...No not THAT time, its Phonographic Thursday at Medusa!!!
HONOGRAPHIC with SPECIAL GUESTS:
...DJ PHSH (superdope, party + bullshit)
Phsh built his Superdope party from the ground up, outgrowing many a center city location before landing the rager off south street at Fluid, and aside from regularly packing that spot deeper than Ive ever seen he continues to bring huge crowds and big lineups wherever he spins (which is actually kind of hard to keep track of.) One night he's in West, the next South, the next NYC opening for someone I have to google at a giant venue. The kid's hustling, and he's one of the rare people deserving of the hype. A recent conversation revealed that he's been DJing since 14, and spent at least the first 4 years whipping vinyl only. That skill-building payed off last week in AC when Phsh, armed with only a small stack of Mad Decent releases, threw down an impromptu unbilled guest set at the Boneyard around 4am, to the marvel of onlookers and Chris Bush (who brought the 12"s). I'm psyched to hear the darker side of this deep crate digger at Phonographic, and I know that he's willing to accept the challenge from first-lady of Philly Dubstep Suga Shay. Expect to hear all the heaters in this battle for relationship-wobbling supremacy!!
SUGA SHAY (Brass Knuckles, MDM)
I first had the honor of catching Shay spin Mad Decent Monday as one of the rotating cast of residents, where her exuberance and song selection landed her squarely in the center of my radar before she was five tracks deep into her set. Unable to be contained by just one party, she quickly picked up a spot at Mojito and was instrumental in the Takeover of the Makeover, slaying big systems alongside veteran selectors as if it was her destiny. It didn't take long for the rest of philly to catch on either, and soon enough you could see Shaina almost everyday of the week, whether it be at PYT for Brass Knuckle Thursdays, 'In Jail' with Qi Command at the Institute for Indulge, in AC at the boneyard for F.M.L., or even laying down the bass-canon and whipping Indie Rock with DJ Ruxbin at the Dive Bar. Now she'll be doing what she does best: bringing the bass-thumping pain to an intimate dancefloor primed for the grimiest of synths and the darkest of dubs. Shay and Phsh will each be getting a full headlining set to battle it out and see whose dance floor is willing to rage the hardest!! This is going to be a full on rave cave battle!!
with residents:
DJ SEGA (Ryeot Powrr, Up In Smoke)
You know about DJ Sega. You live in Philadelphia. You've watched this kid out-hustle, out-work and out-DJ a lot of different people in a lot of different venues for years now. But what has he done for you lately? It's not like he's reissued his OOP mixedtape 'Back for the Last Time', or given away 2 free live sets from Phonographic at Medusa on Maddecent.com. TGRIoline and Actualrecords.org. Or teamed up with Rye Rye to give away over an hour of free music, including 9 original remix productions. He certainly didn't leak the links to New Jack Philly or his own 1st installment of 'Sega's Sixers Series,' while doing multiple east-coast mini tours in support of limited cassette only bootleg tapes and Fresh melt Water Collaboration T-Shirts. He definitely didnt set up a new monthly in a spot you can smoke in, with no cover, on the 4th Saturday of every month at the Dive Bar. Wait, No. He DID do all of that. Come to think of it, What have YOU done for DJ Sega lately?!?! Clubstep 4.0. Stay late!!
DJ RUXBIN (Actual Records, Don't Step)
Curator of Phonographic and lucky friend of the best DJs and producers in the city of Philadelphia. Continually bestowed with the opportunity to cop new and limited locally produced prerecorded media, DJ Ruxbin feels it necessary to keep alive the medium(s) in which sound was originally intended to be preserved and played back from. Focusing lately on bringing more exposure to the uncanny noise of Schmohawk, Clubstep and some of the most progressive and rapidly rising young bass-centric DJs in the city of Philadelphia, Ruxbin founded Actual Records in 2006 to serve the needs of releasing vinyl, tapes and limited hand made compact discs and preserving the sounds, flyers and taste-making of those willing to shape the sonic landscape of Philadelphia. Most recently booking lineups including: Qi Command, DJ BHB, Dr. Ew, Kid Queasy, Shawn Ryan and others, Phonographic is establishing a precedent of mind-boggling programming. Catch Ruxbin again with Suga Shay at When ANMLs ATTACK! in Atlantic City Saturday Feb. 26th!!
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SHANE SIXTEN (Theta Ops, The Stick Up)
Fusing independent forward-thinking hip hop with the absolute hardest of UK grime and dubstep production, Six Ten has been diggin up far away gems and pairing them with unreleased and personally gifted local originals for a hot minute now. Packing spots in West Philly from Basements to 'Ultra Lounges' wasn't enough for the kid, and soon he was bumping his party from Spring Garden secret spots to North Philly warehouses. Most recently he set up a regular hip hop night every third Thurs at Dive Bar for the Stick Up. Always showing love on the local tip, blasting tracks from Larry E, Ground Up, DJ Sega, Scanz, Dumhi, Distantstarr and a slew of other area slayers. Shane's set's are always ahead of the game and usually ahead of the crowd, so don't wait til 11 to get here and look cool, get here at 9:30, listen to Shane's set, and be able to TELL people what's cool for the whole next month or so. Hip Hop plus Six Ten plus Weirdo analog wobbles = Budstep.
A night of heavy bass, good vibes, great people and amazing DJs.
NO COVER.
930-2AM
next month: Thurs March 24th: !!FONOGRAPHICA!!
!!el proximo mes tenemos DJ RECK!!!
(that's: next month we have DJ RECK!! for all you non-spanish speakers)
EXCLUSIVE MIX and info coming to actualrecords.org.. stay tuned!
We Love this Party (and not just because we help host it), and we love you!
See you there!
Love,
The 3 Girls Philly
