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Woody McBride, Alexis Rose and Girl Blunt Join Freak of the Week's 12 Hours of Funkmas 2, Dec. 19

Freak of the Week is bringing back its holiday marathon. The 12 Hours of Funkmas 2: A Whoville Boogie runs from 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, to 8 a.m. Sunday morning at a secret Minneapolis location. Ticket holders get the address by email on the day of the show.

Twin Cities rave pioneer Woody McBride (Communique Records) tops the local half of the bill. With him are Minneapolis house DJ Alexis Rose and Girl Blunt, who curates the Synastry party and is part of the Body High collective. Out-of-town headliners are Sonic Groove and Tresor's Adam X and Detroit's Detroit Techno Militia in 2x4 mode. Nola Rave, Devil Girl, GXNASTY, Jobot and Dr. Traxuit round out the night.

The promise on the flyer: "techno, disco, industrial, house music all night long." It's 21+, with tickets from $30 to $50 on Resident Advisor. Organizers strongly suggest buying ahead because space is limited.

Event info: 12 Hours of Funkmas 2 on mnVibe.

Kema and Pet Girlfriend Play discodesque ep10 at Disco Death Records Oct. 24

The live-streamed hardware series discodesque returns for episode 10 on Saturday, Oct. 24, with Minneapolis DJ and producer Kema and the duo Pet Girlfriend at Disco Death Records (721 W 26th St, Minneapolis). The organizers promise "hardware, improv, modular synthesis, sampling" and say "we're going in directions you won't expect." The previous edition featured Rakete's Baher and Alexis.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the show at 8 p.m. and wrapping around 10:30 p.m. The event is 21+, $15 at the door. For those at home, the set streams live at twitch.tv/discodesque, fed through a visual modular synthesizer.

Kema (Danny Almeida) is a Minneapolis DJ and producer who fuses his Latin heritage with global club sounds, with DJ features on platforms including The Lot Radio and NTS.

Details: discodesque ep10 on mnVibe.

Color in Reverse Joins M.A.Y.'s Halloween EP Release Show at the 331 Club

Minneapolis EBM/darkwave producer Color in Reverse plays a Halloween-night bill at the 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis on Saturday, October 31.

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New and Upcoming Minnesota Releases: Jeff Goldsmith, Wissota, SYM1, Perfect Female Type and More

New music from Minnesota artists: a film score from Jeff Goldsmith and a single from Wissota are out now, with more singles announced for October 16 and Halloween.

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