Creep

DJ/Producer Lauren Flax has a new electronic music project with fellow Brooklynite, Lauren Dillard, called Creep. They're releasing music on the awesome label Tri Angle Records which also happens to be home to the amazing San Francisco artist, oOoOO (I've also heard they're going to release Denver-based Pictureplane?! Stevie has never sounded so good, watch).

If the video below is indicative of the rest of the project, count me in. Witch house? Haunted house? What is this? Who knows, but, it sounds good (or, if you NEED to know what it is, Pitchfork takes a stab at defining this movement here). Also, Romy, vocalist from the xx, is being tapped for upcoming material, such as the song Days, found on this Deadboy mix. I am really looking forward to the rest of the material, and, hopefully a tour that includes SF.

Hot Shit - Creep


Jessica King - Creep


I also wanted to mention that the Tri Angle label also put together this amazing Lindsay Lohan mixtape, with artists reinterpreting some of Lindsay's songs. Their description:

Tri Angle Presents: Let Me Shine For You

Inspired in part by Lindsay Lohan’s grotesquely fascinating black hole existence and in part by my unwavering belief in the power of pop music as an artform, I saw an opportunity to create something interesting with her music, and decided to ask some friends to reinterpret some of Lindsay’s songs. “Tri Angle Records Presents: Let Me Shine for You” is the result. Even though we are all fond of Lindsay in our own ways, there is no FREE LINDSAY agenda here. We all love pop music and this is merely an experiment. All of our intentions are very sincere.

Download here.

A Party

I'm helping throw this party in San Francisco on October 9th and am so excited! The space is awesome, the other dj's are amazing, and, being a part of it is really pushing me in ways I wanted to be creatively pushed. In other words, I'm terrified and nervous, but, if I wasn't, I would be worried about myself.

Adonis - No Way Back

DJ Bobby Viteritti & The Trocadero Transfer

San Francisco's Trocadero Transfer was THE city's disco venue in the 70s and 80s. It was of the caliber of the large New York disco clubs (Studio 54, Paradise Garage), but, because it was in SF, it had a more bohemian "anything goes" vibe (maybe less coke, more poppers and shrooms?) with a choreographed light show to add to the journey. The venue and its cast of characters shaped gay dance culture in SF and across the country. Icons like Sylvester, Cheryl Lynn & Martha Wash performed at "The Troc" and the stories of what went down on a typical weekend night are legendary. As with any successful nightclub, The Troc had its share of successful dj's, and, I've become enamored with one in particular, Bobby Viteritti. Viteritti was an East Coast transplant who could mix his way through a 5-hr set so seamlessly, you couldn't tell when one song ends and the next one begins. Viteritti has talked in interviews about how he would start a song in the middle, play it til the end, maybe go to a new track then start the old track from the beginning just to mess with the crowd, to throw off their expectation of what was coming next. He was also known for using rotary knobs instead of faders, and, considering the mastery of his mixes and the equipment he was working with completely blows my mind.

I've tried in vain to find mp3's or cds of Viteritti's mixes, and, it looks like his website is under construction with promises of samples in the near future. In the meantime, the following blogs have posted his work: Discoworkout posted this absolutely mind-blowing 1st hour of a 5-hour 1979 Trocadero set; and, one of my favorite blogs, Beat Electric, posted this 1980 set.

If you love dance music or disco, gay culture, or San Francisco history, check out all you can on Viteritti.

**9/18/10 UPDATE: I JUST FOUND SOME DISCO MIX GOooooOOOLD! BAM!

Authentic Sh*t, Delancey Music Service, & The Rub

We are big fans of the musical taste of Mark Ronson. BIG fans. I've heard so much amazing music (new & old) on his Friday night East Village Radio show, Authentic Sh*t, it's unbelievable. J.Period & K'Naan, the amazing Joker remix of Simian Mobile Disco/Beth Ditto's "Cruel Intentions," Penguin Prison, Theophilus London, Jay Electronica, Primary 1, Mr. Chop, Mayer Hawthorne, Diamond District, The Electric Prunes, Todd Terje, new jams by the Clipse... and I COULD go on. For a really long time. I can't think of anyone who has been more influential with the type of music I listen to these days, so, thank you, Mark. You can listen to Authentic Sh*t archives here. And, as it happens so many times, when you discover one artist/dj/tastemaker, you get a tiny glimpse into their world and what/who influences them. Through Mark I've become a big fan of Dj's Eli Escobar, Stretch Armstrong (together they host their won East Village Radio Show, Delancey Music Service), Aaron LaCrate (he guested on A.S. last night, btw), and the geniuses who make up Brooklyn's The Rub (DJ Ayres & Cosmo Baker). These guys are all mad talented and have brilliant taste in music. Thanks for all the tunes and inspiration!

Dre Day Approacheth

Feb 18th is Dre Day and if you're in or near any city of substance, chances are you can hit the party (Minneapolis, the party is at the Triple Rock, with DJ sets by King Otto and Jimmy Two Times). To get everyone warmed up, we're giving you two dj sets by the man himself from 1986. These mixes have been floating around the Internet for years and every couple months someone reposts them (I'm just doing my part. And, I'm behind on hearing it).

Dr. Dre DJ Set 1986 Side A

Dr. Dre DJ Set 1986 Side B