| The Flying Skulls travel North!
Summer is here in full effect and it's time to get out and dance! In appreciation of all the times the North Bay folk have driven to The City to get the f* down with The Flying Skulls, we are bringing it back to your neck of the woods with a balls-out dance party at the premier venue for banging events in the Great Green North: THE HOP MONK TAVERN!!! That's right THURSDAY JULY 8! The night is a weekly that has been running 3+ years and has won Best Dance Event in the North Bay 2 years in a row by Bohemian. There's a rag-time hobo theme so work with that! Come rage the outdoor beer garden which hosts five local beer vendors! Bring your poi and firesticks for firedancing in the courtyard, extreme whiskey drinking & howling at the moon! The evening will feature J.TONAL on the mad beat wizardry and CITIZEN TEN aka THE ZAP TAP on the live scratch destruction and vocal acrobatics. Let it be known that there are some nasty new tracks that will be debuted at this party, get them while they're hot... this will be a ridiculously crunked out set, don't miss! The Skulls fly at midnight, $7 tickets here: HOPMONK TICKETS Saddle Up is dropping July 1 on Addictech!
Since their last album dropped in October, San Francisco's resident track doctors and electronic music innovators The Flying Skulls have been taking time out of their busy touring schedule to hit the studio. Hard. They've been sharpening their arsenal of dirty, tripnodic beats for an upcoming opus-of-an-album slated for release in late summer. Luckily three tracks demanded to get out, so we are presenting the Saddle Up EP. The release features a bassy mid-tempo title track, fused with funky synth lines and a driving groove laced with samples that declare western motifs like: "Have gun, will travel." The EP also features a remix of a classic Skulls track The Dope Trade by two up-and-coming-producers. The first is remixed by one of the premier cutting-edge guitarist/producers on the West Coast, Curtis Sloane of BLVD. He takes The Dope Trade and refits the grooves with that buttery BLVD flavor. The second remix is by Asheville producer Brad Bitt (aka Quetzatl) and is sure to get your trigger finger itchy with it's hyper edits and crunked-out distorted leads lines! The Brad Bitt remix of The Flying Skulls' "Dope Trade" track was just featured in Th' Mole (aka DJ .0000001) "Magical Bass Vol 3" on Brooklynradio.net: http://brooklynradio.net/magicalbass Hopefully these three distinct tracks can hold you over until the LP drops! Cover art by visionary SF painter Ian Hill. July 1 on Addictech Video from Big Bounce, Symbiosis, 1015 Folsom, and The Arcata Theater on The Flying Skulls YouTube channel (Thanks LuxVibes): http://youtube.com/theflyingskulls The Skulls' track "Electric Drill Dub" featured on first all-North American dubstep release called "Stateside Steppas" dropping on Jan 26. The Flying Skulls Collaboration with J. Rogers and Jason Short, Skeleton Talk Blipism Dub featured on a mix for Knowledge Mag, the UK's premier drum and bass publication. (see cover at right) The Flying Skulls have two remixes on Mochipet's upcoming mega-remix album. The Skulls have a remix slated for release on the newly founded RockIt Science record label. |
Arcata Theater 12/05/2009 View more Flying Skulls video here
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