Canadian electro-heads Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P – who’re best known as MSTRKRFT of course – copped a bit of a bashing last year when they released their second LP, ‘Fist Of God’. Following on from the watershed electro suite of The Looks, MSTRKRFT did what was unthinkable to many and recruited some of rap’s big names including Ghostface Killah and Freeway for an album’s worth of dance-rap hybrids. And it was not well received by seasoned haters and fans alike, as ITM’s review of the record demonstrated.

But when inthemix caught up with the band’s moustachioed mastermind, JFK, to discuss MSTRKRFT’s upcoming Creamfields visit and all other things devoid of vowels, Keeler explained that the duo had always expected a backlash reaction to the record.

“Before it came out we said that we thought the reactions would be either mixed or just bad and then after a few months it would start to catch on. We knew that after we released it rappers would start working with dance producers and dance producers would start working with rappers,” Keeler explained. “And now everyone is doing this thing.”

He is of course referring to the (for better or worse) explosion of the club/rap scene over the last year which has seen Boys Noize pimp out beats for Kelis, Mark Knight hook up with Black Eyed Peas, and David Guetta work for pretty much everyone.

“You know, we started it back when we released Bounce with N.O.R.E., but we can’t get too upset that everyone is on this style now. You can’t make music for the moment,” he admitted. “That’s why we’re already working on the next phase of MSTRKRFT, and that’s going to be even bigger than before.”