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FRISKYRADIO AT THE LOVE PARADE SAN FANCISCO w/ LEE BURRIDGE
LOVELEE PARTY with Lee Burridge - brought to you by SatelliteSF / Spundae / Mezzanine / Listed and friskyRadio!!!
WHY :: Because we Love Lee
WHEN :: Friday, September 23rd Love Parade Weekend in San Francisco
WHERE :: Mezzanine Nightclub - 444 Jessie Street at Mint Street, San Francisco, CA. Map It!
$20 PRE-SALES AND $40 VIP TiCKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT GROOVETICKETS!!! GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT!
Come out and meet the friskyRadio Crew and show some support!!! There will be FREE friskyRadio giveaways like CDs, tee-shirts, stickers and other stuff thats been sitting in our attics... Why? BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU!!!!
LEE BURRIDGE
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It.s 1985 in the idyllic backwaters of rural England and a young Lee Burridge has just embarked on what will become a very colourful DJ career. Currently though he.s playing appalling music at birthdays, weddings and the odd funeral.
Sadly for the deceased, but luckily for us, with aspirations of playing the kind of music he.s been hearing at acid house parties, Lee has a quick look at his life and decides a change is needed, so he moves from Dorset. to Hong Kong. As you do.
The calibre of Lees early parties ensured that scores of world-class djs played, and these sometimes chaotic, often unforgettable nights helped lay the foundation for Hong Kong.s now thriving underground house scene.
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It wasn.t all fun though, during his 6 years at the forefront off Asia.s dance music scene, Lee and his cohorts also endured gruelling periods hanging about on the beaches of Thailand, as they brought dance music to the legendary full moon parties for the first time.
2 djs who passed through Hong Kong were Sasha and Craig Richards, and these guys later fashioned together a partnership called Tyrant. In 1998 they lured Lee back to the UK, using carrots, to become part of the Tyrant Soundsystem.
As Tyrant, Lee and Craig have now released 2 compilations and, luckily for them, each has been respected and loved by djs and clubbers alike. Listening carefully you.ll hear tracks with a progressive edge, techy grooves, deep house and some breaks thrown in for good measure. The colossal Pete Tong named the first release his .album of the year.. Urban legend has it that, on hearing the news, Lee got drunk on shandy to celebrate.
Like the albums, Lees sound is versatile and unique. He.s comfortable playing warm-up and peaktime slots, or both if the vibe.s right. Not satisfied with holding down residencies at Fabric in London and The Bomb in Nottingham, his travels take him across the globe from Romania to Argentina, Asia to America.
In 2002 Lee Burridge was voted No.10 in the DJ Magazine Top 100 poll. although Lee.s still struggling to think of 9 djs who are actually better than him.
So there you have it. a summary of 18 years worth of music and djing. But just forget all and remember this. Lee Burridge likes to party with the best of us, reads a crowd like no other, and plays some of the most mind-boggling, genre bending and jaw-dropping records you.re ever likely to hear. Period.
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SPESH
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Qool, looQ Records, Spundae
DJ Spesh (née Stephen Kay) has three claims to fame. ONE, he is half of the world renowned production team Jondi & Spesh. TWO, he created the progressive music scene in San Francisco. And THREE, he maintains a large fan base of insanely dedicated clubbers who connect with his less obvious yet totally enthralling style of DJing.
Outside of San Francisco Spesh is best known in the dance music scene as a producer. He is half of Jondi & Spesh, the duo mixmag called the .dons of progressive house.. Their discography stretches over 50 releases and a dozen labels. Together they run Loöq Records, the most innovative progressive and breaks label in the United States. Their records are supported by the best and choosiest DJ.s in the world (Sasha, Digweed, Burridge, Howells, Tenaglia, Oakenfold, etc.). Muzik magazine rated their artist album .We Are Connected. as one of the top 40 albums of 2000 (ahead of Madonna that year). The next Jondi & Spesh artist album has been signed to Spundae Recordings for release in 2004. Spesh is also part of JSJ, with high profile releases on Renaissance including .Deep Love 9. and .Ghost of You..
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Spesh has been the artistic leader of San Francisco.s dance music scene since the early nineties. With musical influences including Punk, Ska, New Wave and Funk, Spesh quickly rose in the local scene with a high profile residency at Release. Next on the list was Qoöl, a weekly party Spesh started at an art gallery to have 100% artistic control of his music. Thousands of people agreed and the world.s original underground pan-techno happy hour soon had lines wrapping around the block. Jonathan Lisle visited and compared Qoöl to the Hacienda in Manchester. Unlike many DJ.s Spesh is in high demand in his hometown . he is not only the leader of the progressive scene but can always be counted on to bring something new and unexpected to every gig. Spundae founder Guiv Naomi says Spesh is .one of the best progressive DJ's from SF and one of the coolest
promoters around..
Spesh.s refusal to take the obvious route make his fans more passionate than usual. To them hearing a Spesh set is more than entertainment, it.s an addictive drug that takes them to a higher plane. While this might sound hyperbolic, Spesh fans constantly describe his sets as .inspirational. and .mind-blowing.. Ben Westhoff from San Francisco Magazine visited Qoöl and summed it up well; .I can still see Spesh searching for the perfect LP . that obscure house recording from England or Finland or Australia that is exactly what the party needs to go from happy hour to ecstatic hour. Suddenly he drops a cut so fabulous that we simply lose ourselves, .peaking. on the most frantic, layered, and inspirational music of his set. An entire dance floor erupts into bliss, arms in the air and hips shaking to the quick, hard beats..
It.s not just the clubbers who love Spesh, his fans include the press as well world.s top DJ.s. .I wish I could have spotted the records he was playing, because he was playing some blinders,. says Expander NL after seeing Spesh at a gig in Amsterdam. .It was funky, it was electro, it was breaks, it was pure progressive!. John Digweed simply says (on his KISS FM show featuring a Spesh mix) that Spesh is .An excellent DJ. . high praise indeed if you consider where that.s coming from. Over fifteen years of spinning records has given Spesh time to develop his talents to a nearly unconscious level. As Spesh himself says, "I.m doing my job when everybody in the room, including myself, has completely lost track of time..
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SCOTT CARRELLI
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Qool, SatelliteSF
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CHRISTIAN CAMBAS
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Bedrock, Audio Therapy
Christian Cambas is a producer/DJ from Athens, Greece. Being involved in music production professionally since 1998, he has shown his many production facets ranging from Drum 'n' Bass to straight up Progressive House.
As a DJ while living in the U.S. and attending the Berklee College of Music, Christian was surrounded by House music, although he was primarily playing and producing Drum 'n' Bass at the time. However, he never neglected his love for House and spent the greater duration of his stay in the U.S. working at a prestigious dance music record store.
Besides DJing, he set up his own Drum 'n' Bass label, First Commandment Records, which released three singles, all of which were embraced warmly by both the U.S. and European markets.
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RANDALL JONES
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Tigerhook, Bedrock, Renaissance, EndRecordings
Randall Jones is known in and among the international dance music community as being one of the most talented and cutting edge djs and producers in the world. He garners respect from the deepest of house heads to the most upfront technophiles because of his unique ability to play and make house and techno music that crushes all genres and breaks all boundaries.
A veteran in the nightclub industry, Randall first gained exposure by djing in after hours nightclubs in the sprawling metropolis of Houston, TX. In 1992 he moved to the northeast of the United States to continue his study of the art and settled down in Philadelphia, a city famous for its musical history and diversity. For the next five years he further tweaked his sound at famous nightclubs in and around New York City and Philadelphia. He was resident at Club Vinyl in NYC for the classic Home night on Fridays in 1995 and also played many other clubs including the main floors at The Palladium, The Tunnel and Twilo for various raves.
When on the road or busy in the studio Randall enjoys hanging out with his friends (especially the other members of Tigerhook), reading literature and kicking game to beautiful women.
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JONATHAN WONG
WILL SPENCER
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