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Who’s there?

drc — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:16:11 +0000

With a few exceptions, regular opportunities to hear upfront dance music in a friendly environment have been far and few in between, after the one “real” dance club we had, Boneshakers, shut it’s doors on East Hancock 5 years ago. The idea with the Knock Knock night is to try to bring back some of that same accessibility we enjoyed (and admittedly, started taking for granted) back then. Every first Thursday of the month throughout the school year we’ll be showcasing some homegrown Athens DJ talent. We’re mixing veterans with new players, wax with digital, old school with future beats, in an intimate, no-frills environment aimed at pushing quality dance music in Athens. We’re shooting to have nice, comfortable sound, with some decent low end courtesy of Matt Soundboi with Dash Productions, while local celebrity vocalist/bartendress Star Scott (of local electro-jazz-fusion band Sursievision) will be on hand to slang some dranks. Best of all, it’s completely FREE!

Concurrent with the launch of the night, we’ll be curating a series of mixes by our rotating crew of DJs. If you’re a DJ or electronic artist who’d like an opportunity to perform at Knock Knock (or have your mix featured), please head over to the official Knock Knock website for instructions on how to submit your entry. We’re excited to get this going and to meet and network with new talent. Please take the time to invite your friends who might enjoy dancing or generally having a good time.

Here’s the lineup for the first event (flyer by Neumachina below):

10-11: MITCHEL MONTES (French House / Nu-Disco)
11-12 – D:RC (Future Garage / UK Funky)
12-1 – WONKY KONG (Tropical Bass)
1-2 – LEXUS LUTHOR (Electro)

Edit: here’s a mix as well of the kind of stuff I intend to play that night.

Dubconscious, L.D, D:RC @ New Earth Music Hall

drc — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:38:50 +0000

Dude’s got releases and collaborations with Kode 9 on influential label Hyperdub in addition to a slew of other labels. Very excited to see this kind of talent in Athens and very happy to be part of the show.

Repurposed some Neumachina artwork from last summer’s Dub-Ocracy show in Atlanta for a “quick and dirty” poster design.

Wired 2010 – Athens Dance Music Festival

drc — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:41:33 +0000

Between the 20 acts scheduled to appear on 2 stages, nearly all beat-based dance genres will be represented, from experimental hip hop, to electro-house music, dubstep to drum & bass.

Athens is no stranger to the “late night dance party” phenomenon, but Wired is the only large scale event of its kind to reach out to festival goers with a day component; the opening acts are scheduled to go on at 4pm, with a different act appearing every hour on two separate stages until the closing time of 2am.

Neumachina is responsible for the art direction and design of promo materials in addition to collaborating with video artists Integrated Visions Productions on visuals for the event.

New Earth Day Festival in Athens

drc — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:27:23 +0000

Neumachina was approached to design an event poster that ties in with their website’s spring facelift.

Athens and Sustainability

drc — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:53:57 +0000

Common Ground Athens is a community resource center in Athens, Ga, dedicated to "progressive social change" in the community. On April 10th, from 11am to 1pm, they are hosting a Mayoral Town Hall Meeting at Lay Park hoping to facilitate dialogue between members of the community and the various candidates for Mayor of Athens on issues related to sustainability.

Embassy Recordings Release EMB001

drc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:12:22 +0000

Now he’s launching his own imprint Embassy Recordings, featuring his massive tune ‘Attempt at Yellow’, with studio production partner Mite’s ‘Chocolate Circuit’ on the flip. This release has been caned by the cream of the crop of international dj / producers and it’s exciting to see it getting a proper release.

You can buy this release here.

Household is Beachbombing WMC 2010

drc — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:24:32 +0000

The event is taking place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at the Marseilles Hotel, and features some of the most popular “alternative” names working in electronic music right now, alongside some old standards.

Neumachina on the poster design of course:

L-Vis 1990 Comes to El Bar (March 22)

drc — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:19:53 +0000

Tirelessly putting on for his city, Atlanta-based DJ/producer/promoter Rob Wonder secured a night at El Bar with man of the moment L-Vis 1990. This London producer is absolutely on fire right now, pushing his own brand of future bass music on labels like Mad Decent,Sound Pellegrino and his own Night Slugs label he runs with fellow DJ/producer Bok Bok.

‘Inner Child’ Music Compilation

drc — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:40 +0000

The compilation will be available on March 22, via iTunes, Beatport and other popular online music outlets.

Tracklisting reads as follows:
1. 2 Cents – “Help Me”
2. Atomic Hooligan – “I’m Only Dancing”
3. Blu Mar Ten – “Nobody Here”
4. Broke DJs – “Knuckle Duster”
5. Charlie P featuring Saejma – “Reach Inside”
6. Charlie P featuring Too Phaced – “Rollin’ Out”
7. Doshy – “Sunset”
8. DZ – “Garage Mirage”
9. Hot Mess – “Represent”
10. J.Rabbit – “Spanish Fly”
11. Kastle – “You Got The Love”
12. Mindelixir – “Nomuras”
13. NAPT – “Work This Out (12 Inch Dub)”
14. Quad Control – “In A Rutt”
15. Specimen A – “Go”
16. Stagga – “Rub On Ya Bassbins”
17. Terravita – “Early Morning Rain”
18. Terry Mullan – “Is This Acid?”
19. Trill Bass vs Mark Instinct & Symbl – “Garage Rock”
20. Virus Syndicate – “Get Down”
21. Zeno – “Sensi Star”

The Launch of Neumachina

drc — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:08:06 +0000

Like everything I’m involved in, some of it will make sense, and a lot of it (hopefully) will not. I do, however, promise to always aim to make it interesting at least. I’m grateful to have you checking out my site. Feel free to leave comments, e-mail me links, or add me to your blogroll. I’m always looking for honest information exchange with like-minded folks.

*Note: My apologies in advance… The site will probably be in a constant change of flux and a permanent work in progress since I don’t always have time to update and upgrade with my current workload, but I do my best. Contact me if you find a bug, or something looks out of place