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the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (part 1)

DOWNLOAD: WZRDZ – Junglishious (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Max Pask – I Heart Classics (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Mattie Safer – Feelin Kinda Horny Mix (MP3)

People Dont Dance No More

Last week/weekend I slacked off in the going out & dancing department. I missed the People Don’t Dance No More Rooftop Disco BBQ which looked great and thankfully will be happening often. Friday night the heat zapped me of all energy and I skipped Tiga…and things continued down that road until Sunday when I finally went out to Studio B to see Vega.

I had just become familiar with Vega’s music last week, but generally was into it and eager to see what a live show from them would be like. I wasn’t too crazy about the first track they opened with, but they immediately had me with the second, “No Reasons” (video below) which sounded excellent live and is just a great poppy, dance track. Unfortunately after that something turned me off about their set. The songs were in a weird state somewhere between poppy & dancey, that I couldn’t get into.

On to this week, beginning with Thursday (5/28):

Vega live debut – “No Reasons” at Studio B:

Thursday (5/28)

Members of the Rapture are deejaying at a couple of spots Thursday night. Earlier in the evening, Gabe Andruzzi and Vito Roccoforte will be deejaying the Throne of Blood rooftop BBQ at Studio B along with a ton of other New York deejays, including Max Pask (check the flyer below for the full line-up) whose “I Heart Classics” (classic 90’s house) mix you can download at the top of this post.

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Starting later on, fellow Rapture member Mattie Safer (who was great at One Step Beyond in October) will be deejaying…

JAMS: A free monthly dance party in the Gallery Bar at LPR …playing: Hip Hop, R&B, Club Classics and New New.

Download Mattie’s “Feelin Kinda Horny” mix at the top of this post. Tracklisting & party info below:

Mattie Safer – Feelin Kinda Hornie mix tracklisting

Push The Feeling (Sax-a-pella)- Nightcrawlers
Bucky Done Gun- M.I.A.
Big Money Comin’- Crookers
Samir’s Theme-Big Money Comin’
Let Me Clear My Throat-DJ Sega
The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)-Bucketheads
Calle Ocho (75 Brazil St)-Pitbull & Nicole Fasano
Calabria 2007-Enur ft. Natasha
Took The Trompeta-SmartTech
Hoy!-Duke Dumont
Touch My Horn-Jesse Rose
Ole-John Revox
Push The Feeling-Dances With White Girls
Feel The Horns-Trevor Loveys
A Black Man In Space-Son of Raw
Northern Hustle-Mark Trophy & Oliver Lang
Pacific State-808 State

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Also on Thursday Night, Crushed Records (the New York based label headed by Purple Crush) is throwing a party at Glasslands to celebrate the release of their first label compilation You Been Crushed, Volume I (available digitally in a few weeks). The party will feature some of the label’s talent (check out the flyer below) like WZRDZ whose track “Junglishious” you can download at the top of this post.

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More happening Thursday night:
Hits at the Annex.
No Regrets at 205.
– Classics at Water Taxi Beach with Jellybean Benitez and DJ Spinna.
Danny Tenaglia at Cielo
Ether at Happy Ending.

On to Friday (5/29):

Trus’me returns to New York once again for his Disco 3000 residency at APT. He spun a great set back when he was last here in March, impressively using just a small binder of cd’s and some records he picked up that day! Definitely knows what he’s doing…as does his guest dj for this month, Qool Marv.

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More happening Friday night:
– Factory at Studio B with Frankie Bones, Heather Heart, and special guest deejays Derek Plaslaiko, Reade Truth, Connie, and Juan Gaviria.
– US debut of the Japanese Popstars at Webster Hall (RSVP)
Ruff Club at the Annex with Cobra Kai.
– Beauty Bar Brooklyn Opening Weekend Night #1

There’s a lot more headed our way for the weekend, and there are a couple of things I want to give you a heads up about:

The Moderat show has been moved from Webster Hall to Music Hall of Williamsburg which I am really happy about. What I’m not happy about is the time change. Doors for the original show were early in the evening (around 7), but now doors are at 12:30 with the show starting at 1…which is kind of annoying because, also on Saturday night:

Pilooski is deejaying Mr. Saturday Night at a secret loft! If you were planning on going to both Moderat & Mr. Saturday Night…you will now probably have to hustle to make it to both (though I bet it will be worth it!). Be sure to RSVP to [email protected] get the details on the secret loft location and stay tuned for the Week In Dance Part II (coming soon).

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