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Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Carl Craig (Planet E, Detroit) rose to prominence under the tutelage of Derrick May, releasing material under aliases like Psyche, Paperclip People, BFC, and Innerzone Orchestra. Carl Craig has also created his own record label called Planet E which, in addition to his own work, has released records by well known techno and house artists like Kevin Saunderson, Alton Miller, and Moodymann. Craig is also one of the founders of the highly successful Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Recorded live at P.S.1 on September 2, 2006.
Citizen Kane was a disco and old-school buyer for NYC's infamous A1 records. He has released two mix CD's of rare soul, funk and disco with Chairman Mao, Selects 001 (1999) and The Greatest Part (2002). Currently he is the Saturday night resident @ APT in NYC. since 2000. His party "The Deep End" has been a premier night for soulful, leftfield, dirty and Balearic sounds. Guests have included, DJ Harvey, Danny Krivit, Norman Jay, and Kyoto Jazz Massive to name a few. Recorded live at P.S.1 Warm Up on July 15, 2006. (1 hour)
Lee Douglas aka Douglas Lee (Rong Music) is highly influenced by Afro cosmic and disco sounds. Prepare for mind-melding outer space disco, deep chords, and mega-fat basslines working over a hypnotic acid-tinged percussive grooves. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 18, 2006.
Former Rude Movements DJ Gamall has the swing, soul, and finesse to transform Detroit-roots Techno.
Since 2005 Gamall has partnered with Carl Craig to create Demon Days, a special series of club events that aim to push electronic music firmly into new ground. Recorded live at P.S.1 on September 2, 2006.
The Belgian duo Mo Becha and David Fouqaert aka The Glimmers (Eskimo, Belgium) began their journey down the mixing path in the 80s. Their releases are immersed in funk, house, old school hip-hop, soul, and disco, with a particular emphasis on the latter two. Remixes are made for Bloc Party, The Killers, New Order, Frank Popp Ensemble, Roxy Music, Isolee, and Phoenix, to name a few. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 26, 2006.
Starting with Chicago house and moving through Detroit techno, acid house, electro, hardcore techno, and currently drum'n'bass, Gerald (Sugoi, U.K./Berlin) is an influential contributor to most of recent dance music's most important stopping points. He is widely recognized as an important force in the nascent London hardcore and jungle scenes--influencing key figures like Goldie, Dego, and Dillinja--and keeping the style moving forward beyond the more confrontational concerns of its early years. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 22, 2006.
The Idjut Boys (Dan Tyler and Conrad McDonnell, U-Star, Cottage, Tirk, London) take disco, dub, soul, funk, and jazz and fuse them into a heady cocktail of nightclub magic. Ever since the creation of their own label, U-Star Records, in 1994, they have performed remixes for the likes of Dimitri From Paris, (the late) Erot, and Muzique Tropique. Recorded live at P.S.1 WarmUp on July 8, 2006.
Kudu owns a "trashy chic" and fabulously hot electro sound featuring the one and only Sylvia Gordon on vocals, the spectacular D. Anthony Parks on drums, and delicious James Hunt on keyboards and digital beats. Their formula is simple yet so effective, bringing a slick electronic collage of jazz, hip-hop, electronica, and soul, and making it their own. Recorded live at P.S.1 Warm Up on July 15, 2006. (1 hour)
Italian DJ Beppe Loda, pioneer of DJ culture and resident at Brescia's Typhoon club from 1980 to 1987, has been searching for sounds off the beaten path since his first gig in 1973. Playing to as many as 7,000 people a night, producing in excess of 200 mix tapes and pioneering the italo synth sound with his MC1 project (reissued on Synthonic), he has just about done it all. His Afro style (also called Cosmic or Cosmic Afro) is as disorienting, funky, and inspiring now as it was then. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 19, 2006.
Paul Murphy a.k.a Mudd (Rong Music) began his career breaking on the mean streets of Hertfordshire, and completed his mastery of house music in the late 80s with UK nu-house pioneers Akwaaba. Two albums and numerous 12s and remixes for labels such as Nuphonic, Tummy Touch, Strutt & Discfunction followed alongside DJ dates at clubs UK & worldwide. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 26, 2006.
Derek Plaslaiko (Ghostly, NYC) delves into the realm of dance music in which the head and body are equally active. Mixing lush techno with jackin' house and a healthy dose of Detroit classics, Plaslaiko is known for his creative track selection, seamlessly woven by pin-point mixing skills that rival international DJs like Richie Hawtin, Marco Carola, and Laurent Garnier (all of whom Plaslaiko has shared deck time with). Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 22, 2006.
DJ Eric D. (Rong Music) and Thomas Bullock (Map of Africa, founder of A.R.E. Weapons) of Rub-N-Tug (Eskimo, aNYthing) throw some of New York's infamous parties and have remixed LCD Soundsystem, Out Hud, Sly Mongoose, Roxy Music, Coldplay, and !!! just to name a few. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 12, 2006.
The introduction of Jeffrey "Menergy" Sfire (Ghostly, NYC) to the underground dance scene and illegal warehouse parties of Detroit occurred at the age of 15 and led him to some of that city's most talented DJs and musicians. After numerous club residencies, he now regularly plays in LA, Detroit, Chicago, and New York, consistently offering a finely-tuned selection of Italo Disco, 80s High Energy, New Disco, and Electro. Recorded live at P.S.1 on July 29, 2006.
Phil South (No Ordinary Monkey, NYC) runs the famous New York City finance-district-based club No Ordinary Monkey, with Carlos from über cool label Whatever We Want. Recorded live at P.S.1 WarmUp on July 8, 2006.
The one and only Norwegian discoid star Todd Terje (Full Pupp, Oslo, Norway) has a lot on his plate. From his original 12"s on Full Pupp records, remixes of artists such as Lindstrom, Felix Laband, etc. to his re-edit works under the name of Tangoterje on labels such as Supreme records or G.A.M.M., and not to mention his studies in astrophysics, this was only going to end in one way: Space disco! Recorded live at P.S.1 Warm Up on July 15, 2006.
Oliver Stumm and Domie Clausen form the production duo A Touch of Class. They are New York-based artists that founded their own label imprint ATOC in 1999 to release their own music material as well as help launch other acts. They produced the UK Top 10 Hit "Flawless" by The Ones, they signed and released the first singles of the Scissor Sisters, and are responsible for numerous remixes including names like Taana Gardner, A.R.E. Weapons, Le Tigre, and Erasure. They have been a favorite in fashion circles and fit style-wise somewhere between Electro/Disco/Punk and Dance Rock. Recorded live at P.S.1 on August 5, 2006.
