San Francisco-based artist Griffin Crafts connects audiences and musicians through creation, curation, and community. As a producer and DJ, he blends acoustic and synthetic sounds from around the world into eclectic sets rooted in downtempo, slow house, and slow techno.
He has performed with an international array of artists including Snoop Dogg, Bonobo, The Glitch Mob, Modeselektor, Little Dragon, Emancipator, Nicola Cruz, Mira, Lee Burridge, Dirtwire, Martha van Straaten, M.RUX, Lusine, El Buho, Barrio Lindo, History of Colour, O/Y, Iorie, Lotte Ahoi, Billy Caso, Wide Awake, Okaxy, Maugli, Sarah Kreis, Jo.Ke, Tor, Noema, Rumpistol, Olaf Stuut, David Last, Pigmalião, Kraut, Uji, Sidirum, Nickodemus, Dreems, Luca Musto, Lemurian, MoM, Lola Villa, Barda, 7e, Nathan Hall, and Ground. He has recorded podcasts for Shika Shika (Buenos Aires/Paris), Freunde von Freunden (Berlin), Serafin Audio Imprint (Berlin), Tepeme Musica (Mexico City), Mesa Recordings (Santa Fe), and Something Else (Miami).
As an organizer, Crafts is emerging as one of the most innovative curators in the United States, bringing in numerous acts for US and California debuts. Relying on word of mouth rather than advertising, his events combine the best of underground music culture with forward-thinking aesthetics and professional production. He is a curator of the long-running California campout Priceless, a member of the Shika Shika artist collective and label, founder of the Strategic Reserve event series, and is on the Board of Directors of the Salem Orchestra in Oregon.
2020
Feb 8*: Strategic Reserve w/ Martha van Straaten, M@kossa, San Francisco
Feb 21: Tumbledown House EP Release, San Francisco
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Apr 11: Safety Net Fund Fundraiser
May 30: Tupperware
Jul 3: Public Works Sunset Stream
Jul 5: Priceless PWP
Nov 6: Ganucheau Release Party
2019
Jan 1: w/ Little Dragon, Modeselektor, Tokimonsta at The Midway, San Francisco
Jan 25: w/ El Búho, Nickodemus, Dreems, Luca Musto at Public Works, San Francisco
Feb 2*: Strategic Reserve w/ Sidirum, Dolph (California debut), Jyun Jyun + missTANGQ, Oakland
Feb 15: The Shotgun Saloon, San Francisco
Mar 9*: Strategic Reserve w/ Lotte Ahoi (California debut), Ulises (US debut), BurnTale (US debut), Oakland
Apr 10: False Profit - Equity at Asiento, San Francisco
May 17: w/ Nicola Cruz, Iorie, Lopal, Ramona Wouters at Public Works, San Francisco
May 25: Meta Villa, Woodside, CA
May 31*: Strategic Reserve w/ Arutani (California debut), Hilary Mertaugh, Brian Hartman, San Francisco
Jun 1: Tupperware, California
Jun 6: Meadowlands, California
Jun 8: w/ O/Y, Peter Blick at Public Works, San Francisco
Jun 16: Spring Training at Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, CA
Jul 4*: Priceless w/ 7e, Asymmetry, Broxtronix, Dr. Toast, Ganucheau, Griffin Crafts, John Brothers Piano Company, Johnny Posh (US debut), Jyun Jyun, Lola Villa, Lusine, Maugli (US debut), Migaloo, Nathan Hall (US debut), Neptune, Palindrome, Spoken Bird, Stephanie Luz, Watsonix. Belden, CA
Jul 10: False Profit - Equity at Asiento, San Francisco
Aug 16*: Strategic Reserve w/ Uji, Ulises, Asymmetry, San Francisco
Sep 14: w/ DJ Snoopadelic, Wyclef Jean, Jyun Jyun at Planet Home @ Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Sep 21*: Strategic Reserve w/ Lotte Ahoi, Griffin Crafts
Oct 4: Get Freaky Re:Creation at 1015, San Francisco
Oct 25: Haunt, Oakland
Oct 26: Agape, San Francisco
Nov 1*: Strategic Reserve w/ Lola Villa, Maugli, Asymmetry, San Francisco
Nov 23: w/ Billy Caso, Luana Schwengber at Public Works, San Francisco
Dec 14: Botanica, San Francisco
Dec 31: Panacea, San Francisco
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