Endings and Beginnings

I might brave potential moments of dripping wax, to check out Jah Shaka at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival this Friday. I’m expecting a different experience than when I last checked him at the Africana Center in London, in the mid-90’s. It was such a powerful experience then to see, hear and feel the "mighty zulu warrior's" sound – especially that feeling of his mighty tube-powered soundsystem thundering in my chest…

Transition and synchronicity have been strong in the air. I was at Maneesh the Twister's wedding last weekend, witness to the creation of a wonderful union. The next morning, while still in San Diego, we learned that my wife's grandmother had transitioned into the Mystery. Of all days, the funeral happened to be the same day as my entrance into the San Francisco Jung Institute, as a preliminary psychoanalytic candidate… So beginnings, endings, and beginnings again…


On another note - the last Stateless was wicked – mad props to Kush Arora for a next-step ragga-bhangra set! Friday, June 30, we will return to Amnesia (b/w 19th and 20th on Valencia, in SF's Mission) with our six month anniversary of Stateless. This should be an extra special event – first off, we have two amazing headliners. Micropixie will be playing with a live tabla player. Then, Jeff Stott, MC Rai producer and founder of Embarka Records, will be performing beats and oud, with a violinist and arabic percussion. Michael (The Worker) and I (Special Agent K) will be dropping opening and closing sets - spinning roots, dub, bhangra, outernational breaks and jungle, afrojazz, dancehall, dubstep and so on... I'll be doing my usual soundsystem business, with siren unit and analogue delays. I’m also planning on dropping some dubplates of original south asian dubstep and drum and bass. Finally, we will have visual art by Sue C. and live visuals by Yasi (Flaming Lotus Girls). Make sure and check it!