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While the Qoöl nights continue to evolve both physically and politically, another monthly event called "Loöq Hard," also at 111 Minna, is already being well received. And the duo have another club event planned as well, which will be unveiled mid-May, though both are coy about details. Still, the pair don't consider party-promoting their primary role in the scene. Most of their time is actually spent huddled in the small suburban studio creating tracks. The walls -- covered with their past records, a Chemical Brothers poster, and other musical décor -- provide a backdrop as Jondi and Spesh play back their most recent dance floor-ready track which was tested out on the previous night's Qoöl crowd.

The suburban hideaway seems an appropriate environment for the two, a place to create music that -- unlike themselves -- they take seriously. "Every album is a work of art," says Spesh, in seeming earnestness, "from what it looks like to what it sounds like to who mastered it. Everything is a complete thought-out statement about where we were at that moment."

Jondi and Spesh: Bubbling under and feeling fine.

Hosted by Loöq Records with Hyper D, Gil, E.V. Lynn, David Kirkland, and Spesh. 111 Minna. Wednesday, March 29, 5 p.m. Tickets are free for members, $3-5 for nonmembers; call 522-9678 or see www.looq.com for more information.

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Jondi peers at him incredulously -- and bursts out laughing.