TAG: rave

Mar26

R.I.P. Scott Hardkiss

Pioneering West Coast DJ Scott Hardkiss died unexpectedly last night. Scott was one third of the beloved ’90s SF rave trio Hardkiss, along with Gavin and Robbie. Together, they helped define the San Francisco rave sound—a mix of house, techno, breaks, Balearic and, of course, psychedelica.

Scott also recorded under the moniker God Within. In 2009, he release an album under his own name, Technicolor Dreamer, along with San Fran vocalist Lisa Shaw.

Scott appeared on the cover of URB in 1994 with his fellow Hardkiss musical siblings. He was instrumental in helping to ignite the first wave of rave culture in America, the ripples of which are stronger than ever. He will be missed.

 

Feb27

[Wednesday, The F*ck?!?] WTF05 – Azari & III releases Remix Album & Announces Next Project (MP3)

Welcome back to another episode of WTF, where we look at a release and/or artist that dropped something on the Tuesday release sheet that you may have missed in the flood of music that always starts our week off.

There must be something in the water over at Dim Mak.  Much of their release sheet in the recent past has made it to more than a few staffers and interns playlists and DJ sets over here on the SF URB team’s stomping grounds.  A big reason for this has to do with the label’s ability to drop releases that fit in with the structure and sound of modern EDM while having respect to the genre’s past.

Azari & III (pronounced Azari and Third), continues Dim Mak’s winning formula of keeping an ear …

Nov29

Phat Pants Are Back! Kikwear Relaunches For 2013 (Video)

If you went anywhere near a rave in the ’90s, you likely did it garbed in a new Freshjive t-shirt and 42-inch Kikwear pants. Now after a decade of ball-squashing skinny jeans worn by rock & roll hipsters, it’s time for baggy to return along with all other things EDM. So no wonder Kikwear is relaunching the brand with a series of events featuring old-schoolers like Dieselboy, DJ Hixxy and Frankie Bones, and this promotional video showing a new generation raving out between giant stone/metal boulders by artist Jim Hodges in Minneapolis.

One warning. The music, “Shine for You,” by Flawless feat. Zoe VanWest resides on the far end of fast-tempo trance pop cheese.

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Aug22

Rave Reunion: 20 Years Of NASA Recap (Video)

 

 

If you grew up around electronic music and haven’t heard of the legendary NASA raves, you obviously haven’t grown up the right way. Backtrack twenty years in the early ’90s, where acid house, hardcore and piano rave were unstoppable forces on the dancefloor. The raw energy, purity and chemical-induced calamity surrounded the golden era of electronic music with a sense of intensive crowd energy and a desire to party until the sun went up (which is how it always should be).

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May17

I Love This City – Venue Update and SD Lineup Additions (and Military Ticket Giveaway)

Overwhelming response to the San Francisco leg of I Love This City has forced a venue change from AT&T Park to the Shoreline Ampitheatre.  As a result, the hours for the event have been extended, leading to more bang for your buck if you have already purchased a ticket.  For those that were prepared to be at the AT&T Park location, the festival organizers have arranged for free charter bus service (a la the good old days, when folks would hit a location and then get bussed over to the party).

The San Francisco event has added Afrojack and Sebastian Ingrosso to their lineup on Friday, May 25th.  The San Diego event can call Wolfgang Gartner, Madeon, and Adrian Lux as additions to their event on Sunday.

Moreover, those partygoers in the SD region that serve in any of the US Military …

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