Afrotek Festival
The Dark Room
December 20, 2008
Review by Eric K. Arnold; Photos by EKAphotography
Better Than: A typically clichéd hip-hop club.
Arriving at Club Six's "Dark Room" at around 11 p.m., I overhear a group of about seven people with Eastern European accents. Where are they from, I wondered. Germany? Austria? Romania? Czech Republic?
"It's here, it's here," one Euro dude says, pointing to the club's entrance (as it turns out, he and his posse are from Austria, and they were cel
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When it comes to great techno, is San Francisco the next Berlin? That's a question bouncing around inside the beat-focused noggin of DJ, producer, and label owner Alland Byallo. Byallo is part of the highly respected [Kontrol] crew, who bring minimal techno and "avant-house" to places like the Endup on a regular basis. He's hit the decks in Moscow, London, and Berlin and has been invited to such prestigious festivals as Decibel, Lovefest, and Detroit's Electronic Music Festival. He's warme
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