This Friday @ 222 Hyde, San Francisco

RedWine presents: Ivy (Black Bridge), J-Boogie (Om Records)

& Toph One (RedWine DJs/ AS Krew), in booming, crisp Turbo Sound!

222 Hyde, San Francisco, CA 94102

9p-2a, $5 after 10pm, 21up

Facebook event page here.

Q & A with keyboardist Erik Deutsch

Our favorite keyboard wizard is featured in this week's Backbeat. His new album, Hush Money, was recently released, and Colorado's getting a special release party tonight at the Boulder Theater. Don't miss it!

Here's a great video of him performing with Norah Jones. Drop by his website while you're at it.

And here's a couple of shots from our Black Bridge party back in May of '09 with Deutsch and Ivy teamin' up. Photos provided by Mr. Darrin Harris Frisby.

Death Calls the Tune

Created by German design collective lab binaer, this ingenious turntable-based light sculpture was made by applying light-sensitive phosphorescent paint to the turntable and replacing the needle cartridge with an LED light. As you can see in the video, this changes the table’s function, creating a visual player out of an audio player. The LED cartridge creates the individual characters by exposing the paint to specific patterns of light pulses which are controlled via an outboard microcontroller.

Titled “Death Calls the Tune,” the piece is a visual statement about news, death, and memory. What you see displayed are real news bulletins, all related to death, strung together to create a never-ending flow of headlines. The cycle of bright and fading text is meant to represent the cycle of our collective memory, mirroring the way that forgotten thoughts are so quickly replaced with new information.

We found this on the Dancetracks blog.

Death Calls The Tune (lab binaer) from lab binaer on Vimeo.

I Am Haiti Fundraiser

Facebook event page.

LP Player Concept by Charlie Pyott

Super slick idea by Charlie Pyott, a Designer from the USA. Check out the full scoop at lookslikegooddesign.

Make Mistakes 2

Make Mistakes is proud to present its 2nd edition starring Detroit's Jeremy Ellis!

Along with: Scott Everett, Papyrus, Roy England, Attentat, Les Freres Courvoisier

@ Theory + Practice, 738 Santa Fe, Denver, CO, 10PM-6AM, $10, 21+, No Exceptions, BYOB

Westword feature here.

R.I.P. Teddy Pendergrass

Soul star Teddy P has passed.

Free Download from J-Boogie

J-Boogie's offering up his Soul Vibrations Dub Remixes album for free download. Dope!!

While you're at it, take a cruise on over to his blog for all the latest from the Dubtronic Science camp!

The Cassette Tape Closet

The Black Bridge office definitely needs one of these.

Footer, Drop Logik, Styles Davis @ Tooey's in Denver

Come welcome home our friend/Colorado man-myth-and-legend, Frank a.k.a. Footer, Foot and Frank Footer! We will be droppin' an insanely good blend of trip hop, funk, breaks, hip hop, downtempo and other appropriate tunes old and new. Footer, Drop Logik and Styles Davis switching off on the turntables. Poor Mans Lunch Box special in full effect all night- any 12oz can and a shot of Beam for $5, BYAW! Tooey's is gonna go off for this one kids, please do yourself a favor and GET YOUR ASS DOWN THERE!

Tooey's
1521 Marion (Colfax and Marion), Denver, Colorado.

The Last Party at b.side - CMKY New Year's

Ring in the new year with CMKY and help bid a fond farewell to the b.side Lounge! 2 rooms of good music, good people, and good vibes, all for one of the most reasonable covers you're likely to see on NYE.
 

Lineup:
Noah Pred (Toronto, Native State, Thoughtless), Royale, Papyrus, Josh23, Alala.One, Brandon Brown, Story 

b.side Lounge
2017 13th St., Boulder, Colorado 

HELLO WINTER!

Hello Wednesday reunion party. Wed. Dec. 23rd, 9:30 PM - Close. 
"... djs-tech-glitch-dub-warm-you..."

Your hosts Jantsen & Alala.One with Special Guests
Ivy (Black Bridge), Ejay (Bump Shop Music)

$5 Covers your local music
First 10 friends in the door get in FREE! 
b.Side Lounge
2017 13th St., Boulder, Colorado 
Facebook event page here.

Fab Classic!

Join the original Fab Afterhours crew for a night of classic house music all in the spirit of caring and sharing. 100% of proceeds will be donated to Maxfund and Cat Care Society. $25 ticket includes donation, entry, and open bar.

Featuring: Jonas Tempel, Hipp-E, Tribal Touch
Second Room: Bones, Ivy

$25 online tickets available now from Groovetickets
Facebook event page here.

The Space Gallery is located at 765 Santa Fe Dr.
10pm-4am

Update: DJ Ivy has been confirmed for the second room to drop some disco goodness! And he is honored to say the least!

R.I.P. Bart's

We're very sad to hear about this to say the least. It's true - Bart's is closing. Collectively, we've probably spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours in the depths of Bart's stacks. Our good pal Jon Martinez (in the photo), DJ Rootz, and DJ Vajra were always there in the height of our digging. We'll miss you sorely. Another record store down. Boulder has lost an institution. Rest in Peace oh dealer of DJ crack.

New Release: Spaceflight Orchestra - An Orchestra of Remixes, Volume Two

ARTIST: Spaceflight Orchestra
RELEASE: An Orchestra of Remixes, Volume Two
TRACKLISTING:
1. Step Now (Quincy Jointz Remix)
2. Lead Jammer (1st Lieutenant Middle St. Remix)
3. What It Shall Be (Love Machine Mix by Astro Raph)
4. Solid (Drop Logik’s Soft Intake)

LISTEN/PURCHASE:
iTunes
Beatport
eMusic
Dancetracksdigital 

Black Bridge’s finest producers and friends break down and remix their favorite Spaceflight Orchestra tracks.

First up is a remix by Germany’s rising star of funk, Quincy Jointz. Qunicy is widely known as one half of the duo, Geriba, as well as extensive remix work for the top tier of funk breakbeat artists including work on a wide variety of labels including Ft. Knox, Timewarp, and Aniligital. This is a mellow groove down happy times lane with lilting cowbell and mellow tron stabs. Sprinkles of horn’s and nice trippy breakdowns round out the dub synths on this lazy joint.

1st Lieutenant Middle St. flex’s his funk muscle on the “Lead Jammer” remix. Diving kick drum and a stompy break ride out a groovetastic bongo sample into the funky promised land. Synths fired from the mothership and deranged slide guitar licks swell together and create a driving funky fever.

Astro Raph’s “Love Machine Remix” of “What it Shall Be” puts James Brown in a blender set to a schizophrenic puree. Oceanic washes and deep synths dance a dizzying tango with the beat, dropping you off into pristine spaces, only to be swooped up again and sent down the groovy train express. Astro Raph’s brilliant production and twisted sequencing keep the listener on a rolling mental water slide.

Drop Logik’s “Soft Intake” remix of “Solid” is just that - a beautiful cotton puff of a track that falls on the ear as if delivered by a summer breeze.  That is if the cotton was grown on Venus and the breeze originated in the Andromeda Galaxy. Add to that a funky alien synth and syncopated rhythm and you get a goregusly crafted track that will most likely increase your I.Q. upon first listen.

Stephen Powers' Love Letter Project

Espo (aka Stephen Powers) is one of my favorite artists, and this project is absolutely beautiful. From the website: "Love Letter is a project by Stephen Powers with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is sponsored by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. Generous support provided by the Brownsetin Group and Septa."

Covers. Ranking Joe.

Ranking Joe, "Roller Skate", 1981. Ranking Joe and his friends had their own rollerskate club, and thus this great album artwork.

The Boombox

While perusing the Joy Engine blog today, I was pleasantly reminded of the great NPR feature earlier this year on the beloved Boombox.

There's a Fungus Among Us

Those nerd muffins otherwise known as the Black Eyed Peas have fessed up that they are indeed outright thieves. Nice guy Adam Freeland spoke out and let the world listen to one of these instances earlier this year. The Peas have now paid off Freeland without having to face the boys in blue. Amazing how one of the world's most popular bands making bajillions of dollars off of their bajillions of fans can easily just opt out of being creative on their own.