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Thursday, June 8th, Cleaning Up The Dirty South and Blueprint team up to bring you a night of sideways music and keepin it real led by none other than:
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DAMIAN LAZARUS (Crosstown Rebels, UK)
The well-deserved hype behind this artist has grown at exponential, unprecedented levels over recent years. Notorious for his live sets that can only be fully appreciated in the flesh, the buzz on Damian is based on word of mouth, rather than PR generated hype. In addition to being a bad-ass behind the decks with a truly unique sound, Damian runs the extremely popular and cutting edge UK-based record label, Crosstown Rebels. While incorporating the electro/tech-house sound so popular these days into an expansive genre playlist, Lazarus finds a way to make his sets undeniably original and utterly inspiring. He explains it as "twisted, raw, deep underground techno, house and electro. Crazy future music that works just as well at peak times in large clubs as it does in the early hours in small spaces."
Along with: Habersham and Numinous (Blueprint Recorings, ATL) Factory Aire (C.U.D.S., ATL) DJ DVA (C.U.D.S., ATL)
Date: Thursday, June 8th City: Atlanta Club: Lava, 57 13th St Price: $8 (only $5 before midnight!) Age: 21+ Setting: Intimate Vibe: Thick Sounds: Fresh Recommendation: Attend
Damian only has five U.S. dates (ATL and NYC are the only tour stops east of the Rockies lucky enough to experience one of his infamous live sets!). Out of town guests and local heads alike on June 8th in Atlanta will experience a special night of true underground music...up-close & personal. Atlanta will be the first stop on this limited U.S. tour, and Damian's gig just before ATL is the opening party for his renowned residency at DC-10 in Ibiza. Expect Mr. Lazarus to come prepared with an arsenal of mad new tunes up his sleeve!
Damian Lazarus will be promoting his forthcoming 2xCD mix compilation, Get Lost, mixed with Crosstown's label manager, Matthew Styles. As if playing a high profile party in Ibiza and touring America in the same week isn't enough, on June 6th the highly anticipated Get Lost compilation will be released, two days prior to this on Crosstown Rebels June 6th. For more info, check out this link for Billboard's release pre-listing with tracklist & sound clips from Get Lost: [url]http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=684701&aid=778982[/url]
Recent Lazarus Interviews: [url]http://www.etn.fm/articledetail.asp?id=113[/url] (ETN, JULY 2005) [url]http://www.djmag.com/miami24.php[/url] (DJ Mag, WMC 2006)
DJ Set Links for Entire Lineup: --Damian Lazarus Digweed Kiss FM Mix - Live At DC-10, Ibiza - 10/9/05 [url]http://64.157.15.66/PURE/Lazarus_dc10_radiomix.mp3[/url]
--Habersham and Numinous Live @ Detroit Electronic Music Festival 2005 [url]http://www.blueprintsounds.com/habersham_&numinous-_live_at_fuse-in_det.riot.mp3[/url]
--Factory Aire Tifton Mix (5.10.06) [url]http://soapism.com/Portals/0/FactoryAire_TiftonMix.mp3[/url]
--DJ DVA Spring 2006 Mix [url]http://www.justmajors.com/files/DrewVanAtten_SpringMix2006.zip[/url]
Sponsor Giveaways: -Crosstown Rebels Promos (Hot off the presses, Lazarus new mix comp, Get Lost) -Satellite Records ATL Gift Certificate ($50 credit to one lucky attendee) -Blueprint Recordings CDs (Includes entire label catalog along with exclusive remixes never released on vinyl)
Links: [url]http://www.DamianLazarus.com[/url] (Intriguing Artist Site -- Explore every nook and cranny of this sucker to find some hidden treats! The 'Gallery' and 'Secrets' sections come highly recommended ) [url]http://www.CrosstownRebels.com[/url] (Damian Lazarus and Matthew Styles' Crosstown Homepage -- Find out about Crosstown releases and parties) [url]http://www.BlueprintSounds.com[/url] (Blueprint Recorings Site -- Download Habersham and Numinous DJ sets and learn about Blueprint releases and artists) [url]http://www.DJNuminous.com[/url] (Numinous Artist Site -- Learn about music endeavors outside of Blueprint and download DJ mixes / productions including some free full-length unreleased tracks shock:) [url]http://Soapism.com[/url] (Factory Aire Artist Page -- Read blogs and listen to mixes from the duo) [url]http://www.CosmoLava.com[/url] (Lava Lounge Site -- If you have never been to Lava, take a look at these Lounge and Club Pics to see where it's all goin down!)