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Silent Frisco’s quiet revolution takes dance parties out of club

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TONIGHT & TOMORROW - ECLECTICISTS UNITED

I've been DJing for almost 20 years now. It's incredible to think, write, and say these words since I was 23 when I started and thus have been doing this for HALF MY LIFE now. When I started I had no idea how to play or even where to begin so I began with what I knew, funk, rock, soul, using crappy gear at a little beach club in Santorini. But the process of trying to put together 5-hour sets of whatever they had on hand forced me to try to make connections of every type of music. Over that summer I developed a style, best known at the time as "rare groove" but even too weird for that name because my version included hippy rock stuff that "rare groove" DJ's wouldn't touch.

When I got back to the States and started to "try" to DJ, people would ask me "What do you play? Hip Hop? House? Dub?" And I really couldn't answer because I couldn't conceive of a world where one might only play one thing. Like an isolated subpopulation, I had mutated into a fresh species through the Darwinian challenge of resource scarcity (i.e.: not enough of any one kind of music). And thus from that point, I have always been somewhat of an outsider. Most of what I played back then wasn't even on vinyl, and if it was, I couldn't have afforded it anyway. I was a broke-ass longhair hippy, crashed in San Francisco to wait tables and write for anyone who would hire me.

It was only through the welcome development of "Master Tempo" technology by Pioneer, in their seminal, and now largely forgotten, CDJ 500's that gave me a chance at a career. These early pieces of digital DJ tech allowed one to play any song at any tempo and have it (mostly) sound like its supposed to. Two decades later, with things having gone even BEYOND laptop, "Master Tempo" seems like a concept as quaint the intermittent windshield wiper in cars. "Didn't they always do that?" No they did not, and had it not been for this little innovation, I would not have ever been able to mix well enough to put my open-genre experiment into action.

I bring this up because "open genre" is a huge challenge but also allows a degree of creative freedom that few can enjoy. Not just most DJ's and producers, but most audiences flock to one or two genres that they know. So not only do we "eclecticists" have few peers, but we also have a small, if loyal audience. Ours are not the front line trends that burn through the public consciousness like Deep House 1, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Moombahton, Trap, and Deep House 2. Our brotherhood lives in the outer rim territories of the dance music universe.

Like lost vessels in a vast ocean, we have been forced to stick together and help one another for survival. I know at least one funky, rocky, disco, nostalgic eclecticist in every city I have ever toured, and their help has been the difference. And thus I have tried to do the same for as many of them as I can here in San Francisco. Many have slept in my home, many have accepted checks from my company, and more than a few have been kind enough to repay that favor with incredible studio knowledge and lifetime friendships.

I bring this up because this weekend we are welcoming an uncommon collection of these eclecticists. With everything else going on, I wanted it acknowledged so that those rare few of you who "dig this" will know to pop your heads out of your holes. Among the artists we (SunsetSF and Silent Frisco) have the privilege of sharing with you are some that are better known, and some unknown. All of them chose the less likely, hard road built by cutting their own path. Rob Garza, Psychemagik, Pumpkin, Fort Knox Five, Thunderball, Hard French, El Papachango all share a vision for independent music so I want to tall you all a bit of what I love about all of them.

ROB GARZA: I met Rob the way most of you did, through the seminal work of his partnership, Thievery Corporation. To say that this project has been influential is a major understatement and Thievery's effect goes so far beyond their records. The idea of "dance music" on airplanes and commercials used to be laughable. But because Thievery, (and a few other giants), paved the way, there is a place for tasteful dance music in the wider world. Their success has made it possible for non-pop EDM to find a place on record store shelves, and in the public consciousness. But that is Thievery. Rob himself, while he could easily act the part of the "man of greatness" instead, seems content with "his own man". He is humble, humorous, and intensely interested in his music, and all of the arts and creations he helps to spur. His solo music takes from Thievery but delivers some of the juiciest disco breaks this side of Trotter, Neighbour (a frequent studio collaborator) and Todd Terje. HIS is the kind of music I like to hear when I go out. I can't WAIT to hear what he plays on Ocean Beach tomorrow.

PSYCHEMAGIK: I started catching glimpses of this amazing UK duo through my blues aficionado friends JPOD and U9LIFT. There aren't a lot of producers out there who make blues remixes. Being one of the few Djs who digs these (for sets at places like Gathering of the Vibes), I grabbed all I could. But in the few years since, Psychemagik has staked a claim on DISCO and ROCK that is even deeper. They have become one of the leading disco producers and remixers in the world and their sets are eclectic enough to satisfy me, you, and everyone. Their remix of Naive Melody was probably got the best response of ANY song I played on tour this summer. Psychemagik will play at Mighty tonight and Ocean Beach tomorrow. Will that mean we get two very different sets from them? I hope so.

FORT KNOX FIVE & THUNDERBALL: When it come to eclecticism, this brand seems to be the American standard, now for more than a decade. Jon Horvath and Steve Raskin have been DJing and producing every possible type of music and making waves since their first seminal BOMBS remix series dropped back in the vinyl days. So well known now that in some circles they seem to be an afterthought. That is a tragedy and a huge mistake. The music they put out today, and the DJ sets they play today, are far better than anything they did 10 years ago. They are relentlessly dedicated to their craft and their 4-turntable breakbeat sets and Steve's Thunderball Drum and Bass sets are as good as anything you will hear in those genres. This weekend you will get to hear them both. Consider yourself lucky.

PUMPKIN: Before there was Pumpkin, there was "Nick the Neck" whom I met through the Mutaytor when Nick worked behind the scenes, often as a performance artist with some of the visual acts that came through the project. It might seem as if "Pumpkin" has exploded overnight to become one of the most sought after DJ's in the west coast scene. It's important to remember that Nick has been around for a long time doing everything you can think of to make a living in the arts. He has BLED to be here and is finally getting some recognition. His music is the definition of "eclecticism", blending pop, rock, disco, and everything else he loves into a seriously groovy house backdrop. He's at Mighty tonight and I have no idea what he's going to play. I can't wait.

HARD FRENCH: Of all the "hard paths" in the music world, none is so fraught with danger as the one trodden by 45's DJs. Let's put it this way. If Vinyl DJs are the long lost Samurai of dance music, then 45's aficionados are the Ninjas. Take it from someone who has played a lot of vinyl: 45's are HARD. They skip, they jostle, they jump, they scratch, and that's IF you can find some worth playing. That Hard French has done that, while also concocting a vibrant, healthy music scene around their vintage soul sound is a tribute to their dedication. Hard French is a great example of San Francisco's inclusive music scene. Straight, gay, black, white, hispanic, asian, young and old convene at their party because they all share a love of, and have immense personal depths of, SOUL.

EL PAPACHANGO: Diego Novoa is a citizen of the world and a hidden gem in our midst. Spending half of the year in the States and half in his native Argentina has enabled this brilliant DJ to fuse those worlds together into sets that many imitate but few can match. His music, a blend of Lain styles, smushed into a variety of modern beats, is unique, infectious, and impossible to resist. I have seen him build parties from zero to a thousand in the span of an hour. I have seen him follow big bass dubstep and EDM acts and absolutely shame them with the simple timeless quality of his choices. I have seen him turn many ho-hum nights into a sea of smiles. This is the music that I want to hear on a sunny afternoon. And I can't wait to hear what he does at Ocean Beach tomorrow. Let's hope God cooperates and it's sunny enough to do his music justice. My guess is that whatever God is, she loves Diego's music too.

That's it folks. We have a lot going on and I wanted to make sure that he few of you who ready his will not miss out on an incredible weekend of music.

TONIGHT @ MIGHTY: The Official Superhero STreet Fair Afterparty

MAIN 9: Professor Bang, 10: Fort Knxo Five 11:45: PSychemagik 1:15 Pumpkin 2:30 DJ M3

SIDE: 11: Miss Cooper and Her Pet Craihgslist Hookup 12:30 Motion Potion

Tickets HERE

$5 off with Superhero Street Fair Wristband

Free Shuttle from Superhero Street Fair from 8:30-12

SUNDAY @ OCEAN BEACH

A CHANNEL: 11am: Kiddo Disco by Matt Haze, 1: DJ Mancub 2: Hard French 3: Fort Knox Five 4: Psychemagik 5:30: Rob Garza

B CHANNEL 12: Motion Potion (Radiohead Set), 2:30 Non Stop Bhangra 3:30 El Papachango, 4:30 Thunderball

Tickets HERE - THIS WILL SELL OUT!

This is how Silent Disco party looked on Sunday... #funtimes

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on the thursday of south by, the universe gave to me....

hundred waters day show @ emos east, rhettmatic & dj shortkut of the LA beat junkies crew, i met/rented a bike to/smoked with c-mon of c-mon & kypski (i had been discussing rental logistics online with him for days, and only realized who he was after literally asking him if he had heard of his own band), and then made it to the ninja tune showcase, with bonobo, machinedrum, jesse boykins III, toddla t, the bug, and more. heard some of killer mike's set from outside of bar 96 on rainey st. it felt like a pretty chill day, and i probably spent too much time frustrated about various bike complications (despite making a bunch of money), so overall i'm going to disregard my physical exhaustion for now and fall asleep content, with more greatness to come in the morning.

(free food/breakfast, dosh, alt-j, performing a set at a house party, deciding between the flaming lips and this electronic showcase, and then the silent frisco late-night party. maybe more....the potential's always there. we shall see.)

#bonobo #hundred waters #ninja tune #c-mon & kypski #silent frisco #sxsw #austin #alt-j #dosh #flaming lips

Silent Frisco: Austin Session5 (3 nights) @ Wanderlust Live SXSW

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