When asked what the Italian DJ duo Crookers is hoping to accomplish on its inaugural North American tour, DJ BOT responds flatly, “Not to die,” before adding, “This is the first time we’re doing a tour like this, with a gig almost every day.”

After an intense year spent working on high-profile remixes for the likes of the Chemical Brothers (“Salmon Dance”) and Armand Van Helden (“I Want Your Soul”) while holding down a residency at MTV Italia and seeking out collaborators for their upcoming, as-yet-untitled debut album, DJs BOT and Phra should be used to such a blistering pace.

Since joining forces in 2003 after a fateful encounter at a record store, the electro-house homeboys have made quite a name for themselves, landing their twisted beats on the much-hyped Onelove party compilation series, not to mention dance floors everywhere.

Speaking from his Milan apartment, BOT credits much of the outfit’s success to MySpace, naming the site as an invaluable promotional tool. “It’s almost all a newcomer needs to get known,” he says. “If you produce good shit and have a MySpace [profile], you almost have it all.”

Known for their bouncy bass lines and the cut-up mixing technique of fidget house, the hip-hop–influenced duo draws upon the musical styles of Baltimore breaks, kuduro, baile funk, and dubstep to churn out dirty electro ragers. BOT is quick to point out, however, that he prefers to avoid such overly specific genre classifications, simply describing Crookers’ sound as “Some kind of house music where we put all the elements we like in. It’s still evolving.”

As for the approach the energetic twosome takes when creating ass-shaking dance-floor hits—like the punchy, synth-stabbed remix of Kid Cudi’s “Day ’N’ Nite”—BOT says, “We like to remix tracks we feel, of course, but you have to see if there’s elements in it [the song] which can be worked into our style….sometimes we only use the voice, sometimes the melody can be used too—every song demands a different method.”

Expect Crookers’ trademark dirty beats and synthetic pop on the forthcoming record, which BOT says will have dance traxx as well as other styles. “Listen to ‘Embrace the Martian’ on the Mad Kidz EP for an example of what it [the new material] will be like,” he says.

But before the DJ team can put the finishing touches on the record, they have to survive a hectic North American tour, which, according to BOT, promises fans “a lot of action—be physically prepared”.

Crookers plays the Plaza Club on Friday (June 27).