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Perfect Stranger & Ritmo - Razorblade [ SoundCloud Clip ] by Perfect Stranger The EDM world is literally across the world. Having gained it's original following in Europe, it only makes sense that some of the best technicians, musicians and entertainers (see what I did right there?) are going to be from over seas. I won't forget two summers ago backpacking through Israel and coming across a desert rave right before I was due back home. The vibe and the people were incredible. This was my first official taste of this scene, and it kept me hungry for a long time. Now one of my favorite Israeli trance DJs and producer is coming to NY for a one night stay before he jets all over the world for some more fun.
Yuli Fershtat AKA Perfect Stranger. Israeli born artist with a resume longer than a football field. He'll be in NYC this Friday... which is hard for me to say you need to forget about everything else and go to see him (Katapati/EDC), but consider checking him out. God knows when you'll have the chance to catch him again unless you travel the world. This is for the trance people! You'll LOVE Yuli. My trails will leave me in New Jersey on Friday, but someone needs to go check him out for me. Love my Israeli brother from another mother.
To see Perfect Stranger, head down to Europa Club in NYC (it's Brooklyn). Open Vodka bar from 10 to 11... $15 ADVANCE and at the door before midnight...trippy visuals by Kaliptus
There's a lot of excitement teeming in the air. Everybody is getting pumped for what's going to be the biggest event yet for 2012. As we continue moving forward into this year, Epic Entertainment is bringing a party that will have you dancing throughout the night and the whole following week. Get ready to Shut Up and Dance!
I've been looking forward to this event for two months now. Why? There has so much hype with this party, and with very good reason. For starters, how about the killer, legendary, insane lineup?
Afrika Bambaataa?!? YES! He set the stage for so much to happen. You may not recognize the name, but you would totally recognize his music. This may ring a bell:
All these different genres coming together in what will be perfect harmony is one thing everybody is going to be looking forward to... but wait, there's more! So go hand in hand with this amazing lineup you have an equally amazing venue... this event is being housed in the Amazura Lounge! This spot is so big, it holds 4,000 people in 20,000 square feet with two floors of sound. Speaking of sound...it's unbelievable. You will literally have shivers sent down your spine if you've never walked in here before. In front of the main stage there are two HUGE stacks, one on each side. In the back, mirror image of the front. What do you get? Awesomesauce. Amazura also has it's own fantastic lighting system with some of the coolest lasers I've seen, there's so many of them!
Then you have the people that come in to bring entertainment and enhance your experience at this prime location. You have an amazing internationally known VJ coming in to blow your mind... none other than Morgan Freeman (bluecrash). He's going to have one hell of a playground to do his thing in, there are so many screens in this huge room! You have two crews of dancers coming in, Pretty Girl Productions and Peek A Boo Girls! To enhance your experience in more physical ways, you have Batman coming in with the massage table, or you can also head over to the California Dreaming table for some UV body painting.
Then there's the one thing I've been waiting to witness since I heard anything about it... Utopia will be hosting a glovers competition!! Now, I don't know how they run it, but there will be A LOT of talent there. The NYC Glovers are all hyped about this, it's a chance to not only do what they love, but have a little fun and compete. The majority of the time, glovers here are not competing. They are constantly learning and growing as friends. So it's a good time to turn up the heat a little and have a good time! And since it is a competition, there are prizes! First place receives a FREE trip of
their choice to either, Cancun, Jamaica, or Bahamas. Second Place
receives $50 Gift Certificate to Utopia!
Other attractions include a moon bounce, cotton candy machine, pop corn machine, bead table, and fresh fruit.... do I need to give you any more incentive to come to this event?! You better free up your night on Friday, and come to Shut Up and Dance!
There is a lot of info you can get from heading over to these links, including hotels, transportation, and directions.
I promised this about a week ago, and here it is!! The EXCLUSIVE mix from Tom Rogers, the part you heard at Fairytale Massacre after the audio got fuzzled up! Enjoy these beats, push play and minimize this window...it's about to get sexy in here!
Belief ft. Dino - Precious (Antillas & Dakann Remix)
Robert Lyttle - Pagoda
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano - Lethal Industry
Paramore - Crush x3 (Harris Briggs Bootleg)
The Killers - When You Were Young (Jonas Stenberg Remix)
When you look on your upcoming events and check out what parties are coming up, the number of people attending can be one good way to tell if it's going to be a hit or not. Taking the extra step and seeing what the comments are like is a good indication to tell how many of those "yes" clicks will actually be there. From my experience, it's a mix between that and venue. The scene is almost always popping with hundreds of people coming out to dance and party, and for my first M.D. Productions event, Fairytale Massacre was off the hook!
This party was at "The Cage", I was just there the week beforehand for Chaos, a Kingzly party. The scope of the night was very different from that party in terms of music played and people that came. You still had the cage which had quite a few different dancers at any given moment, two floors of pumping beats, and tons of people. The music was all EDM with some of the hottest DJ's in the mix. I personally got to sit in on everyone's set! It an important part of going into these events. You should know who is entertaining you.
The doors opened an hour late to this party, keeping party goers freezing outside and shafting Gaby Noodle from the 1's and 2's. Whatever the issues were, it sucked worst for everyone that was there before original door time to be the first ones in. However, when the crowd started getting in, you could see the looks of excitement on everyone's faces. The lights were looking awesome from Power Trip, Morgan Freeman was in the house with the digital mapping on the walls, and the music was pumping, what's not to like?!
Music was hot, I was very excited to hear some trance with Tom Rogers (featured this week for the mix!), but the whole beginning of his set got f'ed up! For the first 20 min, the input was wrong from his gear, so they had to switch him over to the CDJs, and then he got his stuff popping. Even though a lot of his set was muffled, he's put it out exclusively to the readers of this blog!! ((COMING SOON!!))
This was a theme party, with people dressed up as either fairytale creatures and characters, or zombies. One thing I couldn't stand, the fairies. I mean literally, I kept getting smacked in the face by girls running around with these huge fake wings on their backs. I almost had my freakin eye poked out!! A few people went all out with their costumes though for their was a costume contest where the winner would receive a free tattoo from Heart of Brooklyn Tattoo! The winner was none other than Jevee who came in as the Queen of Hearts!
There were so many people in the house! As I was mentioning earlier, the people here were mostly the PLUR-full party goers, with a lot of fresh faces coming straight from the club scene. This was as opposed to Chaos where it was pretty much 50/50 with a lot of "bro" and "son" going on. I don't have a problem with that because when it comes down to it, all I feel is the PLUR, regardless of how people talk, dress or act. When we are at a party, we are all having a good time together, and I have yet to experience it differently. You also had UV body painting by Pixel, and a massage table with Batman! Always love seeing these guys around, there attractions always add more color and activity to the party!
Now my favorite part, glovers!! There had to have been about 25 glovers that came down to Fairytale. Aside from the ones I already chill with, there were a bunch of new faces there as well. It's always really fresh to meet new people, but one really nice meet was with D3bst3p. If you don't know about her, well you are missing out! She keeps a site similar to this, writing about the scene, taking pictures, and not only that, but she gloves too! I spent a lot of time talking with her about the community, and then we traded shows. It's such a god feeling to share not only thoughts, but emotions, and that's what gloving comes down to, an electric display of emotion (EDE).
I actually brought my camera out to this one to continue learning more about photography, and I think I'm getting the hang of it! Out of 451 pictures, about 200 of them came out good enough to use in my official album. But I didn't want to just trash the other shots...so I created a slideshow to show them all, and walk you through the night!!
I got this idea from one of the coolest people I've met on the scene, Sam Freund. He has made videos like this before, and it inspired me to try and do one myself. His are amazing, I mean, see for yourself!
