SAN FRANCISCO BAY NINJA MEETUP THREAD

[nowaysj]

Was he with you all when we split? I was so... fulfilled by the end of the night, I didn't really know what was going on. Don't even know exactly how we made it back to the hotel.

[esfandyar]

Okay, my recollections:

jsound: I fear for your soul, the motivation/energy for your dancing is not human in origin.

Alphacat: Totally accurately named. We really should coordinate before meeting next time so we can differentiate our looks a bit.

esfandyar: Standup guy, solid. A prince really. He started with a little innocent hand holding with my wife early, ended with a stray hand to breast in the group hug. I'm watching you, bro.

Knell: Fucking knell. First off, Knell is a mad scientist, if you didn't know, you gotta know. Fucking after the show, my lady says to Knell, do you have chocolate on your neck, whereupon knelly discovers a dried up flow of blood from his ear, down his neck. At least, I hope that was your blood, bro. Fucking sound system was really surprisingly heavy.

Phig: Bright eyed doesn't even cover it. Dude has vibes.

Swear to god, what happened to Phigure's friend? Anybody know?

Yoshi's: Really bizarre place. The organization was a mess there, at least I got that book signed, finally. The venue was just plain weird, but seeing all the 60 yo jazz hepcats getting DOWN, and I mean down, to our little scene, shit was awesome. Actually really liked the venue by the end of the night. All the purple, planes of people, dimensions, shit was getting a little Lost Highway at a point.

Oh and yoshi's, the two hotties committing sex acts on the table, let them be. Dude stands up and starts dancing on the table, instantly joint locked that fucker out of there. That is class. You need to have priorities.

Fucking seating arrangements before the show, wtf, nwj's mind was already completely blown, that was just cruel to completely annihilate what little slivers remained.

San Francisco: Fucking pride week was just mad. Our hotel was right on the parade route. This morning was surreal. Never seen so many dudes walking down dense urban streets buck naked shlongedy dongedly swagging out. This evening plus pride just took it over the top.

Such a good time people. Seriously. Thank you all for putting this together.

lol!! awesome

[DRTY]

esfandyar: Standup guy, solid. A prince really. He started with a little innocent hand holding with my wife early, ended with a stray hand to breast in the group hug. I'm watching you, bro.

[magma]

esfandyar: Standup guy, solid. A prince really. He started with a little innocent hand holding with my wife early, ended with a stray hand to breast in the group hug. I'm watching you, bro.

That got me too. Amazing!

[dsprainman]

God I still can't stop thinking about how sick this show was. I was super surprised with how loud the system got by the end of the night. My ninja's, any of you around the SF bay area mix vinyl? I live in Los Gatos, but would love to meet up with you guys to record some mixes and just hang out.

[nowaysj]

Am in SJ, I produce, don't really mix.

[esfandyar]

i got records for days but im in phoenix.

by the way, nothing like getting off a plane from SF and feeling 100 degree weather at 9PM at night.

[nowaysj]

Haha. I couldn't do it. I'd just sit back down, and tell them to take me back to SF.

[knell]

Knell: Fucking knell. First off, Knell is a mad scientist, if you didn't know, you gotta know. Fucking after the show, my lady says to Knell, do you have chocolate on your neck, whereupon knelly discovers a dried up flow of blood from his ear, down his neck. At least, I hope that was your blood, bro. Fucking sound system was really surprisingly heavy.

I was so confused, the last thing i was expecting to hear after a show like that was "did somebody rub chocolate on your face?"

[nowaysj]

To the London Heads:

[Phigure]

To the London Heads:

THAT is amazing

[Phigure]

put together the setlist

Barrington Levy - Vibes Is Right
Digital Mystikz - Return II Space
Goth-Trad - Sunbeam
Junior Cat - Caan Eat Mi Out (Cluekid Remix)
Loefah - Rufage
Digital Mystikz - Haunted
Mala - Lean Forward
Coki - Badness
Skream - Phatty Drummer
Sleeper & District ? - ? (got a real big reese, almost thought it was Commodo - Jaded)
Swindle - Do the Jazz
Mala - Alicia
Pinch - Swish
Pinch - Swish (Distance Remix)
something by Mala maybe? (know i've heard it before but just can't remember the name)
Goth-Trad - Airbreaker
Dark Tantrums - Storm
Kahn - Way Mi Defend VIP
Coki - Bob's Pillow
Mala - Eyez VIP
Mala - 2 Much Chat
Skream - Xmas Day Swagger
Skream - Scrooge's Revenge
VIVEK - Big Bang
Mavado - Dem a Talk (TMSV Remix)
Coki - Duppy Soursop
Mala - Changes (James Blake Remix)

Know the IDs for all but three, not too bad I guess

TOO many big tunes

edit: it was coki - badness... two more to go

[dsprainman]

I think he played Calle F? Either way, I knew he was going in from the moment he started to mix in Return II Space. Swish Distance remix was so big too fuck. Did you guys film the whole shit or just great memory?

[Phigure]

Nah, unfortunately Call F never came in (neither did Cuba Electronic)

I did film a lot of it (short clips of like 60% of tunes LOOOOOL), rest is memory

if anyone wants to give IDs a go, I got some audio of the ones I couldn't name. doesnt really matter but im a whore for the sake of completion

Soundcloud

[dsprainman]

Ahhh, I remember that first Coki one getting dropped, I went wild waiting in line at the bar haha!

[dsprainman]

And I'm pretty sure it was the Big Bang VIP

[Phigure]

ha, would have loved to have hit the bar at some point and grab something to drink. was dying of thirst but couldn't bring myself away from the dance.

and nah, the vip has very different wobbles when it drops

[esfandyar]

it was definitely the original, also phig big up on the tracklist!

[Phigure]

felt like it needed to be done before i forgot everything. it's funny how the memories flood back as soon as you read the track title

[alphacat]

Dudes...

Thank you for a pretty fuckin' perfect evening. Got some pics and clips I'll post up later on too, but - we should really do it again, and with even more ninjas next time.