2008 Icebreakers Ball - Saturday February 9th
The Fringe Arts Collective and Sunset Promotions, the crews that undress tradition with their Freqo de Mayo, and Faux Years events will chase away winter’s wicked ways with some scorching breakbeats. UK breakbeat wizards Future Funk Squad and emerging Toronto phenom the Phat Conductor headline a night to melt the ice off the winter witch’s teats. Mighty will be converted into a winter wonderland, where parka-dressed peeps heat up the room and strip down to their bare minimums.
Future Funk Squad (AKA Glen Nicholls) started producing when he was just 15, initially writing songs of various styles influenced by the likes of ‘Depeche Mode’. In 1991 Glen was introduced to ambient and house music by his friend Mark Pritchard (Jedi Knights/Global Communication), this led to a few experiments with the club sound fusing his influences of the Prodigy, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, and many more. A few years later in 1997, Glen had his first release under the name ‘Instinct’ on top D’N'B label ‘Moving Shadow’. Throughout this time Glen had been experimenting with a manner of different styles of music including producing bands and solo artists. The Future Funk Squad was born in 1999 when Glen accidentally stumbled upon the ‘Nu-skool’ sound by making a d’n'b track too slow! This was released on a limited number of whites and was instantly picked up by the likes of DJ Hyper, Jody ‘Way Out West’, Tipper, Lee Burridge and many more. His debut remix of the Raze classic ‘Break 4 love’ put him firmly on the breaks map and is still played today by the likes of the Stanton Warriors & Terminal Head amongst others.35 remixes later including Moloko, SIA, Stanton Warriors, Koma+Bones, Mint Royale, Rob Dougan. Glen finds himself in constant demand and has become a respected name on the breakbeat scene, DJing all over the globe.
The Phat Conductor is one of Canada’s leading underground exports, holding it down since 1995 with gigs as far as Switzerland, the U.K, Burning Man, NY and the legendary Shambhala Music Festival in the rainforests on British Columbia. His diverse style covers all genres from Electro House, Techno, breakbeat, Hip-Hop, Dancehall, DnB & IDM/Glitch. No matter what the venue, The Phat Conductor can suit his style to the crowd and keep your dancefloor rocking. Throw loads of original tunes and the fact that he works with live video into the mix and you have a sure fire crowd pleaser.
Aaron Jae is one of San Francisco’s most consistent forces for underground break-beat culture as founder of Evil Breaks and membership in the Space Cowboys crew.
The Fringe Collective has been working for 3 years to “Bring some culture to the counterculture” fighting the elements to produce live music at Burning Man, and fighting convention to bring under-appreciated artists back to the limelight. Resident DJs include funk maven Motion Potion, electrophiles Victor Vega & Absurge, breaks & dubstep selector Mycho Cocoa, mashup-maniac Big Dolla, and breaks prodigy Tim Dietz. In addition to the DJs, the Fringe includes a score of live painters, visual artists and dancers.
WHEN: Saturday, February 9th, 2008. 10pm-4am
WHERE: Mighty | 119 Utah St San Francisco CA | 415.626.7001
DÉCOR & FUN: Mighty will become a winter wonderland
COSTUME: Winter white
TICKETS: $15 advance available at www.sunsettickets.com
