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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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
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Aphotic Segment - Thanksgiving Eve 2011

Aphotic Segment welcomes its second annual Thanksgiving eve celebration at the Woodbridge Pub. The first annual event was a rousing success, but in the spirit of Aphotic’s tradition of spontaneity, we’re changing gears this holiday. No talks of revolution or egregious pagan rhetoric. No protestations…. Simply, no strings attached.

Instead, we’d love you to join us, just as you normally would on the night before Thanksgiving. Casual to heavy drinking, reflections on the nightmares of holiday travel, your wretched in-laws, and the insidious pressures of modern life. Soothe your holiday spirit with the abundant flow of spirits and the general merriment of friends, before you retire to a day of family feasting.

A delicious palette of music will be plated and properly served by Will Sessions’ member, Tim Shellabarger and your favorite Slow’s BBQ server, Kevin Henry. Starters and night caps provided by Drew Pompa plus a new special guest added. Always FREE!

Holiday Soundtracks By:
Tim Shellabarger (Will Sessions, Innerphonic) – DJ
Kevin Henry (Slow’s BBQ) – DJ
Drew Pompa (1/2 of the Siege) – DJ

Wednesday,November 23rd 2011
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Aphotic Segment - Back From the Wilderness w/ Soren

Soren….. oh sweet Soren: a thrill-seeking, madcap of notorious claim. Of course! He must be…. He’s a Detroiter. If you aren’t, then you’re probably not from this town. Nonetheless, this swashbuckling, fortune-hunting harlequin, more than anything, is a toilsome adventurer. He’s grown up in the woods of Michigan, moved to the mean streets of the inner city, and now finds himself nestling in the mountains of Montana, amongst the nature critters and toothless hill men.

But now Soren’s leave of absence has been met with expiration, yet matched with new experience and new revelation. After all, chilling out at base camp and drinkin’ hot chocolate leaves ample time for the re-discovery of the soul…. And whether this sabbatical has been met with great change, we’re just happy to have Soren back in our company where we like him the most: wandering the streets of the Cass Corridor at 10 a.m. sharp after a weekend cocktail of “what the fuck just happened!?” Please, why don’t you join us for a special autumnal Aphotic Segment, as we welcome Soren back to the urban jungle? It shall be a momentous occasion!

Nature Sounds From:
Soren (Dead Tiger) - DJ
Drew Pompa (Blank Artists) - DJ

Wednesday,October 26th 2011
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Aphotic Segment - The Temptation Edition w/ Josh Dahlberg

What is your idea of a temptation? …A blandishment or a provocation? Perhaps it is a captivating magnetism or a seductive decoy culminating into deception and plagued by a never-ending maze of difficulties? You can certainly predict either as the end result of cavorting with Dahlberg and Pompa. Surely you’ve witnessed one of their mindboggling evenings of delusional chicanery…. And if you haven’t, well let’s just say that it can be extremely tempting when presented with the opportunity to chum around with these lads.

On September 28th, Aphotic Segment brings together these two rascals for the first time in more than a year…. Yes, a sight that is truly beholden. You will probably drink a little whiskey. Nay, you will eventually sweat pure grain alcohol by the end of the night, then wake up in the morning broke and with your pants missing. Thankfully, the latter has yet to occur. But since we can’t predict the future, we must wait and see what the night shall foretell from beginning to mysterious end. This will prove to be a night of real “Temptation.”

Selectors:
Josh Dahlberg - DJ
Drew Pompa - DJ

Wednesday, September 28th 2011
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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Aphotic Segment 016 | August 31st 2011

The end of summer was a chance to meet new friends and say goodbye to old ones. Relaxing night, but perfect weather for the deck, where most of our listeners found themselves.

Bill Corrigan brought a nice and eclectic blend of hip-hop, reggae, boogie and of course, metal music. He had the kind of immense knowledge of metal akin the the dudes who play all the super rare on cjam, sunday mornings. And paired beautifully with Bill for the eveing was Daniel D, who brought his 570AM psych jams, via Brian Jonestown Massacre and Spaceman 3. A nice basket of aural goodies for a relaxing end of summer evening at the pub. Checkski!

Part 1: Bill Corrigan
Length: 50:05
Format: MP3
Bit Rate: 192 KBPS
Link: Download


Part 1: Daniel D
Length: 57:50
Format: MP3
Bit Rate: 192 KBPS
Link: Download

Aphotic Segment - End of Summer, What An Endless Bummer

Hello everyone… I hope that you have enjoyed another sweltering summer. And what a summer it’s been. Perhaps a bit of a tear jerker for some and unjust for others. The government plummeted us further into debt, half of London burned and neighbors been gettin’ straight pistol-whipped in the hood.

As Aphotic Segment moves into its last monthly for the summer season, we’re here to soothe your anguish… to help you drink away the pains. Why don’t you join us, while we pour a little for our homies and a lot for ourselves. It’s the end of summer so let us put a close to yet another endless bummer.

This month’s guests are none other than a couple of neighborhood playlisters full of the aural delights. Just swing into Mudgies one afternoon and you can hear the magic in the air. Locals Bill Corrigan and Dan Dlugosielski will be selecting their favorite summer tunes to help alleviate your troubles.

Summer Soundtrack Courtesy Of:
Bill Corrigan (Asphasiacs) – DJ/Tapes
Dan Dlugosielski (Winter Ruby) – DJ
Drew Pompa – DJ

Wednesday, August 31st 2011
Woodbridge Pub
5169 Trumbull Ave.
Detroit, MI 48208
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10pm-2am
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