Cool Yule
by Drew Mackie
SOLAR CELEBRATION: A
small problem: Despite publicity and popularity among frequenters
of the Santa Barbara music scene, the Dreamtime Continuum is a bit
of a mystery to this music columnist. It can be said without
hesitation, however, that this cooperative of musicians and
spiritualists will offer a respite from anything that most people
have come to recognize as typical downtown fare. For example, the
Dreamtime Continuum turned the holiday season on its head by
choosing to celebrate the Winter Solstice — a seasonal event born
of the planet’s movement through space rather than any
religious-themed holiday. The show will purportedly include some
combination of dancing and trancing — or, in their words,
“polyrhythmic ecstasy” — as well as didgeridoos at some point. And,
after all, what’s a solstice without didgeridoos? Discover the
Dreamtime Continuum for yourself at SOhO on Thursday, December 21
at 7 p.m.
SAVE FARRIS: Gene Farris is the self-described
“sinister minister of electronica’s changing sound.” When
translated, that amounts to Farris being a deejay of some acclaim,
and one of the bigger names to emerge from the Chicago house music
scene. At a young age, Farris fell in love with the diverse sounds
of new wave, disco, and soul and began fusing them into a unified
sound. In 1998, he realized his dream of creating his own record
label, Farris Wheel Recordings, which currently boasts a variety of
deejays, vocalists, and jazz performers. Expect the combined powers
of Farris’s considerable musical experience at his performance at
the Wildcat Lounge on Thursday, December 21. Turntable-savvy
cohorts DJ Hogg and Curly will also take turns in the booth.