10.26: Sonar: Tax Lo Halloween w/ Blaqstarr ("Hands Up Thumbs Down"/MIA producer) +++ [Archive]

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2007-10-23, 05:44 PM

<center>THIS FRIDAY!!! IN THE MAIN ROOM AT SONAR ! <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbQ=="><img src="http://www.taxidermylodge.com/images/taxlo_eflyer.jpg"></a> This Friday we are stoked as shit because it's our annual Halloween party. This time around we're bringing some special guests! <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2JsYXFzdGFycm11c2lj"><img src="http://a738.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_a9168155688e538db38e9c52dd12d409.jpg"></a> DJ Blaqstarr "23-year-old Baltimore producer DJ Blaqstarr has carved out a weird little space for himself. In his hometown, he's something of a pop phenom, but he's totally unknown outside it. Blaqstarr (no relation to Mos Def or Talib Kweli) makes Baltimore club music, the frenetically physical hybridized form of black dance music that's thrived for nearly two decades in the 410 area code but which has only started to make inroads outside it. And even as club tracks find their way into the record crates of out-of-town hipster DJs, the music's producers have yet to taste anything resembling national fame. Blaqstarr's club-rap tracks for local MCs like Young Leek ("Jiggle It") and D.O.G. ("Ryda Girl") have helped his clients secure major-label contracts, and he's also produced his own apocalyptic local club anthems like "<a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbS9hdWRpby9ibGFxc3RhcnJfaGFuZHN1cHR odW1ic2Rvd24ubXAz">Hands Up Thumbs Down</a>" and "You Keep on Fuckin' Around". But Blaqstarr himself has only recently signed his first national record deal, and it's with a small start-up rather than with a hegemonic major; he's now the second signee to Diplo's <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm1hZGRlY2VudC5jb20=">Mad Decent</a> label, following the rabble-rousing baile funk trio Bonde Do Role." -Pitchfork Blaqstarr also recently produced a few tracks on <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL21pYQ==">M.I.A.</a>'s new smash album "Kala". Be sure not to miss him at the Tax Lo Halloween party this Friday! <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbS9hdWRpby9ibGFxc3RhcnJfaGFuZHN1cHR odW1ic2Rvd24ubXAz">Click here to listen to Blaqstarr's "Hands Up Thumbs Down"</a> <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbS9hdWRpby9taWFfd29ybGR0b3duLm1wMw= =">Click here to listen to M.I.A.'s "World Town" produced by Blaqstarr</a> also appearing: <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL211c2NsZXNtdXNpYw=="><img src="http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc191/musclesmusic/MUSCLES_005.jpg"></a> Muscles Muscles is from Australia and makes great music for the excellent <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm1vZHVsYXJwZW9wbGUuY29t">Modular</a> label. Muscles had a shitty bio on the modular website that tells you nothing so here's a video and you can decide for yourself. The sound quality isn't all that so I strongly recommend you listen to the mp3 posted below as well. This is Muscles first show in Baltimore. After he finishes up shows in the US, he heads back down under for tour with Daft Punk. Not too shabby. Be sure to catch him this Friday at Tax Lo Halloween! <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="366" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/mVug3FZdI5g&rel=1&border=0">
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</object> Muscles "Sweaty" video <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbS9hdWRpby9tdXNjbGVzX2ljZWNyZWFtLm1 wMw==">Click here to listen to "Ice Cream" by Muscles</a> Also appearing: ALL of the Tax Lo DJs <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL3NpbW9uZHBob2VuaXg=">Simon Phoenix</a>, <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2N1bGxlbnN0YWxpbg==">Cullen Stalin</a>, <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2RhdmVuYWRh">Dave Nada</a> (T&A Records/Bullets), <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2luZmFtb3VzX28=">Chris O</a> (Yo Majesty) playing the best Halloween and party songs they have with them at the time! WEAR A FUCKING COSTUME!!! $1 drinks 9-11 Party starts at 9pm Ages 18+ $5 w/ costume $7 w/o costume El Sonar 407 E Saratoga Downtown Baltimore (aka Party City, USA!) <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNvbmFyYmFsdGltb3JlLmNvbQ==">www.sonarbaltimore.com</a> New podcast featuring the mighty <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL3N3aXRjaGFuZHNvbGlkZ3Jvb3Zl">Switch</a> coming this week, I promise! More podcasts, photos, and other shit can be found at <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRheGlkZXJteWxvZGdlLmNvbQ==">www.taxidermylodge.com</a> other fun coming up... Nov 11: Tax Lo presents Flosstradamus at the Talking Head Nov 16: Tax Lo w/ The Rub (Cosmo Baker, Dj Ayres, DJ Eleven) Nov 30: Tax Lo w/ Cobra Krames so much more to come...