RAVING RIVER - Mark Farina, Dubtribe Sound System (LIVE), DJ SS, Reid Speed, more
Circle Line CruisesWest 42nd Street; New York, NY 10011 · Map
This night happened — Sat 3 Aug 2024
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Who was billed8 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
Most of these pairings were meeting for the first time that night.
the pairs that have met
20 of the 28 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Dave Shichman and Josiah Scribes — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- Dave Shichman and Reid Speed — 3 shared bills before that night, first on Fri 15 Dec 2023.
- DJ SS and Josiah Scribes — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- Dave Shichman and TOM B ILL — 2 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- DJ SS and Dave Shichman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- Reid Speed and TOM B ILL — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- Love & Logic and Josiah Scribes — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 3 Aug 2024.
- Love & Logic and Dave Shichman — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Fri 22 Sep 2023.
Who they are
“"I look at my job as a modern day traveling minstrel, to bring new music to as many places as I can, and expose obscure records that, otherwise, might go hidden."”
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"I look at my job as a modern day traveling minstrel, to bring new music to as many places as I can, and expose obscure records that, otherwise, might go hidden." While Mark Farina may be able to sum up his job description in a sentence, there is much more to be written. Mark developed his musical tastes in Chicago - listening to house music on the radio, living in one of the country's most primordial breeding grounds for house. Around '88, while record shopping at Imports, Etc., he met Derrick Carter and a friendship began. "I just ended up there between classes, I ended up buying his picks. He steered me toward the cutting edge House producers of the time." "I started playing when I lived with my parents and didn't have any bills to pay so I could just buy records. My intentions were never to just make money, it's nice, but it's kind of turned into a job by accident - it was a hobby that turned into a job." Living together and working on tracks together along with Chris Nazuka, they utilized the tight connections between the Detroit and Chicago scenes. Fondly, Mark remembers hanging out listening to Detroit Techno classics - Model 500, Derrick May - eating bologne sandwiches on white bread and drinking Kool-Aid out of a paper cup, prepared by none other than Chef Saunderson himself. In '89, they signed on Kevin Saunderson's KMS Records under the Symbols in Instruments moniker and produced a landmark track called "Mood". "Mood" sold 35,000+ copies in the US and the UK. This record was the first ambient house track ever made and, accordingly, it has taken its position as a classic. The same year, The Face magazine published their year end Top 50 with "Mood" ranking above pop anthems by Dee-Lite and The Pet Shop Boys. "I used to do mixes with Derrick on the radio at Northwestern, we'd make it at the house and listen to it on the lake where they filmed 'Risky Business'. We would drive around and listen 89.3 WNUR; they had a policy, guest DJs didn't have to be students." Eventually, the University changed their policy and only students were allowed to DJ. When Farina first started wandering from his passion for the purist forms of House into what grew into one of his trademark styles, Mushroom Jazz, he was playing the main room in a club in Chicago and got demoted to the B-room after playing too many Martin Luther King Jr. samples. Mark experimented with a deeper style, dropping De La Soul, disco classics and other stuff that wasn't being played in the main room. However, in 1992, Mark found a welcome place for his collection of downtempo tunes accompanied by a small run of mix tapes entitled "Mushroom Jazz". Originally launched as a cassette series, the Mushroom Jazz tapes grew from the first Chicago run of 50 copies each…on to the next stage, where 500 copies of several volumes were easily distributed and sought after. As the Acid Jazz boom began, he perfected his sound and fused the newest tracks from the West Coast's jazzy, organic producers with the more urban sounds he had championed in Chicago. While the predominant musical force in SF was still dark, dubby House and Wicked-style Breaks, the city embraced the downtempo movement with a healthy bunch of live bands and DJs generating the tunes. Mark Farina, along with partner, and manager, Patty Ryan-Smith, created the now legendary weekly club in San Francisco, Mushroom Jazz, in 1992. Every Monday night the crowd slowly germinated - from 100 for the first few months to 600-700 two years later. As time passed, Farina and Patty put their energies into another project, the first Mushroom Jazz interactive CD-ROM for Om Records. After a three year run, where the club had established a fanatical, cult-like following for Farina and the Mushroom Jazz sound, the club closed its doors and transformed into a CD series and accompanying tours. Since 1989, Mark Farina has been traveling the globe performing at literally hundreds of shows a year, sometimes DJing both of his preferred styles in two different rooms at the same party. At other events, he's been known to play extended sets that lasted over eight hours. In his House sets, Mark is known for his uniquely effortless journeys on the jazzy side of Chicago House, mixed up San Fran style. This wandering record minstrel has played to incredible crowds all over the globe. Consistently drawing new fans to his style of chunky-funky rhythms and deep underground house, Mark plays upwards of 200 shows to over one million (1,000,000) club goers per year. Voted in the top 20 DJ's in the world by MUZIK and BPM Magazine, his taste making skills continue to turn the heads of seasoned veterans as well as youngsters just getting into the music. On CD, Mark has recorded both of his dominant musical personalities. His first mix, 'Mushroom Jazz' on Om Records, is defined by a hip-hop sub-groove with jazzy, dubby elements in the downtempo range. It was followed by 'Seasons', a critically acclaimed House mix. An Imperial Dub mixed CD, a guest slot in the pedigreed 'United DJs of America' series, 'Mushroom Jazz 2' (Om Records) and 'San Francisco Sessions, Vol. I' (Om Records) and Mushroom Jazz 3 (Om Records) to round out the Farina catalog. His past release "Connect" walks the line of San Francisco deeper and the bumpin' funky house sound of Chicago. Now, in November of 2002, Mark Farina releases his much beloved fourth volume of Mushroom Jazz.Their RA profile lists Om Records, Music For Freaks, Robsoul Recordings, Full Flavor Music and 3 more.Recently at SILO, H0L0, House of Yes · often with Toribio, ZAINAB, Tinzo, none of them here that night
“Originally a breakdancer, DJ Stratchenstein began playing electro music as a teenager in the early 1980s.”
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Originally a breakdancer, DJ Stratchenstein began playing electro music as a teenager in the early 1980s. He then played hip hop and rare groove before turning to producing in 1988 initially acid house, hardcore, breakbeat and finally drum and bass tracks. SS got his big break DJ'ing at the big British raves of the early 1990s such as Telepathy. Since then he has gone on to DJ world wide. SS is the co-founder (with Eidris Hassam) and head of the Formation Records label, and has released over 100 tracks using a number of aliases. He also co-owned the 5HQ record shop (previously called Sneakers) in Leicester and ran the Fresh FM pirate station.Their RA profile lists Ministry Of Sound, V Recordings, R&S Records, ZYX Music and 1 more.Last at SILO in Mar · often with Bladerunner, Ultra, Danny Byrd, none of them here that night
“With a lifetime of experience behind the turntables, and as co-owners of SOUP NYC, Love & Logic are staples in the underground house & techno community.”
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With a lifetime of experience behind the turntables, and as co-owners of SOUP NYC, Love & Logic are staples in the underground house & techno community. Well known for their upfront mixing style and the ability to take the crowd on a musical journey, they are true party rockers on the decks. Their vast history in dance music allows them to seamlessly navigate through different styles of quality House & Techno music, dropping everything from unreleased tunes by today’s most cutting edge producers, to rare classics, to their own self-produced cuts. They released their debut single “Righteous Way” on the world famous King Street Sounds record label and haven’t looked back since. 2015 saw massive records from Love & Logic including hit singles “Big Booty Bitches” on Riva Starr’s Snatch! Recordings, and “Bicycle Seat” on the storied Guesthouse Music label. In 2016 they released their popular single “Hot Business” feat. Derrick Carter, on their own SOUP label, in addition to dropping a massive EP on Junior Sanchez’s Brobot Records, and in 2017 they released their heavily supported "After Hours" single along with Zenbi with a massive Suprnova remix. Love & Logic currently hold an official monthly SOUP DJ residency at NYC’s world renowned Cielo nightclub, make regular appearances at the highly regarded Output & TBA venues, and have cracked into the festival circuit with a monster set at NYC’s EDC on one of their main stages, the Neon Garden. Their steady release schedule and regular DJ appearances at top venues have quickly earned them recognition as some of House/Techno's fastest rising DJ talents. Love & Logic’s speedy success as a duo came as no surprise given their storied individual histories. Chris Love has been a stalwart in the US House Music scene since the beginning. In addition to founding the SOUP parties, Chris also founded Stuck On Earth; the company behind many of NYC’s largest and most successful events over the last two decades. As a DJ, Chris has been burning up dance floors since the 90’s and held residencies at the legendary Limelight and Roxy nightclubs early in his career. AB Logic has been a regular face on east coast DJ lineups since the late 90’s. He was previously known for his role as ½ of the Hoodfellas production duo, who released music on Derrick Carter's Classic Music Company, Hudd Traxx, Guesthouse, Greenskeepers, Sampled, and Smoke City Music, just to name a few. AB was also co-owner and current A&R of the well-respected Smoke City Music record label before its closing in 2013.Their RA profile lists King Street Sounds, Nervous Records, Street King, Guesthouse Music and 5 more.Recently at Moonrise, The Brooklyn Monarch, SILO · often with Lenny Dee, Odi, Tommy Diaz, none of them here that night
“A 20+ year member of the US DnB scene, representing New York City, Dave Shichman is a Drum’N’Bass renaissance man; Dj, Producer, Vocalist, Promoter, Label & Artist manager & owner of Driven AM, the North American DnB Artist Management, Record Label, and East Coast Event Production company. currently throwing events in NYC and Philly.”
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A 20+ year member of the US DnB scene, representing New York City, Dave Shichman is a Drum’N’Bass renaissance man; Dj, Producer, Vocalist, Promoter, Label & Artist manager & owner of Driven AM, the North American DnB Artist Management, Record Label, and East Coast Event Production company. currently throwing events in NYC and Philly. As a producer, Dave has over 50 releases on labels including: Formation, Technique, Think Deep, Soul Deep, Luv Disaster, Basswerk and many more. Former resident DJ at legendary NYC DnB parties, Direct Drive, Secret Art of Science with DB and Natural Selection, currently a resident with Driven AM NYC, Driven215 in Philly and Smoke Em Out in Northampton Mass. He has performed in 19 states and 4 international spots both solo and with his Driven AM family. Dave is passionate about music, and it shows in his energetic high energy mixing and performance. Some of Dave’s biggest contributions are behind the scenes; managing, mentoring, promoting and growing the Driven AM brand.Drum n Bass on 23, Ambient on 5, Jungle on 2 and Dubstep on 1. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on Formation Records (2), Flight Pattern (1) and Fokuz Recordings (1); their RA profile also lists Driven AM Recordings. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Roberta's, Cedar Creek Park, Brooklyn Bowl · often with Agent 137, Yetti, Dieselboy, none of them here that night
Recently at The Sultan Room, The Chocolate Factory · often with Dieselboy, NATTY LOU, Remniqe, none of them here that night
Last at The Brooklyn Monarch in May · often with DJ Paul C, DJ Nope, DJ One, none of them here that night
often with Ultra, Tekill, Bladerunner, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Cuppa T2 with Dave Shichman, 1 with Josiah Scribes and 1 with TOM B ILL
- Agent 13710 with Dave Shichman and 1 with Reid Speed
- Dieselboy8 with Dave Shichman and 3 with Reid Speed
- Ultra4 with Josiah Scribes and 2 with DJ SS
- Ultra DNB4 with Dave Shichman and 2 with Reid Speed
- Bladerunner3 with DJ SS and 2 with Josiah Scribes
- DJ Nope3 with Reid Speed and 2 with TOM B ILL
- Klumzykhemist1 with DJ SS and 1 with Josiah Scribes
409 said they were going — much busier than a usual Saturday at Circle Line Cruises.
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at Circle Line Cruises40
- Middle half finished between4 and 132
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted57
The room
Circle Line Cruises — 98 events and 199 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Holds about 500.
Most-tagged here: House (5). genre tags on this room’s listings
Who put it on
BP2 — 13 events and 125 artists since Aug 2024.
Driven AM — 43 events and 138 artists since Aug 2023.
SOUP NYC — 5 events and 43 artists since Sep 2023.
Stuck On Earth NYC — 4 events and 42 artists since Sep 2023.