32 YEARS IN THE BOYDZONE
5 hour stream today and 3 parties this weekend <3
Been more than a minute. I apologize for not using this newsletter more regularly. Aiming to rectify that with some good emails in the near future so stay locked if you wish.
Wanted to give you a shout cause I’m doing a five hour stream TODAY from 1pm to 6pm. It’s my 32nd birthday today. I remember being 17 and listening to “See Me Now;” obsessing over the line “This the Christ year, last year was magic: 32.” Well here I am.
I’ll be live from the 8 Ball community space from 1pm NYC time to 6pm. Going to try to host video/audio on https://www.twitch.tv/sorryrecords but will probably be live on 8 Ball's website and YouTube as well.
Have got a rare three set weekend coming up in NYC as well if anyone’s round and interested in that sort of thing…
Playing at House of Yes for the first time on an all cancer bill put together by the great SilkyBlack. I’m excited for this one cause I’ll be in the “Onyx Room” with my dear friends and Rave Cafe family ZiggaZao and L B33 playing (for the most part) all night b3b. Ziggy and Lauren are two of my favorite people to dance alongside and I can’t wait to get into it with them at this one. There’s also gonna be sets from Zoobiana, the aformentioned SilkyBlack (who has a killer “Set It Off” edit that I’ve been playing out a ton lately), and fellow North Carolinian gum.mp3 in the Main room. Last time I went to House of Yes I saw Nicky Siano open a set with Sylvester’s “Sell My Soul” and they brought out a big colorful parachute at one point and everyone on the dancefloor got under it like children in gym class.
So happy to play yearly Brooklyn rave institution FOURTH WORLD for the first time this year as well. I’ve always appreciated the party’s multi-genre locals only DIY dog pile approach (not to mention their tradition of giving out free hot dogs). Every year for over a decade, FOURTH WORLD has booked a veritable clown car of hard working NYC talent for a multi-room extended day into night party where live sets intermingle with DJs and there’s a Warped Tour style “everyone gets an hour” approach to set times.
This year’s lineup features so many dear friends and artists I adore. Too many to mention but I wanted to single out the great SSPS who I am so honored to be sharing a bill with. “"SSPS is Jon Winfield Nicholson AKA Jon Sunville AKA Porkchop AKA Blaak Gigi.” I first saw him on Nation’s twitch channel a while back. He was playing the most divine jacked out disco stuff; blending Steve Miller Band’s “Space Intro” over ‘em and accidentally letting the opening riff of “Fly Like An Eagle” play at one point (an exact experience I’ve had frequently while DJing!!). His productions for Nation are so amazing and I’ve been dying to hear him DJ more ever since this fantastic episode of Groove Trackers on WKCR-FM.
Lastly we’ve got a killer Sorry Records night at Bossa this Sunday July 6th from 10pm to 4am. So happy to invite Pittsburgh legend Davis Galvin back to play a four hour b2b from midnight to close. Davis and I played b2b all night in the Bad Room a few summers ago for a Sorry party and I can honestly say it was one of the best nights of DJing I’ve ever had the privilege to enjoy. Just like their productions, Davis’ DJing covers a great range of musical ideas, worlds, and energies. We played everything from Herb Alpert to Parris Mitchell, MEMBERS ONLY edits to Run DMC. Davis whipped the crowd into a frenzy with their own unreleased edit of Freeez’s “Southern Freeez,” and a dude wearing a Def Leppard T-shirt danced on top of the sub for multiple hours. That night was the only time I’ve ever had a club ask me to not stop DJing. Remember playing the UR classic “Afro's, Arps And Minimoogs” towards the end of the night and thinking “this is what its all about.”
In addition to Davis and I, we’ve got another beautiful out of town guest in tow — Chicago’s own Hi-Vis who you may know from their mix series Beyond / Below or work alongside sold as Farplane and behind the scenes at the great Lizard Label. Feel very blessed to have gotten to know them through our mutual boy Tony G. Can’t wait to hear how they kick things off on Sunday.
Some assorted recent radio stuff here as well —>
Thanks yall!