ICONtact: Me So Horny, Space Cowboys RIPEcast & Peo De Pitte

Written by djicon Friday, 27 January 2012 09:01

Hello my cowboys and girls! I hope your 2012 has gotten off to a great start. One month down, eleven more to go until the *end of the world! I have really enjoyed this month, taking a small step back from the nightlife to work on music, focus on my health and fitness, getting reacquainted with my snowboard and also dumping some "excess baggage" and cut more than a foot off of my luscious long hair! Ground_Control and I have been busy working on a new original, a remix for Deekline & Ed Solo and a dope bootleg of an old 90's classic; we plan to finish and debut all three by Winter Music Conference in March so stay tuned!

*end of the world not guaranteed

Now I would like to share some music for your earholes. This week I was featured on the Space Cowboys RIPEcast with my live set recording from Breakfast of Champions on New Year's Day. BOC is always an amazing time and each year tops the last in epicness, and now we can all relive it!



Also, if you missed it, earlier this month I posted my live set from Opulent Temple at Burning Man 2010. Please enjoy these mixes at your pleasure.


This Saturday I make my way back to the DJ booth where I belong at Me So Horny, a fundraiser for my favorite art car: the Dusty Rhino. The Rhino camp are a lovely group of people and have always been big supporters of me so I am happy to help their efforts to return to the playa every year.

Lastly, next Friday February 3rd, I'm putting on a show with homey crews Sunset Promotions & Rock It Science to bring you the debut of the man behind that sick remix of "Riverside" that you couldn't get out of your head if you tried, the swede with a thirst for sambuca: Peo De Pitte (UK)! We're doing a small show in an intimate setting upstairs at Public Works in the Oddjob Loft, you can still get $8 pre-sales - srsly don't miss this show!

All gig info is below. Have an 1LL weekend - I hope to see you on the dancefloor! xxx

Yours Truly,
ICONnie

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Saturday January 28, 2012
Me So Horny: A Dusty Rhino Fundraiser
@ Monarch
101 Sixth Street, San Francisco, CA
9pm-2am
dustyrhino.eventbrite.com

Did you find yourself busting a move in front of a fire-throwing ivory beast at this year's Burn? Did you dance with thousands of your friends and neighbors at the feet of a bass-booming White Rhino at SF Decompression? Do you just have a thing for long horns, loud music and lots of fire?

Discounted pre-sale tickets starting at $10 available at dustyrhino.eventbrite.com. $15 at the door if horny (i.e. work a horn in your attire), $20 hornless. All proceeds support the Dusty Rhino Art Car.

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$10 PRE-SALES AVAILABLE HERE

Friday February 3
Sunset Promotions, Rock It Science amp; DJ ICON present: PEO DE PITTE
@ Oddjob Loft, upstairs at Public Works
161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA
www.SunsetPromotions.com | www.rislabs.com | www.djicon.com
10pm-3am

SunsetSF, Rock It Science Labs and DJ ICON proudly present one of the hottest names in electronic music, PEO de PITTE, playing the intimate Oddjob Loft at Public Works on Friday, February 3. Peo will be joined by veteran local beatslingers DJ ICON, Eric Sharp and Motion Potion. Advance tickets are only $8 and it will be $10 at the door before midnight.

21+ w/ID

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DJ ICON Live @ Opulent Temple, Burning Man 2010

Written by djicon Thursday, 05 January 2012 19:14

Happy New Year y'all! I'm feeling super inspired and excited about 2012 and really looking forward to another year at Burning Man with Opulent Temple; it's our 10-year anniversary this year so watch out for big things!  I recently was sent a live recording from my Thursday night OT set from 2010 and it gave me goosebumps to listen to! Such an amazing night with amazing music and memories... and of course, BIG BASS!  Hope you enjoy, please feel free to download from the Soundcloud link. I will also post my mix from OT 2011 soon!

xxoo,
ICONnie

Live @ Opulent Temple, Burning Man 2010

August 2010, Black Rock City, NV

1. 00:00 Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness
2. 03:15 Prodigy vs. Elite Force - Smack the Force Up
3. 07:09 Calvertron - Raw To the Floor (Lazy Rich Remix)
4. 10:12 Costello - Get Crazy (Will Bailey Remix)
5. 14:07 Pendulum - The Island Part 2 (Dusk)
6. 17:46 Porter Robinson - We No Speak Americano (Marten Horger Edit)
7. 22:29 Deekline & Wizard ft. DJ Assault - Night Moves (Electric Soulslide Remix)
8. 27:29 DJ ICON & Ground_Control - Wha? (Original Mix)
9. 31:11 Coburn - We Interrupt This Programme (Tim Healey 2010 Remix)
10. 35:57 Bass Weazel - Break the Bomb (Respect to Kenny Dope Mix)
11. 39:36 Freestylers - Cracks (CTRL-Z Remix)
12. 44:45 Stripper ft. DJ Omega - Stripper Theme (Akira Kiteshi Remix)
13. 48:23 Ivory & Wizard - Johnny 5 (Dodge & Fuski Remix)
14. 51:39 Doctor P - Sweet Shop
15. 54:23 Calvin Harris - Not Alone (Doorly Remix)

ICONtact: New Year's Weekend & Year-End Review

Written by djicon Friday, 30 December 2011 01:48

Well, well, well... so another year has gone by. Just got back from my mini-Euro tour and was slammed by X-mas and New Year's immediately! Time sure flies when you're having fun, or just getting older it seems. I'm so very grateful that 2011 has been pretty epic for me in all areas of life: music, professional, personal. I've played some great gigs, went on amazing travels, put out a couple good releases, moved into a fabulous flat with my hunny, did some ground-breaking design and application work, been through a couple acquisitions, adopted another cute kitty, spent lots of quality time with family and friends, got back into top shape and of course... had the BEST Burning Man ever. This was just a short summary of the extremely busy year I've had. As I've gotten older, my priorities have changed, I've become less spontaneous and have become more conscious of the consequences of my actions. I've struggled to balance my music career with my professional life since leaving my freelance life for a "real" career two years ago - all in exchange for a better quality of life. The freelance was life was fun in my twenties; working, DJing, traveling and doing whatever whenever, but I lacked discipline and structure. Now that I have the structure but need to make more time for my musical and creative needs. Like anything, both careers take time and dedication... my New Year's resolution is to spend more time working on music and expressing myself through my music. This is the only way I will be truly balanced.

Now onto the festivities for the New Year's weekend! This is certainly the year for change, it's the first year I'm not DJing on New Year's Eve in many years. It's a strange sensation to not be obligated to be at a club or party a at a certain time so I'm considering my options for the night, I may not even end up at a party! I'm considering New Year's Day as my big day to celebrate the new year. I'm playing at the Space Cowboys' Breakfast of Champions block party for the fourth year in a row, it's always a blast and the best party of the year to see all your friends and local heroes at the same place at the same time. After that I am representing my Burning Man camp, Opulent Temple, at Day One: A 100% benefit for our 2012 10-year anniversary Burning Man efforts. It's only $5 pre-sale so I hope you plan on party-hopping because both parties will be awesome!

So all in all, this was a pretty epic year, I am forever grateful for all the blessings in my life and I look forward to 2012 being an even more epic year with all of you!

All gig info is below. Have an ILL weekend - I hope to see you on the dancefloor! xxx

Yours Truly,
ICONnie

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Sunday January 1, 2012
Space Cowboys present: Breakfast of Champions 2012
@ Mighty & Utah Street
119 Utah Street, San Francisco, CA
6am-Uncle
spacecowboys.org

Breakfast of Champions will be returning to Utah Street & Mighty again in 2012! As always there will be an all-star DJ line-up playing from 6 AM until you cry “uncle” in four different areas of sound:

• A tented, outdoor sound stage featuring a Funktion One sound system
• An outdoor silent disco beginning at 6 AM
• The main and side rooms inside of Mighty beginning at 6 AM and 7 AM

Doors open at 6 AM. 21+. Entrance will be on Alameda Street (opposite end from where it was last year). No babes in arms. No dogs. No outside alcohol. All bags subject to search for contraband and other harmful objects (our call). There will be a fast bag check and security lines for pre-sale ticket holders. This event is wheelchair accessible. Plenty of street parking, taxi stand, close to MUNI in Potrero Hill

Please bring your government-issued ID! You will need an ID to pass through the main entrance on Alameda Street, to get silent disco headphones and to enter Mighty!

Like last year booze will be served both inside and out (with more outdoor bars than last year). There will be plenty of port-o-lets, outdoor seating and food trucks by:

• Tacos San Bueno
• Curbside Coffee
• Seoul on Wheels
• Oceanic Restaurant

Main Room at Mighty
6 AM – Raydeus (Stirty)
7 AM – Erik_Hz (Space Cowboys)
8 AM – Bassben vs. J9 (Space Cowboys)
9 AM – MoPo (Janky Barge)
10 AM – Trav (SEISMIC)
11 AM – Clarkie (Deep End)
12 PM – Deckard (Space Cowboys)
1 PM – DJ Icon (djicon.com)
2 PM – DJ Manny (Dojo Austin)
3 PM – Special Guest
4 PM – Zack Darling (zackdarling.com)
5 PM – Pink Mammoth (pinkmammoth.org)

21+ w/ ID

$25 at door, $5 off with box of cereal for food bank

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Sunday January 1
Opulent Temple presents: Day One
@ Mission Rock
817 Terry Francois Blvd, San Francisco, CA
6am-4pm

A 100% benefit fundraiser for our 10 year anniversary camp coming up at Burning Man 2012 (!)

Please join the OT and friends on the first day of the year for a refreshing Opulent vibe.

4 areas of music - low cover - minimal lines - places to sit and chill (including a full on covered, opulent chill area) - fresh cooked food available for purchase - plenty of bathrooms - and most importantly - lots of quality shades of tech house, breaks, electro, progressive, world beat and chill all day on the waterfront at Mission Rock.

Including, The ABC of the OT Fam-e-lee

Billy Seal
Brian Peek
Brian Williams
Cosmic Selector
Dex Stakker
DJ ICON
Drew Drop
Dulce Vita
Dutch
ELiKi
JB Vries
Jeff Taisch
Jonboy
Syd Gris
Vinkalmann
+ some very special secret guests TBA.

friends and homies:

Ben Seagren (Distrikt)
Layne Loomis (Distrikt)
Jive (Fix)
Sammy Bliss (Pocket Underground / Woogie)
Josh Camacho (Boomrock Saints / Groovequest)
DJ Hil (Yerba Buena Disco)
Jef Stott (Hookadome)
DJ Amar (Electric Vardo / Surya Dub)

21+
Pre-sales are only $5-$10 sliding donation, available here: http://opulent-nyd.eventbrite.com

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ICONtact: Occupy Illeven Eleven on 11.11.11

Written by djicon Friday, 11 November 2011 18:47

Yeehaw cowboys and girls, 11.11.11 is finally here! We've all had almost two weeks to recover since the Halloween festivities so it's time to go BIG again with the Illeven Eleven crew. I for one, am stoked I no longer have to wear the same costume to multiple Halloween events... however AWESOME my Hello Kitty costume was! Hehe :) This weekend many artists from various cities around the world from our top charting label are occupying San Francisco and South Lake Tahoe to bring you two massive shows with a phenomenal line-up. It's just awesome to have everyone in the same place at the same time, the only other place this is even possible is WMC, but this will be much much better! Just to give you an idea of how huge this is, here is a breakdown where we are all coming from: Hatiras (Toronto), Deekline (London), Keith Mackenzie (Chicago), DJ Fixx (Tampa), DJ Hero (Denver), Sporty-O (Atlanta), Whiskey Pete & Sue Cho (Los Angeles), me (San Francisco), Ill DJ Chris B & Flurk (Orlando), Nimbus (Detroit), Loki (Salt Lake City). We have worldwide representation! Tonight we are celebrating this special day with a big party at Public Works in San Francisco, it's literally a once in a century event some come down and join the ruckus! Tomorrow we are all hopping in a van and driving to South Lake Tahoe for round 2 - The Sound of ILL at Blu Nightclub. I can already tell that this will be a jam-packed weekend with very little sleep!

All gig info is below. Have an ILLtastic weekend - I hope to see you on the dancefloor! xxx

Yours Truly,
ICONnie

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Friday November 11, 2011
Illeven Eleven Recordings and Opel Productions present: 11.11.11
@ Public Works
161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
10pm-4am
facebook.com/ILL11
opelproductions.com

Get ready for the Illeven Eleven takeover of San Francisco! On this special day, many recording artists on this top-charting label from across the US and beyond will be performing together at one massive show along with some choice local heroes. We present to you: 11.11.11...

:: ROOM 1 ::

HATIRAS (Hatrax, Toronto :: www.facebook.com/hatiras)
DEEKLINE (Rat Records, UK :: www.facebook.com/djdeekline)
KEITH MACKENZIE (Illeven Eleven, Chicago :: www.facebook.com/illeveneleven)
DJ FIXX (Illeven Eleven, Tampa :: www.facebook.com/djfixx)
DJ HERO (Illeven Eleven, Denver :: www.facebook.com/theoriginaldjhero)
DJ ICON (Illeven Eleven/Opulent Temple, SF :: www.djicon.com)
GROUND_CONTROL (Hot & Heavy, SF :: www.facebook.com/groundcontrolmusic)
LOKI (V2 Events, Salt Lake City :: www.v2events.com)

Hosted by:
SPORTY-O (Illeven Eleven, Atlanta :: www.facebook.com/internationalwingman)
WHISKEY PETE (Illeven Eleven, LA :: www.facebook.com/whiskeypetemc)
SUE CHO (Illeven Eleven, LA :: www.facebook.com/vocalistsuecho)
GO-GO by V2 GOGOS (Salt Lake City)

:: ROOM 2 ::

SYD GRIS (Opel/Opulent Temple, SF :: www.opelproductions.com)
ILL DJ CHRIS B (Illeven Eleven, Orlando :: www.facebook.com/illdjchrisb)
DULCE VITA (Opulent Temple, SF :: www.dulcevita.dj)
MELYSS (Opel, SF :: Homebreakin Records)
NIMBUS (Illeven Eleven, Detroit :: www.facebook.com/nimbusi11)
FLURK (Illeven Eleven, Orlando :: www.facebook.com/adamflurkmusic)
SERCH (Fresh Out, Chicago :: http://www.theserch.com/)

21+ w/ ID

$15 presale tickets (includes service fees) at opel-eleven.eventbrite.com/

$15 door before 11pm, $20 After

$3 Coronas and $3 Fixx Vodka Cocktails before 11!

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Saturday November 12
THE SOUND OF ILL
@ Blu Nightclub,Montbleu Resort & Casino
55 Highway 50, Stateline, NV 89449
10pm-4am

HATIRAS & MC Flipside (Hatrax, Toronto :: www.facebook.com/hatiras)
DEEKLINE (Rat Records, UK :: www.facebook.com/djdeekline)
KEITH MACKENZIE (Illeven Eleven, Chicago :: www.facebook.com/illeveneleven)
DJ FIXX (Illeven Eleven, Tampa :: www.facebook.com/djfixx)
DJ HERO (Illeven Eleven, Denver :: www.facebook.com/theoriginaldjhero)
DJ ICON (Illeven Eleven/Opulent Temple, SF :: www.djicon.com)
GROUND_CONTROL (Hot & Heavy, SF :: www.facebook.com/groundcontrolmusic)
LOKI (V2 Events, Salt Lake City :: www.v2events.com)
ILL DJ CHRIS B (Illeven Eleven, Orlando :: www.facebook.com/illdjchrisb)
NIMBUS (Illeven Eleven, Detroit :: www.facebook.com/nimbusi11)
FLURK (Illeven Eleven, Orlando :: www.facebook.com/adamflurkmusic)
SERCH (Fresh Out, Chicago :: http://www.theserch.com/)
Erik Lobe (Buffalo DJ/Reno)
Zeb Early (Bass Heavy/N. Lake Tahoe)
David Aaron (Opal Niteclub/S. Lake Tahoe)

Hosted by:
SPORTY-O (Illeven Eleven, Atlanta :: www.facebook.com/internationalwingman)
WHISKEY PETE (Illeven Eleven, LA :: www.facebook.com/whiskeypetemc)
SUE CHO (Illeven Eleven, LA :: www.facebook.com/vocalistsuecho)
GO-GO by V2 GOGOS (Salt Lake City)

21+
Tickets available at Montbleu Ticket Office: 1-888-829-7630

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