Red Bull Music Academy and Upfront present Theo Parrish

[TheOperatives]

Red Bull Music Academy and Upfront band together to bring you one of the deepest producers in the world today!!!!

An afternoon info session about the Red Bull Music Academy followed by a gig that would be typical of the day in the life of an RBMA participant.

April 5th - Miss Libertine


“Love of the music should be the driving force of any producer, performer or DJ. Everything else stems from that core, that love. With that love, sampling can become a tribute; An expansion on ideas long forgotten, reconstruction, collage. Using the same understanding openly and respectfully can turn DJing into a spiritual participation. It can turn a few hours of selection into essential history; Necessary listening through movement.”
– Theo Parrish

This personal philosophy gives shape and direction to the distinctive sounds that are created by Theo Parrish.

Theo Parrish was born in Washington, DC in 1972 and raised in Chicago, IL where his passion for music developed. Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, Bob Marley as well as his uncle, jazz musician Dexter Sims, all had strong influences on Theo’s early musical life. Chicago’s radio influences and house artists such as Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Lil’ Louis, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Gene Hunt, Mike Dunn, Frankie Knuckles, Walter “Get Down” Brown and Andrew Hatchett helped to spawn Mr. Parrish’s early career. He began spinning and producing tracks in 1986 at the age of thirteen.

After graduating from the Academy for the Artist, he received a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute where his interest in music was taken to a new level through his study of sculpture. In 1994, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from KCAI with a concentration of Sound Sculpture, a form of orchestration using live generating devices. While in KC, Theo continued to impact and be impacted by dance music helping bring a dormant underground scene to life.
In 1994, Theo moved to Detroit where he became heavily involved in the underground music scene. Producing music and delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout Detroit and surrounding areas as well as abroad. He has gained attention and respect of DJs, producers, listeners and dancers worldwide.”

Alongside Rick Wilhite and, of course, the ever mysterious Moodymann, Theo Parrish represents a new style of Detroit house. Slower and more experimental than its Chicago counterpart, it’s a sound that looks mainly to African-America�s rich musical heritage for inspiration. Theo Parrish juxtaposes elements of soul, jazz, disco, funk and techno with simple but often hypnotically funky 4/4 house rhythms. Discover his unique sound when he tours Australia.

Theo Parrish is the purveyor of a lo-fi, slowed-down, twisted house – somehow bridging the gap between german crackling techno (Kompakt, Klang, Force Inc) and the Detroit soul of his alter-ego, Moodymann.

There will also be a RBMA info session in the afternoon with the man himself for all those interested in applying for the academy, more info soon.

[same o]

yeah dope..

is there going to be free beer again?

[RMHC]

lovely!

4hour+ set please!

[RMHC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dydtXJ9 ... re=related


interesting cat

[TheOperatives]

In its 11th year, the Red Bull Music Academy provides a creative space for 60 participants from over 30 countries to come together through their common passion for music, joining in lectures and creating music with some of today’s most inspiring innovators as well as legendary originators of the past.

Interested?

If your passion is writing, playing, performing or producing music then you are invited to a FREE INFO SESSION where you can have all your questions answered about what the Academy is, how you can apply and what you can expect once you get there. And to give you a taste of what you can experience at the Academy, we invite you to sit in on an exclusive lecture with one of house music’s heavyweights, Theo Parrish.

The music of Theo Parrish is uncompromisingly deep. He an artist that not only demands the respect of his house music contemporaries, but whose fan-base crosses many purist genres. At times dark, sometimes disturbing but always soulful, Parrish’s recordings on his own Sound Signature label, Ugly Edits and Peacefrog stand the test of timely fads and fashion. As an artist who has chosen a path that has managed to be successful while staying underground, Parrish will have much to share with the music purveyors of Australia.

The gig will follow this awesome info session!! Don't miss it people, icannot stress enough to all you music heads how large an experience this will be. Ask your local melb counterparts!!

[J Gal]

last years info sessions was dope. music heads should totally be there for this!

[dust]

Yeh last years session was wicked.

I'll be down for this one.

[TheOperatives]

[TheOperatives]

[stable]

[RMHC]

plays some rad music too steve, anyone whose into funk,disco,soul,jazz should check him out, he makes some rad wonky house music, but his sets often have varied style not just handbag shit

[RMHC]

this is the kind of set he plays


01. Marvin Gaye - Life Is For Learning (Motown)
02. Dfa - Microstructural Characterization (Surveillance Rec.)
03. ??? - ???
04. Trip Do Brasil – Jelba Small
05. Moodymann - ???
06. ??? - ???
07. Daryk Cura - Wide Open (Eargasmic)
08. Dwele - The Sun (Virgin)
09. Larry Heard - Missing You (Son Dexter Django Version) (Trackmode)
10. Ron Trent - ???
11. Hipnotic - Naima Laws Of Motion
12. Reggie Dokes - Black Thoughts (Psychostasia)
13. Larry Heard - Missing You (Tp Remix) (Trackmode)
14. Unknown Artist - Prescription Underground (Prescription 113)
15. Son Dexter - Sonrise Dance (Alleviated)
16. Herbie Hancock - The Essence (Joe Claussell mix) (Transparentmusic)
17. James Mason - Sweet Power (Soulbrother)
18. Nina Simone - See Line Woman
19. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (Columbia)
20. Brothers Johnson - Caught Up
21. Braxton Holmes - 12 Inches Of Pleasure (Clubhouse)
22. Screamin Rachel - Rock Me (Westbrook)
23. Larry Heard/Mr Fingers - Closer
24. Nature Love - Speak Softly (Nite Life Collective)
25. Chaka Khan - What U Did
26. Undisputed Truth – Sandman (Gordy)
27. Dwele - The Sun (Virgin)
28. Tony Allen vs. Kraked Unit - The Man With The Drum
29. Marvin Gaye - Heavy Love Affair (Motown)
30. Herbie Hancock - Stars In Your Eyes (CBS)
31. Gil Scott Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Arista)

man i should be promoting this

[sweetcheeks]

a dream and a prayer! yes yes YES

[TheOperatives]

Front
9 to 10 Sean
10 to 11 Kano
11 to 12 Martin L
Main
11 to 12 J-Nett
12 to 1 Research and Development
1 to close Theo Parish