This Saturday evening promises to be chock full of groove as BLISS hosts its Turbo Recordings night at U Street Music Hall. Featuring Turbo founder Tiga, labelmates Daniel Avery & Nautiluss, and DC’s very own Pentamon, the event is guaranteed to please. Rugs will be cut, floors will be torn and hands shall find themselves amiss in the air as one of dance music’s finest crews brings the raucous to the District.
TIGA
https://www.tiga.ca/
Prior to founding Turbo Recordings and embarking on a successful solo career, Tiga was a key figure in establishing the Montreal rave scene in the early 90s. Tiga founded Turbo Recordings in 1998, releasing music from Chromeo, Gesaffelstein, Azari & III and Boys Noize. His breakthrough hit “Sunglasses at Night” (City Rockers, 2001) reached number 25 on the U.K. Dance Charts. In addition to releasing originals on his own label, Tiga has seen releases on Drumcode, Intec and Electrix and has even remixed for the likes of Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys and Scissor Sisters. Tiga currently runs his own radio show, “My Name Is Tiga” on BBC Radio 6.
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Daniel Avery
www.danielavery.co.uk
While Daniel Avery may be better known to clubbers around the world for his residency behind the decks at London institution fabric and weekends spent in numerous other clubs in Europe and beyond, his rising craft as a producer is setting him apart. His induction into the prestigious fabriclive mix series provides compelling evidence of this, a dizzying trip that speaks to Avery’s skill as both a curator and a creator of some of the most inventive and forward thinking electronic sounds emerging today.
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Nautiluss
https://soundcloud.com/
The sound of Nautiluss is subtle but organic, intriguing but heavy. It’s also the creative brainchild of Graham Douglas Bertie. Moving away from the brash sounds of his former band Thunderheist (Big Dada), his desire for exploration has led him to take on a wide range of musical influences. The sound of Nautiluss skillfully navigates between genres–breaking down and bleeding through the boundary lines.
His consistency is demonstrated by his distinct sonic aesthetic, constantly striving for the perfect combination of synthetic and organic textures. Building from his long-time experience performing as a DJ, Nautiluss draws from the bygone eras of music’s past while still keeping his finger firmly on the pulse of the forward-thinking sounds of the present.
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PENTAMON
https://soundcloud.com/
Dark techno producer PENTAMON made his U Street Music Hall debut in February and has already seen praise from the likes of Dancing Astronaut, Fact Magazine and Pulse Radio.  In regard to his sound, PENTAMON notes on his soundcloud page “the weirder the darker and heavier the better.” PENTAMON’s live recorded set from February 9th is available for stream and free download over at Pulse Radio and his debut single “Nite” is available on iTunes and Beatport.
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