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DJ Alex, Tokyo representative for French superstar DJ Laurent Garnier's F
Communications label, has established a reputation in Tokyo as a serious DJ over the past several years with regular gigs at Yellow, Aoyama Cay, Loop and many other venues around town. The Tokyo-bred Alex describes his sound as "hi-tech soul music." He currently resides alternately in NYC and Tokyo. Learn more via London at
voicescollective.com.
At the dawn of the 1980s,
Juan Atkins began recording what stands as perhaps the most influential body of work in the field of techno. Exploring his vision of a futuristic music which welded the more cosmic side of Parliament funk with rigid computer synth-pop embodied by Kraftwerk, Atkins - as Cybotron, Model 500 and Infiniti - began to to release many classics of sublime Detroit techno. His productive path continues for 20 years along with collaborators such as Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson and influential projects like Deep Space Soundworks and his Metroplex Records. Recorded at P.S.1 on July 16, 2005.
One of San Francisco's true musical treasures, DJ/Producer
Nikola Baytala
has carved his own niche in the urban underground scene. His credentials include a successful weekly at The Top hosted by his collective, S.W.A.T (Special Weapons and Tactics) and a slew of signature tracks produced on labels such as Large, Tummy Touch, Nightshift, Soul Food, and Robsoul. His skills go beyond impeccable mixing; what sets Nikola aside is his finesse for seamless programming, fusing the rarest tech grooves with legendary jack tracks, creating long, complex mixes for the dancefloor. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 27, 2005.
BMG of Ectomorph featuring DJ sets that fuse many styles (electro, techno, house, disco, italo, synth, acid, rock, etc) with energy reminiscent of 80s Detroit Radio Mix shows. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 30, 2005.
DJ Carlos of Whatever We Want Records and No Ordinary Monkey displays his deep crates, full of rarities on the psychedelic electro rock side to lush and sexy constructions of pre-disco soul. And then a touch of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Recorded at P.S.1 on July 9, 2005.
Ben Cook (Deep Fuzz, Thick As Thieves, Triangle Orchestra), along with DJ Spun, recently formed the New York based Rong label. Rong's recent releases display accelerated boogiefied rhythms with postmodern disco aesthetics - a mixture of psychedelic keyboards, dub vocal drops, funk, and a thick layer of heavy bass. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 20, 2005.
Doc Martin is
perhaps the West Coast's first superstar DJ, a globetrotter whose residencies have included the finest dance clubs of the last two decades - New York's Twilo and Tunnel and London's Fabric. However, the veteran holds Los Angeles underground events as the highest ideal of the dance-music experience. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990, helping to launch the rave-o-lution with legendary underground events like Flammable Liquid, Sunday Love, and Unlock the House. In an era of increasing beats per minute and glitzy, name-brand clubs, his tracks on Sublevel: True School are a lesson in soulful restraint and the true power of the DJ as shaman. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 27, 2005.
Brennan Green (of
Modal,
Balihu Records)
features one, big groove stream from his eclectic selection; House, New Wave, Disco, Reggae and more plus his one and only dubby-coating, raw texture. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 6, 2005.
Brain ticklin' jazzfunklatinfreeform (nice music for nice people). Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 2, 2005.
Groove Collective's identity lies not in one fixed style but in its capable hospitality to whatever might keep hips swaying. --John Pareles, The New York Times
Gus Gus DJ set featuring Buckmaster De La Cruz and Earth from Reykjavik, Iceland. Known for a very refined mix of synth pop, chunky danceable house and ambient electronica. Recorded July 30, 2005 at P.S.1.
DJ Harvey started out as a drummer in late 70s new wave bands. His love for beats led him to scratching and by the mid 80s he was a pioneer of the UK house scene, throwing his outlandish Tonka parties. In the 90s with Heidi Lawden, they set up Moist, a club dedicated to the ideals and the vibe of the The Paradise Garage. Harvey continues to drop an eclectic blend of deep, soulful leftfield house and classic funk. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 2, 2005.
Simon spins a comprehensive pan-global journey through the sounds of the inner city, expertly referencing NY Electro, Paradise Garage Disco, Motown Soul, Kingston Dub, Nigerian Afrobeat, Brazilian Bossa Nova, LA Gansta Funk, and Chi town hits and dusties along the way. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 2, 2005.
Norman Jay is one of the most respected deejays in the world. Many important contemporary DJs cite him as an early influence. As a DJ his style encompasses many forms of black music including soul, funk, disco, hip-hop and garage. He is also an innovator and early adopter: Jay was listening to Chicago house records and staging warehouse parties three years before the UK's acid house explosion of 1988. On June 15, 2002 he was officially cited in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Birthday Honours List with the recommendation that he be appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire--an MBE--awarded on merit for "deejaying and services to music." An extended set by Norman Jay M.B.E. (Good Times Sound System, U.K.), recorded Sept. 3, 2005 at P.S.1 (1 hour).
Darshan Jesrani recorded live at P.S.1 on July 23, 2005. Metro Area was created by Jesrani and co-producer Morgan Geist based on their love of both the old moods of R&B, disco and boogie and the more cutting-edge sound of innovative house and techno. Jesrani has also been in the groups City Of God, Essa 3, and Phenom.
From Berlin, the legendary master of the wheels of steel, former member of Terranova and initiator of the infamous Ghost Cauldron project DJ Kaos appeared at P.S.1 fresh from the release of his full-length electro party-mix Hello Stranger. Recorded July 30, 2005.
Kimyon
of the bi-coastal Pockit Rockit parties, brought an eclectic set featuring dub to tech to old school dance classics including White Horse and Mary Jane Girls. Recorded at P.S.1 on July 16, 2005.
Born in St. Louis, MO, DJ Lindsey didn't begin her spinning career until after her move to Atlanta. Presently, Lindsey and her fellow Negroclash crew (DJ Language and Duane) celebrates electronic funk monthly at the NYC club APT. Negroclash's recently released first record was hailed to be a brilliant blend of phuture funk and cosmic crunk, brimming with hooks, hops, and hits. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 13, 2005.
Prins Thomas' DJ sets sandwiched his semi-live set, with Lindstrom laying down thick flourishes on keyboards. The two took the crowd into a spectacular sunset with mellow grooves and lots of electro-soul. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 9, 2005.
Lovebug Starski is an Hip Hop originator and true legend, and is even rumored to have coined the phrase. He recently reunited with Tha Veteranz and old cohorts DJ Hollywood and Butchie B. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 13, 2005.
Maurice Fulton's
work for Output
under the alias "Mu"
with his wife Mutsumi Kanamori features a malladjusted discoid punk edge, shouty trashy vocals, staggered beats, punk funk drums and basslines, glaring use of effects and a messy, headmashing sound with more than just a little love for originality. Mutsumi and Fulton climaxed this set with a full-on rendition of "Paris Hilton," complete with European ambulance sound FX and chicken clucking. Fulton kept the beats tight throughout, and Mu never stopped voguing, windmilling, and shouting to the crowd. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 23, 2005.
Monolake is dedicated to computer-generated exploration of sound, rhythm and structure through electronic ambience, micro-editing, and sonic particle liquification. Robert Henke and Gerhard Bekles of Monolake met at Berlin Technical University, where Bekles was a lecturer, and Henke was studying sound engineering in films. A series of studio works by the duo led to the release of their first EP, Cyan, on the seminal Chain Reaction label. This live laptop set was recorded at P.S 1 on Aug. 27, 2006.
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Salvatore Principato is featured in this recording from July 30, 2005 (later in the day he doubled up with BMG). Principato is well remembered as the vocalist and percussionist for the seminal minimalist-funk band Liquid Liquid. In recent years, he has produced many words-and-music events in New York City with a focus on Caribbean and African sounds. Brendan M. Gillen has been funking up the dance underground since 1995. Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, BMG runs the world-renowned Interdimensional Transmissions label and leads the groups Ectomorph and Flexitone.
From Detroit, a Techno classicist seeking to restore the spirituality and soul of the form. Stacey Pullen and his Black Flag Recordings carry the kosmic message forward. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 6, 2005.
DJ Phil Smart, a
resident of Byron Bay, Australia, represents the digital underground from down
under. He has been a resident of Tweekin, the man behind other legendary
Sydney events such as Sabotage and The Project, and a featured collaborator
with the Junkbeats collective. Outside
the realm of traditional dance music, what results from Smart's versatility and
strong musical background is a style uniquely his own, a metaphysical
combination of techouse, techno, rocktronic, and electro. Recorded at P.S.1 on
August 27, 2005.
A live set from Tim Sweeney (DFA Records, apprentice to the legendary Steinski, and host of Beats in Space, a radio show mixed live by Sweeney in New York City on WNYU 89.1 FM... Tuesday nights from 10:30 pm to 1 am). Recorded July 23, 2005.
Ibadan Recordings is just the newest undertaking of vinyl junkie and DJ Jerome Sydenham. In the 80s and 90s he lent his A&R direction to such artists as En Vogue, Gerald Levert, Simply Red and Das EFX while employed by Atlantic Records, but underground dance music continued to be his passion. Now, his goal is no less than to produce the highest quality club music around. Recorded live at P.S. 1 August 20, 2005.
Prins Thomas has made a name for himself as the remix king from Norway, working the likes of Kango'Rs Stein Massiv, Martini Bros, Flunk, Diskodans, Bermuda Triangle and Jackmaster Dahle amongst a host of other tip top names from the underground as well as releasing his own music on Feedelity and Rong Music. Recorded live in concert at P.S.1 on July 9, 2005.
Tortured Soul will be performing at the Benefit for Hurricane Victims on Thursday, October 20, 2005. The benefit is to raise funds to aid New Orleans by providing mortgage counseling to displaced homeowners, and organizing resources throughout the recovery process. Learn more about the upcoming benefit at The Melting Pot NYC site.
Tortured Soul is the live-performing, organic blend of heartfelt vocals, bubbling grooves, and warm house-infused rhythms. Originally conceived in 2001, the Tortured Soul trio (John-Christian Urich, Jason "JKriv" Kriveloff and Ethan White) punctuates their infectious, live soulful-house fusion with their simple synthesis of drums, electric bass, vintage keys, and vocals. This set was recorded live at P.S.1 on August 20, 2005.
Urich, reared on classic disco and soul, has worked with such producers as Reggie Lucas (Madonna, Stephanie Mills) and Roger Sanchez. He is also known in the world of house and R&B as founder and leader of the band Cooly's Hot Box, whose acid jazz classic Don't Throw My Love Around was featured on the first Giant Step compilation on Polygram's London/Payday Records, and sampled as the hook for Armand Van Helden's mega-hit Funk Phenomena. JKriv also produces music as The Moves, a soulful house project with two EP's to date on Central Park Recordings, and the disco-tech group bgb, a mainstay on Steve Bug's German deep-house imprint Dessous Recordings. White rounds out the group, bringing a seasoned style to the Tortured Soul with Brazilian pop, African rhythms, jazz, and 70's R&B.
