Andy Votel: Biker Mix B-Side

Andy Votel's Biker Mix B Side by TimeOutNewYork

A great, short and sweet mix that Treehouse 015 guest Andy Votel made for Time Out New York on the occasion of his long mid-August weekend in the Big Apple. Climb Up + Get Down.

Treehouse 015—Andy Votel + Mahssa

The 15th Treehouse is this Saturday, Aug. 14, at Littlefield, and we think it will be quite fun. We hope you will be there to drink and make merry with us.

We chose Kate's photo of the legendary Greenpoint record trove The Thing for this Treehouse because our special guests are crate-diggers extraordinaire. (That's also why Wax Poetics magazine is onboard as a Treehouse partner this month.) Expect rarities, heavy grooves, and musical map-crossing, all with an eye toward the dancefloor.

Andy Votel runs Finders Keepers and B-Music, two labels that relentlessly unearth vinyl castoffs and bring them the public recognition they deserve. Folk Is A Four Letter Word, Well Hung, Music to Make Girls Cry, the list goes on and on. Trainspotters take note. Here's a cool mix of his.

Mahssa curated the heralded Pomegranates compilation of '60s and '70s Persian pop music (on Votel's B-Music label), and we can't wait to hear what she pulls out of her crate on Saturday. Here's a Mahssa mix.

FYI Andy and Mahssa are in town for these cool film and DJ performances this week that are part of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's "Film Comment" series. Check it out.

It's $5 this month, but free if you RSVP.

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TREEHOUSE 015

Sat. Aug. 14, 11pm

Special Guests Andy Votel + Mahssa

Residents Raspberry Jones + Treeboy

Littlefield, 622 Degraw St. (btw. 3+4 Ave.)

$5; FREE w/RSVP

Treehouse at Unsound: Thur. Feb. 11, 2010

As part of its association with the inaugural Unsound New York festival, Treehouse is proud to announce an evening devoted to electronic rhythms created in New York.

Treehouse at Unsound, the New York Electronic Music Showcase, will feature live and DJ sets from great veterans of the New York scene, as well as newcomers creating uncompromising new sounds. The evening’s special headline set will be provided by Morgan Geist, among the city dance-music scene’s eminence grise, one-half of the influential duo Metro Area, and the man behind Environ Records. Buyoed by the 2009 success of “Robotic Hypnotic Adventure” (Wurst Edits), the Neurotic Drum Band (the veteran duo of John Selway and Elliot Taub), will perform a “decks & FX”/DJ-meets-live set, showcasing the pair's mix of classic house, Italo and techno. The all-analog live set by the young duo Blondes (Oberlin grads Sam Haar and Zach Steinman) will feature the deep Kosmiche grooves that have drawn comparisons to Manuel Gottsching and Delia & Gavin.

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Morgan Geist

Blondes

Treehouse resident DJs Raspberry Jones & Treeboy will kick off the evening. Brooklyn visuals by Kate Interstatial.

09.00 pm: Treehouse DJs Raspberry Jones & Treeboy

10.00 pm: Blondes (live)

11.00 pm: Neurotic Drum Band (decks & fx)
12.00 pm: Morgan Geist (DJ)

@ Littlefield, 622 Degraw, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tickets: $5 w/ RSVP to treehousebklyn@gmail.com / $8 at the door.

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SUBWAY: M/R to Union St; any train to Atlantic Ave./Pacific St.; F/G to Carroll St.

New to Treehouse? We're a monthly party thrown by Eric Demby and Piotr Orlov, long-time dance-music writers, collectors and DJs, and community activists. Since kicking off in the spring of 2009, Treehouse has played host to sets by Todd Edwards, Kieran Hebden, Jace Clayton, Alex From Tokyo, Todd Sines and others.

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Time Out Says Todd is God

And they're right. Bruce gets right to the roots of why we're so excited to have Mr. Edwards in the 'House on Wednesday. Great job on the photo by KG too!

[007] Return of the King: Todd Edwards

We're pretty sure this is gonna be an awesome Treehouse. Todd Edwards, a sort of secret god of garage house as the originator of the "cut-up," which is now standard issue among producers of every stripe, will be in the 'House.

Todd gets props from dance-music heads in the know, but that's not enough. (Daft Punk, for one, gave him his due via a collaboration on Discovery, "Face to Face," a song that rules.) So we're dragging him all the way from Bloomfield, New Jersey, to put him in the spotlight, where he belongs. He's pretty psyched about the gig, and even put together a special mix (below) just for the occasion.

Treehouse will be taking over the main room of Littlefield for the first time, which can only mean one thing: bring your dancing shoes!

Climb up + get down with us.

Treehouse 007

Wed., Nov. 18, 2009

10pm

Special Guest: Todd Edwards

Residents: Raspberry Jones + Treeboy

Littlefield, 622 Degraw St. (btw. 3+4 Ave.)

Gowanus, Brooklyn

Absolutely FREE

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Todd Edwards - Treehouse mix by Raspberry Jones

A Ghost in the Treehouse!

Treehouse 006 is creeping up on you October 21. We're pretty sure you'll be getting down after climbing up to this month's hang.

Mike Servito and SV4 of the excellent, and now 10-year-old, Ghostly International label will be joining us for the evening, purveying the sort of warm/minimal/deep Detroit-based techno and house that makes your body think fun and your head feel funny. For a taste of their game and where they're coming from, check out this Self-Titled profile and attendant mix. Yum. Here's a killer Servito mix from when he did the Bunker party earlier this year.

Because it's CMJ and we want a nice crowd and hopefully a dancefloor too, we're putting on a more serious party. Which means we're charging $5 just this one time. If you come before 10pm it's still free.

Treehouse 006

Wed., Oct. 21

8pm-2am

feat. Ghostly International DJs Mike Servito + SV4

Residents Raspberry Jones + Treeboy

FREE before 10pm; $5 after (Free all night w/CMJ badge)

Littlefield

622 Degraw St. (btw. 3 + 4 Ave.)

Gowanus Brooklyn

Out the Comfort Zone w/DJ /rupture + Gamall

For the next Treehouse we're climbing up to a new level of getting down, which we hope to sustain through the fall and beyond.

In the Treehouse tradition, for 005 we'll be featuring two friends branching outside their comfort zone. DJ /rupture (ne Jace Clayton) is known for his triple-turntable global riddim incursions, but of late he's been all about cumbia, the Latino street music. So we're indulging him with an all-cumbia set at Treehouse, which will be welcome new music to many ears. Check out the archives of /rupture's WFMU Mudd Up! show, which rules.

Old pal Gamall works music of all kinds, especially house and techno, appreciates sounds from every corner of the globe (he's lived everywhere), and has played with some of the coolest cats you know and love. But he's a Sheffield native, and he's got a special soft spot for Northern Soul, the UK underground '60s black-soul sound. Unfamiliar? G's got Northern Soul in spades, and he'll walk you through a history lesson at Treehouse.

Treeboy and Raspberry Jones hold it down the rest of the time, naturally. Oh, we're starting an hour earlier (8pm) for all those pre- and post-paternal units and those with day jobs.

Treehouse

Wed., Sept. 16: 8pm-2am

Guests: DJ /rupture + Gamall

Residents: Raspberry Jones + Treeboy

Littlefield: 622 Degraw St. (btw. 3+4 Ave.)

Gowanus, Brooklyn

Absolutely Free

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