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This homage to Joy Division is equally as fascinating as it is boring. This dichotomy is the curse of corporatization; a culturally vital entity can at once become flaccid.

As brands continue to co-opt culture for their own needs, I absolutely delight in those oddball efforts which truly exemplify the disparate goals of art and commerce, like this shirt and the goofball in the pic (what?).

I do, however, need to be honest and reflect that as a Southern Californian youth who mainly wore black and monkey boots and idolized bands like Joy Division that this shirt does, in fact, exemplify my many Disneyland memories, filled with adolescent pranks to sneak into the park and may or may not have included LSD trips taken throughout the kingdom.

Trained at the same stage school as Adele, Katy B shares an affinity for artistry fused with personal experience. Her debut record, On a Mission, is a dance record about dance music. She sings about relationships and going out at night over catchy bubblegum dubstep and jazzy soul beats. The album’s charm stems from a total absence of ego: Katy was never trying to be a superstar. Early recording sessions had to be worked around her university schedule. (She wrote her dissertation about the rise of UK funky). At that time, On a Mission wasn’t going to be an album with her name on it, but a sampler for pirate radio station Rinse FM to showcase dance’s new direction. DJs would submit a track and she would provide guest vocals.

Rinse soon realized Katy could bring something more than just a hookline to their production. She had a perspective on clubbing they never saw from behind the DJ booth: she was in the ladies room talking about boys she shouldn’t fancy, falling breathless under bass lines or asleep on the night bus home.

On a Mission was released in 2011, and peaked at the top of the UK charts. She was voted “Best New Dance Artist” by iTunes in 2011.
WHEN: January 25, 2012
DOORS: 9 pm
AGE: 21+
WHERE: Drom
TICKETS: $14 in Adv/$17 Day of Show

“The first reason to love Katy B is that she makes clubbing suddenly real again, writing songs like “Katy on a Mission” and “Lights On” that are warmly observed miniatures of how wonderful, funny, and occasionally sad going out can be. Their easy candor carries over into her songs about relationships. She is fascinated by liminal moments– the anticipation at the start of a night; the points where attraction and danger meet– and has a light, lilting voice far better suited to nuance than grandstanding. And she’s a tour guide for London nightlife, from the bubblegum dubstep of “Perfect Stranger” to the brisk UK funky of “Why You Always Here” and the jazzy soul of closer “Hard To Get”. Katy B went to the same stage school as Adele, and like her 21, On a Mission mixes the artful and the personal– but it’s as proudly modernist as Adele is soaked in tradition.” –Pitchfork

“Her strong debut album, “On a Mission” (Rinse/Columbia), was released in Britain this year, recalling less the dubstep and U.K. funky genres normally associated with the producers she has worked with (like Benga and Geeneus) than the crossover American club sounds of the early 1990s that are derived from the bubblier and more accessible side of house music.” –New York Times

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Last year he released his album “Bespoke” on one of our fav labels, Ninja Tune which gave fans finally larger dose of his sound. Don’t let his preference for melodic tracks and remixes fool you, his set will surprise you Sunday if this is all you know of him. He brings it hard to the dancefloor despite his music’s tranquil reputation.

West coast chill coming to NYC this weekend!

Here’s a handful Daedelus tracks, in no special order, to get you ready for MLK eve::

1. Deadelus – “Tailor-Made” (Sepalcure Remix)
Tailor-Made (Sepalcure Remix) by Jenniferlouiselyon

2. Treasure Fingers – “It’s Love” (Daedelus Pacifically Remixed)
Reaction Time (Daedelus’ Pacific Juke) by Daedelus

3. Daedelus – “An Armada Approaches” (James Pants Remix)
Daedelus – An Armada Approaches (James Pants Remix) by Stones Throw Records

4. Turn on the Sunlight – “Firefly Night” (Daedelus Remix)
Turn On The Sunlight – Firefly Night (Daedelus Remix) by disques corde

This month we’re having a very special guest, Saheer Umar of House of House. If you’ve ever seen a House of House set you know what you’re in for, if you haven’t, do your homework. Saheer specializes in stripped down house, no bullshit, no gimmicks. Sexy vocals, pounding bass drums, godlike piano breaks, jacking basslines, music that’s engineered for you to dance sweatily among others doing the same.

Opening Set by Billy Cadence.

Open Bar from 10-11

Aesthetics by A Pop
RINSED is Blacky II and Dan Wender

When: Friday the 13th
Where: Public Assembly LOFT- 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn (unmarked door between Cubana Social and Music Hall of WIlliamsburg)
How Much: $2 before 11, $5 after. $2 all night if you bring a $2 bill.
http://rinsed.it

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Free track download: http://www.santigold.com/

Released on UK label LuckyMe, expect an exciting blend of electronic genres combined with the amazing artwork we would expect from the Scottish music and art label.


Listen to a preview here:

MACHINEDRUM – SXLND by LuckyMe Music Art Parties