WTF, October 16? You’re mad hectic with quality electronic shows.
You’re going to drive us crazy with options. Let’s get right to the
details.
First, Chicago IDM/breakcore sophisto the Flashbulb and
Berlin-based, Tigerbeat6-
running jack of all genres Kid606 blow into Chop Suey to move the crowd in most peculiar ways. Kid606’s
been on a rave-
revival kick recently, but his live laptop shows
tend to be unpredictable, frantically disorienting affairs, with
his infamous remix of N.W.A.’s “Fuck tha Police” often rearing its
nappy head. But don’t miss Seattle DJ M’Chateau, a DJ with a
keen ear for techno and microhouse’s most sublime organic textures.
He’s very savvy with the sexxxier end of 4/4 traxxx. And local producer
the Naturebot is a master of freewheeling, melodic, Rephlex-y
IDM. Hell, don’t miss anybody on this bill. (With Naha, Kadeejah
Streets, Fukumup, and the Googly vs. Jake J., 9 pm, $10 adv and before
10 pm/$15 after, $3 off w/ monster costume, 21+.)
Second, Chillography 202 chillaxes the fuck out at Church of
Bass with Kalpataru Tree‘s chakra-aligning, flotation-tank dub
and the deep-tissue ambient stylings and ice-watery grooves of
Michael Manahan, Scott Sunn, and DJ Eckoe. A
sleeping bag and a pillow would not go amiss here. Trip in peace and
sweat dreams. (920 Elliott Ave W, 10 pm–4 am, $12, 18+,
www.chillography.net.)
Third, on a much gnarlier, more boisterous tip, the Shift crew brings to Contour the exhilaratingly crushing bass pressure of
dubstep, which has been, we’ve heard from trustworthy sources, tearing
up minds and guts at Burning Man. Yeah, even there. Coming all the way
from Tel Aviv, Israel, Borgore offer a bitches (He)brew of
provocative dubstep that deploys cheeky vocals and misogynistic lyrics
amid ornery, zapping low end and creepy, synthesized poings. The
effect is at once ominous and ludicrous. Jews! It’s not enough
that they run the world; now they want a slice of that lucrative
dubstep pie. Jesus. (With Lukki and Nervous Breakdown, 807 First Ave,
10 pm, $5 before midnight/$10 after, 21+.)
Finally, San Francisco–based Altair Nouveau animates
the second edition of the maverick disco monthly Trouble Dicso at Re-bar. With an expansive, richly textured 12-inch on DFA Records
(Space Fortress), Altair has serious cred as a producer of
Euro-flavored disco augmented by wide-screen, John
Carpenter–esque dynamics. Beyond that, he’s also a renowned
DJ of the cosmic-disco persuasion. The epicureans behind this night
would not book anyone less than stellar for their event. Trust. (With
Trouble Dicso residents Ben Cook and H.M.A., 10 pm, $5, 21+.)
