Hello Chicago-area 313 friends- The JACKSON residency is back full force this month and we've packed a monster bill this time. Very special guests include DAEDELUS (Los Angeles), who is touring the world in support of his brand new NINJA TUNE full-length album. Also, on the double headlining bill will be DJ SLUGO (Chicago), very well known far & wide as the King of Ghetto House & Juke, as well as member of the Violator Juke Squad DJs. This is shaping to be one of our best night ever - fun beats, dancing, boozin & good times. We can't wait and we look forward to seeing you there! The fun starts at 9PM sharp! Early advance ticket info available now at... http://chicago.going.com/jacksonseptember2008
== SAT.SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 - CHICAGO Meiotic Promotions, Approaching Serpents Promotions, Lava present JACKSON @ LAVA (monthly event series) This month's special guests: DAEDELUS (Live PA) [Ninja Tune Records - from Los Angeles] http://www.myspace.com/daedelusdarling http://www.ninjatune.net DJ SLUGO (DJ set) [Violator Juke Squad DJs - Wide, Seed, DanceMania labels - from Chicago] http://www.djslugomusic.com http://www.myspace.com/djslugo ANDREW KEVINS (DJ set) [from Milwaukee] BRAD MINDER (DJ set) [illmeasures - from Chicago] AUDIOPHILE (DJ set) [Meiotic - from Chicago] VENUE: LAVA ADDRESS: 1270 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago/Wicker Park, IL DETAILS: 21+, 9PM-3AM, $8 ADV TIX/$10 D.O.S. MORE INFO: http://www.meiotica.com ADV TIX: http://chicago.going.com/jacksonseptember2008 == == DAEDELUS (Live PA) [Ninja Tune Records - from Los Angeles] http://www.myspace.com/daedelusdarling http://www.ninjatune.net DAEDELUS ON XLR8R.TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znnhc649JNg DAEDELUS VIDEOS: "Fair Weather Friends" - (from the album 'Love To Make Music To') http://youtube.com/watch?v=kRJ2YvRv3N4 "Make It So" - (from the album 'Love To Make Music To') http://youtube.com/watch?v=wZd7yI8wRTQ Fresh off the cover of the September issue of XLR8R Magazine... DAEDELUS is an amazing LA-based producer/musician/DJ known for his indescribable sound that is equally eclectic, fun, danceable, heart-tugging, uplifting, dizzying and infectious. His sound borrows from the worlds of hip-hop, pop, soul, indie, rave, electro, acid, house, techno, d&b, etc - a unique sound that you just have to hear for yourself and witness live to believe it. Touring the globe in support of his brand new release, Love To Make Music To (Ninja Tune), this is Daedelus' best and most playfully accessible album yet. Critically hailed by journalists worldwide and with a fanatic fan base to boot - Daedelus is on the verge of breaking big. He has released several albums/EPs within the last two years on labels like Ninja Tune, Alpha Pup, Mush & somehow maintains a frenzied tour schedule playing in the US, EU, South America and Asia. He has been remixed by and played live with Madlib, and is in a live band with Taz from Sa-Ra (Eryka Badu producer and Kayne West henchman). Other acts he's shared the stage with include: Afrika Bambaataa, Girl Talk, Jamie Lidell, Mouse on Mars, Prefuse 73, Busdriver, Dosh, Flying Lotus, Eliot Lipp, Derek Plaslaiko, Jimmy Edgar, Holopaw, Caural and many others. Girl Talk recently praised Daedelus as one of his favorite tour partners ever. After well received Chicago performances at Wicker Park Festival and Wire Magazine's Adventures in Modern Music Festival, we are proud to welcome Daedelus back to Chicago for this very intimate Live PA experience. This will hands down be one of the most memorable & fun sets at Jackson to date. Do not miss this one! = DJ SLUGO (DJ set) [Violator Juke Squad DJs - Wide, Seed, DanceMania labels - from Chicago] http://www.djslugomusic.com http://www.myspace.com/djslugo http://www.myspace.com/violatorjukesquaddjs http://www.officialdancemania.com http://www.myspace.com/widerecords http://www.seed-ny.com Cue the bass... Deep in the heart of the ghetto, on the mean streets of Chicago's infamous Southside, a music pioneer was born... >From the beginning, Thomas "DJ SLUGO" Kendricks was influenced by his cousin, Dj Geno, a member of a local Chicago hot mix group, and other local icons such as the Hot Mix 5 (of Chicago radio). Slugo, with 20+ years in the game, over 20 albums in his pocket and over 50 mix CDs on the street, began a journey that lead him to become one of the original creators of a style of music commonly known as Ghetto House, more recently regarded as Juke. Ghetto House, an urban dance sound created by inner-city producers from raw walks of life and derived from Old School House, is steeped with nuances from ghetto-life traditions and descriptions of the hood through rhythm. It moves beyond the just being and dives right into the metaphysical, with its rhythmic, infectious energy exciting the inner spirit and making folk return to their Motherland dance roots. The magic struck Slugo at a high school dance where he asked the DJ if he could spin a couple of tracks. Although his set only lasted a brief 15 minutes, it ignited a flame that burns brighter than ever today. >From 1984-1987, Slugo honed his skills by observing the skills of his local heroes. Participating in heated DJ battles won him acclaim as a technical expert on the wheels of steel. He released his first truly professional mix tape Ghetto Mix Part III (1992). This tape landed in the hands of Ray Barney, CEO of the Chicago-based Dance Mania, one of the largest dance music labels in the world. Barney and Slugo formalized an agreement resulting in a long stream of releases on the Dance Mania label and affording Slugo the freedom to form his own label, Subterranean Playhouse. During this same period, friend and fellow producer Paul Johnson, introduced Slugo to a southern promoter, which culminated his professional merge into the rave scene. His unheard of Ghetto style of mixing quickly made him a favorite to tens of thousands of partygoers and promoters alike. The release of the popular Cardboard Booty mix CD, called "the most influential ghetto house CD ever made" by London's Underbeat Magazine, who also went on to call DJ Slugo, "the Ghetto-father of the American dance floor." As his fame spread, releases with other national labels, such as Underground Construction, Dance Mania, GTI Records, Serotonin Records, Data Bass, CWAL Mob Recordings, Wide Records and Crosstalk International, Inc., as well as his follow up album, The Ghetto Don, flew off the shelves. 2002 saw Slugo returning to his roots with new projects, Where the Rats and Godzilla. Slugo calls these releases without a doubt, some of his best work. They have exceeded the sales of nearly every other release he has done to date and which lead to his wildly successful "Godzilla" track becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Slugo is still in the game and taking the world by storm. He was recently featured on the cover of Demencha Magazine. A brand new album is currently out now on Wide Records in the UK and a forthcoming all female 6-track EP release for the NYC-based Seed label, feat. production by DJ Slugo. We're excited to welcome the legendary DJ Slugo to our Jackson series on this very special night. Expect the finest ghetto beats to shake your rump to!
