MIX ONLINE:Sarcastic presents Mental Dump. This is what Sarcastic calls dub techno, if anyone cares. Take a load off for free. CLICK HERE TO HEAR/DOWNLOAD THE MIX or on the art below .
UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE:
Sarcastic (ARTIST INFO)
Founder of Montreal-based underground electronic music pantheon Level 4 Productions, this amorphous being has contributed to the subculture's cabalistic causes on many levels for the past decade as label manager, DJ, producer, promoter and music critic. His love for the chugging repetitive nature of techno, acid house and hardcore genres remains informed by an early appreciation for hip-hop, stoner rock, jazz and psychedelia of all sorts. Equally at home behind two or three decks, Sarcastic’s diversity as a DJ has allowed him to perform alongside many of his musical mentors: NYC’s Frankie Bones, Detroit ghetto-tech’s DJ Assault, Stockholm’s Thomas Krome and Slobodan, London breakbeat stars Freestylers or Deekline, or minimal techno luminaries Deadbeat or Algorithm. Meanwhile Sarcastic’s productions have ranged from minimal to maximal, garnishing rave reviews internationally. Sarcastic continues to run against the grain, eclipsing expectations and defying conventionality in the ongoing quest for communal and individual expression through sound and music.
Sarcastic
Le fondateur du collectif Level 4 Productions basé à Montréal, cet être amorphe a contribué aux causes caballistiques de la sous-culture à plusieurs niveaux durant cette dernière décennie en tant que gérant d'étiquette, DJ, producteur, promoteur et critique de musique. Son amour pour la nature répétitive de la Techno et l'Acid House reste informé d'une longue appréciation pour le hip-hop, Stoner Rock, Jazz ainsi que la Psychedelia de toutes sortes. Tout aussi à l'aise que ce soit derrière deux ou trois platines, la diversité de Sarcastic lui a permit de jouer aux côtés de plusieurs de ses mentors tels; Frankie Bones de Brooklyn, DJ Assault de la scène Booty/Ghetto-Tech à Détroit, les valeures sûres de la Techno Suédoise Thomas Krome et Slobodan, les étoiles du Breakbeat Britannique Freestylers ou Deekline ainsi que le génie Techno Minimal/Dub Deadbeat. Avocat du mouvement "pro-vinyle", Sarcastic et aussi connu pour introduire du Rock, Blues ou même du Bluegrass dedans ses mixes soigneusement programmés. Dans ces compositions, qui ont d’ailleurs reçu de bonnes critiques des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, on y retrouve tant du Techno Minimal (Something Strange is Happening Downtown, Phoniq) comme des trucs plutôt "Hard" (Sarcastic’s remix de Pharagonescia, Wikkid Records).
find Level 4's KIDSTATIK and the elusive DJ TONY ROMA on myspace HERE!
find Level 4's TOLTECH HERE!
find Level 4's KILOBYTE on myspace HERE!
Level 4 Productions' sherm-grind studio project, PHLEGMATIC BILIOUS RECTOSCOPY (P.B.R.), can be found on myspace also. just click HERE .
Level 4 Productions' Discography:
Sarcastic: "Keep Poppin Pills" (Wikkid Records)
Sarcastic: "Bad Trips" (JungleX.ca)
Sarcastic: "Sunshine Blues" EP (online EP available from pertin-nce.com)
Sarcastic: "Pharagonescia" (Sarcastic Remix) / Aiwa (Wikkid Records, 2006) info/discogs
Toltech: "Código rojo" (Rewired, Jester Recordings, 2006) info/discogs
Sarcastic: "Something Strange is Happening Downtown" (Phoniq, 2005) info/discogs
Toltech: "Sneak Attack" (Soldierz of Fortune, 2004)
Toltech: "Sorcerer (Warfare, Soldierz of Fortune, 2004)
Tony Roma w/ Leo Cruz (Testarosa): "Ffine" (Saboteur Records, 2003) info/discogs
Toltech: "Asi Me Gu'ta Mi" (Dataport, Soldierz of Fortune, 2003)
The Underground Shadow: "Contra Diction" (Level 4 Productions / Standard Records, 2001) info/discogs
... The 4th Level
Level 4 Productions' weekly radio show continues every FRIDAY from 9-11 PM (EST) on www.techno.fm . ... Level 4's Sarcastic, Kilobyte, Freebass and Kidstatik are joined by guests. If you're really lucky Toltech might even be there to drop some schranz on yo ass. Warning: The 4th Level represents PURE techno on the regular. with very few exceptions.
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Level 4 Productions (HISTORY/MISSION STATEMENT)
Level 4 Productions have provided an outlet and a second family for some of Montreal's top underground electronica talents through various projects including event organization and promotion, music publishing, radio show broadcasting, graphic design and live performance since the early 1990s. Central tenets include: "If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise", "one love", and "we're all gonna die". Level 4s record label Standard first brought Kidstatiks productions to the world with the release of Contra Diction, the Tekstyle weekly at Blue Dog (r.i.p.) proved that pure techno could thrive outside of the after-hours milieu, and their continuing growth shows all of us the beauty of living off the beaten path, as it were. Purist tek DJs Kilobyte, Freebass, and Toltech form the core of the roster, Module M (currently based in Montpellier, France) excels at etching out deep techno soundscapes, while variety can be found in the breaks/techno/hip hop preferences of prodigal son Nter, the broad diversity of founder Sarcastic or the psychotropic grit hop of the enigmatic DJ Karl Marx. The most recent additions to Level 4 roster are sherm-grind foursome Exhume, Molest, Sautee, and the band's studio sideproject, Phlegmatic Bilious Rectoscopy. Level 4 has also been known to manifest itself in the DJ personages of Shikkadance, Chilly Willy, Joey Cormier, The Walrus, and Pastor Vinyl Stephenson. VJ Mindlab is currently developing revolutionary approaches to visual presentations, rarely surfacing from his top secret laboratory. Level 4 Productions also owes a lifelong debt to honorary members Mark "the Terminator" Belson, Robin "Freebace" Rae, Ghostbuster "the masked investor" Insaney, Rendo Calrassian, E.A.M.A., Sharon "sharondavies.com" Davies, co-conceptualizer Brandon "Crash" Craddock, and to all those that have helped define, continue and improve our vision through the years.
Level 4s willingness to work with other promotion companies has led to collaborations with Broken Crew, Nice Productions, In Da Jungle, Kirk6, Kops Crew, Peer Pressure, Morphee, Millenium Productions, Clonk, Aria, Stereo, Alien Crew, NCV, Global Mastermindz, Route 66 Promotions and many more, producing Level 4 events at clubs Saphir, Vinyl, Jingxi, Blue Dog, Tokyo, Boodha or Jai Bar to name a few, and in a host of local loft and studio spaces. Past Events Include: Communism (2006), DJ Assault (2006), Mix Thursdays @ Saphir (2005-6), The Grapevine weekly @ Vinyl (2005), Good Vibrations (2005), School (2004), Fluid Thursdays (2004), Let's Do This (2004), Subculture (2003), !One Love (2002); Flux (2003); Subculture (2003); Tekstyle Thursdays @ Bluedog (2001-2002); 2K4 (with Kops Crew and Kirk6, 2003); United As One (with Kirk6, Morphee, Submission, 2002); Departure (with Kirk6) and many more...
"Behold! Human beings living in an underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light... here they have been from their childhood" (Socrates, the Allegory of the Cave).
Contact: [email protected] Info: www.level4productions.com .
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