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Boy 8-Bit

Last week in dance I only made it out one night, but had an absolute blast! Friday night I headed to Public Assembly around midnight to see Boy 8-Bit. While he didn't go on for an hour or so, his 1-1/2 hour long set was well worth the wait. From about 1:30 until 3, he played a UK-influenced, yet diverse set. He opened with his track "The Suspense Is Killing Me" which he manipulated to be a little more subtle than usual - a great starting point and indication of what was to come.

The rest of the set was a pretty current mix, punctuated with some of his own tracks (including some from the Baltic Pine EP which I strongly recommend - info on the release in last week's post) as well as Boy 8-Bit's own impressive take on some already awesome tracks. From a remix of Fake Blood's "Mars" (a track I thought couldn't get any better) to Bumblebeez's "Rio" (a track I never thought I'd be glad to hear) to what might have been (but I'm not certain) an extremely messed with, instrumental only remix of TTC's "Travailler"...Boy 8-Bit's set at Public Assembly was easily one of the most unpredictable, exciting, dance-able sets of this year.

While I find this week's dance prospects a bit less exciting, there certainly is a lot going on:

Continue reading "the week in Dance w/ Showtrotta (part 1) "

10.18 - NEW PARTY ALERT: TBD new monthly event w/ performance by Lykke Li (hosted by Josh Wood)
10.20 - Japan Takeover w/ Holidays of Seventeen, Local Sound Style, OVUM, Parker Theory, and The Rice Cookers
10.21 - Shiny Toy Guns (live) + The Delta Fiasco & Jonezetta
10.21 - AM Only Showcase w/ Wallpaper, Classixx. Bomb the Bass, Discokane, Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns DJ set, and Jen Lasher
10.21 - The London Souls & The So So Glos with Special Guests
10.22 - Rong Music/DFA Records Showcase
10.22 - Special Disco Version (DFA continued)
10.23 - Dub Rock CMJ Showcase with 77 Klash, Ari-Up (The Stilts) & True Warriors , Fear Nuttin Band, The Cool & Deadly and Meta & The Cornerstones
10.23 - Afro-Punk & Frank 151 Present: Dallas Austin , The Noisettes and U G-D with DJ Ruckus
10.24 - Social Registry showcase w/ Gang Gang Dance, Growing, Psychic Ills, Mike Bones and Sian Alice Group
10.25 - Narnack's showcase w/ Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Restavrant, Iran, The Muslims, Vaz and the Sundelles
10.25 - Prime Time w/ DJs Eamon Harkin & James F!@$%^ Friedman + special guest GREG WILSON
10.26 - Jay Reatard (live) w/ Vivian Girls, Cola Freaks & DJ Tim Warren

The CMJ ones are actually only 10/21-10/25, but I thought I would list a few more for the full related picture. Some of these are for sale at Ticketweb. Check Santos' website for more info.

Bowery Ballroom's CMJ listings are HERE.