Portland Music Events- Technoca presents Michael Manahan, Phidelity, -xx-, Micheal Gabriel, & MontsDe
Presents Michael Manahan
Main Room
Michael Manahan-
(Starborne, Decibel, Oracle, Hempfest) Seattle
http://www.starbornesound.com/
http://www.dbfestival.com/
Michael Manahan is an essential and vital element of the Left Coast electronic music community; he nourishes the underground not only with his deep and phat-funky tribal oriented tech house sets but also with his immense contributions to the exploration of consciousness and spiritual evolution through art and music. This DJ, performer, producer, and space cowboy is also the co-founder of the Oracle Gatherings, the co-producer of the Decibel Festival, as well as the co-producer of the electronic music stage at Hempfest, the world's largest reform protest. Also the owner of Starborne Productions, Manahan is an innovator and a leader of the Seattle dance community and tribal culture; a mainstay in the scene whose presence always ups the love whether he is spinning dubby house, hard techno, glitch-ridden breaks, spacey down-tempo, or just hanging out being himself.
Phidelity, a.k.a. Kris Northern lays down Portland's most twisted and bass-ridden hybrid live sets of psychedelic future funk breaks, and you would not be surprised to see a party of robots getting down on his dance floor. A master of the science of slicing and dicing, Phidelity's tech funk is loaded up with tons of real-time effects, creating an experience that uses the science of sound creation. Hailing from Portland and representing Native State Records, his dub-laced sticky bass is overlaid with plenty of clean green grit and the moving goodness of his world is imposed on all who listen and dance- robots included.
(Current)
Brook aka –xx- is by far one of the best kept secrets in the Pacific Northwest when it comes to Electronic Dance Music and portland music… Rocking the decks for years he is a true master of his craft. Brook started DJing in Ashland Oregon years ago, and has continually been rocking dance floors ever since. Brook’s style is described as bass driven, heady, and minimal and he knows how to drive a dance floor to the max, or take over people hearts and souls. Brook presently hosts the show “Current” in Portland. –XX- is one of those DJ’s that plays for the love of music and the dance. Portland we are lucky to get this guy out on the decks to rock it for us…
Michael's love of music began at a young age, learning to play piano as well as excelling at other instruments. Throughout the 90's Michael played and toured with several rock bands until stumbling upon electronic music in 2000. "It was like nothing I had ever heard or felt before. I was floored." Michael quickly began learning to Dj and produce this incredible new music. Moving to San Francisco in 2003, he studied and learned from some of the best. Warming up the floor for Justin Martin, Swirl People, JT Donaldson, Style of Eye, Lance Desardi and Mike Grant, as well as holding residencies at Paradise Lounge(SF), Butter(SF), Pala(PDX) and now at Portland's infamous After Dark. Michael's crowd pleasing sets of tech and electro house kept crowds dancing deep into the night. After several solid releases and remixes on Mimosa recordings, Michael now heads up Ping Pong records and has teamed up with Technoca to continue to perfect his signature tech sound.
MontsDe started his musical career at an early in grade school and then in 2003 Acid House, Tech House, Minimal Techno, Electro House, Psy-Trance and Techno took over his life. Now MontsDe is the founder of Technoca a newer production company in Portland. Technoca focuses on electronic dance music events and Portland music, and amazing parties. MontsDe's sets range depending on the vibe and mood and can play anything from House, to techno, to breaks, to ambient, to Glitch, but he does tend to focus more on heady four four beats..... MontsDe has developed a reputation for playing extremely dirty tech house and techno tracks.
2ND ROOM
Chill Music/Down-tempo
Dave Weigel
Dave Weigel is also one of the best kept secretweapons of the Portland dance music community. Dave Weigel is a 10+ year veteran, His skills at impecible and style is bold and funky. Dave's funky style and extreme precision on the make him a truly amazing talent. Dave has mainly been DJing in private desert parties in the pacific Northwest, but recently we have been able to pull him out of that desert environment since is so cold out. We are in for a true treat.
Blue Spectral Monkey
(Metacrew, Interchill Records)
http://www.metacrew.com
http://bluespectralmonkey.com
BSM is well known for his skills as a downtempo/chillout DJ, and joined the Interchill Records team in 2006. He dives deeply into new electronic dub, reggae and dubstep, glitchy fun, slow trance, minimal techno, deep ambient space, and chilled breaks with an ethno-spiritual-psychedelic twist, all the time keeping the sounds thick, groovy and trippy. He is notorious for playing on multiple decks, as well as the occasional 10 hour set! He has shared the stage with many internationally renown artists including: Androcell, Solar Fields, Gus Till, Bluetech, Jaia, Govinda, Third Ear Audio, Liquid Stranger, Tripswitch, Piltdown Sound, and others!
Chill Box
(Bassland)
http://soundcloud.com/travismode
Born and raised as human Travis John Reinhardt, Chillbox aka travis mode began his love affair with electronic dance music in the early 90's. This new found passion/hobbie would bring him to many incredible showcases and festivals of EDM talent fueling his motivation to put forth his own contribution to the EDM community. In the late 90's TR finally bought his first set of turntables where he quickly learned and mastered the art of beat matching among a dabble of self taught scratching and beat juggling techniques. In 2001 after graduating high school he teamed up with fellow classmates and self proclaimed djs Nick Wall (Nicodemus) and James Wegter (JIMM) to create Bassland collective. After many years of organizing and setting up shows in and around the PDX metro TR decided to take his love of EDM one step further by composing and producing his favorite sub-genres within the music but specifically focusing on techno and down tempo rhythms.
Also have a Mix of
Artists from the Main Room!
December 11th, 2010
Sana's
1195 SE Powell
Portland, OR
9pm-4am
$8
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