Thrust Saturday, May 19th w/ Lee Coombs & Bassbin Twins

One of the events we look forward to is the always jamming Thrust parties, global super star Lee coombs' SF residency party co-produced with Opel. Forward thinking and rocking tech funk breaks, house, electro, and beyond. Lee Coombs is joined by special guest who killed it at our Halloween party - Bassbin Twins ! + our best supporting local cast to date.

On line pre-sales no longer on sale, plenty of tix available at the door!

Tix at door are $10-$20 depending on your arrival time.

BIOGRAPHY

Lee Coombs

[www.leecoombs.com]
[www.thrustrecordings.com]
[www.adriftrecords.com ]
[www.myspace.com/leecoombs]

“If this show had an in-house orchestra, it would be LEE COOMBS” - Pete Tong, Radio One

From the start of his DJ career in 1989, Lee Coombs submerged himself in the acid house scene in and around the UK . In an industry where artists come and go, Coombs quickly built a solid foundation for himself. Deep into 1991, he produced his first record under the name “The Invisible Men” on Orbital Records. He later when on to run his own labels, Paradise Recordings, Pumpin' Vinyl and the world renowned, electro-driven Zoid and Thrust series.

Fast-forward to 1998, Coombs finds himself in London working for Intergroove Distribution. While delivering records to Vinyl Addiction, he meets Finger Lickin' label boss, Justin Rushmore, and plays him a demo of his track, “Sky Juice”. This marks the beginning of a prolific 6 year relationship between artist and label. Lee's addition to the Finger Lickin' stable allowed him the latitude and time to carve out his own acid-tinged sound.

In June 2001 came the release of Lee's seminal “Future Sound of Retro” album on Finger Lickin' which prompted dance giants Seb Fontaine & Pete Tong to label Lee Coombs as the “man to watch”. Tong also branded Coombs' mix of Quivver as the “Essential New Tune”. These developments served as stepping stones to the success that would follow. Soon artists such as New Order, Lamb and Moby were calling about his remixing talents.

Lee then received a call from Paul Oakenfold resulting in the almighty “Perfecto Breaks” album release in October 2002 to immense critical acclaim. Lee went on to remix Oakenfold's single “Time of Your Life”. His growing international notoriety prompted a request for Lee to fly to Prague in the summer of 2003 to record with the theme music for the BBC television program “Born To Win” with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

2004 saw Lee Coombs back in the studio fiercely writing in preparation for the release of his much-anticipated artist album, “Breakfast Of Champions”. Featuring collaborations with many other accomplished producers including Dylan Rhymes, Christian J, Andy Gardner (Plump DJs) and Jem Panufnik (Soul of Man), the fruit of this labor was a sure-fire stormer packed with breakbeat bombs and tech-house monsters. The first single from the album, “Alright All-Night”/“Dubhead”, went straight to Number 1 in the DJ Mag “Beats & Breaks Chart”, received multiple plays on national radio and received rave reviews in all major publications. The second single features one of Lee's largest remixes to date - Oakenfold's “Time Of Your Life” with a re-working of New Order's “ Crystal ” on the flip. The third single, “Shiver” feat. Katherine Ellis, was immediately snapped up by the legendary house label Azuli Records. Tipped by Radio One to be the crossover hit we've all been waiting for, it went on to be one of the largest underground vocal anthems of 2005. In support of the album's release, Lee embarked on a US tour and an Australasian Tour at the end of the year which culminated at Sydney 's Field Day - a 25,000 person event on New Year's Day.

After regular trips to the US over the last 5 years and working hard to build his reputation and individual style, in 2005 Lee felt it was time to make a few changes on how his music was being projected. After long consideration he decided to split from Finger Lickin' records and concentrate on putting music out on his own label, Thrust Recordings, along with releases planned for Adrift Records and Meat Katie's own Lot49 imprint. He also started “Thrust”, a club night in San Francisco which coincided with his label of the same name. These bold moves has resulted in a much more solid backbone for Lee's own world of music and productions. Together with his regular internet radio show and podcasts on San Fran's Frisky Radio, Lee's future gleamed.

2006 promises to be Lee's biggest year to date as he prepares for the July release of his new DJ compilation “The Land of the Monkey Snake”. Inspired by a trip to the Burning Man festival in Nevada , USA in 2005, he put together a journey of deep and twisted acid and electro grooves similar to the DJ sets that won him so many stateside fans! Featuring exclusive new tracks and remixes from Meat Katie, Elite Force, Lee himself and more. Also included is Lee's huge and yet unreleased reworking of the Electro House anthem “Freaks – Creeps”!

Coombs' celebrated DJ sets & tracks are an interwoven blend of acid undertones accompanied by modern breaks with deep influences of electro, house, and treacherous techno. With Lee's feverish remix schedule and his tireless global touring, the world is taking notice of his extraordinary talent.

Bassbin Twins

Bassbin Twins have been releasing records in the underground dance music scene since 1992 including their own Bassbin Twins Volume series, ep's for labels like Skint and Southern Fried, SSR, Marine Parade, Mute, Spider Cuts, and numerous remixes for artists including Boogie Down Productions, Evil 9, DJ Punk Roc, Dub Pistols, Freakpower, etc.

The Bassbin Twins live set is an anything goes mix bringing in broken beats both old and new school, jacking tech house, electro, and funky drum and bass all put through the Bassbin blender and mashed in the name of up for it party music.

The Bassbin Twins live set aims to be fun, unpredictable, and one of the guaranteed highlights of any event.