Still Music and XLR8R present... Deetron / November 15th / APT NYC November 15, 2007

Still Music and XLR8R presents...

DEETRON (MusicMan / Yoruba / G-Stone / Raw Fusion / Switzerland)
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Dj Jerome Derradji (Still Music / Past Due / LFM / Slip N Slide / Chicago)

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@ APT NYC
419 West 13th St. New York City.
November 15th – $10

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Last party of the year for Still Music at APT, this time we have another heavyweight blessing us with his presence in NYC.

Deetron is heading from Switzerland, with an album out on Musicman and remixes for Shaka, Legowelt, Bob Sinclar, Osunlade and many others to be released, you can expect a heavy set of techno soul not to be missed.

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DEETRON (MusicMan / Yoruba / G-Stone / Raw Fusion / Switzerland)

Swiss-born Deetron, aka sam geiser, unveils his debut album ‘twisted’ on belgium’s esteemed music man imprint. as proven by his constantly expanding catalogue of productions, deetron is capable of creating tracks that sit happily within the context of a dj set (something he understands very well), whilst avoiding landing in the often throwaway category of ‘dj tools’.

As with many of the more dynamic turntablist-styled techno and house djs, deetron took his early cues from hip-hop, before being won-over by the early sounds of chicago and detroit. his djing – then still in its infancy – followed this influence, steering his ‘career’ in a more 4/4 direction – eventually landing him a resident spot at reputed zurich club, trax. deetron’s production career developed in tandem, as is often the case. early work for labels such as phont and intec through the late nineties and 2000, saw deetron finding his audience (including a string of international club jocks) and developing his own sound. in the last few years, sam’s production touch has graced labels including cosmic (as karakter), ongaku (the ‘lorraine ep’), sls and the classic detroit styled ‘miss suave’ on intec which has become a dancefloor anthem all over the world.

Born in bern, switzerland, music was a constant in the geiser family home. sam’s father’s activities as a jazz musician ensured that he was surrounded by music from a very early age, sewing the seeds of his own musical interests. but it was hip-hop that encouraged this to flourish into an active involvement in music, during his teens. sam soaked-up the music of gangstarr, a tribe called quest and prince paul like a sponge and was quick to realise the role of the turntable within this context, taking up djing in 1992. early hip-house producers, such as todd terry, also captured his attention and sam began to make the transition to more 4/4 orientated sounds – picking up on the now classic output of chicago and detroit based electronic musicians and introducing this into the sets he was, by now, playing around his home town, and further a field in switzerland. a meeting with stefan riesen, head of the fledgling phont music, led to the release of deetron’s first single – as soulmate, in 1997 but possibly the most fruitful partnership of his career so far is that with belgium’s music man label. beginning with the ‘dolls for a diva’ 12” in 2001, and including several more 12”s and a superb mix cd that acts as ample testament to sam’s skills behind the turntables, deetron now releases his first artist full length album.

Combining sam’s love of house, classic techno, electro, latin and jazz influences, ‘twisted’ is a beautiful journey through an electronic landscape littered with orchestral sweeps, delicate pads, sublime robert owens-esque vocals, dancefloor beats and heart tugging strings. featuring guest appearances from subject detroit’s dj bone, la based singer ovasoul 7, vocalist and guitarist justin chapman, who is also one-half of the atlanta-based dj/production duo kemeticjust and the one and only paris the black fu from the detroit grand pubahs ‘twisted’ is a dancefloor journey from beginning to end. from the opening bass rumble of ‘twisted memories’ to the old school chicago vox stylings of ‘life soundtrack’ and the drexciyan wiggle of ‘isotope’ to the demented refrains of ‘the afterlife’, deetron shows us that techno can still conjure moments of beauty whilst still keeping us on the dancefloor.

Dj Jerome Derradji - Still Music / Past Due / LFM / Slip N Slide (Chicago)

The Still Music don is back in NY for another tight selection of the wickedest house, techno, afro and disco.

DJ Jerome Derradji has been touring since January worldwide to promote the release of it's "Sound Of Still Music" compilation released in March 2007 by legendary London based Slip'n'Slide record label.

Jerome also successfully released his first compilation CD in Japan titled "Analog Soul".

So far both these releases took Dj Jerome Derradji to London, Manchester, Liverpool, Paris,Lyon, Hamburg, Brussels, Gent, Detroit, New York, San Francisco, Chicago to play at the trendiest club and parties.

Dj Jerome Derradji is resident at APT in New York, at Pink with the Culprits in San Francisco, at the Fi-Nite Gallery in Detroit and launching his residency in Chicago in September 2007.

Hosted by the ever talented and coolest cat around BRENT ARNOLD from MORE THAN US.

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@ APT 419
West 13th St. New York City.
November 15th – $10

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www.aptwebsite.com / info@itstillmusic.com or www.itstillmusic.com

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