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For my first operation on Atlantic soil in about 3 years, i’m way stoked to be playing alongside Version Sound at 88 DC’s new event, Loda.

88 is doing big tings in the DC metro area, with forward thinking events that showcase more than just a diverse music lineup (although they certainly hold that down). Integrating multiple forms of sound, visual, and performance art in a very friendly, deeply interactive atmosphere, their events are “breaking down barriers between the normal, everyday population and artist” (88 co-founder David Fogel, quoted in the Washington Times).

Version Sound is THE DC dub soundsystem — “3 Selectors, 1 MC and 1 Space Echo unit.” Niiice. Check out their new mixes, Twiss Up and Be Thankful. Both are heavy duty.

Loda @ Gallery
1115 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 [map]
$10 / $5 with password (hit me up)

Three MK2 residents at the same party? I don’t think we got a permit for that…

Friday, April 18th, 9pm – 5am (at least)
Entry $15 - $25 Sliding Scale
2829 California Street

Word of Mouth is proud to announce Connectivate, a collaborative benefit to aid Jamie Luv’s community building and reproductive health project for orphans in Ghana, Africa.

The evening will be divided between 3 rooms of gathering and celebration, plus an outside area featuring live fire performance.

Room 1 - Hosted by Sera Studious –
www.sera-studios.com/services. html
An original and innovate dance floor composed of 14 subwoofers and 4 raised speakers in each corner of the ceiling. A unique dance experience you need to feel, to believe.

Room 1 Schedule:

10pm – Eye gazing workshop: Experimentation in the exhilarating and subtle art of connection to the other.

11pm- Contact Improvisation: Experimentation in playful, partnered dance.

Performers
11:30pm- Syd Gris (Opel Productions)
www.opelproductions.com/archiv…64.php/
1am - Seventh Swami – (Ambient Mafia)
http://www. myspace.com/seventhswami/
2am – Genji – (WoM, LAB) profile.myspace.com/index.cfm
3am - Cumulus – (WoM, LAB) http://people.tribe.net/samiam805/
4am – Mino – (MK2 Systems) mk2systems.com/memekast/mk021/

Room 2 – Hosted by Sera Lounge www.seralounge.com/
Enjoy super food libations and the company of others over delicious conversation and energizing elixirs.

Room 3 – Hosted by Word of Mouth – www.womsound.com/womsf
Bay Area talent brought to you in a black light den of dance.

Room 3 Schedule

9pm – DJ Faith
10pm – Niles (MK2 Systems) http://mk2systems.com/memekast/mk017/
11pm – DJ Free
12pm – The Spit Brothers www.myspace.com/thespitbrothers/
1am – Outersect www.outersect.net/
2am – Space Invader (MK2 Systems) http://mk2systems.com/memekast/mk022/
3am – Unagi (WoM) www.djunagi.com/
4am – Eugene Steele (WoM) http://people. tribe.net/djeeno/

Seraphi Center
2829 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
Entry $15 - $25 Sliding Scale

Ok, it’s a little last minute, but…

Join MK2 resident selectress Daneekah and future Memekast guest Pauley Unsaturated for $2 Red Stripes, pizza, and board games tonight at False Profit’s Equity! We know how stressful your week has been (we read your emails), what better way to unwind and get ready for the fast-approaching weekend than to come down and drink some beer, listen to 45’s, and play Uno?

Our two hot selectors will be pulling fresh-baked tracks out of the oven and serving them up with lots of love for your pre-Valentine enjoyment. Bring your honey, bring your homeys, and bring your board games. It’s living room culture, SF-style… which means we have good music.

Pauley Unsaturated (mushrooms and bell peppers)
Daneekah (pest0)

5:30-9PM @ Il Pirata (16th & Utah SF).

False Profit loves you.
We just like being seen in public with you because you’re hot.

Montreal’s Ghislain Poirier, last seen around here on my own memekast mix mk001, has announced his Ninjatune debut, and dropped a serious promo mix to get us ready.

The mix is called Bastard Bass, and with it Poirier continues his relentless, electro-fueled assault on the border walls between dancehall, hip-hop, soca, grime, and any others that get in his way. One needs only check out his body of work to know these boundaries don’t stand a chance. Past collaborations have included eurocrunk posterboys TTC (Big Dada Paris), abstract hip-hop guru Beans (Warp, Antipop Consortium NYC), dj/rupture (Tigerbeat6 NYC), Lotek Hi-fi (Big Dada London), and plenty more. His remix credits are deeper still, with official releases for Lady Sovereign (Def Jam, Chocolate Industries London), Maga Bo (Soot Rio De Janeiro), TTC, and SF’s own Bassnectar (Om Records, Bassnectar.net); not to mention a ton of boots for the likes of Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Spank Rock, The Clipse, and on and on.

The album itself, No Ground Under, is set to drop in North America on January 29.

Thanks to Cumulus for the heads-up.

Word recently trickled down to me from somewhere along the ant trail about a producer whose beats demanded my prime headphone time. Turns out he’s an extremely prominent figure in the South African music scene. He is a Cape Town turntablist, scratch dj champion and producer who calls himself Sibot. His music is a genius blend of hip hop and electronica. It’s a touch of glitch squeezed out the edges of dope hip hop beats, smoothed out with some master scratching and just dripping with thick, grinding bass lines. (more…)