It’s a good year for electronic music in San Diego with amazing musical guests being brought in from around the world that are internationally recognized for their talents… BUT…very rarely are there local shows with bigger name LIVE electronic acts in smaller venues in town, and even local live talent can gouge the pocket in vain… I am dead set on changing things in town by the end of the 2010, and August 21st at The Beauty Bar, San Diego, an unprecedented line up will raise the bar for local promoters and set in motion a series of quality live electronic parties featuring some of the hottest up-and coming talent before they blow up and  inevitably join the mainstream concert circuits…

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While one of Australia’s most internationally known bands, Van She is on a well-deserved hiatus, Bassist Matt Van Schie has taken the opportunity to focus on his solo work. In February 2010, his EP “Balmy Nights“ was released to the world… And in the height of summer 2010.. I vote “Balmy Nights” as my choice for best summer album.

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Cut Copy, one of 2008′s biggest breakout electronic pop groups, have been off the radar the past year — following the success of their second album In Ghost Colours, which was ranked #61 best albums of the decade. But fear not.. Their 3rd, and most anticipated album is untitled, unmixed, BUT finally recorded, and their first single has arrived to let you know where they are going and what’s up next…

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“A beautiful [song] can make you dizzy. Like you’ve been drinking jack and Coke all morning. It can make you high. Full of the single greatest commodity known to man… Promise. Promise of a better day. Promise of a greater hope. Promise of a new tomorrow. This particular aura can be found in the [rhythm] of a beautiful [song]. In it’s [ambiance], in its soul, the way it can make every rotten little thing about life seem like it’s going to be okay.”

-Beautiful Girls

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This Friday July 30th, Boys & Girls will be joining forces with Young Guns to present an unprecedented Bar Mitzvah Bash for Y/G resident and owner, Lee Schneider with LA’s biggest (literally) DJ’s…

THEM JEANS

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The trending Nu-Disco scene in the United States has had few heroes as notable and widely accepted as Brookynites HOLY GHOST! who became instant icons after transcending the “I be the Dj” world into the “I can actually play an instrument” world with their, now classic, disco anthems “Hold On,” and “I Will Come Back.” After an extremely sweaty debut performance at El Dorado earlier this year, the duo is back and this time upgrading to the illustrious Voyeur sound stage as they continue on their US/ EURO tour to promote their new EP “Static On the Wire.” (more…)

When accessing the collection of talented producers that our beloved city shelters, there is repeatedly one group that stands out above the rest… .Grey Ghost. Bubblegum Sci-Fi… and Anthony Ross.

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Three years after their first raging party, MADE IN BRAZIL, a party series presented by LIQUIFIED is still going strong and bringing the warm and soulful grooves of South America to the masses . This Sunday July 18th, the SUMMER SUNKISS mini tour will be pulsating through San Diego, transforming Voyeur for one night only into a tropical house haven with the sounds of Mary Zander and Luis Miolaro.

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DJ COLOUR VISION lays down sets that quiver the knees of those whose hearts are instantly mesmerized by any sonic inkling of sparkling italo-disco soundscapes, glittering electronica, and airy wisps of glo-wave romanticism. Along with his groove-worthy and aurally enchanting DJ sets, COLOUR VISION also shares his passion for music by uncovering those beautiful sonic treasures — glimmering like diamonds in the rough, that are often hiding beneath the digital depths of a saturated sea of interwebs — and then he spreads his wealth, an array of shiny and fresh new sounds, to the rest of the world.

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After only five months of writing and performing as a band, the lighthearted boys of San Diego-based indie-glo-fi band LESΔNDS (Formerly known as ARROWWS) have already managed to turn the heads of the biggest critics in town, have lost a member of their team, and have been confronted with pressing legal issues — under the assumption that they will indeed be of great interest to the world…

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