Events & Music & News Gracie Chavez on 26 Jun 2008
Steel Lounge Underground , FRI 6/27
I am honored to not only get to play at this Soular Grooves-sponsored Steel Lounge series, but also to be able to play alongside hometown hero Champa Moore and fellow Les Femmes DJ Jessica Partin. I’ve got tremendous respect for all those involved with this event.
I hope to see as many of you out on the dancefloor.
Here’s a press release from the Contemporary Arts Museum-Houston (CAM):
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Blvd Houston, TX 77006-6547
t (713) 284-8250 f (713) 284-8275 www.camh.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 2008
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Steel Lounge Underground with DJs Jessica Partin, Gracie Chavez, and Champa Moore
Houston, TX—The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston with DJ Pooks and Josh Zulu is pleased to present the next edition of Steel Lounge Underground, Friday, June 27, 2008, from 8-11PM, featuring DJs Jessica Partin, Gracie Chavez, and Champa Moore. Steel Lounge Underground, held the last Friday of every month, features a rotating roster of DJs who create entertaining and inspiring soundscapes influenced by the exhibitions on view. There is no charge for admission. Make this your first stop the last Friday of every month.
ABOUT THE DJs
The ongoing love affair between electronic dance music and Jessica Partin began in 1996, at a time when her roots were firmly planted in the underground Houston punk music scene. Upon exposure to house and techno, along with the concept of continuous mixing, Jessica quickly shifted her musical ambitions and began carving her own niche in the DJ world characterized by eclectic record selection, bold mixing techniques, and an ever-evolving style that breaks the barriers between genre distinctions.
Houston’s Gracie Chavez is a DJ, mother, music writer, and veteran of Houston’s club scene. From shedding light on fellow female DJs as a co-founder of the “Les Femmes” project, to her recent ten thousand download triumph of her recent “Yo, Mami” mix, Chavez is quite the overachiever as well as the perfect act with a pedigree heavy enough to handle the chaos of any party. From house, electro, retro, ’80s remixes, old/new school, Baltimore Club, to baile funke, and Houston rap, you’ll have to make it to Steel Lounge Underground to see what she’ll mix.
When Andy “Champa” Moore is DJing, love is in the music. When love is in the music, you can feel it. Unique in his ability to create a cathartic, big-room experience, or transform the most comfortable, leisurely lounge into a rocking party, Champa Moore knows how to bring it, taking listeners on a journey filled with suspense, seduction, and surprises. For more than two decades Champa has kept people dancing until dawn in Spain, the Netherlands, and around the United States.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art (May 10 – July 20, 2008) is the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and history in American contemporary art. Curated by Contemporary Arts Museum Houston senior curator Toby Kamps, the exhibition features approximately 75 recent paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, installations, and video works from nearly 20 artists and collaborative groups.
Perspectives 161: Tim Lee (May 16 – July 13, 2008) features Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee, who uses video, photography, and performance to put himself in the place of icons of popular culture. By reenacting rituals of pop culture that are usually the domain of established practitioners or experts in a deadpan, just-competent-enough style, Lee uses absurd seriousness to blur the boundaries between the ridiculous and the sublime.
STEEL LOUNGE UNDERGROUND SUPPORT
Steel Lounge Underground would like to thank DJ Pooks and Josh Zulu of Soular Grooves. Steel Lounge Underground is sponsored in part by Nobilo: Pure New Zealand wine; and ArtsHouston.
