A night of big room sounds to get your engine running—from soulful circuit and vocals to house music from the streets of Chicago. Everybody gets hard at HARD BLOCK!
ALMOND BROWN
Since his last residency at the Cuff Seattle, ALMOND BROWN has been leveling up his skills in rooms large and small and made his name on the national scene. As former resident DJ of Q Rapture Saturdays and frequent headliner of parties as diverse as Flammable and Quiver at Rebar, Train Car House Party, Red Dress Part...
A night of big room sounds to get your engine running—from soulful circuit and vocals to house music from the streets of Chicago. Everybody gets hard at HARD BLOCK!
ALMOND BROWN
Since his last residency at the Cuff Seattle, ALMOND BROWN has been leveling up his skills in rooms large and small and made his name on the national scene. As former resident DJ of Q Rapture Saturdays and frequent headliner of parties as diverse as Flammable and Quiver at Rebar, Train Car House Party, Red Dress Party, the Bump, Soft Option at the Monkey Loft, and Proper at Electric Tea Garden, Almond has shown his affinity for big room sounds as well as deep sexy house that makes you want to lose your inhibitions. He has also kept busy producing and remixing tracks for the likes of Inaya Day, John LePage, Paul Goodyear, Sudad G and the Village People, as well as co-hosting "Now Serving," Seattle's premier internet radio talk show about dance music, culture, politics and the art of not giving a fuck.
Help us welcome back the Cuff's prodigal son with his new wealth of musical flavors, and get this party started!
MIKE SNIFFEN
Although only DJ’ing since 2009,
his passion for music is responsible for
his quick success. Whether it’s a Peak
Hour Circuit Set, a Gay Days® Pool
Party, a rooftop lounge or an intimate
deep house set, expect the
unexpected when he is behind the
decks. His professional DJ debut was
in 2010 with the official Atlantis Sail
Away Party as his first gig. In 2011
Mike became one of Club Angel
Shanghai’s resident DJs where he was
the maestro for 2000+ club goers on a
weekly basis, the ultimate dream of for
any DJ.
It was not long before he was a spinning at some of the hottest venues for some of Asia’s biggest parties. In November of 2013 he embarked on his first 'Return 2 Asia Tour'
(#djmsR2Atour), which consisted of 10 gigs in 5 cities and 3 countries over the course of 7 weeks. This tour also saw Mike debut in Seoul for Velocity's The White Boat Party and at Papa Club in Guangzhou. After his set at Papa Club he was offered another date before leaving the venue. He has also been a guest DJ at venues such as Taboo Club (Singapore), Destination Club (Beijing), part of HX Production’s Lineup for Taiwan Pride
(Taipei) in 2012 and was a resident of Shanghai's Quarterly Circuit weekend, Heaven.
Mike also has numerous highlights in America including his U.S. Debut for one of the biggest weekends in the U.S. at Gay Days® Disney in Orlando in 2012 and returned to
spin 2 events in 2013. 2013 also saw his LA Debut for Ray and Dante’s MOMENTUM: Down The Rabbit Hole Event. In his short career he has shared the stage with some of
the industries greatest talents including DJ Paulo, Steven Redant, Twisted Dee, Jack Chang, Hector Fonseca, Randy Bettis, but Mike personally admits playing with UK’s
‘Godfather of House’ Danny Rampling" has inspired him to pursue his passion when Rampling said “Mike supported me in Shanghai and demonstrated great flair, playing perfect music to compliment my set, a true professional with a great DJ future ahead.”