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Flyers for events photographed in August 2006 appear below. A link to the associated photo album appears beneath that. 08.01.2006 PHATuesdays featuring Johnny Scott with residents DJoe, Fool & phocas Balanca's Kansas City, MO photos by joe 08.03.2006 The Pitch Music Showcase featuring 26 bands and DJs Westport District Kansas City, MO 08.04.2006 First Friday Crossroads Arts District Kansas City, MO 08.04.2006 K.Runk C.ity DNB Mash-Up featuring J. Fortune, Nick Steady, Always 420, The Adept, Sir, Kieeree, cQuence, Just John The Hangout Kansas City, MO photos by aaron 08.04.2006 Propaganda featuring Mike Dileo, Brent Scholz, Paul DeMatteo, Bill Pile Jilly's on Braodway Kansas City, MO photos by aaron 08.05.2006 Official Bleeding Kansas After Party featuring Dave Brock, Milo, J.Fortune, Ben Fuller, Candlewax, Keith Clark, Shadowrunner, Stormy, Clandestine, High Dollar H

Cold Front ~ Like a powerful weather front that overtakes entire regions of the country, so Cold Front has enveloped the mid west breaks scene. Cold Front is Rj Bass and Dj Prato; with over 20 years of dj, rave and club experience between them. The joining of these two dj’s happened in early summer of 2005. However, their history together goes back much further then that.  Rj Bass got his start djing in 1995 while in the army at Ft. Riley KS. It was there that he also became a rave promoter, throwing some of the larger and more popular raves of the Kansas City metro area in the mid to late 90¹s. Rj¹s style and taste in music stem from the influences of his upbringing in South Florida, where in the 90’s, breaks were king. From the start Rj was all about playing the breaks, but when he hit the KC club circuit in 98 other styles such as house, trance and techno made their way into his sets. As Rj continued playing out and gained popularity, he opened up for dj¹s like Micro, Hyp

Andreas Kremer - Meister Aller Klassen –Working Vinyl - WV024 Andreas pulls out another master work here. The first a scranz track that both defines and rocks dancfloors. Second is the more chill trax that begs of a sweet dreams rift blended in. The flip has more of a chill ambient tone then build to the second track that is the speaker killer we all love him for. Take it and enjoy. You wont be disappointed. Unknown - Somebody's Watching Me – Schranz - SCHRANZ049 This single side is the same as sick as this label has been doing. I am not sure who did this but I love the man or woman for it. This remix beats it with both techno then going into a breaks breakdown to build it back to the floor stomping and groove that will leave people begging and trainspotting for sets to come. Arkus P - Protonenpower EP – Abstract - ABSTRACT007 This man never rests. His grooves always hits light speed. The hardest Schranz out there. To spice it up the second track is more slow to start w

Spree & ADB ~ Love them or hate them, DJ Spree and MC ADB have been around a longtime and are still entertaining the dance thirsty party people of America. Spree is a name that evokes many feelings some of them can be described as innocence, happiness, and respect. As a DJ he started performing at events in the end of 1997 and has never looked back since. Adb joined him in 1999 after meeting in 1998 at a show called Migration in Lawrence Kansas, ever since they have been inseparable. DJ Spree is from Minneapolis Minnesota and MC ADB originates from England but now lives in Lincoln Nebraska. The boys felt there was a void in the American rave scene that needed to be filled. At the time countless events were taking place all over the country, but it was virtually impossible to hear a set of Hardcore (Happycore Stateside) let alone with an MC. Out of this notion came the concept of Spree&Adb, the first and only true live hardcore double act with DJ and MC to compliment each

Tim Yoder ~ interview with Rowland the Bastard ~ He’s been called the techno terrorist and his straight to the jugular style of mixing have captivated audiences and rocked dance floors since 1993. The rock star with no guitar is known for playing an eclectic blend of hard percussion, jacking beats, heavy bass lines and acid riffs in his DJ sets. He also punishes his follower’s on vinyl releasing under numerous guises with a few of his monikers as Distek, Rowland the Bastard, RTB, and Tarball and Lungbutter. He has appeared on MTV in three continents and various magazines throughout the planet. Today he stops in for a chat with those of us on phocas.net. How was your recent North American Tour? It was ok, not as good as the past ones, but an experience anyway, I had a lot of promoters pull out last minute for various reasons which put stress on the whole thing cause we weren’t sure about the cash flow etc, but I had a couple of adventures plus my girl friend came on part of thi

Nathan McWaters ~ Austin, TX - July 21, 2006 - Sky Lounge - It could be argued that the EDM scene in Texas tries too hard sometimes. More often than not, the clubs in the major metropolitan cities of Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio not only war amongst themselves, but between themselves as well. Multiple clubs in a city mean multiple headlining acts; multiple cities with multiple clubs mean multiple road trips to make. The weekend of 21 July was no exception, as Dallas’ Lizard Lounge booked Christopher Lawrence and Photek on the same weekend as Sky in Austin was hosting the final Proton Sessions Texas for the year 2006. I’d given my word to make it to Sky for the finale in spite of what Dallas was throwing, so I knew my path; Austin, however, was very much divided in loyalty. Proton Sessions had been such a success in Texas that they brought in three DJs whose ranges cover everything from progressive house to tech-house. Austin dedicated Toddy B to represent the local t

Nathan McWaters ~ Dallas, TX - 06.30.06 - After a month stuck in the Mojave Desert for NTC Rotation 06-07, which extended from mid-May up through mid-June, it could be pretty well said that a good portion of the Texas club scene for this summer was thoroughly wasted by my being absent for it. Having known in advance of some of the acts that would be rolling through the Lone Star State prior to my departure, it caused me no inconsiderable amount of grief to have to bid them all adieu and farewell before I ever got to start calculating ticket costs and fuel prices. Digweed, Gabriel & Dresden, Tiesto, Second Sun, D:Fuse, BT, and James Lavelle all rolled through one club or another during that four-week span of forever, and I was painfully aware of all of them the entire time. By the time it was announced that we would be returning a week sooner than originally planned, I had written off June as being a done deal, with no more delights to behold to wash away the interior slimes of di

Kansas City, MO - August 11, 2006 - phocas.net in cooperation with Disco Productions, proudly present the second installment in our concert series that features some of the biggest names in the Dance Music Industry. August's edition features the infamous DJ Monk. Best known for his early work and collaboration with Confucius in the music collective "Rabbit in the Moon". This will be a rare appearance by one with such a solid a reputation as one of the most innovative artists in the industry. Monk Hallucination Recordings Premier Artist Management Tampa, FL Establishing his solo career and running Hallucination Records full time, Monk stays busy remixing world renowned artists like Sting, Limp Bizkit and even Britney Spears. Coupled with his newest audio-visual project "Hallucination on Film", it is easy to see why DJ Monk is in demand all over the world. In fact, his remixes are taking the Billboard Dance / Club Play char

So, for the cover this month, you get my art work. The person that usually does our flyers was running out of town and didn't have a chance to do it, so I jumped in there and remixed a photo I found of him on his MySpace account.. I don't think it turned out too badly and it was good to do some flyer design again. The shot here was one that Shaun took of Joe and I, with Nigel Richards at his show last month at the Grand Emporium. I think that everyone had a really great time. I know I did, even though I was runnin all over the place most of the night. Lucky for me, Nigel even allowed us to record his set and has give us the ok to share it on here with everyone! Just click here to download the zip file (110 mb)!! (As of Sept 1, this is no longer available.) Speaking of downloads, don't forget to check out the download from the opening act for the DJ Monk show. Cold Front definitely has mixed up quite a selection for us and you can download it in the "on dec

august 2006 editor note dj monk of rabbit in the moon in kansas city superman returns sky lounge proton sessions with roland the bastard spree and adb solaris august 2006 techno reviews cold front on decks event photos aug.06