Hooray! The Chillography 202 sets are now available for download. Relive, or hear for the first time, the fine chillout sets from DJ Eckoe, Kalpataru Tree (live), Michael Manahan, and Scott Sunn.

Download them and many others from our past shows here: www.chillography.net/blog/downloads

Enjoy!

Tonight I’m playing at DanceChurch with Amanita and Osiris Indriya of the Future Nurses. This is sure to be one stompalicious night. There may even been some 3-way tagteam action…. we shall see how the evening plays out, but I can think of no other DJs that I’d rather be paired with for the intimate DanceChurch setting. I’m scheduled to open at 7:30, so come early!

Here’s the official blurb, from the Facebook event:

Join us this Wednesday for a special Dancechurch with Amanita (http://www.myspace.com/DJAmanita) and Osiris (http://www.osirisindriya.com) and Crispy (www.splendidbeats.com) serving up hot dance beats all night long (7:30-10:00)!

All ages, family friendly, and alcohol free. $5-10 requested donation. (But if that keeps you away you’re really silly and losing out for sure.) Water will be available for free (please bring your own cup or container). Hot tea, bottled water, and reusable earplugs will for sale.

Please help keep things cool with our neighbors: please park in the street and not in any of the lots around the church.

Love and beats,

Hendrik

**Dancechurch is a family-friendly alcohol-free community gathering on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month. We dance to a variety of music provided by some of the finest West Coast DJ’s and musicians. And those of you that think dancing with kids can’t be fun, think again. It’s a riot to see young and innocent kids having a blast shaking it to the music we love! And this is a perfect opportunity for all our teenagers and young adults to come and kick it as well.

Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Transcendent Church of Bass
Street: 920 Elliot Ave W
City/Town: Seattle, WA

Tomorrow’s HOTwired is stacked with a fantastic line-up. Unfortunately, I have other commitments, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to catch it this time around… but if you are in Seattle and looking for an amazing night of dance music, then look no further!

December 5th~

HOTwired 2.0 + Afterhours

NEW DAY: EVERY FIRST SATURDAY

NEW VENUE: WAID’S on 12th and Jefferson on Capitol Hill

NEW SOUND: WAID’S soundsystem got a big upgrade, it now has CLEAN powerful sound!

HOTwired brings the best dj’s and musicians in our community and beyond to team up and collaborate in unexpected, amazing and often unusual parings. The dirty and the deep merge with circus and fire performance groups to create a unique club night that defies the usual style and genre stereotypes.

This month we are excited to come full circle from the very first Infinite Connections show and feature MICHAEL BANEL, Founder of Iboga Records & Sofa Beats…

DJ BANEL, also writing as Behind blue eyes, is known for his many amazing progressive techno and trance sets around the globe during the last 8 years and before that he was a well known DJ in his home country Denmark and in Sweden, playing sets since the early days of the techno/house scene in scandinavia. These days Michael Banel DJ’s an outstanding & energetic mixture of Techno, prog. house & trance.

Dec 5th ~
BANEL (IBOGA RECORDS – DENMARK)
MICHAEL MANAHAN VS PHIDELITY
OSIRIS INDRIYA VS AMANITA

We had a great showing for our first HOTwired at the new location and where going strong until 4AM. Expect this edition to go into after hours as well.

Doors from 10pm till 4AM
10 to 11 ONLY $5!
After 11 $10
WAID’S
1212 E Jefferson Street & 12th Avenue

Additional sound by Luv Shack and Starborne KV2 Bass.

Well, that was the largest Seacompression yet, and with this being the fourth Seacomp in that hanger space, I do believe the army of production folks have finally figured out the best way to work with that giant concrete box of a space. Participating in the H’Art Center “chillout” dome was a grand time, with lots of squish, beautiful art and all my favorite people, but in order to compete with the live music stage at the far end of the room, we all had to up the chill a tick and keep the bass pumping. Certainly not a problem, but I walked in hoping to play a super mellow set of lovely ambiance.

The dance stage in the side room looked and sounded amazing this year, and I applaud the decision to only place on sound system in there. I know it was tough to whittle down the list of 40 some DJs that wanted to play to the 10 or so that got slots, but it was a better party because of that effort.

The only real knock against the night I had was that due to the new extra stringent fire code mandates, the space did feel significantly sparser than past Seacomps. Not being able cover canopies in flowy fabrics and wacky art made for a colder, less inviting space. I know everyone did what they could under the new rules, but it did make a notable impact on the decor of a typically sensory overloading event.

I have some photos still on my camera, so until I upload them to the cloud, please enjoy this awesome set from Yonderboy.

Hooray! The Chillography 201 sets are now available for download.:) Click on over to the Chillography downloads page and enjoy the sunshine inspired music from Crispy, Lara, 0×86, EQlateral (live), Osiris Indriya, and Hendrik, recorded one amazing summer day on the Seattle waterfront.

Seacompression not quite your thing? Then here’s another fantastic music event tonight that I would highly suggest. I’ll actually be going to both because they are both not-to-be-missed events in my book.

Starting at 8pm at the ridiculously awesome venue of St. Mark’s Cathedral will be Water Sines, The Concert.

On the evening of November 7, the Water Sines orchestra will perform improvisational music for meditation. The diverse ensemble showcases music inspired by guitarist Sidney Genette. It features Native American flautist Paul Wagner, members of Seattle’s EQLateral string quartet and a host of instrumental soloists. Special guest artists from many cultures will whisper poems, prayers, and affirmations on the theme of water. Adding to the ethereal experience, a yoga–inspired dance troupe will perform a water blessing ritual. This all takes place against a backdrop of moving water imagery with an accompaniment of river and ocean sounds by audio capturist and Emmy Award–winner Gordon Hempton, renowned for his catalog of nature music.

While that description makes it sound new-age hippy-dippy, and there is much truth to that, what gets me so excited about this is the combination of a stunning acoustic space with a stacked line-up of Seattle’s best forward-thinking musicians, dancers, poets and lighting technicians. I may be a bit biased since I am friends with most of said line-up, but when you get all of those people performing on the same stage, regardless of your interest in ambient music, you cannot go wrong. Truly, this is going to be an epic concert performance at a very special venue that has never housed music like this.

On Saturday, Nov. 7, you’ll find me at this year’s installment Seacompression, the Northwest’s regional Burning Man decompression party. If you’ve never been, it’s like taking 3 square blocks of Burning Man and cramming it into a 25,000 sq ft warehouse. In a nutshell, it’s awesome and quite unlike any other party in the entire Northwest. Check out this floor plan to get a preview of the craziness ahead.

In the past I’ve DJed at one of the dance stages, but this year I’ll be keeping it mellow in the sublime H’Art Center chillout dome. This was by far my favorite part about last year’s party, so I’m super stoked to have been invited to play some mellow beats there this time around.

Full event details are here.

Here’s a short, fun video log from Seacomp 2007:

Another fantastic Chillography come and gone. Music-wise, this may have been one of my favorites yet, with Eckoe opening with his perfect blend of psychill, followed by Kalpataru Tree’s siiiiiick dubby goodness, Manahan’s midtempo romp and finally Scott Sunn’s deeeeeep techno shplunking. Add that to Jenna and team’s beautiful makeover of the Church of Bass, Cupcake or Dies baked goodness, and the projected Entranced game, and we had all the right ingredients for a superb party.

The entire night was recorded and I’ll be posting the sets to the Chillography site, once I get around to processing the recording. I’m still working on the recordings from 201, but both shows will be available very soon. I promise!

My photos:

And check out this great little Chillography montage from Lara.

We did a lot of setup last night at the Church of Bass and this may very well be the best looking Chillography yet! Can’t wait to see the space after it’s fully decorated, lit, and full of awesome peeps.:) See you tonight.

What’s that you say? Can’t make it to the show? Don’t forget that you can tune in to the live webcast and, at the very least, experience the wonderful line-up we’ve assembled. Tune in here at our UStream channel page.

A favorable mention of Chillography 202 appeared in The Stranger’s latest Databreaker column. Nice!