Kid Sister and D.I.M.

Fixed & Popgun Present
Kid Sister and D.I.M. (Boys Noize Records) with JDH & Dave P
Thursday, July 8, 2010
10:00 21+
TICKETS HERE
Also at OTHER MUSIC (15 East 4th St, New York, NY 10013)

KID SISTER
Melissa Young, between working a plethora of retail shifts and wedging a toehold in the world of cinema, spent her youth as a recognizable personality on the Chicago house scene. With a brother in the internationally famous DJ team Flosstradamus, stunning looks and wits beyond her years, she was positioned well for her own musical endeavors, though her approachable attitude distinguished her from the average club diva. In 2005 she began her rap career as Kid Sister, and in 2007 she had her first single “Control,” produced by XXXChange (Spank Rock) released through Fool’s Gold. Her 2009 album Ultraviolet on Downtown Records hit 20 on the AllmusicUS Top Rap Album charts, and featured many other genre-benders including Kanye West and Cee-Lo Green.

Kid Sister’s producers have also included A-Trak and Sinden, meaning her beats are friendly to clubgoers and hip-hop heads alike. “I think that even if you're making music that's a little bit different, everyone should be included,” Young says. “I used to be the fat girl, and I'm biracial, so I know how it feels to be something that's other-and it doesn't feel good. “ Neo-disco and rave textures are prominent in the mix, but Young’s raps take center stage. Lyrically understated and rhythmically inclined, her style could land her a spot as the third Cool Kid or the first Beastie Girl. She already owns the Chicago scene, and her headlining gig at Santos Party House will be a milestone for both her and New York’s hungry party people.

D.I.M.
No subgenre of dance music is safe from D.I.M.’s pan-electronica amalgamations. At the forefront are the drum and bass lines, hinting at dubstep, built beneath sly techno grooves. Few can match the finesse with which he switches up his drops, incorporating techno and trance elements, and keeping the dancefloor guessing. Boasting prominent remixes for Fischerspooner, Jape and Teenage Bad Girl, he currently is repping Berlin’s Boys Noize label.

Resident FIXED DJ’s Josh Houtkin and Dave Pianka are insidious masterminds of programming and promotion with knowledge of dancefloor dynamics unmatched by any other team in the metropolis. Now they're bringing us the weekly party New York has been waiting for, on the only sound system that can do it justice.

QUE BAJO?! weekly goes down tomorrow! UPROOT ANDY & GEKO JONES every Wednesday

QUE BAJO with residents UPROOT ANDY (ZiZek/Bersa Discos) and GEKO JONES (Dutty Artz)
Every Wednesday 11:00PM
starting April 21st, 2010 (with special guest Nickodemus)
2010
21+ $5

"La Vida Vale La Pena (Uproot Andy Remix)" - Pedrona Martinez

QUE BAJO
Founded in 2008 by Geko Jones and Uproot Andy, the NYC tropical dance party ‘Que Bajo’ has quickly found itself at the center of the modern global dance music scene. From its home at the well known downtown Manhattan club Santos Party house, ‘Que Bajo’ has opened up a space, not only for the neo cumbia and tropical bass music that was its original focus, but for the coming together of all types of new musical trends emenating from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, as well as Europe and the US, and hosts many of the young artists and Djs on the cutting edge of these new genres, such as Toy Selectah, Maluca, Zizek, Radioclit, Bersa Discos, DJ Rekha, Choc Quib Town, Jahdan Blackamoore and 77Klash.

UPROOT ANDY
Uproot Andy is a Brooklyn based DJ and Producer making melodic and bass heavy music for the dance hall informed by the musical traditions that migrate to New York along with people from around the globe. Considered among the leaders of the new global bass music Uproot Andy has releases on Bersa Discos and ZZK Records and has produced remixes for Thievery Corporation, Radioclit and The Very Best, Poirier, MC Gringo and Mc Nem, and Forro in the Dark among others. Andy is a co-founder of the new cumbia and Afro-Latin party Que Bajo and is a regular at the Dutty Artz label's NY Tropical parties, as well as a weekly resident at the balkan gypsy club Mehanata Bulgarian Bar. As a DJ he has shared bills with such renowned artists as Diplo and Major Lazer, Maluca, Toy Selectah, 77 Klash, Radioclit and The Very Best. His Guacharaca Migration mix was called 'one of the best mixtapes of 2008' by New York Magazine.

GEKO JONES
Geko Jones is a Brooklyn-based DJ and producer. He is a founding member of both the New York Tropical and Que Bajo?! party franchises in New York. He is also a partner and co-owner of the Dutty Artz record label with producer Matt Shadetek and DJ /Rupture. His mixes span the tropical hemispheres and collage together globally sonic hours of dancefloor mayhem. Renowned by top DJ's and producers of the digital cumbia scene in Latin America and European bass-pundits alike, Jones is one of the select few DJ's pushing forward the Latin agenda in a world wide tropical bass scene. The past five years have found him sharing a booth or collaborating with a long roster of A-list globalistas like Uproot Andy, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Soot Records, Stereotyp, Radioclit, ZZK, Maluca, Dub War, Toy Selectah and more. Whether it's tearing the roof off an outdoor festival, getting the crowd bubbling on an illegal boat party in Bushwick, conjuring up the next great sound, or racking up air miles from Brooklyn to Bogota, Geko Jones commands the dancefloor! A Guarachar!

Mixtapes:
Que Bajo Tour Promo Mix
Uproot Andy's Guacharaca Migration
Uproot Andy for Diesel U Music Radio
Geko Jones' La Nueva Guaracha

Saturday (2/13): Dance.Here.Too with JOEL MULL and SLEEPY&BOO

Projecting his soulful slant on the techno blueprint and in the process providing a more melodic, emotive ying to the colder, percussive yang of traditional techno, Joel Mull occupies a special place within the scene. His long winding sets embody a forward-thinking musical output that the producers of Dance. Here. Now. know will make you want to Dance. Here.

BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP 1/28. An underground party surfaces... underground...

BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP presents LUNA CITY EXPRESS
Thursday, January 28 11:00PM 21+
$10 with RSVP to LEADER@BLKMARKETMEMBERSHIP.COM

BLKMARKET MEMBERSHIP, the party architects known for setting fire to numerous "secret locations," are breaking tradition and revealing Santos Party House as their target this Thursday night. Sound like resident DJ's Taimur+Fahad have something major up their sleeve. Marco Resmann, of the Berlin dubtronica tycoons LUNA CITY EXPRESS, will be in the house celebrating the launch of their new album Hello From Planet Earth, already hailed by critics as "a more impressive sound than ever - reflecting both their respect and passion for house music." Expect the deepest of house, mind-expanding techno, and dark electro madness. We're pumped to be collaborating with one of the most important forces in underground dance as they orchestrate this milestone.

Luna City Express‘ epic debut at Santo’s Party House via Blkmarket Membership is more than just a good reason to leave the house, it is the cultural underpinnings of a legendary meeting between underground and above ground avenues of expression. Marco Resmann was well on his way to cult stardom as Phage when he met Norman Weber and the world was offered Luna City Express. A collective concoction of downbeat, trip hop, and deep house proclivities, the duo understands how to be both timeless and innovative, classic and contemporary. As in all artistic endeavors, the whole is greater than its parts and Luna City Express just might lead you to a dance floor that tugs at your heart.

Along for the ride are the Blkmarket Membership residents, Taimur+Fahad. They boys have had a massive year, bringing in the best of the best to play their ever growing party. Their mission from the get go has been, 'to bring in talent that inspires us as DJ's.' That simple policy has guided them and it's no wonder why their party is amongst the best in the U.S at the moment. They have had the opportunity to be heard and have earned the respect of many who regard them as some of New York City's finest DJ's in the techno scene. They will be opening up for Luna City Express on this evening.