9:30pm - 2am
With DJs Konrad Black (M-nus/Berlin), Christian Mora
* To RSVP for FREE b4
10:30pm and $5 after
Guestlist (cover is $10)
email Rooz [at] DJRooz [dot] com
* $2 Vodka Drinks from 9:30-10:30pm
Alessandro and Rooz join forces to bring you BASE, a weekly Thursday night event that specializes in underground house and techno. This week we have Konrad Black from Richie Hawtin's Minus record label coming down to blow us away. The Berlin resident has been known to rock the hell out of dance floors. Last time he played in SF at 222 Hyde the show was sold out. Dont miss him on the incredible function1 sound system of Vessel.
Download Konrad Black's live mix from BlkMkt Feb. 2010
KONRAD BLACK BIO:
Konrad Black has been involved in DJing, producing and performing music
for the past ten years. A constant throughout his career is the
signature mix of dirty bass threads with atmospheric sounds, emerging
from his roots in drum’n’bass and hip hop. After his first release on
Formation Records in the UK, influences such as Maurizio and Klang
inspired more minimal sounds, and in 1998, a meeting with Swayzak in
Vancouver led to ‘Greycale’ for Slow Building in 1999. From there Konrad
went on to record a number of tracks on 240 volts, including the
‘Nails’ or alternatively titled ‘Heavy Metal Withdrawal’ EP as well as
the ‘Busting Down the Door with a Shotgun’ EP.
After moving to London and working with Ed Rush and Optical's
prestigious D&B label Virus Recordings, Konrad recorded the track
‘White Cigarettes’ for Swayzak’s 240 Volts Compilation released that
year. Concurrently Konrad worked with March 21st of Circlesquare on the
‘Headgear Project’, releasing ‘Believers Goodbye’. This project
culminated in collaboration with Swayzak for the track ‘In the Car
Crash’ on the seminal album ‘Dirty Dancing’, released in 2002.
From there he went on to work on Circlesquare’s album ‘Pre-Earthquake
Anthems’ for London based Output Recordings. Likewise, Headgear's final
joint production then was the Unkle remix of ‘In a State’. In 2004
Konrad then formed Wagon Repair Recordings with Mathew Jonson, Graham
Boothby and Jesse Fisk. He continued his wide panorama of sound on his
first release on the label: ‘Draconia’, which enjoyed critical success
internationally, followed by club hit 'Medusa Smile', both top ranked in
playlists of opinion leaders like Ricardo Villalobos, Richie Hawtin,
Steve Bug, Loco Dice or Tiga.
