Metroactive » LVL 44 https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Ardalan at LVL 44 https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/11/ardalan-at-lvl-44/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2019/11/ardalan-at-lvl-44/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 23:32:54 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=125183
San Francisco-based house music DJ and producer Ardalan is practiced in the art of restraint. On his latest full-length set with Dirtybird Records, Mr. Good, Ardalan gives his grooves time and space to bloom. He revels in the dry thud of an over-compressed kick on album-opener “I Can’t Wait,” allowing the bass…]]>

San Francisco-based house music DJ and producer Ardalan is practiced in the art of restraint. On his latest full-length set with Dirtybird Records, Mr. Good, Ardalan gives his grooves time and space to bloom. He revels in the dry thud of an over-compressed kick on album-opener “I Can’t Wait,” allowing the bass drum to take center stage for nearly a minute before introducing a fragmented ice splinter lead and stuttering vocal snippet. The Tehran-born selector comes to San Jose with support from Miss Dre.

Ardalan
Wed, 10pm, $10
LVL 44, San Jose

 

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One of the first artists to join Claude Von-Stroke’s iconic San Francisco electronic music label Dirtybird Records, Christian Martin is known for his danceable yet off-kilter take on house music. The co-founder of the Dirtybird BBQ now has a label of his own, Trippy Ass Technologies. In addition to funneling a variety…]]>

One of the first artists to join Claude Von-Stroke’s iconic San Francisco electronic music label Dirtybird Records, Christian Martin is known for his danceable yet off-kilter take on house music. The co-founder of the Dirtybird BBQ now has a label of his own, Trippy Ass Technologies. In addition to funneling a variety of genres into his globetrotting mixes, Martin produces his own music. His latest EP features two tracks. “The Clapper” is a funky, bubbling laid-back groove, while “Athena’s Lullaby” is spacier affair, dedicated to his daughter, Athena, whose second birthday on June 26 also marks the EP’s release.

Christian Martin
Thu, 10pm, $10+
LVL 44, San Jose

 

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