Sunday Love • Green Room opens 2PM
No Cover before 4PM
Advance Tickets: ticketf.ly/2wg6mD7
Benoit & Sergio ( DFA, Visionquest | FR/US )
residentadvisor.net/dj/benoitsergio
soundcloud.com/benoitandsergio
Ian Pooley ( Pooled Music, Ovum | Berlin )
ianpooley.com
soundcloud.com/ianpooley
BENOIT & SERGIO:
Benoit & Sergio produce dance songs that sometimes seem like musical open letters; editorials narrated in the voices of unidentified, yet totally recognizable colorful characters, read aloud against a backdrop of beautifully lush, warm and sensuous electronic pop music.
The French/US duo met at an after party in Berlin, and it wasn’t long before their signature combination of rich synth work combined with pop influenced lyrical magic and impressive songwriting had been released on labels such as Spectral Sound, DFA, Visionquest, Hot Creations and Culprit.
Benoit & Sergio draw from influences mostly uncommon to the house and techno zeitgeist; bands like The Talking Heads, Pavement and Roxy Music are all sources, along with electronic acts ranging from Daft Punk to Ricardo Villalobos. All these influences resonate clearly in their music, together with a sexual melodrama that manifests in lyrics about loneliness, French girls, wine and Ferraris.
The past few years have brought a haul of critical accolades, including iTunes Breakthrough Electronic Artists of the Year (2011), Resident Advisor Top 10 Live acts (2011, 2012), Vibe Magazine’s Top Duos (2013) and GQ Magazine’s top American electronic acts (2014). Their ubiquitous remix of Hot Natured’s ‘Reverse Skydiving’ received recognition as one of Billboard’s top 50 game-changing tracks (2013), with a similar recognition for ‘Your Darkness’ by Pulse Radio (2014). Recently, they were nominated for the ‘Best Indie Dance / Underground DJ’ category at the 30th Annual Winter Music Conference (2015). Remix- wise, Benoit & Sergio have been invited to work on tracks from indie pop acts such as Matthew Dear, Metronomy and Friendly Fires.
As well as spending time in their Berlin and DC studios, the pair toured extensively throughout 2015 and 2016: from Warung in Brazil, to Into The Valley in Sweden, Ultra in Buenos Aires, Tokyo and beyond. They joined the ranks of Matt Tolfrey’s Leftroom label with the infectious single ‘House With 500 Rooms’, before making their relationship to Soul Clap Records official with the well-rounded ‘Old Streets’ EP. 2017 will see the release of more songs – some dance music, some not at all.
IAN POOLEY:
Over twenty years into his career, Ian Pooley continues to embody the heart and soul of real house music. As an ever-present favourite of house & techno fans and DJs, Pooley remains a highly regarded and respected figure within modern electronic music.
With five artist albums under his belt, Pooley has perfected the balance of classic and contemporary sounds in his ever-evolving production work. With a studio overflowing with analogue gear and two decades of production experience, he is currently enjoying one of the most fruitful periods of his career, with new material drawing more newcomers to his ever-growing fanbase, while classic older cuts are being reintroduced to new generations via mixes on labels such as Ostgut Ton.
His current attentions are primarily devoted to Pooledmusic and Montage, the two labels he runs out of his adopted hometown of Berlin. In the eleven years since Pooledmusic began it has been the primary source of new Ian Pooley material – including his 2012’s ‘What I Do’ LP – while also providing a home for emerging talents such as Spain’s Indira Paganotto and Munich’s Show-B. Meanwhile its techno sister label Montage has made an instant impact since its launch in early 2015, debuting with a new EP from Pooley’s reborn Silvershower alias.
In addition to his own labels, Pooley still regularly contributes to some of the scene’s biggest labels, with recent appearances on Innervisions, Ovum and Tsuba. 2015 promises even more activity, with brand new material – including a sixth studio album – and reissues of classic tracks in the works.
