Shadowstarr

These are the photos I took at the STS9 show in Pittsburgh on March 17, 2010 at Mr. Smalls.  All of the photos where taken with my iphone.

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What started back in the mid nineties as an experiment fusing youth culture and social action has turned into a multi-faceted, multi-faced creature called Bassnectar. It is the brainchild of Lorin Ashton, and it exists as an open-sourced musical project that is as diverse as it is heavy, as raw as it is meticulous, and as fierce as it is imaginary. Bassnectar combines sound and force with weight while spanning the spectrum of sonic style, covering every genre imaginable, and smashing it all into a collision of wobbling, perverted basslines, hypnotic hide-and-seek adventures, and pretty much anything that strikes his fancy. He calls the end product “omnitempo maximalism,” which basically means no rules, no limitations, and no hesitation in fusing the familiar with the strange or the classic with the cutting edge.

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Sound Tribe Sector 9 (abbreviated as STS9) is an instrumental band known for their live performances. The band’s genre-blending sound is based heavily on instrumental rock and electronic music crossed with elements of funk, jazz, drum and bass, psychedelia, and hip hop. Self-described as “post-rock dance music”. The band mixes standard live rock instrumentation with electronics, favoring group rhythm over individual solos. STS9 has released five studio albums, one remixed album, and one live DVD (Live As Time Changes) on their own label 1320 Records. As an independent artist, they have succeeded by using their live performance to conduct multiple concert tours and appear at music festivals. They have achieved significant niche popularity in a few areas of the country through frequent appearances, most notably in greater San Francisco Bay Area including Santa Cruz; the greater Denver area including Boulder; as well as Asheville, NC, and the greater Atlanta area including Athens, GA.

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Its that time of year for us all to give thanks… for the house, the breaks, the sound the speaker makes… the friends we know, the places we go, the memories that we make at the show.  So come and start the holiday cheer.. with the sound of bass rumbling in your ear…

5 djs that undoubtedly know how to hold your attention on the dance floor are at your disposal.

7up, Elysium, Clevr, Chico and Shadowstarr

Take advantage of the ONLY place in pittsburgh on Thanksgiving Eve that you can hear the latest sounds in electronic club music!

Only a $5 cover, must be 21 to enter.

Bossa Nova
123  7th Street
Downtown Pittsburgh, PA

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Leading its new generation of artists is a group that appropriately calls itself THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! Fusing together influences drawn from playing in mostly punk, heavy rock acts and listening to an eclectic range of music from gospel to R&B to hip-hop and underground dance music, THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! has created its own intoxicating blend of rock instruments and electronics. Its goal above all: to get your blood pumping and your body moving.

“It’s music you can bang to,” says vocalist/guitarist Brandon Zano. “It’s very sexually driven.” Adds bassist Daniel Lee, “There’s definitely a lot of adrenaline.”

Although THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! is new to Cleveland’s music scene, its members are veterans of bands that enjoyed some local success. Zano, Lee and drummer Stephen Nicholson played together in Leo, which signed a development deal with Island in 2002, then went on to play in the well-regarded Dozen Dead Roses.

“I started to work on music of my own,” says Zano. “Daniel and Stephen were going that way too. I kind of coerced them into playing with me and we started writing songs together. We knew Justin through a previous band he was in and knew he would be a good asset as far as completion of what we needed.”

Keyboardist/programmer Justin Nyilas turned out to be the missing ingredient that transformed THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN!’s music from a collection of strong rock songs into a throbbing, sexually driven, music experience.

The band launched in early 2008 and quickly started looking for opportunities to get heard. They approached multi-platinum producer, engineer Michael Seifert of Cleveland’s Ante Up Audio, whom Zano knew from working with in past projects. He caught the group live and immediately signed them as the first act on his new label Reversed Image Unlimited LLC. Their first full-length disc, “LOVE KILLS” is due for release May 5th 2009.

“He gets what we’re doing,” says Lee. “It’s such a pleasure working with someone who is that unbelievably talented. He’s creating a Cleveland uprising and we want to be part of that.”

While the band’s currently focused on the CD that will introduce them to the world, they’re continuing to play out as much as possible. A national coast to coast tour is planned for summer 2009.

“Our emphasis is to prove that our live show is just as good as or better than the album,” says Zano. “We come from bands with punk and rock influences. We don’t just stand there. We’re ravenous about it. We want the live experience to be so intense that for the next week, after seeing THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! your heart is still pounding and your body is still shaking.”

http://www.myspace.com/thisisashakedown

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Shadowstarr – January 2009 Promo

Here is a brand new mix I made to kick off the new year.  All tracks are in the style of funky techno and are from some of my favorite producers.  The mix is at 136 BPM and is 57:50 minutes long.  I hope you like it and download a copy to listen to on your computer or ipod.

Tracklist:

1. Elton D, Snoo – Saga
2. Hertz, Johan Bacto – Mankind 20
3. Reaky, Audioklinik – Paradisia
4. Mat 303, Josh Love – The Way Of Control
5. Axel Karakasis – Timebomb
6. Vortechtral – Infected (Wyrus Rmx)
7. Spiros Kaloumenos – Red Street (Q’hey Rmx)
8. Axel Karakasis – Speciation
9. Hybrid Players – Freakfunk
10. Elton D, Snoo – Cerekenton
11. Green Velvet – La La Land (Thomas Krome Rmx)
12. Hertz – In Time
13. Eimmot – Groove (Spiros Kaloumenos Rmx)
14. Wehbba – Pimp TS
15. Shock, Benjamin – Self Destructive
16. Axel Karakasis – Tubular Bells