Following Tyler The Creator, A-Trak is up next in VICE and Project X’s Party Legends series. He talks about a wildly elaborate Halloween party night. Enjoy.

Mehdi Forever – Minimix by A-Trak
In memory of DJ Mehdi. Intro for the October 2011 Fool’s Gold Radio mix.

Today Fool’s Gold records by DJ A-Trak, has announced its first venture into retail. The record label will be opening a store front in Brooklyn, New York, still this month. The store comes with “a French bistro-inspired retail experience, featuring a wooden bar where the taps have been replaced by fully-stocked record crates, custom wallpaper and art prints, and an ever-changing selection of exclusive new merchandise alongside rare finds from the FG archives. Equal parts vinyl mecca, gallery space and clothing boutique, 536 Metropolitan launches as an instant must-visit for music fans of all kinds.”

Of course they will not only stock music, but also other items, including some interesting collaborations. “The store opens with a collection of FG-designed luxury laptop, iPad and digital camera cases from the Italian compmany Pijama, with a line of audiophile-quality Fool’s Gold headphones (for DJs and iPod-ers alike) made by Copenhagen-based AiAiAi to follow this Fall. Yet before it’s even been officially announced, the most sought-after upcoming Fool’s Gold collab is a limited-edition Members Only leather jacket, as worn onstage by A-Trak and Dave1 of Chromeo. These items will also be available on FG’s new online store launching the same date as the shop.”

Fool’s Gold
536 Metropolitan Ave (between Union & Lorimer)
Brooklyn NY, 11211
L train to Lorimer

The store opens its doors on June 24th, 2011, make sure to stop by.

As the debut feature in our new “Talking __ With…” series we catch up with Fool’s Good Records co-founder and world renowned DJ Alain Macklovitch aka A-Trak to talk style.

How would you describe your personal style?

It’s like a uniform, I always wear the same thing. Either I’m wearing my hat or sunglasses (but rarely both). Either I’m wearing a leather jacket or a denim jacket. Usually every season there’s one pair of shoes that I wear every day for that season. One pair of jeans, maybe two. I don’t know how to describe it, it’s the A-Trak uniform.

Top 3 pairs of shoes you own – where do you wear them and why?

I don’t even wear more than 3 pairs of shoes. I have my white Common Projects, the classic Achilles lows. I wear those every day. I have the black Jordan 3’s, I wear those if the white Common Projects don’t match an outfit, hahah. Let’s see um… I mean I have a bunch of pairs of Jordans but I don’t even rock all of them anymore. Maybe the black 5’s? Or the white and blue 4’s? Then there’s also dress shoes that go with my suits but that’s a whole other thing.

Read more from our chat, and check out A-Trak’s Coachella recap video, after the click.

DJ A-Trak remixes his track “Ray Ban Vision” with up-and-coming rappers Donnis, Pill, Danny Brown and Cyhi Da Prynce on vocals.

Free Download: A-Trak – Ray Ban Vision Remix

“From Paris to New York, fans flock to the sounds of A-Trak, Busy P and DJ Mehdi. If that wasn’t inspiration enough for these DJ’s, what else drives the passion behind their beats? Go all in at http://www.youtube.com/adidas to see more.”

A-Trak enlists G.O.O.D. Music’s CyHi Da Prynce (who you last heard on Kanye’s “So Appalled” or at the BET G.O.O.D Music cypher) for his contribution to the forthcoming Fool’s Gold Vol 1 compilation. You can listen to “Ray Ban Vision,” courtesy of RCRD LBL, below.

For more CyHi Da Prynce, download his new Royal Flush mixtape here.

A-Trak remixes Roscoe Dash and Soulja Boy’s “All the Way Turnt Up” in the first leak from his forthcoming Dirty South Dance 2 mix. Just like last time, the full mix will release with an accompanying tee. This time it’s an Obey collab featuring the Shepard Fairey-designed cover art pictured above.

Download “Trizzy Turnt Up” here via The Fader.

Here’s another one from the Fools Good Texas Takeover. Enjoy.

Donnis, Travis Barker and A-Trak sit down with HS columnist Dante Ross during the Fools Gold Texas Takeover showcase at SXSW. Enjoy.