BLOW YOUR OWN WAY
Featuring Alex Smoke LIVE (Glasgow, UK)
[Soma Records / Vakant Recordings]
Thursday 25th January 2007 (Australia Day Eve)
Saratoga complex - 149 Toorak Rd, South Yarra (enter via Darling St)
10pm - 5am
MAIN FLOOR
Alex Smoke LIVE
Pat Stormont LIVE
Dallas Raft (3 decks n' sampling units)
Dave Pham
Simon Slieker
Mike Callander
SIDE BAR
Brett Anderson
Lance Harrison
Virginia Le
After a sell-out show with Kenny Larkin last year drawing accolades across the board, revered underground event series Blow Your Own Way returns with one of the hottest names in modern electronica - Alex Smoke LIVE. Again deftly interweaving the boutique with the underground, this episode enters the luscious surroundings of the historic Saratoga complex alongside Melbourne's finest purveyors of minimal techno, microhouse and deep funk – including the Blow Your Own Way debut of Pat Stormont LIVE and a specially choreographed set from Dallas Raft incorporating 3 decks and sampling units, enabling him to mix and layer up to 9 records simultaneously!! Once again we welcome you to the cutting-edge of electronic music, we welcome you in fact, to Paradolia…
ARTIST:
Infusing strongly European-inspired minimal techno and house with melodic Detroit strings, electro, dub, acoustic and even classical elements, Smoke's music is refreshingly original and inspiring. His prolific output possesses a warmth all-too-often lacking in that of his contemporaries, his sound embracing human musicality as much as brittle machine soul. After his highly acclaimed album releases on Soma Records, Incommunicado (2005) and Paradolia (2006), and a string of killer twelve inches on coveted label Vakant from Berlin, Alex has quickly climbed the ranks of the techno elite and is consistently placed in lists alongside the best minimal and techno producers the world over. Alex has just released Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi Vol. 3 (November 2006) on Soma Records, assembling an expansive selection of tracks that perfectly define his influences and style - from unreleased Smoke material to forgotten classics from legendary producers like Basic Channel, Juan Atkins and Robert Hood, to modern electronic pioneers, including Claro Intelecto, Thomas Brinkmann and Troy Pierce.
Having remixed the likes of Mylo, Alex Under, Vector Lovers, Steve Reich, Junior Boys, Depeche Mode, Funk D'Void, Slam and Andre Kraml, Alex is in huge demand as a producer, remixer and DJ, even putting together a live mix for the massively popular ‘Essential Mix’ on UK’s BBC Radio One earlier this year. He has already toured the world over; playing some of the most highly regarded clubs and Festivals across the UK, Europe, USA, Russia, Japan and beyond. His live sets are the stuff of legend. After a brief appearance at Melbourne’s Red Bull Music Academy, Soma Corp is proud to present the full Alex Smoke LIVE experience in his first Australasian tour.
TICKETS:
Presale Tickets: $20 + b/fee
STRICTLY LIMITED CAPACITY / LIMITED PRESALE AVAILABLE
Fully licensed event / 18+ Admission only
IN THE MIX [Online] - www.inthemix.com.au
ALLEY TUNES [Hawthorn] - 9819-9449
CENTRAL STATION [City] - 9642-5744
DMC RECORDS [South Yarra] - 9824-1211
MINISTRY OF STYLE [Fitzroy] - 9419-4952
RHYTHM & SOUL [Prahran] - 9510-8244
ALEX SMOKE.. trust Glenny. please come! 
mister
lets go!
me too.. Pulling out!
