Here’s my mix from the closing 2nd Sunday party. I had a total blast rockin the wood deck which was shaking like hell as the crowd jumped their asses off! Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a really special event.

H-Foundation
The DJ/production duo from Chicago and San Diego respectively joined forces through their mutual admiration and passion for house music. One of their earliest productions, the seminal “Here Dis Sound”, on the respected San Diego based Siesta Recordings, has become the blueprint for much of the current wave of dub-influenced house music, a sound that has been picked up in the UK and Europe by scene stalwarts such as Pete Tong and Carl Cox. Both Halo & Hipp-e have also carved their own niches with solo productions, including Halo’s huge underground hit “My Sound” on Siesta and Hipp-e’s work with Tony (Tango Recordings) on labels such as Grayhound and Tango. Other producers from the West Coast scene to collaborate with Halo & Hipp-e include DJ Dan, Onionz, Master D, Terry Mullan and Angel Alanis. Collectively, this crop of producers have formed the 6400 crew for releases on Yoshitoshi, Electrik Soul, Shaboom & Siesta.Follow up EPs on Chicago’s Moody Recordings and Toronto’s Camouflage imprints have solidified the duo’s place at the top of the heap of new U.S producers. Most recently their sound has had a massive impact on U.K audiences, and labels such as Low Pressings (Peace Division), Soma, Shaboom and NRK have enlisted the production talents of Hipp-E & Halo for productions and remixes. NRK’s nite:life 02, a continuous DJ mix from Halo & Hipp-e, was an excellent introduction to those still new to the tech-house phenomenon, and to those in the know it was a fantastic collection of some of the most ground breaking and powerful house music sounds around, as mixed by two of the scene’s most charismatic and dedicated followers. The mix CD has since been cited as a major influence in the progressive/tribal/tech-house movement.

For more info about H-Foundation:
- www.somarecords.com/artists/hfoundation/
- www.discogs.com/artist/H-Foundation

Ben Doren
Ben Doren (2nd Sunday/levende/sf) has been DJing for 19 years, going way back to the mid-80’s in Chicago where he was born and raised, then during college in Iowa City, finally landing a permanent home in San Francisco from 1994 until today. Ben is the founder/talent booker/resident DJ of the legendary 2nd Sunday parties, and managing owner of 2 Bay Area venues, Levende Lounge (SF) and Levende East (Oakland). His big break in San Francisco was earning a weekly residency at the world-famous Release party at 1015 Folsom in 1997 which opened many doors, including a residency at mega-club Ruby Skye for the first 3 years they were open. Ben has played with all the biggest names in the industry at nearly every large, medium and even some small clubs and lounges in and around San Francisco and all over the US, including NYC, LA, Las Vegas, Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, Miami, San Diego, Orange County, Sacramento, Tahoe, and outside the US in Mykonos, Greece and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.For more info about Ben Doren:

DJ Rouzbeh
Since 1997, DJ Rouzbeh began laying down the vinyl with one goal in mind, being able to work crowds to another state of mind. His passion for the sound and ability to remix tracks live led him to embark on the musical journey he has come to today. Rouzbeh’s ability to work the floor with creative sounds and effects sets him apart from the ‘average DJ’, and has led him to play alongside many world-class DJs. Taking one step further, he jumpstarted Back2Basics in 2000, and currently still manages enough time to be involved in event production. His talents – musical and business – have cemented his existence in the San Francisco house scene. If you have not had a chance to catch him at a LIVE performance, you are missing quite a show.

For more info about DJ Rouzbeh:
R-Squared

DJ Von
Von’s father started his record collection the day he was born, literally. He got his first turntable in 1990, but he could only afford one, so he was a turntablist by default. When he got his second turntable he was primarily a hip-hop dj, back when hip-hop was great. Back when it was hip-hop. As it began to turn sour in the late 90s he was turned onto house music. He was turned onto many different types of music at that time in his life, but deep, funky, soulful, weird House music was what he developed a passion for. He played nothing but house for about 5 years, but then it lost support and it became hard to find gigs as a “house dj”. So now He combines his life-long record collection, his skills as a turntablist, his trained ear as a house dj, and his passion for Jazz and Soul, and rocks parties as hard as he can.

For more info about DJ Von:
- djvon.com
- myspace.com/djvoncom

DJ Rooz
DJ Rooz is known for his ability to play a wide variety of styles – progressive, tech, electro, and funky. Playing with DJs like Nick Warren, Seb Fontaine, and Derrick May (just to name a few), is enough said regarding his talent. In 2000 Rooz & Rouzbeh formed R-Squared, which is a wild display of music by the two remixing LIVE! Rooz has always been associated with San Francisco’s best DJs and promoters, so he has the credibility of his peers.

For more info about DJ Rooz:
R-Squared
- djrooz.com
- myspace.com/djrooz

 

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Paul Hemming
This true SF music visionary was not born, but instead he was forged from his Seattle hip-hop and rock roots to his bay area art and film school sensibilities. Paul has always walked a fine line with balance and focus. His electronic music compositions carry a strong conviction to detail along with the booming beats and synth melodies. In a word, his compositions represent “BASS”.New ideas, artistic visions and music insights spring forth from his otherwise centered body. As a label owner and DJ he is always set on pushing the sonic boundaries with little regret. In 2007 he launched the Zen Compound, home to Temple nightclub and Prana restaurant, an ambitious creative site grounded in his love for music, art, Eastern aesthetics and bringing the world together. Like similar large-scale Bay Area music projects (think Burning Man, and the City’s many festivals and street fairs), Temple nightclub and Temple Music Group (TMG) represent Hemming’s integrated artistic vision. His passions and experiences are incorporated throughout all his projects, such as including Asian sculpture in the nightclub space, or the recently released Prana music compilation, which features Eastern-tinged electronic compositions by Hemming and other TMG artists. Launching both the Nightclub and label simultaneously illustrates that Hemming has big plans for both his own artistic output and TMG’s growing roster.

Hemming’s many music productions span multiple genres from chunky disco grooves through richly melodic house music, solid breakbeak tunes and organic downtempo tracks. A lifelong music connoisseur, Hemming’s years of club, A&R and dance music retail experience is reflected in tracks that are cinematic, passionate and layered with colorful instrumentation. These features are also expressed in Temple, a multi-level, ecologically sustainable dance venue. With releases on several labels, and many to come on his own Temple Music Group imprint, Paul Hemming’s music will be banging out of club systems for some time.

For more info about Paul Hemming:
- myspace.com/phemming
- www.templesf.com/residents

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Bo
Bo is a San Francisco based underground tech house and techno DJ. He’s known for his unique style of new school underground music. He plays a very upbeat groovy, dirty and trippy style of tech from darker stuff to tribal. “When the listener walks in the room I want them to feel a theme, a presence, some sort of energy that grasps them, some sort of energy that they haven’t felt before but immediately feel how strong it is. As it begins to excite and energy dishes up from the DJ booth I begin to layout my sounds to lure the listener in on a journey they yet have realized… Its all about the latest sounds and tracks in underground techno, tech house, and electro instructed to tickle your mind till dawn. Its the perfect balance between dark, trippy, dirty, and melodic tracks that make you move with music that you haven’t heard before.” (Bo)Today Bo helps throw parties with Deep Blue Underground along with Dj Rooz and is one of the main resident DJs. He’s also a resident with two of SF’s top production crews BASE Italy Underground and Christian Presents. Over the last few years he’s played regularly at some of the top parties at clubs like Mighty, Temple, Vessel, Harlot, Supperclub and others with headliners like Francios K, Danny Tenaglia, Dubfire (DeepDish), Sharam (DeepDish), Derrick May, Steve Lawler, Mark Farina, Nic Fanciulli, Stacy Pullen, Paul Ritch, AudioFly X, Davide Squillace, Derrick Carter, Cedric Garvais, D-Julz and others. He’s also regularly played festivals like LoveFest San Francisco, and Burning Man Black Rock City the last 3 years. His next step is music production, he has two new tracks coming out in 2010 so stay tuned…Bo started DJn at the young age of 16. At the age of 19 he became a resident for Billy Vidal and Adrian Jaffe’s VGevents. Soon after he began spinning with Bobak’s Peach Productions. From there he helped jump start Back2basics Productions. This lead him to residency’s at all sorts of clubs all around SF like the old Cloud9, SnoDrift, Bambuddha, ANU and SupperClub where he played along side house music legend DJs like Derrick May, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, John Aquaviva, Marques Wyatt, DJ Heather and others. Soon after he began adventuring to his true inspiration the underground after hours warehouse scene of SF, here he became a resident with the party “UpSwing” a monthly underground party put together by NK7 and other crews. This is where his sound began to evolve and he was able to push it to the next level as it became a lot more creative with a deeper, dirtier, trippy unique feel. Soon after he started throwing a lot of his own underground parties and helped start Deep Blue Underground with DJ Rooz. Originally Deep Blue was the name of the underground after hours warehouse parties they threw, which after a series of successful underground events over two years time Deep Blue Underground became a brand name for incredible parties that had some of the newest sounds of house and techno by some of the top local and world known DJs. Eventually this lead Deep Blue to regularly host these underground style parties at some of the top clubs of SF like club Mighty, 1015, Vessel, Harlot, Slide and others. Big shows with DJs such as Dubfire, Sharam, Francios K, Steve Lawler, Paul Ritch, Nic Fanculli and more.

Today Bo continues to push the Deep Blue Underground parties and his unique sound as it continues to evolve. He plays all over SF at clubs and underground after hours parties. His next step is music production, he has two new tracks coming out in 2010. Stay tuned….

For more info about Bo:
- myspace.com/bo650
- thedjlist.com/djs/BO

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Thuy Vu
DJ Thuy Vu embarked on her music journey with classical piano at the age of 9. From the age of 10, Thuy Vu has composed her own pieces and continues to do so today. By 16, she regarded the restrictions of reading sheet music as limiting and started to play by ear. Since then, she can play almost anything by ear including underground dance tracks as well as more popular hits.By the year 2001, influenced by electronica, she set out to DJ. She began to play at local clubs and kitschy bars in Southern California. Then came other parts of nightlife essentials ranging from benefit parties, art galleries slash nightclubs, local radio shows, skateboarding competitions, warehouse and house parties, film festivals, out-of-town gigs, and a summer tour in on the West Coast. Always keen to never limit herself, DJ Thuy Vu does not confine herself to one style and is known to play a multitude of electronica sub-genres, especially tech-house, deep house, progressive house, tribal house, breakbeats, downtempo, trip hop, idm, minimal, and everything in between. Her style can be described as raw, edgy, atmospheric, catchy and often coated with thick basslines, clean percussion, and vibrant pads and synths. She has started to DJ with elements such as performing with live vocals and playing her midi-controller as additional enhancement.DJ Thuy Vu’s musical quest is expanding as she is learning how to make better music. As of the moment, she has only written music on the piano, but is currently working on her production skills in the studio. Keeping the underground scene alive and pushing the music that accompanies it – these are top on DJ ThuyVu’s musical priorities, right up there with making people dance, rocking the crowd, and simply moving and stirring their hearts and souls.

DJ Thuy Vu is quickly rising as one of the most highly coveted female DJs in the San Francsico underground and club scene. Having moved here for less than one year from her socal roots, she has played at Supperclub, Matrix, the EndUp, Butter, Heights, Bambuddha Lounge, Hotel California, the Bodyshoppe, and soon to be more; and is the only female resident DJ of Afterwards and Deepblue, the heart of SF’s underground. Her sound, as described by SF’s most respected and beloved djs and promoters is “unique, sophisticated and refreshing because she’s a rare breed who plays what she plays and how she plays.”

For more info about Thuy Vu:
- djthuyvu.com
- myspace.com/djthuyvu

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Taj
A San Francisco native and DJ since 1991, DJ Taj emotes the artistic essence of the city’s counterculture history. He has both a unique look and mixing style that garners significant attention. Coupled with his diversity is his passion and dedication to the art of being a musician. Hard work has led him to prestigious West Coast residencies with club brands Spundae, in San Francisco, and United State of Consciousness, in Seattle.While maintaining these residencies for the past several years Taj has also performed at many illustrious parties and clubs, which have taken him to un unprecedented level as a West Coast DJ. In San Francisco Taj has played for seven continuous years at legendary club 1015 Folsom, held a two year residency at the famous Pablo’s Sugar Shack, as well as a three year residency at his self produced event Zendada. Taj has also maintained a two and a half year residency at Baby’s at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and is always a favorite at the Velvet club in St. Louis, including the headlining spot for their annual NYE “White Ball” for 2002.Introduced to music firsthand at the age of thirteen, Taj played the standup base. Learning to read and write music has naturally led him into producing. He teamed up with long time friend Dave D to form the production team “The Waller St. Boys”. Along with the Bay Area group ETI, they produced the successful LP “City of Gods” on Oboro Records. The LP sold more than 3,500 copies and was selected for several DJ mixed CDs within just a few months of its release.

Working diligently in the studio Taj aims to prove his talents as a producer to express how he feels about the music. As a DJ his ability to ride with and steer an energetic dance crowd further demonstrates his goals and motivation to stay real with the music and open the door that will free people’s mind, body and soul.

For more info about Taj:
- djtaj.com

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Jared-F
As one of the most popular DJs in San Francisco, Jared-F’s love and passion for music has kept the heart n soul of every music enthusiast dancing to unstoppable beats across all different genres, from Tech-House to Hip-Hop. You will find Jared-F holding residencies at major venues including the infamous Ruby Skye and at the historic nightclub, 1015 and playing alongside world-renown DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, Morgan Page, Funkerman, Mischa Daniels, Lee Burridge, Danny Howells and Dimitris Mykonos.Recently voted #5 DJ in San Francisco, Jared-F continues his ‘pursuit of happiness’ not only as a DJ, but also as a producer. In 2009, his remixes gained international rotation on the radio and in the nightclub scene. To start off the New Year, Jared remixed / produced chart-topper “Push n Pull” by Noferini & Marini with good friend Trevor Simpson, which has become the most popular remix world wide.While maintaining his title as one of the top 50 Tech-House DJs in the world, Jared-F is also known as “Go White Boy” by his Hip-Hop fans. His ability to excel at playing almost any genre of club music with his unique flare has helped Jared-F make his mark as the DJ that keeps the crowd dancing to any beat all night long.

Whether he is hard at work in the studio or playing in front of thousands of music lovers, Jared-F’s enthusiasm and dedication to music is always present. “I love a wide range of music which is evident in the variety of projects that I work on and the sets that I play. I hope that I get to share my love of music with you soon!” – Jared-F. Watch out for an explosion of productions later this year.

For more info about Jared-F:
- jared-f.com
- myspace.com/jared-f

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Von Kiss
Von Kiss is a DJ/Producer influenced heavily by dirty beats, blips, whomps and various sounds that make you want to dance. Make music dance hard.For more info about Von Kiss :
- vonkiss.com
- myspace.com/djkissbeats
- myspace.com/_djkiss_

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Vessel in association with Saks Fifth Avenue, Bellasoul and David Ali present:

VSL FRIDAY + Saks Fifth Avenue Official ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ Afterparty Featuring DJ Sam Isaac and opening set by Jared F

8pm – 2am

Vessel Lounge Party at Saks Fifth Avenue: 6pm – 8pm
Saks Fifth Avenue Afterparty at Vessel: 8pm – 10pm
Main Event at Vessel: 10pm – 2am (top40, hip hop, mashups)

Vessel at Saks:
This year Saks Fifth Avenue will celebrate Fashion’s Night Out with a theme that highlights the influence of pop music on fashion and vice versa. Union Square will be buzzing with energy and activity. From 6 to 8 PM on Friday, September 10 guests at Saks Fifth Avenue Men’s store 5th Floor will enjoy music and fashion at the Vessel/Saks lounge party. This event at Saks will feature complimentary signature Vessel cocktails and of course–rockin’ music. Attendees will receive Vessel cards that offer complimentary entry and a drink special for the main event at Vessel that night! Additional gifts are provided with purchase. Saks Fifth Avenue Men’s Store address: 220 Post Street, San Francisco

Saks at Vessel:
Saks Fifth Avenue Fashion’s Night Out Official Afterparty at Vessel will kick off at 8pm sharp and go till 10pm with DJ Set by Jared F. Saks Fifth Avenue employees, guests, and participating model agencies and their talent will be in the house. This event is open to the public so please come on by!!!

Main Event:
Get Ready for an amazing VSL FRIDAY at Vessel featuring one of San Francisco’s favorite DJ’s — Sam Isaac. DJ Sam Isaac will be spinning the hottest top40, hip hop, pop, and dance tracks. Come see him in ACTION September 10th!

Wanna grab a table? Email reservations@vesselsf.com

“There is a man who stands outside 1015 Folsom. He’s one of the tallest guys I’ve ever seen”

“He’s really nice, Always is courteous to me and polite.”

“I remember I busted my knee in 2004, Krishna carried me to the stage a crowded NYE, where I sat and watched Paul Van Dyk. After the club was over, he helped me outside and into my friends car. I’ll never forget that…” – Dj Blurr

“One of the most respected, soft spoken mild mannered people anyone could ever know.” – Dj Taj

That man we have all come to love is Krishna Dukes. He has been an integral part of club life for over 10+ years. If you have ever been to venues where these is security, chances are that Krishna was involved in keeping you safe.

Why the Event?

On September 3rd, 25 Djs from the Bay Area will assemble and donate an hour each of their time for a benefit party to raise money in an effort to help Krishna. All proceeds from the event will go to his hospital care, and medical expenses.

Krishna was hospitalized from severe pneumonia, which infected various organs of his body, worsening his condition, making him gravely ill. He now resides in the hospital in the ICU unit, in San Francisco.

Your contributions mean a lot to us, to Krishna and his family. I personally hope you all attend this event!

From all of us at 1015 Folsom THANK YOU!