RAMADANMAN
(Hessle Audio/Applepips/Soul Jazz-UK)
David 'Ramadanman' Kennedy has been DJing since the age of 14, beginning with deep house and hip hop and progressing to jungle as he grew older before focusing his attention on dubstep having been inspired by a Mala set after reaching FWD for the first time in 2006.
Since then David has racked up a number of critically acclaimed releases on a diverse selection of labels including Soul Jazz, Tempa, Aus, Critical Music and Hessle Audio, the label he co-runs with Pangaea and Ben UFO. Ramadanman has also remixed a variety of artists including the Ragga Twins, Scuba, Beat Pharmacy, Howie B, SpectraSoul and the Bulgarian group Wickeda.
He has enjoyed DJ support from the likes of Ricardo Villalobos, Skream, Mr Scruff, Craig Richards, Francois K, Kode9, Mala, Distance, Mary Anne Hobbs, Rob da Bank, Gilles Peterson, Will Saul and many more. He is also heavily involved in organizing the Leeds night Ruffage as well as co-hosting the now infamous Ruffage Sessions weekly internet radio show on Sub FM. Ramadanman DJs often both nationally and internationally including regular dates at the dubstep institution, FWD in London.
Check out a recent PODCAST
MIKE BEE
(Amoeba - SF)
DJ mikebee aka Michelangelo Battaglia has been active in SF's electronic music community since 1994. Moving to SF in 1994, Mike immediately reimagined himself as an atmospheric drum'n'bass DJ in the mid-to-late 90's, being involved in countless regular parties, most notably Ikon Massive at 330 Ritch St. (1995-1996) and La Belle Epoque Saturdays at The Top (now Underground SF 1996-2001) where he was a resident. After LBE's demise, Mike and his True Intent crew kept the night going as promoters from 2001 to 2004 playing 2-Step Garage, early Dubstep, Broken Beat and more under the names Bottom Heavy (2001-2002), True Intent (2002) and Safe (2002-2004) before The Top's demise in 2004.
In the early part of the decade, mike pioneered the sounds of 2-Step, Dubstep and Broken Beat in SF, being responsible for the first local appearances of many forward-thinking acts like Bugz in the Attic (Afronaught, Daz-I-Kue, Seiji), Domu, Horsepower Productions and Kode 9 at Safe and his massively popular underground Rewind (aka REW) at Tenderloft. His support of the emerging 2-Step scene put him in a place where he was a stalwart and original supporter of then-evolving Dubstep subgenre, now blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon. As a result, the local SF dubstep scene considers mike a sort of elder statesman.
In addition, Mike was a staff writer for XLR8R magazine (1996-2005) writing features and regular reviews, and has been published by the SF Bay Guardian and Urb magazine, where he helmed his own column from 1996-1997 called The Bee's Buzz in addition to writing regular reviews from 1997 through 2000, as well as writing for a slew of now-defunct music magazines like Sweater and Revolution. In 2008, he was featured in the SF Weekly as a "tastemaker" and "music maven" where he was called "a true vanguard in the S.F. music community". (http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-03-12/music/making-a-buzz/) For his day job, Mike works for Amoeba Music (since 1998) as the new product buyer and manager of the electronic/dance section since 2004.
Mike Bee - Classic 2-Step Mix
SAM SUPA
(Surefire - SF)
Sam Supa is a local pusher of Dubstep and other bass music. He has been playing records since 1991 starting out in the early Rave and Breakbeat Techno days. Supa draws his influences from Dub, Lovers Rock, Hip-Hop, Metal and Jungle. He flexes on the decks dropping big tunes with classics in a dynamic mixing style.
In March 2007 he took an influential trip to DMZ and had a guest spot with N-Type in the UK on Rinse FM and did it again in 2008 and to this day is one of the few Americans to play Rinse. He has played alongside many respected and pioneering DJs such as Hatcha, Youngsta, N-Type, Juju, Skream, Kode 9, Flying Lotus, Joe Nice, Matty G, Mala, Caspa, Headhunter, Plastician, Djunya and many more. He is a Current resident at San Francisco's longest running Grime and Dubstep night GRIME CITY and co-founder of SUREFIRE.
Sam lives in the sf bay area and spends his time with music writing and the promotion of bass all over the states. Check out his upcoming new record label Brap Dem Recordings.
Check out a recent BRAP DEM promo mix
AUDIO ANGEL
(twitter.com/audioangel - SF)
Audio Angel is in love with the dancefloor. Whether performing or not, she's been known to become downright anti-social in the midst of clubs and parties because her attention has always been THE MUSIC. She is heralded by musical lovers globally, because her focus while singing and emceeing is the same, THE MUSIC. With almost 2 decades under her feet, and over a decade on the mic, her greatest days as an underground music lover still lay ahead because she focuses on staying perpetually inspired by the multitude of styles and talent surrounding her.
Audio Angel is in love with all styles of music. So much, that she often answers the question "What style do you like to sing to most?" with an exuberant "Yes!" Most recent collaborators include The Flying Skulls, Timothy Renato Pizza, Beatropolis, General Fuzz, Professor Bang & so many more! She so grateful to have been a resident of multiple crews and parties throughout the West Coast and performed with hundreds of DJs, bands & performers throughout the world.
Ms. Angel is honored to rock with the Surefire crew! She's overjoyed to hold the vision for the SF dance scene as a home for dedicated heads to constantly push forward and for new artists to grow and find their sound.
Check out the single from THE FLYING SKULLS f/ AUDIO ANGEL - "Skulls & Angels"
http://www.going.com/surefiresoundjuly09
$7 before 11 $10 after
10PM - 2AM / 21+
The Triple Crown
1760 Market Street @ Octavia
