Yo, Shut Up and Dance!

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!

Afrika Bambaataa Live By: Blackout Hiphop

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: "The Grandfather" of Universal Hip-Hop Culture and Electro Funk
DJ RAP: First Queen of Jungle-Spinning Old School Drum&Bass
DJ Lady Faith: USA's #1 Hardstyle Diva
Dave Gee & Trigon w/ Diggadee MC: Brooklyn's Dark Room Crew
Jen Mas: NYC's Queen of Hardcore
Chris Love, Nick Jagger, AB Logic: Love Sound Project
DJ Dank: NYC Electro Bad Boy
Knowledge: An Underground Dance Circuit Forefather
Empress: NY Native International Club Smasher:
Dose The Alien: Unworldly Mixer
John Bas: Brooklyn Hardstyle
DJ Soappy & DJ Keither: Tights Crews!
Atom C // Daddy Noomz // Gaby Noodle: Digital Distortion!

Afrika Bambaataa Will Move You By: Che Kothari

DJ RAP shot for 'Synthesis' By Larissa Underwood

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!

A View From the Main Stage Amazura By: Sam Freund

Having a Blast! By: Reptar Photography

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. 

Batman and Deblette By: Reptar Photography

Skills! By: Reptar Photography

Hypnotized in Wonderland By: Paus3

Shocking Double By: Paus3

Yours Truly (Paus3) By: Ronnie C.

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.


::Tickets & Info::
::Facebook Invite::

See you there!!

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Rogers Mix from Fairytale Massacre

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!


Tom Rogers @ FairyTale Massacre by Wish FancyHands Onmeh
SET LIST:

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)

Tom Rogers @ Fairytale Massacre

Get more Tom Rogers by liking his FACEBOOK!

Genesis Flash-Back: Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone

This weekend was insane. First on Friday night was the one and only DJ KY's birthday! There was a crazy party that he threw at the Mad Catter spot. Lots of people came out to show their love for KY. Friend's of his from Connecticut, Philadelphia, and even Florida came through to party it up and celebrate this quickly rising DJ. It was great to see so many people that are active in keeping the scene going come through just to show their support and to be merry.

Happy Bday KY!! By: Paus3

Hardstyle! By: Ronnie C.

 A similar situation went down on Saturday night, and you've seen me talk about it before, Green Hill Zone. This party was so refreshing. Among some SICK DJs (Cutman, Dirty Dan, Wink-E, Daddy Noomz, Jjernee, Lysdexic), there were other wonderful attractions, such as Morgan Freeman on the visuals, Power Trip Lighting came in with some sick lights, the bar was nicely stocked and had Maui Wowi making fresh fruit smoothies right next to it, UV face and body painting with Pixel, Kevin Carpet was all rolled up on the scene, the Jolly Green Giant was giving massages, and there was even an original Sega Genesis to play Sonic projected onto a huge screen. Helen Pyre and Morgan Freeman worked really hard on having this shindig, and with everyone's help, they turned a virgin venue into a work of art. It was so awesome to see everyone come together to help make this party a huge success, even with the tiny little bit of snow on the ground that seemed to keep so many people at home. I call bullocks!

DJ Lysdexic By: Paus3

Morgan Freeman By: Paus3

Kevin Carpet!! By: Paus3

As I just mentioned, this was a new spot, and it is biiiiiig. the floor itself is about 9,000 square feet, but it was sectioned off in different areas. So even though this particular party was only one room, there were so many different places to go to hang out or dance. There were people everywhere. I got to meet some really memorable people through gloving, taking pictures and just interacting in one way or another. What I realized, is that there are a lot of people that want to keep the scene running in a very positive direction. Where raving is about the music, the community, the love and caring for people. I want to point you in the direction of one person I met, Evol Mermae. When I met her she was just all spunky, full of energy and fun, but what I found out later in she actually just moved here from Texas and keeps an awesome vlog and blog and stuff. You should check her out!

Enjoying Some Maui Wowi By: Ronnie C.

DJ Cutman By: Ronnie C.

Positive vibes, good people, great progression of music, this one was a real winner! There were also a lot of glovers that came out to throw down their lights. So many different styles it was wild! One glover I ran into was actually a guy I used to go to college with, Z! So good to see him, brought back a lot of good memories. Also, the owners of Electric Graffiti came through as well! They make custom-hand-made scoodies (spirit hoods), fluffies, furries, and other rave gear/awesome fashion. They both glove and it was an absolute please trading with them. The OWLs came out in force as well, and blew some people's minds. The expressions on people's faces is just always priceless.

Nice Colors! By: Paus3

Double It Up By: Paus3

Siiiiick By: Paus3

They also had a Sonic themed costume contest, which had a first and second prize, and it worked out that Pixel and Deblette won! Pixel was in his Sonic gear all night, and then went super sonic! Deb was all decked out as tails, it was so awesome watching her rock out!

Flying Away By: Paus3

Super Sonic! By: Sam Freund

All in all, this event was a huge success. From all the people who put it together, the volunteers, and the extremely talented artists that came out to do their thing, it's all of you who make this community thrive!!

PHOTOS:

The Pros:
Ronnie C. Photography: SET
Taylor Flash: SET
Sam Freund: SET
Reptar Photography: Coming Soon

The Others:
Paus3: SET
D3bSt3p: Coming Soon

More events are coming up! This Friday is the highly anticipated Shut Up and Dance!! Next Month will be some Pussy Power! Come out, support the scene!!

A Land of Magic and Zombies

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!

RAGE! By: Ronnie C.

Note Boys Face... 'Nuff Said By: Ronnie C.

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.

Dirty Dan! By: Paus3

W@X By: Paus3

 You had the following DJs pumping music out:
SPRITE
AJAX BEATS
TOM ROGERS
GOBS THE ZOMBIE
GRIME SYNDICATE 
NOOMI RA VS RAY GUNNZ
GABY NOODLE 
W@X vs FATTIE FATZ 
GALVATRON
DIRTY DAN
JOHN BAS
HOW HARD vs WINK-E
DJ BIZZARE

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?!

Tom Rogers By: Paus3

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!

The Queen of Hearts By: Reptar

Tinker Bell By: Paus3

Gahhh So Awesome By: Paus3

Masquerade Beauty By Paus3

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!

D3bst3p and Batsy! By: Reptar

PLUR <3 By: Ronnie C.

Dance Your Ass Off By: Ronnie C.

Whaaaaat?! By: Paus3

 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). 

Pretty Lights By: Ronnie C.

Mystical By: Reptar

Light Shows from the Cage By: Paus3

Yours Truly By: Paus3

Double Show Splendor By: Paus3

Wicked Cool By: Paus3

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! 

PHOTOS:


The Pros:
Ronnie C: SET
Taylor Flash: SET
Sam Freund: Coming Soon!
Reptar: SET


The Others:
Paus3: SET
Smurf: SET
Epic Image WRM: SET
D3bst3p: SET 1//SET 2


This was a huge success, so huge that the sequel is already in play!! FAIRYTALE MASSACRE 2 - THE MONSTERS REVENGE! And then coming up this weekend, Sonic the Hedgehog: Green Hill Zone!!

Get Ready the Festivals in 2012!!

When you first dive into the underground world, you start to hear a lot of new music that makes you want to jump and dance, meeting and hearing new DJs putting their spin on different tracks. You see a lot of familiar faces, the staples in the raving community. But what say you when you want more, to expand with the community? When you get to see some of the biggest names in EDM culture performing live, and there are more than ten fold the amount of people experiencing the music and vibes with you...

EDC satellite in LA: VACAY By: Drew Ressler

There are festivals! And a handfull of them at that.. The major ones that come to mind in the states are Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, Camp Bisco, and Burning Man Festival. They are all here in the USA, Ultra's in March down in Florida, EDC is out in Vegas beginning of June, Camp Bisco in upstate NY is just before mid-July, and Burning Man is in Nevada at the end of August. There are other festivals out there for sure, don't be pissed I didn't mention your favorite... but for someone like me who is just coming onto the scene, these four are pretty much all I hear about.

Michael Franti chilling with people at Burning Man By: Kyer Photography

Bird is the Word! By: Matteox Photography

They are all very different scenes and they way they are held. Ultra and EDC are stadium events, where as Camp Bisco and the Burning Man are camping grounds. They also all have different types of music playing at that, between heavy on the house, heavy on the heavy, or heavy on the trance. The scenes of people that come down are widely different too, but when it comes down to it, so are the people at raves. They are all gathering for a greater love of music, art, self expression, and the community as a whole.

Now ya'll know I'm here in NY, only 30 minutes from the city. We've seen a lot of the city scene together in the past month, diving into house parties, mixing the club scene with the rave scene, and the straight up in-your-face bangers that go all night. Traveling isn't always so easy for people, and especially when you want to go to 4-6 major events all over the country. That's airfare, hotels, ticket prices...things get a little crazy. But here's the good news, early birds, pre-sales, and being local.




Camp Bisco should be on your calendar for events to go to this year, ESPECIALLY if you are part of the city's scene. Coming around for it's 11 year, Camp Bisco will have three days of non-stop PLUR over 200 acres, over 90 musical guests from around the world (Including The Disco Biscuits, Skrillex, Wiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, Holy Fuck, STS9...and more!) and over 25,000 people in attendance... all for under $200 if you act now. The holiday sale is over, but you are still in time for the early bird tickets. Save some money, buy now. You also have the option for VIP treatment, but the Platinum VIPs are almost out...so act fast.

The Lights at Night are Insane By: Blow The Scene

Chilling in the Field By: Sophia Lahlou

The Disco Biscuits By: Dave Vann

The drive isn't that bad at all, especially if you have the head start not having to drive through New York City. For me (without traffic), there will be about 4 hours on the road, no big deal. It's be worth it for the massive activities going on (COLOR WAR!!), art, people, huge tents of music and light.... But let's go full circle here of why you NEED to go to this festival. Four of the DJs from our scene will be spinning there. Yup, Jake Dukes, Mad Panda, Nick Nise, and Sprite will all be on stage, and we need to go and represent and support these guys! They are all very talented, and I'll be sitting down with them working up towards Bisco so ya'll can get to know them a little better.

Camp Bisco 11 Tickets

Camp Bisco 11 Directions

Camp Bisco 11 Info

Check out the main site for Camp Bisco, and make sure you get your ass out there! Until next time (tomorrow FAIRYTALE MASSACRE) my fellow electric friends!