sunday september 08
gramaphone records presents special guests
sammy dee (perlon)
cisco ferreira (kombination research)
alongside
josh werner (antenna)
marko katic (antenna)
dj mani (obS_ear)
@ the empty bottle, 1035 north western, in chicago.
doors are at 9 PM. 21 and over only.
please show your support if you can.
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For the uninitiated:
Critic's Choice in the Chicago Reader:
SAMMY DEE, Sunday 9/8, Empty Bottle
Sammy Dee and fellow producer/DJ Zip are Pantytec, the German duo whose
Perlon label has been behind some of the best club records of the past
couple years. Perlon specializes in "microhouse," a style (its name coined
by the Wire, natch) that combines the minimalist crinkle-crackle of
artists like Oval and the voluptuous warmth of Chicago house in a
spacious, slinky sound that's both severe and inviting. Three of
Pantytec's tracks made it onto last year's superb Superlongevity, a mixed
double-CD label showcase: "You Are So 99," loaded with cut-up vocal
phrases and frisky snare a la Herbert or Todd Edwards; "Instant
Orient," which floats bits of what sounds like thumb piano, water-glass
tones run through a phaser, and an abbreviated female moan past a deep
foregrounded bass groove; and the aptly titled "Doubledip Uuh
. . . ," whose liquefied low end and male and female moans give context to
the catchphrase "Dip-dip-dip-dip-diiiip." The duo's first full-length,
Pony Slaystation, continues in much the same vein: "Micromission" marks
its pitter-patter beats and droplets of bass with a blurry choral vocal
sample; "Elastobabe (Crackhouse Dub)" slides dozens of little
details--crowd noise, stick percussion, half a dozen vocal snippets--into
and out of focus. And "Candy Coated Conspiracy" moves among about five
different grooves, all of them based on glowing subsonic bass pulses. On a
home stereo or headphones, this stuff is gorgeous; on a big system, it can
be overpoweringly sensual. Sunday, September 8, 9 PM, Empty Bottle, 1035
North Western; 773-276-3600. -- MICHAELANGELO MATOS
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See you there!
Ken
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ken meier
interrupt media group
www.interrupt-media.com
jkmeier@uchicago.edu
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