City Pages and LOUD + CLEAR present BLACK featuring JON HESTER
JON HESTER
As a dancer, musician, and DJ/producer, Jon Hester is a fan of electronic music from both sides of the decks. He embraces tracks suited for the mood at hand, walking a line between techno purism and the raw energy of a moody dance floor. His sets include anything from energetic techno and jacking house to hypnotic vibes complimented with outboard effects and live saxophone. With an engaging presence, a sense of groove, and a knack for telling a story, he works any room until it sweats, a true showman and man of the people.
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While DJing in Minneapolis, USA, he launched his own party concept called Convergence. Acting as creative director, promoter, designer, host, and resident DJ, he produced a series of memorable dance music events focused on house and techno, with additional contributions by installation artists, painters, and clothing designers. After a stint in Barcelona managing the uncompromising WIP event space and some of the best events of off Sónar 2010, Jon relocated to Berlin. He has collaborated on saxophone for Dapayk’s Decade One artist album, recently did a remix for the DPK label, signed a forthcoming release to Andrew Grant’s EDEC music outlet, and is working on several projects for various imprints including his own Timefog label.
BLACK
Every Saturday in The Record Room
Saturday nights in the Record Room are thudding with the sounds of the underground while an eclectic mix of party-goers gather downstairs for Too Much Love. The music upstairs - a fervent big brother to the sounds below - is hosted by techno heads Particle People, techno/house dynamos Loud + Clear, and funky house doctors HotDish. These three crews work collectively to institute a dance-culture favorite in Minneapolis - fittingly dubbed BLACK (if you've been in the Record Room, you know why).
LOUD + CLEAR
Loud + Clear presents BLACK every third Saturday night of the month at First Avenue's RECORD ROOM, hosted by Aaron Litschke and Matt Veloce. Dedicated to supporting and sustaining a culture of electronic dance music in the Twin Cities, Loud + Clear places an emphasis on providing the community with cutting-edge techno and house music. Combining both traditional and contemporary concepts, the creativity of the DJs showcased at our events is sure to surprise and delight even the most enlightened electronic dance music fan.
DVS1
Zak aka DVS1, is one of the most prominent figures in the Midwest/US dance music landscape today. A local DJ favorite since the mid nineties, DVS1 continues to move floors with a combination of deep musical knowledge, unparalleled enthusiasm, and a vinyl collection of more than 10,000 records.
