Samira

you know what’s so crazy about my set last friday? i remember it record for record. i actually pulled my set-list out from that night the next day, which is something i have never been able to do. especially considering that my record box is usually a disastrous mess at the end of the night (and it was again on friday). but i remember my set so clearly, every mix, from the moment i dropped a new record in to the moment i pulled out of each mix. i just knew from the moment i dropped that first track that my set would be strong and loud and tight. i don’t think i’ve ever felt so confident. the crowd was completely there & they just wanted more and more and more. Cece had told me: “i want you to play with absolutely no mercy….” well, the crowd told me the same thing that night. it was incredible :-) SO many people came up to me that night & thanked me profusely for making that event possible. not your standard “you played a great set”, but people truly being grateful for the experience. quite remarkable.

Word around town is that the dormant dance music scene –along with the crowds that make it move — is coming back fast and furious. (Just check Monty Luke’s blog if you don’t believe us.) One indicator is the new party Beatmatch, in which DJs from SF’s tightest crews infuse the opulent settings of Mezzanine with a bit of the underground spirit that nourished them on the long way up. Tonight’s party offers a mix of house and breaks from Green Gorilla’s M3 and Anthony Garlic, Sister SF’s Melyss and Samira, and Space Cowboys’ Brad Robinson and Smoove. No funny business, just straight-up dance music for an energizing Friday night. (PS) Which crews were represented at the first Beatmatch party? The first correct answer wins a doublepack CD from Sister’s Melyss and Samira. flavorpill SF

Beatmatch is taking us back to the early days of the SF underground dance scene. When with an incredible passion for dance music, DJs delivered the 4/4 beats (in the strangest of locations) and the vibrant crowds went wild to make San Francisco a true player in the world of house music. Tonight, local (and exceptionally tight) DJ crews: Sister SF, Green Gorilla Lounge and the Space Cowboys are teaming up to show us how it’s done and put to rest, once and for all, that the dance music scene here is dwindling in 2004. (JC) Nitevibe Buzz

Congratulations, honey :-) nice work. i love you. sam Nitevibe Buzz Our flyer of the week is for Beatmatch this Friday at The Mezzanine. Our designer is Paul De Arman.