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19 hrs 23 mins ago  /  1 CommentDJ Harvey will make yet another appearance in NYC later this month.
There must be something that Harvey Bassett likes about New York, such is the regularity of his appearances in the city. His latest appearance will be at the bi-monthly club night of fellow disco enthusiasts Darshan Jesrani and Citizen Kane, which goes under the title of Adult Section. The duo have held a bi-monthly residency at the plush Cielo club in Manhatten's Meatpacking District since June this year, but Harvey will be the first guest booking since the night's inception. Bassett has been in the studio of late working on a project for the International Feel label, so there's even a possibility of hearing some of the fruits of his labour at the bash, which takes place on Friday 27th November. Otherwise, expect plenty of disco, Balearica, cosmic rock and other obscure nuggets from all three DJs throughout the evening.
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009  /  5 CommentsDJ T. will embark on a tour of the US later this month.
The Berlin-based producer and label owner will be kicking off the run of shows with an early morning date at Boston's Rise After Hours on November 20th. Back in his German homeland, Thomas Koch has been showcasing a more house-inflected sound in his DJ sets—something which also comes across on this year's The Inner Jukebox album—and fans can be assured that Koch will continue this run of form throughout his US tour. The rest of the dates will see him stopping off in Florida and Washington, before finishing things at Asylum's after hours bash in Hawaii.
Tickets for the show at Florida's Electric Pickle club are now available to purchase via RA Tickets.
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Fri, 13 Nov 2009  /  5 CommentsMinimal house doyenne Cassy will take to the decks for the next Gallop Sessions party in San Francisco on November 25th.
While last month's 200-capacity shindig with Danny Howells at The Compound may have been nigh on impossible to get tickets for, listed's upcoming party will be hosted at the much more inclusive 222 Club, affording a few more people the chance to catch one of Berlin's hottest house and techno exports. Cassy is one of the longstanding residents of the city's much-lauded Panorama Bar, and you can be sure of quite a journey through house music old and new when she hits the turntables. Support will come from Nikola Baytala and listed's Nikita, who will both go head-to-head in a tag-team set.
Tickets for the party are now available to purchase from RA Tickets.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009  /  8 CommentsChicago's Smart Bar will bring in five new residents for the forthcoming year, including their freshly appointed music director Nate Seider.
The venue has become a favourite spot for electronic music fans in the city, and is often the first club to break artists before they go onto further commercial success in the US. As a previous Smart Bar patron, Seider is well aware of its position in the Illinois nightlife scene. "I'm just trying to be as absolutely well-rounded as I can with the bookings," he explained to Chicago's Newcity Music site. "I want to try to really get a mind-blowing array of artists in there! Smart Bar is the kind of venue that's just the right size where you can have up-and-coming people; you can take kind of a gamble on things."
Although he wasn't supposed to be making any official decisions until December, Smart Bar have recently announced their new Seider-selected roster of residents, which brings in four new Chicago-based acts on top of Seider (who himself DJs under the name Nate Manic).
John Patterson has over thirteen years of turntable experience under his belt, spinning synth-pop and hip-hop before turning to techno at the turn of the century. After taking a break from DJing for a year due to the birth of his baby daughter, he's set to make his return at Smart, with the focus still firmly placed on techno. Sassmouth also favours a punchy four-to-the-floor style, and her mix of minimal, house and techno has seen her perform at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival as well as contributing original tracks and remixes to Detroit-based imprint Hej Records. She's previously lived in New York, Santiago and San Francisco, and currently takes up residence in London, so expect her globetrotting nature to come through when she hits the decks.
House music is John Simmons' forte, and he takes his main inspiration from vintage sounds emanating from both Chicago and New York. He's already clocked up over a thousand gigs during his DJing career, and has also worked as the road manager for Chicago legend Green Velvet. He's also been working on material with production partner Future Forward, co-producing and performing vocals on acid house jacker "Welcome 2 Chicago," a track that harks back to the days when Chicago was the centre of the house music universe. The Orchard Lounge collective are the final additions to the residential roster of Smart, and are the most diverse of all the acts selected by Seider. Mixing cosmic disco, house, vintage electro, hip-hop, soul and funk, the trio combine turntable trickery with live improvisation to create a unique party vibe with an emphasis on the dance floor.
Smart Bar regulars worrying about the status of current residents DJ Heather, Kaskade, DJ Colette, Santiago, Miles Maeda and Justin Long shouldn't fret. Seider has said that there will be plenty of events planned for 2010 that will feature all of these DJs. 8 Comments
Wed, 11 Nov 2009  /  11 CommentsUnderground Quality and Deconstruct Music are set to come together for a joint residency in New York.
UQ's Jus-Ed and Deconstruct's Anthony Parasole and Levon Vincent have been among the most prominent supporters of a new wave of house music coming out of New York's tri-state area, marrying rough and ready production ethics with evocative melodies and plenty of bumping grooves. The three are part of a close-knit network of DJs and producers, and their new The Club House party will look to showcase their favorites in the intimate surroundings of Manhattan's Love.
Vincent won't be present for their inaugural bash, but Ed and Parasole have brought in New Jersey-based deep houser Fred P (who you may know from his productions as Black Jazz Consortium) and New York's DJ Qu to blast out their beats on Love's impressive sound system. Fans may want to arrive early, as entry will be half price before midnight, with special label giveaways going on throughout the night.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009  /  Post a commentEamon Harkin and Justin Carter's Mister Saturday night bash will be hosting two NYC debut performances in November.
First up is next Saturday's bash with Detroit's Scott Grooves, who has become a pillar in the city's electronic music community over the course of the past fifteen years. Having collaborated with the likes of George Clinton and Roy Ayers, it may surprise you that this is his first gig in the Big Apple, but Grooves' DJing stock has only recently risen due to the patronage of fellow Detroiters Omar-S and Patrice Scott. Deep house in its various forms should be the name of the game at the party, which will take place in the loft space of Brooklyn's Market Hotel after a successful night there with Dixon in October.
The following weekend will see Harkin and Carter host Scottish disco and house aficionado Graeme Clark, who will don his The Revenge moniker for a set of sample-heavy mid-tempo grooves. Clark's rise to fame has accelerated this year, what with his RA podcast and a run of successful singles on his own Instruments Of Rapture and Delusions Of Grandeur imprints, and the party on Saturday 21st November—again at the Market Hotel—will act as his introduction to the New York DJing circuit.
Tickets to both the Scott GroovesA and The Revenge events are available to purchase via RA Tickets.
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009  /  10 CommentsAudion will showcase his Hecatomb live show for North American audiences throughout November.
Matthew Dear has already been performing the audio-visual project around Europe earlier in the year, but this Friday's party at San Francisco's Mighty club will be the first time that American audiences have had the chance to sample what Dear's been preparing this year. Hecatomb (which means "large-scale sacrifice" or "slaughter" in ancient Greek) is a collaboration with Dear's longtime art director Will Calcutt and renowned Berlin-based artist Eno Henze, and features a continually morphing array of patterns and light while Dear performs one of his high-octane live sets.
Dinky will join Matthew at both of the opening dates in San Francisco and LA this weekend, the latter of which is a Get Physical party that also features a performance from Shaun Reeves as well as label head honcho DJ T. Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are the Canadian stops on the tour, while clubbers in Chicago, New York and Washington DC will also get a chance to experience Dear's sensory assault. Nov 06 Audion - Hecatomb Tour with Dinky, Mighty, California Nov 07 Avaland presents Get Physi.., Avalon Hollywood, California Nov 12 Audion, Karma Nightclub, Montreal Nov 14 Signal: Dj T (Get Physica.., Lotus Sound Lounge, Vancouver Nov 16 Knightriders pres.., Triple Door Theater, Washington State Nov 19 The Electric Cabaret Spec.., Aqua Nightclub, Washington DC Nov 20 Audion, Smart Bar, Illinois Nov 21 Embrace presents: Audion, Footwork, Toronto Nov 28 Audion with Clark Warner, Le Poisson Rouge, New York
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009  /  4 CommentsBlkmarket Membership will again host the guys from secretsundaze, almost exactly twelve months after their last NYC performance.
Back in December '08, James Priestley and Giles Smith played at the intimate and incredible sounding Love venue, but it appears the pair will be part of a much bigger affair this time around. Taking place in a secret warehouse location on Saturday 5th December, the bash will see the secretsundaze duo showcase their smooth deep and tech-house sound, with an additional headlining performance from Swiss tag-team Mountain People (AKA Serafin and Rozzo). It looks like both duos will be playing extended sets, as the party will go for a full twelve hours, finishing up at 10am the following morning. Blkmarket residents Taimur and Fahad will provide support on the night, with the opening set coming from Montreal-based promoter and producer, Ostrich.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009  /  54 CommentsThe NYC techno institution will host a showcase of Berlin's seminal Chain Reaction imprint this Friday.
The Bunker has steadily become one of New York's most essential parties for fans of underground electronic music, offering a chance to see some of the best DJs from around the world in the dark and intimate surroundings of Public Assembly. A shift at the beginning of 2009 to a more manageable monthly schedule has meant that resident and promoter Spinoza can be a little more selective in the guests that he puts on, and this weekend's party is no different.
The back room will be dedicated to the dub techno sound of Berlin in the '90s, with DJ Pete (AKA Substance) and René Löwe (AKA Vainqueur) set to both play individual DJ sets as well as appearing live together under their Scion moniker. Their solo and collaborative productions stand out as some of the highlights of the Chain Reaction back catalogue, and hardcore fans of classic German techno are sure to lap up their extended session. (Spinoza and fellow Bunker resident Derek Plaslaiko will also share the decks with Pete and René.)
That's not all, however: Bunker favourite Daniel Bell will make his long awaited return to the party in the front room, taking to the decks for a luxurious four hour set. Bell has made no bones about his love for playing at the club, choosing The Bunker as the place to debut his live return last year. Completing the bill is hometown house hero and Underground Quality affiliate Fred P, who'll be inevitably treat the crowd to a selection of deep and grooving jams.
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009  /  7 CommentsJohn Daly will travel to the US for two dates in New York over the next week.
His first stop will be at Eamon Harkin, Justin Carter and Doug Singer's Sunday Best bash, which has moved from its outdoor location of The Yard to The Bell House in Brooklyn for the autumn and winter months. It still starts at a relatively early 5 PM, giving plenty of time for workers to rest their weary heads before Monday morning comes.
If the Sunday isn't good for you, though, you're in luck. The Irish DJ and producer will also be playing at Francois K's Deep Space party on Monday night. Although Kevorkian has been allowing DJs to take over the musical selection for the whole of the night of late, Francois is set to share the turntable time with his Wave Music signing on the 9th November at Cielo, marking the last guest appearance at Deep Space this month.
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