RAW FUSION x GAMM TOUR '08: HOLY GRAIL SF SAT 6/14 (Event Over)

saturday, june 14
massive selector + futureprimitive present
RAW FUSION x GAMM TOUR (stokholm, sweden)
first ever west coast appearance!
@ holy grail, sf

featuring stokholm's finest
MAD MATS (raw fusion)
FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (gamm)
along with
PURE P (raw fusion)
PROOF (massive selector)
+ other surpirse guests tba

know the ledge...



ABOUT MAD MATS (raw fusion)
With over 50 records released, Raw Fusion Recordings founder and CEO, "Mad" Mats Karlsson continues to rule the Swedish underground club music scene. Artists such as Freddie Cruger aka Red Astaire (SWE) Spiritual South (UK), Simbad (UK/FR), Future Beat Investigators (FI) and Povo (DK), keep granting the label life as Raw Fusion releases some of the greatest tunes to come out the studios of these artists.

The brainchild of Raw Fusion, Mad Mats, started his path into the future by the way of DJ'ing after leaving his successful days of break dancing behind (Swedish champ 1985!). Over years Mats became one of the most well known DJ's to come out of Sweden, touring the world with his diverse musical selection. After many years of continuously discovering new sounds and connecting with fresh inspirations, Raw Fusion was born as the start of a new era.

The Raw Fusion trademark started out as a monthly club night founded by Mats in boogie down Stockholm back in 1996. The premier night was an instant hit and the Raw Fusion Club still to this day attracts a large dedicated audience and has reached cult status within the Stockholm club scene. Since 2002 the musical vision of Mats has grown into a prosperous recording label, dedicated to spreading the future of black dance music across the globe. And in 2003 Mad Mats created a sub label to Raw Fusion Recordings. It was called Jugglin' Records (named after the Ragga Twins underground hit tune with the same name!) and was intended to have a much more urban sound than the mother label had had so far. After only 10 releases, the label was taken out of commission and was rejoined with Raw Fusion Recordings, which now is limitless to genre and musical styles.

The musical roots of Raw Fusion Recordings rest on a steady foundation based on black music of the underground club scene. Genres like soulful house, cutting edge hip-hop, electronic funk, raw street-soul, dance floor jazz, rough latin and deep Detroit techno boogie are represented. Since day one the catalogue has consisted of various artists who all represent a raw, innovative, urban, street feel, which signifies the music that we love, live and breathe.

"In everything we do, quality and musical integrity have since day one been our main goal. We're a music company, not a corporation!" - Mad Mats



ABOUT FREDDIE KRUGER aka RED ASTAIRE (gamm)
Aspects of old-school hip hop, b-boy grooves, dirty funk, reggae, electro-soul, Latin and disco. Already a firm favourite with the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Norman Jay, Bobbito, Gilles Peterson and Erykah Badu, Freddie Cruger has been bangin’ out platters of black gold from his Stockholm studios since the early 90s.

Freddie first encountered hip hop in the 80’s when his brother was collecting vinal hip hop and his worked in an import record shop in Stockholm. This lead him to buy loads of records and in turn his decks, drum machine and then a few years later a sampler.

Forever switching between his Freddie Cruger and Red Astaire alter egos, a barrage of top quality 12s have made both names a permanent fixture in DJ boxes across the globe.

In 2003 Red Astaire’s ‘Follow Me’ single on the GAMM imprint achieved widespread notoriety. A hook-laden, crowd-pleasing mash-up built around the a-cappella of a well-known soul tune, it went down a treat with DJs, tastemakers and partygoers the world over.

keep it locked on www.massiveselector.com for more details!

Event Details
saturday, june 14
9pm - 2am
21+
cover: $15

Location
HOLY GRAIL
1233 Polk St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415) 928-1233

Music
james brown classics & b-sides, funky soul, future beats, dancefloor treats