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all loving things to you miss Samantha West
and everyone you touch.
here’s a remix of a song for you from Aeroplane called
Whispers (Hercules & Love Affair Mix)..mp3
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We’re holding it down at 2010Backside.
So hold on tight and ask santa for that train you always wanted.
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present
“MYSTERY MACHINE 2008″
another signature NYE event
Wednesday, DECEMBER 31, 2008
with :
PROPA TINGZ aka BREAKBEAT BUDDHA
- San Francisco, CA / UK
http://www. myspace. com/breakbeatbuddha http://breakbeatbuddha. addictech. com/
http://www. reverbnation. com/breakbeatbuddha
http://www. breakbeatbuddha. com
Bio :
It’s another dark and rainy night in the badlands of UK (circa 1989). An unsuspecting adolescent runs at breakneck speed across a rural field, drawn by subsonic bass frequencies towards his first warehouse party experience.”It was exactly what I was looking for, but I just didn’t know (it) until I found it” says 3B, musing over his beginnings in the UK underground rave scene.”10 Thousand people at a renegade party and no one could stop us. We were free…it was a revolution.”It’s this revolutionary fervor that fires his desire to make music. But even amongst this tumultuous revelry he felt that something was missing. Some other dimension. Shortly thereafter, 3B turned his attention to Eastern philosophies and practices. It was here that he found that missing dimension which gave him a context with which to frame the love of freedom discovered in that warehouse. It was at this point that BreakBeatBuddha was born.”BreakBeatBuddha is not about a person, its an approach, a bigger way to live look at things …”3B set to work on creating his own sound which could unite and synthesize genres, whilst reflecting the shifts and expansions in awareness that he saw in the world around him. “These are exciting times and its not just about 9-5 or just having a wicked weekend anymore. People want more than just a party. They want empowerment. They are asking questions about there own power and the power we have as a collective. It’s the next level, a conscious, empowered dance culture movement.“
He took his cues from artists Derrick May (Godfather of Detroit Techno), Erik B & Rakim, KRS 1, and later, D & B producers Dillinja and Goldie. 3B’s first gigs saw him playing parties in London, Manchester, Birmingham, cutting his teeth on live sets with the likes of “Death in Vegas”, the “Capoeira Twins” and holding down a residency at Brighton’s infamous Zen Bar. It was a period of paying dues, as he reflects.”I would travel hundreds of miles for a gig, without payment. Sleeping rough was a regular thing. But I just had to get out there and play.” Its now the mid-90’s and the initial explosion of energy that characterized early rave culture gave way to bad attitude, bad drugs and Draconian governmental legislation. In search of a more liberated environment, 3B blazed a trail Stateside and immediately set to work making a name for himself on the world-renowned “Burning Man” scene, famous for its own unique brand of revolutionary hedonism. By then, his signature sound had begun to take shape.
The release of 3B’s first track “Buddha Bounce” (True Movement) placed 3B firmly on the map of the West Coast Breaks scene. The track’s stupendously fat hook and swanky mid-tempo step proved a hit in the States and abroad, even reaching prime time air play on BBC1’s breakbeat show with Annie Nightingale. There was no turning back and 3B continued to concoct more winners in the studio, including “Dat Feelin’” (a playful hip-hop breaks collision), “Bounty Killa” (darker venture into dancehall glitch-nastiness) and “Endurance”, undoubtedly one of the biggest tunes to emerge off the West Coast scene in 2006.”A landmark moment for me was droppin’ Endurance for the first time at Emerg-n-see in Ashland, Oregon … to see the crowd just go OFF was amazing … the sub-low on that track made the earth shake and set off car alarms half a mile away.”
3B embarked on a notorious body of remix and collaborative work, featuring artists KRS 1, Bassnectar, Busta Rhymes, Mala Rodriguez and Beenie Man. 2006 saw the release of his debut album “Mind Bombin” (True Movement Recordings), to truly cast his presence out onto the international stage. “Mind Bombin” was 3B’s musical manifesto, combining extensive DJ experience with scathing social critique to successfully inject a bit of awareness into a scene traditionally apathetic to the bigger issues of the day. His music has evolved to the point of communicating beyond the narrow confines of genre, yet maintains a finger on the dance floor pulse. Its allegiance is with the street, unquestionably rugged and raw, but also engaged and sensitive to the deeper concerns of the modern world as they unfold.2007 sees 3B touring through Europe, releasing tracks alongside DJ Spooky, Talvin Singh, Transglobal Underground, Kraddy and SOTEG as well a number of solo projects. Expect big things. 3B is now a regular feature on the North American gig circuit, playing to thousands across the US regularly. His signature sound is recognized internationally as an anthem to Cultural Resisters everywhere.
THE FUTURE?”…to keep pushing the envelope on the sound, the vibe, the purpose and the movement. World events are reaching a climax. Our modern dance culture is fundamental in providing places to express ourselves, to gather in freedom and resistance to the more-prevailing formations of power. That freedom is currently under attack … if we don’t realize the dangers lurking in the shadows and mobilize the power we collectively maintain, slowly but surely, that core rebellious energy will be marketed to banality or legislated to death. The time to act is NOW.”
http://www. myspace. com/badbwoybmc
. . along with
J.ODDIO
Admission : $15 / BYOB / FREE KEGS while they last
Location : 2010 Commerce Street, Houston, TX
Doors Open 9pm
Dance Floor Dale. This video is supposed to be banned everywhere due to their “provocative and explicit” material. They encourage 18 and over viewers. Not suitable for work unless your boss is the shit. So here you go Tay, it’s fucking Tay Tay Tuesday.
YEAH. ALRIGHT. UH HUH.
Its at 2010B Commerce between Franklin and Commerce at St. Emanuel
Door at 7pm
In other news,
We’re also hosting an unrelated after party at 2220 Commerce from 2am to 5am…. Do not show up before 2am. Refreshments provided. Donations accepted.
We’re putting together a little event with our local artist for the Houston Artcrawl.
If you’ll be out bouncing around the Warehouses on Saturday i’m sure we’ll see you after the event.
You should make 2020 Commerce your last stop for the day and stay with us until the evening.
History
Artist’s need large and affordable spaces to rent when creating work. Downtown’s warehouse district provided artists with that sort of community. Unfortunately, most of the cities population had removed itself from the urban lifestyle in exchange for the small city effects that suburbia offered. The artistic community suffered from the lack of activity downtown until a brilliant idea was discovered. The idea was to bring the public back downtown by having an “open” studio celebration of the arts, it would later be called ” ARTCRAWL”.
The benefits of having this celebration seperate itself from all other events in the city. No other event currently offered in Houston, celebrates everyone’s art as “equal”. There is no gallery director/curator’s vision involved with this event. Everyone who is located in the downtown area is invited to open their studio up for all the public to see. This feature alone makes this event the single most important regional collection of artists in the Houston Metroplex. It represents the region as it truly is, a diverse collection of different types of art that should be celebrated as a community of “visions”.
On Sunday, October 26, Joel from indiehouston.org put on a ridiculously indie, yet non-specific, drunken night of art. There was more art than the divine indie gods could ever imagine and what better place to host this cluster fuck than the Caroline Collective. The holly Sunday evening started with The Mathletes and their rich nerd pop sound. Don’t be fooled by their name, they’re not just going around and sodomizing calclators with their pencils…oh no…they destroy your ego with music. Their great vocal melodies and agonizing faces makes you want to pull up the high socks and walk-a-doddle around. After the Mathletes, oh!..look out for American Sharks yall…ready to shove the rock straight down your nose. Shit to get a girl pumped right before the black japanther group comes on. Yes, the black japanther group, formerly known as Fat Tony rapping those sweet words all around some fine lady’s legs. That’s right, Tony goes hard on the mic and plays plenty of shows to prove it. Next was the low-fi killer, Japanther. They did a great job actually getting a Houston crowd to have fun, something I haven’t seen in years. Boy, do those yankees know indie kids…and how to talk on the phone.
Apart from the amazing music and the drunken dancers, the crafts for sale were diverse and super neat. There were prints, shirts, pins, bandannas, etc…and all home made. These indies kids are too mature for crayons…I will tell you that.
The show was great. The crowd was having a blast (and the free beer does not get all the credit). I am proud of Houston kicking back and actually having fun one night, instead filling the room with of all the judging and awkwardness touring acts receive in this glorious city. The Caroline collective, as always, does not discourage the fun. And watch out for future indiehouston.org events…
We assume everyone already knows who this British graffiti artist is, and if you don’t you’re way late. He’s at it again and this time he opened up a pet store. No cute little puppies and kitties are in the window display, but instead a live leopard lounges on a tree… Is it really?!
Banksy welcomes you to his 10 A.M. - 12 A.M. pet store: The Village Petstore and Charcoal Grill
For the last few weeks aficionados of street art have been atwitter with sightings of work by this pseudonymous, secretive British artist. Several of his murals, all featuring giant rats, have popped up on walls and billboards in Lower Manhattan, and on Wednesday a Banksy piece was unveiled at 89 Seventh Avenue South (near Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village.
This one is not a mural but an installation: a mock pet supply shop, filled with animatronic creatures like a rhesus monkey and would-be creatures like fish sticks swimming in a tank. The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill, as the green awning reads, is Banksy’s first official exhibition in New York, his representatives say, and it will be open to the public daily through Oct. 31.
“Open for Pet Supplies/Rare Breeds/Mechanically retrieved meat” says a sign in front of the shop. Bales of hay dot the sidewalk, along with a kiddie dolphin ride, wrapped in a fishing net like the day’s catch. But it is the leopard in one of the storefront windows that stops passers-by first. “Is that — real?” a woman asked on Wednesday, peering at a large furry object perched on a tree branch, its tail swinging.
It’s not: it is an ingeniously arranged fake fur coat. The robot monkey is more lifelike: it sits, breathing, in a cage inside the store, wearing headphones, holding a remote and watching a television clip of some fellow monkeys in an amorous moment.
A rabbit wearing a pearl necklace files her nails in a window; the coop in the next one has chicken nuggets with legs, busily dipping themselves in sauce.
Inside the store, hot dogs and sausages squirm like snakes in sand-filled terrariums, and the floating fish sticks are so lifelike that a visitor tapped on the tank, as if to get their attention.
“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming,” Banksy said in a statement distributed by a publicist, “but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.”
Sadly, there are actually no vocalizing snacks. Banksy’s statements, like much of his pranksterish oeuvre, should be taken with a grain of salt. But there’s no denying the show’s attention to comically pointed detail.
Juxtaposed with the animatronic displays are real pet supplies, packages of luncheon meat and odd foodstuffs, like cans of quail eggs and Hormel pork tidbits. None are for sale; entrance is free, lunch not included. - The New York Times
Check out this video to see them all in action.
ENJOY.
Here in Houston we have a little known group of artist, but the one that’s standing out the most is this kid here-
The Death Head is on the rise
look him up-
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Ceeplus Bad Knives Host Dj and Music Curator via Reprogram Music dot com drops a rad opening set at the MFAH this Sat. Sept. 6th
Ceeplus has been holding down the MFAH shows for a long time, I can’t think of one we’ve missed, although i was missing his Basquiat shows while living in Brooklyn, I hear those were the most insane. Well it looks like this one will be right up there with them in the must see category.
This is what he sends us,
“from 8-9:30pm..I will be playing my signature blend of rare disco{italo, space,cosmic,afro}electro,retro,funk,house,no-nu wave, dance-able indie rock, some original songs that I made and more.”
“Not only will I be just mixing the music..
I remix,re-edit,cut,scratch the jams live through out my set.”
“Here is a original track that I will be dropping at the party.. It’s called KKR the Death of Cool (stripped down mix)”
listen here
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or download the track from Divshare for numbers sake
download the track here
Check him out on Saturday,
