"Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
until you arrive at the silence of yourself,
and listen to it." - Richard Brautigan

silence of yourself

Chad Mitchell’s dance music roots began in the underground culture of NYC. In ’92 he moved west to Buffalo, where he brought his influence and experience to the local music scene. In ’94, he and JP Soul began hosting parties and Djing in the dance music scene in Western New York. 
In Buffalo, he along with JP Soul held a residency for 2 years at the first weekly house music club in the area. Along with his residency, he co-hosted many large-scale events in Upstate New York. His notoriety spread and led to bookings North to Toronto as well as deep into Ohio and throughout Western NY. 

After gaining his Bachelor of Science from the University of Buffalo, he went west to San Francisco. Chad accepted a residency at Liquid, one of SF’s infamous nightspots where he rocked the decks every Friday night for almost 5 years. In addition to playing throughout San Francisco, he has also traveled to play in US cities such as Chicago, Seattle, and San Diego as well as internationally in Vancouver, BC and Mexico. 
In San Francisco, Chad Mitchell founded Roam Recordings. He and JP Soul run this local record label to further promote their sound by publishing their original works as well as their peers’. Roam Recordings has featured releases from such world-renowned artists as Justin Martin, Lance Desardi, Tasho, Demarkus Lewis, Rhythm Plate and Brett Johnson.

Chad Mitchell has had original works released on Roam Recordings as well as on Republika, G-Deep and MDEX.Chad has also released a variety of mix’s, with a wide range of styles.You can check some of them out here on Soundcloud.

Chad Mitchell’s motivations are simple. His vision is to produce and share the music, which has brought him so much love.For further information and Bookings you can contact chad c/o <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=chadmitchellsf@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">chadmitchellsf@gmail.com</a>

Also check out www.roamrecordings.com



2 Block Radius-Nicole Mason, Tee Cardaci, and Tom Cloutman (aka Schnezzy)-keep the spirit of San Francisco alive. 2 Block Radius is the sound of a waterfront party at sunset, the smell of old vinyl and warm skin, or the feel of a hoodiepulled tight against an incoming fogbank. Like the city itself, the music is an appealing mass of contradictions: laidback yet sultry, accessible yet subversive.
Nick, Tee, and Schnezzy are fixtures in the SF dance-music scene. As residents of the long-running party Low Down Grooves, they ruled the booth at legendary DJ bar The Top from 1999 through 2004. Those Wednesday nights were an intimate forum to play for true heads, close friends, and the occasional random street personalities (including one regular drifter who sometimes wandered in to accompany their DJ sets on his accordion). Drawing from those fond times, 2 Block Radius formed as a proper studio production team in 2000, when they released their first album, Crossed Wires, on their eponymous imprint, 2 Block Radius Recordings. Picking up cues from jazz, hip-hop, dub, and the street sounds that surround them, 2 Block Radius create downtempo and house that layers soulful vocal murmurs over lacquered breaks and chunky bass lines. Rhythms sway ever so slightly, from lightly energized to lackadaisical, but maintain that warm, syncopated tempo that epitomizes the classic SF sound.
In addition to releasing two more albums via their own label, 2 Block Radius have appeared on OM Records (”You Can’t Have Your Cake,” OM Lounge, Vol. 8, 2004) and Clean Recordings (”Woowah Hustle,” Clean Recordings Sampler, 2003). In 2004, 2 Block Radius produced the compilation 6 Blocks Deep, a showcase of local talent including E.T.I., Audio Angel, and PacificSound’s Galen and Omar. Nowadays, the members of 2 Block Radius are scattered across the globe-Tee resides in Brazil and Nick has returned to the UK, while Schnezzy still calls California home. Their sound, however, remains rooted in a two-block radius, somewhere, no doubt, at the corner of Haight Street and Fillmore.


In a pinch, if forced to employ adjectives to describe the Mark E. Quark style, one would come up with words like “groovy, laid back and nasty” house music. But putting grammar aside, it’s reasonable to just say that Quark has internalized influences from DJ Harvey, Idjut Boys, Jeno, and Andrew Weatherall, mashed them up, and given life to a signature style and a creature which is totally unique. This creature is currently brought to life for public consumption  at Moonshake in San Diego.

silence of yourself

kevinwest