Amp Live at 330 Ritch on Saturday June 20th.
Amplive, one half of Zion-I, has his own electro-hip hop side project, and it’s incredible. He signed to the brand new label Child’s Play (also home to Bassnectar) and has released official remixes for MGMT, Tokyo Police Club & Tapes ‘n Tapes. E Da Boss will be opening. Entry is $5 with RSVP to upgradeyosaturday@gmail.com or $10 at the door.
— Free AmpLive download - Radiohead remix album. Radiohead tried to stop the release of this remix series, featuring Chali 2na, Too $hort, and Zumbi of Zion-I, but an internet movement backed by Sterogum, Pitchfork and a few other blogs helped Amp release the album for free. Get it here.
Another Planet & Mezzanine are throwing quite an event on Saturday. DFA’s The Juan Maclean AND Kompakt’s The Field…
After releasing the much- anticipated ‘The Future Will Come’ (out 4/21 on DFA Records), Juan MacLean and Nancy Whang take The Juan MacLean on the road this spring. Juan, Nancy and band will be playing tracks live from ‘The Future Will Come’, which Filter magazine described as “perfectly orchestrated and directed to achieve maximum mood and dance- ability.” If the weather doesn’t make you sweat, your dance moves will.
Stockholm’s Axel Willner, aka The Field (Kompakt). After breaking out of the “boy and his laptop” mold following a tour with !!!, Willner teamed up with friends - percussionist/ bass player Dan Enqvist and multi- instrumentalist Andreas Soderstrom to see what they could accomplish playing together, which has brought a completely new depth and voracity to the music of The Field’s live performances.
Opening up the evening will be The Dirty Rotten (Shane King & Morale).
Philly’s Low B, co-founder of Hollertronix and tour DJ for M.I.A., returns to 330 Ritch for this month’s installment of Upgrade. Honor Roll’s Bay Area legend-in-the-making Trackademicks hosts the night. Residents Shane King and Swayzee do their damn thing.
Hacksaw Entertainment & Another Planet present Pretty Lights, the Colorado based beats producer, playing at The Independent on May 30th accompanied by a live drummer.
Listen to Pretty Lights - Hot Like Sauce here.
Pretty Lights give away all their music free. You can find them for download at prettylightsmusic.com. We particularly love the album ‘Filling Up The City Skies’. Check out the stand out tracks ‘Who Loves You’, ‘More Important Than Micheal Jordan’, ‘Hot Like Sauce’ and ‘Summer’s Gone’. Pretty Lights new album Passing By Behind Your Eyes will be released as a free download May 12 ** UPDATE It is not released yet - it should be this month - I will update this as soon as it is available!
Tickets are available for $15 in advance at Ticketweb or the Independent Box Office (628 Divisadero) OR $17 on the door if it isn’t sold out in advance.
DubSpot, New York City’s electronic music production and DJ institute is coming to San Francisco to teach a weekend course on making music with Ableton Live 8 and it’s first dedicated controller, the highly anticipated Akai APC40. Dubspot is a certified Ableton training center.
There will be 2 day courses from 12pm-6pm:
Saturday May 9th at Mighty (119 Utah St.) & Sunday May 10th at Project One Gallery (251 Rhode Island St.)
Saturday covers producing music on Ableton with lectures on remixing, producing your own tracks, polishing and final mixing and finally distribution and monetizing tracks.
Sunday focuses on performing live with Ableton, including lectures on using controllers, and manipulating live instruments on the stage.
Hacksaw Entertainment, CB Records and Frite Nite are bringing the future sound of electro to Paradise Lounge on Friday May 8th.
Featuring… Lazer Sword (live)
Lazer Sword describe their music as Future Blap - Blap is a word coined by rapper E-40 for a ‘banging track’. Fresh off a couple months touring in Europe, expect to hear top notch production, seriously heavy bass, sick beats and a healthy dose of rap lyrics to keep the room dancing. Check out the Lazer SwordXLR8R podcast - it’s what we listen to at home before we go out to get psyched up for a big night.
Mophono (live)
Mophono is a Bay Area producer and DJ who has played alongside the likes of Flying Lotus, Amon Tobin and Gaslamp Killer. He has 3 killer releases out on CB Records which you can hear right here, check them out and pick up the Skip on Beat records which keep the beat going wherever you drop the needle!
Here’s Mophono playing to a sold out crowd at the Independent…
Our good friend Beryl Fine, one of San Francisco’s most talented young photographers, is releasing her long awaited photo book entitled ‘San Francisco Bicycle Messenger’. After the huge success of a messenger calender she released last year, Fine has composed a 75 page limited release hardcover book of portraits, with a cover by Mike Giant. The opening will feature photos contained in the book, as well as music from DJ Centipede, LL Cool DJ, and Citizen Ten. Don’t miss this one…
Two of SF’s finest rap music soirees converge this Saturday for a no holds barred battle royal. West Addy’s Pony P and Alexander Spit (hosting) meet Upgrade residents Shane King & Swayzee at 330 Ritch for what is sure to be a blood bath, or at least an ass shakin’ night of debauchery, come find out which.
330 Ritch - 21+
10PM - 2AM
$10 @ Door - RSVP for limited discount list
Now serving food by Farmer Brown restaurant
For VIP table reservations
contact: Monique
415-902-3125
reservations@330ritch.com
French producer/DJ Surkin is up there with Justice & Boys Noize at the top of the dirty electro-pop hierarchy. He claimed in an interview that he “never heard of” DJs Carl Cox, Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto - at 23 years old he represents the new sound of electronic music.
You do not want to miss this one, on Wednesday, April 22nd at the legendary Infatuation party at Vessel, featuring 2-for-1 well drinks, and FREE ENTRY BEFORE 11.30pm with RSVP to surkin@hacksawent.com.
If you missed last years Love Fest Parade, the nation’s largest electronic music festival, you unfortunately missed the Solid Gold Jacuzzi float in all of it’s golden splendor. Hacksaw DJs Shane King and Morale, alongside Sleazemore, Swayzee, Nisus, and Eric Sharp, slaughtered the massive crowds, and due to the success of the parade Solid Gold Jacuzzi has become more than just a float. On April 11th the experience comes to supperclub, with LA’s Heist DJs, Rchrd Oh?!, and Cocheze joining the melee. Mark your calendars now!
This is one of our favorite music videos doing the rounds at the moment. Buraka Som Sistema featuring M.I.A. on ‘Sound of Kuduro’. Don’t miss the show on April 21 at Rickshaw Stop!
Johan from Radioclit was kind enough to send us a few remixes to share ahead of his show here in San Francisco on Friday March 27th. Pre-sale tickets are available for just $10.
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