PLEASE RSVP BEFORE SATURDAY MARCH 20th

WE DO NOT WANT TO MISS YOUR RSVP!

Joe Miller [http://www.joemillerwork.com] recently received his MFA from the University of Chicago and his work can be seen on self-created Free Walls throughout the city and at the Empty Bottle.  Every site offers an interesting potential related to presence, the logic of the activity itself, and its perpetual cycle.   He is the current artist-in-residence at HCL (highconceptlaboratories.org), where he will be putting on more exhibitions in the coming year.

NICOLAS JAAR (Cloud and Sunset; W+L, Circus company)

Airpod podcast 19

Getthecourse podcast december 2009

W+L label showcase at the Bunker March 2009

JOHN OVERFIEND (Hej, Source audio, Detroit)

“Have you seen my mind?” mix

FREDERICK ZAHM (Souvenir, Paris)

His latest mix recorded live at Between Lounge for My casa su Casa party, organized by Greg K (LaManza)

DAVID YANG (good morning hours, Chicago)

“You can’t take it with you” mix!

Join us to wellcome the SPRING and say happy birthday to Souvenir cofunder and dj Frederick Zahm

We are very happy to announce the first Chicago appearance of Nicolas Jaar, actual rising star of the elctronic music made in US !

Chicago based Dino G and David Yang will introduce is live set with some sexy and dancing beats, while  John Overfiend from Detroit will bring you some pure techno rhythms.

Special birthday set by Frederick Zahm!

Art and installations will transport you to the magical world of the … party !!

Saturday March 20th 2010 – TBA Chicago

rsvp obligatory : souvenir.info@gmail.com

Sound provided by Source audio – Detroit

NICOLAS JAAR LIVE (clown and sunset, W+L, circus company, NY)

Nicolas Jaar was born in NY but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic music in 2004 at the age of 14. At 17, he made his debut with “The Student EP” on Wolf and Lamb Music with a remix by Seth Troxler who called him ” one of the most talented minds dance music is about to see develop”. At 18, he continued producing and played live at Club Der Visionaire and Arena in Berlin, at the Marcy in Brooklyn, at Communikey in Colorado and at Mutek in Mexico City. Now 19, studying at Brown University in Rhode Island, Nico has releases coming up on Circus Company, Wolf + Lamb and on his own label, Clown and Sunset (www.clownandsunset.com) of which he is the owner and founder.

http://www.nicolasjaar.net/

http://www.clownandsunset.com/cs/main.html

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JOHN OVERFIEND (Hej, Source Audio, Detroit)

John Overfiend, a nomad since birth, spent much of his younger years moving throughout New England. Eventually breaking away from the east coast he found himself living in the mid western city of Detroit. Completely unaware of the existence of electronic music and the underground dance scene, it seemed fate had led him to the birthplace techno. In 2006, with the formation of Hej Records, John Overfiend and Punisher are now spreading their musical experience worldwide.Most recently the Hej label joined forces with one of Detroit’s premiere sound companies, Source Audio Systems, which will provide the sound for this Souvenir party.

http://www.myspace.com/hejrecords       http://www.myspace.com/johnoverfiendmusic

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DINO G (2 Red Belts, Spybar, Chicago)

As a DJ, producer and business owner, Dino G combines his tech-house talent with a knack for turning the entertainment industry on ear. For nearly a decade, he has made a mission of not only bringing premiere underground dance acts to Chicago, Ibiza and beyond, but also playing alongside them on an international stage. When not performing on the decks, Dino G handles business as co-owner of Chicago’s acclaimed Spybar, hosting the venue’s weekly friday party and showcasing a slew of heavy-hitting, electronic music driven talent. The summer 2009 launch of his tech-house label “2 Red Belts” with Spybar partner Garrett Belschner features his originals tracks as well as releases from some of tech house’s most respected artists. Additionally, he continues serving as Spybar’s talent buyer while marketing, managing and promoting club events.

http://www.myspace.com/dinogspybar

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FREDERICK ZAHM (Souvenir, Paris/Chicago)

Frederick is the cofounder of Souvenir along with his wife Noemi. Originally from France, he is been living and playing in Chicago since two years now. Music and party lover, he is going to celebrate his birthday during Souvenir 006!

picture by Jason Warth

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DAVID YANG (Good morning hours, Chicago)

Born in Queens and raised on the hard streets of a New Jersey suburb, David Yang is a classically trained cellist turned selector who has taken his painstakingly developed understanding of music from in front of a conductor to behind the decks. Just as humans rarely have the opportunity to observe a bird of paradise’s kaleidoscopic array of mating-dance plumage, only a lucky few have experienced Dave’s party-generating aural displays. These exhibitions have usually taken place during good morning hours or early evening warm-up sets. By keeping a steady regimen of full-body workouts and living room practice sets, Dave hopes to hone his DJ skillz and wow his audiences with his zen-like control of the vibe.

** Frederick Zahm – Docile

** Coyu- Warm mix

with some unreleased tracks from Coyu, Edu, Uner, AFFKT and other friends

**Edu Imbernon, Barraca Music Podcast 005

An hour full of energy and tracks made by Edu, some of them yet unpublished.

**Jason Patrick, Resonant Vibes podcast 015

** Coyu- Lifted Podcast

** Jason Patrick – Fall 09 mix 1

we are very happy to announce a new Souvenir party filled with amazing music!

Coyu (Suara, liebe*detail, Diynamic / Barcelona, Spain) and Edu Imbernon (Eklektisch, liebe*detail, Barraca Music, Valencia, Spain), two of the best newcomer djs and producers of 2009, are coming to Chicago for the first time! A lot of you probably already know their most popular track, which is the most underground sold track on Beatport in 2009.. this one :

El Baile Alemán, Coyu+Edu Imbernon, liebe*detail

The boss of Klectik record, Jason Patrick (Chicago, Klectik, Asquared) and Frederick Zahm (Souvenir, Paris) will wellcome them to the dancefloor for a night in the name of techno!

The party will take place again at the Vision penthouse room, where  everybody had much fun last time… but the room will not be the same! More sound & more surprises! (less line at the door FOR SURE)

As always, the RSVP is obligatory to receive a bracelet and have access to the Penthouse, while other parties will go on in the other rooms of the Vision club.

RSVP HERE : souvenir.info@gmail.com

SATURDAY 23 JANUARY     VISION PENTHOUSE    632 N DEARBORN ST CHICAGO   11 PM TO 5 AM

13 $               +21

COYU (Suara, liebe*detail, Diynamic / Barcelona, Spain)

Coyu is the name of war of Iván Ramos, a versatile young guy born in the Summer of 1985, Barcelona. Vinyl and writing lover, he’s one of the most talented artists of the current Spanish music scene. As DJ, Coyu is daring, eclectic and innovative, he always stares at the future, although he lives the present and learns from the past. Label owner of Suara and Atypical Farm and with an increase career as musical journalist, Coyu is a multifaceted artist involved in the electronic music scene. His work as producer is starting and his first releases are coming. Discos De Lata (Xpansul’s label) was the first label that bet for him. But the international aclaim arrived with “El Baile Alemán” along his partner Edu Imbernón and released in liebe*detail last May’09. Artists, media and clubbers supported that big dancefloor bomb. Overall #1 on Beatport and played by Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Sven Väth, Loco Dice, Marco Carola and all the current international star system. This Summer/Autumm is going great for Coyu, he has released nice stuff along Edu or Uner on big labels like Diynamic, Great Stuff, Saved Records or Cr2… some of them are supported by Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Damian Lazarus, Âme, Mark Knight, Dennis Ferrer, Matthew Dear or DJ Hell. Just got 6 nominations on the Dance Spanish Awards 09 as Best DJ, Best Newcomer DJ, Best Newcomer Producer, Best Track (El Baile Aleman / Raw Sweat), Best Label (Suara)

www.myspace.com/coyu
www.soundcloud.com/coyu

www.myspace.com/suaramusic
www.soundcloud.com/suara

www.myspace.com/atypicalfarm
www.soundcloud.com/atypicalfarm

Edu Imbernon (Eklektisch, liebe*detail, Barraca Music, Valencia, SpaiN)

At just 20 years of age the native Valenciano from Spain has torn up dancefloors all over the planet with his hit “El Baile Alemán” produced alongside fellow partner Iván Ramos (Coyu), released under German label Liebe*Detail and heavily supported by artists like Ricardo Villalobos, Marco Carola, Sebastien Leger, Agoria and many more. He also has the claim to rights of being one of the youngest artists ever to reach the TOP 100 on Beatport, at the same time ranking among the Top 10 on Decks.de and also as being in Resident Advisor’s Top 100 most charted tracks.

These achievements have been made possible due to the sheer hard work ethic and desire since he started DJing at the age of 16, but credit also to his Sound studies when he was 18 and an even more important appreciation to his father for education in piano.

In 2008 he decided to make the move to the capital of Techno music, Berlin, in a move that completely changed his view on electronic music and will influence his future promising productions.

Edu is the owner of Eklektisch, his own record label which is regularly supported by artists like Laurent Garnier, Joris Voorn, Gregor Tresher or Danny Tenaglia and has released himself as an artist on labels like Great Stuff, Trapez LTD , Diynamic, Suchtreflex, Noir Music, Cr2 records…. Future releases will see Edu on Rebirth, Get Physical / Get Digital, Opossum or Barraca Music with production work that is destined to make him household name

http://www.myspace.com/imbernon

http://www.myspace.com/eklektischrecords

Jason Patrick (Klectik, Asquared, Chicago) VS Frederick Zahm (Souvenir, Paris/Chicago)

Originally from Detroit, and currently based in Chicago! Jason currently runs the label Klectik Recordings with Nadia Podolsky of Volatl tm, one of top bookings and promotion agencies in the US.  Klectik has featured a mix of up and coming talents such as Max Jacobson, Oliver Dodd with such world-renowned artists like, Camea, and Byran Zentz.  Timeout Chicago has referred to him as one of the most technical techno dj’s in Chicago, a sound dj for 10 years now, Jason continues to play gigs all over the US including recent gigs in San Francisco, Resolute Detroit, and Bar13 in NYC, and multiple parties in Miami for WMC 2009!  Jason’s label Klectik is currently on the rise, with it’s releases getting support from such dj’s as Len Faki, Bloody Mary, and Chris Fortier.  His deput EP for Klectik was released this past fall to much acclaim, as well as a recent remix for Angel Alanis’s Asquared label!

http://www.myspace.com/klectikjp

http://www.myspace.com/klectikdetroit

Frederick Zahm is the cofounder of Souvenir parties along with his wife Noemi. Originally from the East of France, he has been living in Chicago since two years now, having a lot of fun and making people dance until the very late hours!!

http://www.myspace.com/losorizontal

Enjoy here some music from the djs who will perform during the party!!

SOUL CLAP

* Follow this link to listen to The Great White Hope Volume IV an amazing Soul Clap podcast on Wolf+Lamb website.

* On their site, you can find the record of a recent party in Leeds (UK)

http://blog.soulclap.us/2009/11/02/episode-58-soul-clap-in-leeds-pt-2/

* Here is their latest podcast on the web:

KASPER

Very nice podcast available on Polka.es

FREDERICK ZAHM

Critical people mix

If you cannot hear any music once you play it, but the time is passing, click again on the player (in the empty space) and/or refresh the page

Mixing alternative venues with clubs, the Souvenir’s good music and good vibes hope to reach different scenes in Chicago.

Souvenir 004 will take place at the Vision night club, 640 N Dearborn, Chicago, in the PENTHOUSE space, an upstairs room with a unique and intimate atmosphere, a bar and a separate room to chill out. Only the people that will come for the Souvenir party will be able to get into this space, with a wristband, while in the Vison’s main room  there will be a trance event : the two crowds will not be mixed up. 

This is why the access to the Penthouse is RSVP ONLY at this address : souvenir.info@gmail.com    

Please note that without an RSVP you will be considered a regular guest for the main room, will have to pay its cover and will not have a wristband to get into the Penthouse.

Ps: try to avoid to rsvp the same day/a few hours before the event, we may not see your rsvp

Saturday November 21

+21 –  13 $ – 11 pm to 5 am

Vision night club – Penthouse Room

632 N. Dearborn, 60610 Chicago

Find more info about the artists in the next post

Souvenir keep on bringing to Chicago the european style! 

KASPER

 (Esperanza, Net28, Lomidhigh, M_nus)

Madrid, Spain

 Kasper founded the Esperanza label with Papol in 2005.

Before, they were both active members of Rdt collective, and organized illegal parties all over since 2002. In 2004 started to develop sets together causing a fantastic reaction among people… Both evolutionated to a more simple, synthetic sound, more percussive and less melodic never forgeting the connection with the crowd. The most important background came from post punk, rock, jazz, rap and of course electronic labels such as studio 1, basic channel, profan, chain reaction, mosaic, schatrax, perlon, planet E… In late 2005, Esperanza grew up with the idea of showing the crowd their favourite music, offering a personal view of electronic music. Also in 2006, their first release came out on Igloo netlabel, with remixes of Dario Zenker, Jorge Savoretti and Dilo and has been played by some of the main suspects of the minimal scene all over the world, caused also for the great response from public that this argentinian netlabel has in the present. Later on, Kasper collaborated with Minus with a remix of the minimal anthem RUOK? from newyorker Ambivalent and after with a track in the VVAA of Items and things 02 (label owned by Troy Pierce, Magda and Marc Houle). This year has a lot of surprises coming up, releases in Esperanza, Lomidhigh, Mupa… Also Kasper has another project with Franco Cinelli called Las vegas that will release twice during 2008, one in Hello?Repeat and another in Mupa (Damian Schwartz label) plus another release in Som Underground (New york label owned by Brothers Vibe) with Jorge Savoretti. Kasper&Papol have played in some of the most important clubs and events in the world such as deep club (Madrid). Watergate (Berlin), Rex (Paris), Fuse (Brussels), Arena club (Berlin), Harry Klein (Munich), Registratur (Munich), Minimalismi (Naples), South American Conference (Buenos Aires), Q club (Zurich), Gazgolder Gallery (Moscow), festival Klubbers (Madrid) and many more.

http://www.esperanza-label.com

 http://www.myspace.com/soulcentralvibe

SOUL CLAP

(Airdrop, Wolf + Lamb)

Boston

Elyte and Cnyce’s paths were crossed for all time when a Sun Ra light beam sent from Saturn collided with the P-Funk Mothership and sent them tumbling to earth. Now, Soul Clap time travels on a musical spaceship of dopeness… (…) Soul Clap’s training goes beyond history lessons to mastering all the elements of the DJ: knowledge, mixing, programming, performance and experience. (…)They locked themselves in a basement until their mixing was flawless and traveled the universe observing the most advanced programmers (Josh Wink, Carl Craig, Francois K). Then they went out into the world to perform at Ministry of Sound in London, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Avalon in Los Angeles, Rise in Boston, and in smaller places in New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, Miami, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, Mars and Jupiter plus dancefloors in other galaxies that you haven’t heard. 20 years of experience has prepared Soul Clap to free your mind, and your ass will follow. (…) Each summer they organize Dancing On The Charles (one of Urb Magazine’s six best outdoor parties in the US) and every Wednesday they host Midweek Techno (Boston’s longest running techno night). They also broadcast live to planet earth on the weekly Snack Pack Jack Attack Radio Show on Utopia Boston Radio and The Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast.

http://soulclap.us/

Frederic Zahm (Souvenir, NBFC)   VS Hernan Sanchez (Meiotic)

Frederic Zahm, co-funder of Souvenir with his wife and after parties lover, and Hernan Sanchez, talented dj and amazing techno/latino dancer, both live in Chicago and have now collected a few successful back to back experiences in these last two years.

http://www.myspace.com/losorizontal

http://www.myspace.com/this_strange_passion

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 ANTISTAR PROJECT (Turin, Italy)

The Antistar project was borned a few years ago thanks to Toni Guga (Live Perf., Composer, Arranger)
Silvio Roncon (The DJ, Aka. Dj Slide)
The Doc (Master loop sequencer, Live Perf. & Visual Artist) and it is developing into a larger collective of electronic music djs, vjs and producers of Turin.

Their latest visual project will be showed for the first time in US at Souvenir 4.

http://antistarproject.wordpress.com/

http://www.myspace.com/antistarproject

Frederick Zahm & Sassmouth

@ Woozy, (www.wnur.org) August 20-2009

Phillip Stone – Souvenir mix

Seuil live djset at FG – September 08 – Paris

Seuil – Ibiza Voice Podcast – January 09

TRACKLIST:

1- Agnes – P.style- Minibar milkshake 01

2- Sammy Dee – Purplehummer – Perlon 68

3- Minimono – Radio Days – Ethique 05

4- Hausmann C. – Love n the street (Gruber&nuernbergrmx) – fresh fish 05

5- Langenberg-Estate – Sthlm audio 016

6- Johnny D – Orbitalife – Oslo 006

7- Sascha Dive – Annihilating Rythm – Drumpoet Community

8- Luna City Express – Seven (Agnes dubhouse rmx) – Moon Harbour

9- Lemos – Bine Compadre – Cecile Numbers 01

10- Mountain People – Mountain People 003

11- Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo – Dixon Edit – Innervisions 015

12- Sety – Mogane (G Coutu Dumont rmx) – Circus Company

13- Markus Fix – One day soon – Cécille 004