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 One of the original co-founders of the electronic music collective - Thump Radio, Inc. out of San Francisco and the main radio producer and programming for the company, Mason Rothert has been spinning and producing radio shows since 1984. Starting out with the early sounds of Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure and New Order it was only a natural progression in the 90’s when the electronic sounds of house, techno and trance began to influence.
Moving from the East Coast to the West in 1997 to San Francisco – Mason quickly took hold of the chill out chambers of the early underground warehouse parties and began spinning the psychedelic Innerchill releases, Pork Recordings and many more down tempo gems alongside Dob, Bassnectar and Daniel to name a few. Part of the chill out duo for Thump Radio known as Masonic & Dob – he and the partners of Thump Radio would launch the weekly chill out party on Sunday nights at the old Backflip, at the Phoenix Hotel. This party ran for close to a year and was called “The Other Side” taken from the other side of the heavy sounds of Thump Radio as well as influenced by friends of Thump Radio – The Cocteau Twins. From there, Mason was offered a residency in the Mission at Laszlo on Saturday nights spinning funky chunkiness with his good friend Kenni for close to two years. Thump Radio would begin to take up much more time when syndication began and chill out took a back seat for close to While enjoying a brand new venue a mix was playing by a DJ called Sinukus (Stephen Wilson). Thanks to an introduction by Dahi; Masonic & Sinukus started their successful Friday weekly Happy Hour called “Thump Chill” that welcomed guests such as Jondi & Spesh, Garth, Didje Kelli, Felix The Dog, Jonathan Ojeda, Ben Doren, Kaya Project, Ambient Mafia and many more… From the success of the weekly event came a new opportunity on radio – a weekly show with Alice 97.3 FM in San Francisco. Mason helped to create and launch the show "Chill with Alice" successfully which still airs today. After parting ways with Alice, Mason moved to Los Angeles and the birth of Below Zero happened during a night while sitting watching the sun set along the Redondo Beach horizon. Mason was also hired on to produce a new show on XM called "Red Bull on the Move" which is a show dedicated to underground sounds that travels the globe. (http://www.redbullonthemove.com) He also helped to launch Future Bars Los Angeles which holds residencies at Glow and the Ritz-Carlton in the Marina Del Rey. Mason is the music director and put together a team of DJ's who spin chill, broken beat and house grooves every week. If you are the L.A. area make sure to pay a visit... otherwise for the show Below Zero... well in a time when the world needs to be chilled out, the sounds Below Zero are now here every Sunday night on 92.7 FM (8pm – Midnight.) Past Featured Mixes On Below Zero: 
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