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.

One of our favorite Sacramento club promoters, “Mixture” famous for their 2nd Saturday Artwalk events and massive pool/hotel party blowouts every Summer, is helping to put on a special pre-opening party at the all new Venue (used to be Empire) in Sacramento.

It’s a rarity to see modern club music at a big club in Sacramento on a weekend and, even though JJ’s music is not out cup-o-tea, we’ll be there to support promoters trying to revive (and to check out the new club) Capital City nightlife from the current lows of every club with the same facsimile DJ, playing the same music, in the same way. It is time for a revival and parties like this certainly help…

For 100% FREE guestlist or VIP accommodations e-mail: vip@mixturesacramento.com

We’re sure more info is on the way, until then here’s their website…

http://sacvenue.com/

Yes, it is a Thursday night, and that might be rough for some Sac heads to travel to the city, party with Marco till 3 or 4 AM, and then work the next day but if there ever was a day to attempt it, Match 18th would be the day! Marco is really that good at what he does.

Thursday, March 18, 2010 ~ 10PM – 3AM
Vessel – 85 Campton Pl, San Francisco, CA

That is all.

What we have here is the world’s first “mixable” YouTube video. It doesn’t always work perfectly but does most of the time and is crazy fun, if even only for a few minutes. Remix video as it plays in real-time using the on-screen timeline-fixed sample bank embedded in the video. As you work the dancer on the screen changes in synchronized fashion.

Have fun Sacramento!!!

A full complement of premium faders, knobs, buttons, and new Strip Search virtual needle-drop control that integrates with ITCH.  NS7FX exchanges turntable and control information with Mac or PC’s at more than ten times standard MIDI resolution, which results in a system that feels good with ultra low latency.

Pros: appears to have quality hardware (but only time will tell), well laid out and won’t leave you stumbling over your hands, pre-mapped out for ITCH (for all the lazy people out there ), optimized for a rock solid piece of software for limited crashing (Serato ITCH)

cons: expensive (nearly $1500USD), low likelihood to be a permanent fixture in a club and because of that it could turn into an expensive piece of practice gear.

Features:

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Now, the iDiscover keyboard, along with the companion iDiscover Keyboard app, has 25 keys and effectively turns your iPhone into a music studio complete with synth-action keys, and pitch and modulation wheels. It doubles as a MIDI controller also.

It will be interesting to see if these types of products catch on since the the main plus of an iPhone is its portability, but I really like how powerful and versatile things are remaining while shrinking.

[images from keyboard magazine]

Here’s a wonderful review from Electronic Musician: NI Audio Kontrol 1

Native Instruments

Proper dance music requires proper sound. There is no way around it. It doesn’t have the be extremely loud, it has to be extremely good! The sound system is what brings quality dance music to life. It’s such an important aspect but almost entirely overlooked at 95% of clubs in Sacramento.

When the sound system is not up to par is has a defeating purpose. It sucks the life right out of the deejay, the dancefloor, and the party as a whole before too long. Dancefloors get lethargic and people start to leave. This may not happen with hip hop and top 40 for some reason (that’s an entirely different discussion), but it’s going to happen with house and techno if the sound system blows.

I’m tired of people blaming Sacramento, saying Sacramento sucks, and things like that. Sacramento hasn’t had a chance. There hasn’t been ONE decent Sacramento club in a decent Sacramento location, with a quality sound system to try and grow a house or techno event on a Friday or Saturday night in the last decade. Not one. And when you look around at the parties that some promoters are trying on weekends today you’ll see the same Sacramento people you’ll see at 4AM leaving Ruby Skye or 6AM at the End Up, but they are leaving the Sacramento party at 1AM. How’s that make any sense? They obviously aren’t having a good enough time at the party. There are many reasons for that and the catalyst for many of those reasons is the sound system. It is as important as any element of a good party.

These shitty Sacramento sound systems are sucking the life out of the deejays and the dancefloors and it’s really too bad. The good news is things seem to be changing. Clubs like MiX Downtown, Blush Ultralounge, and The Press Club now have fantastic sounds systems and are doing proper dance music events on Thursdays AND weekends!

There will be more on this story in the upcoming days, weeks, and months we’re sure!!!