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Throughout the ages mankind has moved and adapted to the changing world all the while changing the world around them. Learning how to tune into the universe man has managed to make conscious leaps in evolution. These leaps have left us with abilities setting us apart from other life on this planet. These traits include spoken language, advance visual recognition, and that which we take most for granted, a sense of rhythm. Throughout history the first to make advances are often cast out by society and referred to as freaks only to be respected and admired by later generations. As technology and the ability to obtain information increases at an ever quickening pace, we must prepare ourselves to once again make an evolutionary jump. One year ago we gathered to bring ourselves in line with the cosmic rhythms and sent a message out into the universe that we are ready to advance. Now we come together to receive the response.
CatalyticSouls and Disco Productions invite you to join in on this journey to enlightenment.
Proudly Presenting:
UnderGround Sound
Back 2 the Freak
June 30 - July 2
ELECTRIC SKYCHRUCH
http://www.skychurch.com
James Lumb created Electric Skychurch as a vehicle for his imaginative, groundbreaking music in 1991. In '93 Skychurch rose up in the LA scene. James was throwing parties at his home in Silverlake, a LA neighborhood teeming with musicians, filmmakers and artists. The late-night events took off, eventually moving from LA to the Mojave Desert, where the parties grew into large monthly gatherings. Within a year, the gatherings exploded to include thousands of people and seeded the notorious “Desert Massive” movement that swept through the American West. During this period Lumb penned "Deus", a song that would come to be recognized as the earliest incarnation of the "West Coast" trance sound. Burgeoning Moonshine Music signed Skychurch in 1994 and released "Deus" and another single, "Creation", followed in 1995 by Skychurch's first full-length ensemble LP, "knowoneness."
During the “knowoneness” sessions, James met Roxanne Morganstern. They were friends for a year before she finally auditioned for a spot in the band. Impressed with her unique and powerful talent, James immediately brought her into the project and, even though it shocked his band mates, shared the spotlight with her the very next week in front of 5,000 fans. The vocal chemistry worked. Fans loved it. They created a magical live show, which instantly catapulted them even further into the spotlight.
After playing hundreds of concerts and festivals that drew crowds in excess of 80,000, Electric Skychurch built a solid grassroots following. During the long tour, James and Roxanne were filmed by director John Reese for interviews that became part of the feature documentary "Better Living Through Circuitry," giving the world a refreshingly honest portrait of the producer and his band mates. The film remains popular and continues to run on the major cable networks worldwide, and has drawn mainstream fans of all ages to the band.
Infected Mushroom
http://infected.co.il/
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance duo which has attained significant popularity from the late 1990s to the present time. Formed by Erez Aizen and Amit Duvdevani (also known as Duvdev) in the city of Haifa, located in the northern parts of Israel, the duo has garnered a large international fanbase. Infected Mushroom are known for their consistent sonic evolution exemplified by the subsequent albums The Gathering (1999), Classical Mushroom (2000), BP Empire (2001), Converting Vegetarians (2003) and the recently released IM The Supervisor (2004).
John B
http://www.beta-recordings.co.uk/
If you haven’t come across John B in one of his many musical guises over the past decade,
where have you been? Classically trained at a young age, this British superproducer has
gone on to become one of the most eclectic and unique individuals working within elec-
tronic music today. Consistently escaping categorization, John’s genre-defying catalogue
spans the worlds of Electro, Trance and Drum & Bass, and a few other spaces across the
bpm spectrum.
John’s career began in illustrious style as the one and only Goldie picked up on this mild-
mannered, blonde-locked science graduate and his distinctive drum and bass beat con-
structions, and he was signed to the legendary Metalheadz label. Tracks such as the
euphoric “Up All Night” have become instant classics in the canon of drum and bass, and
repeatedly smashed dancefloors worldwide. John B quickly became a headlining name on
flyers across the globe, and his touring schedule has been non-stop ever since. Establish-
ing his own stable of labels (Beta Recordings, Tangent, Chihuahua and Nu_Electro) to
reflect his diverse tastes from liquid funk to Latin, provided the perfect platform for
John’s groundbreaking sonic experimentation to develop.
Woody McBride
http://djesp.com
2006 - the year of the long awaited Woody McBride LIVE PA experience is upon us.
SINCE 1991, ESP HAS COMPOSED HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC TRACKS ON HIS LABEL COMMUNIQUE SUCH AS "BASKETBALL HEROES, COMEDY TRAGEDY, PSICK AND TIRED, SOUNDBURNT AND ELECTRIS" AS WELL AS "HIDDEN" (LABWORKS), "RATTLESNAKE" (MAGNETIC NORTH) "THE EARTHWORM SINGS" (EX), "SLO MO" (DEFINITIVE) AND MANY OTHER GREAT RECORDS AND REMIXES ON BUSH, TLC, MISSILE, ANALOG, FOODCHAIN, TRANSATLANTICEXPRESS, BLUE LINE, 611, SWELL, OVUM, SYNEWAVE AND URBANGROUND.
FROM THE EVENT PROMOTION PERSPECTIVE, FOR YEARS HE HAS ORGANIZED SOME OF AMERICA'S MOST WELL-RESPECTED EVENTS SUCH AS "TURNED ON, MENTAL, APOCALYPSE WOW!, FURTHER, ELECTRIC DISCO, DEPTH PROBE, CLOSER, I LIKE TO GET DOWN, SUGAR" & THE MEMORABLE "STAIRWAY TO HEADPHONES. "TURNED ON 2" HELD IN NOVEMBER 2000 PROVED TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST EXCITING EVENT IN MIDWEST AMERICA HISTORY WITH OVER 7000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE AND WAS THE FIRST TRULY OUTSPOKEN "DRUG FREE RAVE EVENT" IN US HISTORY"! THE EVENT FEATURED Q-BERT, SANDRA COLLINS, HENRIK B, DERRICK CARTER, FRANKIE BONES, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE AND DOZENS MORE...
HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO (RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO 36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000, THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON, TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...
HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO (RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO 36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000, THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON, TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...
Monk
of Rabbit in the Moon[
w/Hallucination on Film
http://djmonk.com/
As one of the Founders of Rabbit in the Moon, Pimp Juice and Hallucination
Records, Monk is a corner stone of the Southeastern U.S. Scene and has
established himself as a devoted player in the Electronic Music Industry
worldwide. Best known for his early work and collaboration with Confucius in the
collective "Rabbit In The Moon" ('92-2002). Monk has also remixed several
multi-platinum artists including Sarah McLachlan, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage,
Sting, Britney Spears, and White Zombie, and headlined shows across the nation
from nightclubs to giant festival massives. Now establishing a new solo career
apart from R.I.T.M., it is here where you, the subterranean public may encounter
The Monk - the Mack-Of-All-Trades, the dreadlocked dj/producer/artist and overall
hustler of culture. Banging out a soundtrack of underground party music that
jumps from hard house and breaks to slamming disco-tech, funk, and twisted
techno, to drum and bass rinse-outs. One of the most versatile djs around, we are
proud to bring you the one and only dj monk.
FACTORe
http://www.myspace.com/factore
Agent K
http://www.myspace.com/djagentk
Agent k has been djing & producing for more than a decade with releases on international reknown labels such as, AFTERDARK, WARPED, 20KFREAKS and 941 ELECTRO. With over 50 12" releases to date, and 3 mixed cd albums Agent k is responsible for such tracks as "Funkie Musik", "50,000Watts" ,"Start the Panic" , "Chronic Break" and "Come Again" (his first UK release) remixed by UK's own Deep Impact. Agent k has done projects with other artist such as, Jackal & Hyde, Aquasky, The Klubheads, J-Break, Deep Impact, Dj Fixx, Factore, 303, Brian van Dalen, Malicious Mike & Rose, Sharaz, Kyper and more. From funky breaks, electro to nuskool Agent k knows how to deliver the freshness on the tables. To find out more about tour dates and his new cd "Start the Panic !" go to... www.afterdarkrecords.com
PALADIN 5.1
The future is now! The P.A.L.A.D.I.N project is a unique hardstyle and hard
techno Live performance is show that rivals such creative acts as Rabbit in the
Moon , Crystal Method and the Orb. North america's most respected publications
described him as "more fun than an amusement park". Paladin eclipses the every
day dj or live PA by utilizing a fully integrated audio/visual system that
incorporates all aspects of the dj , Live PA , and vj. His Advanced Technological
suit consists of cybergenic lighting and lazer system, Visual screened chest
plate, Surround sound module and Much more. This will be the first appearance of
one of the most original performers in North America and promises to deliver a
performance that will cause shock waves across the room. Prepare for max intensity.
Gein
http://www.myspace.com/gein1
GEIN, appropriately named after the Plainfield Wisconsin pyscho Edward
Gein, consists of The Butcher (formerly of Defiant), Abel(MC) and
Saint (founder Doon of Habit Recordings). Formed in early 2004, the crew
linked
up when Butcher moved from Los Angeles to Milwaukee, joining Saint and
Abel to create one of the most twisted group of producers out there today.
GEIN's sound can have a variety of "labels", but BRUTAL comes to mind
when most come to describe the demented beats that are forged in the lab.
Coming off a scorching 2005, GEIN is set to take things ten steps further in
2006. With an E.P. for Moving Shadow (Street Sweeper EP) and a 12" for
Freak (Hate / Father Of Lies) in the bag, GEIN's forthcoming material is
raising
eyebrows across the board. Some current forthcoming projects include a
Habit 12" (Telepathy w/Bitfiendz / Hell) that has been causing a ruckus
around
the world. Freak will be putting out an E.P. consisting of GEIN and
Arsenic's "b*tch", "The Sermon", and two brand new, still unfinished ones.
Also on the chopping block, GEIN is remixing Dylan's classic darkstepper
"Witchcraft", as well as Technical Itch's "Hex", two massive undertaking
that they
believe will raise the bar one step further. Also lined up are
collaborations with
the likes of the mighty Evol Intent,releases on Tech Freak & Defcom
Recordings, and more
output on Habit / Freak. Plus let us not forget the SKINSUIT SESSIONS!
Spree & ADB
http://www.spreeandadb.com/
Spree has been one of the top High-Energy Dance providers in North America for the past 7 years running. He's painted smiles across the faces of thousands of kids as a headliner in just about every major US and Canadian city in that time.
Spree has put out dozens studio mixed compilations in the past 6 years, ranging from 1994/95 style breakbeat/piano filled hardcore to the latest up to date anthems. All of these mixes are available online for free download.
MC ADB, AKA Adrian Basford, is an English old school raver stuck in the corn. Currently hiding in Lincoln NE, Adrian works part-time and is a full-time student at Doane studying "organizational communications". Whilst his weekends consist on the road MC'ing and causing general rowdiness. You have probably seen ADB flying up and down the stage at an event somewhere in the midwest. Between his lyrical mastery and his energetic performances, he always finds time to enjoy what gives him inspiration entertaining a crowd.
Riot Squad
http://www.myspace.com/riotsquadvc
In feb of 2005 after dj basic got tazed in the neck by police at mardi gras djs ,lil ron , simply butta, bassik, and murda came together and formed the riot squad. a mesh of dark tech jump turntabelistic drum and bass these guys are rockin shows all over the south and are a show not to be misseed. Now some of you might already know who these guys are, but for those of you who don’t, here’s a quick rundown. These guys are BAD ASS!!! riot squad is not a complete stranger to any scene. You might remember some members from parties at the Masquerade, the Atrium, or even the Globe they are basically known for there ill techniques and a Hip Hop/Drum and Bass style. Don’t expect to not get a show here folks, these guys are one hell of a crew. they've played with all the great Drum Bass DJ’s, Diesel Boy, Dara, hype, etc... All the great turntablists, Q-bert, Immortal, Swamp, etc… members won battles all over the south including the South Guitar Center Battle, the 12inch Allstar’s Battle, and the Fademaster’s Battles. they a regular at many clubs throughout the south, the State Palace in New Orleans, Lavela in Panama City, Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, etc…
Unkl Ryan
http://www.myspace.com/unklryan
Upon arriving at this planet on 4-20 Unkl Ryan began emanating heavy beats and otherworldly grooves telling of far off places. He has since become fixture of the electronic scene in the south east, while his studio skills are in depand across the country. Don't let this mild mannered engineer fool you, the mood quickly turns to madness when he's on the turntables. Unkl Ryan is gauranteed to get any floor moving with his high energy stylings.
TomFoolery
www.myspace.com/djtomfoolery
USAmnesia Tour
Whether its in the studio, behind the deck, or planning and promoting events, TomFoolery is steadily finding ways to put his time and talent into the scene he loves. His Dj sets may be described as moving through flavors of progressive, electro, & funk into all out drum'n'breaks. No matter what the occasion, TomFoolery always has just the right track at hand to bring any crowd into the realm of the nu skool.
Andy B.
www.catalyticsouls.com
Those that have been in the region's scene long enough know all about Andy B. This old school house head has rocked a generation of ravers and is now back at it again. Come experience first hand the technical mastery and solid driving sound that is Andy B.
VJ Benji Ramsey
www.benjiramsey.com
The psychedelicious visual tastiness that Benji brings to the table has been feeding minds all over the midwest and the Gulf coast. Truly cerebral and thought provoking dishes are served hot & fresh to satisfy the hungriest of brains.
Many, Many More TBA
Multi-stage weekend event
Shawnee Salt Petre Cave
Murphysboro, IL 62966
$25 Before May 6// $30 Before June 3(available at www.groovetickets.com only) $35 Presale// $40 at the door
on sale monday march 13 @ noon
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