DROID BLOG TAG - Los Angeles

April 11, 2013

Review: Interface 41 | Ben Klock

Media archiving of Vidal's date of manufacture celebration is now available. Interface 41 occurred on March 9 2013. Special guest Ben Klock performed an extended set along with Droid residents Raíz, Truncate and Subversive. Video by: Dean Paul Pictures CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL SET ON FLICKR

November 8, 2012

INTERFACE 39 / 10 YEAR ANNIV: MARCEL DETTMANN AT THE COMPLEX | 11.17

For a decade Droid Behavior has pursued and realized its vision of techno in Los Angeles and beyond. The vinyl label, which features as well as develops international artists, has been supported and licensed by key players and groups in the music industry. Aside from the releases, Droid has pushed its message through alternative media such as podcasts, videos, and interviews, helping the group expand its global presence. All these transmissions as well dozens of releases and remixes have con...

August 28, 2012

RA Exchange 109: Droid Behavior + Clubbing in LA

Los Angeles' finest techno promoters. Droid Behavior eats, sleeps and shits techno. It says so on their business cards. The crew is nearing a decade as one of Los Angeles' preeminent promoters of 4/4, a group of DJs, producers, photographers and writers that have filled the need for regular underground techno parties in the city. Raiz (Vangelis and Vidal Vargas) and Drumcell (Moe Espinosa) founded Droid, but over the years things have grown exponentially. Credit for this is down to the ...

June 4, 2012

Droid Behavior presents PRIME: Perc Trax Tour | 6.07

"Perc will head to the US to play a weekend of parties, beginning in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 7th. A veteran DJ and producer with a penchant for industrialized, broken beat techno, Perc has made tracks for numerous labels like CLR, Stroboscopic Artefacts and Electric Deluxe, where he's collaborated with Giorgio Gigli under the alias Endless. Of course, he's just as well known for Perc Trax, the label he founded in 2004 which has put out similarly tough and experimental sounds from ASC, ...

May 9, 2012

D-Node 157: Daedelus Live at PRIME

Appropriately sharing his name with the master craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedelus has become a revered figure of LA's electronic music scene. A boundary-crosser comfortable with sweet soundtrack strings, splintered breaks, rap vocals, and raved-up synth loops (sometimes all at the same time), he's welcome in a wide range of music circles, including a few Droid performances over the years. When we teamed up with Friendly Integration for the March edition of PRIME, we knew it was the perfe...

April 18, 2012

Droid Behavior presents PRIME April – June 2012

Droid Behavior presents PRIME Thursday April 26th - Octave / Cell Injection Thursday May 17th - DJ Slugo (Ghetto House Night) Thursday June 7th - Perc Trax Tour 10pm - 2am :: 21+ MEDUSA LOUNGE 3211 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90057 CLICK HERE FOR EVENT INFO ON FACEBOOK Event Registration Online for Droid Behavior: Prime w/ Octave (FR) + Cell Injection (LA) powered by Eventbrite

February 22, 2012

D-Node 147: Alland Byallo | Poker Flat

Los Angeles native Alland Byallo became a central figure of the techno scene in San Francisco before his recent move to Berlin. A sought-after DJ playing international club gigs, he's also been making his way into DJ crates around the world over the past 8 years or so with his minimal and tech-house tracks, many on his own Nightlight Music as well as Poker Flat. He's also a driving force behind [KONTROL], the Bay Area's premiere techno event. For Droid he's provided a two-hour set with a ...