Saturday, March 1 FlirtyFlirty, Ruby Skye and Mixed Elements present: Kaskade (kaskademusic.com) VIEW PHOTOS! with: John Early (Mixed Elements Resident) Jungle Room: DJ Friz-B (SF, Vega$, Spite Media) Light Jock: Allan Susanto Visuals by freeMAN For VIP Tables and Bottle Service: 415.693.0777 KASKADE BIOGRAPHY: Though he was born in Chicago, this DJ found his spiritual and musical home in San Francisco by way of Salt Lake City and New York. He is currently one of the most influential people in the San Francisco house scene, as well as one of the hardest-working: By night he's Kaskade the house music producer/DJ; by day he's Ryan Raddon, A&R director for OM Records. As a producer, Raddon has contributed to several OM compilations including Sounds of OM (Volume 3), which he both contributed tracks to and mixed, and Sound Design. Two standout tracks Raddon wrote, produced and released through OM are “Gonna Make It" and “What I Say". As an A&R man, he has helped kick-start the careers of many artists including much-touted twosome Ming & FS and beloved SF soul-house act Soulstice. OM's current roster also includes J Boogie, Afro Mystic and King Britt, among others.In the early days, Kaskade familiarized himself with the rapidly changing electronic music scene wherever he went, eventually finding that house music was the subgenre he loved best. He started out as a DJ in New York and Salt Lake City clubs. During the tail end of his stay in Salt Lake City, his first attempts to produce tracks were released on his own tiny label Mechanized Records. He also sold a few tracks to Chris Smith, A&R director for an up-and-coming house label in San Francisco. Though no one could have predicted it, this ended up being the precursor to Raddon's most important career move thus far. When family matters initiated a move to San Francisco, Smith hired Raddon to assist him at the label -- which was, of course, OM. He has been there ever since. Kaskade/Raddon's latest efforts as a producer can be found on Om Lounge 6. From behind the A&R desk, he's helped to release Ming & FS's Subway Series as well as the latest volume of the acclaimed Mushroom Jazz series. JOHN EARLY BIOGRAPHY: John Early’s love of music began one late night when he was ten years old, calling in song requests to radio stations, waiting until all hours of the night for his request to be played, and then “mixing” cassette tapes for his friends. Since then, technology has changed and so has John’s repertoire, but staying up all night and creating stellar mixes for his friends hasn’t. Having discovered vinyl in the early nineties, John’s assent-playing in San Francisco’s top clubs, known for fostering some of the best DJs in the world, has been as exceptional as it has been rapid. As a resident for the Matrix Fillmore, previously known as the world-renown recording studio for such musical icons as Jefferson Starship, John received accolades for mixing and producing the Matrix’s first ever compilation CD and is currently working on the second. Along with his Mixed Elements and Release residencies, John is a 6:00am favorite at the San Francisco institution, The End Up, and is a regular at such clubs as Ruby Skye and 1015 Folsom, playing with the likes of Roger Sanchez, Eric Morillo and Donald Glaude. Although John is known by his peers for having “the best record bag in town," he is also a fixture in Miami and New York’s clubs and has spent time abroad playing in Australia, Mexico, and Europe. This year, John has begun producing music and will be releasing his first tracks early this summer. Ruby Skye 420 Mason St. San Francisco, CA www.rubyskye.com