Deep Space | GAUDI feat. Danny Ladwa and François K

West Coast Horticulture and Higher Reasoning Reggae Time,
KBOO Radio and Alhambra Theatre are hosting

GAUDI
w/Special Guests: INDUBIOUS and Higher Reasoning Sound
in Portland, OR on June 7, 2013.
@ The Alhambra Theatre
4811 SE Hawthorne, PDX / 503-360-1450
9 pm, 21+ / Tickets on sale April 26, 2013

Tickets are $13 advance / $16 at the door
online Tix: http://gaudipdx.brownpapertickets.com/ on sale now.

$1 from each ticket sold goes directly to KBOO Community Radio (90.7 FM) here in Portland!

GAUDI's innovative approach to live performance and versatility as a producer has kept him at the forefront of his field throughout a notable and prolific career. His music is stylistically hard to pin down as he is an artist in constant evolution. His musical exploration, over the last 30 years in the industry, has however seen him foray into punk, new wave, dub and reggae, world, experimental electronica and 'stuff that rocks dance floors'… He's a full time internationally touring solo artist, a studio producer in demand and a respected musical innovator. He's had chart hits, gold discs and awards & nominations for his work; he has released 12 solo albums, has more than 250 productions and 90 remixes to his name and his tracks are featured on more than 120 compilations... Gaudi's latest release In Between Times, releases May 14 and is described thusly; "...a deft blending of diverse genres and imaginative pairing of heavyweight collaborators. This is a skillfully produced and beautifully crafted album where the world of analogue electronica meets emotive vocals and virtuoso instrumentalists." The album features Mykal Rose amongst other luminaries of the diverse music world… http://www.gaudimusic.com/ ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudi_%28musician%29

Indubious, from the Ashland, OR area is a 3 piece band comprised of bassist and lyricist Spencer 'SkipWicked' Burton, keyboardist and lyricist Evan 'Evton B' Burton and drummer/percussionist Matthew T. Wells. Indubious has built a large and loyal following of fans, affectionately named Indubians over the past few years with the positive messages in their music and impactful live shows. Indubious has been described as powerful, epic, and uplifting in not only sound and lyrics, but in pure energy and spirit in which they vibrantly project. Indubious has appeared locally and delighted Oregon audiences through the last few years; some highlights being their performances at Northwest World Reggae Festival in August 2012, and two sets at the Oregon Country fair (2012). Indubious also appeared at the 2 most well-known California reggae festivals in 2012, the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival and Reggae On The River. http://www.indubiousmusic.com/

GAUDI has also just completed production on Indubious' new release 'Wake The Lion,' to release this Spring!

For further press inquiries please contact Ras Danny at [email protected] or by phone: 503-860-8647
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Only Frankie Knuckles can lay claim to straddling a longer span of time in the thick of dance music than François Kevorkian. And though his name is no more than vaguely familiar to many dance fans, Kevorkian's influence is immense. Beginning with his production work for the crucial disco label Prelude during the late '70s and extending through an immense quantity of remixes and productions for legions of pop bands during the following decade, few producers did more to mechanize and refine the disco template into music clearly recognizable as house. After moving from his native France to New York City in the mid-'70s, Kevorkian learned the art of mixing from the era's most influential DJs (Walter Gibbons, Jellybean, Larry Levan). He began producing early reel-to-reel cut-ups, patterned on dub techniques, which pushed bouts of much-needed experimentalism into disco. He then brought the dance treatment to scores of alternative bands and pop stars who needed it during the '80s and '90s. Unfortunately, Kevorkian never spent as much time on his own productions, releasing very few singles though he helmed his own imprint, Wave Records.

Born in Rodez, France in the mid-'50s, Kevorkian grew up in the suburbs of Paris, playing drums in several bands while studying biochemical engineering and pharmacy in college. After deciding to chuck in his studies, he moved to New York and began playing with any pick-up bands he could find. His first important work in the club scene came when Kevorkian took a part-time gig at the club Galaxy 21, providing live fill-in drums for the DJ, Walter Gibbons. Though the club later closed, Kevorkian moved on to another named Experiment Four and became friends with its resident, Jellybean Benitez.

Kevorkian soon began producing his own tracks after he learned that Benitez owned a four-track reel-to-reel machine. Hoping to warp tracks for maximum dancefloor consumption, Kevorkian recorded dub-inspired cut-and-paste megamixes with splice and edit techniques, even adding special effects gained from movies and other sources. (One of his first productions, a version of "Happy Song and Dance" by Rare Earth, was a New York club staple for years afterward.) In mid-1977, he started DJing at a club known as New York, New York -- the premiere disco spot after Studio 54. While working there, Kevorkian met DJ legend Larry Levan and the two became fast friends. After Kevorkian was tapped for an A&R position at the disco label Prelude, he began working at the label's studios with Levan, creating mixes for the West End and Salsoul imprints as well as Prelude. Kevorkian's mix for Musique's 1978 single "Push Push (In the Bush)" went gold -- despite an obvious lack of chart action -- and his productions for another Prelude act, D-Train, resulted in additional club hits like "You're the One for Me," "Music," and "Keep On."

A talent for studio mixing and his requisite dancefloor credentials made François Kevorkian one of the most in-demand producers during the '80s. An increased momentum during the decade for general dance music pushed labels to request special nightclub versions of pop songs for the dance crowd, and Kevorkian obliged hundreds of times, for such groups as Yaz, the Smiths, Depeche Mode, Diana Ross, Adam Ant, U2, Kraftwerk, Matthew Sweet, the Pet Shop Boys, Thomas Dolby, Ashford & Simpson, and Erasure, among many others. In 1987, he founded Axis Studios as well, which provided a home for recordings by Madonna, C+C Music Factory, Mariah Carey, and Deee-Lite.

Essential Mix Given his busy studio schedule, it's no wonder Kevorkian neglected his DJing during most of the '80s. He returned to form in 1990, and traveled to Japan with Larry Levan for several high-profile gigs. Kevorkian became a label owner himself in the '90s; his Wave imprint provided a home for several of his own productions, including 1997's pioneering FK-EP. The best document of his DJing skills, Essential Mix, appeared in 2000.