This week @ KILLSWITCH: André Lucero (Fiction), The Worker (Fiction) & Javaight (Stap[e)!

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About André Lucero:

A veteran of West Coast underground electronic music culture, André Lucero continues to reinvent himself. From breakdancing in the early 80's to his present studio efforts, he always kept his focus on beats and sounds of genres to come. Starting with the earliest electro hip-hop, passing through time and space to the present and future of electronic music, his selections are open minded but always have a dancefloor sensibility.

Not being satisfied with spoon feeding or accepting convenience, André has chosen the paths less traveled. Helping foster the rave scene in Santa Barbara; playing at the first mega-rave in the US (Raveamerica); releasing one of the first (if not THE first) domestically produced underground electronic dance music mixed CD's (Fusion, Volume 1); his involvement with the seminal San Francisco techhouse event/DJ crew, Urban Development; to playing with international legends for Space Children, he has been recognized for decades as a stand alone talent who brings something special to the lineup. Sharing the decks with some of the heaviest hitters on the planet, he understands how to rock a crowd as well as to tell a story. No two sets from André are alike. Each moment drives the relevance of the music selection. Each moment is unique.

San Francisco promoter and DJ producing techno and international electronic nights, The Worker established a series of unique and innovative international electronic nights, Stateless and Novo Sounds, which focused on developing electronic sounds from various parts of the world, bringing acts such as Rob Smith (Smith and Mighty) DJ/rupture, Timeblind, Mexican Dubwiser, Maga Bo, Filastine and acts from Tunisia, India and Spain to clubs in SF. In 2007 he began Fiction with DJs André Lucero and Christian Schmidt - focusing on techno, electro and mutant disco and running a monthly at Vertigo with one-offs at various clubs throughout SF. The Worker is deeply inspired and influenced by tech house, techno and minimal and searches for the freshest developments in these sounds from various regions of the world. His sets reflect this broad vision and eclecticism but are rooted in a foundation of deep, grinding, percussive tech beats that make his DJ sets resonant with various dancefloors.

About Javaight:

David Javate aka DJ Javaight aka JV8, is a DJ, event promoter and writer for Nitevibe and 365Mag. A veteran DJ from Washington DC and lifelong dance music aficionado, David's love has always been towards the deeper side of house and techno. As is evident in his contributions to SF nightlife with the deep house night, Staple, the ground breaking techno event, Optimal, and the techno happy hour, Killswitch, David continues to showcase deeper styles with a DJ style which acknowledges house and techno's pioneers while also welcoming today's innovators. Showing the diversity of being able to play during different moods of the night, David always strives to take the listener on a journey, and make an audio collage which moves the mind and body.