OHC with Jerome Derradji (Still Music, CHI) + Austen van der Bleek (Finale Sessions)

Name: OHC with Jerome Derradji (Still Music, CHI) + Austen van der Bleek (Finale Sessions)
Start: 2025-01-11T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 615 27th St S, STE E, St. Petersburg, FL 33712

Schedule

Sat, 11 Jan, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

615 27th St S, STE E, St. Petersburg, FL 33712 | Saint Petersburg, FL

Join us following 2nd Saturday ArtWalk for an artful DJ / dance session at the newest studio in the Warehouse Arts District.
After a 6 month hiatus, Open House Conspiracy returns with special guest Jerome Derradji of Still Music out of Chicago alongside resident Austen van der Bleek. Expect to work it out on the dance floor to the full-spectrum of raw, dynamic dance music — all on wax.
$10 early bird ticket / $15 door before 11pm / $25 after 11pm — limited capacity!
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This event is a part of the Dunedin International Film Festival's programming. There will also be a free Wednesday film screening + Q&A for "Taking Back the Groove," a documentary Derradji stars in and is a Co-Executive Producer of, at HOB Theater in Dunedin. eventbrite.com/e/dunedin-international-film-festival-2025-tickets-951752807267
Jerome Derradji (CHI)
Still Music
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Austen van der Bleek
Open House Conspiracy, Finale Sessions, Sunshine City Disco
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More about our guest…
DJ, producer, compiler, and label operator Jerome Derradji started spinning records at the age of 15 and was, at first, inspired most by jazz and soul. During the tail-end of the '90s, house music caught his ears. In 2000, he moved from his native France to Chicago, Illinois and worked at record store Dr. Wax as an import buyer. Derradji established Still Music in 2004 as an outlet for the music he felt wasn't getting enough support. Within a few years, Still released singles and albums by producers from all over the planet, extending as far as afrobeat from Seun Kuti, though the label had a special affinity for Detroiters with releases by the likes of Rick Wilhite and Delano Smith, including "A Message for the DJ" with Jimpster's remix becoming a modern house classic.
As Derradji's reach extended to reissuing obscure disco, funk, and house, executing his own re-edits, and supporting additional musicians, he set up Past Due and Stilove4music as sublabels. The latter helped launch Trus’me and also served as a home to Chicago's disco don Rahaan. His imprints have earned "Label of the Month" status from both XLR8R and Resident Advisor. He also took on more ambitious projects, beginning with The American Boogie Down -- a two-disc package, released in 2008 on BBE, that featured his DJ mix of material he had reissued, along with a disc of unmixed selections. Extensive later compilations released on Still, including 122 BPM: The Birth of House Music, K*ll Yourself Dancing: The Story of Sunset Records Inc., Bang the Box!: The (Lost) Story of AKA Dance Music, and The House That Jackmaster Hater Built, were deep dives into the rich dance music history of his adopted hometown. Still Music also dropped the In The Dark compilation, showcasing the then-emerging Detroit house sound and featuring the production debut of Keith Worthy.
Jerome's own productions and edits have been played by The Chemical Brothers, DJ Harvey, Laurent Garnier, Ben UFO, Marcel Dettmann, Norman Nodge, Rolando, Floating Points, DVS1, Dan Curtin, Skream, Gilles Peterson and many others. While his DJ mixes have reached the airwaves with guest sets for Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space and beyond.
From gigs at Chicago’s Smartbar alongside Moodymann, Hot Chip, Kevin Saunderson, Lindstrom, The Juan Mclean to international touring and residencies in New York and Detroit, from juggling multiple labels to appearing on a handful of 12″s in the past few years, hard-working Jerome Derradji is one of Chicago’s best kept secrets.
In conspiracy with
Suite E Studios
Dunedin International Film Festival
Taking Back the Groove
Daddy Kool Records
Printing Solutions Inc.
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