Next Friday, March 16th, we welcome all of our DEEP SF family to join us for a little post-anniversary revelry as we kick things off for our annual trek to Miami for the Winter Music Conference. Fred Everything, Halo, and Marques, Wyatt will be taking us on a dance odyssey from past to present.
// $10 Advance tickets available at
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?id=347582 //
F R E D • E V E R Y T H I N G
(Lazy Days Recordings | OM Records, San Francisco)
H A L O
(Surface | 1Trax | Lost N Sound, San Diego)
M A R Q U E S • W Y A T T
(DEEP, LA)
For those of you joining us in Miami, here is the Facebook event invite for our Tribe Gets DEEP party on Wednesday, March 23rd at The Vagabond in downtown Miami:
http://www.facebook.com/events/351310201559390/
// Fred Everything //
Fred Everything is a key player in the world of House Music. With over 150 releases and counting, the Deep House producer shows no sign of stopping. Born in Hull (Québec) and raised in Québec City, Fred Everything, born Frédéric Blais, started DJing in the early 90s and releasing records since the mid 90s. He used to be known as just "Everything" because his live sets would range from Techno to House, Ambient and even Drum & Bass. He was touring his live show in Raves and Clubs, armed with his TR-909 and Red SH-101. This landed him an opening spot for a then up and coming DJ from the UK, Sasha in Montréal. In 1995, a first visit to San Francisco opened his mind up to a whole new sound influenced by both East Coast and West Coast House as well as UK House.
In 2005, he founded his own label, Lazy Days Recordings as an outlet to release his own projects and share the music he loves. 5 Years later, the label released music by such diverse acts as Trentemoller, Tortured Soul, Brett Johnson,Lovebirds, Vincenzo, Shur-I-Kan, AtJazz and of course Fred himself. The 20th release/5 years celebration featured a worldwide tour, compilation CD and a special Remix package from the catalog by Ian Pooley, Crazy P, Art Of Tones (Llorca) & legendary british Dj Greg Wilson. The release was awarded "Album Of The Month" in Mixmag (UK). He also launched his popular monthly Lazy Days Podcast (http://lazydaysrecordings.libsyn.com/) which attracts over 5000 unique downloads every month and been downloaded over 100 000 times. After years of working closely with Om Records, Fred relocated from Montreal to San Francisco in 2007 to finish his Lost Together album, based at the infamous Moulton Studios. The LP featured collaborations from Roy Davis Jr, Lisa Shaw, Tortured Soul, Tim Fuller and N’Dea Davenport from The Brand New Heavies.
Recently, Fred produced 3 songs for Montreal duo "Flowers & Sea Creatures" for their album on Buzzin Fly. He also released a Sample pack for the Loopmasters series in the UK called "Deep Analog House". 2012 sees Fred hard at work on Lazy Days Recordings as well as working on a new full length album.
// Halo //
HALO VARGA BIOGRAPHY by Caleb Bacon
“I have so many musical inspirations that I love,” says Halo (born Brian Varga.) For him, creative motivations are found everywhere.
Most successful dance music artists find that their career has them frequently working in all corners of the globe. This has been very much true for Halo - who has DJ'd in places like London, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, Tel Aviv and Brazil - however, the place he calls home has seen him live inspired years in Chicago, San Diego, Las Vegas and San Francisco.
As a producer, Halo's music always seems to feature equal nods to the robotic and the organic. It's music that points in the direction of where sounds are heading while being rooted in the early dance floor sounds that its maker fell in love with as a teenager. “Being from Chicago, I still love the vintage drum machine sounds mixed with organic rhythms,” he says.
Such music, spirit and enthusiasm have earned him a top spot on URB Magazine's Next 100, a nomination for Best DJ in 2003's International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs), two Top 20 finishes in BPM's America's Favorite DJ for 2003 and 2004, and twenty years of making fans.
Halo's produced original works, collaborations, and remixes for labels such as MN2S, Large, Siesta, Yoshitoshi, Soma, NRK, Nordic Trax, Foliage, and Orion Music to name a few. However, before he was able to make a living in dance music, sixteen year-old Brian Varga was tagging his hometown of Chicago with the graffiti artist name “Halo.”
Return To California, 2009
Halo loaded up the U-Haul truck for his first term as a Northern California resident, and he would touch down in San Francisco for three years (though as of last year he's again a San Diegan). Surface Recordings has launched, a new record label run by Halo under his moniker “View,” along with friend Nikola Baytala. The label will see releases from Tuccillo, DJ Sneak, Danilo Vigorito, Marasco, Lomez, Andrew Grant, Pezzner, and more.
In 2009, Halo's classic production, “Future,” was voted #95 on Resident Advisor's Best Track of The Decade. It hasn't left some DJ's record bags since its 2000 release. The accolades for this piece of music are fitting, because with Halo's constant search for inspiration, his constant growth, and his wearing of many hats - he's built a successful past and still has a bright future.
“I've been DJing for 20 years,” he says. “And I love what I do.”
Friday, March 16, 2012
Mighty
119 Utah St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
10:00 pm - 4:00 am | 21+
No dress code
$10 Advance tickets available at
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?id=347582
$15 Door
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