FRESH!
Here are a few things that we here at Sarcastic find, well... fresh!







Our friend Justin will DJ at the Five Stars Bar in downtown LA on Saturday, February 12th. This is a Sarcastic co-produced event, a collaboration between BooBoo (DTMC) & Sarcastic. This is a show not to be missed!

We met Justin though Eric D. (of Rub N Tug) in 2004. The Sarcastic connection story goes: In 2002, Justin was living in NYC and was in a band called Out Hud. They were the band playing at the Passerby gallery/bar before a party that Rub N Tug were DJing at.

At that time they didn't know each other, but Justin stayed to the end of the party and they all eventually became friends. Then a little later, Justin would fill in sometimes at the regular "Campfire" party at the Passerby when the boys were out of town. Besides Out Hud, Justin was also producing/mixing/playing bass in the "indie dance" band !!! (chk chk chk). Eventually Justin asked the RNT guys to remix a single for !!! and later for Out Hud as well. He also played on the soon to be released RNT album & frequently plays bass on dr. dunks productions.

After !!! & out hud, Justin released an edit called "Get To My Baby" on Golf Channel recordings under the Try To Find Me name which has become a Sarcastic disco classic.




He has released his own productions, edits & mix CD on golf channel & Black Disco – "Clapping Song" on Golf Channel & "Vandervolgen's haunted house" on Black Disco. Justin is also co-producer with Doug Lee (who is also a graphic designer and has done logos & graphics for Sarcastic Clothing) in a project called TBD.

Justin has numerous DJ mixes online but has gotten a lot of recognition and mention from his "Try To Find Me Vol. 2" mix cd (link RA) which came out recently on Golf Channel. One of our favorite mixes of the last few years!

Yes, he has released all these different things, but really he's just a damn good DJ & we like his music.

Here is a quick list of productions from last 2 years... check below for more details, he's done a lot.

Solo Productions-
– "Clapping Song" 12" (Golf Channel Records)
– "Try to find Me, Vol. 1" 12" (Golf Channel Recordings)
– "Try to find Me, Vol. 2" Mix CD (Golf Channel Recordings)
– "Takes one to Make one" 12" (TBD Classics)
– "Haunted House" ep (Black Disco)

Solo Remixes-
!– !!! "Must be the moon" revisited 12", Justin Vandervolgens remix (Warp Records)
– Maserati "Inventions" 12", Justin Vandervolgens remix (Temporary Residency)

TBD productions-
– "What Is This?" 12" (TBD Sounds)
– "Oh My" 12" (DFA)

TBD remixes-
– Runaway "Black Label Honey [TBD Remix]" (On the Prowl Records)
– Populette "Mommy [TBD Remix]" (Throne of Blood Records)
– Permanent Vacation "Zuckerhut [TBD Remix]" (Permanent Vacation Records)
– Traks Boys "Yellowbirds [TBD Remix]" (Internajional Records)
– 20/20 soundsystem "Psycho [TBD remixes]" (20/20 Vision)
– Try to Find Me "Get To My Baby [TBD Extension]" (Golf Channel Recordings)
– Cos Mes "Gomezland [TBD Remix]" (Esp Institute)

MORE OFFICIAL BIO FROM RESIDENT ADVISOR
Justin Vandervolgen has a history spanning the last 13 years in the dance/disco community. Being one of the founding members and producer of the bands !!! and Outhud as well as remixing for labels such as Warp, EMI and Output. In 2003 Justin produced the !!! record “Me and Guliani down by the schoolyard” which became a UK dance chart hit and helped to bring the emerging early 2000’s sound of NY dance music to the rest of the world. It was in 2001 when Justin moved to NY that he started dj’ing more and playing some of the best parties and after hours spots in the city.

Early 2008 saw Justin leaving !!!, (Outhud disbanded in 2005) to focus on producing, remixing and dj’ing. 2009 saw the release of a 2 projects one with Lee Douglas called TBD which produced the massive hit What is This, and his own now classic edit series titled "Try to find Me" on Golf Channel Recordings. 2010 will see the release of his own solo productions, various remixes and edits as well as new TBD material.

ADDITIONAL LINKS
Review of Justin's "Try To Find Me vol. 2" mix cd at RA
Review of Justin's "Clapping Song" 12" at RA
Write up of Justin's previous DJ appearance in Los Angeles
Golf Channel spotlight at Resident Advisor (including a label feature mix)
A really detailed history & bio of Golf Channel








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This month's iD magazine has a spotlight on our homies
Eric D & Thomas the Mammal -- and their infamous NYC
Rub N Tug parties. iD doesn't mention it, but Eric is wearing
the Sarcastic "Love" shirt. Click image to see larger version
of the page, click here to read the text of the article.






THOMAS & ERIC Rub n Tug volume 1 (aNYthing)

aNYthing just released this promo cd, it's a live mix from
Thomas & Eric's NY party, Rub n Tug. Listen for the rough
and rugged styles. Check out the dual Sarcastic shirts in the
tray artwork. Make it nice, keep it nasty.

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HOW & WHY? Cruising 12" (Rong, rong02)
| listen to B1 Original mix


HOW & WHY? re-edits 12" (Rong promo, rpr00)
| listen to A1 #9 / A2 #5 / B1 Dance!

We recently got these promos from Eric Duncan, on the newly formed Rong label out of NY. Rong is Ben Cook (Deep Fuzz, Triangle Orchestra) and DJ Spun (SF expatriate, now NY resident).

Both the records above were put together by How & Why? –-- a team-up of Spun and Eric (who is known for co-hosting the now-infamous NYC Rub & Tug loft parties).

The re-edits 12" is a strictly promotional item, so be on the lookout for it.

The Cruising 12" is the 2nd release on Rong. This time around, H&W? had help from Daniel Wang on keys and Steven Hall on guitar (avant-garde dude who played with Arthur Russell). Additional production from Olivier Spencer (Crack & Speed, Mr. Negative). There's also a remix from Rong's Ben Cook & Corey Black (Triangle Orch). Check it out!

Thanks to Eric D and Spun for hooking us up.






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Force Of Nature (KZA & Kent) are featured in this month's issue
of iD magazine. It doesn't say on the magazine page, but Kent
is wearing the Sarcastic Woolworth coat and KZA is wearing leather
from A Bathing Ape. Click image to see larger version of the scan,
click here to read the text of the article.






KZA Clock Work Pimpin' mix cd

Sir KZA is back on the wheels with a mix made only out
of doubled up12"es. Disco, rock, funk breaks and more
keep the party moving. Get madd and mo' kinky, just slipp
with him! Awaken the libido.

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DJ KENT mix from Portable Disqo (Collaboratory 1st
exhibition pac) 2cd

The RMN keeps cranking them out! This time around,
DJ Kent (Force of Nature) is dropping a mid-tempo mix
of JAMS on one disc of a 2cd set that's shared with
Sly Mongoose (who Kent has remixed as well). Mongoose's
mix is nice rocksteady and early reggae, but we're only
putting Kent's mix up because we jock him.

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KZA Electro Binoculars mix cd

KZA has returned with this mastermix of classic and
unknown electro, for those who love 808s and
vocoders. "This is the freshest cd I ever own."

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Billy Valdes ollie

Break time on the corner near Sarcastic Studios.
This is a Quicktime streaming movie, so it may take
a second if you're on a slow connection.

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KZA The Disco Rarities mix cd

The Spinning Meanmachine KZA from Force of Nature
drops his latest mix cd. Late 70s underground disco
and rare early hip-hop. "Support the defend the disco
movement!" Be on the lookout for KZA's "Electro
Binoculars" mix coming soon. It will damage you!

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DJ SHADOW "Right Thing [Tokio Ghetto Tech remix]"

Acid house/electro styled mix done by KZA (Force of Nature),
Available on the Japanese only The Private Repress ep.

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