KCRW.COM presents theLIFT (SF) 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
GILLES PETERSON (BROWNSWOOD / BBC RADIO 6 - UK)
with a 'Worldwide' 3 hour set
TOSHIO MATSUURA direct from Tokyo's legendary U.F.O
+ JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) & WISEACRE (The 303 NYC)
it is with much pleasure we return to the bay area with the world's most celebrated music lover to realize FOUR YEARS of this madness we call theLIFT.... please welcome the return of GILLES PETERSON !! + flying in direct from Tokyo for this is TOSHIO MATSUURA of legendar...
KCRW.COM presents theLIFT (SF) 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
GILLES PETERSON (BROWNSWOOD / BBC RADIO 6 - UK)
with a 'Worldwide' 3 hour set
TOSHIO MATSUURA direct from Tokyo's legendary U.F.O
+ JEREMY SOLE (KCRW) & WISEACRE (The 303 NYC)
it is with much pleasure we return to the bay area with the world's most celebrated music lover to realize FOUR YEARS of this madness we call theLIFT.... please welcome the return of GILLES PETERSON !! + flying in direct from Tokyo for this is TOSHIO MATSUURA of legendary Japanese crew UNITED FUTURE ORGANIZATION (from GILLES' Talkin' Loud label)
with co-creators / resident deejays:
JEREMY SOLE (KCRW / MUSAICS - LA)
WISEACRE (the303 - NYC)
+ our fearless ringleader: JONATHAN RUDNICK
(GIANT STEP co-founder / FLAVORPILL / NOISE POP)
theLIFT:
since it's humble beginnings in jan 2010, theLIFT has "grown up" and matured into a powerhouse LA event. created and hosted by JEREMY SOLE and ERIC TUCKER (DJ WISEACRE), and joined by JONATHAN RUDNICK (Giant Step co-founder/Noise Pop/Flavorpill) to strengthen their unbridled love and energy of a well-executed party, dedicated to the dance and music community of los angeles and beyond.
each month theLIFT seeks to discover unique locations to house their monthly invocation that has seen the talents of GILLES PETERSON, BONOBO, PSYCHEMAGIK, MOODYMANN, BLACK COFFEE, DANNY KRIVIT, BENJI B, PETER KRUDER, JUAN MACLEAN, NICKODEMUS, KARIZMA, DJ SPINNA, KING BRITT, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, SIMBAD, ELECTRIC WIRE HUSTLE and LEFTO to name a few.
theLIFT is committed not to musical genres, but does delight in fine music radiating from many different points of this planet.
check in at https://www.facebook.com/tryandfindus
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$20. advance tix:
http://fouryearsadreamsf.eventbrite.com
$25 at door so get YOURS now !
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10pm-3am / 21+ w/ ID
***SET TIMES***
JEREMY SOLE 10-11
TOSHIO MATSUURA 11-12
GILLES PETERSON 12-3
"Take me back in the days when you got the info for the party the day of the event. Take me back in the days when you had to search deep in a warehouse district for where the magic was happening. Take me back in the days when you trusted the sound, DJ's & music was going to be dope, eclectic & full of surprises each party. After 20 years of heading out in search of good club nights, theLIFT still excites me like the parties Back in the Days!"
-NICKODEMUS (TURNTABLES ON THE HUDSON - NYC)
"Strictly positive vibes!"
-MATHIEU SCHREYER (KCRW - LA)
"much love and congratulations to theLIFT - one of the finest parties anywhere. everytime i've had the pleasure of joining you all it's been such a memorable time, so thank you for what you do and here's to the next four years!
-MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE (CHURCH - LA)
"theLIFT has always had this special place in my heart; it is the place where I can be as creative as I want to be, a place where people understand where I am taking them and sometimes it becomes a church for people in search of a spiritual message and soulful energy, I just love it and the crowd is feeling it."
-LeFtO (WORLDWIDE FAMILY / BROWNSWOOD - BRUSSELS)
"I did a heavy European tour a few months prior to this event and it was magical. Then this happened and it by far has been the best time behind the decks I've every experienced. I thank theLIFT for all they do at keeping LA the #1 spot for good music.... that moment, when your doing your thing and you look out into the crowd and you see the faces, the joy in peoples eyes and the energy from their bodies ready to be released as soon as you drop that next cut and you kill it, the blend and the transition is flawless and the bass drops and the highs sizzle and you all be come one with the music... one love"
-ZERNELL (GRIMY EDITS - LA)
"I remember the first day i was in front of that magic mirror ball, was 2 hours before the party starts. That night will be forever into my heart... true love shared on the dancefloor by a magnificent crowd and the pureness of what a party should be. 1 world, 1 love, 1 tribe , 1 soul. One of the best parties i ever been! Happy Birthday to theLIFT , all the team and that special crowd! "
-JEPE (JOHNWAYNES / BLOSSOM KOLLECTIV - BERLIN)
about GILLES PETERSON:
http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/
When all is said and done, whichever role Gilles is performing – DJ, broadcaster, producer, compiler (over a 100), label boss or simply good old record collector – the music is always the bottom line !!
Starting off life as a club DJ, Gilles continues to spin regularly around the world. This year alone has seen him in Rio, Martinique, Tokyo, Havana and most parts of Europe as well as East London of course. As for the radio, his new 3-hour Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music has seen him take his unique musical mix to a new and growing audience of music lovers and where luminaries like Thom Yorke, Erykah Badu, Toro y Moi drop in; whilst the syndicated Worldwide radio show continues to spread his musical gospel globally. From Sun-Ra to Herbie Hancock, James Blake to Theo Parrish to Flying Lotus and Nina Simone to Laura Mvula – if it swings in the right places, it’s in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Woy6JDGFE
The formula for Gilles’ radio shows is a simple one: the finest new music he can lay his hands on… and that’s it. His shows are a marker for everything that is great about underground music from Brooklyn to Benin and beyond. In addition to his BBC 6 Music show, Gilles records a separate weekly Worldwide programme that is syndicated to 8 stations across the globe.
Every year, the musical heroes of the global underground are brought together and honoured at the Worldwide Awards – an annual celebration of the best music from the show that year held in London and hosted by Gilles.
Gilles now curates a number of extraordinary live music events in the UK and internationally including the Worldwide Festival in the south of France, now in its 7th year and featuring a stellar lineup of Laura Mvula, Thundercat, Four Tet, J Rocc, Todd Terje, Heliocentrics, Omar Souleyman, Hiatus Kaiyote, Marcos Valle and many more !
From Acid Jazz to Talkin’ Loud and now Brownswood Recordings, Gilles’s work as an A&R, as a producer; as a remixer and, of course, as the curator of compilations (over a 100 by now) only seems to intensify. His longstanding love affair with Cuba and its musical subcultures has manifested itself in five albums under the auspices of the “Havana Cultura” project. The latest of these excursions – ‘Mala in Cuba’ sent tremors (literally!) through the electronic underground.
Gilles' DJ club roots stretch back to now legendary sessions at Dingwalls in Camden (now back quarterly !), the Electric Ballroom, Wag Club, Babylon at Heaven, Fez, Talking Loud at the Fridge and not forgetting That’s How It Is at Bar Rumba and his long association with the groundbreaking Shoreditch dance mecca Plastic People.
Gilles’ forays into the world of A&R began with Street Sounds, with whom he complied the Jazz Juice series. He then complied the first collection for Blue Note aimed at the new DJ culture and went on to set up his own BGP records and Hardback Recordings. It was 1986 when he co-founded the Acid Jazz imprint – releasing records by the likes of A Man called Adam, Galliano and Brand New Heavies. Then in 1989 Gilles was offered the opportunity by Phonogram to create an imprint label born out of Britains flourishing club culture: Talkin’ Loud. It was with Talkin’ loud that he really cemented his relationship with the new and the old, with innovation and heritage, releasing note worthy material by Omar, Incognito, United Future Organization, Galliano and The Young Disciples.
Talkin’ Loud became synonymous with Gilles’ own broad taste in music and with no less than 5 Mercury Music Prize nominations under his belt (4hero, Courtney Pine, Young Disciples, MJ Cole and Roni Size Reprazent – the winner in 1997).
Today, Gilles is at the forefront of his own independent label – Brownswood Recordings – launched in '06 as an outlet for his favourite new discoveries. Early successes included Ben Westbeech, Jose James (now signed to Blue Note) and last year’s Mercury Music Prize nominee Ghostpoet but his favourite remains the debut album by solo pianist Elan Mehler. Be sure to check out the latest Brownswood releases causing a stir incl. ZARA McFARLANE, DIGGS DUKE and ANUSHKA !
and look out for his Brazil project currently in progress !!
For all things GILLES PETERSON / BROWNSWOOD / WORLDWIDE / BBC RADIO 6 check in at http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com
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about TOSHIO MATSUURA / U.F.O
http://toshiomatsuura.com/
https://soundcloud.com/toshiomatsuura
In 1990 Toshio co-founded the mighty UNITED FUTURE ORGANIZATION (U.F.O) in Tokyo (signed to GILLES' Talkin' Loud label) which quickly established the beginning of a serious jazz groove Japanese club culture along the same lines as the legendary GILLES PETERSON in the UK with Dingwalls and the acid-jazz movement.
Over 12 years U.F.O released 5 amazing full albums worldwide, and gained a global reputation ! Their now classic dancefloor tunes, such as 'I love My Baby, My Baby Loves Jazz', 'Loud Minority', 'Insomnie' and 'United Future Airlines' are still staples in many a top DJ's crate !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx0H1VsTbJw
After 2002 Toshio left U.F.O to pursue his own solo and remix projects and to DJ at the world's top clubs and festivals. His remixes include UFO, of course, plus James Brown to Earth Wind & Fire, Incognito, Astor Piazzolla and Gotan Project, while also creating a compilation series and consulting for major fashion brands. Toshio is one of Japan's top music ambassadors to this day !
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