Where to listen
Check out the Plasmonic Lounge every Monday night at 11PM on 88.5 FM and at www.wrur.org.
Recent News
Jeff Clarkson will be featured at the East End Festival for winning Metromix's 2010 Rochester Insider magazine Battle of the DJ contest. He will be playing on the Main Broadway Stage Friday, July 9th at 5PM.
Congrats to Jeff Clarkson for winning Metromix's 2010 Rochester Insider magazine Battle of the DJ contest sponsored by RIPROC!!!!
Check out the music production skills of Jeff Clarkson and Ben Wood featured in a viewSPORT commercial video here.
Happy birthday to Chris!!! The jive of Jeff Clarkson and Ben Wood continues at the Good Luck Bar. This is a private party. Good Luck will be closed the night of Saturday, June 19th.
It's private party time! Come celebrate the completion of the East End Banner Project by the Philipson Group!!! Jeff Clarkson will be serving beats with Ben Wood on saxophone. Other surprises we can't tell you about - it's over the top!! Invite only - Thursday, May 13th.
Jeff Clarkson and his wing man, Ben Wood on saxophone, will be dropping some music at the private opening of Tru Jewellery in
Pittsford, NY on Thursday, May 6th.
Congrats to Jeff Clarkson for being selected as one of City Magazines's Annual Manual 2010: Cutting-edge local DJs!
On behalf of the RIWD planning committee, the Plasmonic Lounge would like to thank Sounds Source for the donation of audio equipment for Rochester International Women's Day this past Sunday, March 7th.
Join Jeff Clarkson along side a mass of other fools for the event of the century at the Dubland Underground Friday, April 16th. More details to come...
Come on out to the Good Luck Restaurant for Rochester International Women's Day on Sunday, March 7th starting at 1PM. World music by Jeff Clarkson will fill out intermissions between performances.
Join the hOMe crew Marshall Vickers and NickL with special guest Jeff Clarkson at Tapas on 177 St. Paul Street Friday, March 5th at 9PM.
Jeff Clarkson will be serving up sounds of jazz, soul, funk and flava again for the 2010 Simon School Black Jack Ball on Saturday, February 27th in the Max at High Falls.
City Newspaper announced that its readers voted 88.5 FM WRUR as the Best Radio Station in Rochester for 2009!!! The Plasmonic Lounge would like to thank all of its listeners who tune into WRUR every Monday night to hear DJ Continuum!!!!!
Jeff Clarkson will be featured on Renegade Soundwave this coming Wednesday, November 11th on 89.7 FM WITR from 8 - 10PM. Streaming live on the net at http://witr.rit.edu and also achieved shows at http://soundcloud.com/renegade-soundwave.
Back by popular demand - Ultralounge Revisited!!!! DJs Dijon, Steven Kraft, and Jeff Clarkson will be serving up the second official Ultralounge Revisited event on Friday, October 30th at 9PM at TiLT Nightclub & Ultralounge . The last event served 130 sweat rags twisted up on the dance floor. Dont miss out on this one!
MONSTER MASH - Thursday October 29th at ONE Restaurant & Lounge featuring THE COMMUNIST PARTY,
McNASTY,
Oxford Collective,
Hoogs, Audiowright, SuSpence, Ezra Mechaber,
Turntable Terrorwrists,
Jay Mora, Disko & Voins, Attikka, Grizzly,
Wi, Jeff Clarkson mashing with Jonathan Young,
A-KO,
L.E.S.H.,
BearBear, Ed Santiago,
Steven Kraft, Percussion,
Geof-e,
Rainbow, candicaine,
Potent J,
Rola, Scutti,
FuManchu,
Clyde Brown,
Loki,
Twist, 5 MCs and 20+ artists all at ONE event!!!
Join DJs Steven Kraft, Ethan Borshansky and Jeff Clarkson on Friday, July 17th at 9PM at TiLT. Almost a year ago Steve and Ethan left Rochester to take their music to the next level. As a result, Ethan Borshansky has been signed to multiple record labels and Steven Kraft has played out in major cities across America. Join them as they reunite for the first time back in Rochester!!!
On Friday, May 15th DJs Ed Santiago, Jason Morabito, and Jeff Clarkson cast music into ONE for the grand opening event where the upstairs patio and dance floor was revealed. Doors open at 10PM. If you missed out on the action here is a video from that night.
Hear the sounds of Jeff Clarkson escaping from the big white tent on the UR capus as he plays for the Senior graduating class Friday, May 15th at 11AM.
Come to our Nueve de Mayo Session featuring sounds by Jeff Clarkson,Patrick McLaughlin, Jonathan Young, Kirill Igumenshchev, and friends Saturday, May 9th at 3PM in GVP.
Join local artists Patrick McLaughlin, Jonathan Young and Jeff Clarkson for ELEMENTS at the Rochester Contemporary Art Museum during First Friday. The event will take place at 5PM Friday, April 1st and will feature Lydia Zotto, and experimental harpist from the Eastman School of Music.
Jeff Clarkson will be playing an opening set of baby making music in Washingotn D.C. this Saturday, April 25th at EXPO on 9th and U street. Main acts include John Johnson and Double o7!!!
Yuri's Space Night Celebration is Saturday, April 11th at 2PM near the Genesee Valley Park Roundhouse Shelter. Jeff Clarkson will be joined by Egor
Matveyev, and Kirill
Igumenshchev to serve up spaced out IDM and techno based electronic beats.
Check out Jeff Clarkson's latest interview with the Rochester Entertainment & Music Group! Click here for the goods.
The University of Rochester Graduate Organizing Group goes to ONE Restaurant and Lounge for a night out on the town. Join us on Saturday, April 4th for a night to remember with music from DJ Ed Santiago and Jeff Clarkson.
Join the Rochester Indian Association at the University of Rochester in celebrating Holi on Sunday, March 22nd at 8PM!! Jeff Clarkson will be serving the Indian beats!!!
Join local artists
Kirill Igumenshchev,
Steve Kraft,
Patrick McLaughlin, Jonathan Young and Jeff Clarkson for ELEMENTS at the Rochester Contemporary Art Museum during First Friday. The event will take place at 6PM Friday March 6th and will feature experiments in electronic music with special guest Radere.
Come to the Record Archive Friday, February 27th at 6PM to hear music by some of EROCs most spledid DJs in one of Rochester's finest record shops!!!
Jeff Clarkson will be serving up all sorts of jazzy sounds for the Simon School of Business Black Jack Ball Saturday, February 21st.
Come wish Leigh Hobart all the best with his move to Charlotte, NC and celebrate his contribution to Rochester's electronic music scene. TREND will take place at TiLT on Friday, January 30th at 9:30PM and feature music from Leigh, A-Ko, Klayman, and Jeff Clarkson.
Steven Kraft, Polikarp and Jeff Clarkson reunite for a special show in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, January 10th.
Bring in the New Year at ONE on Wednesday, December 31st starting at 9PM!! Jeff Clarkson will join the team of Ed Santiago, Johnathan Herbert, and Annalyze for a night that you won't forget!
Join WRUR for an open mic night at Hill Side Cafe Tuesday December 9th at 8PM. Sounds by Jeff Clarkson in between acts!
A special tribute show in honor of U of R alumni Barclay Crenshaw will feature sounds from the dirtybird and mothership labels on the Plasmonic Lounge October 20th. Speical guest Dijon will be mixxing it up on 1s and 2s.
Join us for an outdoor dance party! October 11th from 7PM until the sound ordinance boots us! You'll find us at the nice green patch on the corner of Park Ave and Meigs St.
Win a pair of tickets to RAVE:CULTURE at TiLT Night Club! This event is on Friday the 26th, doors open at 9:30PM. Three pairs of tickets will be given away on the Plasmonic Lounge Monday the 22nd from 10PM to Midnight!
Jeff Clarkson's Yuri’s Space Tour just announced. September 6th at 8 PM at Boulder Coffee and September 19th at 8PM at Starry Nights Café.
Special guest Jonathan Young on 88.5 WRUR and www.wrur.org September 1st at 10PM.
WRUR DJ Night at the Bug Jar for the Shakedown on August 21st starting at 10 PM featuring Jeff Clarkson.
Special guest Rob Drury of Color Sounds on 88.5 WRUR or www.wrur.org August 18th at 10PM.
Tune into 88.5 WRUR or www.wrur.org for bring your Mom to DJ Night on July 7th!
Special Guest Ethan Borshansky on 88.5 WRUR or www.wrur.org June 23rd.
Join us at the Ant Hill Co-op on May 3rd for Electronic in the attic starting at 9PM!
Celebrate Space at Yuri's Space Night April 12th at GVP starting at 10PM.
Bring in the new year at ONE night club December 31st starting at 9PM.
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Claud Vonstroke (Barclay Crenshaw)
October 20th 2008 on Plasmonic Lounge
PL: Where did you grow up?
BC: I grew up in suburbs of Cleveland and Detroit. I once visited Rochester when I was a little kid and got bit by a beetle. I swore I would never return but ended up in college there anyway.
PL: How/Why did you end up at UR?
BC: It was the best school I got into. At the time it was also one of the only schools with a film dept. a good English dept and a radio station.
PL: What was your major?
BC: Film Studies.
PL: What activities did you participate in while studying at UR (besides the radio)?
BC: I was on the swim team. I also was a class senator for a year although politics didn’t really agree with me. I participated in the Danish International Studies program which I highly recommend and spent a semester in Copenhagen during Junior year. I was in a fraternity too but I tried to be friends with everyone and stay away from being too much of a frat boy.
PL: Are there any other comments/funny stories about your experience at UR?
BC: I liked a lot of aspects of UR but I also couldn’t wait to get out and move to California. The lack of city nightlife is kind of huge in Rochester so I made up for it after college. At UR I did everything a typical drunk ass kid can do to cause trouble and try to get laid but I also got really good grades. I think I went to Nick Tahoe’s 1000 times if that is still around.
PL: When did you have your radio show at UR?
BC: I had it the first two years and then the radio station was shut down due to frequency conflicts with the police emergency line. So I didn’t actually have a show after my Junior year started. It was a bummer. Some true believers kept Djing on AM but I gave it up.
PL: What was the show’s name?
BC: The Power Move
PL: How did your experiences at the UR radio station influence your progression into the career you have now?
BC: It was a hip-hop show. I think it was a good basis but I didn’t go straight into music after college so I’m not sure how much the show really influenced me. It did keep me involved in music as I was moving away from music into film.
PL: Did you ever think that you would be doing what you do now when you were at UR?
BC: No, I was sure I was going to be a screenwriter/director. My friend Nigel Richards (owner of 611 records, Philly) was one year ahead of me. I remember thinking the music he was doing was crazy and that it wasn’t real music. He would tell me about these Philly parties and I would have no idea what he was talking about. Lol, then I followed in his footsteps 10 years later!
PL: Do you prefer managing the label(s), producing music, or DJing? Why?
BC: Producing is the hardest and the most rewarding but it is only rewarding once you get to the DJing. They go hand in hand. Label management is a pain but I like some aspects of it. I’m really driven to make the label succeed by keeping the quality high. Once the quality starts to waiver your label is over in my opinion.
PL: Are there any big events coming up that you can tell us about?
BC: Yes all the time. In America we now have a quarterly dirtybird party in San Francisco. We have also started branching out and having dirtybird events in places like London, Berlin, Paris, etc. I also DJ about two weekends a month in Europe and one weekend here in the US.
PL: Are there any new releases that you can tell us about?
BC: Yes, next up on dirtybird is our newest artist, J.Phlip. She is a Chicago native living in SF and she is a champion DJ (literally, she won a national magazine championship.) The release is called “Rumble Rumble”
On mothership we are releasing singles from the new Catz ‘n Dogz album all the way through January with remixes by Gudio Schneider, Guillame and the Coutu Dumonts, Voodeux, and the Italoboyz.
BC: The snow is about to begin up there. Don’t get too depressed. Some people say that college is the best 4 years of your life. That isn’t true at all!
