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AFGHAN RAIDERS

Mikey- Vocals

Beans- Keyboardist

Afghan Raiders are Mikey and Beans from Las Vegas, Nevada. Neither one of the electronic duo is Afghan, nor do they raid, however, these generally peaceful guys like to electrify dance floors with a striking combination of infectious dark riffs, huge beats, and catchy vocal melodies. The duo has created a fresh blend of music that seamlessly bridges the gap between genres like electronic, house, pop, and grunge, and combines it all into a visceral live show that has audiences both shaking asses and banging heads.

In the summer of 2008, Afghan Raiders broke out onto the Las Vegas music scene with their debut EP, Future Thinkers / Solid Gold under their own label and music blog, Badical Beats. In just a short period of time, Afghan Raiders garnered a hefty following, playing many notable shows in the US including the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, the South-by-Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and the West Coast club circuit. The band shared the stage with artists such as YACHT, Wallpaper, Classixx, and Metronomy, winning over audiences with their energetic, in your face live performances.

Afghan Raiders released a follow-up single, Admirals Doorbell in June of 2009, and in the weeks surrounding the release, the digital duo pumped out some dance-heavy remixes for high profile artists like Broken Spindles, The Faint, Phoenix, and Black Lips. Their remixes gained much attention in the blogsphere, especially the Black Lips Featuring GZA collaboration track, “The Drop I Hold”, which won the Filter Magazine Remix Contest in August of 2009.

The band is currently in the studio working on remixes and a new single which will be released before the end of 2009. Afghan Raiders will also be performing again at CMJ in New York City October 20th-24th, 2009.

They've made appearances at notable events such as Dim Mak's Cinespace party in LA, Blow Up in San Francisco, SXSW 09, Filter/Ben Sherman’s Rock Royalty fashion industry party, and performed alongside folks including YACHT, Classixx, Wallpaper, Broken Spindles, Pigeon John's Rootbeer and Metronomy.

They also recently won a Filter competition for their Black Lips remix and were featured on their front page: 

Noteable features:

Las Vegas Weekly Cover:

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Urb:

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