The Scumfrog and DoubtingThomas: Party Preview
Two new-school house heroes descend on Public Works this Saturday.
The Scumfrog is the curiously chosen DJ alter ego of one Jesse Houk, a Dutchman now residing in New York. Early in his career, in the late-'90s, his productions were high-tempo, high-energy house tracks, often with a progressive or tribal edge. Later in his career, he became a high-profile remix artist, and these days, he's a regular presence at Burning Man, playing long-form tech-house sets; expect something in this vein this weekend. Sharing the stage with him is
DoubtingThomas, a French producer whose roots run back to the '90s, when he was producing ambient, downtempo tunes under a different name. He launched DoubtingThomas in 2008, hewing to a refined minimal house palette, using texture, sound design, and judiciously placed samples to build remarkably delicate-yet-dancefloor-friendly tunes. On warm-up duty is
Rachel Torro, a local tech-house selector and Public Works resident.
— Chris Zaldua
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