Tide Swing

Tide Swing Santa Cruz, CA house music. Hot wax served monthly.

anyone else out here patiently awaiting the next tide swing? welp, we told you we had something special coming… 🌀 🌀🌀Frid...
05/18/2026

anyone else out here patiently awaiting the next tide swing?

welp, we told you we had something special coming… 🌀 🌀🌀

Friday, May 29th, we are gassed to bring back UK psychedelic-dub-electronica rockers for a 3-hour kaleidoscopic DJ set in a new venue for Tide Swing - Madson Wines.

With a fresh EP on Apiento’s Test Pressing label, and both an EP and full length on Munich’s Public Possession, as well as consistently touring both their live set & genre-bending DJ sets, we couldn’t be more stoked to have this wife&husband duo join us again on their spring tour.

Setting the tone, TS resident gets us up to speed with trip&class.

Trip hop. Dub. Krautrock. Techno. House. Psychedelia.

Danley Sound - (2) TH-115 subwoofers, (2) SH-50 full range tops. Analog mixer. Padded insulation in the entire venue. Equal parts lush & slamming.

Flyer by the lovely

$15 presale tickets available now on RA at the link in our bio.

See u soon 🐸

it’s almost Thursday, and we’ve got two(!) tide swing debuts coming in v hotRocking us with a 2 hour peak time slot, we ...
05/12/2026

it’s almost Thursday, and we’ve got two(!) tide swing debuts coming in v hot

Rocking us with a 2 hour peak time slot, we are stoked to have Santa Cruz-born and uk dance aficionado join us in the booth. Many of you probably don’t know it, but as early as 2015, Lincoln and his high school buddies were bringing underground uk dubstep acts to SC for their US debuts. Even earlier, he was fully entrenched in the hyphy movement, and still has just about every Mac Dre record released in his record shelves. Nowadays, he’s constantly digging digging for deep cuts of uk funky, garage-tinged house, & other corners of refined-yet-raucous club music. Be sure to peep his soundcloud for archives of his jetty show, Shelf Life, as well as his vinyl-only track Crush on Club (slide 2) with on r.downstairs’ new dubplate imprint.

Warming up the booth, Tee Time ( ) host Randy3k aka is sure to have us asking for track IDs from start to finish. We met Randy at Sunset Campout back in 2023, and have since spent more afters trading tracks than we’d care to admit ;]

Last but not least, closes things out like only the brewmaster can.

Thursday, 5/14, 9pm-1:30am, no cover, upstairs of the catalyst

👽 🍑 santa cruzzzzxzxzzczzxdx 🍑 👽 we back w/ another monthly installment of our 2nd thursday dance at Cat Alley St in dow...
05/02/2026

👽 🍑 santa cruzzzzxzxzzczzxdx 🍑 👽

we back w/ another monthly installment of our 2nd thursday dance at Cat Alley St in downtown - may 14th mark yr calssss

once again! we keeping it in the fam with a TS debut of two of our fav peeps to rave with - Ryan Lincoln & Randy3000!!! both residents w/ shows Shelf Life & Tee Time respectively, u know these foos be digging nonstop.

closing things out, TS resident Wyllie lands the electrofunkbootyship 🛸

thursday, may 14th, 9-1:30am, cat alley st (upstairs of the catalyst)






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Thursday, April 9th tide swing is hyped to present , as well as Allen Riley aka at Cat Alley Street for this month’s w...
04/09/2026

Thursday, April 9th tide swing is hyped to present , as well as Allen Riley aka at Cat Alley Street for this month’s weeknight dance

taking over the TS console for the first time, Philly-born DJ Sploink kicks things into gear w/ his favorite digs of higher energy prog, techno, trance, etc. If you’ve stopped by offshore records more than once in a week, chances are you’ve seen Sploink rifling through the dance music stacks. This guy is constantly digging for his show Tactile on , and we can’t wait to hear what’s in the bag for tide swing.

taking care of visuals through the help of a couple CTV’s and (maybe) some projection action, Allen Riley makes his ts debut as well.

“Allen Riley is an artist working with socially interactive video art and performance. He builds video arcade games as a form of public art with Arcade Commons in Brooklyn, NY and curates video, music, and performance at Indexical in Santa Cruz, CA. Riley is a PhD candidate in Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz.”

9-1:30am , no cover, and 4 corner sound above The Catalyst

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c u upstairs 👽

//// coming up next!! ////tide swing is back with our monthly weeknight night jam @ cat alley street in downtown santa c...
04/01/2026

//// coming up next!! ////

tide swing is back with our monthly weeknight night jam @ cat alley street in downtown santa cruz

Thursday April 9th ~ 9pm - 1:30am

this month we’re stoked to invite long overdue guest . Techno/trance/prog/frog aficionado and host of Tactile on , u better be ready for sum PUMPERS. resident r.downstairs aka on the warmup

4 corner sound & no cover all nite baby!

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ooooookay maybe we forgot to mention…the visuals?givvidupp 4 - in Santa Cruz for the first time since we had Solar at M...
03/26/2026

ooooookay maybe we forgot to mention…

the visuals?

givvidupp 4 - in Santa Cruz for the first time since we had Solar at Motiv (lol imagine that???) a few years back (lil reminisce clip on slide 6)

wondering how every head’s fav vizzie queen could possibly zhooj into being any sicker? us too.

get hype to see loaf work her magic, to play some cr6zy ass records, .daizz to light the tide swing fuse. our advice? buy a gd ticket yo we got like 5 left

see u Saturday 😘

Sherman C of yo!!! We are in for a treaaaat. A little bit of background on our special guest:“Sherman C is an avid viny...
03/24/2026

Sherman C of yo!!! We are in for a treaaaat.

A little bit of background on our special guest:

“Sherman C is an avid vinyl collector, DJ, occasional producer, and the owner of Selector Records & Tapes in Seattle: The only dance music focused brick and mortar record shop in the Pacific Northwest and has been involved with dance music since 1992 in the Pacific Northwest.

Sherman prefers obscure cuts, anything from hazy, deep techno, minimal, acid, deep groovy house, to nasty breaks and electro and everything in between, having been heavily influenced by the West Coast rave sound of the early 90’s.
Sherman has shared the stage with the likes of DJ Garth, Mark Farina, Miss I., Spun, John Howard, Masa, DJ Czech, Barry Weaver, Jesse Brooks, and more.
Focusing on a deeper, afterhours vibe these days, and with an entertaining presence behind the turntables, Sherman brings the goods with impeccable mixing with all vinyl sets.”

Be sure to swipe through for some of our fav Sherman twelves on Telomere Plastic, as well as some clips from streaming sessions, and get hypeeeee for this 3 hour vinyl-only masterclass on Saturday.

We’re down to our last 20 presale tickets on RA, and will only have a limited number at the door. The last party back in November got to capacity by 9:30PM, so don’t get stuck out in the cold!!!

Flyer by the lovely

dancers! diggers! sippers! rippers!!!!! ☎️Saturday, March 28th, tide swing is absolutely pumped to be joined by the one ...
03/16/2026

dancers! diggers! sippers! rippers!!!!! ☎️

Saturday, March 28th, tide swing is absolutely pumped to be joined by the one and only of for a 3 hour vinyl only set at . When basically every single one of ur DJ friends buy from this dude’s shop, you can only imagine the insane tunes he’s been holding onto for himself. hope u swingers are ready for a fkn CLINIC 🔨

getting the ball rolling, ts resi & tastemaker deluxe .daizz warms it up from 7:30-9:30 before handing things over to our man Sherman.

5 hours, two SL1200’s, a xone:92, and a banging RCF rig. u don’t wanna miss this.

early bird tix now available on RA at the link in our bio

hand painted art by the baddest:

remember! this is a super limited cap venue and we expect to sell out quick af. It’s unlikely we’ll have tix on the door, so don’t sleep!!!!

tide swingerz!!! hope yall had a nice winter nap, but it’s time we came outta hibernation ☀️ kicking things off for 2026...
03/02/2026

tide swingerz!!! hope yall had a nice winter nap, but it’s time we came outta hibernation ☀️

kicking things off for 2026, we’re psyched to announce a new thursday nite monthly w/ . For those who ain’t hip to it (yet), this is the newly opened bar upstairs of the Catalyst in downtown. It’s super rad to finally have a new spot in town with a built-in dj booth, turntables, and (4 point!!) club system.

for this one, we’re keeping it in the fam with TS residents extraordinaires .daizz & at the console

no cover ~~~~ 8-1:30*** (sorry for typo hehe)

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what if????? u w/ us @ steamer lighthouse sat dec 6th from 3-8pm. zoom for add’l info. 👍
12/06/2025

what if????? u w/ us @ steamer lighthouse sat dec 6th from 3-8pm. zoom for add’l info. 👍

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