Saturday, September 17th
kontrol + blasthaus team up to present...
*[KONTROL]*
minimal techno + avant house
every 3rd Saturday at Rx Gallery
featuring from Frankfurt, Germany:
*Isolée – Performing LIVE*
playhouse . classic . perlon . spectral sound
*Nikola Baytala*
robsoul . nightshift . s.w.a.t.
plus resident DJs:
*Alland Byallo* ( nightlight . epsionlab . mo's ferry )
*Sammy D* ( classic . dirtybird . utensil )
*Craig Kuna* ( concept sf . esdjco . kodo )
*Brian Walls* ( ac . stylus . econspiracy )
Digital video art by Econspiracy
*Rx Gallery / 132 Eddy @ Mason, San Francisco / 415.474.7973
9pm-2am / special event price - $15 / 21+ *
Early arrival is a must* *as capacity is very limited!
Hot on the heels of his second amazing full-length on Playhouse, "We Are
Monster," Isolée graces San Francisco with a highly-anticipated LIVE
performance.
Isolée's website:
http://www.isolee.de/
Isolée's discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Isolee
Isolee music downloads:
http://www.beatport.com/artist/Isolee<http://www.beatport.com/artist/Isolee>
There were rumours, there were whispers but nothing seemed to be
forthcoming. People use the term "long awaited new album" far too flippantly
but in ISOLÉE's case that term doesn't even begin to do it justice. Five
years ago, after a handful of 12'' singles (including the now bona fide
classic "BEAU MOT PLAGE"), RAJKO MUELLER released the "REST" album which
blew minds around the world. House music had been stagnant for so long but
Rajko found new ways to breathe life into it and made it sound as exciting
as the day it was first born in Chicago. He also did something else, he
created something entirely new and fresh sounding and made one of the few
"dance" albums that stood up to long term listening. To this day it sounds
like it came from another world. In the intervening years there have been a
few more singles and several acclaimed remixes along with a few whispers
that the next Isolée album would see Mr. Mueller go disco. And now that day
has come and "WE ARE MONSTER" is here. The first time I listened to it was
in the company of a friend who is another huge Isolée fan. At first she
wouldn't believe me it was Isolée until after a few minutes she made the
following remark - "Actually, you can tell it's Isolée by the way it goes
all mad and wonky and shit". Quite! So, yes it is a bit wonky and yes it is
a bit different and yes it is a bit disco. Not disco in the conventional
sense but some mutant 21st century hybrid of beautiful, melodious but
disjointed melodies, space noises from another galaxy, strange basstones and
percolating drum patterns. It also goes far further than just disco as while
that music is designed specifically for the dancefloor, "WE ARE MONSTER" is
making a fantabulous soundtrack to my movements around the city and my
spacing out time at home too. Beautiful music from one of the greats. The
wait was worth it.
--Text by Keith McIvor / OPTIMO / Glasgow / UK
[KONTROL] website:
http://www.kontrolsf.com/