This week at Killswitch: Hac Le (Auralism,Listed) and Adnan Sharif (Forward SF)!
About Hac Le:
Ever since he took control of his Catholic High School's dance committee and started spinning the new wave and early electronic music he loved, Hac Le has been exhorting audiences to dance, and audiences have listened. listed resident & Auralism's multi talented Creative Director is a man of many hats, from world-traveling DJ, to promoter, to up-and-coming producer.
The Vietnam-born Hac spent the '90s kicking around LA, absorbing the spacey, mind-warping West Coast sound and putting in a three-year residency at Melrose's Kontrol Faktory party. After relocating to Chicago, giving up on and subsequently rediscovering DJing, he began producing his own dark, tech-y tracks under the name Kyaro with new ally and future Auralism founder Jason Short. (Hac currently has several solo and collaborative projects in the works.)
In 2000, Hac co-founded Global Trip, a Mexico-based company that has imported everyone from Lee Burridge to Deep Dish to Dimitri from Paris; he also forms the heart of Play Co. & Friends, a cadre of producers, artists, and DJs who promote Chicago's underground scene through parties, radio shows, and podcasts. Still, the turntables remain Hac's true passion, reinforced when John Digweed chose Hac's mix as the winner of FutureMusic's Next Big Thing DJ contest and James Zabiela in the recent DJ Mag poll named him "Breakthru DJ of 2008". Hac's sets, which will carry him around the globe in the coming year, are where his longstanding infatuation with dance music comes alive. "On one hand, I have the Chicago house influence, on the other, the nearby Detroit techno, and my West Coast background. It all comes together in a very nice fusion which people enjoy and seem to have a hard time categorizing!"
About Adnan Sharif:
Palestinian, Brazilian-born, Adnan Sharif immigrated to the USA in 1987 and found a new home in the city of San Francisco. DJ Adnan is one of the rising stars of the San Francisco House music scene with releases on major underground labels.
His DJ career started in 1995 and his first Gig was at the Legendary "The Gathering" in the San Francisco Bay Area. His musical styles include all genres of House music ranging from Deep to tech, minimal to electro. Presently Adnan Sharif is the resident dj and promoter of Forward, A monthly that take place in Underground Locations and Clubs in SF.
Label Affiliations: PR2 Recordings - Tarantic Records - Jah Love Recordings - Survival Sounds - Care Recordings
He had shared the turntables with Top DJs, to name a few:
Tiga, Ellen Allien, Mathew Dear, Swayzak, Doc Martin, Jay TripWire, Terry Francis, Grant Dell, Heather, Mark Farina, Fabriçio Peçanha, Sebastian Ingrosso, Greg Vickers, Luis Nieva, Miguel Silver, Jeno, Garth, Solar, Galen, Lance Desardi.
He has played at internationally renowed parties, to name a few:
. LoveFest San Francisco - SFSMC - Beijing (China) - Warung (Brazil) - Cozumel Club (Brazil) - ACA World Sound Festival - World Social Forum - Fulltronic Rave - Red Noise (Venezuela) - WMC - Omni Am (Chicago) - ComeUnity - Spundae - Bulletproof Boat Party - Power to the Peaceful Festival .
In late 2000 Adnan Sharif began his journey into music production.
Check his Discography @ www.djadnan.com
