Hangovers are the annoying, productivity-inhibiting result of a night spent drinking quite a bit, and yet we still put up with them because it’s fun to loosen up, be social, and dance. Sure, it’s easy to pop some aspirin, rehydrate and muddle through the morning, but wouldn’t it be cool if music could relieve your hangover?

That’s the concept behind Exception AM, a free digital compilation from subVariant that aims to present a collection of electronic music to help you feel better in the morning after a night of drinking. To celebrate the release on June 20, the release party will be held at Ai lounge in River North as the first in a series of concept parties called “Artificial Intelligence.” Liz Revision will mix the mostly-ambient and downtempo tracks from the compilation together at the beginning of the night and will then hand over the decks to local DJs Silentcorp, Andrew Kevins, Dirtybird, and Droopy to finish out the night with techno and house. The party will be free all night from 10pm-3am.

subVariant’s Artificial Intelligence showcase is a series of concept parties that aim to merge art, design, humor, and fun into a dance music scene that often takes itself too seriously, while still maintaining the high level of musical quality and experimentation the company is known for and continuing to support the local electronic music community.

subVariant presents “Artificial Intelligence 1: Exception AM Release Party”
10pm-3am
Silentcorp DJs
Andrew Kevins
Dirtybird
Droopy
Liz Revision
Ai Lounge. 358 W. Ontario, Chicago IL. 21+
FREE

DOWNLOAD: Liz Revision: Departure Mix

PATRICK ZIGON: “Floorkeeper” [Yellowtail] | DANDI & UGO, PIATTO: “Cicchetti” [Italobusiness] | KAISER SOUZAI: “Supercell” [Yellowtail] | SWOOSH: “Kaiserdisco” [Yellowtail] | SHIN: “Captain of the Flying Monkeys” [Yellowtail] | JICHAEL MACKSON; “Fluff in the Bellybutton” [Liebe Detail] | HOLGER ZILSKE: “The Bees” [Playhouse] | SWEET N CANDY: “Supa Noise” [Kassette Records] | ANDOMAT 3000: “Vertical Smile” [Cecile Records] | JEFF SAMUEL: “Lost” [Trapez] | TRENTMOLLER: “Miss You (Radio Edit)” [Audiomatique Records]

Over the last four years there has been no single hotter underground party in New York City than The Marcy Hotel hosted by Wolf and Lamb. The duo, comprised of entrepreneurs and multi-talents Zev Eisemann and Gadi Mizrahi, have played host in their secret Brooklyn location to internationally renowned techno talent such as Dan Bell, Oliver Hacke, Zip, Sammy Dee and Derek Plaslaiko developing a reputation as the heart of NYC electronic music community, even catching the attention of the New York Times.

Building on their party experiences and deep industry connections, Eisemann and Mizrahi have kept focused on the future, eventually concentrating less on event production and growing their oeuvre to include making music and releasing music on their WolfLambMusic MP3 label, that this year was expanded to produce hard copy releases. Their first release, the Sexy Dancer EP by Detroit native Lee Curtiss hits record shops this fall.

In celebration of this accomplishment, the duo are venturing to Chicago on Friday, October 24th, for an extremely rare performance outside of the five boroughs. The show, organized by another talented duo in Liz Knight and Andrew Lochhead under their Ramp Chicago banner, will be hosted at Debonair Social Club as part of Ramp’s ongoing monthly series of events at the Wicker Park hot spot.

Featuring an opening slot by Knight, as Liz Revision, the night will be billed as an “Evening with Wolf + Lamb” and will feature a four hour live and DJ performance by Eisemann and Mizrahi. In keeping with the special nature of the event Debonair will also offer a special admission option to registered guests featuring a three hour open bar at $25 a person from 9pm till 12am.

To register for this promotion Ramp asks you to please RSVP at by emailing rampchicago@gmail.com and reminds you to be sure to leave your first and last name so you can be added to the list. The first 25 people on the list are guaranteed a gift bag at the event.

The event will also be a goodbye party for Chicago party mainstay and Ramp Chicago artistic coordinator Andrew Lochhead so come party it up one last time.

Ramp Chicago is proud to present an evening with Wolf+Lamb featuring an opening set by Liz Revision followed by a four-hour DJ set by the legendary Brooklyn-based electronic scenesters in the basement of Debonair Social Club at 1575 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago Illinois on Friday , October 24, 2008.

Reserve your tickets that include an open bar from 9pm-12am for $25 by emailing rampchicago@gmail.com. Regular tickets are $10 after 12am at the door but admission is not guaranteed.

The first 25 people who RSVP are guaranteed a gift bag with extra special goodies inside.

Official Site: http://www.rampchicago.com

Fri 10/24 (9PM) @ Debonair Social Club
1575 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL Map
Cost: 25
This is a 21+ event.
Open bar from 9pm to 12am

Wolf + Lamb:
Wolf + Lamb was first introduced in 2001 as a DJ alias for Zev Eisenberg and Gadi Mizrahi. At the time, they found it was next to impossible to find a venue in New York City with the right setting to present their music, with the exception of their occasional guest appearances at The Bunker at subTonic. After two years of limited success in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, they set out to build their own damn venue. In early 2005, the lease was signed and work began on the Marcy Hotel. They worked to turn the neglected, garbage-filled, former machine shop into a world-class electronic music venue, complete with homemade chandeliers, light fixtures, bar, and art installations. From the opening on May 7th, 2005 as the official afterhours party for the Mini-Mutek event at the Bunker, it was clear that they had finally created a space for the magic to take place. Throughout 2005, they were lucky enough to host some of the brightest techno artists in the world. Patrons of the Marcy felt at home in the intimate venue, knowing they could count on being served quality, cutting edge music, cheap drinks, and a great vibe. The 2006 New Years Eve Party featuring Daniel Bell was the final event in the Marcy. The word of the parties had spread quickly and the crowds had outgrown the Marcy’s capacity. After moving to 12turn13 in early 2006, Wolf + Lamb were able to transfer their vision to a larger space and continue to offer the same environment and level of quality their guests had come to expect.

As DJ’s, their events offered them an opportunity to play alongside and learn from the best techno DJs in the world. Their performances at Burning Man in Nevada every year offered them another way to connect with a larger global audience.

Wolf + Lamb Music:
In late 2005, the Wolf + Lamb Music netlabel was created as an outlet for original Wolf + Lamb productions, as well as the music of some of the artists who had been influenced by their events. As early adopters of digital DJing, first using Final Scratch, then Ableton Live, they set out to make a label of distinction in what they saw as the soon to be as the dominant format. The first label of it’s kind, Wolf + Lamb Music was designed as a no-frills distribution medium that reflected their ideals: a simple, single release oriented, open source music label offering free source downloads for all releases. In early 2007, Wolf + Lamb began offering master quality tracks for sale on Beatport.com, allowing them to pay the artists, encouraging an even higher caliber of releases.

Gadi Mizrahi:
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Gadi was always surrounded by music. His Egyptian born father played traditional middle-eastern drums, and his brother is a DJ. His intense passion for music left him with deep knowledge of many styles and genres, but with little commitment to any of them. In 2001, after a friend introduced him to techno, he found a willing accomplice in Zev and the two set out to make inroads into the genre. Gadi left the Lower East Side apparel store that he designed and co-owned to fully dedicate himself to music. Bringing his unique aesthetic and business accumen, Gadi helped define the the visual and musical identity of Wolf + Lamb. Beginning production in early 2005, Gadi has collaborated with several artists, and has released both solo and collaborative original works as Wolf + Lamb & Gadi Mizrahi. Currently, Gadi he has been focused on producing his own music and pushing the Wolf + Lamb Music label forward.

Zev Eisenberg:
Raised Hasidic in Brooklyn, the limited offerings of Jewish music left Zev searching for a music that he could connect to. Introduced to electronic music at 14, his search continued through the late 1990′s. Quickly moving from one genre to the next, he never felt the connection that warranted the investment and contribution he felt he could bring. All that changed after meeting Gadi at a party in Williamsburg in 2001. At the time, Zev was finishing up with a software development company he had founded in the late 1990′s. The two quickly became friends and Gadi introduced Zev to minimal techno. As co-conspirators, they began plotting what would one day become Wolf + Lamb. Since finding his musical home, Zev has amassed a collection and musical repertoire that spans the gamut of minimal dance music. From his background in design and web, Zev still produces all the media for Wolf + Lamb, and oversees the technology. His first original co-productions were released on Wolf + Lamb Music in 2006, with more to come.

Oliver Hacke is one of Germans young techno producers who where not socialized by Detroit. His music is oriented on Europeans like Vogel and Isoleé rather than on the early Detroit masters. And if a young producer already hits the top 50 with his 5th release, it some kind of sensation. We are talking about ‘Polar’ released on Traum Schallplatten. In his productions he combines traditional with New School / Dsp Production techniques, always looking at the clubbers needs. So its not a surprise that he is being called ‘Wunderkind from Düsseldorf’.

And all that even though he just started to get into music in 1998. His releases on Background, Traum and Trapez along with his ‘Vegetable

Orchester Remix” release on Karmarouge, embed Olivers wide ranged production style which he also reflects during his DJ sets. As an experienced dj his repertoire reaches from “clickish three- dimensional micro-house” to “straight-up contemporary techno” and merges his various faccets to an individual style. A DJ who is able to fill a techno floor as likely as a house floor with a mixture out of very danceable electronic music.

Oliver Hacke has alredy appeared on Trapez, Traum, Background, Eleganz and Karmarouge.

Ramp Chicago resident Liz Revision supports.

Oliver Hacke Promise Mix

Bouncing from his native New York to Vancouver, San Francisco, and finally Chicago over the last 10 years, Emulsion’s Nathan Koch has watched the evolution of electronic music in North America from a number of vantage points. “It seems like in the last few years electronic music has really merged with indie culture, something I was wary of at first but I’m learning to embrace it.” This renewal of interest in melody and harmony prompted a sea change in Nathan’s listening habits, and reinvigorated him as a producer and songwriter. A year later, Emulsion’s new album Blue Sky Objective, full of pretty, emotive melodies and 8-bit beats, was released to critical acclaim on Chicago’s Lens Records.

With recognition everywhere from Chicago’s own New City and Time Out to (inter)national press like Textura and Igloo Magazine, and with new EPs on Fludios (part of Spanish net.label Flumo) and Xynthetic Netlabel coming this year, Emulsion has been surprised to find he’s not the only one harboring an eight-bit fetish these days.

Emulsion has shared the stage or DJ booth with a wide variety of artists, including Tycho, Cepia, Machinedrum, Arctic Hospital, and The Flashbulb.

Growing up between the two poles of Chicago and Detroit organized Lee’s approach to production squarely between the grooving, deep house sounds of artists like Derrick Carter, and the mindfreaking work of techno producers such as Ricardo Villalobos, Zip (aka Dimbiman), Matthew Dear and Richie Hawtin. His music’s dark, sexy, and uncompromising singularity have earned him coveted performance slots at the 2007 DEMF and Mutek festivals, and he was recently named by Matthew Dear as one of they key figures of emerging talent in URB magazine’s next 100.

Download a live set, Lee Curtiss Live at Wolf + Lamb 4/07

Here’s a mix from Drew Pompa of Blank Artists. He’ll be performing with the rest of the BA crew on Thursday, August 21 in Chicago at Sura. Here’s the Going link and some more details.

Drew Pompa – Blank Artists August 2008 Podcast: Tour Edition

TRACKLIST:
Matthew Dear – Elementary Lover (DJ Koze RMX)
Tokyo Black Star – Violent Rush
The Detroit Experiment – Think Twice
Milton Jackson – Adventures in Stereo
Spirit Catcher – Sweet Deal
Recloose – Cardiology (Isolee RMX)
Rick Wade – Prime Expansion
Dennis Ferrer – Son Of Raw (Loco Dice RMX)
Unknown
Dj Koze – Cicely
Two Armadillos – Hamin
Kelley Polar – Rosenband (Magic Tim’s Instrumental Version)
The Soft Pink Truth – Soft Pink Missy (Brook’s Pink Mafia Mix)
Dimension 6 – Living In The Sunshine (Ame Ohio Dub)
Jazzanova – Another New Day
Herbert – Moving Like a Train (Lidell’s Radio Raw Hymn Mix)
Robag Wruhme – K.T.B. (Ruhig Brauner RMX)

The basement of Debonair Social Club on August 29th will get downright dirty with some hot, sweaty action from Detroit’s bad boy of techno, Lee Curtiss. The producer who once famously described his approach to making music as “fuck trends, fuck dance music and fuck me, ” promises yet another night of “face-melting mayhem” as he pushes his way through a DJ set filled with new tracks from a recent tour of Europe, and tantalizes with the prospect of hearing some of his yet-to-be released tracks from his forthcoming albums on Canada’s Dumb Unit label. Then of course there is his nice haircut, ways with the ladies and his “sexy, primal,” little-bit-backwoods kind of beats, all which add up to a party not to be missed.

His previous releases for Dumb Unit and other notable labels such as Rhumba Musik, Tigersushi and Kalimari have garnered him international acclaim and coveted performance slots at London’s Fabric Nightclub, Berlin’s Watergate, Montreal’s Mutek festival and of course Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival.

Friday, August 29th. 9pm – 2am
Lee Curtiss and Liz Revision Presented by Ramp Chicago
Debonair Social Club 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. (Downstairs)
Free before 11, $10 after, $7 after 11pm with RSVP to Going.com [http://going.com/leecurtiss]

August 5th, 2008

Get down and dirty on August 29 with Detroit’s bad boy of techno, Lee Curtiss

Chicago, IL – The basement of Debonair Social Club on August 29th will get downright dirty with some hot, sweaty action from Detroit’s bad boy of techno, Lee Curtiss. The producer who once famously described his approach to making music as “fuck trends, fuck dance music and fuck me, ” promises yet another night of “face-melting mayhem” as he pushes his way through a DJ set filled with new tracks from a recent tour of Europe, and tantalizes with the prospect of hearing some of his yet-to-be released tracks from his forthcoming albums on Canada’s Dumb Unit label. Then of course there is his nice haircut, ways with the ladies and his “sexy, primal,” little-bit-backwoods kind of beats, all which add up to a party not to be missed.

His previous releases for Dumb Unit and other notable labels such as Rhumba Musik, Tigersushi and Kalimari have garnered him international acclaim and coveted performance slots at London’s Fabric Nightclub, Berlin’s Watergate, Montreal’s Mutek festival and of course Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival. Ramp Chicago’s second installment of their newly inaugurated final Friday night techno series, has hosted artists such as Toronto’s up-and-coming minimal tech-house wunderkid, Noah Pred, Cologne’s Yore Record’s head honcho Andy Vaz, and Detroit’s gritty-beatmakers Kero and Rex Sepulveda.

Curtiss shares the decks with Ramp resident Liz Revision. The show is free before 11pm.

The Details

Who: Lee Curtiss and Liz Revision Presented by Ramp Chicago
Where: Debonair Social Club 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. (Downstairs)
When: Friday, August 29th
Doors: 9pm -2am
Cover: Free Before 11, ten dollars after

For more information contact: liz AT rampchicago [dot] com or andrew AT rampchicago [dot] com

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Her mission is real. Her love is real. Her talent is real. Gianna Hardt will be making an impact on electronic music. From being raised on Chicago House and Hip-Hop, to classical training, to her underground dance scene involvement, Gianna’s eclectic array of influences have one sole purpose while she is performing—to make you move. After graduating college in 2004, Gianna Hardt founded Forté Productions, a Chicago-based music event production company that still dedicates itself to cultivate, create and innovate unforgettable eclectic cutting edge underground events.

You can catch Gianna at Lava Lounge, Smartbar, Rodan, Coobah, Sonotheque, the PUMA Store, and many underground events in Chicago. Gianna has played alongside of Akufen, Samuel L Session, Joel Mull, Motor, Eliot Lipp, Gene LeFosse, K.atou, Angel Alanis, Danny the Wildchild, Kate Simko, Frankie Vega, Kill Memory Crash, Popkan, Rex Sepulveda, Sassmouth, Matt Nee, Gabe Palomo to name a few. She has been given acclaim and recognition by numerous publications. In 2008, with over 6 years of performing, you can expect Gianna to be coming to a city near you.

Music became her religion long before Gianna’s teenage years. Her musical taste began as an eclectic pull from the radio: Chicago House, Hip-Hop, Classic Rock, Italian and Latin Music. Gianna feels extremely blessed to come from Chicago. Not only does she feel blessed to come from musically rich Chicago, but even more blessed to have come from Chicago’s culturally rich Southside. (Not to be outdone by the fact that this was the prime time and place for Chicago House and underground).

Dancing and innovation were always of high importance to Gianna, and that’s what still continues to make her an electronic music purveyor. She is also fond of music that is intense and emotive, driving directly to the core. Either way, Gianna knows and feels music. With Gianna’s house, techno and constant evolution and unique integration, you better believe she’s a force to be reckoned with. Gianna pulls elements from her electronic influences of house, techno, minimal, jack and acid, creating and always expanding an eclectic style of her own. Her influences are vast; her delivery is on point and thumping. Make no mistake, Gianna is well respected and it is for a reason.

To close out Ramp Chicago’s LAUNCH PAD series in August, Gianna Hardt of Forte graces the decks with her unique blend of house and techno. Resident DJ Liz Revision supports.

Thursday 8/28 (7pm – 11:30pm)
@ Sura Thai Bistro, 3124 N Broadway Chicago, IL 60657