GoldSweat December 12, 2009

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This month we went viral and decided to fall off. Not the deep end. Not off a cliff. Shit, not even off our beds. But off the LOW END! We're bringing back our favorite wax fiend DJ Enki (Oakland Faders / Lower Haters) and Eagle Rock medicinal user, Foniks (5Sgins / GoldSweatLA) to dip us in that disco sweat. Vinyl will melt, needles will break, gold will fall from the sky, and of course, master resident Sticky K will be backed by #2 on the bridge, Loco, so this Starship Enterprise is warp speed ahead!

BUL!M!ATRON

BULiMiATRON is our GoldSweat LA first cousin that basically has been a staple in the LA rave scene for a big minute now. He was our featured guest DJ for GoldSweat August with DJ Enki from the Oakland Faders and MelissFX, his Synth City label mate and microphone siren. Recently, he's had his first three singles drop on Beatport, with a few more in the works as you read! He's also just recently been singed to CRUX label, which basically solidifies him as a major rager (but we already knew that). We're such big fans of his here in SF, we brought him back for our Temple SF Destiny Lounge showcase with The What What, Pance Party, and myself (Loco).

Hypem.com/Bulimiatron

Soundcloud/Bulimiatron

If you peep the myspace, you'll see that his calender is longer than the state of CA, flash is the ONLY reason he has the internet, and his music is great for keeping your roommate up late at night and dancing the night away in an LA warehouse. Here are some links to hear his music and don't forget to vote for his Major Lazer - Pon De Floor Remix, its a winner!

Major Lazer - Pon De Floor (Bulimiatron Remix) [link to ML competition]

If you're in LA and can't find anything to do, look up BULiMiATRON and you're guaranteed to experience his love of Mike's Hard Lemonade and Law & Order. Damn, come to think of it, this guy sounds pretty lazy to me. No wonder he only functions between the hours of 11pm and 4am, exclusively behind the decks, and drunkenly at my kitchen table with two hot pockets and a fish tank.

SATURDAY DAY DAY DAY DAY

This Satur-DAY is Lower Haters 3 Year Anniversary Block Party - end of summer style. Drinks, art, food, dancing, djs, beats, boogie, and of course some GoldSweat action. DJ's Romanowski (woo!), DJ Enki (Oakland Faders), and DJ Platurn (Oakland Faders) will be throwin' it down oldschool style for what looks like the perfect day to sweat some gold. Belly Up on the flier action... duh!



After you get done day-raging, continue the mahem down at Triple Crown for our monthly GoldSweat event with Sticky K. Its not a rumor, our Master Resident will be testing out some new new new new new music from his second Dubsided EP (not out yet, ssshhhh!). Captain Crunk, our dirty-south cousin from Atlanta will be in the house and he wanted to share some of that Southern Comfort by lettin' GoldSweat post one of his hottest remixes:

STS9 - Peaceblaster '08 (Captain Crunk Remix)

Also joining us this month is Eric Sharp from the mighty Rock It Science. Eric was our closing secret weapon for the first GoldSweat monthly back in July and one of GoldSweat's biggest supporters. Three times a charm and we know Eric will be coming off a MAJOR RAGER Friday night with Honey Dijon and Solid Bump Records (holding down the Destiny Lounge). Saturday is looking more and more like that Midas Touch, so make sure you catch us around town all day!

¡Que Augusto!

Loud Loud Loud is probably the only real way to describe August.

In the 8th month's first week, GoldSweat was steppin' hard with Sticky K playing three times this week (Sacramento Wednesday and San Francisco Friday and Saturday), GoldSweat.LA family BUL!M!ATRON and Meliss FX kickin' off their Synth City Tour for our Master monthly, and featured members of Pance Party, Super Best Friends Club, Oakland Faders, and Yahtzee all making apperances in support. Big fat one's to Hacksaw Entertainment and RichDDT for hosting Jack Beats and Sticky K at Paradise Lounge. It was a pretty INCREDIBLE show, with the whole venue packed tight like IV Garb raves in the desert.

Sticky K - "Since I started DJing back in school, the set I played at Paradise Lounge was probably my best yet."

The next night was his Master Monthly @ the Triple Crown. Belly Up, the man behind the 2D pastel porn mayhem that is the GoldSweat image, loosed it up early with a sleeper filled midtempo banger set that netted a few happy hour folks into some couples grinding not seen since high school. What makes his set stand out is deffinetly the live interludes mirroring those Quickies on our website (btw, we got mad hits to the site and ever more on the first series of mixes posted here!) Next, Oakland Fader and Lower Hater, DJ Enki, followed in suit like a lawyer winning cases. Transfering between genre's, tempos, doubles, line, and phono solidified my personal goal to become the president of his fan club. Disco burners buttered up the bread for some true-electro veggies and then my favorite meal of the night, that boogie down baltimore club. Light enough to be full but gawd damn, you're coming back again and ordering the same thing. Sunday afternoon I ran into Enki at Lower Haters, exchanged props and spoke a bit about the night. When I mentioned a tracklist he responded:

DJ Enki - "Aww man (laughs)! You know I gotta keep SOME secrets!"

B-Boy rule #1, don't bite. Speaking of fangs, BUL!M!ATRON and Meliss FX graced the bass with jams too good for jelly. This month I was workin' the door, raising my hands, and singin' my ass off. BUL!M!ATRON has a new remix out, his calender just got east coasted with the beginning of his tour with Meliss FX, and Sunday night he's co-headling with Felix Cartel in LA (he'll also be back at the end of August for a rave at Kelly's Mission Rock and our Gold Standard throw down at Temple, stay tuned!). You can tell they're LA only in the fact that its really not a joke. Myspace your Monday morning with a little entertainment research and you'll find that these two are gonna boogie down some breaks at Bomb the Block in Baltimore (HUGE LINEUP!) and GoldSweat Atlanta with our man Captain Crunk! They got a line drive ahead of them... the length of the state straight to a gig, kinda still hungover, and running late cause Upper Playground is off the hook right now (seriously). I asked Meliss FX about their tour schedule, with SF being the first date and the first of the east coast spots starting Friday night...

Meliss FX - "Well, we're driving down to LA straight to a gig - hopefully we're not late (laughs cause she's the one draggin...). Then we got another gig Monday, Wednesday and we jump on a plane for New York Thursday. I'm really excited!"

We got GoldSweat August recorded and we'll be posting each DJ's set for download in a few weeks!

DJ Enki (Oakland Faders)

DJ Enki - The Party Disco Mix
(download)

YO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! GoldSweat is 'bout to bust out our blue swede's and cazals for next months Triple Crown throw down! DJ Enki is the newest member for the world famous Oakland Faders and boogie down champion. I'm listening to this Disco mix as I'm typing and it reminds me again why summer be da bes! I know for us here in the bay, warm whether only lasts a few hours during the day, with most public parks packed so tight a gofer couldn't find a place to chill.

That being said, you absolutely will not want to miss GoldSweat on August 8th! Not only is this one of the MOST eclectic lineups the city has ever seen for a "dance" event, its also going to be one of the most memorable. Enki brings the boogie, Belly Up brings the rude, BUL!M!ATRON brings the fire, and Sticky K brings the reign!

Here's the official bio for DJ Enki, written by DJ Platurn (who's a legend in his own right!)

The man has been DJing for almost 15 years. He’s shared the stage with the likes of Z-Trip, J-Rocc, Melo-D, Kid Koala, Rob Swift, Shortkut, Apollo, Jazzy Jay, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lyrics Born, Brother J (X-Clan), Zeph, Romanowski, Doc Fu and a host of others. He was the main resident for the infamous Money$hot weekly in San Francisco for two and a half years, during which it got named one of the top 5 Hip-Hop weeklies in the country by URB Magazine. How’s that for starters?

Born and raised on the East Coast, Enki grew up listening to DJ Red Alert’s show. Like most DJ’s who started their obsession with the turntables in the late '80s to mid 90s, the local hip-hop show was church, hence the religious practice of sitting down and listening intently as soon as the clock struck. He attended college in North Carolina, where he connected with long time friends and music cohorts Faust & Shortee, with whom he now shares membership with as part of the renowned Citizenz collective.

But it's not just about playing shows, it's about what's in your musical arsenal, too. These days, the digging is more serious than ever, putting Enki in the big leagues when it comes to the elusive un-used breakbeat, especially with him being all about the sampling when it comes to producing -- a take on the art form that is slowly heading toward nonexistence in the synth-heavy rap music world. Guess you just have to dig a little deeper. No problem. Enki's debut cut, "Kung Fu Kwaku," went pretty deep. And there's more where that came from.

Enki moved to Northern California, the Bay Area to be exact, 10 years ago. He’s lasted more than 2. That makes him official. The fact that he’s the newest member of the Oakland Faders doesn’t hurt either. Catch him rockin’ the party these days like a true master, making you nod to that joint that you had no idea was about to be your favorite. It’s likely to be self-produced.

Push Things Forward

Hot damn we had a good weekend.

First of all, HUGE thanks to everyone that come to GoldSweat last Saturday at the Triple Crown. Dubsided artist, Sticky K made his San Francisco debut and kicked off an exciting future as Master Resident for our monthly party. What made this event uniquely special was the fact that many of the raging lunatics that showed up were coming from accross the state. As far south as LA, as far east as Sacramento valley, and everywhere in between. Back all that up with the entire supporting lineup coming from uniquely different but equally as dominant musical backgrounds, that's what we call one hell of a party. Mad love to The What What featuring Colonal MC (Compression D&B, SF) and Big Sounds (Hardcore Porn / Yahtzee Crew, SF), Eric Sharp from the mighty Rock It Science, and of course Sticky K. His Kissy Sell Out Radio One BBC Mix airs soon and the kid's been busier than a festival vendor.






















Next month we've invited DJ Enki from the Oakland Faders / The Citizens, East Bay CA. Enki just dropped his new Break It Down mix CD and this shit is crackin. I highly encourage you to visit his website and get caught up on your history lessons. You got just under a month before the big quiz, so come ready to boogie August 8th.























Also next month, GoldSweat.LA family BUL!M!ATRON, is kicking off his Synth City tour with us. He's got dates up and down California, in the dirty south with GoldSweat Atlanta, and with Bananas Baltimore Bomb the Block. Dude's so lined up his myspace page gives me anurisms (in the BEST way). Listen to some tracks on our myspace page or his.

This weekend GoldSweat will be in LA, ATL, SF, and Bmore all at the same time.

Podcasts of each DJ set from Saturday night coming sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon.