USC Events is proud to present...



FREAKNIGHT 11


The Northwest's 11th Annual Halloween Ritual
OCTOBER 26th, 2007
Seattle, WA
16+

After eleven years, FREAKNIGHT returns once again to provide the northwest with yet another night of musical mayhem and madness! Year after year, USC Events consistently brings together the world's premier electronic music artists. With one decade down, FREAKNIGHT is coming back bigger, stronger and better than ever before. Come discover the Halloween event people around the country have been talking about for years. Come discover the monster that is FREAKNIGHT...


This year's event will consist of THREE MASSIVE AREAS featuring...



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INFECTED MUSHROOM (LIVE!)
BNE Records | Coast II Coast Entertainment |www.infected-mushroom.com | myspace.com/infectedmushroomcentral | Tel Aviv, Israel / Los Angeles, CA

Infected Mushroom - Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani (aka Duvdev) - has been the leading group within the global psy-trance scene for nearly a decade. Incorporating pumping, bad-ass grooves and infectious melodies and live instruments and vocals into their songs, they've performed live - a feat that many of their DJ peers aspire to accomplish - for well over a million people around the globe.

The band's energetic live show has triumphed at some of the world's biggest and most important music festivals (OMIX Festival in Mexico, Miami's Ultra Festival, Tribe in Sao Paulo, among countless others), and they continue to regularly sell-out top clubs such as the Brixton Academy in London, Toronto's Koolhaus at the Government, and Avalon in New York and Los Angeles. Their success as an electronic music band on the global concert circuit has translated into record sales in excess of 150,000 albums over the course of six acclaimed independent albums. Not bad for two guys from Haifa who started producing music mostly to escape boredom.

Always one step of their audience, Infected Mushroom are constantly pushing themselves. With fame and success in their homeland and in the global electronic music community, Infected Mushroom threw caution to the wind and relocated to Los Angeles in January 2005. The purpose was to take themselves out of their comfort zone in order to take their music to the next level.

While they see themselves more as an electronic band rather than a psy-trance outfit these days, their track record of producing everything from trance to downtempo makes them feel that they can realize all of their musical aspirations.




EDDIE HALLIWELL
TWICE VOTED Mix Mag's #1 DJ | BBC Radio 1 | www.eddiehalliwell.com | London, England, United Kingdom

Despite only just turning 26 Eddie Halliwell is now firmly established as one of the most exciting DJ’s in the world having just been crowned Mixmag’s World Number 1 DJ for a second time and also earlier this year being Voted 17th The 2005 World DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. Unbelievably passionate about music he infects the crowd with his energy, captivating them with his highly visual performances (his interaction with the crowd has got to be seen to be believed!) and jaw dropping turntable trickery…he really is a “true” DJ.

Eddie has become arguably the most in demand DJ in The UK this year with him receiving rave reviews and capacity arenas for his sets at Creamfields, Global Gathering, Colourfest (Scotland) and Escape into The Park (Wales), spinning an unbelievable fourth Radio 1 Essential Mix, having both a second sell out “BOSH! Live" UK Tour and a sell out Pioneer 909 Tour. All the above whilst hosting his Radio 1 Show which goes from strength to strength, mixing a compilation for Ministry of Sound, entitled Judgement Euphoria and mixing his long awaited Mixmag follow up to the legendary Bosh CD’s, named ’Fire It Up!!’

The year has also seen a considerable rise in demand for Eddie internationally with two tours of East Asia, a recent tour of Australia and New Zealand alongside Fatboy Slim, monthly visits to the USA, numerous visits to South America, Europe, Canada, Russia, Dubai and Egypt, being one of only a handful of DJ’s asked to play 2 sets at the infamous Dance Valley on his debut, debuting Skol Beats Festival (Brazil), Trance Energy (Holland) Mysteryland (Belgium) and being requested to play ‘The Malaysian Grand Prix,’ alongside Felix Da Housecat. He has also enjoyed an astonishing fourth season as resident at Judgement Sundays and embarked on his first season with Cream at Amnesia alongside Paul Van Dyk and Tiesto.

In an unprecedented time frame, Eddie has firmly established himself as one of the most talked about and fastest rising DJ’s in the world. With early 2006 dates confirmed at Cream (Amnesia,Ibiza), an astonishing fifth year as Judgement Sunday Resident, and visits to South Africa, Uraguay, USA, Sao Paulo, Formula One Event Bahrain, Madrid, Sweden and Poland, combined with a ‘Fire It Up’ UK Tour, it looks like the whole world will be screaming “EDDIE, EDDIE, EDDIE!”.




RANK 1 (DJ SET)
rank-1.com | Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The story started around 1997 when Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij met each other at a party. Piet already was into music and DJ'ing and had his own studio at the time. This sounded very interesting to Benno, who had no experience at all in producing. Benno already had a perfect ear for good melodies, due to his classical musical background by playing the piano and the keyboard. They decided to cooperate and the first releases as Pedro & Benno soon followed. After many successes under different artist name’s, the name Rank 1 was born in 1998, as a joke. They thought it would be nice to see this name at a number 1 position! But the joke became reality when 'Airwave' hit numerous charts at that position.

After this they had many successes like their remix of Cygnus X's 'Superstring' , the Sensation theme of 2000. Their next single 'Such Is Life' became next years Sensation anthem, was released in July 2001 and climbed the charts with the speed of light. The album Symsonic, on which Piet and Benno demonstrated their variety, is not just an album for the dancefloor but one to listen to at home as well. Also a DVD with their live performance at Trance Energy 2002 is included along with their video’s. Soon after this release their single ‘Awakening’ hit the European charts.

The year 2003 was a busy year for them. Breathing was re-released, it was an updated version of Airwave, with a breakbeat remix. Afterwards they spent 6 months building their new studio’s which can be viewed on the webcam! They also started a side-project for a friend: ‘MAC J’.

weekends Piet is travelling around the world for the Rank 1 DJ-sets. Meanwhile Benno is creating new sounds. So when they meet up during the week they have lots inspiration for new records to come!
When it comes to interviews, Rank 1 is mostly reluctant to get into details. They rather let their music speak for itself, since they consider themselves as ordinary guys. With a lot of musical talent that is…

Production wise for 2005 the guys had another hit with the trance energy theme of 2005
[email protected]. Nowadays the guys are working on a their second album. Rank 1 has a very tight schedule. In the weekends Piet is travelling around the world for the Rank 1 DJ-sets.




DJ TAJ
USC Events | 1015 Folsom | The End UP | www.djtaj.com | myspace.com/djtaf_sf | San Francisco, California

A San Francisco native and DJ since 1991, DJ Taj emotes the artistic essence of the city’s counter culture history. He has both a unique look and mixing style that garners significant attention. Coupled with his diversity is his passion and dedication to the art of being a musician. His hard work has lead him to prestigious West Coast residencies with two of the most successful and well known production companies – Spundae Productions of San Francisco and United State of Consciousness. Always a favorite, and always amazing, Taj will no doubt live up to and surpass all expectations!




TAZIX
Twisted | Taz | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada




KEEGAN LANE
Housewreckin' | Sun City Circuits | www.myspace.com/keeganlane | Seattle, Washington

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MSTRKRFT
www.mstrkrft.com | myspace.com/mstrkrft | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

There's a punk disco party going in, and MSTRKRFT are ready to man the decks. JFK and ALP are here to up the ante as rock's merger with electro continues to incite, excite, and rumble its way into dance charts the world over. They've got mad skills, fresh sounds, and they've developed a legion of loyal fans in less than a year. Just who is the mystery duo?

MSTRKRFT (pronounced 'Master craft') is the project of Toronto musician Jesse F. Keeler and studio wizard Al-P, two music-loving dudes who've been itching to make people dance as hard as they've made them rock. The pair has been collaborating, on and off, since 1998, when Al recorded Jesse's punk rock band Black Cat #13. Though they went separate routes - Jesse taking a brief break from music, and Al moving to New York where he worked at studios like Sound on Sound and Chung King recording artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, and David Clayton Thomas - the friends remained in contact, trading tapes of their individual, unreleased forays into dance music.

Enter MSTRKRFT, a shit-hot addition to the global community of sonic warriors currently smashing down boundaries between punk, house, hip-hop, grime, electro, and all kinds of electronic experimentation.

Now, with the release of their diverse debut artist album The Looks, and its funkin' fantastic, vocoderheavy lead party jam "Easy Love," MSTRKRFT prove that they can make and mix rock and dance music with equal abandon and precision.

With two feet firmly planted in punk rock's influential past, and two in dance music's future, MSTRKRFT are the now, wow.




DJ DAN
DJ Mag's #5 DJ IN THE WORLD!!! | In Stereo Recordings | www.djdan.com | Los Angeles, California

Long before periodicals like URB and BPM Culture began sponsoring annual surveys of the world's favorite DJs, dance music lovers had already spoken, loud and clear, in favor of DJ Dan. From his rise through the early '90s Los Angeles rave scene, to his non-stop international agenda today (he traveled 135,000 miles in 2004 alone), Dan has continued to thrill audiences wherever he goes, from Sydney to San Paulo, Taiwan to Toronto. He has sold over 300,000 mix CDs in North America alone, been featured prominently on MTV and network television, rocked a crowd of over 50,000 LA New Year's Eve revelers in 1999, and was one of the first American DJs to play China.

Dan originally hails from Olympia, WA, where he grew up with nine siblings. While still in his teens, he jerry-rigged the family stereo to facilitate making homemade mixes; he also became interested in fashion, and would go on to graduate with honors from the Thomas Edison School of Design in Seattle. "A lot of people bitch about the weather in the Pacific Northwest," recalls Dan of his tenure in Washington state, "but I found the rain very artistically inspiring."

Since 1996, Dan has release ten full-length commercial mix CDs, for respected labels like Sme, Kinetic, Moonshine, and Kinkybeat; in North America alone, he has sold over 300,000 records. To program his most recent, the multi-faceted Lift, Dan reviewed which tracks had rocked the hardest in his travels worldwide over the past 18 months, loaded up his crate with those cuts, and cherry-picked judiciously. "I didn't base my mix around what the newest tracks of the week were, but rather, what would make up a great set that captured the vibe of not only where I'm at musically, but also the diversity that inspires me," he insists. "I love playing house, techno, electro, old school, breaks, and I want to represent all of those sounds."




DONALD GLAUDE
Eden Recordings | Bugeyed Records | www.djdonaldglaude.com | San Diego, California / Tacoma, Washington

Confident. Exuberant. Raw. Innovative. These are just a few of the words industry insiders and fans have used to describe the talent behind one of America’s favorite house DJs, Donald Glaude. Ranked #68 on DJMag.com’s Top 100 DJs List in 2005, Donald skyrocketed to #48 this year and his genius keeps on growing…

Some DJs seek commercial acceptance. Donald, on the other hand, has always preferred an emotional connection with his audience. For Donald, house music is not simply a mixed bag of sound, but rather an experience that provokes the soul. Apart from his mastery on the decks, Donald is best known for his dynamic showmanship. He enjoys his music as much as his audience does. Embracing their energy, it is not uncommon to find Donald pumping his hands in the air, jumping up and down and shouting back his love to the crowd. It is this powerful signature style which has led fellow DJ and musical producer, Dave Aude, to call Donald the “James Brown of DJs.” Donald also caused some stir in 2005 and 2006 with his residency at ICE Nightclub in Las Vegas.

Donald’s 2005 release, “This is Me” (Moist Music), is a 35-track double CD that defines his creativity, sound and vibrant style. Since its release, Donald’s fans have been eager to hear what’s next from their favorite DJ. Fans will be pleased to know that Donald’s hard at work on another double CD, “For the People” (Moist Music), a live recording and original tracks produced by Donald himself. With the completion of this latest project, the world should be prepared to experience all sides of Donald Glaude: DJ. Producer. ARTIST.
Continuing to be “The Hardest Working American Dj” Donald has many new projects planned for this upcoming year. He has a tour scheduled with “America’s Most Beloved Dj” Dj Dan and he also has another new CD releasing in 2007. Also expect new release from both of his labels Eden Recordings and Durty Records. You have seen him use his musical talents from bring his experience in playing bass, percussion, violin and then moving on to the turntable just show us his grasp on music. To mastering the turntable and then on to recently turned Serato user always expect the unexpected when you come see Donald Glaude………





BABY ANNE
Zone Records | www.bassqueen.com | myspace.com/madbassgirl | Florida

featuring DARLING NIKKI of CHAKRA BLUE
Oven Fresh Records | Knightlife Recordings

Motivated by her good friend DJ Icey, Florida's Baby Anne first shimmied behind the turntables in 1992. Soon after meeting at a local Orlando gig, Icey encouraged the fledgling DJ as she educated herself with the tricks of the trade, and shortly thereafter, Baby Anne began getting bookings. As they say, once she bought her first set of Technics SL 1200's, there was no looking back.

Between gigs, Baby Anne began honing her production skills, releasing a number of singles for DJ Icey's Zone Records imprint, including "Trippin' On Da Bass," "Freaks Groove," "Bass Queen," "Abercrombie," "Probe" and "Pulse," as well as producing one-off tracks such as "Body Movin'," "Beat", "Fury" for other labels. Baby Anne's latest single, "Dementia," is the latest track on her new mix CD ASSAULT & BATTERY for Zone Records/System Recordings. It is her signature sound, which fuses Miami bass and electro with funky Breaks, that makes Baby Anne a lot more than "just a DJ," it makes her a hot commodity in the rising Breaks landscape and the reigning queen of this genre.

Having received rave reviews and press coverage in publications ranging from top-50 market dailies such as The Miami Herald and The World-Herald, to major weeklies such as New Times and Orlando Weekly to popular fanzines such as Lunar Magazine and Club Planet, DJ Baby Anne definitely has a positive career trajectory.




DJ DIG-DUG
USC Events | Platinum Groove Ent. | Dig This! Recordings | www.djdig-dug.com | Seattle, Washington





HYPERFUNK
Housewreckin' | Marble | Last Supper Club | www.djhyperfunk.com | www.myspace.com/hyperfunk | Seattle, Washington

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BAILEY & MC ARMANNI
1 XTRA | Metalheadz | Swerve | Intasound | London, UK

His gift for precision and his natural intuition for what the people want has lead BBC 1Xtra to secure Bailey as part of their core starting line up, every Sunday night (11pm – 1am) and in 2003 he won the award for ‘Best Radio Show’ at the Knowledge Drum and Bass Awards.

Always having a flare for mix tapes Bailey was the natural choice for many projects including mixed CD’s for Knowledge Magazine, Ministry of Sound, France’s Black label with MC GQ and Americas premier Drum & Bass record store Breakbeat Science.

Bailey has also delved into production completing remixes for Roni Size & A Guy Called Gerald gaining the interest of Valve label boss Dillinja and in 2004, set up his underground D&B label Intasound, releasing tracks from cutting edge acts such as Equinox and Miracle.


Bailey is now an established necessity to the Drum & Bass fraternity, he has the capacity to create a sound through sheer mixology to make an impression and stand out from the crowd of Drum & Bass DJ’s out there.
His skills have gained him the accolade that every DJ aspires to – recognition and respect.





DIESELBOY & J MESSINIAN
Human | Planet of the Drums | www.djdieselboy.com | myspace.com/humanimprint | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The most recognized face and sound in American drum & bass belong to Dieselboy. An icon for American d&b for over a decade, he has become an international symbol of this volatile underground dance music movement. America’s best-selling d&b artist by far, Dieselboy was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll. Early in 2007, Dieselboy tag-teamed with d&b’s best-known superstar Goldie in Russia where they co-headlined a festival attended by over 25,000 junglists, and they shared headliner status again soon after at SXSW 2007 in Austin, Texas.

As a DJ, Dieselboy, born Damian Higgins, was an original pioneer in the early ‘90s spreading d&b in North America, first in Pittsburgh, then from Philadelphia, growing in popularity until he was criss-crossing the continent virtually nonstop. His popular mix-tapes and mix-CDs have been the gateway for countless fans to the high energy, futuristic, science fiction sound of d&b. Dieselboy’s style is characterized by flawless execution, meticulous pulse-quickening programming that not only excels at showcasing individual tracks but also creates an intense and epic cinematic atmosphere.

Undeniably one of the world’s great ambassadors of drum & bass, continuously pushing the genre beyond its boundaries, Dieselboy is currently at work on his next highly anticipated cross-genre remix extravaganza mix CD, his ninth, entitled Substance D, due out in fall 2007, in conjunction with a HUMAN IMPRINT tour with rotating label artists.

Messinian has performed at countless parties in the states and internationally including tours in Japan, South Africa, England, Austria, Macedonia, Serbia, South Korea, Holland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Australia, Costa Rica, Canada, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Venezuela, Lithuania, Belgium, Estonia, and many more. Messinian tours year round and once a year with DJ's Dieselboy, AK1200, and Dara as the Planet of the Drums crew.



PHOTEK
TEKDBZ | Photek Productions | www.photekproductions.com | London, England, United Kingdom / Los Angeles, California

Rupert Parkes, aka Photek, Special Forces, Studio Pressure and Aquarius, first became hooked on music at the birth of hip hop in the mid '80's with the first electro and rap tunes. This naturally evolved into an interest in jazz and inspired by John Coltrane he learned to play the saxophone. In 1989 pirate radio turned him onto the warehouse parties and underground clubs of the UK rave scene.
A landmark moment came when Parkes found a new family in the form of Goldie and Metalheadz, His first Metalheadz release was "Consciousness", "Into The '90's" and "The Rain". After the Metalheadz releases Parkes felt it was time to start his own label and imprint, in 1994 Photek Records was launched with a loan from the Prince of Wales Youth Business Trust. As Aquarius, Parkes recorded a number of tracks for LTJ Bukem's Good Looking Records, including "Drift To The Centre /Waveforms" on Good Looking, 1995 and "Dolphin Tune / Aquatic" in 1996. It was around this time that Photek met long time friend and ally Peshay who had just released the incredible "Protoge EP" on Reinforced. Photek was now an established artist and proceeded to land a publishing deal with Universal. The next few years saw him remix artists such as Attica Blues, Goldie, Roni Size, Therapy, Dr. Octagon and later Bjork, David Bowie, Everything But The Girl, Zero 7; at the same time the major labels became interested and in 1996 Photek signed to Virgin Records1 subsidiary Science Records for a 5 album deal (his work is released by Astralwerks in America).

It came as no surprise when people in the film and TV industry wanted to collaborate with Parkes and a temporarily move to Los Angeles was inevitable. Parkes scored the martial arts film "Invincible", scored the hip hop tv series "Platinum", scored several chase scenes in "The Italian Job", scored music for the "Animatrix" etc. During his time in LA, Parkes also remixed the theme tune for the HBO hit " Six Feet Under" and the theme from the Mel Gibson movie "Signs".

After a long battle and after paying a high price, Parkes managed to get out of his record deal with Virgin to regain complete creative freedom. Besides the film and TV work Parkes has decided to give priority to his own label again which has recently released several singles under his alias Special Forces and signed 2 new artists (see link Photek records). This summer Parkes started a new urban label ; 51st State Entertainment on which he produces new talent (see link 51st State). Between London, LA and many dj tours, Parkes has built an infrastructure which enables him to work in the various fields he enjoys the most; scoring movies, producing other acts or making drum 'n' bass. Parkes' priority is to be creative and flexible being the visionary that he is..





JUNGLE DRUMMER & DJ FU (LIVE!)
Circle | myspace.com/junglevsfu | London, England, United Kingdom

WATCH THIS SICK YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR A TASTE OF WHAT YOU'RE IN FOR!

This is live drum and bass as you’ve never experienced before. Since their debut last summer the show has evolved to new heights of live performance, combining the best assets of both artists for a totally unique club experience. Scratch and drum battles up to 200bpm, live remixes, super fast cuts and drops, firing tune selection, precision drum timing, perfect mixing, and a massive bag of crowd teasing tricks ensure a great reaction from everyone, smashing dancefloors wherever they play. This show is definately not just another club set!

As their notoriety grows from smashing club after club, Jungle and Fu are set to be biggest live act of 2007. As we already said this definately isn’t your average drum and bass set!




DOWLZ
Kaos Theory | myspace.com/thedowlz | Seattle, Washington




AARON SIMPSON
Xposure UK | Marble | Bodyrock | Next Level | www.aaronsimpson.com | myspace.com/aaronsimpson | Seattle, Washington

WHAT ELSE IS GONNA BE THERE?

• Full Liquor Bar for those 21 and over! ID REQUIRED
  
  
• BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND... THE $2007 COSTUME CONTEST returns! For info visit www.uscevents.com
  
  
• Fire & dance performers!
  
  
• Psychic & palm reading!
  
  
• Vendor Village providing you with everything you need!
  
  
• Massage booths for the weary guys & ghouls to relax in!
  
  
• Live glass blowing & sales!
  
  
• Large, fully staffed coat check!
  
  
• Don't have a costume? Don't worry, there will be FREE face and body painting!
  
  
• LIVE 500lb PUMPKIN CARVING!
  
  
• We couldn't forget the classic Halloween tradition of giving away TRICK OR TREAT GOODIE BAGS stuffed full of free CD's, posters, and other wicked items!

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stupid me, i thought USC events was an L.A. based company (thinking the school here -- i know, i know). anyways i've missed MSTRKRFT every freakin time they've been in town, you got me all excited!


cool party, gl with it

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2004 was the last good Freaknight, in my opinion. Meh.

WOW WHAT A LINEUP!!! Saw MSTRKRFT at COACHELLA and they destroyed that place.....quality quality quality

AGAIN congrats TAJ on being part of something so LARGE and AMAZING

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once VA starts flying to Seattle I'm going to try and make it out to one of these Seattle events especially if Taj is playing

Sick lineup...

holy shit, thats a nice lineup all around.

have fun.

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"the night moves me" NIGHTMOVES.ME nightlife+lifestyle photography

Holy Sh*tf*ck!

Uhmmm... me thinks Ill attend this.


Cmon Rizo, go with.