Beat Research: experimental party music

Tuesdays at the GoodLife with residents DJ Flack and Wayne & Wax -
28 Kingston Street, Boston, MA, 02111, 617.451.2622
9pm to 1am, 21 plus, Free!
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If you are in the midwest check Beat Research Chicago

Feb 7
Ekip Ritual
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Initially conceived in São Paulo, Brazil in the fall of 2010, Ekip Ritual merges sound system culture, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, and pop music sensibilities into an animated blend of electronic music perhaps best tagged as global bass. The duo's resident vocalist, Marietta Vital, aka Massarock, is a veteran of the Brazilian reggae and alternative music scenes, having worked with the likes of DJ Magrão, Eder "O" Rocha, Brother Culture, and Adrian Sherwood. Ekip's production duties lie in the hands of emerging American electronic musician and percussionist Kiddid, a requisite "nordestino" who cut his teeth playing percussion for various ensembles throughout the northeastern US and Canada.

At once propulsive, catchy, and eccentric, Ekip Ritual playfully balance childlike wit with a digital grit frequently found occupying the contemporary sonic landscape.

Feb 14
Grim Trigger
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Grim Trigger is a production/DJ duo consisting of Joe Reutt and Brendan McCarthy. It's all about the beats and bass, and all genres are fair game as long as it keeps the kids dancing. Equally influenced by new wave and hip-hop as dubstep and electro, they love to keep the dancefloor guessing. Expect some 80's classics along with the freshest of tunes, and some Grim Trigger originals.

Other special guests (TBA) will be on hand to help celebrate V-Day with ya'l in style.

Feb 21
Oxycontinental
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Oxycontinental (aka Ricardo De Lima) Will be bringing the fattest beats from all over the Americas tonight.

He comes from radio picós Barranquilleros (San Pachito representing) through minitecas de Venezuela (Maracay representing) and ended up in Boston raves when he came to the US fifteen years ago with a pair of jeans, a tshirt and a couple of Exodus mixtapes. You can expect a pretty even mix of Cumbia, Bass, Tecno Latinoamericano.

Feb 28
Teleseen (NYC)
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Based in Brooklyn, but nomadic in geographies real and imagined, Teleseen is the primary alias of producer and multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Cyr. Since releasing his debut album WAR to critical acclaim in 2007 Teleseen has fast become one of the leading producers on the
vangaurd of combining dub and reggae with experimental electronic
music, without falling into the narrow genre ghettos defined by dubstep or so called "dub techno".

Pitchfork has called him "an electronic MC Escher" and the Wire called WAR "A Zen slap to the back of the head". Cyr has played and djed all over Europe, the Americas and Africa and hosts a thrice monthly radio on New York's
free103point9.

March 6 Old Money (NYC)

Guest Performers at Beat Research Have Included