Webster Hall New York City | Nightclub | Venue

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

In the Grand Ballroom

GRANDMASTER FLASH

Klever aka Josh Winkler was born on the fourth of July in 1977, the son of famous blues musician, Juke Joint Johnny. Josh distinctly recalls going to his father's shows at a young age and listening him jam out on the harmonica. At the tender age of four, he received his very first drum set, a "manimall" Muppet Show kit that he practiced playing until the skins busted.

Josh spent most of his adolescence like any all-american kid: baseball, grinding curbs, and eating apple pie. He lived to sneak out at night and hit Atlanta's local skate spots where he caught a healthy reputation for his competitive spirit and pushing big tricks.

At the age of sixteen, Josh's competitive passion for both tricks and music met the almighty turntable and Klever was born. Growing up with a hip hop background, Klever studied djs like Premier, Cash Money, Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Jeff for their mixing and scratching arrangements. In 1997, Klever started competing in every local competition possible where he began practicing with the Third World Citizens - Faust, Shorty, Shotgun, Craze, and T-Rock. In 2000, Klever seized the national DMC championship title and while at the international DMC competition, he was inducted into the world famous Allies crew, which consisted of renowned turntablists Craze and A-Trak. He began traveling the globe a lot with Craze. Shortly after, the two released the cult classic " Scratch Nerds." Klever began to produce prominent break record's for battle djs and producers. In 2001, Klever successfully defended his national DMC title. He then represented the states in London for the international title. Later that year, he also won the national ITF title in San Francisco.

Beyond his accredited mastery as a turntablist, Klever has developed a healthy reputation as "tomorrows dj". Klever has established his name throughout the dj circuit for his crowd-roaring routines and mix sets. Being born and raised an ATLien, his signature style (on and off the decks) moves crowds in every direction from his roots of crunk, booty, and hip hop to the sweaty sounds of electro, dance-rock, b-more, new-wave, hard rock, and anything worthy to make you rock with finesse.

In the past 5 years, Klever has been performing his signature sets non-stop around the world (Taiwan, England, Ireland, Germany, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Australia, Japan, etc). He consistently amazes crowds and party-goers from 60 to 60,000 at world renowned venues such as (but not limited to) Miami's Ice Palace, Tai Pae's Ministry of Sound, NYC's Roxy and Irving Plaza, Club Fabric in London, numerous House of Blues venues throughout the U.S., El Rey Theatre in L.A., and Atlanta's Tabernacle. He has also showcased his skills at monumental events like the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Canadian Circa Skateboard Tour, Audiotistic in L.A., and the High Museum in Atlanta.

He has released several mix CDs obtaining notoriety from culture heavy hitters such as Turntable Lab and Tablist magazine. He also two immensely popular battle break records with DJ SHOTGUN (former dj for Goodie Mob), Dirty South Breaks and Get Crunk Breaks. More commercially, his talent can be also heard on various production: from Rob Swift's (X-ecutioners) album - Sound Event to Bubba Sparxxx' - Deliverance to NBA BALLERS 2: PHENOM.

Not only audibly, Klever's skills have been featured in numerous DVDs: the film Scratch (a DJ documentary awarded at the Sundance Music Festival, A-Trak's "Sunglasses are a Must", Stanton's – "Step-By-Step" (instructional), "Tableturn's - A Great Day In Turntablism", the 2000 & 2001 USA/World DMC Championships, the 2001 ITF USA Championships, 2002 & 2003 USA and JAPAN ALLIES Invitational All Star Beatdown, and the upcoming ALLIES (untitled) self produced DVD.

Klever is currently a member of the world famous Ammo Rec. /STPCHLD crew, He is working on collaborative projects that encompass the street culture lifestyle through music art and fashion. Between touring nonstop and his dedicated lab time, you can find Klever maintaining his monthly residency at Atlanta’s most off-the-wall party otherwise known as Sloppy Seconds.

and Treasure Fingers

With over 10 years of international DJing experience killing dancefloors from Russia to Australia and everywhere in between, Ashley Jones aka Treasure Fingers is no stranger to rocking parties. A well-versed producer and an accomplished musician, Treasure Fingers has his lustrous hand in multiple genres. He is also part of the drum and bass trio, Evol Intent, who are widely considered the #1 U.S. producers in their respective genre. While most would rest easy on the success of one genre, TF does not sleep. Operating out of his home base of Atlanta, he produces music endlessly in between touring, dabbling in hip hop, idm, downtempo, and more.

The talented Mr. Fingers’ major break in to the electro scene came by way of his catchy remix of Snowden’s ‘Anti Anti’ for Jade Tree Records. The success of this remix led to remixes for other artists including one for Romanthony, the writer and vocalist behind Daft Punk’s mega-hit “One More Time”. All the while he has continued to produce banging original tunes such as “Cross the Dancefloor”, which caught the ear of A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs, landing him a spot on the Fool's Gold Records roster.

Coming from an incredibly varied musical background, ranging from dirty south hip hop to electronic experimental music (and everything in between), his broad tastes reflect in his tracks. The clean production style, laced with unique funky basslines and quirky synths, makes for lively, yet intricate melodies. His tunes widely appeal to fans of the grittiest electro, to ones of the more disco infused dancerock breed. Packing enough diversity to satisfy just about anyone, it doesn’t matter if the word ‘grill’ makes you think of barbeques or shiny mouths, Treasure Fingers will make you shake that ass.

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