LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES
Leif (Kolt) w Dirty Dr Nickels [Tidepool Music/ Elevate]
http://www.tidepoolmusic.com/leif.html
Leif(kolt) is a truly unique artist and gifted songwriter that has played at festivals & venues across the country. His upcoming album “Dead is the New Rich” is due out this May.
We are happy to have Leif join forces with Dr Nickel for a unique project combining the talents of a dope lyricist with a dirty, grimy, glitchy dubstep artist. Lets see what happens….
Prince Zohar [Habitat Sound/Dub Traffik Control]
http://www.myspace.com/habitatsoundsystem
A respected producer of heavy analog dub & dark soul music with releases in collaboration with Mad Professor, Dub Traffik Control, The Shining Path, and other partners-in-crime.
With performances in Sao Paolo, Brussels, Brooklyn, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. Prince Zohar’s new dj sets give the sophisticated but depraved dancehall patron a taste of his eclectic musical vocabulary: Angolan Kuduro, Favela Funk, Arabic Street Jams, Sweaty Tropics, & exclusive Dubplates.
PK [Elevate]
http://www.myspace.com/sandiegounderground
Justin Stephenson aka Puppy Kicker. Will cause you to have hearing loss. Children scream and women swoon when he drops filthy, disgusting, beats dripping of primordial ooze that take away your breath & melt your face.
Take a listen - http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=2a0fc08
HVC3 [BrokenBeat]
http://www.myspace.com/hvc3
Hiel Leslie Van Campen III is your main man for all your early-evening Aphex Twin requests. Churning myriad style together for your eclectic electronic smoothie.
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VISUALS
vj Ubergeek [Cyberspaceland]
http://amy-alexander.com/
The CyberSpaceLand live VJ show is colorful and psychedelic visuals made from text, generated in real time from internet search queries and other data using custom software.CyberSpaceLand is performed by hyperkinetic VJ Übergeek (Amy Alexander)
using arms, legs, hands, feet, and an oft-changing array of geeky gadgets ranging from dance pads to a Dance Dance Revolution dancepad.
Übergeek has performed at clubs and media art festivals around Europe, Mexico and the US. She is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego.
vj Shikaku [BrokenBeat/DTC/Modul8/LA-VA]
http://accentfeed.blogspot.com/
Visual artist Miguel Vega, Originally from Argentina, has been doing visuals for various live performances and installations since 2002. His background in design, multimedia, and electronic music production has enabled him to stand out in the medium of live visual performance.
Vega’s shows capture and reflect the mood of the moment, the space, the crowd, the performer and music in a uniquely enthralling display. Watch as this VJ enhances the performance and ambiance of the night.
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FREE! – SUPPORT LOCAL ART AND MUSIC!
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SD, CA
Kadan in North Park,
4696 30th street,
(Corner of 30th & Adams Ave.)
21 + 2 PM – 2 AM
http://www.brokenbeat.com
* VOTED BY CITYBEAT BEST INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC 2008
Best intelligent dance music
On the first Saturday of every month, inside the darkened den that is the castle-and-chess-themed Kadan Club (4696 30th St., Normal Heights), Walker Holland, Miguel Vega and Angelo Gastelum can be found reveling at the site of massive amounts of electronic gear.
“The more hardware and wires the better,” says Holland, the driving force behind BrokenBeat (www.brokenbeat.com), the name for both a club night featuring live experimental electronic music and visuals and the network of artists who create it.
For almost a decade, Holland and his collaborators have been putting on events in San Diego that spotlight the kind of electronic music you won’t find in Downtown clubs. A far cry from the repetitive beat-heavy house or trance music most people think of when they hear the words “electronic music,” BrokenBeat is all about “intelligent dance music” (IDM), specifically “glitch,” (a subgenre of experimental electronic music) and the live mixing and retooling of electronic-music tracks. If done correctly, it’s the kind of music that can get even the most mainstream-minded bar-goer on the dance floor.
“Angelo here is a great example of that,” says Vega, who’s recently joined BrokenBeat as the visual jockey (VJ) and who schedules other VJs to provide the live visuals for the night at Kadan. “When Angelo plays, everyone is on the dance floor.”
The typical lineup for a BrokenBeat night is three electronic DJs, one live electronic-music artist and one or two VJs who improvise with the music and fill three screens hanging on the walls of Kadan with graphics, live video feeds, animation and more.
“I’ve had nights where I’ve just stepped back and looked at it and thought, Wow, that’s cool,” Holland says. “Seeing people dancing inside those three screens, it’s like they’re dancing inside a giant television.”
“And the best part,” Gastelum adds, “is that we don’t charge. This is something we do out of love.”
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See what you’ve been missin! Check out some pictures from previous
BrokenBeat nights
http://www.brokenbeat.com/pics/pics_main.html
