Artist Info
We’re beyond excited to announce that The Quick & Easy Boys are set to absolutely rock the Saturday stage!
A power-trio hailing from Portland, OR that creates their own brand of rock and roll using elements from the Minutemen, the Police, and Band of Gypsies among others.
Their shows are an interactive party with electrifying stage antics and profound musical moments as the trio pours out every ounce of their energy, leaving nothing behind.
Check out more here: thequickandeasyboys.com
Quick & Easy Boys
Seattle’s premier psych warriors, Big Kitty, are storming the Friday stage for a night of pure cosmic groove.
Big Kitty will melt your face with psychedelic jams and towering melodies that fuse jazz to funk.
Featuring an all-star lineup: Ben Bloom, Jason Gray, and Grant Schroff (Polyrhythmics, Unsinkable Heavies)join Andy Coe (McTuff, Andy Coe Band) for their own brand of funk, soul, and psych. Not to be missed! DJ crew focusing on 90’s throwbacks played on vinyl. He really knows how to get the party rocking.
Here are his dj mixes you can check out on Mixcloud.
BIG KITTY
DJ, Daniel Ames is a master of the decks. He has been DJing events, private parties and weddings in Seattle, Portland and San Fran for the last 15 + years. Formerly Same DNA and a founding member of Trashy Trash DJ’s, a Portland and Seattle DJ crew focusing on 90’s throwbacks played on vinyl. He really knows how to get the party rocking.
Here are his dj mixes you can check out on Mixcloud.
DJ Daniel Ames
Freaky Outty (Palmer Auty) is a friend of DJ Daniel Ames and a club-trained DJ with an omnivorous musical appetite. His sets cover a wide range of styles from groovy soul & disco to high energy dancehall and Afrobeats. His weekly radio show The Filet airs every Saturday afternoon on Portland's XRAY FM highlighting new and emerging danceable sounds from all over the world.
Freaky Outty
Our very own Mitch Jacobsen or Hjalmar, as he’s also known, will be DJing Friday afternoon in the parking lot to welcome you to Professed! He will be providing an eclectic mix of upbeat tunes to get the weekend started!
Mitch has a varied background in audio, visual and healing arts. He will also be leading our sound bath session with a gong meditation. He is a certified Kundalini yoga instructor which is a yoga practice that focuses on gentle movement and releasing tension through meditation assisted by breath-work, mantra and sound healing.
DJ Hjalmar
Tyler Richart - West African Drum Class
Tyler has traveled extensively in West Africa, studying drum and dance music, string music on the 21 string kora, flute music, and balaphone music. His djembe masters (teachers) are some of the most revered djembe players ever to live. He is the current percussionist for multiple groups in the northwest, including REPOSADO, Jimmy James and the Sure Things, as well as the Blowout Heavies Brass Band.Don’t miss this dynamic performance!
Some drums can be provided if you don't have one. Please let let us know if you need to borrow a drum.
The first half of the class will be working on warm ups and honing drum hand skills. The second half will be learning traditional Malinke music from Guinea, West Africa using our voices, djembes, and dununs (west african bass drums with bells).
In addition, we’ll touch on a couple of common non-folkloric patterns that work well for more westernized jams with basses/guitars etc.
This year’s event EnLightened by MoonLasers
