Wednesday, 8/29 marks the debut of Martin Buttrich at U Street Music Hall with Lomez, Raffi, & Yacine A and promo support from Nomadtalent.
10pm, $10.
Purchase Tix: http://www.ustreetmusichall.com/event/137197/
MARTIN BUTTRICH
http://soundcloud.com/martin-buttrich
Martin Buttrich is famously as fluent behind a mixing console as in front of a virtual drum kit. That technical prowess, combined with a fascination for music of every shape, has resulted in outstanding releases on influential labels such as Planet E, Four:Twenty, Cocoon, Poker Flat, Nervous and Desolat. He’s also put his sonic thumbprint on many big ticket artists, notably receiving a Grammy nomination for a Tori Amos remix in 2003. Such diverse musical horizons are rare. While other prolific artists may have slowly watered down their music, Buttrich’s star has risen in diametric opposition. His vision has become more and more condensed, more and more crystallised. Flipping and puncturing grooves in a live setting is a snap for him, and he’s entranced audiences at festivals like Time Warp and Creamfields, at temples of boom such as Fabric (London), Womb (Tokyo), Cocoon (Frankfurt), Panorama Bar (Berlin) and Amnesia (Ibiza) and at worldwide Desolat Experience parties with Loco Dice.
When people say “Buttrich’s music sounds amazing”, they’re not just talking about the catchiness of his compositions or the way he manipulates beats into unique tapestries. His skills with a sonic scalpel – that esoteric ability to navigate the spectrum of audible (and inaudible) frequencies – have given him cachet among sound engineers. An incredible work ethic combined with a flexible, curious, and humorous approach have made him truly great at what he does.
Buttrich’s journey into electronic music began in clubs in Berlin and Hannover at the dawn of the ‘90s, when post-Summer of Love-Europe began to swing to its own hypnotic, machine-like groove. At 18 years old he began experimenting with production as X-Rotation (with Daniel Bross), which led to the projects Rhythm Assault, Sounds of Life and Phunk Diggaz (with engineer Andy Bolleshon).
Buttrich began a notorious collaboration with his then co-worker at Peppermint Jam distribution, Timo Maas, in the mid-‘90s (they worked the telephones together). After setting up his first studio in the basement of the Peppermint Park studio building, the partnership led to over 100 co-productions and remixes that included Madonna, Muse, Fatboy Slim. Josh Wink and Green Velvet. Buttrich has produced funk legend Bootsy Collins, while switching the patterns for artists including Tom Jones, Kelis, Moloko, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Yello, War and Roger Sanchez. His Azzido Da Bass “Dooms Night” remix with Timo Maas hit the UK top ten charts.
All the while he created an impressive library of beats and collected an arsenal of music production equipment for his studio in Timetools, a studio complex founded in 1997 in Hannover with a group of musicians. Buttrich is happy with the subtle crunch of an SP-12 sampler and the ‘smoky’ vibe of his analog mixing desk – adding a bass guitar or other instrument when necessary. But he’s not above having fun with a laptop either: approaching music programs as if they were video games. He doesn’t rely on any one machine or music composition technique, and his array of outboard gear is mouth-wateringly state of the art.
But he never loses touch with the gritty, human side of music, and the environments that it is played in.
Another key musical partnership, with Loco Dice, begun in 2002, undoubtedly inspired Buttrich to delve deeper into the musical histories that first lured him towards after-dark melodies. In a short space of time they’d built up a deep discography creating an era-defining sound in the process. They spent more than half a year living in New York in 2006/2007, with half of Buttrich’s studio set up in a rickety hideaway in Brooklyn that looked out over Manhattan’s vistas. Between late night production sessions and snowstorms, their Desolat label came to life.
Having his debut solo album Crash Test released on Desolat in early 2010, Martin Buttrich is taking his vision to the road, fusing wild imagination with solid musical architecture, cherry-picked inspiration with true perfection of his musical craft.
Since then constantly on tour, in 2011 Martin Buttrich still has dropped a remarkable collection of music - productions like “Fire Files” EP on Desolat or remixes for Marco Carola and Lee Curtis amongst others.
Currently based in LA, Martin Buttrich is working on his second artist album and a jazz project called The Stoned Autopilot.
Stay tuned.
LOMEZ (Dim Neon Sum, Baltimore)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dim-Neon-Sum/224139811018168
Lomez has 16 years of DJing under his belt and has performed in Buenos Aires, Moscow, Vancouver, Milan, Oslo, and many more locations throughout the world. His tight technical abillity and superb selection have made him a favorite in many different territories.In addition to djing Lomez has a number of successful releases in quality record labels around the world. This Baltimore native has toured extensively throughout Europe and the Americas and regularly holds residencies in the Balearic Islands. With a sound that combines elements of deep house, minimal techno, and disco, Lomez is an artist helping shape the future of deep electronic music.
In 2012 alone he has shared the bill with other world-class talent including Martin Buttrich, Morgan Geist, Lee Curtiss, Ame, Wolf & Lamb, Stacey Pullen,and many more.He also performs as one half of the act Dim Neon Sum.Lomez has a number of releases for Blue Bass,as well as other record labels around the world such as My Favorite Robot,Little Helpers and others.
YACINE A.
http://soundcloud.com/yacine-a
Yacine A. is a young DJ from Washington DC. Having gotten into classic music like piano when he was young, the envy for music was always present. Constantly switching through instruments in search for the one that suited him best, the search went on for a while. When being offered his first pieces of DJ equipment at the age of 15, he started dj'ing parties at his French High School in Washington DC. Having given it up for a while for sports, Yacine A. fell in love with a whole different style of music, one that is becoming more and more popular as each year goes by; Deep House. Having found this style of music, Yacine A. started making mixes and podcasts of tracks that were more his style. Now a resident DJ for Sunglass Sundays DC, Yacine A. is becoming one of the young Dj's that compose the Washington DC Underground Nightlife Scene.
RAFFI (LoopDC)
http://soundcloud.com/loopdc
