SF Weekend Edition

Cha-Cha-Cha-Changes...
We're changing just for you - our Bay Area community of 35,000 and growing. Now you can get Buzzed all damn week long! You now have no excuse for why you ended up at some cracked-out Kerioki bar on a Wednesday. Nitevibe will at least tell you where those cracked out kerioki bars are that feature your favorite DJs! Look for your Buzz every Monday. Plus in the coming weeks, we'll also be introducing some format changes and a new ticket engine - so you can have your passes waiting at the door, instead of you waiting in those long-ass line. And Yes we'll be giving away more free passes to SF's hottest events.

Groove Armada Thursday... Hello "My friend" you only have until Wednesday to register to win your "Superstylin" Groove Armada tickets. As they say in the NY State lottery, you gotta play to win. Check out Groove Armada's website which includes their bios, interviews and audio clips from their new album.

Once in a Blue Moon- we gotta do it.
Chemical Brothers, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Saha and Digweed- We don't often mention raves at the Cow Palace but when some of the biggest Djs in the world come to town, we have to make an exception...we just have to. Date: Friday 4/26, Place: Cow Palace 2600 Geneva St., Daly City, Time: 7pm-2am, Admission: $40, $45, $55 at the door Information: 415 721 4713, Clockwork Events

Kinkyfunk Boat Party Electrocelt who brings you the progressive Kinkyfunk parties at Club Six, embarks on a four hour tour with DJ Spesh. This Saturday 9pm-1am. Click here for tickets and info.

"Sampling" Have you heard about this exhibit at MOMA?
Christian Marclay examines music as a theme by relating it visually to found objects and video. He also constructs musical pieces out of sampled sounds. In "Video Quartet," a four channel video projector synchronizes found video clips of people playing instruments into a coherent musical piece. Show runs April 11th - July 28th. In a past exhibit, entitled "Sounds of Christmas" Marclay assembled a massive collection of Christmas carol LPs inviting DJs to mix them as a performance in the context of the museum.

Want Some? Last week we gave away 30 free passes to the hottest parties. Thanks to the crew from 2nd Sunday's we're giving away ten free passes for each of their events, weekly. Yes Weekly!...who loves you baby?

So here is our . Charlie Don't Surf Saturdays at Movida Lounge. David Weissberg is the designer for XLR8R electronic music magazine in SF. To check out more of his work, pick up a copy of XLR8R. If you are interested in contacting David for work, you can e-mail him at: david@xlr8r.com.

Event: Sumo
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Dr. Naughty and special guests
Music: hip-hop, dancehall
Cover: $6
Red Five's Sumo has already reached epic proportions for a SF hip-hop party. DJs frequently include Vin Roc, Apollo and Shortkut. The vibe is good, the music is excellent, the girl-boy ratio is balanced. The dancefloor is so crowded that it feels like one gigantic organism all movin' to the beat-- hands in the air like one of those slow motion party scenes in a hip-hop video.

Event: Mondays
Venue: Redwood Room
DJ's: Consuelo
Music: downtempo
Cover: free
The Redwood room is not just for yuppies anymore. It's been upgraded to electronic music lovers with cars. DJ Consuelo (who has opened up for Thievery Corp. and will be opening up for Groove Armada this Thursday) holds it down for a smooth and sexy crowd of well dressed wine sippers (or at least some beer drinkers who hope to feel smooth and sexy after hearing Consuelo's set.)

Event: Fuck Tuesdays
Venue: Backflip
DJ's: Centipede, Cutz, Syrus, Namane
Music: hip-hop, soul, house
Cover: $5
You really don't need to be sober on Tuesday. After all, it's the day before Wednesday. No one really gets anything done on Wednesday. Before you know it, it's already Thursday the start of the weekend. -- so fuck it. Come rock out to your favorite hip-hop, soul and house classics with all the beautiful people wearing neo-peasant style tops with strappy sandals at Backflip.

Event: The Sound Defenders
Venue: Galaxy
DJ's: Rasta Cue-tip, Romanowski, Miss Leema, Satva
Music: hip-hop, funk, breaks
Cover: free b4 10pm, $5 after
Rasta Cue-tip guest-stars on episode 19 of The Sound Defenders: The Universe is being attacked by bad disposable hip-hop and evil pop robots. Who can stop this hazardous ear assault? Will Rasta Cue-Tip bring Kryptobeats from his native planet and save the day? Will Romanowski use his supersoul powers to ward off the pop-o-tronetic robot soldiers? Will Miss Lema escape the clutches of the platinum-toothed blingerotomus monster? Will Satva be able to sabotage the evil empire of the Britney-Hemispheres? Stay tuned next time for another episode of SOOUUUNND DEFENDERS!!!

Event: Taboo
Venue: Liquid
DJ's: David Harness
Music: house, garage
Cover: $3
It's no secret that David Harness is a damn good DJ. So why is he only charging $3 for his party? I don't know but let's not jinx it by talking about it too much. This
vibe-o-licious house party needs to stay the same as it ever was- providing soulful nutrition for the hungry.

Event: Redwine Social
Venue: Dalva
DJ's: Toph One, Detonator Kemrexx
Music: downtempo, hip-hop, jazzy breaks
Cover: free
What's black and white and red all over? Not sure either but this party is pretty fucking cool. A combination of local heroes, fuck ups from New Jersey, famous London producers, magazine editors, hip-hop promoters and bauhaus graffiti writers gather together in honor of some damn good downtempo, breaks and hip-hop creating the perfect soundtrack for wine drinking.

Event: Audible Colors
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Tasho, Jonene
Music: house
Cover: $5
Audible Colors? Are there any other kind of colors? This concept is called synesthesia where you hear art and see sound. Are you synesthestetic? Come see how vivid house music can be at this long-running Wednesday night.

Event: Qool Happy Hour
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Spesh, Gil, Hyper D
Music: trance, breaks
Cover: $5
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around does it still make a sound? If you don't have a job and you go to a bar at 5pm, can you still call it a happy hour? Qool says yes. This art gallery/ bar plays trance at 6pm for creative directors and other peeps who like to get a little raving in before dinner. Maybe you should get off Craigslist and bump into your next employer here.

Event: Groove Armada
Venue: Ruby Skye
DJ's: Groove Armada, Consuelo
Music: jazzy percussive house, downtempo
Cover: $TBA
"I see you baby" shakin' that free ticket you got through Nitevibe. Everyone's ass will be all a-shake at Groove Armada this Thursday. GA (in case you live on Jupiter or in Ohio) is a London based duo of jazz flavored spliff friendly electronic music producers who have crossed over to the charts in Europe and even opened up for Elton John.

Event: Dirty
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Chris Orr, Cool Chris
Music: electro, 2step
Cover: $5
Hmmm... electro and 2-step, can't wait to see how Chris pulls this one off. Loose Joints has morphed itself into a funky little dilemma called Dirty. Mark of Future Primitive Sound and Chris of Loose Joints don't care how sweaty you get, the beats are always going to be dirtier than you are.

Event: Passenger
Venue: Skylark
DJ's: Paul Craven, Capital A and guests
Music: jazzy house
Cover: free
This is a journey into sound... Paul and Capital A lead you on a safari of sound through all flavors of house and 2-step. A bright crowd of scenesters who dress like the Mission District is located in the Carribean, twirl around in a happy stupor. This party gets the "Can't believe it's free award."

Event: Code
Venue: DNA
DJ's: Kid 606, Aneurysm
Music: drum n' bass, industrial
Cover: $5 b4 11pm, $7 after
Drag your Goth friends out of the house again because this party has something for them and for you! Because of this party I can finally ask my cute hair dresser who still listens to Ministry on a date. Could never think of a place to go before. Thanks, Code! You're my hero.

Event: Joypad presents Minus 8
Venue: 111 Minna
DJ's: Andrew Jervis, Minus 8
Music: downbeat, drum n' bass, nu-jazz
Cover: $10 advance, $12 at the door
Switzerland's Minus 8 is a one-man band who merges drum'n'bass-style breakbeat percussion, down-tempo, Latin rhythm with a jazz approach to arrangement, and duct tapes it all together with his funk background as a bass player. Robert Jan Meyer's started out DJing on tour with many of the U.K.'s finest: Grooverider, Bad Company, Goldie, and Krust, to name a few. DJ Cam was the first to release Minus 8 on his Paris-based Inflammable label. Now Minus 8 is on the ever popular nu-jazz label, Compost.

Event: Glitter
Venue: Glas Kat
DJ's: Norm Stradley, Charles B and Ben Doren
Music: deep house
Cover: $TBA
An elegant evening of soulful grooves and funky deep house with Norm Stradley, Charles B and Ben Doren.Wear your best leather pants and Prada heels. Then throw on some glitter just because it's Friday.

Event: DJ Fridays
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Nikola, Ra Soul, Kwai le Chef
Music: tech-house
Cover: $5
Nikola is keeping the beats real and the crowd extremely satisfied with his selections of records and his selection of amazing guests he has coming through every Friday. This week Ra Soul and Kwai le Chef smooth over your Friday with some soulful house, a nice complement to my favorite tech sound. You might think you're just starting your evening at the Top --one beer warm up session, but all of a sudden it's 2am, you just danced your butt off. Where did the time go?... The mystery of DJ Fridays

Event: OM
Venue: DNA Lounge
DJ's: Marques Wyatt, Mark Farina, Kaskade, Laron, Laird
Music: funky house
Cover: $15 b4 11pm, $20 after
Marques, Mark and Kaskade! Three great tastes that taste great together. Marques celebrates the release of his new mix CD, "For Those Who Like to Get Down." Laron and Laird get psychofunkodiscodelic in the loft. OM wrote the book on funky house music, this party is always on point.

Event: Release
Venue: Ten15
DJ's: DJ Dan, Behrouz, Bruce Parker, Jerry Ross, Mike Ameci, Josh and Rich, Rafael Fiero
Music: deep house, progressive house
Cover: $20
DJ Dan is in town once again to rock the dancefoor at Ten 15. Ten 15 is a mega super club that partiers flock to. DJ Dan is a super funky tech DJ who always keeps the dancefloor packed. Together it's a perfect environment to bring your friend from London and say "This is what partying on the West Coast is like" Oh wait, that's my plan for Saturday.

Event: Funktion
Venue: The Endup
DJ's: Markie, Michael Anthony, Samo, N8 Castro
Music: house
Cover: $10, $5 before midnight
Spring Fling is the theme. (How senior prom committee of them)
Markie headlines this month's installment. Though originally from England,you can expect all the West-coast funky house goodness you have heard from him at the Wicked parties. A very mixed gay/straight crowd dances until 4am.

Event: Charlie Don't Surf
Venue: Movida Lounge
DJ's: Lombardi and friends
Music: electro, brokenbeat
Cover: free
Oh Lombardi, you're not fooling anyone. We know you got the cool ass name for your cool ass party from an article in MEAN magazine about Charlie Manson getting turned down by the Beach Boy's for a record deal. It's a good analogy, though. Do not expect to hear any happy go-lucky-Beach-Boy-house-tracks at this gig.You heard that stuff last night anyway, tonight sip on sangria and get a dose of creative funky intellectual beats. This is our flyer of the week.

Event: Chicago Underground Duo
Venue: Bottom of the Hill
DJ's: Chicago Underground Duo, Orton Socket, Jet Black Crayon
Music: ambient, nu-jazz
Cover: $10
Experimental electro-jazz duo performs with local bands Orton Socket and Tommy Guererro's band, Jet Black Crayon for an evening that will remind you that live instruments are still cool. Casey Rice from Tortoise graces us with visuals.

Event: Momentum w/ Mystic
Venue: Studio Z
DJ's: Pam the Funktress, Patrick Wilson, Riddler?, Conscious Daughters (live)
Music: hip-hop, Latin, house, breaks
Cover: $10
It's a dance contest but not like in the movie "Hairspray"-- more like an episode of Fame. Breakdancing, Capoeira and other dance styles represented as ladies compete for cash and prizes in an all female battle. Grammy nominee Mystic performs live and if you haven't heard this incredible MC/singer from Oakland yet, you are in for a surprise. Lauren Hill is very scared.

Event: Hot Hair Care
Venue: The Galaxy
DJ's: Shadowglove, Anna, Anon, Divalona Latex, Bre-ad, Actual Jackshun
Music: electro, lounge
Cover: $7, $3 for ladies
Who needs relaxer when you have Hot Hair Care? Discuss the latest shades and trends in hair-art while listening to sexy lounge beats, electro and new wave in the always evolving Galaxy in upper Haight. This week is 'Lectro Ladies Night.

Event: Bionic
Venue: The Top
DJ's: Iz, Solar and guests
Music: house
Cover: $5
This tradition at the top started as an 80's night by some of my favorite Sf DJ's IZ, Mark E. Quark and Solar. It's mostly house now with some deep disco and electro thrown in for the hell of it. Out of town talent frequently stop by including DJ Diz,Mike Clark from Detroit, the Lawnchair Generals. The DJs usually have fun and put a little humor in the mix which seems to be appreciated by a packed local crowd of after boat-party victims, off duty bartenders, lower Haight Djs and their roommates. It really feels like a family on Sunday, in fact maybe I should stop writing about this one. Yeah, I was joking. There's no party here on Sunday...