In this section, you'll find pictures from my insane techno studio, as well as photos from live-pa shows at raves, clubs and house parties. I'm lucky to have a very talented photographer for a girlfriend - Erin is always taking photos, and my live shows and gear collection are often a source of subject material for her. I'm also always looking for more, so if you've got photos from a MUX show, drop me a line and let me know.
I played a set at the annual Burning Man "Decompression" party in Calgary, thrown by the local burner community, in which Shell and the Jonnay are very active. The party was excellent, and I got to hang out with a lot of people I hadn't seen in ages. Jonnay threw down the livepa techno accompanied by Jen on vocals, which was a treat.
"Just What The Doctor Ordered" was a blast - the "Dopamine Rebound" crew invited me to play a set in spite of previous bad blood, much respect for that. Out of ten sets, there were *four* live-pa acts at this party - good to see that live techno is finally starting to get a toehold in Vancouver's tough scene. Also appearing on the bill were Dr.Doom, Aya and Transgress.
The fine gentlemen at "Kcuf Ouy" had me back to throw down again, this time with two live-pa sets in one night... also appearing was Ricardo Almeida, an awesome guy with mad, mad production skills.
This was the most packed I'd seen the clubnight so far - I personally blame the fact that there were two live-pa acts, plus several special days for the upper ranks of Vancouver's techno elite... Trevor "SonOfJacob" Jacobson and Jon "Little Jon" both celebrated their birthdays. :)
"A Nightmare On Davie Street" was a joint production between Intimate Productions (aka Farshad and crew) and Pod6 Productions (aka our house). We made a deal with "Vibes" lounge, charged $10/head, and packed the place. About 200 people showed up (and I think legal capacity is around 180), and Granolaboy, Stormchild, Anisotropic, GIJody and myself rocked the dancefloor until 3am. This was a *three* room party - the other room had Farshad's folks; NUDLZ, Mack Hardy, Tantra, Johnny Fever and Team Trainwreck. The last room had no DJs, but was manned by professional doms hosting a dungeon full of BDSM equipment! Few escaped without a whipping....
Got a chance to play at "Reflections Cabaret", a gay-friendly nightclub in Halifax, Nova Scotia. WOW. I had no idea it'd turn out like it did - somewhere around 350-400 people turned out. I didn't even go on until about 2:30am, and judging by the email I got afterwards, I think I blew a few minds. :) I guess the East Coast doesn't see all that much live-pa techno!
Also spinning that night were DJ Giselle, spinning hard house and trance, and my good friend Malte 'DJ Slipmind' Wendlandt, spinning an eclectic mix of psy. DJ Tommyknuckles runs the night, and was a most gracious and friendly host.