Spaced Invaders

The Spaced Invaders were invited to perform at the Charleston City Paper’s Best of Charleston event. It was an awesome gig! For those of you who don’t know about the event. (Myself included) The event is held at the Joe Riley Stadium. The City Paper brings in all the “Best Of” winners to showcase their food, goods, etc., Bring in the alcohol vendors, and hand out 1500 free tickets to the City Paper’s closest friends, family, etc. And let me you, those tickets go fast. In fact they started handing the tickets out on the Friday before the event. And by Saturday morning they were gone. (Thanks to Blair the advertising director for allowing me to make a list to allow friends in.)

The event really kicked ass. Flatbroke and I dropped music in between each bands set, and they gave us like a 3-story video screen to project on. Check out the video to see some of the madness of the party.

Best of Charleston Party 2009 from Charleston City Paper on Vimeo.

In lighter note, the Spaced Invaders didn’t make the “Best DJs in Charleston.” But we did somehow make the “Best Graffiti Artists.” Which we’re pretty confused about thinking that I haven’t touched a spray paint can since my teenage years and Flatbroke has not touched a spray paint can since his early 20’s. We couldn’t help to make jokes the whole time we were up on stage about being the, “Best Graff’ers” in Charleston, when we know we’re DJs, we’ve always sent press releases out stating that, and there are so many good artists here that could definitely own that title. Anyway, I hope that after Wednesday the local press has a better grasp of what we do.

All in all, can’t thank them enough for having us out there and hope that we all continue having a blast together and we can elevate the scene and get something real going on in this city.

One last thing, I have to shout out to Bad Jon Photography. I still haven’t met the fellow, but he took that wicked photo of Flatbroke on the decks.

So it appears that Sonar was the only one in Charleston who has never heard of the Charleston City Paper’s – Best of Charleston Party. For those as clueless to the event as I was, every year the Charleston City Paper throws a big party-concert for all the winners of the Best of Charleston awards. The attendees usually top in the early thousands. The folks at the City Paper have asked the Spaced Invaders to do fills in between each band, as well as do visuals for all them. That was really cool of them! However, the party is special invite only and this year they are only giving out 25 tickets to the public. This is straight from the City Paper website showing you how to snag one:

OK kids, we’ve got 25 pairs of tickets to give away for our annual Best of Charleston party on March 4. This year’s party will be held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. ballpark (yeah, that’s the big baseball stadium by the Citadel). It starts at 6:30 and goes to 9 p.m.

We’re mixing things up this year, so to get free tickets you’ve got to prove you want ‘em. To enter, upload a photo of yourself with a mustache to your profile on this site. Leave a comment at the bottom of this page and we’ll choose 25 winners out of all the profile pictures on Monday afternoon. Funny wins. Clever wins. Searching Google for “mustache” and grabbing the first image you find LOSES.
NOTE: We will notify winners through the e-mail address listed on your profile. If it’s not valid, or you don’t check it, you won’t get the notice!

That’s from the horse’s mouth right there. Other than that I really cannot tell you much more about it. Truth is, I really don’t know much more than that. I’m supposed to meet up with the folks from City Paper and the production company sometime today to see how we’re all going to set up for Wednesday. I’ll post something else up when I know more. But until that time, get your moustache on!

The Digitel asked the Spaced Invaders to do some entertainment for their Debutante Ball to build a better awareness of their online news publication. It was a total blast! Flatbroke dropped the funk and rocked the party like nobody’s business! It was funkier then Fred Sanford havein’ the big one. We ended up lighting the whole top part of the Mescons building just to add mroe flavor to the event and hopefully draw more crowds in. Well, needless to say I think it worked. The event had over 200 people show up and get down to party. Ambregre Sloan was also out there and handed out her delicious handmade organic doughnuts. The Spaced Invaders are totally doing Digitel parties again! Hit the jump to check out what they said about the event and to check out the videos they made. They’ve even got a stop motion video of the beginning part of the event.

The Digitel Debutante Ball

February 7, 2009
9 PM - Close

The Daily Dose
1622 Highland Ave, Charleston, SC‎
James Island, SC 29412

$5 Door Charge goes to the Boys & Girls Club of the Trident Area – Shaw Unit.

On the first Saturday of every month for the last year, Charleston’s only video turntablist crew “The Spaced Invaders” has broken out some big toys to draw crowds to their monthly party, “The Stone Groove.”  Setting up 15 foot projection screens and massive sound systems powered by turntable controlled laptops has drawn both good and bad attention to the party, easily visible (and audible) from Folly Road.

With the new positive energy flowing through the country, they’ve decided for 2009 its time to use their fan base and unique geek-chic style to benefit a different charity every month – beginning this month with The Trident Area Shaw Unit Boys & Girls Club of America, who has been receiving a lack of funds do to the current financial state of the economy.

Attendees are treated to something very special, a wild visual display of classic music videos, remixed and scratched movies with just plain silly antics combined with the 60’s and 70’s soul songs that were used to create the 90’s hip hop sound that is so rarely heard today.  “I looked up to see 50 people staring at the huge screen, nodding their heads with the music” states VJ Scrunchyface Flatbroke, one of the Spaced Invaders.  “It was the same mesmerizing look you see when you put a toddler in front of a TV!”

“The Stone Groove party at the Daily Dose is like partying with your closest friends in another friends’ back yard…Just with giant video screens and some good mood food,” says, VJ Sonar, another member of the Spaced Invaders. “Now teaming up with local charities, we have something people can look forward to going to, have a good time, and feel good about giving back to the community. It’s really a party with a purpose.”

For more information please contact:
The Spaced Invaders
843-263-3714
get@spacedinvaders.net

Daily Dose
843-225-3367

To donate to the Shaw Unit Boys & Girls Club: 843-577-5545 www.bgclubta.org

The Digitel is throwing a little get together at Global Awakening this Thursday. The Spaced Invaders will be on hand doing projections and video for the event. FREE doughnuts and FREE brew. Don’t get much better than that.

I’m going to get kind of nostalgic with this post but it’s the New Year once again. Time for everyone to start their resolutions for the year only to forget them in about three weeks. Time for everyone to reflect on the last year and see how they can make themselves better in 2009. Well in retrospect, I’d say 2008 was a great year for the Spaced Invaders and me as a DJ.

First off 2008 had a lot of great shows for the Spaced Invaders. The College of Charleston Red Event (Which started it all), Kulture Klash 2, The Future Sound of Breaks World Tour Stop in Charleston, The Side Show Fashion Show, Dr. King’s Skinful Halloween and certainly last but not least, our Stone Groove events. All the shows that we did last year just totally blow my mind away. Already in the first year that the Spaced Invaders formed we have performed in front of thousands. I can’t be more thankful than that.

In addition to the shows we made a lot of good friends along the way and have met some really great people as well. People who are really helping us out and believe in what we do. Mad thanks to the folks at Camel and Redbull for hooking us up with shows and calling us back for more. Same thing to CofC Radio. Also, another thanks to Torch for letting me have a weekly gig at your place, and most of all letting me be free to play what I feel. There’s just so many people to thank that I’ll have to spend all day writing. So please don’t be upset that I don’t get to you in this. (After all this is just a blog post)

I also am going to market the Stone Groove podcast and live show very hard this year. Flatbroke and I moved the party to the Daily Dose on James Island and the party within two months have become a huge hit. Most of all, it became very Charlestonian in doing this. Somehow moving the party out of downtown into this very chill, vibey spot just seems right. Our friends are out there and each show we make new ones. It’s really just turned into this great time. I think this year the Stone Groove will be so huge in when the weather warms up and more people spread the word. Duffy, you have been great about helping us out in that way.

Lastly, this brings up the Stone Groove as a whole. I just can’t believe this. In November the podcast had over 8000 listens. Speaking of that, the Spaced Invaders are still the only DJs in Charleston with mixtapes on iTunes. (At least at the time of this posting. And that I know of.) The Stone Groove and the ideas behind it have really brought out a new aspect of DJing in me. I’m back to digging again. You know trying to find those tunes that are just great. I’m back to practicing on the decks. I’m back to producing music and beats once again. And I’m back to sticking to my guns and not selling out to the Top 40 BS. And I owe a great deal of this to Flatbroke, he just keeps upping his skills and just his keeps digging and digging and digging. Throughout day one he’s been a sort of mentor in all of this just sort of fine tuning the direction of the Stone Groove and making sure it never loses steam. I couldn’t ask for somebody better to work with on this Stone Groove funk mothership.

Anyway, I have to run and make it look like I do something for a living. I leave you with this parting shot from the last Stone Groove event. It is a picture of Duffy’s son Boogie Down (Yep that’s his real name) as our guest DJ at the Stone Groove.