Weekend Picks – Artscape 2011
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!
Get Shaken in Brooklyn!
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!
Saturday in Baltimore – Rich Medina + Pride BBQ
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.
Here comes The Gumball
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.
Video: ForQuarters @ PUSH
Baltimore's ForQuarters collective - DJ's J Mack and Jason Joseph - appeared at the monthly Push party this past weekend at Jimmy Valentines Lonely Hearts Club in Washington, DC. Don't miss them this week for Forward Fest, making a special appearance with The Sol Power Allstars at Eighteenth Street Lounge.
Forward Fest is a "5-day celebration of electronic creative culture" thrown in the nation's capital by event agency Eighty Eight DC. This year's festival runs from March 30th to April 3rd, and features such artists as Cut Copy, Aligning Minds, Art Department, and our very own Joe Nice performing a special set with NYC's Dave Q this Friday at The Sweet Spot.
Winter Music Conference 2011 Rundown
This year’s Winter Music Conference was announced amid a flurry of controversy over its split with the Ultra Music Festival. In years passed, the conference had benefited (or suffered depending on who you talk to) from the huge draw of Ultra Fest, which as of this year claims to be the largest music festival in the world. Gourmetbeats took the trip down to South Beach to see how the WMC stood on its own.
Gourmetbeats hits the road: Miami to Europe
Gourmetbeats hits the road as Joe heads across the pond on his European tour and Tyler heads to South Beach for the Winter Music Conference.
The WMC starts Tuesday in Miami, and tonight was spent connecting with friends and preparing for the opening events. Dinner and drinks were had with the cast and crew of the Future Classics party, our first stop on the 5 day whirlwind that is to follow. Featuring a lineup of seminal house music legends including the Basement Boys, Danny Tenaglia, and Crystal Waters to name a few, we will definitely be getting the week started right. Stay tuned for coverage of the conference and updates as the week continues.
Meanwhile 4500 miles away Joe Nice continues his European tour, tearing through historic Ghent, Manchester, and London, and continuing like a force of nature, ending the week in Berlin on Friday. Fives will be tossed, dubplates will be rewound, and we'll have a full rundown of Joe's European adventure soon to come!
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- ForQuarters Collective
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- Neil Kurland
- Reverend Mitton
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