Posh Cavern has been the place in Baltimore to hear a steady flow of fresh sounds for a while now, and tonight they are bringing back Joe Nice along with Isaac G (of NYCs Remote Signal Radio) and Ted Dancin for what is sure to be a night of wall-ratteling Bass and Beats.  Protect your china and hold tight to your wine glasses!

Also, in case you missed it, Joe Nice was recently mentioned in December's MixMag article "United Bass of America"!

DJ Heather, another name on the long list of legendary DJs brought up by the great city of Chicago.  

At the end of this year's Winter Music Conference in Miami the conversation with friends tended to revolve around what we liked best from the experience.  We talked about the crazy times we had running up and down Collins Ave, how glad we were that we spent that day at the beach, how awesome it was to run into old friends, and inevitably how Heather changed everyone's life.  A common theme: Bouncing off walls.  "People were bouncing off the walls in there!" ... "She turned it out!  It was a mad-house!  I was bouncing off the wall!" ... "I couldn't even move in there and I didn't care.  I just stuck to the wall... and bounced off it."

Well now our good friends over at ForQuarters are bringing this bounce-inducing DJ heroine to Charm City, this Saturday no less!  If you were not one of the lucky ones to pile into Love+Hate in Miami in March, or if you were and you just want to relive the experience, you can't miss this night.  DJ Heather plays this Saturday, December 17th at Red Maple in Baltimore.

Our good friend Nutritious of SpinSpinNYC and Apt Entertainment has released his third mix in the "Body Out Of Control" series (below) in anticipation of his upcoming San Francisco tour dates!  Since this is the third in the series, we listened to this mix three times, and it had us moving with each go-round.  Nutritious manages to touch on a wide range of house sounds, from jacking to jazzy to soulful to afro to electro, all while keeping a consistent groove, proving once again why we like this guy so much!  If your in the SF area we recommend that you get yourself to one of these appearances this weekend:

Nutritious // Body Out Of Control, Three by Nutritious

Track List:
01. Chemars - The Caddyshack Club (Discouraged Ones Remix) - Ginkgo Music
02. Senor Stereo - Unintentional ft. Danny Daze (Craze's Quiet Storm Remix) - Slow Roast Records
03. Shur-i-kan - One Night In Tokyo - Freerange Records
04. Nate Laurence - No Crapalous From Minneapolis (Emil Lanne Remix) - Flapjack Records
05. Soydan - Katana - Illuminati Records
06. 2 Billion Beats - The Moodymann - Paperecordings
07. Funk Mediterraneo - In Silence - Uma Recordings
08. Abu Maxim & The Praetorian Steppah - Sweet Love - KAT Records
09. Jeff Dougler & Balu - Sample Hits - Kinjo Music
10. Cajmere - Funktified - Cajual Records
11. Locussolus - I Want It (Lindstrom And Prins Thomas Remix) - International Feel
12. MuSol vs Bongoloverz vs Jackson 5 vs Doug Lazy - Dancin Machine - MuSol Recordings
13. DJN Project ft. Eman - Open Your Eyes - Newav Media
14. Captain Planet - Ningane - Bastard Jazz
15. Los Charly's Orchestra - Nuevo Disco (Funkanova (Nu Disco Version) - Imagenes Recordings
16. Kraak Smaak - Call Up to Heaven ft. Lex Empress (SmooveRemix) - Jalapeno Records
17. Musaria ft. Saturna - Moment (Dave Barker Remix) - Headset Records

Joe makes a hometown appearance this Thursday in Baltimore for Posh Cavern @ Red Maple - 930 N. Charles St. 

It's also the birthday of our good friend Michael Owen.  Michael is the man behind the Baltimore Love Project, and has always been a big supporter of Gourmetbeats, even appearing on Gourmetbeats Radio back in 2005!  Definitely not a night to be missed!

Nice interview with Joe (also Nice) on bassfaced.com.  He'll be up in Brooklyn this Saturday bringing the business once again to the 718.  Check the details at reconstrvct.com!

Entering it's second year, Soul Mob Production's Hotflash party holds special significance for us here at Gourmetbeats.  Last year's event seemed to cement our relationships with some really special people, and served to kick off an unforgettable summer, fall, and winter of 2010/2011.  Now one year later, we're happy to return to make even more friends!

Check out the write-up from last year at http://whatweekly.com/2010/08/04/hotflash-at-paradox/ and get ready to dance until the sun comes up on July 30th!

Once again, Baltimore's legendary Artscape festival is upon us.  The largest free arts festival in the country, some things that we have seen at past festivals include Biz Markie controlling a crossfader with only his belly, a group of 6-year-old breakdancers, a car with a built-in stage driven by a Gwar-like heavy metal band, a man on a flaming skateboard, and any number of other things to keep your attention-deficit ridden selves busy for at least a day.

This year our own Joe Nice will be gracing the decks on Saturday the 16th, bringing the hurricane straight to the streets of B-More.  In addition, our good friend Neil Kurland will be performing on Friday the 15th.  It's all free, and details can be found on the artscape website at http://www.artscape.org!

Nutritious and Wilder, the minds behind SpinSpinNYC, bring us a great month of music this July at their weekly Wednesday Brooklyn Shakedown party! This Wednesday the 13th check out Pete Dafeet & Sunshine Jones, two of house music's best, representing the UK and San Fran respectively. We've always been a big fan of Pete Dafeet's Lost My Dog label, and Sunshine's Treehouse Muzique has released some gems (not to mention his time with legendary Dubtribe Sound System) so expect this to be a tremendous night. As a bonus to you in the DC/Baltimore area, Sunshine travels down to Charm City the following day to party with some of Baltimore's best at Club Orpheus!

Tonight in Baltimore the ForQuarters boys bring you the one and only Rich Medina for a Jump N Funk N good time at Red Maple.  Medina only lives a few hours away in Philly, but this is a rare Baltimore appearance.  See a full write-up at fusicology.com.

Today also happen to be Baltimore Pride, which always brings out a ton of great music, spectacle, and some crazy good times.  If you're going to be in town during the day, stop by Red Maple early for a BBQ and Martini filled afternoon with our friends Danny (Techlove) and Katie Elder.

The guys from ForQuarters introduce the first in a series of events they are calling 'The Gumball", with support from Gourmetbeats, EightyEightyDC, and SoulMob Productions.  Starting on a very strong foot, their first installment will feature Lazy Days Recordings label boss and legendary DJ, Fred Everything.

We saw Fred Everything for the first time at the 2005 Winter Music Conference in Miami where he performed an unforgettable set at the now-defunct venue Bash.  It was one of those nights where the stars aligned, everyone was in attendance, and every shoe was on the dance floor; where you looked around and saw some of the best DJ's and producers in the industry, and they were all dancing like crazy.  We've been huge fans ever since, and expect that the combination of Fred and ForQuarters will result in a tremendous night.

Get a taste of the ForQuarters boys tonight in DC for their new monthly at Eighteenth Street Lounge.