Friday, February 10th
Imperial present: Friday Jam Sesh @ Berk
KInda Free, but donations welcome!

Both rooms @ "DA BERK" -- jungle / d'n'b / dubstep / bassline / tweenwave

FREE EVENT (OPTIONAL DONATION TO HELP PAY THE DJs ;-) !!!!!!!!!

****** ROOMS / SLOTS TBA ******

DJs:

BITTERMAN & SKEPTIC (?)
CLIP & CARBINE
TRIZZAK
SHYGUY
LEADER1
YODDA
337
INDICA
XAVIER (feat. MC John Oswald

Saturday, February 11th
" Valentines Rave of Hearts" at the Berkeley

Sonic Sphere presents a Valentines rave: "Valentines Rave of Hearts"

So find your Valentine and come out a RAVE WITH MASSIVE SONIC VIBES ENOUGH TO MELT YOUR SYNAPSES. Don't miss it!!!

Ages 18 and up.
TICKETS: $6 at the door

Glowsticks and led products will on sale at the event.
Full Bar will be open and if you get the munchies they sell food.


Your sonic navigators are:


DJ FM
http://djfm.com/
Labels: Treehouse Audio & Design
Genre: Electronica/Dance / Progressive House / Drum & Bass

"Having been part of the Southeast US EDM scene for over 12 years, there's not a lot Jon G (DJ FM) hasn't seen or done. He's produced 80+ songs and instrumentals, had his original tracks used on MTVs Real World, Road Rules, The Hills and Making The Band, performed his music with the aid of a live band, and DJ-ed at venues from North Carolina to Massachusetts. FM's sets bring his signature mix of melodic progressive, bangin' electro house and old skool classics that always get the house moving!"



Conrad Greggor
http://soundcloud.com/dj-conrad-greggor
Genre: Minimal Techno, Techno, and Tech house

Conrad Greggor began his DJ career 20 years ago in his home town of Seattle while in college studying music theory. It was at this time that he was introduced to the rave scene. During this time he also played in several projects as a vocalist, dj for multiple events and parties and began working with prominent artists from the Seattle area in artist management. He began producing original electronic music 8 years ago. Currently resides in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he performs regularly with weekly broadcasts, special events, outdoor regional festivals, and regional showcase events. His passion for music, life and the people who share this journey with him is translated poignantly in his performances. As an artist he feels compelled to take the audience on a cerebral and physical journey of mind and body. He produces minimal techno, techno and tech house.


Horus
http://soundcloud.com/horacehess
Genre: Trance

Very few music aficionados embody what it is to be a DJ as well as HiJinx Records & JoekerLand Productions rising star, Horace Hess a.k.a. Horus.
Having roots in the back woods and city streets of North Carolina and influences ranging from Joe Satriani to Kraftwerk to Aphex Twin .
Found his passion for psytrance from the events of Touch Samadhi and ATLPSY. . Horace has acquired the knowledge and skills over the past 6 years that make him a staple in the southeastern psy scene.
Always playing and pursuing sounds that tend to range from the uplifting to the gritty. Dancers have found themselves enveloped in a myriad of beats, bleeps and tweaks that keep peoples hearts pounding and minds yearning for more. Molding the groovy of house ,hallucinogenic of psy, and the energy of trance, Horace keeps a party vibe captivating and vibrant. His rapidly-gaining popularity has also earned him peak-hour spots at events such as Sacred Seed, Equinox,Jedi Soul, Vice Versa, Nocturnal Frequencies, and Trance Paradise. Even so, Horace's biggest contribution to the dance community may be his creation and promotion of the dance event Peregrination, held at Volume11 in Raleigh.


F3NN
http://soundcloud.com/f3nn
Genre: Dubstep, Drumstep, Drum and Bass aka. DARK FILTHY GOODNESS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOMtga1uofY&feature=channel_video_title

Dubstep/Drumstep DJ from Cary NC that has been the resident at the Sonic Sphere Events for many years.
F3NN, a local area DJ, has been at it for over 5 years, hitting up events around the country in places like Baltimore, Atlanta, Memphis, Pittsburgh and even as far as Oklahoma to keep the bass pumping! He has been known to drop some nasty filthy Dubstep and Drumstep and even some old school dark drum and bass. He has been known to drop just about all kinds of music, but no matter what, its going to be filthy, and he will keep people on the floor moving all night long.
**AS SEEN ON G4TV Attack of the Show in March of 2010**

Friday, February 17th
NC Local Music Benefit For Interact (SAFETY SUPPORT AWARENESS)
Kim Disco, The Design, Monika Jaymes Band, Sofree,Scarlet Virginia, The Lawn Darts

InterAct is a private, non-profit, United Way agency that provides safety, support, and awareness to victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault. InterAct fulfills this mission through the support of its volunteers and community.

OVER $1,000 worth collectively in raffle prizes!
Raffle Prizes from: 8th Sin Coffee,Carolina Rollergirls, The Durham Bulls, The Carolina Panthers, Stephanie Rose Photography, over $400 in gift cards to Blue Water Spa and more!

Blue Water Spa Prizes:
- One Month of Unlimited LED GentleWaves Photomodulation Treatments ($400 value)
- Microdermabrasion with LED GentleWaves Photomodulation Treatment ($145 value)

Stephanie Rose Photography Prizes:
-1 session plus a free 8x10 and disc of 5 photos ($200 value)

Special thanks to International Minute Press of Raleigh for helping us get flyers for the event! Great service!! Check them out!!

International Minute Press, Downtown Raleigh

Saturday, February 18th
Rico Swain, The Balance, And Small World!

Sunday, February 19th
Rave-0-lution at the Berkeley

Sonic Sphere is raving at the Berkeley to present the one and ONLY:
RAVE-0-LUTION
We're going to be TRANCEing out all night!!

A RAVE WITH MASSIVE SONIC VIBES ENOUGH TO MELT YOUR SYNAPSES. Don't miss it!!!

Glowsticks and led products will on sale at the event.

Your sonic navigators are:

Symbiotik - (Trance, House, Electro, Dubstep)
http://soundcloud.com/symbiotikmusic
www.facebook.com/symbiotikmusic

After meeting AudioRush at their second rave ever, The Surge, Symbiotik quickly impressed AudioRush with both his fledgling producing skills and his ability to share the dream AudioRush had begun to pursue. Now fully involved in AudioRush Productions, Symbiotik has been invited to play with Generation Productions again after his first performance set ever at Project Exodus Asheville. One can expect to hear only the best House, Electro and Dubstep off Symbiotiks own EP's, Manifestation and Bios, as well as of others creation.



F3NN
http://soundcloud.com/f3nn
Genre: Dubstep, Drumstep, Drum and Bass aka. DARK FILTHY GOODNESS....but for this event, dusting off all of the old trance tracks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOMtga1uofY&feature=channel_video_title

F3NN *as seen on G4TV Attack of the Show, a local area DJ, has been doing it for over 5 years, hitting up events around the country in places like Atlanta, Memphis, Pittsburgh and even as far as Oklahoma to keep the bass pumping! Usually a trance DJ, he has been known to drop some nasty filthy Dubstep and Drumstep and completely switch up the mood! He has been known to drop just about all kinds of music, but no matter what, he will keep people on the floor and moving all night long. Anything from long flowing melodies, to turning up the Filth knob can be expected!



DJ Wondershock
http://dj.wondershock.com/
Genre: UK hardcore/ravebreaks/drum and bass/Dubstep

I’ve been mixing since April 2009. After listening to Anabolic Frolic’s “Happy2BHardcore” series and eventually moving onto Bonkers, I branched out and really started researching hardcore. My exposure to DJ Cotts on YouTube pushed me over the edge, and I decided to start mixing. After picking up a VCI-100, Fast Track Pro, and Traktor Pro in the thick of the recession of 2009, hardcore music drove me to keep moving forward.

I’m passionate about hardcore because it is the focal point of so much of my favorite culture, and I believe it to be a watermark of the times. With its influences from modern technology, old and new electronica, and video game instrumentals, I feel it could stand to really take off in the times to come. I know it’s been said before, but it feels like something big. Big enough that when I started to get into it, I knew I had to be as involved as I possibly could. Since starting out I’ve branched into breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, synthpop, and hard dance… but the backbone of my study and the bulk of my work continues to be hardcore.

I am now inspired by the Crush on Hardcore, Global Hardcore Alliance, Bonkers, and DI.fm hardcore scenes, and strive to become a part of them.

I share notes with fellow hardcore DJ Nullstrukt. I’m currently trying to find some airtime on local radio, and am submitting mixes to DI.fm. If you like what you see, subscribe and check back on Wednesdays for new mixes/content!



Mixtress Krikett
http://www.krikett.co.nr/
Labels: (00tz ATTACK / insektek)
Genre: psytrance, hard dance, psybreaks, drum and bass, industrial, techno, electro-house/breaks

http://youtu.be/NoaqrKrkBdI

Mixtress Krikett is a mere 3yr veteran 00tz DJ, otherwise known as a mixed up shape shifting hex-encoded mastermind, known throughout the east coast (rep-ruh-zent) for projecting unremittingly endless floor filling tech-tastic beat racket from space ages beyond.

Based entirely on the theory (ahem, fact) that there is no such thing as good/bad genres, only good/bad music; such freedom is fully exercised to it's true potential at every dance-shenanigan. Not only can we have nice things, we can have ALL nice things, and by nice things we mean all kinds of fantastic frequency; you will be tested, you will be delivered, but most importantly, you will be -dancing-!

She has DJ'd multiple almost every kindo party, be it raves (legit, or at least as legit as a rave can be, ha), club parties (headliner parties, 'VS' parties, themes, etc), outdoor doofs (psytrance!!!), band shows (usually industrial), conventions (sci-fi/anime/fetish), official campus parties (eclectic mixture!), and of course your friendly neighborhood house/special occasion/no occasion (f-it, lets party) parties.



Genki
http://www.kniteforcerevolution.com/
Labels: Kniteforce/Ravers Only/Good Vibes/Krafty Radio
Genre: Freeform/Hardcore

http://youtu.be/Oaj9O7gAnQc

With almost 2 decades of experience behind the decks, Genki has made his name almost synonymous with Freeform , and has been a very in demand dj almost nonstop for his entire adult life. Having been a die-hard dj Hardcore dj for 16 years, he's refused to conform or bend despite what anyone else was doing. His passion for dj'ing and electronic dance music have stood the test of time, as he seems equally as energetic behind the decks as he did when he first started. Known for his very high energy dj sets, and energetic stage presence, there is no question that a Genki show is one you won't be sitting down for. Having a very dedicated following, his listeners describe his sets as "uncaged energy" as he puts his all into each set.
Genki's addiction to vinyl and dj'ing started at a very young age, and by the time he was just 18 years old, he had scored a residency dj'ing to thousands each week at Virginia's largest nightclub The Abyss, and quickly became the club's most requested act. He held onto this residency for 5 years, all the while touring to various shows around the country, playing at underground and club venues, and massives alike. Since The Abyss, Genki has obtained residencies at several notable nightclubs including The Ambush, Avanti's, The Wave, Club Vanqual, Dance 4 Life, Soundscape, Club Exit NYC, and Omega Bar. He also djed on several US and UK hardcore internet radio stations over the past decade including holding current regular shows on Krafty Radio , the largest Hardcore station in the UK alongside label mate and Hardcore legend, Luna-C. Genki already has releases scheduled this year on Luna-C's label Kniteforce (KFA), as well as his own label Willow Records.



PLUS!!!
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY SEE THE DANCEFLOOR COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED WITH MIND BLOWING BLACKLIGHT DECOR BY PSYNESTHESIAC!!

Friday, February 24th
FORCED REALITY, PATRIOT, ANTAGA ATL, BAD IDEA

Saturday, February 25th @ 9:00pm (Doors at 8:00pm)

Wrinkle Neck Mules

For Fans Of:
Jason Boland, Steve Earle, American Aquarium

Tickets: $10 Advance / $10 Day Of Show

Born somewhere on I-64 between Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia in late 1999, the Wrinkle Neck Mules blend guitars, banjos, mandolins, pedal steel guitars, organs, kitchen sinks, drums and bass together with bluegrass-inspired harmony vocals to distill what The Independent of Raleigh, NC called a "righteous Americana mishmash."

"The five piece Wrinkle Neck Mules temper the roots racket of US forebearers Go to Blazes and The Bottlerockets with the more studious demands of bluegrass. Frontman Andy Stepanian has the throat tones of Steve Earle, shading these songs of old hounds, ditch weed and arsenic in the veins with the darkness they demand. And while there are traces of classic Bakersfield in "Ringing in the Days", it's the mandolin and banjo-picking that truly shine, particularly on "The Whistler Knows Best". "Swagger & Honesty" meanwhile sounds like a Southern anthem fit for Skynryd."
-UNCUT Magazaine

Thursday, March 29th @ 8:00pm (Doors at 7:00pm)

Dan Baird & Homemade Sin
with
Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin Team

Homemade Sin is Dan Baird, Keith Christopher, Warner Hodges, Mauro Magellan

For Fans Of: The Georgia Satellites

Tickets: $15 Advance / $18 Day Of Show

"Contains all the elements of the classic Georgia Satellites sound." - Spin

Runka, runka, three chords and a cloud of dust! The Georgia Satellites were one of the most ferocious bands of the 80’s and what set them apart from the other 10,000 groups who cranked their amps up to 11 was that their wild riffs and tanked cries came from a band that, from the start, understood it’s place in rock tradition and fought hard to solidify it with each recording.

The story starts in the early 80’s at Hedgen’s, a "country club for the spiritually impoverished and emotionally destitute" , as chief songwriter Baird would later identify it. Bassist Keith Christopher, Drummer Mauro Magellan and Guitarists Rick Richards and Dan Baird were playing on the Atlanta circuit in various bar bands such as the Hellhounds, the Brains and the Woodpeckers. These bands would gradually morph into the original Georgia Satellites.

#1 fan and road manager Kevin Jennings, sold an EP of early Satellites recordings to an independent UK record label, Making Waves and the EP, Keep The Faith, provoked an extraordinary reaction from the UK music press, which, in turn, woke up the previously indifferent stateside music industry. The stand-out track on the EP and most peoples introduction to the band was Keep Your Hands To Yourself which was swiftly culled from the bands eponymous debut major label release on Elektra and became a runaway Grammy nominated hit, both LP and single only being kept off the respective #1 slot’s by Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet and Living On A Prayer. A second hit single, Battleship Chains, solidified the LP’s platinum success.

Where the Satellites really earned their reputation though, was with their live shows. All those years of three sets a night, paid dividends as their live performances laid waste to audiences across the States and in particular Europe, which took the band to it’s collective heart, a love affair that continues to this day.

Two more Elektra LP’s, Open All Night and the remarkable Salvation And Sin, plus a track, Hippy Hippy Shake, on the Tom Cruise movie soundtrack, Cocktail, followed, but by the early 90’s, all those years of incessant touring had taken their toll and the band split.

Dan Baird forged a successful solo career with Rick Rubin’s Def American, scoring major hits with the album Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired and single I Love You Period. A second LP, the critically acclaimed Buffalo Nickel, followed and Dan also developed a career as a highly sought after producer.

Post Satellites Mauro played on both of Dan’s Def American albums before taking time out to raise a family and concentrate on his other interests. Keith had also returned to the fold for the Def American recordings and like Mauro played on both ‘Love Songs For The Hearing Impaired’ and ‘Buffalo Nickel’. After recording ‘Buffalo Nickel’, Keith went on to join Kenny Wayne Sheppard’s band and play on a multitude of sessions, including Ayo's 2006 double platinum debut Joyful.

In 2001 Dan returned to live performance, with the Sofa Kings, a band that featured hot shot guitarist Ken McMahan. The shows producing the live album, Redneck Savant. Dan also found time to record and tour as part of the alt “supergroup”, The Yayhoos who also featured Keith Christopher and long time Dan sparring partner Terry Anderson. The Yayhoos line up is completed by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel. The foursome have released two albums to date, Fear Not The Obvious in 2002, following it in 2007 with Put The Hammer Down.

2003 saw the release of a compilation of Dan and Georgia Satellites unreleased gems - Out Of Mothballs - and Mauro put out an album with his other band The Crashers - Love School. Dan, Keith, Mauro and Ken hit the road for the first of a sucession of tours which were documented on the 2005 double live set - Feels So Good.

In 2007 the band decided to take some time off to concentrate on writing and to recharge their batteries. During this period, Ken had his first child and decided to spend some time at home. His legacy and importance to the band are stamped all over the live cd and dvd set - Fresh Out Of Georgia - which will stand as a worthy testament to his time with the band.

His replacement is none other than Warner E. Hodges, also guitarist extraordinaire with Nashville legends, Jason And The Scorchers. Warner is probably the only guitarist capable of matching Dan's intensity chord for chord and proved to be the missing piece in the Homemade Sin jigsaw. Long term friends, Dan had co-produced Warner's 2007 debut solo album - Centerline.

February 2008, Dan, Warner, Mauro and Keith embarked upon the recording of Homemade Sin’s debut studio album. Recorded in Nashville the fourteen tracks on ‘Dan Baird & Homemade Sin’ represent the first new Dan Baird studio album since ‘Buffalo Nickel’.

The album was released in Europe in May 2008 to rave reviews and was playlisted by BBC Radio 2's Bob Harris, an American release scheduled for 2009. Live audiences got to hear the new songs for the first time when Homemade Sin, joined the Quireboys on a highly successful package tour of the U.K. and Scandinavia. The band were back in Scandinavia once again in October with one veteran (and by all accounts highly jaded) music journalist giving the band a SIX out of FIVE star review and proclaiming the show to be the best gig he’d seen in over twenty years!

Few evoke that glad-to-be-alive feeling in this listener as well as Terry Anderson and his Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team. These North Carolinians remind you why you fell in love with rock-and-roll in the first place. They don’t try to reinvent the music – thank goodness – they just distill it to its glorious essence. And not only do they continue to do that, but you’re holding in your hands the evidence that they are getting even better at it. How many rockers can you say that about? Terry remains an ingenious lyricist with a hook-happy flair, but in many of these new songs, we also sense a stronger emotional undertow that gives them a deeper pull amid all the usual fun. As a unit, the OAKTeam – Jack and Dave and Greg accompanying Terry and his drums – has developed into a powerhouse unit. They can rock like ass, as their leader likes to say, but also deftly navigate the sweet but never sticky pop of numbers like “Spend the Night.” And they’ve learned to do it with a growing level of studio craft that never dulls any of the exhilarating, in-your-face immediacy of the tunes.

Friday, April 6th @ 9:00pm (Doors at 8:00pm)

Chris Thomas King & His Louisiana Blues Band

Multi-Grammy Winner, Oscar Winner,
& Phenomenal Guitar Player

For Fans Of:
Keb Mo, Corey Harris, Joe Bonamassa, John Hammond, Buddy Guy

Tickets: $15 Advance / $18 Day Of Show

You’ve seen and heard him in the musical movies, “O Brother Where Art Thou?” and “Ray,” - now experience him in a high-energy show with his full band!

From Electric Soul to New Orleans R & B and Hip Hop, Chris Thomas King has been an innovator of the blues since his debut album. Entertainment Weekly voted him one of the “Entertainers Of The Year” and Time Magazine says, “His songs boast a crunching blues beat, brash guitars, and howling harmonica solos.”

New Orleans blues artist Chris Thomas King is a triple threat - musician, actor and business entrepreneur - but if you look at all his talents, he is really much more than that. As a musician he plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, bass guitar, dobro, piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, drums and he sings! In the studio he is a producer, an arranger and an engineer. As an actor he has made his mark in films and TV. And as business entrepreneur he has spearheaded a record label, based in his home town of New Orleans, reflecting his own artistic sensibilities as well as signing artists with a compatible point of view. Chris Thomas King is now one of most recognized and successful blues artist of his generation.

The multi Grammy award winning musician and actor grew up as a child-prodigy guitarist learning the blues at the feet of some of the music's masters back home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Specifically at Tabby's Blues Box, a club owned by his father, Rockin' Tabby Thomas.

He may best be known for his role as blues singer “Tommy Johnson” in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and for his role as bluesman Lowell Fulson in the movie “Ray". Under his own name, King has been recording albums exploring the intersections between blues and hip-hop since the late 1980s.

King is a true innovator - his music is authentic blues; it is contemporary blues. His performances and recordings bridge the past with the present and future, bringing blues into the digital age. As Willie Dixon once said, “the blues is the root and everything else is the fruits.” King's music brings the fruits back home.