
Genres: DJ/Electronic, Indie rock
Web site: http://www.badicalbeatsrecordings.com
The Raiders—Mikey and keyboardist Beans (Vincent Campillo), both 26-year-old Green Valley High grads—which played its first show on June 20 (Mikey estimates the gig tally now stands at 10), has just five songs in its repertoire, but the 30-minute set is made memorable by Mikey’s intense, punk-rooted vocals, Beans’ fun-to-frolic-to synth swirls and the loosing of inflated balloons into the raging mob.
The Raiders’ lone release, the Future Thinkers EP—featuring two dynamite original cuts and other artists’ remixes of both songs—was pressed on the duo’s own imprint, Badical Beats. Mikey and Beans have also been commissioned to remix the track “Mirror Error” for popular synth-pop outfit The Faint.
- Free MP3s:
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1901 (Remix)
Mirror Error (Afghan Raiders Remix)
The Drop I Hold featuring GZA (Afghan Raiders House Party Remix)
- Recent Appearances
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Hey Champ with Afghan Raiders at Wasted Space
Afghan Raiders at the Beauty Bar
Rock Royalty at Revolution Lounge with Afghan Raiders
Afghan Raiders at the Beauty Bar
Afghan Raiders at the Beauty Bar
- Musicians:
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Vincent "Beans" Campillo – Keyboards, Synthesizer
Michael "Mikey" Francis – Vocals - Formed:
- 2007, Las Vegas, NV
- Influences
- LCD Soundsystem, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), The Presets, Digitalism, DFA
- Current status
- performing
- Discography:
Future Thinkers/Solid Gold EP - Label: Badical Beats
Released: 2008 - Related Links:
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Afghan Raiders MySpace
Ginsberg, Germans and solid gold Afghan Raiders overcome odds with 30-minute CMJ takeover
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Air raid
Curtain call
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