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Aug
02

R’ HOUSE (inside the Owl Club Loft)

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Something special is in ROSEVILLE of all places. R’House, the Saturday night party inside the all new Owl Club (upstairs) is truly a cosmopolitan gem in a sea of small town and suburban mediocrity (and I’m talking about Sacramento too, not just Roseville). New owners Mark and Lorraine recently took over and are making the most out of this special little space, totally remaking the club from the ground up from new paint, removing walls, a new VIP area behind the bar, to (most importantly to me) a brand new sound system.

This isn’t your grandpappy’s Owl Club! Stop by some Saturday and see. This party has been going on for less than two months now and is becoming a regular stop to old Roseville regulars and dance music aficionados alike.

R’House…

  1. The ONLY Saturday night weekly party bringing you the best in REAL global dance music.
  2. The best deejays from Sacramento and beyond.
  3. $3 well drinks all night (the nights I’ve been there).
  4. A beautiful loft space unlike anything you’re likely to find this side of San Francisco
  5. FREE entry / No Cover (for now)
  6. Private “gratitude” parties before R’House on Saturdays
  7. And MUCH MUCH more.

Oh ya, forgot to mention, not only am I a regular at R’House I’ve played there twice and am going to be a monthly resident going forward! On the grand opening night I got the call from Sacramento dance music pioneer Karizma, visiting N Cali from his home in Portland OR to play at R’House, asking me to open. It was a great night for all even though the club had not yet been refined to today’s level. Since then I’ve been back many times for stand out deejays and dear friends Vince Lombardi, Sukh B, and Bobby Martinez behind the decks and played with Rich Soto (Rich Soul/Dick Jesus) just last weekend. I truly look forward to what R’House has in store for all dance music lovers!

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I’m playing with Vince at the grand opening of the Escape at the Fugu Lounge. Vince and I are the opening night residents and will be exclusively hosting “THE BACKROOM” monthly going forward. Gavin and Vince, backroom style.

Of course the party is not just for you underground beat freaks, Escape will include more commercially friendly music in the main room every week. So it’s safe for you to bring your friends that don’t quite “get it” just yet. And who knows, they might just venture into the backroom with Vince and I at the helm and get an underground education!!!

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Feb
16

My New Mix, System20:TEN (part 1)

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A more “accessible” mix for the late Winter / early Spring from me, including remixes of a few huge WMC tunes from yesteryear. Yep, it’s a little early for my annual WMC mix but this is going to have to be it since I will only be working on finishing up new original tracks until after the conference.

I did this last Saturday before heading out to my gig with J Phlip. Hit record and started playing. I wanted to capture a more easily digestible mix for the masses since underground minimal and techno is just not going over well at too many parties in Sacramento. What I came up with was about 2 and a half hours of dancefloor friendly house and techouse, often using my formula of taking a step back after taking two steps forward as if I was playing live at a gig. This is in no way preprogramed or mixed, just throwing down from the depths of the dome, testing out what I thought I might play later that night…

This is only part 1 (I split them up to fit on CDs), part 2 will be uploaded soon…

System20:TEN (part 1)

01.) Shonky ‘Roudor & Capulet’ – FREAK N CHIC
02.) Shakedown ‘At Night (Martin Butrich Vocal Mix)‘ – PANORAMA
03.) Seuil ‘Hot Spot’ – RAUM…MUSIK
04.) Yakine ‘Wrigly’ – THIRTYONETWENTY
05.) Nic Fanciulli ‘Work The Week’ – REJECTED
06.) Mark Broom ‘People’ – 2020 VISION RECORDINGS
07.) Massimo DL ‘Raw Track (Shout Mix)‘ – CADENZA
08.) Teste ‘The Wipe (Marco Carola Remix)‘ – PLUS 8
09.) Murk & Liberty City ‘Some Lovin (Barry Weaver & Thee-O Remix)‘ – SATURDAY NIGHT SESSIONS
10.) Yakine ‘Funkbuda’ – JETAMINE RECORDS
11.) Pan-Pot ‘Confronted (Martin Landky Remix)‘ – MOBILEE RECORDS
12.) Rejected ‘Peanuts’ – FIGURE
13.) Ramoon Tapia ‘The Digg’ – GREAT STUFF RECORDINGS
14.) Kaiserdisco ‘Baletto’ – MBF
15.) Marcelo Castelli ‘Sonar (Rocha & Lewinger Remix)’ – MUSIK XPRESS
16.) Lissat & Voltaxx ‘Sunrise Over Mali (D Nox & Beckers Remix)‘ – LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL
17.) Hertz ‘Big Bang’ – SWAY
18.) Giuseppe Cennamo ‘El Gitano (Fedrico Grazzini Mix)‘ – MONIQUE SPECIALE

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Pioneer and Beatport are sponsoring a new contest to find an unknown deejay and show them some love. I decided to submit my Bangin2.0 mix from this Summer rather than make something new as people really seem to like it. 100 lucky winners make the finals and then they have to make something new with a Winter Music Conference theme to it. So if I’m lucky enough I’ll be making a new mix soon enough….

VOTE FOR: Gavin Varitech Presents ‘Bangin2.0′

Yep, it requires you to sign up to vote BUT this is very important. Help me show the world that Sacramento is more than an afterthought in the world of global dance music! It only takes a few minutes and would really mean a lot to me…

Thanks,

Gavin

P.S. I’ll be giving away both of my CDJ800 MK2′s if I win!!!!

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Nov
18

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