I played a DJ set on Feb. 27th in Santa Fe, NM for Audiobuddha’s monthly series, “Monsoon”.  The event was at Cafe Phenix, a new cofeeshop in Santa Fe which recently garnered some praise from the NY Times.   A nice little place, I had a visuals stream going behind me which was good to add some ambience.

Audiobuddha did a dubstep/techno set leading up to mine, and got things going nicely.  I got to see some of my old friends who stopped in for my set, including Mario, Craig, Michael and Chris.  Even my sister made an appearance!

I had planned on doing primarily chillout for this set, but I ended up dropping a minimal techno set.  Unfortunately, my laptop and/or Ableton Live decided to bomb out on me multiple times in the middle of my set, with tons of audio dropouts.  I couldn’t fight it, so I had to work with it.  Luckily, most of the crowd was pretty forgiving.

The overall night was great, and Audiobuddha put on a great production.  I think this will grow to be a recurring series in Santa Fe.

Tonight, I’ll be DJing for Monsoon, a monthly event thrown by Audiobuddha in Santa Fe, NM.

From the event page:

Monsoon is back and with a vengeance! AudioBuddha’s monthly showcase has found a new home at Cafe Phenix, 1414 Second Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505. The audio is more replenishing, the beats more succulent than ever!

To give Monsoon the proper send off in its new home will be none other than Brian Botkiller doing a special DJ performance! The show is all ages and the cover is only $5. Cheap for a full night of great music and food!

Cafe Phenix just recently got a write up in the New York Times as “Santa Fe’s best” place for music coffee and food. So come and support what will surely become a new institution in the local scene. Looking forward to seeing all of you there!

Info is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=295899963691