[Gig] 611 Ways 2 Party (REDUX!)

So, yeah. I was scheduled to play at the last one, but then the electricity went out at the entire club because some asshole ran into a pole and blew out the transformer. There's a smorgasbord of local talent on the bill. Click the flyer to see the full lineup and to also get on the guestlist.

The full lineup is now posted! Make sure you get on the guestlist to ensure discounted entry. I (DZA) will be playing from 11:30pm - 12:30am in the basement.

[Gig] 611.Ways.2Party @ Shampoo Nightclub

[Gig] Move D @ Inciting HQ

If talent converted into record sales, David Moufang would be a very rich man. His records with partner Jonas Grossmann as Deep Space Network and his own solo releases as Move D are among the furthest outreaches of techno's push towards the stars. Moufang grew up in Heidelberg listening to his parents' collection of early Pink Floyd and Kraftwerk records but the most overwhelming influence on his childhood was outer space, the result of a trip to the cinema with his father to see 2001: A Space Odyssey. "I was space crazy as a child," Moufang told journalist Tony Marcus in 1995, "when the other kids were riding around in their little cars I'd be building my own spacecraft. I'd put in a small engine, put rubber on the wheels so it made some noise and stand there with a walkie-talkie and my headphones on. It was very techno..."
Moufang's grandmothers were both classical concert pianists. He can still remember favourite childhood moments, sitting under the piano as they played, surrounded and lost in sound. By the age of 12, he taken up drums (he eventually went on to study classical percussion) and took up the guitar a few years later, this time taking lessons from two separate jazz guitar teachers. He played guitar in a band called Rivers & Trains well into the '90s. Occasionally he even plied his trade as a DJ, spinning electro, funk and jazz. It wasn't until 1989 that he discovered techno when a friend of his, D-Man, invited him to a club he was running in the industrial suburb of Mannheim. When Moufang walked into the Milk! Club that night - like so many others before and after him - he discovered a scene that changed his life. Discovering Detroit, 808 State, Nexus 21 and the first stirrings of ambient techno, Moufang became a committed clubber. Through D-Man, he met Redagain P who converted Moufang's nickname "Mufti" into the more kinetic Move D.

Moufang's first records were made with Grossmann as Deep Space Network. Their first two albums, EARTH TO INFINITY (1992) and BIG ROOMS (1993) suggested a significant, unpredictable and innovative talent which was confirmed by the release of HOMEWORKS (1993), a Source Records compilation that included solo tracks such as "Pulsar" and "I've Been On Drugs" alongside collaborations with D-Man. Ranging from subtle, Detroit-inflected grooves to wired electronic jazz, Moufang's music seemed to operate on ambience, slow motion and subdued rhythm, a sound that was rooted, as Tony Marcus later pointed out, "in the jazzy, laid-back but still hip-tugging tradition of Larry Heard, Carl Craig's "Microlovr" or "The Wonders Of Wishing" and New York's Burrell Brothers... listening to [Moufang's records] is like a sweet and lazy adventure into sound, a space where time and stress are suspended."

REAGENZ (1994), a collaboration with SpaceTime Continuum's Jonah Sharp, was an astonishing fusion of beautiful, experimental electronics that reached out to a point that even Detroit's most visionary producers hadn't yet achieved. Recorded between Heidelberg and San Francisco, it sounded like pianist Bill Evans might have if he'd grown up surrounded by Star Trek instead of modal jazz.
Moufang's debut album, KUNSTSTOFF (1995), was equally remarkable. Tracks such as "Soap Bubbles" and "In/Out" oscillated between soft, dreamlike textures and the spiked electronics that Detroit was beginning to explore. The glittering production surfaces were a legacy of Moufang's days as a student at the School of Audio Engineering, but the music they encompassed was equally compelling. It was an album full of contrasts - between the jagged drugfloor grooves of, say, "Nimm 2" and the gentle, synthetic lullaby of "Beyond The Machine" or between the pristine sounds Moufang conjured with and the haloes of analogue noise which surrounded others. Amazingly pretty and wildly innovative, KUNSTSTOFF remains one of the most accomplished techno albums to emerge from Europe so far.

The collaborative ventures that followed - including EXPLORING THE PSYCHEDELIC LANDSCAPE (1996) and A DAY IN THE LIVE (1997) with Pete Namlook - preceded an experimental single for Sheffield's Warp label. Moufang had been a big fan of the label's "bleep techno" output in the early '90s and "Cymbelin" was, in some ways, a homage to that sound, twisting beats and synths into a bass heavy groove. But the producer's ability to soften almost any structure with aching prettiness transformed the record into a unique fusion.

Another unique fusion was suggested by the release of CONJOINT (1997). A collaboration between Moufang, jazz veteran Karl Berger, Jamie Hodge (of Born Under A Rhyming Planet) and Gunter "Ruit" Kraus, it was Moufang's most overtly jazzed outing so far, but provided spectacular evidence of his growing abilities as a producer and composer. Currently working on a number of new projects - including a new Deep Space Network album and a second Conjoint album - Moufang continues to explore the boundaries of electronic music.

l Reagenz - Reagenz (1994; Source Records) Move D and Jonah Sharp surfing far out on techno's perimeters with a combination of Detroit ambience, dusted jazz and pure inspiration.

l Move D - Kunststoff (1995; Source Records) Soft electronic lullabies, super-funk grooves and wired experimentation add up to sheer brilliance on this official solo debut.

l Move D / Namlook - Exploring The Psychedelic Landscape (1996; Fax) Gentle ambient washes and hypnotically prettiness recorded in the course of a single day at Moufang's reSource studio.

- from the penguin book 'a rough guide to techno' (1999) by Tim Barr

Move D on MySpace

Move D. Live @ Inciting (Right Click, Save As)


**special thanks to ashley for the link to the mix**

[Gig] 24 Hour Free Party People @ Inciting TODAY!

I'm going to be playing at Inciting HQ today at 3:00. It's free and BYOB! :)





24 hour free party people
sat 12.06.08 - sun 12.07.08
2pm - 2pm
20+ live electronic / dj sets
free//byo//sleeping bags welcome for morning ambient sets
inciting hq//940 n delaware ave//phila

sat
1400-1500 ~ radere [live ambient]
1500-1600 ~ dza [house/techno dj]
1600-1700 ~ bryon stout [house/techno dj]
1700-1800 ~ dave tat [house/techno dj]
1800-1900 ~ rekall [dj set of all rekall tracks]
1900-2000 ~ mad [live dubstep]
2000-2100 ~ knife jams [live idm]
2100-2200 ~ vytear [live who knows what]
2200-2300 ~ aeod [live techno]
2300-0030 ~ jason carr/gitano [live techno/dj set]

sun
030-130 ~ ryan v [live techno]
130-230 ~ tony g [techno dj]
230-330 ~ jamie morris [techno dj]
330-430 ~ thomas schreiber [techno dj]
430-600 ~ pandemix [techno dj]
600-800 ~ accidentally/jhan olo [techno dj]
800-900 ~ tleilaxu [live ambient]
900-1000 ~ john schenk [ambient dj]
1000-1040 - radere [live ambient]
1040-1120 ~ mad [ambient dj]
1120-1200 ~ pandemix [ambient dj]
1200-1400 ~ open decks [3-track set rotation]

[Gig] DZA Jackin' it Out at Just Friends Tomorrow Night!

Wednesday • November 18

Just Friends
JACKIN’ HOUSE EDITION 1.
0!!..
FREEVitamin Water/Vodka 10-11 • $3 High Lifes & $4 Kamakazi Shots ALL NITE
NO COVER!!!!!!
w/ special guest DJ.
…


DZA




myspace. com/djzeroalpha

Opening DJ set by:


Micheal Anderer

mathewizzo. com
myspace. com/michaelanderer


You call all of your friends, well call all of our friends, well all meet at PEARL this Wednesday night and well allllll be "JUST FRIENDS"!!! Hayyy nowwww!

w/ Just Friends resident drunk...

JAYO


CHECK OUT THE PICTURES FROM THE LAST WEEKS DEBAUCHERY...SO F'N FUNN!!!!!

[Gig] Earthdance 2008 @ FDR Skatepark

Come check me out today at 2:00pm. I'll be jackin' it out at the FDR Skatepark under I-95 in South Philly.




About


Earthdance, the Global Dance Festival for Peace has grown to become the world's largest simultaneous music and dance event. Founded in 1996, with 22 cities and 18 countries participating, Earthdance has grown to over 300 locations in 60 countries participating in 2007, with locations ranging from the club-lands of New York to the rainforests of Brazil. Every year, in alignment with the International Day of Peace, over 200,000 people unite in dance with hundreds of thousands more joining online in support of global peace and humanitarian aims.

The defining moment of each Earthdance event is a synchronized link-up, (4pm Pacifc Standard Time) when every event around the world plays a specially produced song called "The Prayer for Peace" at exactly the same time.

Earthdance has been described by the music industry as the "Dance Aid" for the new millennium. The aim of the event is to bring together global communities to create a synchronized global festival and dance event to help fund humanitarian causes and develop an environment of peace throughout the global community.

Earthdance is a non-political event and is organized by Earthdance International, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.

Light It Up presents EARTH DANCE a global party sat Sept 13th @ FDR Park (rain or shine). 1pm - 10ish. This event is a global gathering.


Earth Dance line-up:
Smokey
DZA
Ghost
Mass
Jeff Heart
Moo-B
Nick Cosmo
JFactor w/ Hahn Solo.



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• Earthdance Official Website
  
• FDR Skatepark on MySpace
  

TOMORROW NIGHT AT 10TH AND WALNUT

Music starts @ 10:00

[Gig] Summer Social 3 - TODAY!

I'm looking forward to spending the afternoon outdoors after yesterday's deluge. Hopefully, you can join me. :)





iku iku 10-12
radere 12-1
operant77 1-2
steven kraft 2-3
modesta 3-4
dza 4-5
dave tat 5-6
jhan olo + accidentally 6-10

[gig] Deep House SeXXXplosion @ Liberty Bar

Karoshi and I will be giving your weekend a serious succulent rubdown with some of the world's finest deep house music tonight. Be prepared to get drunk and play air keyboard solos!

Timeslots

Karoshi - 10-11 & 12-1
DZA - 11-12 & 1-2

Liberty Bar
2204 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103

[Gig] The Alcoholic Stimulus Program @ Marathon Bar

Good Monday to ya! If you've still got energy to party tonight and you're in the Philadelphia area, I'd enjoy your presence at the all-new Marathon Bar on the corner of 10th and Walnut Streets here in Philly. There's NO COVER, dirt cheap drink specials (see flyer) and I'll be playing a little bit of everything from the deep to the jack to disco to hip-hop from 10pm - 12am. Resident DJ Kevin Kong will be taking over from 12-close.

[Gig] Together 2 @ Cooper River Park - Camden, NJ

This Saturday afternoon, come out and join me in the sun for some fun, food, and of course a healthy dose of house music. I'll be playing at 2:00 along with a litany of DJs from the area. Of course, I'll be bringing some grilled meats for ingestion. Yum!







Directions:
From Ben Franklin bridge: Follow signs for Cherry Hill (Route 30) to ramp for Route 38 & 70. Exit onto Route 70 East. Continue to exit for Cuthbert Blvd., Collingswood (by Crowne Plaza Hotel). Cross bridge and turn Right at South Park Drive. Party is 1/2 mile up on the right!

Here are the timeslots for the event. Click on the name to find out more about each DJ performing.

Area 1
12:00 DJ Sparkles
1:00 Salvo
2:00 Linda Leigh
3:00 Jeff Heart
4:00 Pro-Lin
5:00 Anton Chasm
6:00 Karmakanik
7:00 Rhenalt

Area 2
12:00 Tubbo & Kebunny
1:00 K-silent
2:00 DZA
3:00 Evil Tracy
4:00 Luis Blademaster Lopez
5:00 Joey Blanco
6:00 Express
7:00 DJ Tommy
8:00 DJ Ghost

[Gig] The Relaxtion Station with DZA

I'll be back at the Liberty Bar again on the 19th. This time, I'll be playing the entire night. However, since the bar has a more laid back, relaxed atmosphere (read: no dancefloor), I'll be playing mostly deep and souful house. Hopefully, you can make it!

Click the Flyer to see the full size version.