http://neumachina.com The Creative Domain of Darcy Reenis Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Knock Knock Dance Party at the Rye Bar, a collaborative attempt between myself and my buddy Merkatroid/Wonky Kong over at Jockin' Bitz to foray into the somewhat cluttered landscape of dancefloor politics in Athens, Ga. As a veteran of the late 90's/early 00's dance scene boom, it pains me to see the lack of options for what I call "serious dance music" in Athens. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/07/whos-there/ AthFest 2010, I'll be playing an opening dubstep set for Dubconscious at New Earth Music Hall, alongside mighty London bass music producer L.D. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/06/dubconscious-l-d-drc-new-earth-music-hall/ Wired Dance Music Festival in Athens is a showcase of local and regional talent currently active in the electronic music scene. While the annual AthFest celebrations traditionally focus on highlighting established and upcoming bands, Wired was conceived as a vehicle for DJs and producers to push their respective genres to the forefront with no artistic restrictions.]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/05/wired-2010-athens-dance-music-festival/ New Earth Music Hall just released their full lineup for the New Earth Day Festival to be held on April 22, 23, and 24.]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/new-earth-day-festival-in-athens/ 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. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/athens-and-sustainability/ As part of the Atlanta Dubstep crew, Michael Rathbun aka Distal has been causing quite a stir in the international dubstep / future garage community with his original productions. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/embassy-recordings-launches/ Household Management Agency has really stepped it up this year with the promotion. They are pulling out all the stops with their pool party/artist showcase at this year's Winter Music Conference in Miami.]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/household-is-beachbombing-wmc-2010/ 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. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/l-vis-1990-comes-to-el-bar/ Household Management and Abstract Logic Recordings are putting together a music compilation and asked Neumachina to art direct and design the project. 100% of the proceeds of this release - entitled 'Inner Child' - will benefit the Atlanta-based non-profit Dreamhouse for Kids, who provide care to medically fragile children. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/03/great-use-of-typography-in-modern-web-design/ Neumachina, the "official" creative domain of graphic designer Darcy Reenis. After almost 10 years in the business and about as many false starts, I finally bit the bullet and unceremoniously set up my own online portal. Visitors to this site can mostly expect a showcase of ongoing design projects (Check out my portfolio gallery), but I also intend to use the blogging platform to talk about the myriad of things that inspire me to do what I do. Basically, music, food, beer and friends/family. ]]> http://neumachina.com/2010/02/launchofneumachina/