Rather than basking in the vintage NASA vibes of Effect69 at San Francisco's Backlit Lounge tonight, I'm in the studio hacking on new plug-ins and Pirate Video. Since I can't be there, I'm contenting myself with the hard house beats of the new Effect69 album, Contact Made.

Effect69 mastermind Chris Martinez is a long-time friend and highly skilled tester of plug-ins. Above, you can see him dropping house science on the crowd at last month's Backlit. His new work is filled with four-to-the-floor heavy rhythms and bass for days. I'm fairly certain my heart rate is still up and my fingers have been driven to faster key press rates while listening to Contact Made tracks on repeat tonight. Superstars, 5-HTP, F*ck The Big Beat and, of course, San Francisco are relentless booty-movers.

The release party was held in Second Life, at Chris' super-tech club, Contact. Extra-special remixes were given to the Second Life crowd in attendance. I especially love the Chemical Brothers We Are The Night remix.

Shhhh... if anyone asks, yes, you were there.