Music Stuff

Last night I learned a TON about audio mastering… and just in the nick of time as it appears i’m getting close to completing my new album…. I’m estimating about 6 more months of work and fine-tuning to go…

A year or so ago my Alesis Micron got injured at a campout… some bloke was stumbling around where I had my gear stashed and he or she KICKED the main programming knob clean OFF. This really sucked because my other keyboard is good for generating organic sounds but the micron was my main source of dirty mcdirty analoggy shit…

Well I just got it back from getting repaired and between the micron and the shit i’ve been doing with my new buddha box and a microphone, I’m getting really stoked about my plans to play an all-hardware ambient set at the evil breaks party on 12/1.

Also I got a very special artist to agree to license his work for the new album cover too…

things are so good I could just shit.

and if YOU ever need your music-making gear repaired, i highly recommend these guys… they done me right. www.vstservice.com/ (also check out their used gear section)

Ambient Mafia 8-year party presales available NOW!

San Francisco’s Ambient Mafia has been skullfucking the chill room for eight years, and now it’s time to celebrate with a party you’ll either never forget or wish you could remember.

*** The Ambient Mafia 8-Year Anniversary with DJ Garth ***

Who: The Ambient Mafia w/DJ Garth (Back2Back, Grayhound, Golden Goose)
When: Saturday, 11.10.07
Time: 9pm-6am
Where: Virgin UG Venue (TBA)

Ticket Presales: www.ambientmafia.com ($5 + $1 PayPal fee)

We’re proud to announce our first Special Guest Headliner ever for a Mafia event … SF’s legendary Garth will be pulling rarities from his crates for a special exclusive downtempo set! Be there for a set you won’t hear anywhere else!

Your favorite Mafia DJs will be on hand, of course, workin’ it out in two rooms of beats and ambience. Get your presale tickets at www.ambientmafia.com now! And while you’re there, check out our new storefront featuring loads of great Ambient Mafia schwag like shirts and hoodies, all emblazoned with our classic “Godfather” logo (and more original designs on the way). You’ve asked for it for years, and nows your chance to get cool Mafia gear on demand!

Want It! – Now With Less Poison! (10-06-07)

poi

This is definately my favorite flyer i’ve done so far… i had the most fun ever with this concept.

For those of you not in the know… This is Want It’s annual decompression party; formerly “Rawktoberfest”… last year we kicked it up a notch and the turnout (no small thanks to you) was PHENOMENAL… Ambient Mafia hosted the chill area, and Want It’ers in the main room…

Blurry-eyed and psyched, I was dragging my gear up to the main stage to play right after Forest… and right as i was setting up, this unbelievable smell hit me… my eyes started watering and my throat started to close up… I looked around and everyone was scrambling to get out the emergency exits…

We had talked to the whole complex about the fact that we were going to throw a party that night but some fucked-up tenant had just moved into a small room that shared a wall with our main stage… and nobody knew he was there… after calming him down several times, he went completely fucking apeshit and apparantly ran out into our party and broke open a gallon of ammonia, officially ending our night.

It’s still surreal to me… that some copper-plated douche bag would actually resort to chemical warfare and risk the health and lives of hundreds of people… for WHATEVER reason. Clearly, the guy was unstable. After a long discussion, it was decided that we wouldn’t call the cops on this guy… we’d let him get evicted and avoid the possibility of another incident. Nobody got hurt… just our feelings.

So now.. without further ado… Want It proudly presents the sequel… Two areas of completely mind-melting music on decompression weekend… don’t worry about blowing your wad the night before SF Decomp, as this is a donations-only event. Costume-up and come rawk out with us on saturday night and then wind up at decompression on sunday!

Or don’t … your call… but you may regret missing this one!

Straylight 7… TOMORROW!

Straylight 7… TOMORROW!

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All systems are go!!! We’re ready for another night of fun under the stars, are you???

lineup:

Starting at sunset, SEVENTHSWAMI
9:15pm BEETJUNKEY
10:30 DJ FUNKTION ILL
11:45 DJ DICE
1am GRADUAL MELTDOWN
2:15am MICHAEL LIU
3:30am MUBALI
4:45am HELIOS
6am TAKUAN “THE PICKLED RADISH”
7:30 it will be SPECIAL GUESTS & OPEN DECKS!!!!

Now some things to remember :

Camping is highly encouraged. It’s great to get out there before sunset, as the view is one of the best I’ve ever seen.

But NO FIRES, as the area that this will be happening at is full of lots of dry grass that would burn very fast.

This is a LEAVE NO TRACE event! Donations appreciated!

Detailed directions will be posted at the website www.thehothouse.net/straylight/ & straylight.tribe.net/ on the day of the event.

RIP 4MATT

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=)

Shpongle, Younger Brother , Hallucinogen, Rob Rayle, Ripple, Zapper, Bogl, Mozaic, An-ten-nae, Jocelyn…. omgwtfbbq?!@?$%

This is just fucking ridiculous.

See you there?

It’s Almost Time!!!

not to be redundant but…

We are proud to present the:

<<<STILLDREAM>>>
7 Year Anniversary Campout
June 15, 16 & 17th, 2007

With this year’s amazing lineup!

<<<LIVE ACTS>>>

Heavyweight Dub Champion – www.championnation.net
BLVD – www.blvdsource.com
Interface Oblivion – www.interfaceoblivion.com
Dr. Israel – www.drisrael.net
Freedom Movement – www.freedommovement.org
Resident Anti-Hero – www.residentantihero.com

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<<<DJS>>>

D:Fuse – www.djdfuse.com / The People’s Mix- XM80 The Move – Texas
Ian Lehman (live) – Abiotic / Compound / Mankind – Minneapolis
Steve Ronan from Cydonia – Blue Room / Dragonfly / Atomic – UK
Keith MacKenzie – Illeven Eleven / Zone Records – Chicago, IL
Dyloot – Deep Voices / Skills – SF
Forest Green – SisterSF / forestgreen.org
Serch – Freshout Music – Chicago, IL
Detonate – Klubstompers / Glitch Recordings – Seattle, WA
Sarah Shoxx – Klubstompers / Adrenaline AM – Seattle WA
DJ Denise – Mizumo / www.DJDenise.com – SF
Dragn’fly – www.dj4norml.com / www.djdragnfly.com
Ripple – Subscience Collective / Full Melt – SF
Lyfe – Slipmat Science – Bend, Or
Dirt – Cymbalic / Omniscient Records – SF

<<<STILLDREAM RESIDENTS>>>
Mek
G.A.M.M.A.
Jyant
Nick Nyquil
Michael Liu
Rizin
David Aaron
Covert
Cybertribe

<<<HOME TOWN HEROES>>>
Carlos Alfonzo
Ben Haus
Andy
Korpus Kallosum
Adam Ant
Aleks
Atom One
Cantos
Bruce Lam
Athena
Naturally High
Dj Chipy
Creature
Pheston
Dirty Sanchez
Sentry

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<<<CHILL AREA HOSTED BY: ESCAPE ARTISTS>>>

Sonny Chiba
Seventh Swami
Phokus
Resynthesize
Psylence
Rhedcerulean
Bertzerker
Tha Fruitbat
Genji
Hysterisis Loop
Chlorophil
Monobeat
Golden Heart
Rise
Forest Green
Nikon
Outersect
DJ Dice
Xoetza
2:07am
Pat Ibbetson
J.C.
Steve Hernandez
Headphone Science
Dave K.
Blue Vitriol
Epsilon
Psy-Fi
Alain B.
Mimosa

w/ live art by: Wes Rodriguez

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Tickets:
Go on Sale April 1st 2007:

Early Bird Tickets – $20 April 1st thru April 30th
$25 May 1st thru May 31st
$30 June 1st thru June 14th
$40 @ the door

Get them early and save some cash!

Tickets now on sale @:

Skills Dj Workshop
Reverb Records
Channelz Records
Recycled Records

and online @:
www.groovetickets.com

keyword: Stilldream

For more info:
www.stilldream.org
916.484.3717
775.473.1198

Campout Season

mmm mmmm MMMM…. days like this are made for calling in sick… going out into the woods… setting up camp… getting the grill hot… making salmon skewers and california rolls…. crack a few open… throw a few back…

or maybe it’s just me.

Fuck i can’t wait! Stilldream is almost here! I am pumped to be out in god’s country again and I am SUPER pumped to be hosting the chill area! I’ve been amassing a bunch of supplies to dress up the area with… like Xmas lights… a big buddha for the altar… vases… sunflowers… shade structures… a burn barrell…

I’m also working on building this killer canopy out of stretchy fabric and string… (measures about 28′ x 30′)… and Kristen Hoard, SITE: www.metalphoria.com who has graced recent Escape Artists shows with her metal sculptures, is going to cut the new Escape Artists logo out of aluminum and wrap it in el wire! EXAMPLE: img513.imageshack.us/img513/…1vq0.jpg

and of course… not to mention… in the chill area ALONE we’re going to have some really amazing acts and the main stage is bigger and badder than ever before… for the 2nd stage, my friends and I pulled together some of the most talented people we know and from the looks of it this “chill” area may be somewhat of a misnomer… the tempo will be slower than the main stage but we’ve got so many hip-hop, dubstep, midtempo, glitch and idm artists playing, i kind of hestitate to consider it “chill”… so many live-PA acts… a live painter, even…. unfortunately we didn’t get the ice sculptor… but that sounded like a logistical nightmare anyway….

BSP? Why not? I’m rambling anyway…

<<<STILLDREAM>>>
7 Year Anniversary Campout
June 15, 16 & 17th, 2007

This years amazing lineup:

<<<LIVE ACTS>>>
Heavyweight Dub Champion – www.championnation.net
BLVD – www.blvdsource.com
Interface Oblivion – www.interfaceoblivion.com
Dr. Israel – www.drisrael.net
Freedom Movement – www.freedommovement.org
Resident Anti-Hero – www.residentantihero.com

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<<<DJS>>>

D:Fuse – www.djdfuse.com / The People’s Mix- XM80 The Move  – Texas
Ian Lehman (live) – Abiotic / Compound / Mankind – Minneapolis
Steve Ronan from Cydonia – Blue Room / Dragonfly / Atomic – UK
Keith MacKenzie – Illeven Eleven / Zone Records – Chicago, IL
Dyloot – Deep Voices / Skills – SF
Forest Green – SisterSF / forestgreen.org
Serch – Freshout Music – Chicago, IL
Detonate – Klubstompers / Glitch Recordings – Seattle, WA
Sarah Shoxx – Klubstompers / Adrenaline AM – Seattle WA
DJ Denise – Mizumo / www.DJDenise.com – SF
Dragn’fly – www.dj4norml.com / www.djdragnfly.com
Ripple – Subscience Collective / Full Melt – SF
Lyfe – Slipmat Science – Bend, Or
Dirt – Cymbalic / Omniscient Records – SF

<<<STILLDREAM RESIDENTS>>>
Mek
G.A.M.M.A.
Jyant
Nick Nyquil
Michael Liu
Rizin
David Aaron
Covert
Cybertribe

<<<HOME TOWN HEROES>>>
Carlos Alfonzo
Ben Haus
Andy
Korpus Kallosum
Adam Ant
Aleks
Atom One
Cantos
Bruce Lam
Athena
Naturally High
Dj Chipy
Creature
Pheston
Dirty Sanchez
Sentry

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<<<CHILL AREA HOSTED BY: ESCAPE ARTISTS>>>
Sonny Chiba
SeventhSwami
Phokus
Resynthesize
Psylence
Rhedcerulean
Bertzerker
Tha Fruitbat
Genji
Hysterisis Loop
Chlorophil
Rise
Forest Green
Nikon
Outersect
DJ Dice
Xöetza
2:07am
Pat Ibbetson
J.C.
Steve Hernandez
Headphone Science
Dave K.
Blue Vitriol
Epsilon
Psy-Fi
Alain B.
Mimosa
Monobeat
Golden Heart

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Tickets:
Go on Sale April 1st 2007:

Early Bird Tickets – $20 April 1st thru April 30th
$25 May 1st thru May 31st
$30 June 1st thru June 14th
$40 @ the door

Get them early and save some cash!

Tickets now on sale @:

Skills Dj Workshop
Reverb Records
Channelz Records
Recycled Records

and online @:
www.groovetickets.com

keyword: Stilldream

For more info:
www.stilldream.org
916.484.3717
775.473.1198

This Friday Night: (06-08-07)

Come hang out with me and the rest of the Ambient Mafia at the one and only Gingerbread House! (Connecticut and Cesar Chavez, SF) We got Kepi in the main room and Dr Spook on visuals! And that’s enough to get me really excited… but on top of that I also get to make the beautiful music for you again… upstairs at 3am! see you there! =)~S

Astral Productions and Sound of Mind Present…

People’s Voice
A Journey through Psychedelic Music
Friday, June 8th 2007 @ The Gingerbread House

People’s voice is the first in a series of events designed to give you
the chance to make your voice heard and suggest artists and DJs you would
like to hear play in SF. The ultimate goal is to bring new and fresh talent
into the scene, and create a musical journey throughout the night.

More info on how to give us your suggestions will be available at the
event.

Your entertainment for the evening is:
Goldilox (Sleevin Records, www.djgoldilox.com)
Kepi (Sound of Mind, kepiandkat.com, desertdwellers.org)
Tandava (CCC)
Atum (Astral Productions)
Sentient (Vaporvent Records)

Ambient Mafia Chillout Room:
Actual Rafiq
Olde Nasty
Peek
The Captain
Redstickman
Seventh Swami
Squelchy
We Are Not Pandas

Visuals by the one and only Doctor Spook!
Backdrops by Dreamtime

Limited Capacity // $14 presale // $20 at the door
FOR PRESALE TICKETS CLICK HERE (or cut and paste the following link)
www.groovetickets.com/ordersy…ewqb.asp

Fully Loaded EAW Sound System
@ The Gingerbread House – Connecticut and Cesar Chavez, SF

18 and up
10 pm to sunrise

Dope

Stilldream Set

For those of you who asked for a recording of the breaks set I played at Stilldream, here is the mp3 you’ve been waiting for!

SeventhSwami Breaks Set @ Stilldream 2006:
http://resynthesize.com/seventhswami/SD6_Seventhswami.mp3
(right-click and download)

This is the full 90 minutes. Much thanks to Marc Schneider for being so on top of the sound and recording! Buko-props to Michael (aka: Redstickman) for letting me go apeshit with the breaks in the chill area… thanks to Brandon (Resynthesize) for hosting… and of course thanks to all of you who came to listen and to dance!