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Nadastrom

Nadastrom on April 9, 2016 in San Francisco, CA : Check out house music virtuoso's Nadastrom at VERSO, Saturday April 9th!
The D.C.-born, L.A.-based duo Nadastrom come from different backgrounds, but share a ravenous appetite for extremes. From producing genre bending club anthems to house & techno groovers, Dave and Matt have been praised in the pages of Spin and Rolling Stone, pumped on the airwaves of BBC Radio 1 and NPR, and revered at nightclubs and festivals across the planet.
Nadastrom's sound has never been lacking in creativity. In 2007 when they first signed to Dave "Switch" Taylor's Dubsided imprint, their debut EP "Pussy" immediately rose to the top of the Beatport charts. Along with pioneering the fusion genre Moombahton in 2009, they've remixed, produced and toured with some of the biggest names in music including Skrillex, M.I.A. and Kid Cudi.
In 2010, the duo relocated from their hometown of Washington D.C. to Los Angeles, treading new sonic ground and finding comfort in fresh surroundings. Their adventurous DJ sets and productions landed them regular invites to world-renowned L.A. club institutions such as The Do-Over, Low End Theory, and A Club Called Rhonda. They've even hosted and curated several stages and events for Hard's Day Of The Dead and Holy Ship! festivals.
Nadastrom's most recent output explores a stronger, more refined melodic house sound, while maintaining their original style and influences. This is most notable in their 2015 self-titled debut album on L.A. label Friends Of Friends & Dubsided. During its release, Nadastrom broke the top electronic albums chart on iTunes and was praised in influential media outlets such as Pitchfork and Resident Advisor. LA Weekly called it one of the "Best L.A. Albums of 2015" while Entertainment Weekly described it as "boundary breaking with an unexpected pop edge."
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SOPHIE

SOPHIE on April 21, 2016 in San Francisco, CA : DJ DIALS & 1015 FOLSOM PRESENT
SOPHIE
+ MORE TBA!
THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST
10PM - 2AM | 21+
SOPHIE presents a precise sonic assault of pop hooks, hyperrea l sound design and club rhythms, synthesized and sculpted live from raw waveforms on hardware equipment. Super sweet sugar candy hooks over visionary bass driven productions for the easyjet generation. Shake it up and make it fuzz.
185k+ Soundcloud plays #1 charted on Billboard's ‘Emerging Artists' chart (29 July) #1 most blogged Artist on Hype Machine (1st Aug)
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WHEN:Thursday April 21st 10:00 PM - 2:00 AMWHERE:1015 Folsom
1015 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103
San Francisco, CA 94103COST:$15Event Website

DJ DIALS & 1015 FOLSOM PRESENT

SOPHIE
+ MORE TBA!
THURSDAY, APRIL 21ST

10PM - 2AM | 21+

SOPHIE presents a precise sonic assault of pop hooks, hyperreal sound design and club rhythms, synthesized and sculpted live from raw waveforms on hardware equipment. Super sweet sugar candy hooks over visionary bass driven productions for the easyjet generation. Shake it up and make it fuzz.

185k+ Soundcloud plays #1 charted on Billboard's ‘Emerging Artists' chart (29 July) #1 most blogged Artist on Hype Machine (1st Aug)
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Four Color Zack

Four Color Zack on April 2, 2016 in San Francisco, CA : Join us at VERSO Saturday April 2nd, featuring music by Red Bull Thr3eStyle World Champion Four Color Zack, along with DJ Just!
Four Color Zack is a technically dazzling "DJ's DJ" and pop party rocker at the same (damn) time, deftly cutting between arena shows, Vegas megaclubs and underground parties with style and ease.
With his winning set at the Red Bull Thre3style World Championships in 2012, the Seattle record slinger showed the entire globe what it means to be the best behind the decks, but real heads have known for years that every single FCZ set is a master class on body moving. It's why Fool's Gold presses his party edits to wax, MTV names his mixes amongst the years' best, and LA's Power 106 enlists him to mash it up for their drive-time "jump off" slot... so don't miss out when Four Color Zack comes through to paint your town red.
If youre interested in reserving a table for this show please contact us at 415 300 2995
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WHEN:Saturday April 2nd 10:00 PM - 2:00 AMWHERE:Verso
1525 Mission St. at 11th San Francisco, CA 94103
San Francisco, CA 94103COST:Free before 11pm w/ RSVPEvent Website

Join us at VERSO Saturday April 2nd, featuring music by Red Bull Thr3eStyle World Champion Four Color Zack, along with DJ Just!

Four Color Zack is a technically dazzling "DJ's DJ" and pop party rocker at the same (damn) time, deftly cutting between arena shows, Vegas megaclubs and underground parties with style and ease.

With his winning set at the Red Bull Thre3style World Championships in 2012, the Seattle record slinger showed the entire globe what it means to be the best behind the decks, but ...read more

Thee Cool Cats

Thee Cool Cats on March 12, 2016 in San Francisco, CA : Interested in a table for the show? Contact 415 300 2995
Hustle may be the best possible way to describe the fast rising producers Thee Cool Cats. Wit h big releases on Nurvous & Get Physical in 2013, the two producers from Mexicali really put themselves on the map with there release of “Hand on The Pump” and the Mossberg Pump Ep dropping on Amine Edge & Dance's coveted CUFF label. With A big start to 2014 they showed no slowing down with 3 Top 20 releases in the Beatport in the span of just 3 months on CUFF, Sleazy G, & Dear Deer.
Starting the summer off by expanding their repertoire, TCC dropped Everything You Got on Toolroom earning major support from Mark Knight & Green Velvet. Forthcoming is a big release on Kevin Saundersons label KMS with the Altus project remix consisting of Lee M Kelsall, TCC, & Sean Roman combined.
Thee Cats set the bar high after a strong finish to 2014 that included HARD Day of the Dead in La, A massive tour of the UK & Ibiza & The “Ball Out EP” which went to #3 in the Indie Dance/Nu Disco charts.
Starting the year off in 2015 with a showing at last years BPM festival for the Official Toolroom party, they were the first Mexican duo to put together a mix compilation for the legendary label. Following with a big EP “Percussive” just a few weeks later, which has already gone top 20 in the Beatport tech house charts. In April of 2015 they released "Thee Worst" EP on Enormous Tunes which shot up to #1 release in 3 days on the Beatport Charts and the single "Thee Worst" went up to #3 on the ...read more

Serenity Gathering 2016

Serenity

Serenity Gathering 2016 on March 17, 2016 in Joshua Tree, CA : A gathering to celebrate the feeling of ONE.
Top Artists Include: SHPONGLE, NAHKO & MFTP, DEL, EMANCIPATOR, ILL GATES, PHUTUREPRIMITIVE, BIG WILD, TH RIFTWORKS, DESERT DWELLERS, STICKYBUDZ, ANDRELIEN, BLEEP BLOOP
After a long summer of rebuilding and recharging The Serenity Family formally requests your presence on another journey of peace, love, and sound!
This year we choose to celebrate the Spring Equinox because it is the time where night and day, dark and light, are in perfect balance. This represents the balance we all have inside of us.
We invite you to be the best and most uplifting part of Serenity Gathering by bringing your truest and purest intentions.
Let's bring the magic back!
Official L.A. Serenity Gathering Pre-Party:
Serenity Love Shack Ft. Desert Dwellers, Nominus, Dela Moontribe, Cameron St Denis, Steven Morpheus Shaw, & Elephant in the Room on Funkworks Funktion-1 Sound!
Official Solana Beach Serenity Gathering Pre-Party:
Serenity Gathering Presents: Random Rab @ The Belly Up Tavern (02.18.2016)
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A gathering to celebrate the feeling of ONEWHEN:Thursday March 17th - Sunday March 20th WHERE:Joshua Tree Retreat Center
59700 29 Palms Hwy
Joshua Tree, CA 92252COST:$70 – $260FacebookBuy Tickets NowEvent Website

A gathering to celebrate the feeling of ONE.

Top Artists Include: SHPONGLE, NAHKO & MFTP, DEL, EMANCIPATOR, ILL GATES, PHUTUREPRIMITIVE, BIG WILD, THRIFTWORKS, DESERT DWELLERS, STICKYBUDZ, ANDRELIEN, BLEEP BLOOP

After a long summer of rebuilding and recharging The Serenity Family formally requests your presence on another journey of peace, love, and sound!

This year we choose to celebrate the Spring Equinox because it is the time where night and day, dark and light, are in perfect balance. This represents the balance we all have inside of us.
We invite you to be the best and most ...read more

BrewNQue 2016

BrewNQue 2016 on June 3, 2016 in Norco, CA : Norco BrewNQue 2016
George Ingalls Equestrian Event Center, Norco, CA
Lick your fingers and tap your feet as Horse Town Brew n' Que Festival comes to Norco, June 3, 2016. Experience the very best in entertainment as you listen to sounds of Country, Blues, Pop and R&B. Smell the aroma of award winning BBQ from the nation's top pit masters and sip on the area's most prized craft beer as brew and que teams compete for thousands of dollars in cash, prizes and more importantly, bragging rights. The region's top smokers compete in this jaw droppin', smoke out, sanctioned by the prestigious Kansas City Barbecue Society. The cook off features competitions in four mouth-watering categories: Beef Brisket, Pork Ribs, Chicken and Pork. Meet the celebrities and BBQ teams from the popular television show, BBQ Pit Masters and learn more about the age old craft of brewing beer. The most respected micro brewers in Southern California offer a profile of IPA, Lagers, Ales... and more. One team also will be named champion of the event and as a festival goer, you can cast your vote for the "People's Choice Award".
Want to become a certified BBQ Judge? The festival will host one of California's rare Kansas City BBQ Society's certified judge's classes. Seats are very limited. Demonstrations on understanding and brewing craft beers and a Brew 101 class complete a weekend dedicated that America's favorite passions.
The Horse Town Brew and Que Festival will bring more que, brew and music- down to the bone.
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Award winning BBQ from the nation's top pit mastersWHEN:Friday June 3rd - Sunday June 5th WHERE:George Ingalls Equestrian Event Center
3737 Crestview Drive
Norco, CA 92860COST:80FacebookBuy Tickets Now

Donna De Lory

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With a string of best-selling and much-loved albums — including Bliss (2000), In the Glow (2003), The Lover and The Beloved (2004), Sky is Open (2006), Sanctuary (2008), Remixes (2010) and The Unchanging (2013) — Donna De Lory has become one of the reigning queens of world devotional music.
Before dedicating her life to singing sacred mantras and lyrics of spiritual aspiration, De Lory traveled the globe for 20 years as a backup singer and dancer for Madonna, appearing in the documentary film Truth or Dare and on stage with the pop icon during numerous legendary tours. De Lory’s own music combines sparkling pop savvy with a deeply felt sense of spirituality, and has won her a strong fan base in the yoga/conscious living community and beyond. Embracing styles as diverse as Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian classical and contemporary electronica, De Lory’s musical perspective is as wide as the world itself.

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Carioca Freitas

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The guitar player Ronaldo Leite de Freitas - or simply called Carioca - was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1955.

He started very early with his musical education. From experiences in rock bands he passed on to study different styles of music and to master the knowledge of his instruments.

In 1979/80 he finished his first album "Misterios da Amazonia". Afterthe 80ies he has been working as a music teacher, as an arranger of more than thirty independent LPs, as a composer for theatre, dance and movie. Due to constant touring in Europe, he also started to live in Switzerland. Together with Ted Barlocher he founded the "Escola de Samba do Apito". Arranging, composing, producing soundtracks, recordings for studios and television soon characterized his work which started to be known in Europe, Australia, Africa, Asia as well as in South and Central America.

His first LP was followed by "Luar do Sertao", "Ciranda", "7 dias 7 instrumentos, Musica", "caRIOca", "Danças de Caboclo", "Beija Flor", "In Circle", "Meeting in the Forest" and "Danças Brasileiras".

The purpose of the last one was to translate Brasilian rhythms and dances into a happy and folkloristic version of Brasilian music. "Danças Brasileiras" reveals the style of chamber music, which inspired suites and reminds of little popular pieces of dance music.

For the performance of "Danças Brasileiras" Carioca invited cellist Dimos Goudaroulis and bass player Celio Barros.

Together they create an atmosphere purely instrumental, though without losing the Brasilian soul, humour, the dance and happiness of the Brasilian art of music.
Repertoire: Variaçois sobre um tema, Vôo livre, Baiao, Maracatu, Maxice, Bailado, Sambando, Forro, Fafieira, Quadrilha, Serenata.

Since 1986 he travels world wide performing and giving workshops in countries like France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Canada, USA and Israel.

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Jason Mraz

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California-based singer/songwriter Jason Mraz makes laid-back, melodic pop with stylistic nods toward folk, jam band music, hip-hop, and soft rock. Since coming to the public's attention with his 2002 hit single "The Remedy (Don't Worry)", Mraz has proven himself to be a reliable pop craftsman whose crowd-pleasing melodies can encompass both cheeky humor and earnest sincerity.

Born in Mechanicsville, Virginia, in 1977, Mraz grew up amidst the sounds of the Dave Matthews Band and local roots musicians the Agents of Good Roots. However, it was Mraz's interest and participation in musical theater that served as his first introduction to music. Following high school, he moved to New York to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, but dropped out a year later when he took up the guitar and began to focus on songwriting. Nonetheless, Mraz's training as a vocalist would later show itself on his debut album, which was marked by the pure clarity of his tenor range.

After busking around New York, Mraz eventually returned to Virginia; in 1999, however, he made his way out West and settled in San Diego, California, having been drawn to the city's coffee house scene and its historical support of singer/songwriters, most notably Jewel. Mraz began playing shows and soon landed a weekly residency at the local hot spot Java Joe's, which had previously played host to Jewel during the early stages of her career. He also formed a duo with drummer Noel "Toca" Rivera, who accompanied Mraz's acoustic material by banging the djembe. Together, the musicians honed a live show that featured as much comedic banter as actual music.

Over the next two years, Mraz's following expanded outside of the San Diego limits and began to encompass Los Angeles, garnering the attention of record labels. Mraz signed to Elektra Records in early 2002 and returned to Virginia to write and record his debut album, a project that saw him working with producer John Alagía (the Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer) and his high school heroes, the Agents of Good Roots, who became his backing band. The resulting effort, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, was released that same November, blending Mraz's early influences with elements of country, roots rock, and coffee house folk. The buoyant first single "Remedy (I Won't Worry)," which Mraz had co-written with pop hitmakers the Matrix, proved to be a big hit, and Mraz headed out on the road to support it. One of those shows, an October 2003 date at the Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, was later documented on Mraz's summer 2004 live release Tonight, Not Again. The album tided his fans over until July 2005, when the songwriter returned with the sophomore studio effort Mr. A-Z. Mraz's popularity reached a new high in 2008 with the release of We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, which peaked at number three and spawned his first chart-topping single, "I'm Yours." The concert album, Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth, arrived in 2009, followed by his fourth studio album, Love Is a Four Letter Word, in 2012. In the summer of 2014, Mraz returned with Yes!, which featured backing from the all-female L.A. folk-rock outfit Raining Jane; it was preceded by the single "Love Someone." ~ Christina Saraceno, Rovi

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Tina Malia

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Tina Malia’s prodigious talent spans many musical genres and disciplines. As a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer she has distinguished herself in styles ranging from pop to world devotional to electronic. Her own diverse and growing catalog of albums is complemented by studio and live work with iconic artists such as Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Jai Uttal, Kenny Loggins, India.Arie, Idan Raichel and Bassnectar.

There are two unifying factors in all of this. One is Tina’s remarkable voice. An instrument of exceptional purity, it can be as tender as an angel’s sigh or as powerful as a deep ocean current. The other unifying factor in Tina’s musical universe is her vision — an all-encompassing artistic perspective that embraces many of the world’s musical cultures, languages and spiritual traditions.

Creativity and diversity are her very lifeblood. Of Korean and Yugoslavian descent, Tina was tutored in classical piano and voice from an early age by her mother. But it was her dad who fostered her interest in choral singing and popular music forms.

“When I was 15 or so, performing in choirs for years and doing musical theater at school, my dad bought me my first cheap guitar. And I started listening to all the great women of folk music at the time — Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, the Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco, Alison Kraus and all of those wonderful artists. That became my mainstay for years. I started writing my own songs around that time.”

Tina’s self produced debut album, Shores of Avalon, appeared in 2000. Steeped in poetic Celtic, Pagan and Native American mystery, the disc announced the arrival of a major new talent. Not long after the album’s release, Tina met pioneering world devotional artist Jai Uttal, who recruited her to sing in his groundbreaking ensemble – the Pagan Love Orchestra. It was through Jai that Tina had her introduction to the rich spiritual tradition of Sanskrit mantra chanting.

“When I first started performing with Jai,” she says. “the mantras hadn’t quite seeped into me yet. But a few years later I was going through a difficult time. Jai noticed this and asked, ‘Have you ever tried really chanting mantra? I hadn’t. So I started chanting mantra every day and, sure enough, it completely brought me out of the depression I was in. To this day I attribute my sense of well-being and where I am in my life to chanting mantra. It is so simple and yet so extraordinary.”

Tina’s love of mantra is reflected on her 2005 album Jaya Bhagavan, notable for its highly original fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and world/folk textures with Indian musical traditions. It was followed in 2006 by The Silent Awakening, more of a pop singer/songwriter disc, but infused with a poetic lyricism that reflects a deep spiritual longing.

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