But that is about to change and San Francisco is about to get it’s first live taste of Marco at BASE’s Halloween party on 10.27.11. Marco Carola in SF, finally!!!

And now for some boilerplate promo from the promoter:
DJ Marco Carola Marco Carola is the recognized global ambassador of Italian techno. It’s a position he treats with the utmost care and respect—and one that stands him among the hallowed company of contemporary techno’s leading practitioners. Hailing from Napoli in the south of the country, Marco was among a small group of DJs and promoters who quite literally built the city’s scene from scratch back in the early-’90s. In 1995′s First Planet EP he became the first Neopolitan artist to commit techno to vinyl, paving the way for an entire generation of producers. These days Marco is a mainstay of Richie Hawtin’s Minus and Plus 8 labels, who, much like Marco himself, are one of the driving forces behind techno’s permeation of the worldwide dance scene.

The Gathering’s Martin O’Brien and SF superstar Jeno are putting together a documentary and are looking for a little help. Check out the video and hit the link if you want more info. God knows I’m excited about it!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1098642042/san-francisco-rave-documentary

As Matthew E he fashions club-based, dancefloor slayers. Under that aegis he’s updated the classic Chi-town, jackin’ sound beloved of house aficionados and layered it with fractured funk, belligerent, oddball beats and mechanical soul.

If Matthew E is all about the Saturday Night Fever, then, by contrast, Rekid is the slower, more deliberate, rhythmical funk of the mid-week mayhem. Its well-intentioned muscular intensity making it perfect soulful sustenance.

Quiet Village is something else all together. A collaboration with long-time musical sparring partner Joel Martin (a vinyl freak, like Mr Edwards, who works in esteemed auction house Christie’s pop department), it’s sample-based music which veers from drawn out disco-not-disco delirium to evocative, under-stated soundscapes.

Sea Devils – you keeping up at the back? – is undeniable electronic pop brilliance. Working with Tom from Cagedbaby, it’s the least niche of Matt’s projects and thanks to Sea Devils alluring pop dance grooves they’ll no doubt be shagging the upper reaches of the hit parade sometime soon.

Last, but by no means least etc, etc, etc, is Radio Slave. Perhaps Matt’s most instantly recognisable nom de guerre, thanks in part to his inspirational melding of Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head to New Order’s Blue Monday, this is Matt’s DJ moniker and the guise under which he completes his incendiary remixes and re-edits.

However, before such sonic schizophrenia gets you calling for the men in white coats, just feel the quality and consider Matt’s legacy. Fired by the first wave of acid house, Matt gained his musical spurs by partying to dance music that was just that: music you danced to, irrespective of tribal factions.

This was the raison d’être he acknowledged when he took to the decks, first at London’s legendary Milk Bar in 1992, then onto the, then, recently opened Ministry Of Sound and then to parties across the country, most notably in Wales – where he was a regular at free parties – and in Brighton, his home since 1998.

His love of re-edits, dance music’s oft-forgotten backbone, led Matt into the studio himself. His own re-edits and remixes, such as the aforementioned epoch-defining re-imagining for Ms Minogue, soon gave way to his own productions and since the floodgates opened there’s been no stopping the man known as, erm, Matthew E, Quiet Village, Sea Devils, Rekid and Radio Slave.

He’s released records for Skint, Soul Jazz, Classic, Whatever We Want, and he’s worked with fellow travellers, Belgium’s The Glimmers. If Matt comes up with another two projects he’ll have enough alter egos for every day of the week.

Psychologists would probably have a field day with him; mercifully, we don’t have to worry about any crisis of identity, we just get to keep on dancing.

RSVP @ BASE Italy’s website

August 7, 12:04 AMSacramento Nightlife ExaminerShalini Chandra

Take notice Sacramento clubs! No, we’re not expecting a booking like Thomas Fehlmann, but some nice and innovative club nights in the capital city would be nice.

Longtime 1015 Folsom, SF resident plays Sacramento the very first time @ Double Trouble this Thursday night! We’ve got the 100% free guestlist here. Just ask! Taj is supported by electronic artists DJ Increase, Gavin Varitech, & James Morrison in the main room and Hip Hop/Top 40 on the rooftop dancefloor with DJ Rav and Crescendo.

Get on the list!!!!!!!

list@revivalnitelife.com

You will receive a confirmation

It’s been a long time coming, and thank God the time has come, as the amazing electronic duo Orbital is about to put on a great show before their Coachella outing. Coming this April 16th Orbital will be at the Warfield in San Francisco!

It’s going to be a great show at a fantastic up close and personal venue!

Buy tickets Here!

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This Thursday, March 11th, the Revival crew is taking a trip to Phonic at San Francisco’s legendary End Up to party with our friend Deepchild. Many of you were here when Revival Nightlife and Mixture brought you Deepchild @ Faces last March and, because no Sacramento club will be bringing him back this time around, we’re going to travel to the storied SF nightclub for a night of proper clubbing with Deepchild and a capable supporting cast featuring Worthy and J Philp.

The End Up (for those that don’t know) is located at the corner of 6th and Harrison in San Francisco, CA.

We recent found out that the Marco Carola party at Vessel SF has been canceled and no one seems to know who the original promoter was and what happened. The Facebook event page and the event page on SonicLiving.com (how we found out about it) has been removed.

Vessel has confirmed 100% that this event is not happening. HOWEVER Audiofly IS scheduled to play at Vessel on March 18th and when they came to play in Sacramento last year they were phenomenal. Marco is our favorite, but Audiofly is dope! Might still be worth the trip from Sac…