ICONtact: Burning Man 2010 Edition )'(
Written by djicon Thursday, 26 August 2010 09:36
Omigosh, has it been almost two months since I've sent out a newsletter? Sorry to be out of touch for so long, but if you follow me on Facebook and Twitter, then you've already been getting my announcements and non-sequitors. If not, then please follow ya girl (Facebook / Twitter)!
I've been slammed with so much this non-summer that I haven't had any time to play or even breathe, which is why I am so damn excited to go ((HOME)) to Black Rock City. That's right y'all, Burning Man is next week and since I am supposed to leave in 3 short days with next to nothing prepared, I wanted to announce my Burning Man 2010 schedule. True to the nature of the beast, all times are subject to change at any give moment because... well, it's Burning Man! At the risk of using this hippie cliche, I can't express enough how grateful I am to be a part of this amazing and beautiful community; I'm really looking forward to throwing down some insane music - Breaks, Electro, Dubstep - with all my friends on the playa. I can't wait to test out the monster tune of which my boy, Ground_Control, and I are almost finished!
Big thanx to all the awesome camps and sound stages that invited me to rock on their bad ass sound systems:
Root Society,
DISTRIKT,
Janky Barge,
Garage Mahal,
Dusty Rhino/Flower Camp,
BASSYX, Kostume Kult, Mal-Mart, Decadent Oasis and *especially* my family camp of four years, Opulent Temple. Can't wait to get dusty with all my friends from the bay to around the globe. Also, shout out to my first-timer homies Keith Mackenzie, Jen Lasher, Mjoogoo, Nick Thayer, Flipside and Mama Miche. We're gonna have an epic time for sure. 3-2-1-BLASTOFF! )'(
Have a safe burn everyone & I hope to see you shake it in the dust! xxx
Yours Truly,
ICONnie
ICONtact: 3 Gigs this weekend! Stilldream, Super Hero Street Fair & 1015
Written by djicon Friday, 09 July 2010 09:54
Yay! Short week is almost over... it's late and I will be a very busy bee this weekend so I will make this short. California is the place to be at the moment! Some great parties and festivals are queuing up. Loads of peeps are in town from my homegirl Jen Lasher to UK boys: The Freestylers, Elite Force, Soul of Man. Friday I'm taking a road trip up North with my boy Keith Mackenzie to rock the highly anticipated Stilldream Collective 10 Year Anniversary Campout along with an all-star line-up, then Saturday I'm back in San Francisco playing at the Super Hero Street Fair & 1015 Folsom with the Mustard Pimps.
All info on this week's events are below and always on my website, hope to see you shake it on the dancefloor! xo
Yours Truly,
ICONnie
Friday July 9th
STILLDREAM 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
@ Area 101
54895 Hwy 101, Laytonville, CA, 95454
stilldream.org
This year Stilldream will be held July 9th-12th 2010. Located in the heart of the Mendocino. This years location is a bit smaller then our previous years with a limited capacity of 650-700, its extremely important that you check back closer to the date for parking instructions, carpooling, tour bus options. The limited capacity we believe is just going to enrich the vibe this year, which is perfect for our 10 Year Anniversary!
Massive line up includes:
Main:
Tipper - Last West Coast apperance of 2010 - Special Downtempo Twilight set
Myagi aka Sole Claw - Toronto, CA - www.myagimusic.com
Hybrid (dj Set) - UK - www.hybridsoundsystem.com
Mark Farina
The 12th Planet
DJ ESP aka Woody McBride
Keith MacKenzie
SPL
The collabe Project
Organik Time Machine
Outersect
Hypnotech
Forest Green
Serch
Dragn'fly
DJ Denise
DJ ICON
Timonkey
Ripple
G.A.M.M.A.
Carlos Alfonzo
+ much much more!
18+ w/ID
This year, Stilldream will be held from July 9th, 2010 and go until Monday Morning July 12th, 2010!
Saturday July 10th
THE 2ND ANNUAL SUPER HERO STREET FAIR
@ Indiana Street & Cesar Chavez Street
San Francisco
superherosf.com
The Most Amazing Super Hero Fest-Of-All and the only street fair on the waterfront! Uncover the SUPERHERO within YOU and SHARE it with the rest of the WORLD and for the good of ALL! Our theme this year is “Space Jazz” so get your most swinging far-out self into the celestial groove and let’s celebrate!
Musical Zones & Kryptonite Beats by:
SYMBIOSIS
OPULENT TEMPLE
NITEWISE
BAY AREA DRUM & BASS
COMPRESSION
HOOKAHDOME
FALSE PROFIT
SWAG
KARMA MOFFETT TIBETAN BELL EXPERIENCE
All Ages | Noon - 1AM
$10 Donation w/ Super Hero Costume | $20 Plain Clothes
Friday July 10th
Ten15 presents: MUSTARD PIMP
@ 1015 Folsom
1015 Folsom Street, San Francisco
1015.com
San Francisco debut of French Electro act, MUSTARD PIMP.
Support by:
Raphael Frost
DJ TAJ
DJ ICON
21+ w/ID | 10pm - 6am
$10 before 11pm with signup on 1015.com | $15 Pre-Sale | $20 Door
Bass & Puppies: IndepenDance Day Edition
Written by djicon Saturday, 03 July 2010 00:34
It's almost IndepenDance Day! The day America celebrates its freedom with a yearly feast of barbequed animal carcasses! Since I've denounced my carnivorous ways, I will enjoy some veggie burgers on the beach with my homies! More importantly, 4th of July is a good reason to get down to some dirty filthy BASS. I'm really looking forward to playing my first Serato set at Opel presents the Stanton Warriors at Mission Rock in San Francisco this Saturday. Considering the first time I ever played on CDJs, after playing vinyl for 10 years, was in front of a massive crowd at SF LoveFest, I can definitely throw myself into the deep end with this as well. I miss the feel of vinyl!
In this edition of BASS & Puppies, I am featuring my two favorite tunes at the moment because I couldn't choose just one. I've had these tracks on repeat for the last couple weeks and also had great crowd reaction when I played them out... and damn, do they sound amazing when LOUD. One is a Dubstep remix, the other is a Drum & Bass remix, both have beautiful female vocals (my favorite kind).
The first one is a Jakwob remix of a huge dance hit by Ellie Goulding "Starry Eyed". Jakwob's been putting out some wicked Dubstep releases but this one in particular made me a big fan. The original house mix is really good as well; her vocals and lyrics give me the chills every time... "Next thing, we're touching, you look at me, it's like you hit me with lightning." Check out the Jakwob remix below and keep reading for the next tune!
Ellie Goulding "Starry Eyed" (Jakwob Remix)
See? Wasn't that dope? Told ya :) This next one, a Sub Focus remix of Rusko's "Hold On" feat. Amber Coffman, is equally if not more awesome. It *literally* puts the BASS in Drum & Bass! Seems that everything Sub Focus touches turns to gold, both D&B and House. I must have heard this song about a hundred times and I'm still not sick of it, which is a really good sign. Again, I love the vox. I first rocked it at Burning Man Pre-Compression a couple weeks ago and it was an absolute murder (pic shown below)! Check it out:
Rusko "Hold On" feat. Amber Coffman (Subfocus Remix)
And now for the puppies segment of todays rantings. Don't ask me why; I just love cute things. Cute furry things are even better. Also, this week it's not a puppy... but my f*cking adorable 3-legged kitten named Sookie Stackhouse Wong. <3
Have a happy and safe IndepenDance Day!
Yours Truly,
ICONnie
ICONtact: Happy IndepenDance! Stanton Warriors @ Mission Rock in SF this Saturday
Written by djicon Friday, 02 July 2010 08:52
Happy Canada Day to my Canadian peeps and Independence Day to my American peeps! It's happy time for all! Summer Equinox has come and gone; from now on, the days just get shorter - I know, depressing right? That means we have to make the most of the rest of Summer, and I plan to with all the fun parties and festivals coming up in my calendar. It's been so busy for me this year between gigs and designing that my friends haven't seen me in months, if only I could be a vampire and not need to sleep! There's only a couple months until Burning Man! So excited! I'm also excited to start playing with Serato Scratch Live after playing vinyl for ten years, then CDs for four... it's like a whole new dimension of DJing to explore.
4th of July Weekend is gonna be huge! This Saturday I'm playing at Opel presents the Stanton Warriors at Mission Rock in San Francisco with 4 rooms of beats until sunrise! I cannot wait for this totally awesome event... then have a chill beach day in Santa Cruz with my homies for the fireworks! Also, I'm trying out a new formula to my ICONtacts, since I don't have time to do them each week, I'm going to start foreshadowing my events the following week just in case: next weekend, I'm playing the Stilldream Collective 10 year anniversary up north in Laytonville, then Ten15 on Saturday night. Happy times indeed!
Lastly, just wanted to give a quick shout-out to Mind Melting Productions who brought me out to Fresno last Friday, and putting on a wicked event with the old school rave spirit! I shared a video on YouTube of the bumpin' dancefloor, check it out!
All info on this week's events are below and always on my website, hope to see you shake it on the dancefloor! xxx
Yours Truly,
ICONnie
Saturday July 3rd
Opel Productions presents:
STANTON WARRIORS
@ Mission Rock
817 Terry Francois Blvd, San Francisco
opelproductions.com
"Our annual all night summer bash brings us one of the biggest acts in breaks in the world (and musically they're so much more) to rock the water front at Mission Rock. After an epic NYE appearance for Opel the boyz are back in support of their new album."
Massive line up in 4 areas includes:
Main:
The Stanton Warriors (stantonwarriors.com / UK)
Syd Gris (Opel / Opulent Temple)
ICON (djicon.com)
Rooz (djrooz.com)
Dex Stakker (Opel / Opulent Temple)
Bass Den : Hosted by California Dubstep Republic
SPL (Hollowpoint Recordings/Lost Soul Recordings)
D-Program (Tech Support/Full Melt/CDR)
Tommy Lexxus (Bassism Records/Blipswitch/Forcast)
Tekfreaks (Tekfreaks.com/Opulent Temple)
Reclipse (Rukkuz Music, Trauma)
Patio:
Motion Potion (Sunset Promotions)
Alain Octavo (Spundae)
Zach Moore (Space Cowboys)
Influence (Strategik)
Linden C (Underground Kingdom, UK)
Wooden Deck:
Liam Shy (liamshy.com)
Sychosis (Audiohavoc, Vibrance Recordings)
B33SON (B33)
AdamAnt (Love Allstars/Vibrance Recordings)
Digital Paradigm (Nonsensical)
21+ | 10pm-7am | $25 door
ICONtact: Back from Europe & 3 Gigs this weekend!
Written by djicon Thursday, 17 June 2010 23:29
YAY! I am back in your inbox and more importantly, back from Europe. I haven't made ICONtact in a very long while because I've been away and super busy with gigs, work, fun, drama which all falls into the all-encompassing umbrella of LIFE. As you may know, I was just in Europe for three weeks playing shows, playing on pirate radio, catching up with friends, having fun, hanging out with sheep in the countryside, getting more stamps in my passport and watching England play USA in the World Cup in a country that's obsessed with football. And now for a quick gig review: Good times playing at Fabric with Ali B, Meat Katie and Dylan Rhymes; fun 80's pop, freestyle, hip-hop and rock set at Ali B's funk night at Paradise; wicked tag-team Breaks, Electro, House, Dubstep & Drum & Bass set with my boy Deekline on FlexFM pirate radio, top time in Ulm, Germany having my first Ger-merican BBQ & playing at Cut & Run with some of my new fave promoters Bastian, Rolf and Berndt. Laughs all night!; lastly amazing way to end the tour in Ravensburg, Germany playing at STAMINA for top guy, Marten Hoerger (Boogie Army). It was a beautiful summer day, perfect for boat ride at Lake Constance with Rosé wine, fresh strawberries & ice cream! Yes, fun times indeed.
It's good to be home! It seems as Summer is defninitely in the building! I have loads of super fun upcoming parties and festivals to rock. I just flew in on Sunday (and boy are my arms tired) on a gorgeous day in San Francisco and went straight to Mission Rock to play the 2nd Sunday Season Opener, which was rammed; it felt like the wooden deck was going to collapse into the bay with so many people bouncing on it! Then starting tonight I have a 3-day marathon of quality gigs in San Francisco. TONIGHT I am playing with DEEKLINE at Triple Crown for Sunset Promotions, Friday I play with ICEY at Ruby Skye, then Saturday I play at the 2010 Mega Pre-Compression for Burning Man. FIRE it up! All info on parties are below...
Lastly, I would like to announce the winner of my very first ICONtest on Facebook. Lots of people entered really fun photos of their favorite party moment for a chance to win a pair of Pioneer HDJ-2000 headphones and a DJ ICON custom t-shirt designed by Sam Flores. Congratulations to the winner, Cameron Brooks aka Tinman PDX, peep the photo!
Hope to see your smiling face on the dancefloor! xxx
Yours Truly,
ICONnie
P.S. It appears that my mailing list server sent several messages out at the same time, I apologize for those who are subscribed to the ICONtact list :(
Thursday June 17th
Sunset Promotions presents:
DEEKLINE
@ The Triple Crown
1760 Market Street @ Octavia, San Francisco
sunsetpromotions.com
UK booty breaks hero DJ DEEKLINE makes his first SF appearance in over a year with an exclusive appearance at the intimate Triple Crown.
Motion Potion & DJ ICON support...
21+ | 10pm-2am
Friday June 18th
Spundae presents:
DJ ICEY
@ Ruby Skye
420 Mason Street, San Francisco
spundae.com
rubyskye.com
DJ ICEY (Zone Records, Orlando)
DJ ICON
Zach Moore
21+ | 10pm-4am
Saturday June 19th
Burning Man presents:
A MEGA PRE-COMPRESSION, 25th Anniversary!
@ The Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th St (enter on 7th St at Brannan), San Francisco, CA 94103
burningman.com
Join us for this historic & spectacular night! Celebrate on the original summer solstice weekend it all began in 1986 with a fiery and festive Precompression event in the heart of San Francisco! Ramp up your Radical Self-Expression because tonight marks the launch of the 25th Burning Man season and we want YOU to pARTicipate!
Music & Performances by: Mutaytor; Copper Lantern Fire Theater; Soul in the Machine; Vau de Vire Society; Capacitor; MoPo; Nocturnal Sunshine; Space Cowboys (8ball, Deckard, Zach Moore, EricHz, Kapt’n Kirk); UBUV; Afrolicious; Pyronauts; Scot Jenerik; Hookahdome; Gooferman; Smoove; Fou Fou Ha!; Dex Stakker; Hybridz ‘R Us; Mancub; Bad Unkl Sista;DJ ICON; Tom Jonesing; EO; The Fossettes; Hobo Gobbelins; Shredder; Metamorphosis Ballet; Imps of Sneth; Firish; Kiss & Tell; Dark Sparkle Burlesque; CaroLuna; Isopop; Monkey Chant; DJ Dragonfly; Vulcan Crew; Neon Bunny; Ian & Bliss; Mo Corleone; Shovelman; Alt Tal; Justin Credible; Spiral; Magician Brad Barton; beatbox by One Mouth Band; Matt Jalbert; Vivian Hacock; SatsiSonik; Whiskey Devil; Nancy Asiya Belly Dance; a Kidnap Fashion Show “curated” by Animal Control; and MEGA-many more!
Art & Artifacts By: Jennybird Alcantara; Dana Albany; Maricela Alvarez; David Best; Bruce Beeley; Joegh Bullock; James Cole; Karen Cusolito; Dan DasMann; Tony Deifell; Chris De Monterey; Wally Glenn; Emma Hardy; Justin Gray; Flaming Lotus Girls; Flux Foundation; Al Honig; Laura Kimpton; The La Contessa Crew; Kinetic Cab Company; Lasers&Lights.com; Danny Macchiarini; Nightshade; Playaflies; Kitty Gordon; Jess Hobbs and Rebecca Anders; $teven Ra$pa; Pierre Riche; The Mini Man Crew; Brad Templeton; Todd Williams; Ben Zero; and more!
Art Cars & Camps: Playapus Corralus; Bed Rock Hot Rod Taxi; PhotoBoof; Tundra Bunny; Nautilus X; The UNIMOG; Black Rock Indie Fest; Peoples Spa; Workshop Corner; Earth Guardians; Little Shop of Horrors, Excellent Adventure Display, etc and HOORAY!
So, dust off that playa spirit and dress to express! This night is the focal point of a full month of celebrations and events leading up to our 25th Burning Man event and the year beyond. You won’t want to miss it!
21+ | 8pm-4am
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