Electro-Choc

"Francois K rocks the most discerning of contemporary dance floors with cutting-edge sounds only on Electro-Choc."

- Grand Theft Auto IV website.

"Electro-Choc welcomes its newest sound - brought to you by Crookers. The Italian born DJ/production duo bring their inimitable sounds direct from Milan to Liberty City."

- The Ballad of Gay Tony website.

Electro-Choc is a radio station that appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City and plays electronic house music.

Description
The station is hosted by DJ François K in Grand Theft Auto IV. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, the station is updated and features a new DJ, Crookers, who play their setlist from Maisonette 9, where they are the resident DJs.

It is the preferred station of the Algonquin Triads, the Korean Mob and the Jewish Mob.

Deleted Songs

 * feat. Maya Azucena - "Music" (2005) **
 * - "Love" (2008)


 * ** This song was meant to appear on the EFLC rendition of this station, but was later moved to Vladivostok FM.

Radio Station

 * The station can be heard in the following locations:
 * Middle Park East Safehouse
 * Honkers Gentlemen's Club
 * Brucie Kibbutz's penthouse
 * Maisonette 9 (TBoGT only)
 * the Triangle Club (EFLC only)
 * Majestic's ground floor and penthouse

Individual tracks

 * "Optimo" by Liquid Liquid is featured in the Grand Theft Auto IV - Box Art Unveiling video.
 * In Departure Time, the final mission of The Ballad of Gay Tony, "No Security" by Crookers will play whilst Luis Lopez parachutes back to Liberty City after escaping the exploding Ghawar.

Controversy
The EFLC track titled "Kid Conga" by Daniel Haaksman featuring MC Miltinho was subject of a lawsuit by Brazil, which claimed this song featured an unauthorized sample of "Bota o dedinho pro alto", from the Brazilian composer Hamilton Lourenço da Silva; Lourenço da Silva also happens to be the father of MC Miltinho who was 8 years old at the time his vocals were recorded for the song. Although Rockstar gained permission to use the track, no approval was given by Lourenço da Silva himself.

The court ordered that all copies of the game for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC should be recalled from stores. The decision also states that if the game is not recalled in 48 hours, Rockstar Games should be billed in R$ 5,000.00 (approximately USD 3,125.00) per day. The copyright problem has since been resolved in 2012.

Trivia

 * The station appears to be pronounced "Electro-Shock", though Niko Bellic will pronounce the station's name phonetically.
 * Electro-Choc is one of three non-stop "mix" stations, the others being MSX FM and Rise FM in Grand Theft Auto III. As a result, the station features no commercials or news breaks. If the files for this station are viewed, it is revealed that the entire playlist is one 44 minute file. It plays in the same order every time, much like stations of the 3D Universe.
 * This sequential play loop style is also seen in several other HD Universe stations, namely The Beat, The Classics, Massive B Soundsystem 96.9, LCHC (EFLC version only), Vladivostok FM (EFLC version only), San Juan Sounds (EFLC version only), Soulwax FM, WorldWide FM, FlyLo FM, East Los FM, the Lab, blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM and Los Santos Underground Radio
 * The main album version of "Animal" by Miike Snow was due to be featured on Radio Mirror Park in Grand Theft Auto V but was cut from the final version of the game.
 * According to the effects in the track, a capella of the "Animal" might be taken from Crookers remix of the song.

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