From the Sep 16 – Sep 22, 2004 issue

Music

Parties Listings

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17



GABRIEL & DRESDEN

The current golden dudes of commercial dance music, Gabriel & Dresden have remixed Britney, Dido, Jewel, New Order, Depeche Mode, and many other artists who can afford entourages. As far as commercial dance music (angel-wing white trance; light, sugary house) goes, this is about as good as it gets. G&D are supporting their new double-disc mix Bloom, which deserves props for including Ferenc's "Cronch." Element, 332 Fifth Ave, 441-7479, 9 pm-2 am, 21+, $12.

MING & FS, MOCEAN WORKER

NYC's Ming & FS have achieved respectable success with their self-coined "junkyard" sound, which rolls up jungle, hiphop, electro, and dub into a bundle of raw, party-centric nuggets. Touring behind their new disc, Back to One (not their best; that would be The Human Condition), these road rats' dynamite mixing on four decks and skilled live playing ensure you'll lose liters of water at this gig. Mocean Worker (Adam Dorn) has moved from dark drum 'n' bass to Fatboy Slim/Lionrock-style kitschadelia to his new album, Enter the MoWo!, which maneuvers numerous classic jazz samples within a modern funktronica framework, like a Stateside Mr. Scruff. Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000, 9 pm-2 am, 21+, $12 adv. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 20



GET OUT AND VOTE THEM OUT!

Tonight local subterranean noiseniks Nogunri, Filastine, Beehive, Sporadik, Unter Null, plus Philadelphia's Duran Duran Duran, raise funds for organizations aiming to oust Dubya from office (musicforamerica.org, moveon.org, caedefensefund.org, infernalnoise.org). Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000, 9 pm-2 am, 21+, $8.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21



DZIHAN & KAMIEN

These Austrians make exotic Arabic/Turkish-tinged downtempo that works on the dance floor or in lounges that sell drinks with hard-to-pronounce names. Over the course of four albums, including their jazzy new live disc, Live in Vienna (lushly recorded with a 22-piece orchestra), D&K have become Six Degrees' flagship act and suave ambassadors for cosmopolitanism. With Darek Mazzone. Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000, 9 pm-2 am, 21+, $10 adv.

DECIBEL FESTIVAL UPDATE:

Coordinator Sean Horton reports that Decibel is in financial trouble. The September electronic music fest needs to sell 500 passes to break even, and 200 to cover artist expenses. Currently, only about three dozen passes have been sold. If you want to see this phenomenal four-day event happen, buy your pass today at www.dbfestival.com. It's a mere $50 until Sept. 15, $65 until Sept. 23.

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