Planes, trains, automobiles...and techno hippies.

Wonderful week with our friend Rick Bull aka Deepchild. Started off with a debut performance in Portland and then we took off for beautiful Twin Springs in Idaho for Esthetic Evolution.

Also, don't forget tonight's throwdown (The Social) at ETG is free before 11pm. Come get your PRIDE on!

Video from My Bloody Valentine is Shameless #8

Thanks again to everyone who came out and made the night a hit! Here's the video to prove it.

The Next Shameless Social (Portland vs Seattle)

You gotta get outta there!

Shameless/Innerflight Throwdown!

Please join us on Saturday, March 26th for ROUND 2 of the recently revitalized Shameless Social! This month, we're incredibly excited to be hosting our good friends from the ever-talented Innerflight crew in a tag-team DJ session of epic proportions. Each Shameless resident will be going head-to-head with an Innerflight resident of YOUR CHOICE! That's right, you get to vote on the pairing!Our crews have been good friends for years, and most of us have played together at a variety of shows. But we've only gone head-to-head one other time, at Balls Out, an old Shameless monthly at the ReBar. Balls were out! Beats were dropped! Words were exchanged! Costumes were worn! Star-spangled banners were played! It was an outright deluge of dance music insanity. In the very end, there were no clear winners... except the dancers still standing when the lights were turned on. This time may prove to be even crazier...

-THE CONTENDERS-
Repping INNERFLIGHT:
J-Sun (AKA Frequent Flyer)
Kadeejah Streets (AKA the Wolfman's Brotha)
Manos (AKA the hands of fun)
Rhines (AKA High hitpoint Harry)

Repping SHAMELESS:
Recess (AKA Our Fearless Founder)
Levi Clark (AKA Baby Daddy)
Joe Bellingham (AKA the Mad Baker)
Adlib (AKA Dr. D-vo!)

How will it turn out this time? Who will win? Shameless? Innerflight? one of the dynamic duos? The ETG barstaff? Your hangover? You? The answer is that nobody knows! And the only way you're gonna find out is through voting (below), attending the show and getting down with your bad selves.

TO VOTE, PLEASE VISIT:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V2KY5N6

We will announce the results of the survey a few days prior to the event, then draw straws for time slots. Come early and stay late, because we assure you some awesome and unexpected shenanigans are gonna go down all night long.

Esthetic Evolution #6- Twin Springs, ID

Ever wanted to party with a 1000 of your closest friends? Ok ok... maybe not all of them are your best friends, but there's likely only a couple of degrees of separation between them. That's how it works out here in the Northwest and that applies to Seattle, Portland, Boise and beyond. That closeness and cohesive network is one of the reasons our corner of the country has been gaining such a positive reputation for having an incredibly rich and creative music community. The folks at Esthetic Evolution in beautiful Twin Springs, ID have done a wonderful job building up their annual music and arts festival. So much so that they've almost sold ALL 1000 of their available tickets! As of this blog post there are less than 50 tickets available and they're only located at record stores in Boise.

But fret not. Shameless has one ticket available as a giveaway for some lucky reader. Email Shamelessinseattle2@gmail.com with "EE Loves Me" in the subject heading and the first person to write gets the ticket. (EDITED TO ADD... Congratulations to AshleyZ who was quick to respond and won the EE ticket giveaway!)

By the way, we've written about Esthetic Evolution before. Click the links below to check out past pictures.

2007
2008
2009

Also, check out the video from last year...


Lots of great content and more information about Esthetic Evolution here.

Hope to see you on the Potato Playa!

Video from Menami's Music Madness

Happy birthday Menami!

My Bloody Valentine is Shameless #7 - Video & Pictures

Thanks to everyone that came out to celebrate Shameless' 7+ year anniversary. So much love!

Video!

Pictures!

Dave Matthew's once again captured some amazing pictures

from our party.

Click here to see them all...

My Bloody Valentine Is Shameless this Friday! Featured artist: J. Phlip (Dirtybird)

It’s that time of the year – the annual My Bloody Valentine is Shameless party is Friday, February 12 at Chop Suey, and Shameless is very excited to have special guest J. Phlip of the Dirtybird crew as part of the action-packed lineup! Chosen as one of URB Magazine’s Next 100 of 2009, J. Phlip has quickly established herself as a tried-and-true party starter and swifly rising producer and remixer.

J. Phlip (Jessica Phillippe) spent her teens dancing at numerous clubs and parties in her hometown of Champaign, Illinois and nearby Chicago, where she enjoyed the Windy City’s iconic house and underground hip-hop scene. Her exposure to such legends as DJ Heather, Derrick Carter, and Sneak had a marked influence on her musical development and eventually inspired her to procure decks herself at age 19 while attending the University of Illinois, where she studied – and excelled – in the Systems Engineering program.

During her time playing out in Chicago about five years ago, she met Justin Martin at a gig. She traded one of her DJ mix CDs for his collection of his own tracks, which she eagerly started playing (and specifically learned how to use CDJs to play then out). A subsequent meeting soon afterwards with the rest of the Dirtybird crew in Miami – Martin, Sammy D, and Claude Von Stroke – solidified a friendship that eventually brought her out to San Francisco for gigs that, in turn, compelled her to make a permanent move to the Bay Area and join the crew officially. She loves the freedom of expression that the San Francisco scene offers to play however she wants, whether it be “weird or harder or deeper” and currently plays every Thursday in San Francisco at the legendary Endup and at quarterly Dirtybird parties in SF at Mezzanine.

Now a fully-fledged Dirtybird artist, she has toured with Claude Von Stroke and released solid remix tracks on the label. As her Soundcloud page attests, she describes her musical stylings in a myriad of ways – but usually attaches the prefix “hybrid booty” onto each description: “hybrid booty techno” and “hybrid booty electro.” She explains that Claude Von Stroke originally tagged the term upon her DJ mixes, so she decided to use it on the multifarious genres she favors. But, and more simply put, she just likes “to keep the music fun and BOOTY shakin’ whether it be techy or housey or dubby or whatever” in her DJ mixes and original productions.

J. Phlip’s productions fit in comfortably with the signature Dirtybird tech-house sound that launched her labelmates Claude Von Stroke, Tim Green, and Justin and Christian Martin into worldwide notoriety. Take her remix of Luca Lozano’s Berlinetta” – it maintains a solidly Dirtybird-like backbeat and bassline while throwing in waves of subtle yet powerful tribal syncopated beats and oceanic synth fills that weave in and out of the track. She takes this pattern a few steps further with her remix of the Claude Von Stroke/Bootsy Collins collaboration “The Greasy Beat.” Here, an incessantly funky and blippy beat and bassline is ever-prevalent and builds ever-so-subtle momentum, punctuated with periodic old school James Brown-esque that unfolds into a Bootsy-powered preaching to the masses that suddenly, drastically, peaks and unleashes the floodgates that is sure to make the dance floor go apeshit.

Her last appearance in Seattle was during last year’s Decibel Festival, where she rocked the waters on the Uniting Souls boat party (even while braving the flu through it all). Her appearance at My Bloody Valentine Is Shameless may be the last Seattle appearance of J. Phlip for awhile, as she’s planning to move to Berlin this spring for five months to spread her gospel even further. Based on what we’ve heard thus far, look for J. Phlip to do even bigger things in the next few years.

Listen to J. Phlip’s DJ mixes and remixes at: soundcloud.com/jphlip

Learn more about J. Phlip at:
www.myspace.com/jphlipmusics
www.myspace.com/jphlip
www.twitter.com/jphlip
www.dirtybirdrecords.com
www.motherbirdagency.com

My Bloody Valentine Is Shameless is Friday, February 12 at Chop Suey!!

This year it's all WEST COAST LOVIN'!!
TWO ROOMS OF MUSIC! DRESS TO EXPRESS!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
HEARTBREAKERS HALL:
Drumcell (Droid Behavior) LA
J.Phlip (Dirtybird) SF
Recess (Shameless)
Menami (Shameless)

LOVERS LOUNGE:
Jen Woolfe (Shameless, SF)
Robb Green (Shameless, SF)
214 Live! (Mikrolux, Pyramid Transmissions, Touchin' Bass, SEA)
Levi Clark (Shameless)
Adlib (Shameless)

Live visuals by Loopid
Pics by Dave Matthews

Heart shaped pinata smashing at midnight!

Shameless XXXmas Parties 2009

I don't know if it's the spiked egg nog, the upcoming days off from work or maybe the impending doom of relatives coming into town that often makes the last Saturday before Christmas a serious contender for party night of the year.

This year, we're thrilled to be returning to the See Sound Lounge after a long hiatus. As a resident DJ since they first opened the doors over 6 years ago, I've watched the Lounge transform from a fresh new venue in Belltown to a well established and respected haven for quality electronic music. I'm sure it helps that one of the owners is a DJ himself. Details such as top notch equipment and good sound are obviously valued. A healthy balance of top local DJs and high profile out of town bookings helps to keep the vibe fresh, while consistently serving up one amazing party after another. See Sound Lounge is a one of a kind cosmopoliton venue with a clean, minimalistic design that appeals to a wide audience.

However, this Saturday December 19th it's going to get dirty. Both Levi Clark and I will be holding down the decks while MC Anton Bomb brings his magic to the mic. Levi is also planning to bring down his electric guitar to use as a midi controller off and on throughout the night. We're excited to be returning to the See Sound Lounge and hope that you'll come join us in our BELLTOWN INVASION!!






Plus, we'll be keeping the party going at the Monkey Loft later on. Resident Shameless DJs Menami and Adlib will be joined by special guests Kris Moon and Kristina Childs. Ms. Childs killed it at the last Hive Mind Halloween and we're looking forward to hearing her throw down for us again.

Kris Moon is one of my all time favorite local DJs. Unfortunately he hasn't been local for the past couple of years which makes this appearance even more special. He was the founder of Robo.Trash, a club night that inspired me to expand my own personal scope as a DJ. He started the Division email list years ago which has grown tremendously and represents electronic music DJs, producers and promoters all over the Pacific Northwest. He's also one of the originators of the Laptop Battle, a concept that has caught on all over the country. The Laptop Battle is taking place this Friday December 18th at Chop Suey.


In addition, Kris Moon has a weekly radio show call Moon Bass every Wednesday on KBGA 89.9 FM Missoula. Here's a link and tracklist from his show last week...


From Kris: "Invasion of the UK Funky! I've been keeping my eye on this sound and finally got together a nice little selection that I highlight in the first hour, then it's on to some dubstep and the slow fade into mellowness. Remember Skylab? #1 is incredible, find yourself that album... enjoy...."


Four Tet "Our Bells"
STATION ID "SINPLANT DROP"
Shortstuff "A Rustling"
Bok Bok "Nntf09"
N.B. Funky "Riddim Box (Sami Sanchez Remix)"
Sully "Duke St Dub"
Whistla "Puddles"
KP & Envy "Swing My Way (Solly Remix)"
Top Billin "Waiting"
Buraka Som Sistema "Restless (Julio Bashmore Remix)"
Blackhouse Project "Come Dancin"
Hardhouse Banton "Reign"
Karizma "Twyst This"
Attacca Pesante & Shea Soul "Make It Funky For Me"
Fuzzy Logik "Way You Move"
L-VIS 1990 "Run"
Altered Natives "Rass Out"
Aaron Carl "Oasis (Nick Holder Remix)"
Big Moe "Ill Do It (Go Go Garcia Remix)"
Zomby "Float"
Midfield General "Coatnoise (Dave Clarke Mix)"
Adam Beyer "Forthcoming"
Jeff Mills "The Sin"
MLZ "One State"
Claro Intelecto "Peace of Mind (Electrosoul)"
STATION ID "COMPUTER SPEAK DROP"
DZ "Down"
Bassnectar "Cozza Frenzy"
Cotti Featuring Doctor "Rise The Temperature"
501 "Sure Shot"
Taz Buckfaster "20 Red"
Bionic Commando "Bionic Commando (Rusko Remix)"
Deadmau5 "Ghosts & Stuff (Nero Remix)"
Joker "Snake Eater"
Jaybird "Work Dat Box"
Untold "Stop What You're Doing"
Intrusion "OceanView"
Darkstar "Break"
Jamie Vexd "In System Travel"
Tapes "Good Thing You Came Along"
Roof Light "In Your Hands"
Flying Lotus "Robo Tussin (Instrumental)"
Skylab "Seashell"
http://www.krismoon.com/2009/12/moon-bass-1-33/

Hive Mind Halloween XV - Pictures

A note from the good peoples at Hive Mind...

-------------------
A GIANT thank you to everyone who came out for Hive Mind Halloween this year, it was an unparalleled success! We had over 1,300 people come through the door and netted over $24,000 for our two causes: Room to Read (building schools in poor villages in Nepal, Cambodia, Laos and neighbors as well as providing scholarships for young girls) and Youngstown (a community center providing arts education to at-risk youth and offices for environmental and arts organizations).

Of course, in addition to you all who came, we want to thank all the people who volunteered their time to make it happen: Randy, Sara, Laura and the whole crew from Youngstown, Philthy Sanchez and the Camp In Bed crew, Black Rock City Animal Control, Hippocampus, the Game of Clue, Levi Clark and the DJ's, Cam and the bar crew, and all the kind folks who came Friday, Saturday and Sunday to help out.

If you took pictures, please post them to Flickr with the tag "hivemind09" so other folks can enjoy. We're already seeing some show up. If you use another service, please send us a link to your photo album, and we'll post it to the Hive Mind 09 web site (www.hive-mind.com/halloween/09).

Finally, a lot of folks have been asking if that was really the last Hive Mind Halloween party. We did honestly plan on it being so: it's grown from a 20 person house party to a 1,300 person multi-stage event over 15 years, and that's a lot of work. But after seeing how much enthusiasm there is, how so many groups were willing to kick in their time, and what a great time everyone had, we're looking for a way to keep the fire lit without burning out. And if it does happen again, we promise to have shorter bar lines!

Luckily, we've got a year to think about it...

- Shelly, Jordan and the everyone that is Hive Mind
--------------------------------------

And now, the images captured by Shameless' resident photographer. Click on any of them below to see more. Thanks Dave!

Interview with the Flashbulb for "Where the Wild Beats Are"

Chicago’s Benn Jordan (AKA the Flashbulb, Flexe, Acidwolf, Human Action Network and numerous other monikers) ranks among the most versatile acts in the electronic music world. His production traverses spacey ambient, classic Chicago acid, melodic breakcore and everything in between. His largely improvisational live sets feature a guitar with MIDI pickups, extensive use of loop pedals and complete re-workings of his growing catalog. The end result is a gorgeous cacophony of sound leaving fans trying to decipher where he ends and the music begins. Shameless is very proud to have him co-headline October 16^th’s “Where the Wild Beats Are” at Chop Suey with Kid 606.

Benn represents everything we at Shameless love in a performer. His music is intelligent but danceable, gritty but melodic, and emotional but always a little tongue in cheek… and it’s always evolving. But Benn’s appeal extends way beyond our eccentric tastes. At only 31 years old, he already has over thirty major releases under a variety of monikers. He has remixed for artists such as Aphex Twin and toured with acts as diverse as Telefon Tel Aviv and the Dillinger Escape Plan. He is also owner of the nonprofit Alphabasic record label and an award-winning composer for advertising, television and film. In other words, his entire life revolves around making music.

I was recently able to interrupt Benn’s busy schedule for a brief interview. We spent a half hour discussing his personal musical evolution, his label as a “breakcore” artist and his views on pirating and digital music distribution. The highlights are included below. But the only way to truly appreciate Benn’s music is to catch a live Flashbulb set. We’ll see you at Chop Suey on October 16th. We promise it won’t disappoint.

ADLIB:

Between the Flashbulb, Flexe, Acidwolf and all your various other aliases, you’ve developed a pretty varied range in production spanning two decades. Just how big is your catalog to date?

FLASHBULB:

I’m not sure. It’s sometimes difficult because you have different versions of stuff. There was a vinyl version of Red Extensions of Me that came out in Europe that has all these extra tracks and is missing tracks from the US version. If you count all that stuff, it’s above forty. If you don’t, I would say it’s between twenty five and thirty releases.

ADLIB:

Out of all your work, which songs or albums are the most meaningful to you at this time?

FLASHBULB:

I think Reunion (as the Flashbulb) has been my favorite so far. It was done pretty fast so it felt really accomplished, and there weren’t many computers or much post-production used. It was very (live) performance based… I think it’s probably my most eclectic and original, where I have the most composition.

ADLIB:

You are considered a pioneer of the “breakcore” sound. Do you think this is an accurate description?

FLASHBULB:

It’s really hard to say. Some people would get angry if they heard someone say I was a pioneer of the breakcore sound. Others have told me that I’m a pioneer of the breakcore sound… When I think of breakcore, I think of really fast, evil, distorted sounding stuff. I’ve made a couple tracks like that, but for the most part I pay a lot of attention to melody and the form and function of the song, a lot more than just trying to make something as aggressive as possible. I’ve definitely made fast stuff but I’d call it more drum and bass mixed with metal or jazz.

ADLIB:

Your music has always struck me as much more melodic than a lot of the breakcore out there, although it’s often lumped into that category. You seem recently to have moved beyond that kind of sound into straight guitar work. What does it mean to be evolving past the stereotyped image as a breakcore producer to where you are now?

FLASHBULB:

It’s interesting how you get pigeonholed. I’ve always been a guitar player. It was the first thing I picked up and to this day it’s my number one instrument. Everything starts with writing on the guitar or performing on the guitar and using MIDI pickups to make synthlines… That moves into my live set, too. I’ve been working on a lot more on improvisation. It’s more of a challenge for me and it breathes a new life into touring. The more you rely on a laptop and the more you have a set that is foolproof and that you can’t mess up, the more boring it gets to perform live. So this one’s more nerve-wracking and less boring.

You can do things on a laptop that are pretty wild of course. But I’ve always strayed away from using your standard Ableton Live pre-made set where the only thing that can go wrong is your computer crashes or another technical problem. This is a little bit crazier. If I screw something up live, it’s screwed up in the loop pedal.

ADLIB:

It’s more of a challenge as an artist, then. So you’re pushing boundaries and forcing yourself to be a perfectionist.

FLASHBULB:

It also really comes down to sensing what an audience is feeling, too. That almost borrows from being a good DJ, being able to sense what the audience thinks. If you have an audience that seems really mellow, you’re gonna play more melodic, mellow stuff, but if you have an audience that’s really into dancing, you’re not gonna want to play something slow. It’s nice to be able to improvise and play whatever you think is the right energy.

ADLIB:

In the past, your live performances have incorporated a little bit from all your varied sounds. The last time you played for us (at Esthetic Evolution in Idaho), you played a lot of Acidwolf material and a lot of Flashbulb material with a lot of guitar work layered over your more traditional songs. Do you see your live sets continuing to draw from older material or going in a truly improvisational direction?

FLASHBULB:

I’ve been trying to do half-and-half. I’ve been going in and taking the stems from the original song sessions and incorporating them into the software and loop petals I use for live sets. That way I you pick and choose what you want to play and how long you want to play it for and add solos. You can mix the songs around or stay true to the original, depending on the vibe you get when you’re playing. I think it will mostly be half improvised stuff and half stuff on past albums.

ADLIB:

You’re playing with Kid 606 in Seattle. He plays pretty hard stuff. There will definitely be an interesting mixture of people there for his stuff and yours, but I imagine the whole crowd will want to rock out a bit. It will be an interesting experience for all parties, especially

FLASHBULB:

Yeah, his stuff is pretty heavy, from what I remember (chuckles). Definitely. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Miguel live. I’m really looking forward to it.

ADLIB:

You own your own independent label and also do production for the advertising industry. How do you divide your time between the label work, advertising and your own production?

FLASHBULB:

A lot of it’s prioritizing. If I’m releasing a new album (mine or someone elses) on Alphabasic, then that will take the reigns. If there’s a big campaign coming in for film, television or advertising, then I’ll prioritize that. There have definitely been a lot of sleepless nights and twenty-hour sessions. But the agency that I’m partnered with (Vapor) understands that I’m a recording artist. My contract with them is a freelance contract. If I want to tour or work on my own stuff for a week, I can tell them I’m not gonna work on anything. Of course, my bank account will reflect that (chuckles).

ADLIB:

What direction is Alpha Basic going here soon? What are some of your favorite releases on the label?

FLASHBULB:

We’re actually expanding it quite a lot recently with a couple different things. I have one release coming out called Dojo VS. Switch, which is gitchy, mellow stuff. I’m really happy to be releasing the next Phoenecia album. They were pretty big Schematic artists and I’m doing their next album. All before 2010… It’s a non-profit label. The only people who make a profit are the artists releasing on it. I don’t make anything… The money just carries over. It either goes to the artist or it funds the next release, which is nice.

ADLIB:

You and your label seem to be strong proponents of independent artistry and musicianship and anti corporate exploitation of artists. Just last year you released an album online and allowed fans to pay what they wanted. What motivated you to do this?

FLASHBULB:

I feel like the music industry in the 90s was just so greedy that hey didn’t give people what they wanted. They didn’t move along with the technology or progress. The first CD, I think it was Abba in 1978 or 79 or something, was really profitable. When your making hundreds of thousands, CDs cost around 50 cents each to make with the casing and the artwork. In the beginning, they were selling them for $25 each. You had a huge profit margin and artists were getting a small percentage. They eventually came down because of a class action lawsuit.

In the meantime, they (big labels) weren’t taking advantage of digital distribution and everybody else was. That’s when the whole Napster thing happened. You can’t blame people for pirating music. I don’t think there’s any malicious intent in it. Nobody feels like they’re stealing and nobody should feel like they are. It’s a much easier way to get music than there used to be.

Another way I look at it is if there are 100,000 people out there sharing my album, I’m really happy. This way, I get to play shows like the one next week. A lot of times, those downloaded albums end up in the hands of a producer or licenser for television, which pays more than if everybody brought the album.

I think you just have to open your mind. It’s just the way technology is and there’s nothing you can ever do to stop it. There’s no amount of lawsuits or copy protection schemes or yelling at people will ever stop it.

ADLIB:

It’s just the natural evolution of all art and music distribution.

FLASHBULB:

And it introduces this Darwinian concept to music promotion. The most successful artists are no longer just chosen by who has the record contract and the biggest promotion budget. Now an artist can be popular without a big label. Music is only going to get better that way because it’s a natural selection process with what people listen to.

You have artists that don’t have huge budgets or don’t know somebody but actually make good music and get rewarded for it. Whereas people like Brittney Spears don’t sell records any more. Nobody cares anymore because they can research a lot more music now and don’t have to be subjected to what they’re handed.

ADLIB:

And people could just go pirate it if they want.

FLASHBULB:

I think ultimately it’s a lot bigger than music sales. The music industry is where the focus is. It’s all about copyright. I hate speaking out against copyright because I make my living from it. If someone licenses my music or buys my CD it’s my copyright that creates that process. But copyright also prevents, for example, a kid in a poor family from watching CNN. It ends up being a cable channel where it costs $50 a month to watch CNN or Discovery or History. You end up with a situation where information is being sold and only the people who can afford to learn can buy it. The overall picture is a lot bigger than music. When information becomes free, it kind of levels the playing field. That’s hugely important for society.

I think it’s only a matter of time before everyone realizes socialized copyright is where we’re going. We’ll eventually have an internet tax like the UK’s TV tax… I think the government should setup a network like Napster and the tax gets divvied on what you download for free. It will be the fastest, most complete network. You won’t have to pirate anything and people will get paid for their share of what’s downloaded.

Kulturszene in PDX

We love our techno family down south. If you're not already aware, Kulturszene has been holding it down for a few years now with some of the best local and out of town techno talent around. We're honored to be party to the party tonight. If you're in Portland, OR tonight come check it out. M.quiet and 31avas hold it down each month.

Photosynthesis 2009 - Timeslots posted

There has been quite a buzz out here this summer on the North end of the Left Coast. The underground electronic music community as come together to present a 3 night, 4 day music/art festival under the name Collective Flow. Putting the pieces together is our good friend Kyle from Live & Love. After quickly being known for throwing bad ass renegade parties across the greater Seattle area (some of his bridge parties thrown on the south end of Seattle have become legendary), he has quickly established himself as a young, motivated promoter eager to bring together various crews and communities.

This year, big names are booked such as Amon Tobin, Kid Koala and Daedelus. There will be free workshops throughout the day. Incredibly talented and divserse artists coming in from around the world. Plus, it's all going down in a beautiful outdoor located near Trout Lake, Washington.

If that wasn't reason enough make sure this event is a part of your weekend plans, we've also got a few Shameless DJs (Adlib, Menami & Recess) on the bill. Plus, our friend Joee Irwin (Palmsout Sounds, NYC) is flying in to throw down too! Check out the line-up. In particular look out for the Techno Barn. Yeeeeee-hah!

**TIMESLOTS ANOUNCED**

--NAMA STAGE (main stage)--

Friday
6p-7p...................FORREST
7p-8p...................ANOMIE BELLE
8p-9p...................DEEPEVIBEZ
10p-11p..............RAMIRO
11p-12:30a........LAWN CHAIR GENERALS
12:30a-?.............DAEDELUS

SATURDAY
1p-2p......................REGIS & KATHY LEE w/ LEXA FARRELL
2p-3p......................JOSHUA'S DROWNING
3p-4p......................LEISURE SOUND
4p-5p......................HENDRIK vanRENSBURG
5p-6p......................DYNJO JAMZ
6p-7p......................AQUEOUS
7p-8p......................ANCIENT TOUNGE
9p-10p....................ELECTROSECT
10p-11p..................MURDERBOT
11p-12a..................KJ SAWKA
12a-1:30a...............AMON TOBIN
1:30a-?...................TOBIN vs. SAWKA

SUNDAY
3p-4:30p.................CHRISTOPHER OF THE WOLVES
5p-6p.......................REEF ENCOUNTER
6p-7p.......................DEV NULL
7p-8p.......................OKIZOO
8p-9p.......................JON GLIST
9p-10p.....................TKO
10p-?.......................KID KOALA


--TECHNO BARN--

FRIDAY
5p-6p........................NICKY JEE
6p-7p........................AGGER
7p-8p........................JISAAN
8p-9p........................SONNY CHIBA
9p-10:30p................CRAIG KUNA
10:30p-11:30p........DAWN OF SOUND
11:30p-12:30a........CHARLY
12:30a-1:30a..........THE AUTOMATIC MESSAGE
1:30a-3:00a.............BRIAN ZENTZ
3a-4a........................MILKPLANT (live!)
4a-5:30a..................SONE
5:30a-7:30a............ALEXIS BOYLES
7:30a-8:30..............LOVE VIRUS
8:30a-?....................VON DEWEY

SATURDAY
3p-4p.......................JAMES KIRBY
4p-5p.......................MICRODOT
5p-6p.......................MEDICAL GRADE
6p-7p.......................SKYLER
7p-8p.......................PANTY CONTROL
8p-9p.......................CTRL ALT DLT
9p-10p.....................DEAFCHILD
10p-11:30p.............M'CHATEAU
11:30p-1a...............NORDIC SOUL
1a-2:30a.................JERRY ABSTRACT
2:30a-4:30a............MICHAEL MANAHAN
4:30a-6a..................RECESS
6a-7a........................ROB NOBLE
7a-8a........................CONTENTS
9a-?..........................OPT OUT

SUNDAY
6p-7p........................GONER
7p-8p........................CLAUDE BALZAC
8p-9p........................SWEET BEETS
9p-10p......................TRAVIS BARON
10p-11p....................ADLIB
11p-12a....................JOEE IRWIN
12a-1a.......................DJ ESBE (Anglo Sattelite)
1a-2a.........................HARRISON SHAAF
2a-3a.........................PACKY
3a-4a.........................DJ MANOS
4a-5a.........................RHINES
5a-?...........................KADEEJAH STREETS

--NOVATRON LOUNGE--

FRIDAY
4:20p-5:30p..............Matty K
5:30p-6:30p..............TRANSFORMER
6:30p-7:30p...............ALPENGLO
7:30p-8:30p...............VEX
8:30p-9:30p...............GRYM
9:30p-10:45p.............SURREALIZED
10:45p-11:45p...........DOPELABS
11:45-1a.....................MIKEY FISHER
1a-2a...........................LAFA TAYLOR
2a-3:30a......................NERD REVOLT
3:30a-4:45..................NORTHSTAR
4:45a-6a......................MARK WAND
6a-7:30a......................MIRAJA
7:30a-8:30a................HEAVENLY FATHER
8:30a-9:30a................GEL SOL
9:30a-?........................MEGATRON

SATURDAY
12:20-1:20p................MATTY SON
1:20p-2:20p................RYAN ORGAN
2:20-3:20p..................JASON CURTIS
3:20p-4:20p................BRANDON S
4:20p-5:30p................MARXMAN. 45 & SMEAR
5:30p-6:45p................SHAPESHIFTER
6;45p-8p......................AKSION
8p-9:30p......................TBA
9:30p-11:11p..............RUSO
11:11p-12:12a............DAT GRRRL
12:12a-1:30a..............NOVATRON
1:30a-3a......................FUTURE SIMPLE PROJECT
3a-4:30a......................BOUNCE BRIGADE
4:30a-6a......................ZAPPER
6a-?..............................MEGATRON

SUNDAY
2p-2:30p......................AUDIOSYMMETRY
2:30p-3:30p................NOEL VAUGHN
3:30p-4:30..................RED SOUL
4:30p-5:30p................THE NEW LAW
5:30p-6:30p................ROB ANONYMOUS
6:30p-7:30p................RODIMUS
7:30p-8:30p................FRESH BREATHLESS
8:30p-9:30p................HALO REFUSER
9:30p-10:30p..............DANGER RUSS
10:30p-11:11p............HALO REFUSER
11:11p-2a....................SIAMESE
2a-? ..............................MEGATRON

--H'ARTS CENTER(Chil Stage, Workshops and Seminars)--

FRIDAY
11a-1:15p...................YOGA CLASS (w/ Baca)
1:15p-2:45p................PERMACULTURE CLASS (w/ Heath)
2:45p-4p......................HOOPS CLASS (w/ ZEUT)
4p-5p............................INCENSE MAKING (w/Phil S.)
5p-7p............................MASSAGE (by Chase)

***workshops end at 7p**

10p-11p........................CAPT. TRIPPS
11p-12a........................DJ EKIM
12a-1:20a.....................n8iv
1:20a-2:40a..................LADY MISS ATHENA
2:40a-4a........................WAATER MAARK
4a-5:20a........................ALEPH NULL
5:20a-6:40a..................MUSCHI
6:40-?............................AARON HOYLE

SATURDAY
11a-1:15p.....................YOGA CLASS (w/ Baca)
1:15p-3p........................ASTROLOGY WORKSHOP
3p-5p..............................MASSAGE (by Chase)
5p-6p............................. PERMACULTURE (w/ Kirsten)
6p-7p..............................Z BLANCING (w/ George and Penny)

***workshops end at 7p**

7p-8p..............................ILLUMINESENCE
8p-9p..............................EVELYN BOSKER
9p-10p............................INTROCUT w/ Filkoe
10p-11:30p....................NOISEMAKER
11:30p-1a......................MENAMI
1a-2:30a........................WILL MEMPA
2:30a-3:30a..................ORGANIC COLLECTIVE
3:30a-5a........................MONTSDe
5a-?................................EKIM

SUNDAY
11a-12p.........................FIRE SPINNING PRESENTATION AND CLASS (w/ Dawn)
12p-1p............................ASTROLOGY SEMINAR (w Ver)
1p-3p..............................NATURAL BUILDING (w/ Phil R.)\3p-
3p-4:30p........................AYURVEDA (w/ Gwen)

***workshops end at 7p***

12a-1a........................... COTEC
1a-2a.............................. MAX HEAD IN
2a-3a...............................SWEET BEETS
3a-4a...............................FUZZY COGIGATOR
4a-5a...............................VEX
5a-6a...............................SKOI
6a-?..................................RICHARD LA CHAPELLE

Pictures from May's Broken Disco

Much love to all of the Broken Disconauts that came out in force to support our local line-up. Also, special shouts go out to the Sweatbox crew for help to make that afterparty happen. PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR SEATTLE!!


(Click any of the pics below to see more)

-------------------------------------------------------
Also, check out the line-up for June.... Mochipet returns to Broken Disco!!

What happened to the last month?

Since our last post was almost a month ago it might take a moment to recap...

• Shameless teamed up with Decibel to throw back to back afterparties. The first one at the Clubhouse was only for the hardcore since it took place nye eve (aka the 30th). Kilowatts was our special surprise guest and locals Adlib (P.O.E.), Andrew Luck & Nordic Soul all tore it up. As you can see below our photograper Dave Matthews was having fun with double exposure. Click on the picture to see more!

• The second afterparty for nye almost never happened. At 4:15pm on nye, Shameless HQ got the call from the venue renter who sadly reported that his space wasn't not an option anoymore. Since we were all still waking up from the night before, we sat around asking ourselves what we should do. Here's the dilemma... both John Tejada and Alex Smoke are in town and want to play our afterparty. So we decided to shoot a text message out into the dark and our good friend offered to open up his loft space for our party. About six hours later after lugging speakers across the city, we're cracking open a beer and toasting the new year with our friends while Tejada lays down an incredibly deep and beautiful set until 3:30am when Smoke takes over. An amazing night rose from the ashes of a party that got canceled last minute. With humilty and thankfulness for the strength of the local electronic music community, we here at Shameless considered our good fortunes as 2009 got underway.

• On January 16th, Broken Disco returned with a vengence... Chop Suey installed a new sound system that helped stepped things up in the main room and we brought in a KV2 system for the Make Out Lounge. Yes we are sound snobs. Get over it! It seemed Frivolous and the Martin Brothers appreciated it too. Everyone that played stepped up their game. Thanks to everyone that came out!! WE *HEART* BROKEN DISCO! Check out the pictures by clicking below...

• Speaking of pictures, Sparks Fountain (aka Recess & Kadeejah Streets getting ridiculous behind the decks) made another appearance recently at Produkt's monthly event entitled Analog. Armed with about 15 mexican wrestling masks, a fog machine and a slew filthy bass jams they proceeded to pack the dancefloor while their tongues were painted orange from the frothy beverage (RIP Sparks). More pictures below...

• Lastly... make sure you mark Feb 2oth on your calanders. Broken Disco is coming again!!

Want to keep up on what Shameless is doing? Check out the full calendar on via myspace...
www.myspace.com/shamelessinseattle