Nostalgia Overload -- in a good way!

What happens when you put nostalgia and a (huge) squirt of lime in a cocktail shaker? This past weekend at Mezzanine! Seriously! It was a weekend of past memories and good times as the weekend came to an end in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It all started off on Thursday evening... Temper Trap, Sleigh Bells, and The Limousines graced our stage for the pre-party to Not So Silent Night's main event in San Jose. Here's a review of the night if you missed out! Friday night soon followed with a performance of "Unknown Pleasures" from Joy Division/New Order's, Peter Hook. The anticipation was so heavy leading up to the sold out event, we could barely contain ourselves! Check out a review of the night from Spinning Platters! Saturday night was the 7th Stevie Wonder tribute event, "Wonderfull" featuring DJ Spinna putting a twist on Stevie Wonder classics. SF Weekly has featured photos and some kind words from the evening on their website here.

Such a great weekend! So happy it's Thursday again! We have Parranda Navidena, Devin The Dude, and Swayzak hittin' up Mezzanine this weekend. Fabulous! We hope to see ya there!

"A brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow." - NY TIMES

SUPABAD ENTERTAINMENT & DJ PEEDEE PRESENT

DEVIN THE DUDE
LIVE IN CONCERT

ISE LYFE

FRIDAY | DECEMBER 17, 2010 | 9PM DOORS

$25 General Advanced Tickets | $45 VIP Tickets


Devin the Dude is a Houston-area rapper. Though relatively well-known among the underground hip-hop community during the mid-to-late 90’s, Devin did not achieve mainstream success until his appearance on Dr. Dre’s 2001 album. Besides sex, relationships, ridin’ trucks, smokin’ reefer, drinkin’ beer, partying, and conscious or proverbial themes, much of Devin’s work is also light-hearted and comically self-deprecating. The New York Times has called him “A brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow."

For Bottle Service Call 415.625.8880

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE!

FRESCO, MASSIVE SELECTOR, & KEYSTAR PRESENT

AN ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO THE WONDERS OF STEVE:

WONDER-FULL 7 SF

DJ SPINNA (NYC)

HAKOBO

PROOF

KING MOST

and live painting by Samira Idroos (Third Space) & Black Diamond Shining!

Saturday | December 11th, 2010 | 9PM - 4AM

Mezzanine | 444 Jessie St | San Francisco, CA | 94103

$20 Advanced Tickets


Back in 1999, DJ Spinna and Bobbito were asked to spin at a party which paid tribute to the great Stevie Wonder. The duo quickly realized they had a mutual love for Little Stevie's music and, judging from the atmosphere on the dance floor that night, they knew they had a good thing going. A classic East Coast party was born. Wonder-full falls on the weekend of Stevie's May 13 birthday and features handpicked rare and funky covers from Spinna's and Bobbito's vaults. Today, KeiStar Productions spearheads sole production of the now incontestable and world renown WONDER-Full event. And lucky for us, the time has arrived once again for our West Coast ears to hear some songs in the key of life.
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Take a listen to this and get ready for SATURDAY NIGHT!!

Yeah, I'm a hustla baby.

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (dj set)

with

RYAN POULSEN

TENDERLIONS

MAY 29^th, 2010 | 9PM

Mezzanine | 444 Jessie St | San Francisco, CA | 94103

Summertime 2006, the sun’s ablaze and you’re laying low in the lush landscapes of the lavish Dolores park, Quadrant II. Teacate in one hand, you hear faint melodic buzzes and bangs emitted via ghetto-blaster, owned by a tonal tastemaker stationed a few blankets away. As your ears tune in to tame the tantalizing tempo, you are able to make out the lyrics through a delicately woven web of psycho-sonic synth melodies, “yeah, I’m a hustler baby. That’s what my daddy’s made me”, it beckons. You can’t help but question, “WHO is the courageous culprit that catalyzed this cataclysmically catchy ear-candy into creation to embed its soul into my cerebral cortex?!”… only to discover that Simian Mobile Disco is guilty as charged.

Cut to 2010. Times have changed and those forward-thinking visionaries have adopted a newfound model of creative consciousness through the collective strife for meaning. They’ve undertaken a desire to develop material that captures only the true essence of the self through revelatory innovative reinvention. SMD has done precisely that with their aurally evolved masterfully manifested mountains of sound. Still catchy as ever, their synesthetic aural vision has evolved into one that is all their own- dark and delectable minimal techno disco delicacies, bangin’ bloody bouquets of ballads that invade your eardrums invoking radiant rays of rhythm. These rays have been cautiously captured and packaged up nicely to be served right to your doorstep at your friendly neighborhood nightclub, Mezzanine.

SMD’s astounding abilities are further aided by their astral list of accolades; a FabricLive series comp, tons of BBC Radio 1 airtime, and collaboration with colossal bands such as Florence & the Machine, Air, Arctic Monkeys, Peaches, Klaxons, Yeasayer, Hot Chip, Annie Mac, and many more. What are they working on now, you ask? Aside from an upcoming album that is leaning more towards the techno side of town, Simian Mobile Disco recently announced a new project called “Delicacies”, where every track will “take the name of an exotic, and often bizarre, delicacy from around the world”. Come see what type of Simian MobileDeliciousness they have brewing for us Friday May 29^th, 2010 at Mezzanine.

The hottest event in 1989.

Date: Friday, April 9, 2010 1:26pm
House Arrest Featuring:
Azari & III (Toronto)
with DJs (in no particular order):
Jeno, Conor, Solar, Derrick Love, Black Shag, Ken Vulsion
Venue: Mezzanine | 444 Jessie St | SF | 9PM - LATE | $7 Before 11 | $10 After 11
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A dark, rolling, driving, pulsating, plummeting rhythm takes you deep into a late 80s timewarp while mysterious ethereal whispers seduce you to stay…
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City life. 1989. The sun just went down and you find yourself driving down the cold chromatic city streets. Prowling the desolate dusk-filled avenues emerges a dark decadent vampire-disco vortex. Beaming shards of acidic laser synth-stabs erupt out of analog 303s & 808s and embed themselves into the crevices your cerebellum summoning the memory banks of 1989. Indescribable feelings of nostalgia overtake you and physiologically manifest as goosebumps on your forearms and neck.

Crystalized android gems Azari & III emerge from the time capsule, 303s in hand, emitting cerebral surges of sound in the form of kaleidoscopic avant acid artistry. After looking into the timeless prism of the past, these wistful revivalists mold the sound of the future.
Azari & III exhibit a deep-seated understanding of the oneness that binds 1990 to its baby brother 2010 by brewing mercurial masterpieces of digital meets analog. Their ability to reinterpret acid while nurturing nostalgia with an innovative new school flair causes even the most musically masterminded tastemaker, John Maclean himself, to tweet about how awesome they are.

Amidst a sea of blogs and musical downloads at one's fingertips- in an age where the extent of someone "listening" to a song consists of clicking to 4-6 random spots on an itunes playbar, we often lose sight of quality music. Azari & III will quench your hunger for quality with songs such as “Hungry for the Power”, a jam that eloquently demonstrates their knowledge of the genre without being clouded by the overwhelming decisions of which ableton VST preset to choose. The video for “Hungry for the Power was described as “one of the finest videos anyone could have hoped to see this year, re-imagining the jackhammering narrative to American Psycho as a Paris is Burning inspired gorefest, where shade is deadly and men in sharp suits always get their comeuppance.” -- 20JazzFunkGreats

They will bring the sheer love and passion to revive forgotten acid classics to the dancefloor via: Trax Records, Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Phuture, and many more.
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The ghost of Chicago acid house will continue to jack the city streets.
It’s next stop: Mezzanine San Francisco, Friday April 9, 2010.

Watch: Azari & III - Hungry for the Power

FAKE BLOOD paints San Francisco

Tickets on sale now at @ blasthaus.com/

Another Award Show performance!

This one comes from the BRIT awards that were taped yesterday. This collaboration was a celebration from two of the winners, Dizzee Rascal and Florence from Florence and the Machine. The pair did a live mashup of Florence's, "you've got the love" and Dizzee's, "Dirtee Cash." It seems that Florence finally is the getting the recognition she deserves and received top honors at the show. It's great to see artist who have played Mezzanine sf doing big things. we look forward to having Florence at Mezzanine in April during Coachella weekend and Tickets are on sale now for Florence and the Machine and Delphic buy tickets here

Night Before Valentines day party: Not just for Lovers

Mezzanine brings you a pre- Valentines Day bash this Saturday with Paradise Lovers Disco. Partying without a date? We're trying to hook you up those dressed to impress and smelling fresh as we invite you to check out our singles dance competition upstairs.

Your favorite disco party starters Honey Soundsystem, Gemini Disco, Beat Electric and Donuts will be on decks and best believe that we're hooking up those early birds who want to fulfill their thirsts. This night is FREE WITH RSVP to the early birds arriving before 11pm and only $5 the rest of the night. Come ready to party hard and dance the night away!

Check It: BROKEN BELLS

Mega Producer Brian Burton better known as Danger Mouse is at it again and this time he's working with indie pop frontman James Mercer of the Shins. Danger Mouse is half of the majorly successful Gnarles Barkley ft. CeeLo and hip hop monster project Danger Doom with M.F. Doom. Mercer was supposed to release a solo album after wrapping the last Shins album when Danger mouse was looking to work on a new project.

It worked out well because the collaboration has received rave reviews, and now we have March 9th 2010 to look forward to for the release of Broken Bells. Itunes released the first single "The High Road" as its free weekly download (available until the 16th of February).




BROKEN BELLS- THE HIGH ROAD : itunes mp3

Stranger than GAGA?

The Knife released a new collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planingtorock this week. Karin Dreijer (the Knife) made headlines last week when she won a major award at the p3 Guld ceremony in Sweden. In typical fashions, Fever Ray sported a head covering that revealed her face was melting off. It gets weirder, instead of a traditional acceptance speech, Fever Ray murmered some frightening words of inspiration. Fever Ray (Karin Dreijer's solo project) is on this years Coachella bill and shes worth checking out and not to be missed live. Check out the video to get the complete story.