Woogie Nights SF w/ John Tejada, idiot Savant, Markie B & LeafyGreen

 

Along with our friends at The Do LaB, we brought our first Woogie Nights event to Public Works in San Francisco back in October 2011 and the place was packed!  We're super excited to be bringing a little more Woogie to SF with another amazing line-up of hand selected beat slingers who perfectly represent the sound that The Woogie Stage has become famous for.  With Lightning in a Bottle 2012 just a few months away, this is your last chance to get some Woogie love before we all head to Southern California for that annual weekend of awesome!  WOOGIE LOVE!

Read our post show blog post from Woogie Nights LA in December 2011 which featured both John Tejada & idiot Savant!

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A great shot of John playing at Woogie Nights LA in Dec. 2011 (Photo by Caesar Sebastian)

Take a listen to this exclusive mix John did for Beat Soup!

Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist as producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo.
 
John Tejada was born in Vienna, Austria on April 21, 1974. His parents, both professional classical musicians (his mother an opera singer and father a conductor) began his early piano training at the age of 4. In the summer of 1982, John would move with his mother to her place of birth, Los Angeles. It was that summer at the age of 8 another instrument would catch his eye, the drums. Teaching himself to play along to classic rock music, John quickly learned his way around the drum set (an instrument he still plays to this day in his I’m Not A Gun project). Everything changed however when he got his first taste of early 80’s hip hop music. The impact of those early productions and electronic experimentation was very strong. Soon after, at the age of 12 John was given his first set of turntables and a mixer. He wanted to figure out everything he was hearing DJs do at that time. His first gigs came at the age of 12 for his own school, DJing his school dances.
 
Read John's full bio HERE!

John rocking the Woogie Stage at Lightning in a Bottle 2010!!


John rocking it at Woogie Nights LA in December 2011!

Much like the layer of congealed fat settling on the top of Momʼs Gefilte Fish, Ron Levy and Jesse Wright formed a deliciously disgusting DJ duo known as idiot Savant. The duo supported the founding of Pocket Underground in 2004 as an outlet for the Matzoh balls that were rattling around in their chicken broth. Ron has been playing and making music since he was knee-high to a duck and Jesse just does it for the free drink tickets. Both feel equally at home with their alkaline goggles on as they do their Burberry Banana Hammocks.  Their music can best be described as organic, psychedelic, sexy and completely Kosher...Glatt Kosher...

Learn more about idiot Savant and listen to their set from LIB 2011!!

Soak up this amazing mix by idiot Savant featured on Beat Soup!

Remember this?  Sunday night at The Woogie Stage at LIB 2011, right after Lee Burridge ... EPIC!!


idiot Savant & John Tejada after their gig at Woogie Nights LA in December 2011.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Markie B grew up listening to rhythm and blues at Jazz Fest and the marching bands of Mardi Gras.  It wasn't until his mid twenties when he began tapping his feet to the beat and felt inspired to join the brass bands in the streets for a regular Sunday Second Line.  He was introduced to house music in 2002 and shortly thereafter moved to the Bay Area where he fell immediately into the San Francisco based sound collective, Pink Mammoth.  Over the years, his taste has evolved to combine his hometown funky rhythm with a childhood love for disco.  On the decks, he is known to get 'em dancin' with a sexy blend of soulful melodies all wrapped up in a groovy house beat.

Take a listen to this brand new mix by LeafyGreen on Beat Soup!

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Event Date: 
Saturday, March 10, 2012