"Superlatives are a slippery slope, especially when it comes to highly subjective artforms like DJing. But then Theo Parrish comes along and puts every DJ you've ever seen to shame. The 53-year-old Detroiter performed an open-to-close set in San Francisco at the Foundry, helming the decks solo for nearly 6 hours. The last time I saw him, at a shady Williamsburg warehouse circa 2014, he played from midnight to 8 a.m."
"Parrish's power lies in his ability to bend genres to his will, making rapid shifts between techno disco edits in ways you'd never expect would work. Part of the magic comes from his treatment of the DJ mixer as an actual instrument, wielding the EQs with such personality and verve that it's as if Theo himself becomes a part of the music."
San Francisco summer is ending with China Beach temporarily closed during the government shutdown and meteorologists forecasting La Niña. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has concluded, yet the city remains lively. Fogcutter launched as a weekly Sunday guide reporting nightclubs, film screenings, and food festivals across the city. The edition encourages attending the opera, features a Bay Area singer at Hardly Strictly, and spotlights DJ Theo Parrish. Parrish, a 53-year-old Detroiter, played an open-to-close set at the Foundry lasting nearly six hours and is known for marathon performances and genre-bending remixes. He treats the DJ mixer as an instrument, making rapid, unexpected shifts between techno and disco and frequently playing his own remixes.
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