Sassmouth, a classically trained party girl, sought refuge through
electronic dance music in an effort to escape the bullshit of capitalism.
Always on the lookout for the next serious party, Sassmouth's training
brought her to all corners of the globe including regular holidays in the
world's techno capital, Detroit; annual pilgrimages to the Winter Music
Conference, and regular visits to Ibiza's closing parties and the Mutek
festival.
After perfecting the art of dancing 'till sunset, Sassmouth was inspired
to DJ in 2002. Her youth, filled with classical training on the viola and
live peformances as a member of string quartets and punk bands in her home
region of the Eastern Washington wasteland, Spokane, prepared her
musically for her new role as DJ. She began fueling bars, lounges, house
parties, and morning gatherings in Chicago with her mix of techno, house
and electro.
Sam's love for the more minimal side of techno influenced her decision to
study in Santiago, Chile in 2004, where she further developed her minimal
melodic sound amongst the Chilean techno community. She eventually snagged
a set at one of the top techno nights in the city at the infamous Dominica
54'-- once again rocking that friendly late morning crowd.
Upon returning to Chicago in 2005, Sassmouth, along with her close friend
Antiphase and others, began organizing the biweekly techno night, Ettiket,
and she continued her late night hijinks behind the decks at other Naughty
Bad Fun Collective events such as those at the west-side underground spot
Deadtech.
In late '05 under the direction of Chicago techno visionary; Frankie
Vega's brainchild of 'Sassmouth Meets Punisher' was born at the special
'In Your System' anniversary party. Sam's collaborations with Detroit’s
Punisher, has brought an added depth to her sound. Their DJ act traverses
the spectrum of techno and electro music, from glitchy minimal to a
driving harder techno. The duo, 'Punisher vs Sassmouth' performed in many
U.S. cities often with Vega throughout '06 including the 'Live Wrong'
parties in Chicago, Miami, and Detroit, Venus Envy in Indianapolis, and at
the now infamous 'Seismic Presents' parties where the shows' phenomanal
sound systems truly emphasized Sassmouth's love of all wicked bass lines.
When not headlining events with Punisher, or by herself at Cincinnati's
techno night, "Bang" and elsewhere, Sassmouth was honored to warm the
decks or share the bill throughout '06 for many of her favorite techno
DJ's including, Speedy J, Adam Beyer, Misstress Barbara, Christian Smith,
Marco Carola, Neil Landstrumm, Magda, Mathew Dear, Richie Hawtin, Suburban
Knight and Buzz Gorree, Tony Rohr, Dietrich Schoeneman, James Holden,
Bryan Zentz, Legowelt, Ryan Elliott, Popkan, Steve Barnes, Justin Long, DJ
Shiva, Colin Zyzkowski, Andy Toth, Rex Sepulveda, Butane, and Barem to
name a few.
Kate Simko and Sassmouth's party, 'Wake Up!', is held every third Thursday at Sonotheque and has featured such artists as Matthew Dear and Miskate. Take a disco nap, come early, and stay late.
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