DIM MAK & KID MILLIONAIRE GOES TO COACHELLA AND GOES CRAZZYYY EVERY 5 MINUTES


AND... AND...

URB COACHELLA AFTERPARTY : INDIO : APRIL 30TH

Saturday, April 30, 2005, 10:30pm-2am
On Site at The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Limited Capacity :: Early Arrival Urged

Join URB Magazine as we host:
DJ Carlos D (Interpol)
Team Sleep (Live Performance : World Tour Kick Off)
Josh Wink
Steve Aoki and Frankie Chan

Check out Audi’s latest A3 model, kick back in the Asics Lounge, or have a drink and enjoy the music.

RSVP by April 29, 2005 to afterparty@urb.com. Please be sure to put “After Party” in the subject line.

*You must have tickets to the festival itself in order to get to our party.
Party entrance is behind the Sahara Tent at the Empire Polo Grille*

Presented by Audi
Also Powered by Asics, Coca-Cola, Dickies Girl, Flavorpill and URB Magazine

AND... AND...

We have three bands that Dim Mak has worked with past present and future
BLOC PARTY
THE BLOOD BROTHERS
THE KILLS

AND...

our very close friend and someone we love to death

MIA

COACHELLA IS SO FUCKING AWESOME THIS YEAR!!!!!!!
YEAH!

 
ALTERNATIVE PRESS is already hip to NEON BLONDE They already linked to the NEON BLONDE MYSPACE PAGE and the songs have almost been played 20,000 times in the last two weeks it's been up.
EP to be set for release one month earlier than suggested. "Headlines" 7"/CDep will now be released July 12th.

 
LE REV PLAYING AT CINESPACE TUESDAYS APRIL 26TH 2005

TUES APRIL 26th
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, jason stewart, & FILTER magazine present:
CINESPACE TUESDAYS!
@ CINESPACE (hollywood & ivar)
OFFICIAL AQUADUCT AFTER PARTY!
w/ LE REV
LOMA LYNDA
COLORED SHADOWS
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
crazy drink specials all night long!
$5 or 1st 50 rsvp free!!
RSVP AT: kidmillionaire@dimmak.com
doors 10pm
21+

 
DIM MAK SIGNS NEON BLONDE

Neon Blonde is Johnny Whitney & Mark Gajadhar from The Blood Brothers.
"Headlines" 4 song 7"/CDEP with two exclusive tracks, the single "Headlines" and a remix of Headlines by Jay Clark from Pretty Girls Make Graves will be in August 2005.
"Chandeliers in the Savanna" 11 song LP/CD will come out immediately after the EP release in September 2005.
More information will be announced later on.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW NEON BLONDE MYSPACE PAGE
You can hear two songs from the forthcoming album due early winter 2005 on their myspace page.

 
SIN CITY PARTY RECAP FROM E ONLINE

"Music: Enough star stalking, the infectious '80s mix is making me want to shake my body down to the ground. The deejay spins everything from the Go-Gos' "Vacation" and Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and "Don't Stop...Till You Get Enough."
- E Online.

 
DIM MAK & KID MILLIONAIRE TRAVEL BACK TO NYC THIS WEEKEND: FUCKING AWESOME NYC

*******NEW YORK CITY!! THIS WEEKEND!!******************
SAT APR 23RD!!
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, addvice, thecobrasnake.com, vapors magazine, sparks & rheingold beer present:
!!!! FUCKING AWESOME NYC!!!!!
@ BEAUTY BAR (231 e 14th, between 2nd & 3rd, east village)
OFFICIAL VAPORS MAGAZINE PHOTO ISSUE NYC RELEASE PARTY!!!
THE VACATION RECORD RELEASE PARTY!! (debut album "The band From World War Zero" out April 26th!)
w/ DJ ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE (DJ'S ARE NOT ROCKSTARS)
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
NIC of AUTOMATO
FREE RHEINGOLD BEER & SPARKS 9:30-10:30PM!!
COBRASNAKE PHOTO BOOTH 10-11PM!!!
doors 9PM
FREE
21+

SUN APR 24TH!!
DIM MAK RECORDS, I HEART COMIX, THECOBRASNAKE.COM PRESENTS:
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
@ THE DARKROOM
crazy all night sweaty rocker dance party!!

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FUCKING AWESOME WITH BENJI GOOD CHARLOTTE/ CRAIG VHS OR BETA/ MY MORNING JACKET

THURS APR 14TH!!
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, & FILTER magazine present:
!!!!!! FUCKING AWESOME !!!!!
@ BEAUTY BAR (cahuenga & hollywood)
****VHS OR BETA AFTER PARTY!!!******
BENJI FROM GOOD CHARLOTTE
CRAIG of VHS OR BETA
MY MORNING JACKET
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
doors 10pm
FREE
21+

 
Q AND NOT U TONIGHT AT CINESPACE

TUES APRIL 19th
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, jason stewart, & FILTER magazine present:
CINESPACE TUESDAYS!
@ CINESPACE (hollywood & ivar)
w/ Q AND NOT U!!!!!!!
RINGSIDE
THE OCTOBER
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
crazy drink specials all night long!
FREE VODKA 10-11!!!
$5 or 1st 50 rsvp free!!
RSVP AT: kidmillionaire@dimmak.com
doors 10pm
21+

 
Click Image for the Dim Mak Weekly Party Schedule for the week of APRIL 19-24

If you want to be on the email list - email partyline@dimmak.com to be added.

 
DDM & BLOOD BROTHERS ON TOUR IN MAY!!!

FRI 4/22 Long Beach, CA @ Cafe Bistro w/The Days End and Blood Brothers
DDM Tour w/ Blood Brothers
TUE 5/3 San Diego, CA @ The Epicenter
WED 5/4 Phoenix, AZ @ the Mason Jar
THUR 5/5 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
SAT 5/7 Ft. Worth, TX @ Ridlgea Theather
SUN 5/8 Little Rock, AR @ Vinos
MON 5/9 St. Louis, MO @ Mississippi

 
DAS OATH ON TOUR WITH MELT BANANA - THEY ARE COMING BACK TO THE US IN MAY!!!

May 06th Annaheim, CA @ The Chain Reaction DIM MAK SHOWCASE
May 07th Berkeley, CA @ Gilman w/ Look Back And Laugh a.o.
May 08th Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA
May 09th DAY OFF
May 10th Portland, OR @ TBA
May 11th Missoula, MT @ Area 5 w/ Melt Banana
May 12th Seattle, WA @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room w/ Melt Banana
May 13th Olympia, WA @ China Clipper w/ Melt Banana
May 14th Portland, OR @ Dante's w/ Melt Banana
May 15th Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall w/ Melt Banana
May 16th Sacramento, CA @ TBA w/ Melt Banana
May 17th San Francisco, CA @ The Independent w/ Melt Banana
May 18th Long Beach, CA @ Koo's w/ Melt Banana
May 19th Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse w/ Melt Banana
May 20th West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour w/ Melt Banana
May 21st San Diego, CA @ Casbah w/ Melt Banana

 
NYLON MAGAZINE SXSW PARTY PHOTOS!!! Click images to view Nylon's parties

 

Converse presents:
THE VAPORS PHOTO ISSUE RELEASE PARTY in association
with Fusicology, iheartomic, Dim Mak & www.thecobrasnake.com

Vapors Photo Issue
with photos by
Yasumasa Yonehara
Jason Maggio
Mark The Cobrasnake
Bill Farroux
Jessie Van
art by
Buffmonster
Camille Rose Garcia
Os Gemeos
Shepard Fairey
Mike Giant
Ron English
Chaz Bojorquez
article on
Steve Aoki & Franki Chan

WED APRIL 13TH
Hosted by MARK THE COBRA SNAKE with polaroid in hand all night
long!!!
Featuring:
DJ SWAMP
DJ FRANKI CHAN
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
Bring your camera! Tons of A-list celebs in the place-to-be.
@ EL CENTRO
1069 N. El Centro Ave. Hollywood, CA.
(2 Blocks East of Vine St. Off Santa Monica Blvd.)
9pm-2am
Free Event!
RSVP to: Vapors-LA@overamerica.com

 
After all these years he finally got a website together... Mark McCoy, singer from Das Oath doesYouth Attack Records

 
Marc Conner gets an old release from Dim Mak - We were a bit surprised that he knew this now defunct artist - Kill Sadie THis band was the group that formed into PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES, THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES, ON ALASKA, MINUS THE BEAR Great band... we are going to do more of these riddle games but make em harder if you pick more of our secret gems from the past.

 
Click Image for the Dim Mak Weekly Party Schedule for the week of APRIL 12-16th

If you want to be on the email list - email partyline@dimmak.com to be added.

 
We got a few hundred responses back and I realized that this riddle is way too easy. The first person who answered it won... Will announce name later.

 
You win a free cd of your choice on dim mak to the first person who answers this riddle::::
A MAN LEAVES HIS HOUSE AND FORGETS HIS RAINCOAT AND HIS UMBRELLA, HOW DOES HE GET ACROSS TOWN WITHOUT GETTING WET?
email contest@dimmak.com

 
DIM MAK AND KID MILLIONAIRE ARE STILL LOCKED UP IN NYC

SATURDAY APRIL 9, 2005
THE KILLS
@ MAXWELLS: HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY
THEN....
MISSHAPES PARTY

 
BLOC PARTY AFTERPARTY IN NYC AT PIANOS

addVICE and VICE Records presents:
BLOC PARTY.
After Party
Thursday, April 7
@ Pianos (Ludlow and Stanton)
11:30pm-4am

With live performances by NYC artists hand-picked by Bloc Party:
Human Television (Gigantic Records) 2 am
Beans (Warp Records) 1 am

Free Red Stripe 12-1am
Please Drink Responsibly

DJ sets by:
Spencer Product (We Bite, Up!)
Elhaam (addVICE)
Tarts of Pleasure
Kings of Boys (Russell and Matt of Bloc Party)
Steve Aoki (Dim Mak)

RSVP to rsvp@addvicemarketing.com
with "Banquet" in the subject line by 5pm Thursday for admittance

 
CINESPACE TUESDAYS : FISCHERSPOONER

TUES APRIL 5th
Dim mak records, I Heart Comix, jason stewart, & FILTER magazine present:
CINESPACE TUESDAYS!
@ CINESPACE (hollywood & ivar)
****FISCHERSPOONER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY!!!****
W/ DJ SETS by: WARREN FISCHER & CASEY SPOONER (FISCHERSPOONER)
DJ FRANKI CHAN
LIVE DANCERS!!!!
ART SHOW!!!
crazy drink specials all night long!
FREE VODKA 10-11!!!
$5 or 1st 50 rsvp free!!
doors 10pm
21+

DIM MAK STILL IN NYC
TUESDAY APRIL 5th
HAPPY ENDING
DJ KID MILLIONAIRE

 
DIM MAK & KID MILLIONAIRE TRAVEL BACK TO THE NYC THIS WEEKEND
FUCKING AWESOME NYC W/ JAMES IHA/ SMASHING PUMPKINS & JOSH MADDEN/ MADE CLOTHING

SAT APR 2ND!!
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, addVice, MADE clothing, Scratchie Records, Thecobrasnake.com, Sparks & Rheingold's beer present:
!!!! F UCKING AWESOME NYC!!!!!
@ BEAUTY BAR (231 e 14th, between 2nd & 3rd, east village)
w/ JAMES IHA (smashing pumpkins/scratchie records)
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
DJ JOSH MADDEN (made clothing)
FREE RHEINGOLD BEER & SPARKS 9:30-10:30PM!!
doors 9PM
FREE
21+

SUNDAY APR 3rd!!
Dim Mak Records, I Heart Comix, Poull, Alex English, Omri, Spiewak
CLUB 17
37 West 17th st between 5th & 6th ave
DJ ALEX ENGLISH (Girlz and Boyz/Misshapes)
DJ STEVE AOKI KID MILLIONAIRE
DJ FRANKI CHAN
Free beer & sushi from 9-10pm
Free clothing giveawasy from SPiewak
live performance from secret band
To get in for free just say you are a friend of Steve Aoki

 
A RECENT INTERVIEW WITH STEVE AOKI FROM SONIK MAGAZINE OUT OF GREECE
1.Hello. How are you? What’s your schedule for today?
Today I work all day, check out this new office space we might move into, listen to the new neon blonde master (already have it on repeat all morning), organize and clean up the office (it gets messy quick), then go dj my night called fucking awesome at this bar in hollywood called beauty bar.

2.How do you feel with the recent Bloc Party success in the US?
We've been promoting this band heavily since early 2004. When I heard them everything came together for Dim Mak. Bands like Bloc Party complete the heart to my label. They re-validate all the reasons why I do it in the first place. Their success is well deserved and all self made. We definitely budgeted this record and band far higher than some of our other artists but major money was NOT pumped in to push this band. As you know Dim Mak is a growing indie so we don't have that kind of capitol. We believed in this band so much and pushed them with so much confidence and heart and it grew on its own. The thing is, good music is good music, and if you believe in a band that hasn't reached the surface yet and fucking put your footwork and your heart in it, it will reach the masses. It will prevail far past all the bands that major money pays hundreds of thousands for and most of the time FAIL. That growth is priceless. Bloc Party deserves everything that has happened so far and this is barely the start. There is so much more coming. Working with their management, Simon White, who became a very good friend to me, and the publicist Press Here, who rocked the EP to the biggest magazines that ate it up, AAM for radio promotion and their initial belief, all came together in a big way. And most importantly after people saw them live it really gave people enough reason to go bananas for them.

3.How did it come to be a co-release with Vice?
Vice are good friends of ours. Dim Mak has been doing a lot of other fun events/business together. But most importantly Suroosh, one of the owners, is a very close friend. Working together came together so naturally and it fit better than a glove. I'm happy to work with them and there is still much more work to be done, the album just came out last week and sold well. In any case, Vice are hard workers, bad ass, fucking smart as hell, and really get their artists out there.

4.When did you start Dim Mak and why? Were you playing in any bands as well?
1996 I was 18. Fucking hungry for good music, putting on shows in my living room that we called the Pickle Patch in Santa barbara (we put on over 400 shows there-- the carpet was left filthy), wrote columns and reviews for HeartattaCk. Still hungry for music, I started Dim Mak with a seven inch and put out friends bands that toured through Santa barbara. Yes, and I also was in bands myself that are no longer now. I sang in a band called This Machine Kills for three years that became my life. We released a bunch of 7"s and did an album on Ebullition. It was fucking hardcore, politically so. All the lyrics were honestly directed to other Asians and people of color so I'm not sure how far or how felt it was embraced. But I loved that band. I also played guitar in Esperanza, a thrash band with lots of LA folks, The Fire Next Time, that Dim Mak actually released.

5.Seems like 2004 has been really good for the label…
Every year I'm doing the label I feel it's been great for us cuz we are still around!!! Labels are tough to run financially, it feels like a black hole sometimes but then you hear something like Neon Blonde or Bloc Party or M.I.A. Or Gossip or Mahjongg or DDM and to be totally fair all the other bands on Dim Mak & Cold Crush that move the fuck out of me. This year is going to be the best year though!! I say that every year.

6.What’s next for 2005? Future releases?
Oohhh so many good releases, here goes:
Jan birthed
Pony Up "S/t" CD
Gossip/Tracy and the Plastics "Real Damage" EP
Bloc Party "Tulips" Single
Feb birthed
Squeak E. Clean Presents a split record between Baldhead Slick (aka Guru)
And 2 Mex single
The Peels "S/t" CD
A Gun Called Tension "S/t" LP/CD
March birthed
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm" CD
Mahjongg "Raydongcong 2005" LP/CD
April will birth
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm" 3xLP
May will birth
DDM "Snow on the TV" LP/Cdep
In the summer/fall: Blood Brothers EP, Neon Blonde EP, Neon Blonde LP/CD, Lion Fever LP/CD, Bloc Party Remix LP/CD, Primal Scream "Evil Heat" 3xLP, From Monument To Masses Remix CD, Grafiti 12"... And more.. Secret gems...

7.What’s ‘Dim Mak Massive’?
The hip hop urban side to Dim Mak. We released two hiphop groups on Dim Mak: Automato back in late 2003 and just recently Libretto late last year and I felt that with the new additions to Dim Mak being hip hop, especially the Baldhead Slick (GUru) 2 Mex 12"... For fuck's sake its GURU the legend. Ive been listening to him since I was 14. I wanted to make sure that Dim Mak had a good family of urban hip hop based artists where they feel like there is a community of their sound. We got more DMM releases coming. As for now the Squeak E. Clean 12" is the first. Squeak E. Clean, is also not only a very good buddy but one of the most versatile producers I've ever met - he's doing the new Yeah Yeah yeah's album, last year Ben Lee's album, new Pharcyde - Edy Crahp, and so much more.. You will definitely be hearing more about him soon.

8.Also, what’s Cold Crush and Ten Fingers? What do you have to do with these labels? Do you work close with them?
Cold Crush officially is a partnership between Derek Fudesco (who also plays bass in Pretty Girls Make Graves) and myself. We started the label because Derek wanted to do a label and I told him I'd start Cold Crush with him because we shared the same vision, same ideas, and of course best buddies. Ten Fingers is Ben Lee's record label. We started working together because Ben and I also shared the same vision and he brought Pony Up! To Dim Mak and we came up with the idea of doing it together. Ten Fingers is all Ben Lee and for Pony Up! Its a menage a trois love affair, figuratively speaking.

9.How’s the L.A. scene? Any good new bands from there?
LA scene is so BIG.. There are so many bands and so many different pockets of music going on here it's hard to stay central to one sound. Just too much going on. I cant even find any LA bands other than the ones that I have and had- Lion Fever and DDM (long beach) and Dios Malos. But there are definitely some bands that should not go unnoticed from LA - off the top of my head because I know ill forget some - Har Mar Superstar, Autolux, Icarus Line, Busdriver, Brother Reade, and more...

10.When did you start dj-ing and what’s next?
A little over 2 years ago. I learned how to beat match from just doing live gigs. My friend Cali DeWitt used to work at this club called 3 of Clubs and called me one day and asked me to dj one night and I was like, wow.. I ve never thought about djing ever and he got me to do it and I fucking loved it. I blame everything on him! Djing is a win win situation cuz its fun, I play dance party music and dance too, and I get paid to actually help subsidize the label as well.

11.What’s happening on Tuesdays at Cinespace? Who opened this venue and do
> you feel a part of it from the very beginning?
It has been a partnership between Franki Chan, my dj partner in LA, Jason Stewart who runs the club on a day to day basis, and myself. We started it together a little over a year ago and since then its been totally what this city needed. Good bands, house party-like dancing going on all night, and FREE FUCKING ALCOHOL for the first hour - we are lucky cuz we get sponsors up the ass for some of our nights. It's been fun and I love doing that night.

12.What’s on your playlist?
M.I.A. Like 24 -7, like when I'm chewing gum , I'm chewing gum to one of her beats, like when I'm sleeping she's rocking around dancing around in my head, when I'm djing - I play too many of her songs, one night I played 7 of her songs, or shit more than just one night, like many nights, and every chance I get to say her name I get excited again... The world has been waiting for an artist like MIA, everyone has needed MIA - it's like that movie or old fable of that sad city that can't seem to get it together until this daughter has been born in the smallest part of the city and she grows up and doesn't even realize her strength, until she's like I'm going to do this myself cuz im so fucking sick of all this mundane same ol' shit. Then someone hears it and then they go what the fuck!!!! That's me! I heard it and I was like what the fuck!! Wha' wha' the fuck!!! Then she became the queen of the city because the city gave her the keys because the city has been so mundane and so tired and so run down by the same ol' shit.

13.Thanks for the interview!