JOHNNIE WALKER PRESENTS AFTER BURNER feat. TIM SWEENEY (US) // Shigeki & DJ KFC
PUBLISHED September 7th, 2015 05:40 pm | UPDATED July 2nd, 2020 01:41 am
Introducing Tim Sweeney and Beats In Space, Written By Nick Sylvester:
We’re at the point where any music you want can come out of any THING you want, at any time of the day, at any price you’re willing to entertain. It’s beyond overwhelming — which is to say off the bat: There’s something just nice about a good old-fashioned FM radio show like Beats In Space.
It’s easy, for me at least, to see why Tim became the center of all this. I and other music people are drawn to his quiet enthusiasm, his devotion to craft, his sense of New York history. He’s had good mentors too. Tim interned with the legendary Steve Stein — Steinski — who legendarily would take a whole week to prep a single two-hour radio mix. Tim also interned at DFA Records under James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy, right when things were getting good. (Trivia: You can hear Tim play sax on the DFA remix of Radio 4’s “Dance To The Underground.’) From there he became a mainstay at the legendary DFA parties in the early and mid 00s, and developed a reputation as a DJ not for his skill or taste but for his empathy—having a sixth sense to him about when he could take a party to another plane. Like the time he played the first Holy Ghost! 12′ at Studio B… I was there!
All those are monsters, but the story I keep coming back to is Lauer. Before Philip Lauer released music on Tim’s label, he was a fan of Tim’s show. And I like to think I can hear the Beats In Space influence in Lauer’s ‘Macsat Ring Down’ — the clean, glitchy rhythms that fit together puzzle-like, the call and response bass and lead lines, the slow drip of overdrive. It seems custom built for Tim. Total hogwash maybe, and Tim would blush at the suggestion. As a radio host, DJ, label honcho — in any of these humble roles, let alone all of them, Tim’s aim is humble too: Make people excited about the music that excites him. But here he is: releasing records on Beats In Space that he would play on Beats In Space radio, by artists influenced by records Tim previously played on Beats In Space…
AFTER BURNER – KYO FORMULA ONE SPECIALS
As the intoxicating burn of the tires fill the air, kyo takes your F1 experience further with the Afterburner weekender. Head down post-race to Singapore’s only basement club dedicated to quality underground electronic music. Feel the afterburn with international heavyweights on the decks, as the sounds of classic house takes hold on Friday with Tim Sweeney, host of the critically acclaimed Beats In Space radio station, while Saturday brings the tech 4/4 flavours with the legendary Agoria. Don’t stop at the finish line… see you at the afterburner.
This event takes place at Club Kyo on 18 Sep from 9pm onwards. RSVP [here](https://rsvpd.co/g/kyo15_septwk3) for complimentary entry before 11.00pm. Public Admission: $35 including 1 glass of Veuve Clicquot Champagne. For more information, check out the event page [here](https://www.facebook.com/events/736700386473445/).
