I'll start with Monocle, my favorite DJ duo in San Francisco. I heard them through a co-worker of mine who is also a DJ. He went to the same school with them in Boston. I checked them out and have been hooked since.
I'm not too keen on labeling dance music but I think minimal techno is correct. For some reason they rarely perform and I missed the first three opportunities. After hearing nothing from them for probably three months they announce a show at the SF Underground near Haight and Fillmore. A divey bar with a small grungy dance floor in the back. My main complaint with them is that they don't have a website so you don't know what's going on unless you know the people who throw the parties. Still, I've hardly had a bad time there as the crowd is friendly.
I get there plenty early as I don't want to miss them again! It's crowded in the bar area but plenty of room on the dance floor. The DJs are danceable and my room mate and his friend soon join me.
Monocle sets up their laptops and the anticipation for me was very very high. I've listened to their tracks over and over for probably a year. They start out as I expected, slow and almost sneaking in but I'm already in full dance mode up front, right in front of Christina who is a cute as she looks in the photos. They do a lot of communicating (I believe they are a couple) and cue each other. A few times they obviously skipped the beats but it was nice to see them react in a tongue in cheek manner.
Christina has one of the best quirks in a DJ: When the track builds, her eyes start pointing up to the ceiling and she holds it there until the climax. By this time my shirt is off soaked in the corner and my under shirt is soaked as well. Nice thing about small venues is they aren't too concerned with the dress code.
By the end of the set, which ended way too soon, I yell out "Glass Remix!" which is my favorite track. I think they heard it but they had to rap up. The crowd which had grown a bit since the start were also disappointed that their set ended. I shook their hands in thanks and left for the night. My friends decided to stay and dance a bit longer.
If I could I would see them every weekend. They were as good as I expected them to be. Since then (about 3 months ago) they have been silent. I guess it also works that DJs as amazing as them should happen on special occasions.
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