Matthew Herbert and FC Kahuna offer solace for troubled souls. Matthew Herbert appears at #24 in his Doctor Rokit guise. From right at the end of the decade, this track - Café De Flore - originally appeared on the Indoor Fireworks album. It's a beautiful piece of electronic jazz, with guitar, synths and accordian all blended together. It includes sounds and live recordings from Café De Flore, Boulevard Saint Germain, Paris. Makes you want to smoke a Gitanes. And the official video [...]
Sometimes you want to be surrounded by the beautiful people, the dangerous people, the smartest people, the creative people. The people who sometimes, shine a little more in the depths of darkness. Enter into a club where you can disappear and have the best night of your life. Where you can love and hate equally and then drink and dance it off. Welcome to Dark Disco. Tonight the MeanRed girls bring you KINGDOM whose releases on Night Slugs and his own imprint Fade to Mind have been tearing up dancefloors left [...]
The lovely team at MeanRed (near and dear to our hearts forever) are bringing in your favorite...
Are you still scratching your head and trying to figure out where you will be counting down the final seconds of 2011? Well, if you’re looking an eve of epic festivities, look no further than to our friends at MeanRed. MeanRed is gathering your favorite Brooklyn DJs to shake your inebriated bodies into the New Year. AND- you will be in Brooklyn, which means far far away from the horrific chaos of Times Square. Nick Cathdubs , Jubilee , Kaviar Disco Club , and Blue Jemz will be bringing the [...]
This Saturday, MeanRed is bringing L-Vis 1990 for a special Pre- Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival dance session. This English visionary has been called a “true phenomenon;" with releases on Mad Decent and Sound Pellegrino, L-Vis 1990 started receiving his well deserved recognition for changing the face of underground club music. His incredibly unique style comes from his musical stew of post-modern tribal house and years of garage heritage. The musical stylings of Nick Hook and Dan Wender will also be in effect. As always, this Dark Disco will be filled to the brim with inspirational surprises [...]
Champagne wasn't the only thing poppin' at Le Bain last Friday, the 29th. Booties were poppin' to a steady diet of house cuts courtesy of New York's finest FaltyDL (Planet Mu/Swamp81) and Montreal goldenboy Jacques Greene (LuckyMe). While Falty played an exuberant set that was filled with notable favorites, (tunes from Julio Bashmore, dubs from Boddika, Joy O) he also played to one of the more livelier and stranger crowds at the space (apparently The Jonas Brothers were roaming about). It was all good in the end, setting the stage for Jacques Greene to play his carefully curated set of [...]
This weekend is a big one for NYC's musically inclined, with events packed in from Thursday through Sunday. Whether you favor progressive, bass driven beats in a small, dark venue or tend to be drawn to tech house and a huge dancefloor, there's something for everyone to enjoy. I hope you all worked hard this week, so you can play harder this weekend... ☞ Thursday, electro master Calvin Harris hits hotspot LAVO, which is sure to bring out all the beautiful people of New York club life. ☞ [...]
Thursday May 12, Dark Disco returns, this time bringing the beats to Santos Party House in the form of a CSS after party. CSS will be performing a DJ set, with opening sets from Justine D and Lorraine Sangre. With three sold out shows in New York City, CSS is sure to bring some great tunes for an even better time. Formed in 2003 in Sao Paulo by a group of friends with an unquenchable thirst for good times and indulgence in all things pop and art, CSS rose to notoriety with the help of a thriving creative [...]
Tomorrow night, the relaunch of one of our favorite monthly indie pop/dance pop parties is happening at Brooklyn Bowl. "Crush" brings out the bigger guns this time around with special guests Araabmuzik (of the Dipset crew), Fool's Gold's exceptionally fun duo Telephoned, Moodswing 360's Jasmine Solano and baile funk/electro dance spitter Zuzuka Poderosa (backed in [...]
OK, so there are only 38 total photographs in this gallery, because, well, OK, we're not making excuses, but we had a really great time last night and we sort of just didn't really take any photographs because we were having too much fun not taking them. Watershed moment it might not be, but last [...]
In the basement of the Hudson Hotel in Midtown at their underground bunker performance space/bar Good Units, this month's edition of Dark Disco took a decidedly nasty turn as the night progressed, beginning first with the tribal selections of newcomers Rinsed, the chopped-and-screwed-and-weird bleakness of CREEP (Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard appeared in ravey face-paint) [...]
This Saturday, Dark Disco is back at Good Units once again, this time with a lineup that's sure to inspire some serious debauchery. Although the artists featured this week are varied in their musical productions, they have all pushed the envelop of what electronic music is understood to be, each in their own individual way. Toronto native Merrill Nisker, better known as Peaches , is an electroclash artist whose songs are mainly focused on sexuality. She lives and works in Berlin. She plays almost all the instruments for her songs, programs her own [...]
Anticipating the St. Valentine’s Day drop of “Luvstep 2”, the follow-up to last year’s most excellent Luvstep mixtape, Flufftronix and Dirty South Joe are taking their melodic bass rumblings on tour. This Saturday they’ll be making a stop at Public Assembly’s back room for a night of deep vocal dubstep. If you haven’t heard the first Luvstep mix from these Mad Decent approved dub maestros then check it out HERE or download it from iTunes as episode #57 of Mad Decent’s Worldwide Radio podcast. You can also get reduced admission for Saturday’s party if you RSVP with promoters [...]
On Saturday December 11th Rebel Bingo returns after an insane trip to Las Vegas. This fall, the madness came to Brooklyn for the first time and 1,000 people went bingo crazy! This is the first time Rebel Bingo is hitting Manhattan and is expected to be just as wild! More details here . Share and Enjoy:
I know a party is a really big deal if I simply CANNOT wear anything already hanging in my already rather expansive closet and just MUST go buy something shiny and new specifically for the occasion. This past Dark Disco, which took place at Element at the end of last May, was just such a party. Before I knew what was happening, I found myself adorned in neon and lace, entirely unnecessary drink ticket in hand, loudly professing my (totally platonic I swear) love to a certain female UK artist as my feet started to blister in my boots from [...]
Say what you will about the effects of social media proliferation, it sure saved the day (or night rather) this past Thursday when it was suddenly broadcasted through Twitter and Facebook that Santos Party House, the original venue for the Ninja Tune XX party, had been shut down. As we are not privy to the inner workings of the minds over at MeanRed, we can only imagine the panic that must have ensued as a replacement space had to be found, new deals brokered, and information distributed to the masses, STAT. But hey, this is New York City, and we [...]
Featuring DH (Fixed), Creep (Lauren Flax & Lauren Dillard), Michna (Ghostly), Project Matt (Funtime Party Team), Lorraine Sangre & Fernando Lions (After Midnight) and more!
Our friends at MeanRed are grabbing the weekend by the horns, offering up a trifecta of great parties for you to choose from. We're giving away a pair of tickets to each event, click through to learn more about each event and CLICK HERE to jump directly to the contest. NINJA TUNE XX Venue: Santos Party House (96 Lafayette Street, NYC) Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010 The prolific indie label is marking their 20th anniversary with a massive touring [...]
This Saturday, August 21, Club Infinity returns to Santos Party House for the third installment of their club night of future-minded, bass-driven dance music from around the world. Brought to you by the good folks over at MeanRed, this weekend's party features resident DJs Kingdom and Dre Skull, as well as Prince William, Physical Therapy & $hayne, and very special guest Girl Unit. Hailing from the far off shores of London and from Bok Bok and L-Vis 1990's reputable Night Slugs label, Girl Unit is known for his ability to seamlessly blend deep and melodic variations of Juke, [...]
Sure, seeing the trembling, exceptionally dark and morose-tinged trio The xx in the daytime might not exactly fit the bill one hundred percent when it comes down to it, but, well, you're still seeing The xx, right? Right. Appearing with Jack Penate and New York indie pop heroes Chairlift, the UK young Turks are still [...]
Acid Ted
The HiFi Cartel
THE CULTURE OF ME
Hipster Wave
Nicky Digital {smile}
Badlands – ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Joe Goddard feat. Mara Carlyle - 'She Burns' [Listen]
Wolf Alice | Bros (Official Video)
10 Observations From Tom Jones Live at Bowery Ballroom
Highmountain – “I Will & Above You”
