Jan 31, 09 breakandenter w/ Sammy Dee & Frivolous!

January 31st, 2009

breakandenter

come into the new year with a bang!

Featuring

Sammy Dee

[Perlon, Hello?Repeat, Pokerflat, Kanzleramt | Berlin]

[ Discog | Beatport Sammy Dee Pantytec | Audio1 | Audio2 | Video ]

With an electronic music career spanning nearly two
decades, Sammy Dee has built and solidified a reputation for himself as
an innovator of eclectic, off kilter sounds. Sammy began to DJ in the
late eighties, and hosted residencies at such clubs as Tresor and
Ostgut in his hometown of Berlin in the early nineties. A particular
night, which made Ostgut’s Panorama bar famous, and which still
continues to a packed house is “…get perlonized.” Arguably, one of
the most consistently successful club nights in Europe. Originally
organized together with Pantytec production partner and Perlon label
co-founder Zip, the duo continues to put together a showcase of unique
music, that has now reached an international audience. Complementing
Zip, Sammy’s unique blend of stripped down house and techno sets have
always proved to be part of the foundation of the night. When Sammy is
on the decks there is no doubt that he is recognized as one of the key
veterans of electronic music. Aside from his impeccable DJ sets, Sammy
Dee is also well known for his successful co-productions. In 1997,
having already worked with the likes of Heiko Laux, Sammy’s ears were
well tuned when he met Zip at the Peak Club in Offenbach. In 1998
Pantytec was formed. The whimsical power collaboration between Sammy
and Zip, brought the first release of the still highly acclaimed ep,
“Into the Duster,” which pushed the two innovators into the then
avant-garde minimal spotlight. The 2003 release of the distinguished
full-length album “Pony Slaystation” solidified the duo’s reputation as
one of Perlon’s flagship projects. Shortly after Pantytec was formed,
Sammy got together with good friend Guido Schneider in 1999 for some
studio time. They produced several tracks, but it was not until 2005
that the hit “Styleways,” popped onto the charts. The next year formed
another imaginative co-production with new Berlin import Bruno
Pronsato. The sound of Half Hawaii was introduced to the public with
the early 2007 release of “Into You/Out of You” on Perlon and “mir
nichts/dir nichts” on Hello? Repeat! in summer 2007. Early 2008 he
released his solo debut “purplehummerultrastretch“ on Perlon

Frivolous – LIVE

[~scape, karloff, proptronix, background | Berlin]

[ Discog | Beatport | Audio | Video1 | Video2 ]

Classifying the unusual character of Daniel Gardner is a
challenge. All of his school-teachers tried but failed, finally
attributing his unconventional ways to a learning disability and
decidedly closing the case on him completely.

Born and raised on a farm in the suburbs of Vancouver, Grades were
always mediocre at best for young Daniel, until one semester a
mysterious new course emerged into the curriculum; Electronic Music
Composition. Suddenly discovered, were honor roll grades, and a means
to merge an imaginative young mind with over a decade of fiercely
enforced classical piano training.

In 1996, captivated by the unified dance floors and Detroit sounds, the
16-year-old embarked on a life-long love-affair with the loop and took
his first DJ residency at a Vancouver afterhours. After two
successfully directionless years studying electronics and design, and
after dabbling with some independent releases, Daniel decided to put
his pride aside and demo his accomplishments. A CD of incomplete works
were sent out as an experiment to 5 of the most esthetically innovative
labels in Germany, and received back were 3 requests to release it. The
encouragement and new-found confidence led to the birth of the project
FRIVOLOUS.

Now with more than 40 releases and over a dozen 12″s to his name,
Frivolous has toured the globe playing an eclectic array of venues and
festivals along the way. His live shows have been hailed for their
energy, originality and ingenuity as he’s taken the stage next to some
of the most respected names in the business. Never compromising the art
of showman-ship, these spectacles feature live keyboards and vocals as
well as the incorporation of his DIY aesthetic. Integrating homemade
devices such as the “Frivolous Patented Electromagnetic knife”, the
“Broken-Ruler Music Box” and the Double “Cable-Tub” Bass, his sets are
injected with a sense of fantasy, imagination and personality scarcely
found elsewhere in modern electronic dance music.

Tom Kuo

[Foundation, PUSHER, wabi]

“… a techno DJ who can work both the feet and the mind”

- Now Magazine

As an electronic musician and a producer based out of Toronto, Tom Kuo, aka task,
uses a grounding in minimal techno to pursue a varied range of precise
electronic strains. While ensuring the attention of the dancefloor with
compelling rhythms, he places special focus on pushing the boundaries
of abstract experimentation with futuristic, soulful and moody sounds.

evolve

[breakandenter]

Electrical Engineer by day, techno DJ and Promoter by
night. evolve has been active in the electronic music scene in various
cities in
Canada for the past 10 years. Having moved to Toronto 3 years ago, he
has worked on various festivals and been the driving
force behind a multitude of projects. He now turns his attention to
the Toronto techno scene with breakandenter partner-in-crime Lady Berg
and is throwing down some of
the finest beats and underground parties in the city.

Aria – LIVE

[myspace.com/ariaspace]

ARIA is the non-de plume of Canadian artist, musician and producer Dan
Driscoll. He has been working for the last twelve years as a live
electronic music artist, composer, producer, and nightclub DJ. He has
performed extensively in Canada and has toured internationally in Japan
and the U.S.A. In Toronto ARIA has played at many events ranging from
warehouse parties, protests, and many underground clubs to arts and
culture based events and festivals including the Beats Breaks and
Culture festival at the Harbourfront Centre and The TIFF aka the
Toronto International Film Festival. As well ARIA has performed at many
outdoor music festivals which include: The OM Summer Solstice Festival.
The Harvest Festival, WEMF, The Evolve Festival, Boreal & The JVC
International Jazz Festival (Toronto).

Spatial Installation

Francis wAX

[breakandenter]

[Second room presented by Suma Collective]

Sumkidz
have produced and supported an interesting variety of community-based
music and art festivals, including the well-celebrated Om Summer
Solstice Festival (1998-2004), as well as, a multitude of one-off
electronic dance events, film screenings, workshops and much more. Most
recently, our projects have taken on multi-media dimensions, which have
cultivated deeper artistic relationships and collaborations that
promote the innovation and proliferation of electronic music throughout
Canada.

Sumkidz is a Toronto-based, artist-run and consensus-driven collective.
Since 1998, we have been nurturing the explosion of community based,
electronic-music events throughout the Greater Toronto Area and beyond,
while spreading awareness about sustainable systems. Through the use of
the Sumkidz Bus , which runs on waste veggie oil and is outfitted with
solar panels, we have been able to reduce our ecological footprint at
events, and have been encouraging and supporting others to do the same.
Our network is an ever-changing and loosely knit group made up
musicians, video-artists, installation artists, as well as,
technicians, designers, teachers, holistic practitioners, event
planners and administrators.

Red Lion

Jonah K

[teknotribes.com, www.reverbnation.com/jonahk]

Zumba

[zumbaland.net]

Lee Lee Mishi

Kristian Sunflower

teeneetUS

Video Installation

Jaxamuse

[jackielevitt.com]

Siren Sativa