Lenny Dee
DNA Lounge
375 11th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
Jun 23, 2023
7:00 PM PDT
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Kandi Love & PLUR Alliance present
SO STOKED: FOR PRIDE
Main Room:
Christopher Lawrence
Kristina Sky
Lenny Dee
John Beaver
Angel & Artimus
Dayin Knight
TreeKat and friends (Kandi Up)
Above DNA:
Live performances by:
Food House
Gupi
Fraxiom
Hoshiestar
Uglyboyz:
Lilinsomnia
VxGores
Majinnn
Zombii Gang:
Niqbo
9aradox
Killpariah
Chains
LilxMateo
Mikesaatchi
With DJ:
Niqbo
Lounge:
Markor
Sc3n3slvt
GabberBear
Relic
X3lili
Dazzle Room:
Hosted by: The Unusual
Englesia
B0Nitababy
Ani Klang
Faerie B
Welcome to So Stoked for Pride - a special Pride weekend rave!! This entire week is a celebration of all that is different or queer in the eyes of society. We celebrate being ourselves and expressing our choices and our love in the ways we want and feel comfortable. The rainbow colors symbolize PLURality and love of life. The open display of the flag in different forms shows that the gay community has enormously gained in self-confidence. Acceptance has always been one of the main principals of raves. Let's celebrate acceptance and equality! Let's RAVE!
Winner of "Best American DJ" at the IDMA's, Christopher Lawrence is recognized as one of the world's top DJs and producers. A dance music legend, he has been described as "One of America's most influential DJs" by DJ Mag and "A trailblazer" by SPIN. With twenty years behind the decks, Christopher is one of the most credible names in dance music whose outspoken support of the underground has earned him the respect of industry and fans alike. Always pushing boundaries, Christopher's tough techno trance and psy trance infused sets are a favorite on dance floors at the darkest downtown afterhours to the world's biggest festivals.
The spirit of trance in the United States has long been amplified and embodied by DJ/producer Kristina Sky. From the early days of the genre, she was first integral in bringing the music's top DJs to the West Coast masses, often for the first time, then ultimately stepping behind the booth herself in 2002. "KSky," as she's known to one of the most loyal and passionate fanbases in the biz, has been tapped to play all the top festivals around the world, from Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance, sharing the stage at Coachella with Daft Punk and Madonna, multiple sets at Electric Daisy Carnival, as well as the trance-focused Dreamstate and many more top one-off events. Kristina Sky has also held many coveted residencies including America's first weekly trance event at Arena called "Heaven," Spundae at Circus, Insomniac Events' "Awakening" at Exchange LA, as well as the mighty Avalon Hollywood since 2010. It was in these rooms she honed her distinct sound.
Lenny Dee is one of the earliest Techno creators and has produced with artists like Frankie Bones, Casper Pound, Sven Vath, Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Victor Simonelli, John Selway, The Horrorist, Chris Liberator, New Order, Arthur Baker, Joey Beltram, KLF & his track 'Fallout appears on the video game 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' and was reissued on Defected. He founded Industrial Strength Records in 1991, which is one of the longest running electronic music labels around and recently launched Techno label 'Hard Electronic. He has performed all over the world at parties like EDC (Vegas), Tomorrowland, MayDay, Love Parade, Woodstock, Thunderdome, the Jane's Addiction Reunion tour & the list goes on. He is the first hardcore DJ to appeared on the 'DJ Mag Top 100' and was previously named No 1 'Hard DJ' by Mixmag & 'Best Worldwide Techno DJ' by the Scottish Dance Music awards.
Food House is a hyperpop collaboration of Gupi (Spencer Hawk) and Fraxiom. Gupi's ability to create innovative yet driving instrumentals is stunning and complements Fraxion's playful style in an almost uncanny combination. There is currently no producer out there quite like Spencer Hawk, and as his newer discography can attest, this is far from his peak potential. Fraxion's vocals are straight fire. Ranging from lamentations to outright blasphemy, their style is rivaled by none. There is something exceptionally soulful about Frax's songwriting, with an intense focus on overcoming one's past and living life to the fullest.
Buy tickets: https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2023/06-23.html
Watch and listen:
Christopher Lawrence: https://youtu.be/i_9p3FGQQgw
Kristina Sky: https://youtu.be/ks4La9rLPtA
Lenny Dee: I Called You: https://youtu.be/EAOijAJku5w
Food House, Gupi & Fraxiom: Ride: https://youtu.be/LluBWyXztvQ
trance. gabber. hardcore. house. hardstyle.
7pm - 2:30am.
all ages.
$10, $15 limited advance;
$20 after;
$25 < 9pm;
$30 after.
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Lenny Dee Biography
There's two Lenny Dees. One is the fifties organ player who had a #1 hit with Plantation Boogie in 1955. The other is a New York DJ. You can find out more about the organ player here and here.
Lenny Dee
Born Leonard George DeStoppelaire, 5 January 1923, Chicago, Illinois
Died 12 February 2006, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Dee master of dee organ who made dee most of his dee-stinctive name. The youngest of eleven children, he was born in Chicago, where his father ran a tavern near Logan Square, but the family moved to Florida when he was a child, and Florida remained his home for most of his life. He began studying music in his early teens, taking accordion lessons. He was good enough to be working as a professional before he was drafted in 1943.
Dee put most of his savings from his Navy pay into buying a Hammond Model A organ, one of the first commercially-available electronic organs in the U.S. He returned to music, this time as an organist, but had only moderate success until the early 1950s, when country singer Red Foley heard him and convinced his label, Decca, to hire Dee as a corn-fed alternative to the lively Ethel Smith. Dee's biggest hit, "Plantation Boogie," came early in his career and was covered by dozens of other artists. Dee himself admitted that the tune was based on a riff from Pine Top Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie."
Although he never charted again, Decca kept him on contract for over 20 years. He recorded steadily, cutting two to four albums a year for Decca and its successor MCA, until MCA axed most of its easy-listening roster of artists in the early 1970s. While his later albums are strongly influenced by the "countrypolitan" Nashville sound, his early albums are marked by a charming goofiness, as shown by the litany of punning titles.
In the early 1950s, Dee built a home in Sarasota, Florida, and Florida became his base from then on. Dee gave acting a brief and forgettable try in the 1974 movie, Ride in a Pink Car, starring Glen Corbett and filmed near Palmetto, Florida. Dee's character arrives in the pink car of the title, dressed entirely in pink — probably the only memorable thing about the whole made-for-drive-in movie. His most famous album cover was also set in Florida. It showed Dee, seated at his Hammond, cruising through Cypress Gardens alongside one of the stunt water-skiers from that resort's famous shows.
His first love, though, was performing before live audiences, principally in night clubs along Florida's Pinellas coast. In the early 1960s, he moved to St. Peterburg Beach, where he invested in a beachside motel with its own nightclub. It was the first of a string of local venues he put his name to, including Lenny Dee's Den and Lenny Dee's Kings Inn. He appeared at one or another of these spots at least several times a week for a period of over 30 years.
In a way, he outlasted his fans: "My fans don't come out to nightclubs anymore," he told a reporter in the late 1990s. "They're afraid to drive at night. And they don't drink like they used to, so they can't support the kind of clubs I love." He eventually put up his Hammond B3000 for sale in a local want ad and went into retirement, although he still performed once in a while, at the demand of aging fans or a new generation of Space Age Pop listeners, until he succumbed to a terminal illness.
Dj Lenny Dee:
Lenny Dee is a native of New York. He started his career in 1984 DJing in a local roller disco in Brooklyn NYC at the age of 17. Lenny Dee is recognized as one of New York's earliest Techno pioneers. His earlier music consisted of Disco, Electro-Body, High Energy and early House. In 1989, Lenny's musical exploits brought him to Europe, which changed his direction once again. Lenny Dee's DJing career propelled him to be one of the most sort after international Techno DJs in the world. In a time where DJs remained local for the most part, he became the number one international DJ in Germany, Scotland, France and Switzerland with his new sound - Hardcore Techno - a sound that he is still known for today. Lenny launched Industrial Strength Records in the U.S.A. in 1991 with PCP's 'Mescalinium United', becoming the first Hardcore Techno label in the world and one of the first Electronic Labels in the U.S.A. On a personal front Lenny's productions have always been diverse from his signature hardcore, to techno, house and beyond.
Read MoreLenny Dee
Born Leonard George DeStoppelaire, 5 January 1923, Chicago, Illinois
Died 12 February 2006, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Dee master of dee organ who made dee most of his dee-stinctive name. The youngest of eleven children, he was born in Chicago, where his father ran a tavern near Logan Square, but the family moved to Florida when he was a child, and Florida remained his home for most of his life. He began studying music in his early teens, taking accordion lessons. He was good enough to be working as a professional before he was drafted in 1943.
Dee put most of his savings from his Navy pay into buying a Hammond Model A organ, one of the first commercially-available electronic organs in the U.S. He returned to music, this time as an organist, but had only moderate success until the early 1950s, when country singer Red Foley heard him and convinced his label, Decca, to hire Dee as a corn-fed alternative to the lively Ethel Smith. Dee's biggest hit, "Plantation Boogie," came early in his career and was covered by dozens of other artists. Dee himself admitted that the tune was based on a riff from Pine Top Smith's "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie."
Although he never charted again, Decca kept him on contract for over 20 years. He recorded steadily, cutting two to four albums a year for Decca and its successor MCA, until MCA axed most of its easy-listening roster of artists in the early 1970s. While his later albums are strongly influenced by the "countrypolitan" Nashville sound, his early albums are marked by a charming goofiness, as shown by the litany of punning titles.
In the early 1950s, Dee built a home in Sarasota, Florida, and Florida became his base from then on. Dee gave acting a brief and forgettable try in the 1974 movie, Ride in a Pink Car, starring Glen Corbett and filmed near Palmetto, Florida. Dee's character arrives in the pink car of the title, dressed entirely in pink — probably the only memorable thing about the whole made-for-drive-in movie. His most famous album cover was also set in Florida. It showed Dee, seated at his Hammond, cruising through Cypress Gardens alongside one of the stunt water-skiers from that resort's famous shows.
His first love, though, was performing before live audiences, principally in night clubs along Florida's Pinellas coast. In the early 1960s, he moved to St. Peterburg Beach, where he invested in a beachside motel with its own nightclub. It was the first of a string of local venues he put his name to, including Lenny Dee's Den and Lenny Dee's Kings Inn. He appeared at one or another of these spots at least several times a week for a period of over 30 years.
In a way, he outlasted his fans: "My fans don't come out to nightclubs anymore," he told a reporter in the late 1990s. "They're afraid to drive at night. And they don't drink like they used to, so they can't support the kind of clubs I love." He eventually put up his Hammond B3000 for sale in a local want ad and went into retirement, although he still performed once in a while, at the demand of aging fans or a new generation of Space Age Pop listeners, until he succumbed to a terminal illness.
Dj Lenny Dee:
Lenny Dee is a native of New York. He started his career in 1984 DJing in a local roller disco in Brooklyn NYC at the age of 17. Lenny Dee is recognized as one of New York's earliest Techno pioneers. His earlier music consisted of Disco, Electro-Body, High Energy and early House. In 1989, Lenny's musical exploits brought him to Europe, which changed his direction once again. Lenny Dee's DJing career propelled him to be one of the most sort after international Techno DJs in the world. In a time where DJs remained local for the most part, he became the number one international DJ in Germany, Scotland, France and Switzerland with his new sound - Hardcore Techno - a sound that he is still known for today. Lenny launched Industrial Strength Records in the U.S.A. in 1991 with PCP's 'Mescalinium United', becoming the first Hardcore Techno label in the world and one of the first Electronic Labels in the U.S.A. On a personal front Lenny's productions have always been diverse from his signature hardcore, to techno, house and beyond.
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