minimal techno + avant house every 3rd Saturday at Rx Gallery
featuring:
PHEEK – LIVE PA (Montreal) m-nus . telegraph . contexterrior . archipel
CLAUDE VonSTROKE (San Francisco) dirtybird records . stepfilm
plus resident DJs: Sammy D ( classic . dirtybird . utensil ) Alland Byallo ( nightlight . epsionlab . mo's ferry ) Craig Kuna ( concept sf . esdjco . kodo ) Brian Walls ( ac . stylus . econspiracy )
Digital video art by Econspiracy
Rx Gallery / 132 Eddy @ Mason, SF / 415.474.7973 9pm-2am / $10 / 21+ Arrive early as capacity is very limited.
Check out our website for photos, free music downloads, dj sets and more! http://www.KONTROLsf.com/
Hailing from North America’s Mecca of minimal sounds, Montreal’s Pheek has been blazing a brilliant path into the future of music, and gaining international acclaim in the process. Born Jean Patrice “JP” Remillard, in 1998 this lifelong music fan, early rave enthusiast, and college radio DJ attended a performance by Richie Hawtin/Plastikman that would forever change his perspective on music. Inspired by this performance, he adopted the moniker Pheek, and within a year he was performing his own original material live and soon released his first 12”. In the six years that have followed, JP has been making a steady ascent to the upper echelons of the minimal/micro scene’s most respected and innovative producers and performers. His style is rooted in the funky, minimal sounds of German tech-house, but is tempered with a heady dose of the ethereal and experimental, resulting in a unique sound all his own. In 2005, now with 3 European tours, 4 full length albums and numerous acclaimed EPs on labels such as Telegraph, Clever Music, Tic Tac Toe, Thinner, Epsilonlab, and his own Archipel under his belt, Pheek’s talent is getting the worldwide recognition it deserves. This year has been an especially exciting one for JP. After getting extensive play by DJs such as Richie Hawtin and Magda, Pheek was invited to contribute a track to M-nus Records’ first ever compilation, Minimize to Maximize, and also landed an EP on Jay Haze’s Contexterrior label, alongside such artists as Haze, Ricardo Villalobos, and Robag Wruhme. To top things off, he was invited to perform live at both Montreal’s MUTEK Festival, where he played at the Finale, as well as Detroit’s FUSE-IN Festival (formerly the DEMF) where he delivered an unforgettable set on the Underground Stage. Needless to say, we at KONTROL are hugely excited and honored to be hosting Pheek in his first ever San Francisco performance. Do not miss this one kids.
Pheek LIVE @ Detroit’s FUSE-IN Festival (May 2005) http://www.kontrolsf.com/AUD/Pheek-LiveatFuse-In2005.mp3
Claude VonStroke (better known to we locals as Barclay Crenshaw) is the man behind San Francisco’s hottest new tech-house label, Dirtybird Records. Raised in the suburbs of Detroit, Barclay eventually moved to Hollywood and began working on feature films. Realizing that the visual medium wasn’t his calling, he moved back to downtown Detroit and fell in love with the beat. He began producing music and soon found a way to fuse his skills and experience in video with his passion for electronic music. He moved to San Francisco and in 2003 released Intellect, a six hour DVD package, self-directed and produced, which covered the worldwide electronic music scene and included interviews with the likes of Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Swayzak, Derrick Carter, Deep Dish, Magda, Kit Clayton and many more. In SF Barclay met Justin and Christian Martin and Worthy and together they started Dirtybird, with Crenshaw at the helm. The rest, as they say, is history. Dirtybird Records is currently shaking tailfeathers worldwide with a series of successful releases by Justin Martin & Sammy D and Mr. VonStroke himself. With remix work by John Tejada and Freaks, and Claude’s upcoming remixes for Frankie, Jay Tripwire, and Justin Martin, it’s no mystery why the Dirtybird has taken flight and is ready to soar to international prominence. Bring a bar of soap, because when Claude VonStroke is behind the decks, it’s gonna get dirty.
Claude VonStroke’s website http://www.dirtybirdrecords.com/claude_vonstroke.html
Claude VonStroke’s discography http://www.discogs.com/artist/Claude%20VonStroke
Claude VonStroke’s dirtybird promo mix (March 2005) - “It’s Time For The P” http://www.dirtybirdrecords.com/audio/mixes/ItsTimeForTheP.mp3
KONTROL : Future Events 09/17 - Isolee (Live) + Nikola Baytala 10/15 - Caro + [a]pendics shuffle (Live PA's) 11/19 - John Tejada + Justin Maxwell (Live PA's) 12/17 - Zip & Dan Bell [Perlon Tour]
