Face Love Anew

Brilliant track from beloved australian duo Stereogamous featuring thee divine Shaun J. Wright on vocals! Vinyl out now with remixes from Jason Kendig & Discodromo. Available digitally as well with additional remixes from Horse Meat Disco, Kim Ann Foxman, Carry Nation & Miracles Club (below) :)

VINYL PREVIEW

MIRACLES CLUB REMIX

EIIE I

Emotions II Emotion's "EIIE I" dropped today on Skylax's Wax Classic imprint.
Vinyl available HERE

Stream below

U&ME X Nile Detla

It's hard to talk about your own music so I'm going to let this amazing remix by Nile Delta speak for itself :) We made two songs and our friends Discodromo (Berlin), Ultimate Man (Buenos Aires) and Nile Delta (Cutters/Australia) did remixes. We love all of them and are really thankful to be a part of the Cutters imprint. Enjoy.



PS
Were still taking submissions for the video :)

Return It

We all huddled around my Iphone watching this video yesterday while driving through the grapevine on our way out of Los Angeles. Something about the gliding movement down the curves and the feeling of closeness with my sacred posse.. I felt such a kinship with the imagery and words of Kim Ann Foxman's new video 'Return It'. Beautiful shots of her and her angel crew communing in heaven ♥ Check out the 12" with really great remixes by Steffi and Populette  Here

SHADE

In August we had MikeQ out for a special evening we called Shade. We're doing it again but this time in Palm Springs @ The Ace with Beyondadoubt, Mustache Mondays & The House of Xtravaganza!!! Here's a little mix we put together for thee occasion :)

House of Ecstasy - Shade Classics Mix 

Download
HOUSE OF ECSTASY - SHADE CLASSICS MIX

MC Fall Tour

We are hitting thee road with our dear friends Midnight Magic :)
Thee Dates
10/31 Mississippi Studios W/Litanic Mask & Beyondadoubt, Portland
11/2 A Club Called Rhonda W/Midnight Magic, LA
11/3 Shade W/MikeQ, Beyondadoubt & more, Ace Hotel Palm Springs
11/4 Shade W/MikeQ & Beyondadoubt, Ace Hotel Palm Springs
11/8 The Rose W/Midnight Magic, Portland
11/9 Waldorf Hotel W/Midnight Magic, Vancouver
11/10 Groove Suite W/Todd Edwards, Portland

See ya :)

*UPDATE
RHONDA GIFS

Litanic Mask

Billowy rain mists and warm winds as we wedge deeper into the blanket of the day.. It's the perfect time to listen to Litanic Mask's new LP 'How does it feel to want? 'cause I want nothing now' Released today on Portland's own Fast Weapon's Record label. Get it Here

Download an MP3 of 'Executive'

And the video they just released

Hunee

We are happy to announce that Hunee has embarked on a little trip out west and will be playing thee next Ecstasy night here in Portland on thee 12th!
If you're in SF you can catch him tonight @ Honey Soundsystem for their 6th yr anniversary party. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!!!
They've also just dropped a live promo mix on their site check it.
HUNEE LIVE IN LEEDS & Interview HERE

We will be joining Hunee at Q Capitol Hill next weekend too :) More info below.
9/30 Honey Soundsystem, San Francisco

10/5 The Waldorf, Vancouver Facebook

10/6 Q Capitol Hill, Seattle Facebook

10/12 Ecstasy, Portland Facebook

10/13 TBA, Los Angeles

Temples' EroSpiriTechno

TEMPLES’ EroSpiritTechno Mix:

http://avalonkalin.com//TEMPLES_Erospiritechno_mix.mp3

People sometimes ask “what is Techno?” To me, Techno is mostly afro-futurism in music. But of course it can be many things. A good overall answer is, “well it depends who you ask and when and where you ask them". These tracks on this mix represent different sides of Techno that I enjoy; Sexual, Spiritual, and Utopian. 

Via House is a Felling

The Wheel Video

Judah, Brenna, Rafael, Ryan, Robert, Dane, Bryan, Mikey & I made a video for The Wheel. Check it out :)

We are lovely Prisoners

I first met Genevieve in 2002 at an after-hours club where she was DJing with Tom Greenwood of Jackie-0 Motherf*cker. Years later while doing the house music monthly 'Nightclubbing'(where Miracles Club played some of our first shows)I ended up at her house where she taught me how to beat-match. Since then she's moved to LA and though busy with her art job, still manages to drop some sweet and dreamy mixes our way. She made us a special, late summer mix that you can download Check out more mixes, soundcloud entries and musings here :)

Night & Day

Our lovely sisters and brothers EIIE have made an amazing video for their debut track "Night & Day" off the Ecstasy compilation. Ryann Bosetti and Judah Switzer take us into a world of banji angel realness... enjoy :)

TRACER

Got the chance to see Teengirl Fantasy and Gatekeeper last night and was super impressed with both sets. I caught a lil iPhone footage which you can check out below. Also picked up their gorgeous new record Tracer which drops on Tuesday. You can stream it in it's entirety HERE



GATEKEEPER


TEENGIRL FANTASY


Nick from Teengirl also produces thee one and only Alexis Blair Penney. They are currently working on her first LP which will be out early next year on Ecstasy!

Found these amazing photos in Michael McCollom's book 'The Way We Wore' A beautiful photo document of his styles from the 70's to present.

And this has been my theme song all weekend. We're talkin' fist pumpin, headphones blasting in the car style.. Shazam connect!

garben eden 'ex sited' 12" now available

shortly following his debut on anton zap's ethereal sound
imprint, duesseldorf machine maestro, garben eden got
deep deep down on this slab for us.

the 2 originals were lovingly remixed by ukrainian wunderkind,
vakula and italian e crew member, robotalco, respectively.
limited to 300 copies of 12" vinyl

drops today, right on time for the thick of summer!

leech 'that nu boutique smell'

50 minute all vinyl mix of slid blends w/ just a touch of analog efx
to break the seal on weltenbuerger's new location.

download; http://www.mediafire.com/?ba50m7s9u61tu7o

i'm spinning records alongside a live performance from la vampires

this evening [http://www.facebook.com/events/448049288559197/]

We are happy to announce the release of our very first compilation "Ecstasy". Featuring 15 new tracks from our friends and collaborators across the globe. Available now exclusively here at theecstasyblog as a limited run CD. Digital June 12th. So without much ado here is our latest "The Wheel". Track list and MP3 below.

Discodromo Feat. Steev Lemercier - Happily Ever After
The Miracles Club - The Wheel
Etbonz - Roland Times
Alexis Blair Penney - Secret City
Robotalco - If She Only Knew
Emotion II Emotion Feat. Ryann - Night & Day
John Barera - The Party
Gemini Lion - None A Me
Bobby Browser - Original Owner
Boy Joy - Get Out My Head (Dub)
Acid Farm - Acid Trance
Jason Kendig - Transmit
Leech - Edgewise
Breath Control - Apheresis
Garben Eden - Feel Good Agency
Temples - XXII

DIGITAL OUT NOW!
iTunes
Beatport
Juno

 

Temples I-VII

ECSTASY PRESENTS
TEMPLES I-VII

cloistered with just a few of his favorite boxes, resident enigma/ hardware devotee, avalon kalin built us a house so fervent it borders on the theocratic.

7 tracks of sweeping polyrhythms and new age pads jump and float weightlessly to comprise ecstasy's first full length release of ambient jack.

limited to 300 copies of 12" vinyl
RELEASE DATE: MAY 22nd, 2012


VINYL AVAILABLE ON THE SIDE BAR
ITUNES

AVALON will be performing his Ecstasy Mix 001 GOSPEL HOUSE mix live this Sunday morning! 

GOSPEL HOUSE W/ BIKE TEMPLE (11:30am) Xchurch, 4550 NE 20th Ave. Free. Expect art. 

XTC / HNY

Ecstasy talent Miracles Club and Honey Soundsystem have been in the throes of an intense west coast courtship for some time now. 2011 and 2012 saw multiple appearances of The Miracles Club performing live at Honey's Sunday Night Weekly and Folsom Street Fair’s Deviants Massive. During 2011, we witnessed the exchange of love notes in the form of remixes and releases for both crew's in-house record labels ECSTASY, HNYTRX, and Discaire Records. With so much to share (and in the works!), the dual crews ECTSASY and HNY will be consummating their legendary love with DJ sets and the premieres of two new live acts.

"Emotion II Emotion" Portland duo Avalon Kalin (Finesse) and Rafael Fauria (Miracles Club) featuring vocalist  Ryann Bossetti, takes those classic hardware house sounds we have come to adore to new heights of sexy late-night bliss. Look out for more EIIE on the upcoming Ecstasy Compilation!"Robot Hustle" steps out of his role as resident Honey Soundsystem DJ and placing himself behind a wall of vintage synths and analog drum machines to mesmerize the dance-floor with gigantic oscillated croons and hypnotic dance rhythms.

Ecstasy & Honey Soundsytem

Present

Honey Soundsystem DJsEmotion II Emotion Feat. Ryann Bosetti (Live)

Robot Hustle (Live)Ecstasy DJs

Holocene5 11 12

Portland9pm

$5

This is the 2nd of 3 west coast dates on the SPRING/XTC/TOUR.Thanks to 222 Hyde and everyone who came out for the legendary night.See ya in Seattle at The Cuff on Sunday!

Our dear friend Derek Dee from BC has just dropped this lovely little mix on us. Deep, soulful, playful & motivating we love it. Also keep your eyes on his Leisure project and parties up north.

Shade Compositions

Rashaad Newsome (b. 1979) utilizes culture for contemporary art performance. Here  is an excerpt of a "Shade Composition". Very interesting. I first saw his work exploring the use of Vogue and Ballroom dancing. Here is is website: http://rashaadnewsome.com/ BTW he is probably not the first to bring ballroom culture into the "white box". Trajal Harrell has been using Ballroom culture too: http://betatrajal.org/home.html Robert Tyree introduced me to his work. Enjoy the delightful performance documents! -AK

Just Browsing

Check out this recent deep hardware-soul release from our west coast friends 100% SILK of scene creamer Andre Ferreira aka BOBBY BROWSER. If you are in Europe, check out the 100% Silk showcase near you.
XO -AVALON

House: "The Idea Came From My Mom"

The story continues. This video is from 2008. What is "House"? Juan Atkins always thought it meant music made "in-house" by the DJ. Turns out this might very well be it. Rroy claims in this interesting video how he invented the term "House". It makes more sense compared to the other explanations. I've heard corroborating evidence in an interview with an early House DJ (Chip E I think) said Rroy came up to him at a party and said more or less "I have something that is gonna be the next hot thing and separate me from all the other DJs, It's called House."

$TRIPPER

Brilliant raw house track from London's Bicep crew.
More info on their Soundcloud page.

CAN IU YAC

Brilliant tropical acid house for Argentina's Bersei.
Enjoy.

Underground Flavor

II live tracks from Ecstasy's own Emotion II Emotion (Rafael Fauria & Avalon Kalin), recorded NYE live at ICON on that fated eve 2011-2012, for your downloading pleasure. Get them while you can. These are deep hardware snacks that will probably never be released again. Recorded by and with gratefulness to Dane Overton.

Inspirational, healing, feelings

<3 Avalon K

Polonaise - Trocadero

Avalon and Scott getting deep and expansive for (proudly) 100% Silk! So excited for this one, check this exclusive to Ecstasy preview of "Untitled 3"'s (Steve/Wilhelm) Reichian house pulse.

Mercurio rising

Check out the remix we did for Discodromo :)

FREE MP3 VIA JUNO

be in our video :)

Friends, family.. We are making a new Miracles Club video and we would love you to be in it. All you have to do is film yourself and post as a video response or send us a link.

Lonely Sea 12"

Alexis's Lonely Sea is now available as a limited Japanese 12" from Big Love. Includes the Original, Honey Soundsystem, Emotion II Emotion & Ecstasy mixes :) We have a couple copies available on the side bar. Grab it.



Alexis Penney performing Kylie Minogue's "Come Into My World" while driving on the 5 freeway North en route to San Francisco.

Portland Jammin'

Check out this cool new chill out track by Regular Music a new project with members Eric Mast, Charlie Salas and Marius Libman.

Regular Music "The Work of Growing is The Work of Finding Something to Believe In. (Pt.1)" from Audio Dregs Recordings on Vimeo.

And this sweeeet new jam from Strategy ala 100% Silk. Scrumptious :)

Break Up II Make Up

Break-Up 2 Make-Up Mix by Chris Orr

Check out this mix for house lovers from San Francisco's Chris Orr.
Deeeeeeep <3

TONIGHT! TWO YEARS OF ECSTASY!

Tonight, our two year anniversary party! Featuring live sets from:

Miracles Club
Polonaise (Scott from Operative + Avalon K of Finesse)
Leech
Gemini Lion (Justin of Purple n Green)

Live & interactive video art by:
ECSTATIC EYE (Brenna Murphy, Birch Cooper, Michael Bunsen, Gabi Villasenor, Alex Norman)

Plus Spencer D & Miracles Club DJing all night!

Only $5, 9 til close!

Experimental Half Hour

The Miracles Club - "I Can't Help It" from Experimental ½ Hour on Vimeo.

Check out the latest Video by Experimental Half Hour :)

BICEP X BLONDES

One of our favorite internet places/producers BICEP has delivered a stunning reworking of NYC's Blondes track "Water". Look out for the long player and more remixes coming out soon on RVNG.



Also check out this mix Blondes did for FACT.

Ecstasy Mix Tape 001: House Gospel

Avalon Kalin kicks off the Ecstasy mixtape series with a deep mix of Gospel House. Limited Edition tape package includes booklet of churches throughout NE Portland. SOLD OUT. Download the powerful and uplifted mix below.

Ecstasy Mix Tape 001 by Avalon Kalin