I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the Pressure Drum & Bass crew as an official resident! These guys are passionate and driven, 2022 is going to be full of great music! To commemorate, I’ve uploaded my mix from their recent outing with Doc Scott and Vector Burn fo dat ass:
Enjoy!
Are we dreaming?? Pressure Drum & Bass is a new monthly event happening in Scottsdale, AZ, and for the fourth edition they’re bringing us the 31 Records founder & LEGEND Doc Scott alongside the OG Vector Burn!
This party is going to be absolutely bonkers. Doc has been doing the damn thang for as long as I’ve been alive, and Vector Burn is iconic in his own right (Paradise Lost anyone???). I’m ecstatic to have the opportunity to open for these talented artists and hope to see you all there.
Advance tickets are $15, grab them online at tickets.tavoo.co as usual. Check the promoter out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pressurednbaz/
This Friday I’ll be bringing a few good friends for my own curated night at our weekly Melt D&B collab/residency. These DJs effectively portray the darker side of drum and bass and are not afraid to play tracks from the more obscure side of the genre.
Join us at Scarlet Lounge above Monarch Theater for a night of great music with Indy, Hidden Rhythm and Anunnaki Spirit on the Techno Snobs stage, Phonix (AZ Debut), Dead Peak, Plox and myself on the Melt D&B stage. No cover!
122 E. Washington St, 9PM-2AM. Enter from the street and go upstairs, our room is near the front of the building.
Time slots:
9:00 PM – 10:15 PM Dead Peak
10:15 PM – 11:30 PM Phonix
11:30 PM – 12:45 PM Tavoo
12:45 PM – 2:00 AM Plox
I’ll be on opening duties this friday at 9PM, you know the drill! Expect deep & soulful d&b from me to get the night started. Head upstairs from the street at 122 E Washington St near the light rail, we’ll be in the smaller room with windows. No cover! This week we have:
Tavoo
Marcbaca
Xplicit-1
Intrinzic b2b D_E_B_T
Thrilled to be playing alongside one of my best friends @ploxsound – AND one of my all-time favorite techno makers, Perc! (yes perc trax perc). Hit me up if you’re interested, we’ve got a few guest list spots open. I’ll be on at 11! Two stages, drum & bass + techno!
Address: 122 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Park close if you can and head upstairs! We’ll be in the room near the stair entrance.
My drum & bass fam @meltdnbaz will be joining forces with @technosnobsaz to bring two stages of live DJ music to the Scarlet Room, above Monarch Theater in downtown Phoenix. There will be headliners in the front room playing variations of techno & our stage in the graffiti room bringing you all flavors of drum & bass. If you’re interested in checking it out and can’t afford a ticket, please email me at tavootech@gmail.com with names & dates.
Venue Address: 122 E Washington St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
The venue features newly renovated sound in the main room, and a Void system is on the way for the graffiti room. You can find me sharing the stage on the following dates:
dec 3 @ 1AM
w: brandigital/davidpierog/debt/intrinzic
dec 10 @ 12AM
w: neo-geo/shomeister/plox/marcbaca
dec 31/NYE @ 12AM
w: chem-ali/davidpierog/neogeo/debt
After a long, covid-induced hiatus from live music I am very excited to announce that I’ll be playing a club night this Friday (April 23rd) upstairs at Monarch/Scarlet Lounge! Masks are encouraged and the dance floor is open with plenty of room to enjoy the event safely.
My live stream from October is up on YouTube! This set was recorded at my studio in downtown Phoenix, 3 CDJs & a XONE:96.
Follow my crew’s socials:
https://www.instagram.com/meltdnbaz
https://www.twitch.tv/m_e_l_t_dnb_a_z
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLHVH4Xzb5kfL9NimOyt60Q/videos
Excited to be back in the warehouse alongside some familiar faces and talented artists. I’ll be playing a bit of industrial and EBM flavored techno for this party.
Crests & Troughs is a new take on the famed Peaks & Valleys music promotion group, it was created as a seperate outlet for expressing the darker and more obscure shades of electronic music.
We’ve all been waiting a long time for this announcement, and that day is finally here: Der Bunker has returned. Additionally, I’ve been invited to start the year off alongside Tristan/Iseult and Joe Bear at Der Bunker’s Belief Defect pre-party.
If you’ve been around the Phoenix techno scene for more than a few years, then the Bunker crew needs no introduction. If you’re unfamiliar with the name, Der Bunker was one of the first local groups to take techno seriously throughout the past decade. Beyond that, they’ve been doing the damn thing for longer than most of us have even been familiar with the genre. It’s a massive honor to be asked to perform with a group of individuals that I more or less idolize, and I cannot wait to see what the year may have in store.
We’ll be doing this party at the Lunchbox in Phoenix – The venue has quite an underground dive bar feel, but with a very impressive and well tuned sound system built by the Der Bunker boss himself. Playing on good sound is a very elusive experience here in the valley, one that I have been chasing since I started taking music seriously.
Information for the Pre-Party can be found here:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1361444
Since this is a prelude to the big show, it’s only right that I plug that event as well. Bunker is bringing Belief Defect (Drumcell + Luis Flores) out to the desert for their first Arizona performance. The duo is widely regarded as one of the most ground breaking live-techno acts currently performing, and the hype is very well deserved. Needless to say, I’m humbled to prime Phoenix heads for their appearance here in the valley with this pre-party! Information for the Belief Defect party itself can be found here: