2007 LINE UP
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Bassnectar There are nearly three-hundred and sixty five nights a year, and on one third of them, somewhere across North America, you will find a modern day social mosh pit of hippies, hipsters, dub reggae heads, Burning Man freaks, artists, social activists, and hip-hop enthusiasts all packed into one steamy room of grinding expression and musical experimentation known as a bass ritual, or, more precisely, a night with Bassnectar. Playing to thousands of different people a month; from sold out festivals to tiny bars and venues; Bassnectar’s enormous popularity reflects the current hunger for raw substance in modern music and a desire for social integrity inside the party scene. Bassnectar’s new album “Underground Communication” sets a new standard for the possibilities of merging music, art, new media and social activism. website |
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Heavyweight Dub Champion Created in the mountains of Colorado in 1997, Heavyweight Dub Champion is "Where Ancient Ritual Meets Modern Technology." Their debut album, "Survival Guide For the End of Time" won numerous awards in the State of Colorado, including Westword Magazine's Colorado Album of the Year. All of their music is created from scratch by the sonic shamanistic alchemists: Resurrector, Patch, and Totter Todd. website |
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The Lawgiverz Straight from the UK, Lawgiverz (a.k.a. R-Kidz and Noize) have been dropping audio bombs for the last five years on Botchit & Scarper, Trigger Recordings and many more. If you find yourself in front of the sound system during their laptop and turntable set, prepare to be destroyed with a helping of alien love in the Electrobreaks style. Their live show incorporates multiple decks, CDJ's and a laptop and they mix, scratch and basically remix every track they drop! website |
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Vau de Vire Society Spawned from the depths of San Francisco's thriving Dance and Circus sub-cultures, the Vau de Vire Society, since summer '04, has ravaged and titillated the live entertainment scene causing jaws to drop in awe and admiration around the Bay and beyond. This Avante-Cabaret community consists of classically-trained dancers, some of the nations most acclaimed Acrobats, Aerial Artists, Contortionists and side-show acts, an array of Fire-Performers, a handful of Thespians and the most enticing go-go's. The group has been cross-pollinating genres by collaborating with an eclectic variety of renowned Musicians and Dj's in creating original stage shows for the non-pretentious. website |
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Blue Tech (Aleph Zero, Native State) Bluetech is a music producer who creates predominantly electronic music, with a focus in downtempo and ambient music styles. He places significant emphasis on melody in his productions, and his works often demonstrate an influence from Dub and Deep Techno. His expression is mercurial however, so don't be surprised to hear many other genres. Although Bluetech's music includes some "organic" samples, it is created mostly using digital synthesizers and production software, giving a very "digital" quality to it. website |
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March Fourth Marching Band Named after the date of their first gig (3/4/03), the March Fourth Marching Band has evolved into a high-energy, eclectic and mobile unit of good times, taking a Fellini-esque mix of Mardi Gras mayhem, afro beat, Mexican hustle, sultry samba, big band, and gypsy folk to the streets and parks and the club and festival scene--anywhere people seek liberation through booty-shaking beats, driving bass, and high-flying horn arrangements. Accompanied by their surrealist troupe of stilt-dancers, fire-spinners, and costumed beauties, they are a new love-party paradigm. website |
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Ganga Giri Ganga Giri mixes red natural elements with fat tribal beats and dirty funky bass lines to create a unique tribal-technological deep earth dance experience. Ganga himself is a rhythmic didjeridu virtuoso and percussionist-- an inspired music creator who's passion brings people together in celebration of nowness in newness, a modern day corroberre for all! Carving a niche in the DJ dominated world of dance music, Ganga Giri is an energetic, innovative and incredibly live act. The full show blends an array of tribal percussion that includes Ganga's uniquely percussive style didj playing, congas, djembe, bougarabou, Nigerian talking drum, mbira and more. website |
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El Circo (dome, sound and performance) Based out of San Francisco and Ashland Oregon, the El Circo family will be representing at this years LIB with their massive geodesic dome and infamous Bag End sound system. If you've ever experienced their dome at Burning Man, then you know this combination is hard to beat. And to top that off, a handful of their artists will be rocking the system all weekend long.. and rumors of a special performance have been floating around, so keep your eyes out. myspace |
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Oscure (LABA) Since the time hip-hop music and break-dancing first hit L.A. streets two decades ago, Oscar Gamboa II A.K.A. Oski-D, or the infamous Oscure has been one of the integral pioneers of the LA Underground scene. Sharing a devotion to music and a passion for its perpetuity, Oscure established The Los Angeles Breakbeat Association In 1996, a collection of L.A. DJs who support and promote the Breakbeat sound. Pushing the Breakbeat scene further in Los Angeles the L.A.B.A. is now in full gear. After over a decade on the decks, Oscure is now getting the recognition as a leading dj that he deserves. website |
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Kid Beyond Singer. Beatboxer. Songwriter. Live looper. One-man vocal band. Kid Beyond loops and multi-tracks his voice onstage to create his own live backing tracks - layering his impassioned lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation. The result is a riveting, soulful brew of pop electronica. A "fiercely charismatic... truly mesmerizing" performer, armed with a powerful rock-soul singing voice and the jaw-dropping skills that earned him the title "San Francisco's Best Beatboxer," website |
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David Starfire (Space Island) David Starfire is a passionate Producer/Composer/Multi Instrumentalist/DJ residing in Los Angeles via San Francisco. A producer of varying styles from dance to rock to hip-hop to bhangra and everything in between, his production standards are compared to the best and DJs like Adam Freeland and Karsh Kale are spinning out his original songs and remixes. His DJ sets have been rumored to cause earthquakes in California with his sonic bass frequencies and he consistently takes the music to the next level. website |
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Gamelan X Gamelan X world music ensemble presents original, dynamic music for concerts, dancing, and processions. Drawing inspiration from Indonesian, Balkan, African, Indian, and American electronica, Gamelan X creates a transcendent sound and engaging group choreography that connects viscerally with the audience. Dozens of small and large gongs, wind and stringed instruments, synthesizers, drum set, and percussion from across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East combine interlocking rhythms and sinewy melodies in an entrancing groove tapestry. website |
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Ooah OOAH the TURNTABLe JUNKIe is a master at the art of turntablism and a wizard on the wheels of steel. He's a southern fried kid from New Orleans bombing the west coast underground with style and grace. Residing in Los Angeles and now connected with the Los Angeles Breakbeat Association, he rocks the dance floor hard with a mix of original tracks along with the hottest cuts out on wax. Dropping a variety of flavors from bass grinding mid-tempo tech-hop to electronic mind-bending breakbeats to feet-stomping drum & bass and jungle to psychedelic dream-rthythms and intellectual glitch frequencies. myspace |
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EDIT edIT (a brief history)..... originally one of the four resident DJ's at the now defunkt Konkrete Jungle Los Angeles, along with Hive, Daddy Kev, James Tai and mic rockers Busdriver, Mikah 9 and P.E.A.C.E. they tore this shit up and showed Los Angeles what the fuck is up. Also one of the original Dublab Radio DJ's at the old legendary melrose studio (pre Plug Research days). During that time edIT (formerly known as the Con-Artist) had produced and engineered for the likes of Sole, Busdriver, Aloe Blacc, Emanon, and Dr. Oop. edIT is now working on a new album for Alphapup Records that is nothing but straight heat. With collabs featuring The Grouch (Living Legends), Busdriver, and TTC (Big Dada). "Certified Air Raid Material" will be his second, very highly anticipated full length to be released sometime in the first quarter of 2007. URB Magazine has named him as one of the "Next 100" artists to watch in 2006. Currently he can be found dropping sirens on the dancefloor, and slaying crowds on the regular with the Glitch Mob. Fuck quantizing. No grids allowed. myspace |
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Boreta Boreta received his Ph.D in Hyperspace Engineering from the University of Gliznitch, Scotland in 2033. Since then he has been spending long hours developing Telekinetik Crunksauce at the IRL (Illbientological Research Laboratories) on top of Mount Olympus, Washington. Dr. Boreta has also gained respect from the medical community galaxy-wide for his achievements in the fields of Subterranean Circuit Hopping, as well as initializing much needed diplomatic ties with the Archbishop of West Shinythingia. In his spare time at home in Basel, Switzerland Dr. Boreta enjoys spending quality time with the local troubled youth, talking moonlit walks in the sand fields, and gardening. myspace |
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Kitty D Kitty-D rocks his mid-tempo wobbly bass, haunting melodies, and breaky alien glitch-hop styles with live manipulations and surprises. His sounds are inspired by life, death, and the unknown: experimenting with sound waves to incite healing, crunk, and emotional madness. This is Kittyology. With the evolution of computer audio equipment, he has taken the next step with using computer programs, outboard equipment and an arsenal library of manipulated and self- created sounds to initialize a universe of sonic fiction. myspace |
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Ana Sia Aka the Mob Bosstress, Ana Sia is the cameo dj playing often by the sides of her boyz...the notorious glitch mob. Originally from Hawaii, Ana spent the last year in the US sharing music all year long from BC to Burning Man. Currently to be found as the surprise at the party IF you can spot her over the equipment & behind the laptop. She is now working on creating beats inspired by the genres that she plays: glitched out, sexed up, low freq, hyphy, bassy, krunked strip-hop. myspace |
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Rena Jones (Native State Records) with special guest Jamie Janover on percussion A multitalented composer, producer, audio engineer, sound designer, violinist, cellist, and vocalist, Rena Jones has been described as "The revered daughter of San Francisco's electronic music scene" -- OEM Radio. Rena Jones, a multifunctional and multinational artist, has had multiple tours within the US and Europe. Playing at some of the worlds leading electronic music festivals such as, The Glade Festival (UK), Shambhala (B.C.), Burning Man (Nexus, Entheon Village), and many of the worlds more popular nightclubs and also some of the hottest nightspots in San Francisco including The Warfield, 1015 Folsom, The Cow Palace, 550 Barneveld and she held a residency at The Supperclub in San Francisco, CA Rena Jones has released three epic solo albums, "Breaking the Divide" (2004), "Transmigration" (2005) which were self released and "Driftwood" (2006) on Native State Records which was number 6 on the most essential albums of 2006 for Echoes Radio NPR. website |
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El Papa Chango (El Circo) Half papa, half monkey, really means Universe! Diego Novoa aka El Papachango grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he began his career as sound engineer and dj, tinkering around with speakers and amps at the ripe age of fifteen. In 1997, Diego moved to Ashland, Oregon, where he fell in love with the magic of "La Pacha Mama" (Mother Earth). They call him El Papachango because he mixes from a diverse palette of electro, ragga, breaks, and hip-hop, creating a musical journey that has Universal appeal: sassy, playful, suave, and sometimes downright naughty, but always with a spicy Latin flavor. website |
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Helios Jive (The Do LaB) Helios Jive is the unique musical experiment of composers Rich Alick, and Paul Newman. The two find a well-balanced partnership with Paul covering horns, guitar, didgeridoo and other "special treats," and Rich on keys, synth bass, and production. The duo's compositions and live performances create a melodic, jazzy, electronic soundtrack emotionally tailored to the masses. The music has a quirky thematic character that gets in your head and moves your caboose. The duo recently composed music for the Lucent Dossier Vaudeville Cirque, co-wrote/produced two remixes reaching Billboard's Top 10 Dance chart and have released their debut album, "Heliosentric" chosen as "Best Independent Jazz Album" L.A. Music Awards '05. website |
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Random Rab (El Circo) Emerging from his own distinct corner of the West Coast electronic music scene, Random Rab offers a powerful, timeless contribution to sonic exploration. Rab is a master of manipulating our temporal awareness, leading us into seemingly ancient worlds, where to our amazement, we find visible shreds of the future. Allow his sound to catalyze your travels into haunting ecstasy, and you will not return to your same beginning. Playing only his own originally produced music live, the depth and craftsmanship of this offering is remarkable. With an array of drum machines, samplers, sequencers, and instruments, it is a clear devotion to expression and perfection. The beats are smooth, bold, and overwhelming. The original vocals, melodies and hitting bass merge seamlessly into a tapestry of unique and unexpected journeys. website |
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BLVD BLVD fuses live instruments with electronic samples to create a truly unique sound. Combining elements of house, breakbeat, and rock; their high-energy sound is custom made for the dance floor! Each performance is improvisational, allowing the audience to participate in the creation and collective energy of the music. Drummer Dylan McIntosh surrounds himself with an array of acoustic and electronic drums, merging beats and samples to lay down an unwavering rhythmic foundation. Electric guitarist Curtis Sloane adds tight melodic progressions and looping patterns, as well as triggering programmed samples. Bassist Tripp Bains glues the sound together with a deep low end and fluid pounding attack. As a trio, they rely heavily on their production skills in the studio. By creating samples and synth lines they combine an organic live sound with the repetition and melody of electronic music. website |
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Soul Eye This Colorado based MC believes that music is a true healing art. Souleye chooses to perform all his shows freestyle, completely improvisational, because it allows the audience to be present and involved in the creation and collective energy of the music. Each performance is genuine and can never be replicated, much like life. Not afraid to break the paradigm, Souleye has been bridging gaps and crossing paths between multiple musical genres from Hip hop, Drum and Bass, Electronic, Blue Grass and Funk. His ability to freestyle gives him the opportunity to sit in with any band or dj, bringing the vibe of sincere energy and love to each performance. website |
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Solovox A producer, composer, and one-man synthesizer attack squad, Solovox is the sound of Earl Carlton Tietze III. Bringing together elements of melody, emotion, rhythm and keyboard prowess, Solovox is creating a unique sound in the cluttered world of electronica. With electronic music shifting and mutating into forms that are leaving more and more listeners cold, Solovox is delivering something different...and at the same time more familiar to the ear. website |
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Goddess Alchemy Project in alliance with Wazulu the ill Dravidian A collective of cultural creatives, The Goddess Alchemy Project is a true endeavor into paradigm innovation. At the core of the collective is a trinity of sisters who synergize their unique skills to weave a tapestry of evolutionary artistic expression. Working on multi-faceted levels to empower the revolution from within, the work of the collective is grounded in the ancient ways of women's wisdom and offers an opportunity to experience this medicine as it is remembered in modern human culture. This project fuses medium such as music, visual art, spoken word poetry and dance to bring sacred intention to the forefront of artistic momentum. website |
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Porter Tinsley "CityBeat Magazine Los Angeles recently hailed Porter Tinsley as "vivacious " and GrooveTickets.com, one of Hollywood's biggest nightlife information web sites, calls her "a Hollywood-primed rockstar". Playing up and down the west coast, and seen frequently at Spundae, Avalon and at most major underground one-offs, Ms. Tinsley is the defacto standard of dirty electro tech and her set is definitely one to catch." website |
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Abai Abai, "Super MC/Music Producer" is a mega-multi threat artist with numerous talents (musician, vocalist, dj, live pa) and roots on both coasts. He is flavored with cultural style, history and musical influences from all over the world, and is currently blasting the world of sound open with unique beats, vocal/mystic moves, and bass booming thumps. As one of the founding members and executive producers of the cutting edge Bay area multi-media production company, Bounce Reflex LLC, Abai is poised to launch his brand of skillfully crafted hip hop, trip hop, jump up, dubstep, dancehall, and reggae music onto the world stage. His eclectic set is a sexy, rump shaking musical journey not to be missed.myspace |
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Albert Joseph AJ has fused together some of the finest sonic elements the underground has to offer with his unique blend of rooted urban rhythms, subsonic bass lines, melodic synth textures and exotic soundscapes. The music Albert creates is extremely cinematic and emotive, invoking feelings reminiscent of distant lifetimes. AJ creates pathways with sound, and once enveloped in the sound, the mood and ambiance of unseen places become accessible to be experienced and savored. website |
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Geno Cochino (Bounce Reflex/Pyramid Plans) Geno started his love of music at a very young age, thanks to his mother who was an avid collector of rare vinyl. Years later he has built his own rare collection of Dubstep plates, a genre blowing up all over the world. With this new collection and many years of musical and performance experience, Geno plans on blasting you with great tracks till the end of time. myspace |
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Jupiter (The Do LaB) Jupiter, often referred to as the utility guy of LA's underground sound scene, has come a long way since venturing out to his first experience of warehouse enlightenment and connection nearly 8 years ago. Quickly succumbing to the power of music, he added beat-matching to the wealth of skills and knowledge which years of experience in the studio and in live music production had accumulated and cross-referenced them with an insane range of musical influences ranging from psy, tech, trance and break elements to anywhere and/or far beyond the distances of traveling sound. Jupiter has been a long-standing part of LA's underground music scene, dropping jaws and shaking asses all over Southern California from Space Island to Coachella. myspace |
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Jesse Wright (Pocket Underground) A bit about me? Sure, I love talking about myself. The fact of the matter is...I have no idea what I'm going to do every time I hit the decks. Which makes things interesting to say the least. Any time someone comes to one of my gigs, the set is as unexpected to them as it is to me. I get asked what my genre is a lot as well, and to that I say "Fuck Genre!" and then I chase whoever asked me that around the room for a while. Honestly, if I had to sum it up, I would say some where in the progressive tech funk realm. But I hate to limit myself too much. As a kid, I was a class clown, starved (or so it would seem) for interaction. DJ-ism gives me that interaction with all kinds of freaky people many of whom have become life-long friends and have added so much color into my life. So, to sum it up, I'm a DJ because we get free drinks. website |
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Novatron - Live! (Space Island- SEA) A man of peace, a man of truth and a man of some serious sonic wizardry, novaTRON (aka the amBASSador of TRON) uses an arsenal of outboard modules to create an improvised breakbeat symphony that is filled with infinite color and emotion. Tear through the fabric of time into multiple realms of reality with this mad scientist's infectious grooves. myspace |
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Sammy Bliss (Pocket Underground) Sammy spent his younger years growing up in New York playing music at house parties and making mix tapes. Once he moved to Los Angeles he spent several years working as a DJ for a local entertainment company doing corporate events, weddings and private parties. He then started a weekly event called "Monday Night Playtime" where fire dancers and DJ's could come to play and practice in a safe ego-free environment, which is when, with the encouragements of several of his DJ friends, Sammy picked up the House bug. Also a professional fire dancer, massage therapist and event producer, Sammy loves to bang it hard and funky with a wide variety of progressive, funky, tech-electro House beats. website |
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The Seedling Escape In the case of an emergency, The Seedling Escapists will be hidden deep beneath the surface of space and time, co-creating subatomic and subsonic frequencies that will leave you in critical conditions. They also find it necessary to connect with outer dimensional beings to keep from going insane...We are very sorry if you have been sonically assaulted, next time, please step away from the speakers. The Seedling Escape Artists are very troubled and are undergoing series of unexplainable tests. Please do not be alarmed. myspace |
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Saynt (Ninja Skillz) The idea of genre used to mean something to me. The convenient little way we compartmentalize and categorize our audio artistry to be packaged for mass consumption. I think of things now in terms of the image it puts in my head. I'm an afternoon pool party with a cold beer and a loose dress code. I'm tribal drums banging in a desert as night tucks the sun into bed. I'm an airy windswept beach in Mexico. I'm the frantic energy of a hypnotic beat at midnight. website |
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