Swoon Magazine Release Party w/ AFTERPARTY at BODY ACTUALIZED CENTER
Posted: March 30th, 2012 | No Comments »
Posted: March 30th, 2012 | No Comments »
FRIDAY 1/27: WORK feat. Jonas Reinhardt
WORK (Presented by Steps & Vibes Management) from Camilla Padgitt-Coles on Vimeo.
Posted: January 24th, 2012 | No Comments »
1/21/12 BROOKLYN VIBERS UNION: Traxx/Alienata/SSPS/Entro Senestre/Huerco S
(¯`•._.• presented by Vibes Management & Body Actualized Control •._.•´¯)
The Brooklyn Vibers Union is an organization working to support and improve the life of the Viber. The second meeting of Brooklyn Vibers Union on Saturday, January 21st will be a very special occasion, marrying Solar and Lunar consciousness for a night of extraterrestrial dance music.
It will be held at Shea Stadium — 20 Meadow St in Bushwick, near the grand L stop, and will begin at 9pm.
An extremely rare and life-changing night of jacking music from the intelligentsia of Underground Dance Music.
DON’T SLEEP.
DJ sets by
//Traxx (Nation Records, Chicago)
//Alienata (Nation Records, Spain)
LIVE sets by
//SSPS (Nation Records, Excepter, Brooklyn)
//Entro Senestre (W.T. Records, CT) LIVE DEBUT
//Huerco S (Other Heights, Kansas City) 2nd NYC SHOW EVER
VISUALS/LIGHTING by
//Body Actualized
Saturday, January 21st, 2012.
$10 before midnight, $15 after
Doors at 9:00p
Shea Stadium
20 Meadow St.
Bushwick, Brooklyn
L to Grand
Posted: January 20th, 2012 | No Comments »
Juan Atkins and the Beginnings of Detroit Techno
Detroit techno is in a strange position. It helped to birth electronic dance music culture, yet remains relatively unknown to the general public. But in a world littered with “popular” punk bands and homogenized jock jams, is it really a surprise that true techno remains at the peripheries of mainstream culture?
The sound and ethics of Detroit techno began with Charles “Mojo” Johnson’s Electrifyin’ Mojo radio show (otherwise referred to as The Midnight Funk Association), which was a free form show blending European electronic music with American funky soul. Johnson’s show gained legendary status with the people of Detroit for it’s unparalleled soulful approach to programming.
In the words of a fan, “I discovered there was a method to his madness. Mojo was practicing a philosophy he called “counter-clockwiseology.”
Mojo recalls, “When I first got to Detroit, it was like apartheid on the dial,” calling it, “ separatist radio.”
So Mojo decided he would desegregate radio. It was brilliant and obviously way before his time. In 1982 “counter-clockwiseology” had inner city black kids in the streets all around the city dancing to David Bowie, Thomas Dolby, Devo and Visage.
Never happened before and hasn’t happened since (. . . )
In this way The Electrifying Mojo was in fact revolutionary in that he tore down how an entire generation of Detroit area kids saw music. He tore down what we came to expect from radio. And what he put in its place was an appreciation for music that went way beyond what traditional radio programming could ever give.
Johnson made a big impact on the young people of Detroit, pushing cutting edge new and old music at a time when Top 40 disco and rock were overtaking the airwaves. Unfortunately, the same fearlessness and creativity that made Mojo popular also caused him to get fired frequently for not obeying the demands of commercial radio.
His refusal to compromise the spiritual integrity of Music for the sake of a job allowed the spirit of Detroit techno to manifest. It did so by influencing a young musician by the name of Juan Atkins — a quiet kid with a futuristic attitude towards music and technology. Atkins heard a world of possiblity in the proto synth funk of Funkadelic and the electronic New Wave sounds, and he channelled that vision in his first band, Cybotron.
“My concept was that the Kraftwerks, Telexes and Devos were good but they weren’t funky. I felt that if I could take that type of music and add a funky element to it then it would be a smash. We did that, but we just didn’t get recognised. Soul Sonic Force came along and beat us to it.”
Cybotron blended these musical ideas with the concepts of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock — a novel assigned to be read by Atkins in a high school class called “Future Studies”. In Toffler’s book, “techno-rebels” were the “groups who mastered technology yet refused to let it separate them from their past roots or essential humanity.” This play on Toffler’s concepts is mostly responsible for the prevalence of the word Techno today.
Due to differences in opinion about the increasingly Rock trajectory of Cybotron, Atkins left the project in 1985 to pursue the development of his record label, Metroplex Records, and his techno solo project, Model 500. These new pursuits allowed him the opportunity to control the direction of his work and help develop the Detroit techno sound at large. This activity inspired his friends Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson — together called the Belleville Three — to develop their own sound and record labels, to which Atkins often lent technical assistance and contributed many crucial mixes/remixes.
The work of the Belleville Three — frequently called the first wave of Detroit techno, along with a select group of friends, most of whom were involved in the Deep Space dj crew — became the blueprint for the future waves to come. Detroit labels such as Underground Resistance, Planet E, and Plus 8 (and even Warp Records abroad) were heavily inspired by the unique visionary output of the first wave. Underground Resistance particularly echoed the ethics of Atkins’ futurist, revolutionary approach — expounding on the idea of revolutionary mutant R9 gene in the legendary compilation, Interstellar Fugitives, and taking the facelessness of Detroit techno to new heights. Drexciya in particular — a mysterious and now hugely popular group on the Underground Resistance label — was deeply influenced by Atkins’ aesthetics, and took them to the next level in the development of their own Sci-fi concept that narrates their extensive body of work.
The manifestation and evolution of Detroit techno is an extremely important part of the history of music. Detroit’s “machine soul” comes from an uncompromising love of funky soulful music, a fascination with the sonic possibilities of music machines, and the dream of another place, far away from this world of confusion and injustice. Atkins admits,
“The music is not for everybody. It’s for certain people that want a little twist. Some people are perfectly content with the everyday pop – they don’t have an open enough mind to consider something new. Those aren’t the people I’m playing for; they’ll come around eventually.”
-Jan Woo
Posted: October 27th, 2011 | No Comments »
VIBES HALLOWEEN feat. Juan Atkins 10.28.11
Vibes Management is pleased to announce that the inventor of American techno (and the man who coined the name “techno”), JUAN ATKINS will be joining us for an ALL-NIGHT HALLOWEEN PARTY. Juan is one of the most important figures in the history of American music. You can read about him in countless publications as well as in the text below.
Come VIBE with the legrend until daylight at this brand new location right off the Morgan L stop. The spot features a large, beautiful, exposed brick venue area as well as an absolutely enormous outside zone. This will be the most underground NYC party that Juan Atkins has played in recent memory so be sure to catch it!
As always, we will be decking the place out with light installations, projections, fog, lasers, candles, and a superb sound system.
DRESS TO IMPRESS.
ஓ Djs
_ Juan Atkins !! (Detroit/Cybotron/Model 500)
_ Jan Woo (Vibes)
ஓ LIVE:
_ Teengirl Fantasy (True Panther/Merok)
_ Darrius (NNA Tapes/Gel)
_ Terekke (L.I.E.S.)
ஓ Visuals and Lighting by:
_ D.V. Caputo > http://bit.ly/nHY4Lb | http://bit.ly/oigvYq
_ VIBES
23 Bogart St. Brooklyn
L to Morgan
10.28.01
9pm
$12 before 11pm, $15+ after
$2 discount for guests wearing costumes (at door person’s discretion)
FREE GLOWSTICKS ON ENTRY.
FREE REYKA VODKA 9-11pm.
</ JUAN ATKINS \>
Juan is frequently called “the Godfather of Techno”. He is credited with having started the techno scene in Detroit — the first “techno scene” in the history of music — with his first musical project, Cybotron. The period following Atkins entrance into the Detroit music scene is commonly called the “first wave of Detroit Techno”, which heavily influenced the future generations of American electronic music and electronic music abroad. Events like the Detroit Electronic Music Festival are a continuation of Atkins’ legacy.
Following his departure from Cybotron, Atkins went on to create the hugely influential Metroplex record label — releasing groundbreaking solo records under a number of different aliases, as well as records by many of Detroit’s significant techno innovators. His primary solo project Model 500 continues to this day, and is widely respected for its continued quality output — maintaining his progressive attitude towards music technology and still gaining new fans.
Atkins’ DJ crew, Deep Space, was one of Detroit’s most influential and cutting edge, bringing together all the major players in Detroit Techno, and setting the precedent for the legendary “Music Institute”
Juan Atkins @ PS1 by Vibes Management
http://music.hyperreal.org/library/machine_soul.html
∞ JAN WOO ∞
Best DJ in New York. Spinning the best hypnagogic house, krauty disco, cosmic boogie, electronic funk, and minimal techno.
Latesummer’s Vibe — mix by Jan Woo by Vibes Management
∞ TEENGIRL FANTASY ∞
Creating subtle and soulful electronic dance music, Teengirl Fantasy was formed by Logan Takahashi and Nick Weiss while they were studying at Oberlin College. Teengirl Fantasy have toured the US coasts opening for acts such as Lucky Dragons, Pictureplane, Dan Deacon, THE GZA, James Blake, and Blues Control. In 2010, they released the album 7AM on True Panther Sounds in the United States and Merok Records in the United Kingdom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teengirl_Fantasy
http://teengirlfantasy.angelfire.com/main.
http://pitchfork.com/news/36498-rising-teengirl-fantasy/
http://www.last.fm/music/Teengirl+Fantasy
∞ DARIIUS ∞
Daren Ho a.k.a. Driphouse//Dariius, of Mandelbrot and Skyy, and former member of Raccoo-oo-oon.
Daren Ho encapsulates the hypnogogic experience in the twist of a knob.
Formerly of the group Raccoo-oo-oon, of Iowa, active from 2005 to 2008.
Raccoo-oo-oon’s music is a comment on the new weird american trend. Daren’s style has moved from spazz, to kosmiche, to acid. One of the legendary jammers of our generation.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/09/driphouse_chompers_world_mp3.php
http://alteredzones.com/posts/749/drip-house-heavy-white/
http://alteredzones.com/posts/1529/mandelbrot-skyy-live-montreal/
http://www.gel-life.com/
∞ TEREKKE ∞
Matt Gardener creates minimal and meditative dance music entirely with analog gear synthesizers and drum machines. His music has been dubbed “private funk” by Resident Adviser due to the intimate feeling the music has, like you’re right there jamming in his home studio. He had his debut release on L.I.E.S. Records in July. You can check out his tunes via his amazing Soundcloud below.
Interview with Dummy Mag http://dummymag.com/new-music/2011/08/25/terekke-interview-astral-projection/
Review on Resident Advisor http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=9562
Posted: October 19th, 2011 | No Comments »
