Preview: Basstown Productions presents Joakim

French electronic producer and Tiger Sushi label founder Joakim Bouaziz released Monsters & Silly Songs in February, making a huge leap from his previous efforts. Having remixed Air, Annie, Stereolab and Fischerspooner, along with two previous albums that stayed true to the French electro genre, Monsters brings elements of post-punk and pop to the mix. Tonight at Axis, Joakim plays a DJ set in lieu of the live band he’s taken on tour (The Ectoplasmics) for the last few months. You can expect a toss of techno, house, and synth-disco alongside Boston duo DJ Die Young and Djezus, who’ve recently started the minimal techno saturated Slumber Party. Die Young has been DJing the Boston circuit for some time now, but his strongest talent is in his remixes, which mix the elements of electro, house and hip hop into the roots of rock and synth tracks. What’s next? “I kind of want to do a really deep minimal mix though. I'm tired of all of the bloghouse shit. Everyone is playing the same stuff these days.” Well said. Also spinning is Boston-based Damien Cuvelier (also French!) of Robot Love Songs.

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Basstown presents JOAKIM (!K7/Tigersushi)
Slumber Party (DJ Die Young/Djezus)
Damien Cuvelier (RobotLoveSongs)

Axis, Thursday, May 3, $5 with RSVP / $10 at door
Joakim: website
DJ DieYoung: website
Robot Love Songs: website

Preview contributed by Vicki Siolos, image of Joakim off-stage, in a deli