On Friday the 23rd Blkmarket is bringing in Mr. C of Superfreq. A Londonite who started out as an MC, Mr. C got into the house scene in the late eighties. Founder of Plink Plonk Records, cofounder of End Recordings and owner of Superfreq Records, Mr. C has held a significant place in the Dance music industry. Joining him on the decks in the location yet to be announced is Garth (Grayhound Records), a San Francisco icon, along with Art Department (Crosstown Rebels) who will be playing live as well as a DJ set. The event will begin at 11PM and go ‘til the wee hours of the morning – actually, until the early afternoon, so be sure to get your wired on. RSVP at blksuperfreq@gmail.com.

For a third consecutive year we’ve been lucky enough to have a July 4th weekend, which will be the last for quite some time. Sunday people made their way to the new Long Island City venue where Blk Market Membership in collaboration with Listed Production hosted their July 4th event. The venue had a nice breezy rooftop, evident from the long lines to the top, where chefs had the BBQ going all night while sweat-drenched guests enjoyed the beautiful view. The main room was rather small, hot, but it was quickly packed with energetic dancers. The hall to the bathroom was a comfortable air-conditioned break spot with an open-air smoking area as a plus. The lighting display was exquisite along with projected images to the left wall supplying nice visuals complementing the music quite well. World-renowned DJs Guido Schneider and Konrad Black were the main attractions at the event and bumped sounds that made up for an inadequate sound system. The crowd was inevitably drawn toward the DJ booth, as people ignored the heat in order to enhance the experience.

Dutch dance intellect Joris Voorn brought the heat to New York City’s club Love last Friday, the 11th. The man knows that the key to playing music which affects us is to first learn what our auditory expectations are, and then to defy, disturb, and tantalize those expectations… playfully, of course. We want to be put off guard, be left feeling bewildered, even at moments unsatisfied, in the most satisfying of ways. And that’s why we like to hear Joris. He saturates us with these feelings as he manipulates measures, rhythms, and melodic patterns in ways which continually surprise us. He keeps the floor moving, rolling, basslines like engines turning, maintaining an incessantly deep, soulful flavor. Filters layered on filters create a sense of bottomless depth.

Beatport has compiled the 50 most charted tracks of 2009 and put them into 5 different downloads. At number one is Dennis Ferrer’s “Hey Hey” house track, number two is Jooris Voorn’s techno hit “Sweep the Floor,” and number three is Cirez D aka Eric Prydz “On Off.” The rest of the list is mostly dominated by tech house, techno, house, and deep house, but some progressive house and electro house shows up as well. You can view the full list on the website, and each song is available for purchase individually or in bulk.

On Sept 18 Blk|market Membership brings you yet another special night. Clive Henry is a name that has been around for quite some time. Currently a resident for the famous Circo Loco parties, he is also one half of Peace Division alongside Justin Drake. With a slew of remixes and releases from the late 90′s to present, Its safe to say that Peace Division has been a very common name known to everyone. Their dark and tribal sound has been canned by all the big players in the Industry such as Steve Lawler, Danny Tenaglia, Ricardo Villalobos, Sasha & Digweed, Craig Richards and Lee Burridge just to name a few. Probably the biggest track that made an impact on us until today is ‘Roaches’ by Peace Division. This headlining act will be joined by Melon, Kabuto & Koji, Inxec on September 18th at a secret location. To find out what the secrete location you must email ALLSTARSINDEMAND@GMAIL.COM. This event is in NYC so don’t miss out on this night of Tech House fun!

Producer and DJ Ricardo Villalobos will be the subject of Romuald Karmakar’s upcoming documentary, based around the Chilean bred tech house counselor. Ricardo Villalobos has been a central figure in the electronic music scene during the past decade. Releasing some major tracks under labels Cocoon, Cadenza and Perlon, has allowed Villalobos to take center stage in the worlds top electronic music clubs. He has played festivals like Time Warp, Mysteryland, Sonar, Mutek and many more notable global gatherings. His long resume proves to be one of the best in the business, and this documentary will bring us closer to the mystery man that refuses to play in the USA. Hopefully one day he gives in! Filmmaker Romuald Karmakar captures some of the bright moments of Villalobos’ career and packages them into this documentary, which is scheduled to make it’s premiere at the 66th Venice International Film Festival on September 12th, 2009.

Gradient Magazine was first exposed to Hugo with his recent performance at BlkMarket Membership’s event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn earlier this month. Hugo is known for a very progressive tech house sound that consists of non stop bass anthems, and live mixing techniques that he continues to utilize throughout his sets. He recorded a podcast for electronic music website Data Transmission’s which is really worth checking out. You can download the mix in it’s entirety here.

The highly anticipated US debut of recording artist Ripperton is scheduled to take place on August 21st. Rolling out the welcoming mat is New York City’s techno music event promoters Blkmarket Membership. Booking some of the best acts in electronic music, Blkmarket really topped off their previous line-ups with this event. Headlining this night will be Agnes, he was originally booked in 2007 by Blkmarket, they decided to bring him back because of his amazing sound and ability to move the crowd. Pokerflat artists James What and Dan Berkson are also on the bill, this jam packed line up will be topped off with a DJ set by residents Taimur and Fahad. Make sure you RSVP early to this event and get the latest scoop on the secret location. Email agnesrippedanwhat@gmail.com to RSVP.