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Funk the War 2 mix

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

So last night, after Beyond, I went to Five, and then around midnight I got an MP3 CDs to mix for an anti-war protest this Friday. I spent about 10 minutes reviewing the tracks, and then I pressed record. This is now the “official soundtrack” which is kind of weird. I think […]

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Dubstep @ Beyond

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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Check out some pictures from last night. I made only a quick cameo while Alter-Ego went for a smoke break. Also featured: DJ Gauge and David Bloom.
We were also mentioned in this week’s Washington City Paper. Online version here.

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Beyond: Status Update

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

As you know, a couple of friends and I have been throwing a weekly happy hour / DJ event in DC. Earlier this week, we were mentioned in The Washingtonian:

…one of the best happy hours you’ve never heard of. Held every Wednesday from 6 to 11 in the upstairs lounge of Skewers and Cafe Luna […]

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Winter Goth Mix

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

As some of you know, I’ve been a regular guest at Club Five’s Arcadia — a weekly “alternative” night that features “industrial, gothic, synthpop, ebm, indie, electro, 80’s, britpop”. I don’t tend to fit in too well there. There are a few reasons why. For one, even though I used to listen to […]

 Amitai - Goth 12-25-07 [55:33m]: Play in Popup | Download

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Freeform DJ Collective Update

Monday, December 10th, 2007

the Freeform DJ Collective has existed for about a year and a half now… Here’s a little bit on our individual projects.

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Upcoming Gigs

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I don’t usually post about my upcoming gigs here. To stay up-to-date you should check the Freeform DJs‘ RSS feed.
However, I’m playing a couple of cool shows this week:
Thursday: Marquis @ Napoleon with Michah Villain and Outputmessage.
Saturday: Sub Kontinent @ Rock and Roll Hotel Dubstep Legion of Doom Takeover!

TAG TEAM: beatcarnival vs amitai (1:30-2:30)
TAG […]

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Dubstep set - prep for 9/26

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Here’s a short 30-minute piece I recorded in preparation for my set.

 Standard Podcast [26:19m]: Play in Popup | Download

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New weekly party

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Ivan, Adrian and I are starting a new weekly happy house/early night party thing. It’s called Beyond and will feature interesting chillout music: downtempo, dubstep, dub reggae, soul, IDM, trip-hop, maybe some deep deep deeeeep house… We got really fantastic drink specials and a lot of DJs interested in guest spots. I […]

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DJ Challenge is tonight

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

So my first DJ Challenge night is tonight. Let’s see how this goes. I’m going to try to throw more of these if this one is fun.
The deal is: five DJs, six tracks. Each DJ must pick five or six from the same list of tracks. The tracks are:
Noisia - Gutterpump
Secret Weapon - Dan […]

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Upcoming gigs

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

So… A couple of big upcoming gigs:

Friday, April 27 at the Snatch party, in the basement of Home Ultrabar. This is also going to be a celebration of my twenty-third birthday. Ramz and Ciconte also playing. Should be fun! The night is house/breaks electro, so I’m not sure if I can get […]

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