Mike Shannon - Red Rack'em - Budino at Flash
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Friday, October 25 at 10 pm EDT
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Friday, October 25 at 10 pm EDT
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Responsible for highly recognized parties like The Bunker New York and the No Way Back series, Derek Plaslaiko returns to Flash.
Friday, October 25th • Bar opens 8PM, Green Room 9PM, Club 10PM.
Advance Tickets on sale Friday, October 11th at Noon
International Canadian DJ, producer, and the man behind Cynosure Records, Mike Shannon joins us from Berlin Friday, October 25th in the Club Level along with Red Rack’em, Peter Kaufmann and Taiga. Mike has been running the influential Cynosure label for well over a decade, and besides DJ’ing, he has appeared on international festivals playing live alongside DeWalta combining synths, drum machines, modulars, and live instruments. Mike’s creative vision and ongoing passion for music has helped land him release under top respected labels: from his premier full length LP on Plus 8, to groundbreaking EP’s on Half Baked, Cityfox, and many others throughout his two-decades plus career. We recommend digging out Mike and Eddie C’s RA Exchange for a bit of house music history. Joining him is UK seasoned selector, broadcaster and producer, Red Rack’em.
Some may recognize him from his several Boiler Room appearances or his much loved Smugglers Inn radio show, now going for eight years strong. Others will recognize Red Rack’em from his perfected house productions, found in many great dj’s record boxes, paired with his ability to seamlessly mix house, disco, techno, garage, bass music, broken beat and jazzy beats without any break in dancefloor energy. This has led him to international performances across the globe and somewhat of a cult following, we are stoked to be a stop on Red Rack’em’s USA tour!
Heading the Green Room, also from Berlin, we welcome psychedelic sound goddess, Budino. With a free wheeling and inventive spirit, Budino never fails to deliver a cosmic texture taking audiences on glorious psychedelic journeys and freeing the minds of listeners across the globe. She constantly stays on the search for fresh, crisp material and never seems to never fail at bringing an irresistible groove to every dancefloor.
Club Level:
Mike Shannon (Berlin)
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Red Rack’Em (Nottingham)
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Peter Kaufmann (DC)
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Taiga (DC)
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Green Room:
Budino (Berlin)
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Mike Harvey (DC)
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Flash Bar:
THABLACKGOD
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GET FACE
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Bbytre
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MIKE SHANNON:
Any historian who takes it upon themselves to pen the tale of Canadian electronic in the years to come will most certainly find the name Mike Shannon figures early and often in it’s telling. From his humble beginnings in the sleepy suburban town of Kitchener Ontario, the last 15 years have seen him become an internationally lauded producer with albums on 3 of the industry’s most respected labels (Plus 8, Force Inc, ~Scape), as well as a steady stream of consistently charted singles and remixes.
A true “DJ’s DJ”, he has won legions of fans and the respect of his peers alike for his deep crates and lightning fast mixing skills. And while some may suggest he has gravitated towards smoother, deeper selections as the years go by, those in the know will tell you he has few equals when it comes to whipping dance floors into a relentless techno frenzy should you catch him on a night with that mischievous twinkle in his eye.
Those fortunate enough to catch one of Mike’s rare live performances are encouraged to do so with an open mind, as it is in this context that the breadth of his creativity truly shines. From the shuffling house and techno of his solo performances to the narcotic jazz of his new Blue Fields project alongside singer Fadila and guitarist Takeshi Nishimoto, his is a musical vision which easily wriggles free of the usual genre signifiers and pays grand dividends to those with the good sense to get nice and close to the speakers; the devil is most certainly in the details as the old saying goes.
Yet beyond all of this, perhaps his greatest achievement has been his unfailing support of the music and people he loves. As head A&R and damn near everything else of Cynosure and formerly Revolver Canada Recordings (alongside Jeff Milligan) for over 10 years, Mike has shown an uncanny ability to select and release tracks which have become go-to fixtures in the sets of the industry’s best DJs, as well as introducing the world to the work of some of his nearest and dearest before anyone knew their names (Akufen, Deadbeat, Ernesto Ferrerya). Far from pursuing the next one hit wonder or sound of the season, his steadfast curatorial vision and passion for the music have earned him the trust of discerning music connoisseurs the world over.