The DC House Grooves crew is back on Underground Quality Radio on Saturday December 5th for our 80th show! As well as the usual serving quality underground house from residents Andy Grant, Ramirez & Katrina Mir, to celebrate our 80th show, and his birthday,「capsaicin」 / 「カプサイシン」will be in the studio with us performing LIVE custom visuals during the show. This one is going to be a little bit special, so mark it in your calendar and plan on tuning in from 9pm ET on Saturday December 5th on the Underground Quality Live YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/fnH-0G2-GiQ
Keeping things going with a very special Friday night edition of the DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio. Join Andy Grant, Ramirez & Katrina Mir for a couple of hours of deep, underground jams live from the basement in Washington DC, with custom visuals courtesy of Capsaicin. Tune in with the embed below, or join in the chat over on YouTube.
Huge thanks to everyone who came out and danced with us on Sunday at Beats Maneuver at 12|30. We hope you had an amazing time! Major thanks to Jephté Guillaume for delivering an amazing set on the upper level, to Ramirez for pulling this one together, to Drew Hogans and UDP Music for all the hard work and help give the sound an extra boost, to our local support KayLaSoul and Baronhawk Poitier for bringing the heat on the lower level, to Kochi & Katrina Mir for keeping it real on the door all night long, and to all the bar and security staff at 12|30 for helping everything go smoothly. I especially enjoyed going back to back with Baronhawk Poitier on the lower level. Always great to vibe off super talented DJ! I hope we can do it again soon. With another great celebration of house music at Beats Maneuver behind us, we’re heads down planning our next moves, so watch this space for more Beats Maneuver news coming soon!
In case you missed it, here’s last Saturday’s DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio with me, Katrina Mir and Ramirez. 2.5 hours of quality underground tunes. Really feeling the vibe of this one, going some really interesting places. We’ve got things sounding real nice down the studio now, which helps keep things on point!
Another amazing line up of events this weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Check the Top Picks links below for the full list for each day. Just click the link to see the event list over on Facebook. For those of you interested in production and sampling, take a look at Sonia Maria‘s Sampling Workshop at Rhizome on Saturday afternoon. Looks like a super interesting exploration of sampling culture from hip-hop through electronic dance music. If you’ve got some free time on Saturday afternoon and want to learn more, the workshop is free with RSVP, although a donation of $10 is recommended.
Highlights for the weekend include Uncle Benny’s with Grant, Joe L & Benoit and Late Night Mischief with Fred Everything, Team Zapata and Philco on Friday.
On Saturday LoSoul with Navbox at Flash will be quality, as will Deep Sugar with Wayne Davis open to close at Club 1722 in Baltimore.
On Sunday, I recommend The House that U Built with Vanniety Kills, The Elders and Raptorstein at El Techo followed by Sam Burns and Hold Tight: Better Listen 12 Release Party at Eighteenth Street Lounge. All quality options!
Here’s are the Top Pick links for the weekend, Thursday through Sunday. Plenty to keep you busy!
Sincere thanks to my friends who came out to support me at my birthday celebrations at Body Werk Summer Sessions and Flash last weekend. I realize you have so many great choices here in DC, so it really meant a lot to me that you made the effort to come out. If you couldn’t make it to Flash on Saturday, you can stream or download my set here:
All in all, it was an amazing, but exhausting, birthday weekend, which took us from the Rock’n’Roll Hotel to Flash to The Paradox. I regret not making it to the Soundwaves Boat Party, Sunglass Sundays or Groovetop, but this old man could only handle so much fun in one weekend!
FORWARD Festival 2016 Preview
Right… lots to cover this weekend, and as usual I don’t have much time. Currently bashing this out while attending a conference in Las Vegas, so need to keep it quick. Before I get into the weekend’s activities, I wanted to give you all a heads up about FORWARD 2016, DC’s annual 5 day festival celebrating electronic creative culture. The ninth annual festival starts on Wednesday May 11, and runs until Sunday May 15, and this year the theme of the festival is duality. Check the flyer below for details of all the events, then check the day by day preview below. Some great events in this year’s festival, including FORWARDand DC House Grooves presents Disco Knights with Anthony Mansfield, Team Zapata and Body Werk on Saturday May 14, and of course the free FORWARD on the National Mall parties on Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. For the best deal, pick up a FORWARD Pass for only $40, or you can buy tickets for individual events by visiting the individual event page, which I’ve listed in the preview below. A FORWARD Pass gets you entry to every event, plus a limited edition FORWARD 2016 t-shit and a FREE cup of coffee from Bump’n’Grind.
FORWARD 2016 T-Shirt
Not a bad deal! If you are feeling generous and want to donate to the festival, you can do so by sending a PayPal payment to david@eightyeightdc.com. Please contribute whatever you can afford if you value this annual celebration of electronic music and culture.
Back to this weekend, which brings us all the usual amazing events, along with the annual Funk Parade on U Street, along with all the associated events and after parties. I’ve included a special section for Funk Parade Picks below, and a special Funk Parade section in the listings featuring all the events on my radar. See below for all this week’s picks, then check the full listings below. Many many great events this weekend, but if you want my advice, check out the Pre-Prescription Funk Parade Day Party, then head over to the Prescription with Fred Everything. Saturday grooves sorted!
*** Thursday Picks ***
Preview with Paul Geddes at Flash
Playlist with Jubilee, Ramirez & Kochi at Eighteenth Street Lounge
Official Movement Pre-Party: Âme (DJ set) & Solar at U Street Music Hall
The Acid House at The Bourbon Room, Fredericksburg
*** Friday Picks ***
WTF?! radio show with Kochi, Corduroy Mavericks and Ramirez on Sugar Shack Recordings
Radio Slave, Dekmantel Soundsystem, Joe L at Flash, with Dance Party Chronicles featuring Martín Miguel, Remote Ctrl and Heights in the Flash Bar
Baltotroit with Boss Ross, Steve Kirn and Itzjack at Dr. Clock’s Nowhere Bar
Strictly 4 the Dance Floor with Ernest Fountain at Zeba Bar
LENG Presents WOLF DEM, Alex Gardel, & Tsurugi at Backbar
Vague Output & 4 Hours of Funk present Teddy Douglas, Graham & Fleg and Ben Jenkins at Club 1722
*** Funk Parade Picks ***
Tapwagon Soundsystem Biergarden Rewind with Aaron Sparks, Brothers Brau, DJ LoveGrove, Jacob Jay, Kochi, Tim Jackson & Will Eastman
Pre-PRESCRIPTION : Funk Parade Day Party with Jus Nowhere, DJ Nav, DJ Reets, Martín Miguel and HOT COFFEE
Funky For U: Volume Two (Funk Parade Day Party) at The Velvet Lounge
Funk Love Massive at Industrial Bank
Heavy Rotation: Funk Parade Afterparty Edition at Black Cat Backstage
Sao Funky Afterparty with Fort Knox Five & Qdup at Tropicalia
*** Saturday Picks ***
Prescription with Fred Everything, Team Zapata, Hot Coffee & Markinthedark at 300 Morse Street
Romanian UVAR Meets Muted Noise: Nu Zau, Sepp and Halo Varga at Flash, with Foot Therapy ft. M//R and Ben Jenkins in the Flash Bar
ESL Saturday with Greg Wilson, DJ Provoke, Philip Goyette and Chris Brooks at Eighteenth Street Lounge
Natural Resources with Pacific Fur Company at Dr. Clock’s Nowhere Bar
***Sunday Picks ***
ESL Sunday with Sam The Man Burns, Mr Bonkerz and Sunday’s Rooftop with Anthony Collins, Edo, Benoit at Eighteenth Street Lounge
Those are my picks for this weekend. Here’s the full listings. Make it count!
