Area 709

Wow.  It's been a while since I've noted anything down in my blog, here at Area709... 

First off, a couple of us are playing at the Anza Club this Saturday.  It also happens to be Julie Singer's birthday, so please come by and say hello and wish her all the best while she's behind the decks.    The Anza nights are low-key affairs which take place on a Saturday night, usually every 6 weeks. 

I haven't been the best about giving a huge amount of notice for these things, but blog about them here about a week ahead of time.  There's no cover, drinks are cheap and we've always packed the dance floor and the rest of the bar numerous nights over the last year.  At the last one - which happened to be Colleen's birthday - we actually had a lineup outside for the first time.  Honestly though, that was a little weird.   

Off on the events listings on the left, you might have already noticed that Soundproof is having a proper party - "Tronic" - at the end of March.  While the Anza nights are a blast, the bigger, all-night parties is what Soundproof is best known for, and these are the events we look forward to the most.  I'll be posting the flyer next week, but for the time being I can at least confirm what the line-up is going to be (in no particular order):  
PK
Jeff Johnson
Chris Singer
Miss Innocent
Evan Jones vs. Drew David
The Trucker
Johan "Yo" Thornton    

One last note, thank you for all of the praise with "Archives," the latest DJ set I posted back in January.  These projects are few and far between for me, so I'm glad that it's been enjoyed...  

kpd - Jones

Happy New Year! 

Looking back through my music section on Area709, you've probably noticed that my output for 2009 has been, well, a bit less-than-stellar.  Rob accosted me about this the last time I saw him back in October.  We had been drinking a little bit and were playing at an event that had an absolutely deafening sound system (Griff - thank you); consequently, I can't really recall everything that was said verbatim.  Rob's comments basically amounted to "stop being such a perfectionist and record something, you lazy bastard."  So, some brazen but well-meaning encouragement to heart, I started working over November and December, in between shows.  

You can find "Archives" in the music section for download now.  The name is partly based on the source material in question.  I used a couple of older tracks in this mix that you might recognize from shows I played at in 2009.  There's a lot of music I consistently overlook due to the fact it's more than a year old.  New music is released at a pretty overwhelming rate, and it's easy to immediately default to a newer tracks whenever you play a show.  I wanted to recombine some dated tracks people might recognize with some of the newer music I've been collecting.  On a personal note, "Archives" seemed like an appropriate - if somewhat nebulous term - for the collective sum of experiences I had in 2009.   

So, with this quick note, I'll log off for the time being and let the mix speak for itself.  I hope to post up again later this week, letting you all know what's in the works for Soundproof for the New Year...

Cheers,
Jones

P.S., A huge thank you to everyone that showed up to "The Party" in December.  I know the timing was a bit awkward so close to Christmas, but the crew was really stoked with how well the turnout was for that event.  I'll have a better idea in the coming weeks about when the next show might be...