The MFA - Official Site

New single 19th October 2009

2009-09-30T17:23:00.006+01:00

We are very pleased to announce that our new single Throw It Back (We Will destroy you) is coming out on 19th October on Border Community.

We're sorry that we dissapeared - the track took a little longer to come out than we thought it might!

We hope you like it - and there is even a video (we'll post it here as soon as we are able)

Update: Here's the video! Thanks to David Insull for doing it and Gemma at BC for the idea and organising:

Barcelona

2007-09-16T16:55:00.000+01:00

It's been a while since the last update. Didn't have any decent photos to put up from Berghain, since cameras are banned inside. But it was fantastic to return to Berlin and get used to being in a club at 7AM again!

We were in Barcelona last weekend for The Loft which was also great fun. DJ Mehdi was especially good in Lolita.

Gig Flash

2007-07-23T17:53:00.000+01:00

We are playing on Saturday 28th July at Berghain, Berlin. We've played there before and it was great so we are looking forward to it.

We were meant to be playing at the PowerStock Festival in Italy this weekend but due to some confusion its not happening any more. We haven't cancelled though - it was their choice, unlike what it says on their site.

Spain Photos

2007-05-14T21:07:00.000+01:00

Nitsa / Macumba

More TShirt Photos

2007-04-29T14:45:00.000+01:00

New Production Alert

2007-04-14T23:59:00.000+01:00

We were very pleased to be asked by the about to be resurrected Hooj Tunes to remix the first track from the re-birthed label by Mono Musique. Keep a look out for it in a few months time.

Gig Flash

2007-04-14T23:55:00.000+01:00

We will be taking a break from our break from gigging on the 4th and 5th of May for a weekend in Spain. It's nice to get out of the country sometimes.

We will be at Macumba in Madrid on the 4th, and we return to our friends at Nitsa in Barcelona on the 5th.

No new production alert

2007-04-14T22:00:00.000+01:00

We have been spending hours locked up inside the studio, this is why we need to go to Spain so that we can get some sun on our pale, pasty skins. This is with the end aim of writing an album; so far we are making good progress, in 3 months we have started one track and half finished another, so at this rate we should have an album in time for the London Olympics.

Sonar 2006

2007-01-02T00:34:00.000Z

There's a few clips up from last year's Sonar festival on Youtube. Thanks again to Gemma Burditt for the animations that she did for us.

Gig List 2007

2007-01-01T14:22:00.000Z

04 May 2007 - Macumba - Madrid

05 May 2007 - Nitsa - Barcelona

28 July 2007 - Berghain - Berlin

2006-12-12T10:19:00.000Z

We are taking a break from gigging at the moment after a long and very fun year. Click here to see where we've been. Our personal highlights were playing Sonar; our final gig in Dublin organised by Bodytonic; and of course our friends from Barcelona from both Nitsa and The Loft. But we'd like to thank all the clubs we've played at - we've had a fun year.

Thanks very much also to Gemma Burditt for doing the animations that we played live at some of the larger venues.

We hope to return at some undecided point in the future with a new live show. Until then, goodbye for now...

Bpitch Photos

2006-07-30T17:20:00.000+01:00

Rex Photos

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Photos

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Random photos we found the other day...

Nitsa

2006-03-01T13:45:00.000Z

2006-02-20T10:19:00.000Z

The remix that we have done of Duoteque's track 'Daki Theta' for Boxer Sport will come out on the 17th April. Hope you all enjoy it.

Gig List 2006

2006-01-01T14:17:00.000Z

07 Oct 2006 - Pod - Dublin, Ireland

21 Sep 2006 - Le N.A.M.E Festival - Lille, France (www.lenamefestival.com)

16 Sep 2006 - Motomix 2006 - Espaço das Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

19 Aug 2006 - Watergate - Berlin, Germany

12 Aug 2006 - Lolita Stage, Creamfields Spain Andalucia - Spain

05 Aug 2006 - Plock Festival - Plock, Poland

15 Jul 2006 - Urban Gorilla - Sheffield, UK (www.urban-gorilla.co.uk)

14 Jul 2006 - Bilbao Live Festival - Bilbao, Spain

07 Jul 2006 - Rote Sonne - Munich, Germany (www.rote-sonne.com)

30 Jun 2006 - Douala - Ravensburg, Germany

24 Jun 2006 - La Dune - Montpellier, France

23 Jun 2006 - Late Night Session, Magnet - Liverpool

17 Jun 2006 - Sonar Night - Barcelona, Spain (www.sonar.es)

11 Jun 2006 - Wax, 93 Feet East - London

09 Jun 2006 - Le Zoo - Geneva, Switzerland

03 Jun 2006 - Primavera Sound Festival - Barcelona, Spain (www.primaverasound.com)

24 May 2006 - Nuits Sonores Festival - Lyon, France

15 Apr 2006 - Le Pres Des Arts - Valbonne, France (www.association-phosphene.org)

01 Apr 2006 - Club 11 - Amsterdam, Holland (www.ilove11.nl)

18 Mar 2006 - Studio Martin - Bucharest, Romania

10 Mar 2006 - Sankeys Soap - Manchester, UK

25 Feb 2006 - Rex Club - Paris, France

18 Feb 2006 - Dirty Dancing - Brussels, Belgium

28 Jan 2006 - Petrol - Antwerp, Belgium

27 Jan 2006 - Full Spectrum, Patronaat - Haarlem, Holland

21 Jan 2006 - The Loft - Barcelona, Spain (www.salarazzmatazz.com)

2005-12-29T10:19:00.000Z

We are just putting the finishing touches to a remix we are doing for the label 'Boxer Sport' - our friends from Cologne. It will be released early next year - more details when we have them.

2005-11-30T10:18:00.000Z

We've recorded a new single called .Throw It Back (We Will Destroy You).. It is going to be released on Border Community around Spring time next year. We.ll be able to give you more details closer to the time.

2005-08-11T10:18:00.000+01:00

Our core business of flogging t-shirts was going a bit slow so we decided to do a remix of God's Uncle's rocking Overclockers to keep us occupied... It's out soon on Precinct Recordings so keep a look out. If you really can't wait there are promos available at city16.com.

2005-06-11T10:18:00.000+01:00

Zone Day is nearly here and the promos are out there. Released on BPitch Control on the 4th July 2005 it's a three track EP and there's something on there for all the family...

2005-05-08T10:17:00.000+01:00

The new MFA T-shirts arrived over the weekend so go to the T-shirts page to secure your one now!

2005-04-10T10:16:00.000+01:00

Coming later in the year: Amazing magical MFA mugs. Click here to see a demonstration. Also keep your eyes peeled over the next month for the next level of MFA t-shirt design. (10 Apr 2005)

2005-04-04T10:16:00.000+01:00

New Release Alert: Our new three tracker 'Zone Day' will be released on the 27th of June on Ellen Allien's Bpitch Control label. The tracks are called 'Disco 2 Break', 'Rinse Time' and 'Overhang'.

Miami Photos

2005-04-01T13:31:00.000+01:00

2005-03-10T10:16:00.000Z

MFA excursion to Miami: We're closing down the Deskbound Complex for a week so that we can go to Miami for the Winter Music Conference. Come and join us and check the live dates page for where we are playing.

2005-03-01T10:15:00.000Z

The MFA remix explosion is complete. All the hard work in the Deskbound Complex means that we have finished a remix of 'Bellona' by The Junior Boys. This will be released on Domino USA along with a Fennesz remix of another Junior Boys classic.

2005-02-12T10:15:00.000Z

We've just finished a remix of Telepopmusik's new track 'Into Everything', and to celebrate, we are playing at their album launch party on the 25th Feb 2005 in Paris. Check the new Live Dates page for details of our forthcoming gigs.

2005-02-06T10:15:00.000Z

Alongside the legendary Superpitcher and James Holden we will be performing at Panama, Amsterdam on 4th March 2005 at the new Border Community residency.

The following morning we will head to Cologne for Boxer's Unz 2005 party. You can find Maurice Dulz, Beatschubiger, RGB and Catya and our goodselves at the Sensor Club, Cologne on the 5th March 2005.

2005-01-29T10:14:00.000Z

Some fun news today... We've hooked up with cool German label Bpitch Control...

First up is a remix for Ellen Alien's next release, 'Magma', to be released within the next few months we think.

Also we have been hard at work in the Deskbound Complex and have produced four new tracks all of which will feature on our debut EP with Bpitch. The EP should be released in the first half of this year.

Gig List 2005

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17 Dec 2005 - Berghain - Berlin, Germany (www.berghain.de)

17 Nov 2005 - Nordik Impakt - Parc Des Expositions, Caen, France (www.nordik.org)

12 Nov 2005 - Industria - Porto, Portugal

11 Nov 2005 - Via Latina - Coimbra, Portugal

10 Nov 2005 - Lux - Lisbon, Portugal

05 Nov 2005 - Daytona - Montpellier, France

04 Nov 2005 - Studio 88 - Marseille, France (www.studio88.tv)

29 Oct 2005 - Nitsa - Barcelona, Spain (Nitsa)

08 Oct 2005 - Die Registratur - Munich, Germany (Die Registratur)

24 Sep 2005 - Click - Hamburg, Germany (Click)

17 Sep 2005 - Boogey Byte, Bpitch Control Meets Border Community. Popkomm Special. - Maria, Berlin, Germany (Border Community | Bpitch Control)

10 Sep 2005 - The Loft - Lausanne, Switzerland

25 Aug 2005 - Pop Festival, VJ Arena - Panoramahaus, Cologne, Germany (Pop)

20 Aug 2005 - Venue - Halkidiki, Greece

19 Aug 2005 - Venue - Athens, Greece

16 Aug 2005 - Cavo Paradiso - Mykonos, Greece

06 Aug 2005 - Playground - The Key, Kings Cross, London (Playground)

05 Aug 2005 - Bugged Out! - The Loft, Barcelona, Spain

28 May 2005 - Bpitch Control Night with Ellen Allien - Rex Club, Paris

27 May 2005 - Ekko - Utrecht, Holland

15 May 2005 - WMF Ellen Allien Thrills Launch Party - Kulturfabrik Berlin, Germany

15 Apr 2005 - Nitsa - Barcelona, Spain (Nitsa)

14 Apr 2005 - Mondo - Madrid, Spain

25 Mar 2005 - Border Community Party - Bed, South Beach, Miami (Border Community)

21 Mar 2005 - City 16 Party - Nocturne, South Beach, Miami (City 16)

05 Mar 2005 - Unz 2005 with Boxer and others - Sensor Club, Cologne, Germany (Boxer | Sensor Club)

04 Mar 2005 - Border Community - Panama, Amsterdam, Holland (Border Community | Panama)

25 Feb 2005 - Telepopmusik Release Party - Plaza, Paris, France (Telepopmusik)

2004-12-24T10:13:00.000Z

Merry Christmas everybody! We hope everyone has a fun Christmas. See you in the new year.

2004-10-17T10:13:00.000+01:00

Rome awaits the MFA... We will be playing at the Linux Club for Drumbamatic on the 4th December 2004. It looks like it is going to be an amazing night - see you there! The Medicine Bar will also host the MFA along with others a few days later on the 9th December for club night Stripped.

2004-09-30T10:13:00.000+01:00

The new MFA T-Shirts and MFA T-Shirt competition winner have been revealed! Go to the T-shirts page to view the new designs and see if you've won the T-Shirt competition.

2004-09-24T10:09:00.000+01:00

We really do have the motherload of news today:

Two Billion Year Journey was recently released on EQ. Copies are available from both Juno and City16.
Motherload/The Sphinx is out now on Precinct. Again copies can be found at both Juno and City16.
The Difference it Makes is being re-released on Kompakt soon(ish).
There are promos flying around for Dextro's really great 'Do you need help?' record soon to be released on Border Community. It has a remix by ourselves plus some tools from James Holden.
And finally, the new batch of T-shirts are on their way. As soon as they appear we'll put them up on the site.

2004-09-04T10:08:00.000+01:00

The second online Exposure Festival is fast approaching and you will be able to find us in the Oslo Nights arena. It kicks off at 3PM (GMT) on Friday 10th September and lasts for a full 15 hours. Find out more on the Exposure Festival 2004 website.

2004-08-03T10:03:00.000+01:00

We are playing live at The Egg in King's Cross, London on Friday 13th August. The night kicks off at 10pm and continues through to 5am. It has quite a line-up too - other DJs are Martin McNeil, Neil Quigley, Will Saul, Andy Morris, Dobbs, Kingkade and Introspective. You can find more in formation on the Junktion website. Hope to see you there!

2004-07-09T09:55:00.000+01:00

We are playing at Audio Deluxe on July 16th at The Dry Bar on Long Lane in London alongside Mike Hiratzka, Andy Newland, Paul Ledwich and Andy Hunter. Should be a good one and its free if you get there before 9:30PM.

2004-06-08T09:54:00.000+01:00

The new design of T-shirts have arrived!! Check out the T-shirts page for info on how to order your one.

2004-05-24T09:54:00.000+01:00

You can buy CDR promos from City16.com of our release on Precinct "Motherload & The Sphinx". Records won't be in the shops for a while so this is the best way to get a copy quickly. (24 May 2004)

2004-05-13T09:54:00.000+01:00

You can now buy copies of DJ Yoshi - Dreamer featuring our remix along with a Luke Chable remix from City16.com.

2004-05-12T09:46:00.000+01:00

Our track 'The Difference It Makes' is going to be re-released on Kompakt POP around August time. It will feature the original plus a remix from Superpitcher which we are sure will be excellent.

2004-05-11T09:45:00.000+01:00

T-shirt update: We have sold out of our first T-shirt design now. Thanks for buying them. We are expecting some new T-shirts soon and we will put the details up then.

2004-03-02T09:43:00.000Z

On the 30th April we are playing a live set at Turnmills. James Holden and Petter will also be there DJing throughout the night.

2004-02-29T09:43:00.000Z

We're performing live at Mazzo, Amsterdam on 26th March alongside James Holden as part of the Border Community residence. Should be best fun - see you there!

2004-02-19T09:43:00.000Z

The MFA T-shirts have arrived and we're ready to send them out. Check on the T-shirts page for details on how to buy your one.

2004-02-06T09:42:00.000Z

Thanks for all the emails requesting T-shirts. We have finally got our asses in gear and a new batch is being printed. Check back in a couple of weeks for a look at the new T-shirt designs and details on how to order your one.

2004-01-26T09:42:00.000Z

'The MFA - The Difference it Makes' was officially released on Border Community today. Buy it from 3Beat's site and from all good record shops including HMV.

2004-01-04T09:40:00.000Z

We have just completed a remix of DJ Yoshi's Dreamer for Red Jerry and Ben Lost's new label Precinct. This will be released along with a Luke Chable remix of the same track as the second release on the label. We are also putting the finishing touches to two new tracks 'Motherload' and 'The Sphinx' this week. These will be released in a few months on Precinct.

2003-12-24T09:35:00.000Z

We'd like to wish everyone a peaceful, relaxed Christmas and a very good year. One of our new year's resolutions will have to be to keep this page updated a little more frequently, as we've been a lot more active than this page would suggest. Anyway, Merry Christmas and see you in the new year!

2003-11-23T09:34:00.000Z

Australian label EQ have signed our track 'Two Billion Year Journey'. It should come out around March/April next year and it will feature a remix from Dirty Fours.

2003-11-18T09:18:00.000Z

A release date of late January has been scheduled for our track 'The Difference It Makes' on Border Community. In addition to the Petter remix it will include a bonus mix from the MFA.

Discography

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Duoteque - Daki Theta
(The MFA Instrumental and Vocal Remixes)
- Boxer Sport
- Apr 2006

Gods Uncle - Overclockers
(The MFA Remix)
- Precinct
- Aug 2005

Zone Day (EP)
- BPitch Control
- Jul 2005

Telepopmusik - Into Everything
(The MFA Remixes)
- Catalogue
- Jul 2005

Ellen Alien - Magma
(The MFA Remix)
- BPitch Control
- Apr 2005

The Difference It Makes
- Kompakt POP
- Nov 2004

Dextro - Do you need help?
(The MFA Help Help Remix)
- Border Community
- Oct 2004

Motherload/The Sphinx
- Precinct
- Sep 2004

Two Billion Year Journey
- EQ/Grey
- Aug 2004

DJ Yoshi - Dreamer
(The MFA Remix)
- Precinct
- Mar 2004

The Difference It Makes
- Border Community
- Jan 2004

Biography

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The MFA are Rhys Evans (Welsh) and Alastair Douglas (not Welsh), a live dance duo from London and Wales who stand first in line to the throne at the head of the UK live dance duo dynasty. Lofty aspirations indeed, but with repeated comparisons to the giants of dance music like The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Orbital and Underworld echoing from all corners whenever The MFA are in town, their ambition would appear not to be misplaced.

The daft duo have earned this reputation over the last few years with a wide-ranging musical output, always underpinned by an essential pop sensibility and a healthy dose of that early 90s spirit. Rising above the limitations of any one genre, they kicked off proceedings with the lush deep filtered house of their debut 'The Difference it Makes', before roaming off through epic trance ('Motherload') and belching acid ('The Sphinx'), electro-breaks ('Disco to Break') and comedy rave ('Rinse Time'), with a spot of clownstep thrown in for good measure. This eclectic approach, harking back to a better time before the purists and trainspotters kicked all the fun out of dance music, now brings them to the unashamed New Order-esque pop of forthcoming single 'Throw it Back (We Will Destroy You)', edging them that little bit nearer to their regal destiny.

Following in that honourable British tradition of live dance performance that has stood their forefathers in such good stead, these crown princes are the proud possessors of a faultless lineage, and their claims to occupy this most coveted of thrones are second to none. Their impeccable pedigree boasts a sprawling country seat in their longstanding relationship with the leafy Border Community, as well as a London residence courtesy of the East End's Precinct label. There was even a spot of meddling in the colonies with an early release on underground Australian house label EQ.

And like our own Royal Family here in the UK, the MFA also have strong links to their German counterparts, enjoying the patronage and support of the German technocracy. Uncle Wolfgang in Cologne was an early fan, who loved their first release "The Difference it Makes" so much that he just had to have a piece of it for his own stately Kompakt empire, licensing it for his Kompakt Pop offshoot. Later, Aunt Ellen in Berlin snapped up their 'Zone Day' EP for her legendary Bpitch Control label - and surely there could have been no better home for this head-on collision between electro and rave. Aunty Allien also let them go to work on a remix of 'Magma', taken from her 'Thrills' album, which the pair can add to their already pretty impressive string of remix credentials, including EMI France's Telepopmusik and Domino's Junior Boys, and most recently a remix for Cologne cousins Boxer.

But playing live is really "what The MFA are all about", a point which the duo are intent on proving with each and every one of their club appearances. Their party-friendly sound has already tamed an impressive array of club legends, including Rex (Paris), WMF & Maria (Berlin), Bed & Space (Miami), Nitsa & The Loft (Barcelona), with a heavy touring schedule lined up ahead of them over the coming months. Their ever slicker show adheres to that golden formula of something old (all the hits from their impressively bulging back catalogue), something new (a sneak preview of their anthems of the the future) and, for good luck, something borrowed: perhaps a snatch of 'Mandate My Ass', some bastardised LFO, or even the Krypton Factor theme tune.

Offstage, like every legendary band before them, the in-fighting inevitably takes over. MFA tours have turned into one long drawn out competition, with points awarded for drinking the most beer, eating the most veal at dinner, or lucking out with the biggest hotel room. But once on stage theirs is a marriage made in heaven: one hour of harmonious musical union that provides ample justification for all the comparisons with the greats. Then all too soon, this fleeting glimpse of happiness has past, as The MFA fly off home on their separate flights, otherwise meeting up only to write music together after disbanding their Bottom-style houseshare in the nick of time earlier this year.

One thing however is clear: they may fight like a pair of bickering siblings, but deep down The MFA need each other very much. Like musical superheroes waging a daily battle against the dull and the worthy, the world really needs The MFA right now too.

"There are shades of U2 basslines and twisted melodic Underworld about Alastair Douglas & Rhys Evans' The MFA, but in all honesty they've carved a path much their own. There aren't too many left doing that." (DJ Magazine)

Gemma/Border Community 2005

Contact

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If you want to send us a message:

themfallstars@googlemail.com

For live bookings talk to Imprint:

gareth@imprintdjs.com