Photo by Greg Cristman
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Kelela played the glitzy Armory Party benefit at MoMA with DJ Ezra Koenig & more (pics)

photos by Greg Cristman

Kelela / Ezra Koenig / party people @ MoMA’s Armory Party 3/4/2015
Kelela
DJ Ezra Koenig
DJ E*Vax

Wednesday night (3/4) was the annual Armory Party benefit at MoMA, a glizty gala celebrating Armory Arts Week here in NYC with champagne, fancy h’or deurves, open bar, people dressed to the nines (and beyond), and a live performance by Kelela. The forward-thinking R&B singer had a little problem with feedback at the start of the show which she solved by jumping offstage and into the audience. The sound guys soon got things fixed and had her back on stage. Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Alex Taylor of Hot Chip, E*Vax of Ratatat and DJ Business Class spun tunes at various points throughout the evening. Pictures from the night are in this post.

The Armory Show modern art fair happens at Piers 92 & 94 in Manhattan through Sunday (3/8). Sunday is also the opening of the highly anticipated Bjork retrospective at MoMA that has gotten mixed early reviews. The night before the Armory Party benefit, MoMA had an opening party for the Bjork exhibit that featured a DJ set with Vulnicura (and Kelela) collaborator Arca. Anybody go to that?

More pics from the 2015 Armory Party, below…


DJ Business Class

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DJ Business Class (aka Lawrence Abu Hamdan)

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DJ Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend)

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DJ E*Vax (of Ratatat)

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Brian & Alexis #hotchip #AlexisTaylor #MoMA #MoMAArmory

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