On Friday, October 1st, Tropical Events turned 23 in Portland, at our 90th in-person event since October 1998!  

Tropical wants to thank the djs for a really nice progression over the night.  We are excited to release the sets in the order they were played <3

We chose Sheppard to open things up with just the right energy ♡ which you know not everyone does...  You can hear what a great set this was!  

We owe Peter a better set time next time for sure, always feel a little guilty having a really good DJ opening, but we only hire really good DJs so what can we do ?

You can check out Sheppard's Soundcloud at dj_sheppard
Follow Peter on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/sheppardpdx
Follow Peter on IG here:  https://www.instagram.com/tobe_lerone/

Pictures from the event are here:  tinyurl.com/trop23pics

Tropical's next up is our most decadent event ever!  18-Bedroom Mansion Party in Palm Springs, CA Oct 28-31, 2021.

For info please request to join the group here:

fb.com/groups/torm2019

Sheppard at Tropical 23-Year Portland, OR Oct 1 2021

Welcome to Frequency Underground! We feature the best in regional house and techno each and every Thursday. We've got some groovy NuDisco vibes for you this week thanks to Asheville based Peri Meters! Enjoy :)

FREQUENCY UNDERGROUND INTERVIEW WITH PERI METERS:

◾Real Name: Mary Peters

◾Current city: Asheville, NC

◾DJ Collective: Synth Etiquette Radio

◾How did you come up with your dj name: Peri Meters is a spoonerism of my real name, and a nod to the fact that I like to play music spanning many genres and aiming to expand the perimeter of your musical tastes.

◾When did you start djing: 2017

◾Favorite dj moment: Spinning a daytime set at Haven II this past summer, after being mind-blowingly inspired by the raw talent of the previous night’s lineup!  I was so honored to be on that bill and knew exactly what I needed to do.

◾Favorite genre/subgenre to spin: Funk/Soul/Disco with Hip-Hop and R&B elements

◾Favorite artists: JoBu, Phil Weeks, Session Victim, Anderson .Paak, Black Loops, Coeo, Phairo, Detroit Swindle, Fouk, Karizma, Laurence Guy, Miguel Migs, Mister T., Ron Basejam, Toby O’Connor, DJ Minx, Pastel

◾Favorite labels: Toy Tonics, Salted Music, Glitterbox Recordings, Robsoul Recordings

TRACK LIST:
Molten Lava- Lord Echo
Looking Forward to You- Jack J
Crossing Paths- Kartell, SG Lewis
Proof- Pastel
Dumb Love- Neil Frances
Hold It- Flamingo Pier
New Gods (Ron Basejam Remix)- Catching Flies
Free My Mind (feat. Martin Luther)- Miguel Migs
Love Goes On (feat. Maria Estrella) Original Mix- Medsound
Odessa- Caribou
Perfect Time- Booka Shade
Joust (Forteba Alternative Version)- DJ Aakmael
Freakin (Original Mix)- Shur-I-Kan
Leave You- TEE MANGO
Kiburu’s- Leon Vynehall
Raw Cuts (Marcellus Pittman Remix)- Motor City Drum Ensemble
Your Sweet Lovin- Moodymann
Smokey Joe’s- Toby O’Connor
Falling Deep In Love (Joey Negro 12” Disco Blend)- Horse Meat Disco, Kathy Sledge
Open That Door- Dafunkeetomato

PERI METERS:
soundcloud » https://soundcloud.com/perimeters
facebook » https://www.facebook.com/perimetersmusic
instagram » www.instagram.com/therainbowmary

FREQUENCY UNDERGROUND:
soundcloud » @frequency_underground
facebook » www.facebook.com/FrequencyUndergroundOfficial
website » www.frequencyunderground.com

TASCAM DR-40X

Frequency Underground | Episode 095 | Peri Meters [NuDisco/Indie/Deep House]

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being." - Hafiz

December 2021 -  Full Moon in Gemini & Winter Solstice Portal

For this cycle, we are currently met with a potent closing of the final Full Moon of 2021, and today the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice.

If you're able and willing, find some time for yourself to be still, create some space, and treat your ears to this delicious set curated by @natblackmusic out of Charlotte, NC.

Lunar Expressions | 048 - Nat Black

Music Brings Us Together.  The best in House, Techno, Trance and Breaks.   Mixed LIVE every Saturday @ 7PM on Twitch: twitch.tv/dj_jayquik

Basement LIVE_01.22.22

Recorded Saturday November 6th 2021 in the lounge at Monarch SF.  For this set i pulled a bunch of my favorite tracks from over the last 10 years. Turn it up and enjoy.

Tracklist:
1. Stones Natives (Original Mix) by Fidjee - Kiss My Beat Records
2. Fata Morgana (Original Mix) by Life on Planets - Better On Foot
3. For Club Use Feat. Kid Enigma (Original Mix) by Ballast - dirtybird
4. Away (Original Mix) by Shur-I-Kan - Lazy Days Music
5. Psylica Feat. Qzen (Henrik Schwarz Remix) by Dave Aju, Qzen - Circus Company
6. Summertime (Wonderklubb Remix) by Handerson, Andre Anttony - Miami Underground
Records
7. Tale From the Dirt (Rampa Remix) by Aquarius Heaven, Hyenah - Freerange Records
8. Silver Surface (Original Mix) by Julien Chaptal - Saved Records
9. Billy's Funk (Original Mix) by I Gemin - Poetry in Motion
10. Everybody Moves (Opolopo Remix) by Aditya, Larry A - Magnolia Street Records
11. What U Gonna Do (Acid Redub) by Signal Flow - Culprit
12. King Coo (Original Mix) by Bebetta - Get Physical Music
13. Synchronicity (Original Mix) by Martin Buttrich, Mathew Jonson - Rhythm Assault
14. Til The World Blow Up feat. Mike Dunn (Original Mix) by Mike Dunn, Dave + Sam - Classic
Music Company
15. More Than A French Kiss (Original Mix) by Alexis Raphael - Lower East
16. Boy Vs. Girl (Baby Prince Remix) by The Fitness - Wolf + Lamb Records
17. Trilogy Feat. Sabota (Original Mix) by &ME - Keinemusik
18. Brackets (Original Mix) by Aera - Innervisions
19. When It's Raining (Original Mix) by Campaner, Gaol - StonedDogs Records
20. Medicine (Original Mix) by Aiwaska - Exploited Ghetto
21. What's The Plan feat. K.MiSS (The Deepshakerz Extended Remix) by Made By Pete, K.MiSS - UNDR THE RADR
22. Fantasy (Original Mix) by Disaia - Siena

Live at Monarch Nov '21

Discotheque 6

This set was performed on the Pioneer DDJ-400 which I just acquired. I am pretty impressed with this box. I used all four tracks to mix minimal tracks that go well together. In this set, there is less than 20% of the time that you are listening to just one track. Most of the time you are hearing two or three, sometimes four tracks at the same time.

Love Bottle, Unopened

We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams; —
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world forever, it seems.

Baila

Got to play with https://soundcloud.com/jymmi We switched off every track. It was a lot of fun playing poolside and playing this tempo which we don't get to do that often.

& Jymmi James poolside -Palm Springs - Sly's Birthday- Mix

Here is part one of the infamous Moontribe 29-year kimono set that I previously may have made some waves about - this part is on the house side but trippy for the desert...

This set had many challenges. I made a great playlist for it from my entire collection, did everything except export to usb, and then my logic board failed the next day.  Bye bye playlist!

So I rebuilt, as we do.  But with limited time my rebuild was limited to the last year of music, as well as some brand new music.  On top of that, I had convinced myself that my sets at Teleport and Moontribe were at exactly the same time - 10pm to midnight.  I think I told like 30 people this too :)  And of course I made my playlists - even the old one that disappeared - based on the 10-12 time frame

Sunday morning I look at the directions email and my set is listed at 6:00-8:30pm.  I thought it had maybe been changed on me then checked my message thread and I’ve just totally made up the 10-12 thing :) 

Point is that close to summer solstice 6:00-8:30 is a daytime set into sunrise while 10-12 is night-time ascending energy - they are drastically different energetically.  

So I made another new fricken 29-Year playlist based on my music of the past year, daytime into sunset.  I decided both ahead of time, and on the dance floor, that this Moontribe needed some trippy desert house music so that was the first hour.  

You can find the second part of this set - which is more minimal/trippy/breakbeat - one track down or at this link: 

https://soundcloud.com/ben-annand/ben-annand-moontribe-29-year-june-2022-part-2

Thank you Rithers for the lovely mastering job!  

I was back at Full Moon in August last week!  Waiting for that recording :)

Coming up this week

August 19/20 United Undivided, Denver, CO
August 22 Space Taco Tuesdays, Pomona, CA 
August 26/27 Utopia Festival, Salem, OR

Ben Annand - Moontribe 29-Year - June 2022 Part 1

Wait For The Moment

LeftCtrl —(also known as PolyGroovers, or DJ Zeel, real name: Konstantin Gredeskoul) started DJ-ing in the Bay Area in 1998, having been inspired and encouraged by @djethan Ethan Miller (FnF, BrassTax) among others. 

Konstantin produces downtempo music as PolyGroovers, (see https://soundcloud.com/polygroovers for more information).

Starting with the underground rave parties where he threw down Detroit Techno on vinyl, LeftCtrl played all over the Bay Area, with additional appearances in the UK, Spain, and Australia. 

He collaborated with @kem, Captain Tinrib, @henry-navarro and many more.

LeftCtrl's DJ sets feature a storyline, harmonic depth, and a smooth and deep, melodic, nearly always syncopated and groovy sound. Konstantin is an obsessively technical mixer, who admits to the most anal-retentive pitch-matching of the mixes, resulting in some of his entire sets played in the same key.

Since about. 2020, LeftCtrl refocused on the composition and production of tracks for the dance floor: house, progressive, and many genre bending tracks. Currently collecting sufficient portfolio for the upcoming releases in yet to be determined label.