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Starts at the Living Room tonight for a slo, nu, italo…disco monthly with EOC and Verse. No cover and yours truly will be their special guest. Can’t wait to share some of the slower jams I’ve been collecting!

Afterwards it’s off to one of Capitol Hill’s best new monthlies…more information here.

New Year’s Eve parties usually involve some serious planning. Otherwise you may find yourself unsuccessfully attempting to hail a cab at 11:49pm with just minutes to get across town before the clock hits midnight. We’ve all been there. This year Shameless recommends the following parties and yes, if you plan accordingly you may even be able to hit them all! Either way, they each represent a piece of Seattle’s vibrant underground dance music community that’s like no other city in this country. Ok maybe we’re a little biased. But we love you Seattle. Have a safe and happy new year!

See you at breakfast!

Got the turntables plugged in and hit record while envisioning an eclectic chill out mix. Here’s the result…something to play while taking a bath, coming home after a night out clubbing or the soundtrack for sleeping in late.

YO-YO CHILL – MIXED BY RECESS

1. Broadcasting Across The Valley by Si Begg & Karen P feat Fatima
2. Never Enough by Electricwest
3. Goddess by Electricwest
4. Send And Receive – Original Mix by Tycho
5. Colours Beyond Colours by DJ Food
6. Lizard Lips by Cex
7. The awakening of a Woman by Cinematic Orchestra
8. Red Dust by Zero 7
9. Dead Noise_ideath by Dead Noise & WD4D
10 Before by Scuba
11. Aquarius by Boards Of Canada
12. Rehash “Month Four” by The Central Standards
13. Breathe by The GB’s Mu.Sic Compilation
14. Chromakey Dreamcoat by Boards Of Canada
15. Alternate Thursday by Platonic
16. Hong Kong by deepchild
17. Because (LOVE Version) by The Beatles
18. Touch – A Mountain Of One & Peyote Remix by Kuniyuki Takahashi
19. Dawn – Original Mix by The Cinematic Orchestra
20. In The Smoke We All Became Birds – Original Mix by Minilogue Enjoy
21. Waters Edge by Rothko, Susumu Yokota
22. Florida by Diplo
23. One Very Important Thought by Boards Of Canada
24. Yoko Duo
25. Everybody’s Favorite Weapon by Free Moral Agents
26. Kelham’s Island – Original by Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby
27. Yoko Duo
28. Universe – Original Mix by Aquarius Heaven

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“…the closest thing to a legitimate pop star from the Northwest, but still maintains something of a DIY aesthetic. That she is able to combine the two seemingly mutually exclusive ideas and has a knack for putting together catchy pop songs is part of what makes her so interesting and exciting to me.” ..
-Three Imaginary Girls 

We *heart* Lisa Dank and are excited to finally get her on the bill for one of our parties. Check out a recent release of hers on Shiny Disco Club’s Millennium Disco Comp. Vol 2. Loving the disco vibe!

Space Love

She’ll be performing live with DJ Nark of Nark Magazine at midnight this Saturday night at ETG.

We’re always proud to see our hardworking local DJs/Producers getting recognition outside of our little corner of the world. Big ups to Astronomar of Filejerks for his latest release off Discobelle Records.

Astronomar – Had to Move On (Hijack Remix) – Discobelle Records

Be sure to check out his Moombahton stuff on his soundcloud page too. He’ll be performing as one half of Filejerks this Saturday for The Social at ETG.

http://soundcloud.com/astronomar

A picture recap from Never Enough (a Decibel Festival afterparty presented by Shameless and Innerflight). Click on any of the pictures below to view them all!

Shameless welcomes the reunion of the infamous DJ collective FLEA MARKET to Electric Tea Garden! Formed in 2004 by Brent Tactic & Verse (aka Josh Roberts), Flea Market was a DJ collective dedicated to blending a multitude of genres ranging from electro, IDM, hip-hop and techno to deep house, glitch, tech-house and ghetto-tech. The idea was not to simply play one genre all night, but to cross-pollinate multiple genres into DJ set and make it the end result sound fun and exciting. Resident DJs Kadeejah Streets, Greg Skidmore, and Scratchmaster Joe joined Flea Market during its 2 ½ year residency at Chapel, where crazy nights of mad tag-teaming DJ sets ensued. Curious? Listen to a recording from a Flea Market party back in 2006: www.soundcloud.com/flea-market

Five years later, Flea Market reunites for one special night with The Social resident Recess. Expect lots of crazy tag-team sets from the Flea Market DJs all night long! Tactic headlines with what promises to be a fierce set largely focused on the growing moonbahton movement.
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TACTIC = BEN TACTIC + BRENT TACTIC (Think 2wice, Bubblin – KC/PDX)
www.soundcloud.com/tactic
www.soundcloud.com/think-2wice

Tactic is a DJ and production team made up of Ben Tactic and Brent Tactic. The pair started working together in 2002 and immediately began to build on the success of their individual music careers. Ben’s background is based in electronic dance music and he cut his teeth playing warehouses, lofts and clubs all over the Midwest. Brent experienced great success in the hip-hop scene and split his time between djing and running an independent hip-hop label.

The two found common creative ground with the burgeoning music scene that ignored genre boundaries. Their focus became the best possible music from a broad cross section of club culture. Their 4 turntable dj sets blur the line between hip-hop, electronic and club music to get everyone’s asses shaking.

Tactic has proven just as productive in the studio as they are in the club. Their remixes and original productions have garnered international attention with plays on NYC’s East Village Radio and London’s prestigious KISS FM and BBC Radio1 as well as getting in rotation in the dj sets of Diplo, Sinden, Tittsworth, Starkey, Jackmaster, Dave Nada, Cosmo Baker and Eli Escobar. To date they have had remixes and original tracks released on labels such as Mad Decent, Dress 2 Sweat (Numbers), Starkey’s label Slit Jockey, Palms Out Sounds, Datura Records and their own label Think 2wice. With Ben now living in PDX running the groundbreaking night Bubblin and Brent residing in KC, this is a rare chance to see them perform together.

SCRATCHMASTER JOE
www.famouswebsite.net

KADEEJAH STREETS
www.soundcloud.com/kadeejah-streets

GREG SKIDMORE
www.soundcloud.com/gregskidmore

VERSE
www.soundcloud.com/verse

RECESS (Shameless)
www.simplyshameless.com

http://www.fleamarketmusic.wordpress.com
http://soundcloud.com/flea-market

* FREE BEFORE 11PM *

Electric Tea Garden
1402 E. Pike St.

It’s 5:15 am at the Rebar on Saturday night (or is that considered Sunday morning?) and the dance floor is packed. Cajmere, looking cool in his shades, takes a lively Seattle crowd on a trip through Chicago house before handing over the decks to Detroit’s Mike Huckaby. From there, Mike carries the dancefloor until the bar reopens when bloody mary’s and mimosas start flowing freely. Happy Decibel!!

Once again, Seattle proved to the world that electronic music has a home here. We here at Shameless have been honored to have played a part in Decibel Festival each year since it’s incarnation 8 years ago. It’s been an incredible journey watching the Festival grow and yet still remain solidly connected to the local underground music scene. This  year it was particularly exciting for us to return to the Electric Tea Garden for the recommended Friday night db afterparty. Our sincerest apologizes to those of you that weren’t able to make it in. The venue filled up faster than we had anticipated and the management decided to hold the door. But with our new friends from Rock It Science Labs, Max Cooper and Cyanwave holding it down, the party kept going until past 8am so hopefully you came by later if you weren’t able to make it in right away. Much love to the ETG staff for hosting.

It was also a joy to collaborate with our good friends at Innerflight. Rebar hadn’t ever held a raging afterparty before and we’re so grateful they took a chance on us. Combining one of our favorite venues with one of our favorite local crews, meant magic was inevitable. Joe Bellingham set the stage with a live set (check out the link below to download) while Holger Zilske of Smash TV kept the crowd moving until 4am. From there…well, you needed to be there to know. Or wait until the official video recap which is coming soon.

In the meantime…Thank you to all of our friend, supporters and volunteers over the years. Thank you Decibel. Thank you Seattle.

Here is an exclusive LINK to the recording of Joe Bellingham’s Live Set.

Max Cooper is a rare, versatile and forward-thinking gem in the increasingly compartmentalized and somewhat cold world of dance music.  Where many rising producers establish themselves by carving out narrow niche sounds or quickly adapting to the latest trend, Max is constantly pushing musical boundaries while also embracing a rich history of dance music.  His production crosses the gamut from quirky, syncopated late night techno, to peak-hour tech-house, to ethereal, early morning ambient and IDM, all with his distinctly rich analog sounding synthlines and oldschool progressive house sentiments.  His chart topping original productions and remixes for artists as diverse as Hot Chip, Portishead, Sasha, John Tejada, Extrawelt, and many others are garnering him stellar reviews and a well-deserved international fan base.  Shameless is incredibly excited to be hosting Max at our “AfterGlow” Decibel Festival after hours, late night this Friday at Seattle’s Electric Tea Garden.  Joining him will be DJ Fame (New York), Eric Sharp (SF), Cyan Wave (Seattle) and our own Recess and Levi Clark.  Get there early, as we are only doing tickets at the door and there is A LOT of hype for this show!

In the meantime, click the link below to check out Max’s great live set of all original production, “Modus,” available for download on his Soundcloud account.

Max Cooper’s free live “Modus” set of all original production