When you hear the phrase “live dance music” you usually consider there are bongos in the equation and perhaps a whistle.
Portland Oregon’s Miracles Club replaces those things with live drum machines (808, 909, you know) and vocals from Honey Owens. It’s such a unique style they’ve been called “vintage house.” Their cover of “Can You Feel It,” Church Song” and especially “Light of Love” has everyone talking. So much so the Grammy-nominated Cut Copy picked them up for their own label: Cutters.
Call them what you will, there’s no doubt you’ll be dancing tonight, enraptured through the classic house stylings of live electronic music. Believe it. They are going to make you sweat.
Support from David Day and Alan Manzi. Stay hydrated.
Big things in a small room shaking down this Saturday!
Blawan, the man behind this year’s infectious white label remix of Brandy’s “I Wanna Be Down”, is coming to Think Tank in Cambridge (1A, Kendall Square). Also known for his breakthrough 12” on Hessle Audio and subsequent release on R&S, Blawan has been making major waves in the UK bass scene as of late. One taste of his drums and you’ll know why.
Local favorites Coralcola and Doctor Jeep (both featured on this year’s Together compilation) will be doing their thing along with a special opening set by David Day.
While Make It New loves to shine a light on the national and international producers of the new dance music we know and love, more and more Boston produces it’s own talent.
the last time Todd Gys played a Basstown event, he was opening for Pantha Du Prince on Lansdowne street. Soren Jahan (aka R. Audiard), on the other hand, is a new blood who would try to sneak into the club only a few years ago.
>Now, the duo join up to take on Make It New in celebration of their original production, Tyrants.
Jason Forrest is a rare mind in electronic music. Able to play a noisey set, to the mash-up crowd, in a dub war or hard to the core. As DJ Donna Summer he has smashed clubs around the world. Saturday, he comes to our part of it.
In part thanks to Dev/Null, Boston’s original gangsta of true rave. Whether at Hearthrob or Thunderdome or after hours, Pete knows how to party.
Summer of Sloth mix 2010 by DevNull-DJ They’ll both be at Good Life’s Visions party. Summer is celebrating his newest venture, Nightshifters music, a joint effort with Trouble and Bass. He’s just returned to NYC from Berlin where he became somewhat of a club legend.
Coralcola and David Day play to the crowd with a mix of screwed hits, smooth jams and crackling new remixes.
This is December 2010, it’s time to party. And if you party, Jason Forrest is your favorite new DJ.
Its here once again. That oh-so-crucial event that allows to walk down the block to see the best in dub, techno, drum & bass, glitch hop, and spine-sizzling bass in general.
This is the last time your hosts will be exclusively manning the decks, so we’re going to be pulling out our fire chunes and secret weapons to impress you guys one last time and deconstruct the dancefloor.
From here on out we’ll be summoning the best in our business! From legends to up-and-comers, look forward to some serious bassfunk on your think tank at your local family Funktion!
Visions brings it home this weekend with two of Boston’s favorite new voices.
Santiago Caballero has been crushing clubs since he sprung out of school in Boston, from playing nights at Suite to winning the inugural Together DJ competition. His soundcloud shows off original remixes and some killer DJ mixes: http://soundcloud.com/santiagocaballero
His sound is playful, well-mixed and always makes a sweat. His recent DJ sets in Miami, and of course opening for DirtyBird during Together, can attest to that.
Coralcola is Worcester’s mad genius, moving between everything from summer mix-tape madness to the screwed sounds of SSLLOOWW. We fell in love with him when he appeared to open for Gui Boratto in a wizard outfit and haven’t ever fell out. You can find his Eggirl here: http://www.coralcola.net/egggirl.html
Coralcola always plays music you will like … in the future.
Joining these two stars are Basstown residents Volvox, David Day and DJ Die Young.
Visions is the second Saturday of every month, the Good Life residency focused on playing house and techno, but playing everything in between. We hope you’ll join us.
VISIONS With Santiago Caballero and Coralcola Saturday November 13th 2010 GOOD LIFE 28 Kingston St. 10PM-2AM / 21+ / $5 http://goodlifebar.com/
In December, Basstown brought you a night to remember as Scottie B came with his original Baltimore sound to Good Life. Now we’re heading to NYC to drum up the coolest DJ in Bushwick, Cobra Krames.
Breaking out of the internet, Krames was one of the first to capitalize on the return of party raps and hand claps, taking an immense knowledge of music and boiling it down into mix after cracking mix. If the words Mad Decent, Flamin’ Hotz or Hatchmatik get your attention, this is your party.
the last time Mr. Krames rolled through Boston in January, it was for Thunderdome X. It was cold. It was miserable. But it was at the Greek Club. It was packed. And sweaty. And crazy.
Come share our Visions.
With Mr. Mistaker, the actually young DJ Die Young, that gumball David Day and the incomparable DJ Volvox.
Downstairs in the Afterlife Lounge, the BASSIC sounds will rock your soul. (BASSIC residents Damian Silva & C-Dubz open for guest Falty DL)
Upstairs the SECRETS groove will move your body, lose control. (SECRETS residents Lynch, Sarah Joy, and Carrigan dB spin with visuals by Ryan McDaid)
A little about FaltyDL taken from last.fm: “FaltyDL is Drew Lustman outta New York City. He’s making garage ‘n stuff with his hands. Nostalgic tracks immersed in the old New York and Chicago sound yet creating a more subtle futuristic Big Apple version mashing together influences from hip hop, dubstep, garage, soul, jungle and electronica creating his own NYG. NYG. NYG.”
Anthony Collins - Reeves [Curle Recordings] Scott Ferguson - I Cried For You (A Walk in the Park Remix) [Deep Vibes Recordings] Move D - Crashed Jazz [Uzuri] Norm Talley - Exodus [Third Ear Recordings] Horacio - Talberna del Funk [Raum… musik] DJ Sprinkles - Grand Central pt. 1 (Deep into the Bowel of House)(MCDE Bassline Dub) Gadi Mizrahi - I’ll Set Your House [Wolf + Lamb] Flora Cruz - Let the Sun Shine Out (Jerome Syndenham’s Vocal Dub) [Ibadan] Pépé Braddock - Deep Burnt [Kif Recordings] Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cut #6 [MCDE] Black Jazz Consortium - New Horizon [Soul People Music] Del Shannon - Gemini (Pilooski Edit) [Discograph] [Mule Musiq]
The Basstown monthly return in the form of Visions and for November, we have one crazy-ass line-up. We can hardly believe how it came together ourselves.
DOWNSTAIRS
It’s the full international techno force of Caged Baby. This is a guy who closed the Ibiza super-party known as We Love Space. This is a guy name-checked by Pete Tong, a guy whoh has residencies as Pacha, Creamfields, Big Day Out (Australia) and spins the techno and house we love, albeit in a rapid-fire way that will make you cry.
SUPPORT FROM: Volvox and David Day
UPSTAIRS
From Montreal, Huggs is a favorite of Aoki, Cosmo Baker and Jokers of the Scene. When it comes to the electro that has taken over club-land, Huggs isn’t just an O.G., he’s an O.G. of O.G.s. Right in line with Boston favs Certified Bananas and Devlin and Darko. From the NYC cool of Dances With White Girls and Lauren Flax, he’s the real deal.
SUPPORT FROM: Red Foxxx and Mistaker
We don’t know how this talent configuration happened. And if we did, we probably wouldn’t tell you anyway. This sounds like some hype nonsense, but we’re not kidding or hyping this at all, this is a party the likes that these two floors have never seen.
And all for five bucks.
The best part? The beneficiary, the result, the end all be all, the whole reason this whole thing is going down is to make one person sweat like never before. And that person is
After a few months of dormancy, the Basstown monthly is back and badder than ever. Red Foxx joins the team, Mistaker returns and of course residents Volvox and Die Young hold it down.
VISIONS
Each month, we’ll bring you two floors of different sounds, both equally delicious.
CERTIFIED BANANAS has gone from Enormous Room meltdowns to Thunderdome IV to A-Trak’s Fools Gold records (Kid Sister, Treasure Fingers, Laidback Luke). They blew up in Providence and took over the world. They’re back to let you know.
OBJECT GROUP (aka Alvin Aronson) also comes from Providence, in league with Morgan Louis and Christopher Wade, Aronson began LOVELIFE, the secret speak-easy night with taste to spare. His exquisite taste and masterful mixing has made him a long-time favorite.
So bring $5, ears to hear and feet to move. This is the new Basstown monthly. It’s the new Good Life it’s a series of
Make It New is this thursday at the Middlesex. Come check out some new tech house and minimal tracks by residents Alan Manzi, Volvox, and David Day. No Cover!
Respect due to Basstown for hosting their monthly Saturday parties at the Great Scott in Allston. They will be finishing up a chapter tonight and hosting their final event there via the freshest tech house, b-more club, and electro from residents David Day, Volvox, Die Young, and Mistaker. Cover is only $5!
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 9:32AM 
