Afghan Raiders
Genres: DJ/Electronic, Indie rock
Web site: http://www.badicalbeatsrecordings.com
The Raiders—Mikey Francis and keyboardist Beans (Vincent Campillo), both 26-year-old Green Valley High grads—recently welcomed a new edition to their electro-pop outfit, drummer Drew Marcogliese from L.A.
The Raiders’ lone release, the Future Thinkers EP—featuring two dynamite original cuts and other artists’ remixes of both songs—was pressed on the former duo’s own imprint, Badical Beats.
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- 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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Afghan Raiders at Snitch
Beauty Bar's 5 Year Anniversary show
Warpaint and Afghan Raiders at Beauty Bar
Neon Reverb presents Pan de Sal at Beauty Bar
Hey Champ with Afghan Raiders at Wasted Space
- Musicians:
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Michael "Mikey" Francis – Vocals
Vincent "Beans" Campillo – Keyboards, Synthesizer
Drew Marcogliese – Drums - 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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