Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Aphotic Segment Presents: A Mutha’ Fu#%ing Peridot Party


Jeez-o-petes! We’ve been hermetic like ole’ Rip, asleep in the prairies of Detroit, missing without a trace and beard’s a’growing. Alas, Aphotic Segment has awoken and although we’ve been remiss these last few months, we’ve also been eager to make it back on the interwebs to inform everyone that general revelry is still on the up and up…. And of course, to also make you privy to a little impromptu end of summer jam.

Now for the party theme: it’s been a minute, so the brain tunnels have been feeling kind of like a conduit for cobwebs, rather than a stream of creativity. On the other hand, it would be against tradition, not to mention an utter disappointment, if we didn’t give the end-of-summer soiree a theme. Thankfully enough, Detroit livin’ is chocked full of random encounters and regular hi-jinks from which to draw inspiration from, and so our current theme is courtesy of, and also dedicated to a couple of drunken Norwegians that I recently ran into at…… you betcha’, the Woodbridge Pub. The exchange goes a little sumpin’ sumpin’ like this:

Norwegian #1: Hey Man, have you ever seen a peridot?
Me: Naw’ man, never seen a peridot before. What’s that?
Norwegian #2: Aw dude, it’s a fuckin’ rock that glows man, it’s from the world. It’s green.

As fate would have it, I ran into a toothless soothsayer immediately following my exchange with the Norwegians, and this creeper-of-a-hobbit dude explains to me that peridots are the birth stone for the month of August. Since the exchanges with the Norwegians and soothsayer proved to be some of the most serendipitous encounters in my lifetime, I decided to reward them with a couple of flagons of ale. I further explained to this motley crew of weirdoes that our amazing encounter could also prove valuable in helping me brainstorm a name for the party. But as the night wore on, everyone joe-cockeyed and absinthe-drunk, our brainstorm proved futile. Not until a loud, cantankerous inebriate sitting at the bar yelled at piercing volume “Hell man, in that case, you should throw A Mutha’ Fu#%ing Peridot Party!” And so once again, fate prevails!

Featuring:
Richard Gamble - Live
Heidy Pinet - DJ
Josh Dahlberg - DJ
Drew Pompa - DJ


Thursday, August 23rd 2012
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Aphotic Segment - USA Edition


With a plethora of subject matter for which to theme our event, it comes with tremendous surprise that Aphotic Segment has yet to sound off about this year’s highly contested presidential debate. Whether you’ve become highly engrossed with or downright exhausted by the 2012 campaign, now is the time to stop by the Woodbridge pub and voice your opinion... and there is no better time to blather about said campaign than Aphotic’s springtime soiree that shall be referred to as the “USA Edition,” short for United Skulls of America.

As we move closer to an autocracy under this radical right-wing agenda, we’ll witness the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. As we become more civilized as better neighbors, friends and participants in the community, the government will further strip our rights to vote and assemble peacefully. No jobs? There are always entry level jobs available at McDonalds. No education? Who cares, there’s always the streets. No healthcare?... well, everyone dies anyway. Welcome to the United Skulls of America.

Please, why don’t you join us for an evening of music and conversation, as we speak of revolution and consume flagons of ale? Musical accompaniment is courtesy of Lord Jaye. So, expect to a borage of heavy musical rhetoric.

Music By:
Joel Jaye - DJ
Drew Pompa - DJ

Wednesday, April 25th 2012
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Nothing Elegant But Something Elephant, An Aphotic Segment


Aphotic Segment is flying high from its past month’s installment (I think my liver pangs have finally subsided), thanks to the phenomenal selections of Jeff Risk and Chad Pratt: two of Detroit’s principal tastemakers, if I may say so. And yes, all gear is safe, sound and fully functional again thanks to a cast of wonderful and slightly less intoxicated friends. But as the bar has seemingly risen like a phoenix from last month’s deranged adventures, we intend to get rowdy once again, featuring the lovely ladies of Nothing Elegant.

It’s been a year since Aphotic Segment first featured one stellar lady by the name of Miss Amy Kaherl, and in a year’s time Kaherl, a.k.a. Amy Dreamcatcher, has amassed quite a collection of successful late night appearances, perhaps becoming the darling of the Detroit dance party, if you will. Her wide-reaching influences, along with her knack for pop sensibility, give her collection a sense of candor and accessibility that projects an extreme likability, really.

But one is not simply enough. Fast forward to Sarah Aldridge, a lady of esteemed knowledge - knowledge of books, of cities, of music and of a general everything. Her upbringing was flush with the sounds of jazz and soul. Carrying that enlightenment from her youth and applying it to her cumulative music knowledge of today makes her make you begin stompin’ it like you’re at the roller rink or by the kitchen sink. No, we’re not talking about throwing up but actually, the complete opposite. Your legs might disappear.

Won’t you please join us for a Nothing Elegant Aphotic event that we congenially refer to as “Nothing Elegant, But Something Elephant,” ‘cause this shit’s gonna be big, haus… it’s gonna be big.

Music By:
Amy Dreamcatcher
Sara Aldridge
Drew Pompa

Wednesday,March 28th 2012
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Aphotic Segment's Leap Year w/ Jeff Risk and Chad Pratt


Aphotic Segment celebrates this year’s February installment in observation of the lunisolar calendar’s bissextile. For the greater good of ‘mericans, that’s fancy speak for “leap year.” Indeed, 2012 has already shown signs toward predictions of conspiracy, change and even the downfall of civilization. Why not add another 24 hours? Don’t you worry your little buttons…we’ll make this one count.

Trail-blazing the musical selections for this month are two distinguished tastemakers. Introducing Chad Allen Pratt: very modern but also informed. Chad runs the gamut from experimental, post-punk and dream pop to their maturation, via bands like Stereolab and John Maus. Chad can be heard providing the always-pleasant soundtrack of tunes every Sunday at the Sugar House and also drumming you face off with local Ghostly outfit, Midwest Product.

Now Jeff Risk, who is the right kind of condition to help elevate the levels and askew the vernal equinox, was a 2008 Red Bull Music Academy selectee. Once you have a brief conversation with this Gregorian-esque, you’ll understand. Inspired by Primal Scream and 4AD, as well as hip-hop and jungle, Jeff is everything under the sun and everything good. This one might shake the recorder a little.

We’ll be doing this on February 29th at the Woodbridge Pub, so why not join us for that one extra day, and really make it memorable? I might just add this one to my eternal calendar. Always Free.

Music By:
Jeff Risk (Your Basement, RBMA 2008) - DJ
Chad Pratt (Midwest Product, Ghostly) - DJ
Drew Pompa (1/2 of the Siege, Blank Artists) - DJ

Wednesday,February 29th 2012
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Aphotic Segment's Torch and Tabanus w/ Dan Wagner


Salutations viral fan-fare. Aphotic Segment is officially back after taking a brief hiatus. Now it’s time to say goodbye to the psychosomatic traumas of the American holiday season and consumer savagery. Forget the past and instead, consume the senses with a far-reaching playlist of fringe hits from Drew Pompa, and this month’s special guest, Dan Wagner.

Finally free from his foggy trenches of temporary solitude, this mystic Wagner is back and he’s brought with him a brand new bag…. but not the kind of divine enchanting fortune. Rather, sinister voodoo trickery meant to distill the most primal of actions and to cast away your deepest inhibitions. The event “Torch and Tabanus” (translated – fire and horse fly) will reflect an angle in Wagner’s music buzzing and blazing with sedition, subversively and luridly. The kind of sonic mind-fuck that you know is really evil, but undeniably hard to resist.

Join us for a night of apprehension yet innately magnetic debauchery as Dan ignites your sensibilities that may very well carry into bender territory…. just maybe. Always free.

Dan Wagner (gshc, dead tiger) - dj
Drew Pompa (blank artists, the siege) - dj

Wednesday,January 25th 2012
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
NO Cover