You, Me, and a Party it be
Photo by Guzman
This photo is all about context. My good friend, Robert Guzman, took this photograph last Saturday night at Red Sky Record store. It was a Dubstep after-party for the night. I started DJing at midnite, thinking I would be spinning for about an hour. Keep in mind, this is an afterhours – as in, after the bars close at 2 am, so there were only a few chill cats there hanging out waiting for Boxcutter to go on downstairs at 3 am.
But I spin deep, funky tech house and deep minimal techno – nice melodies, expansive bass, and it has to have that swing in the beat. But these were some younger cats who only listen to Dubstep. But I was working out the 4/4 beats, keeping it deep and chunky. I could see them digging it. It was cool: an easy vibe and the space to play the music I love to hear on a very solid system.
Well, apparently, a couple DJs flaked and my one hour set got stretched into a 3 1/2 hour. I couldn’t have been happier. The place was minimally filled, the sound was perfect, and Robert and I rocked out for three hours, dancing to my choice sonic selections. That’s all you need. One DJ, one dancer and a lot of love for music – it was a perfect night. He got it, I got it, and it was pure catharsis.
And, you know, I saw some of those Dubstep cats nodding their heads to the beat – don’t fake, you know who you are. When you feel it, you feel it; allow your mind to get out of the way and just let it happen.
October 2, 2009 at 4:30 am
I so wish I had come.
You’re such a rockstar!