SHAMELESS SOCIAL is this Friday night at Electric Tea Garden! The inaugural edition features a rich array of talent from around the Northwest, headlined in part by:
214 live (Touchin' Bass, Pyramid Transmissions)
To sit at a table set with the sounds of 214 (TwoFourteen) is to be served hungry-man portions of honey-buttered electro beats, side dishes of synth-line treats, and dollops of IDM-get-down. Like most musicians, Chris Roman's path is rooted in a veritable melting pot of sounds. Some of the influences are obvious. Others not so much so.
His Puerto Rican birthright and Miami upbringing ring apparent when he's pumping out sci-fi roller disco sounds, but when his vibe turns to the cold dark comfort of Detroit-esque minimal mind funk, it would seem this man forgets from whence he came. It's a memory lapse that sounds like a lapdance in the side room of a space ship. More importantly, it's a memory lapse that works. It's not so much a lapse then as a love of diversity, a creative finesse with a variety of good tastes.
214 effortlessly blends lush Latin roots with robo-transformer trips, always maintaining a skillful balance between the nasty, the not-right, the cold, hard, and just-right - all at the same time. He's got plenty of tricks up his proverbial record sleeve. And he's been pulling them out for years now.
Wherever you can find it, count on 214 for premium blend electro and assorted savory flavors from the future.
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www.touchinbass.com
www.pyramidtranmissions.com
ALONG WITH DJS:
Ben Tactic (Dress 2 Sweat, Think 2wice, PDX)
(MySpace)
Scratchmaster Joe
File Jerks
(MySpace)
Rolo Tamasi
Verse & Barbarella
Electric Tea Garden
21+ 9pm to Late
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