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(con't) around the city
that proved to be mucho fun for the hard core.
January 5th brought a packed house to Crobar for
it’s Last Dance. Over 16 DJ’s lined the rafters in
the club to pay tribute to a Chicago mainstay
closing its doors for remodeling. Most of the old
GLEE DJ’s made it back for this party. There were
many teary eyes at the end of the night. Hats off to
you, Crobar, and GLEE for 10 proud years of fun in
the city! If you haven’t had the chance to check out
SOS (Spectrum of Sound) hosted by Cedric at Minx,
111 W. Hubbard, give it a look. Tuesday nights are
supposed to be happenin’ with chic style. IS IT A
SPARK?!?!??!! Rumors abound New Year’s morning of a
party at Funky Buddha Lounge.
Luis M @ 6am? Nowhere
to be found. Apparently, there was supposed to be a
SPARK party with one of my favorites, Luis M,
throwing down the progressive sounds but it didn’t
fruition. Stay tuned because it’s supposed to kick
in sometime around the 10th of February, or so say
the queens of night time living. His afterhours over
IML was DA BOMB!!!! Thursday January 9th saw DJ
Eric Daly
tearing up the main floor at Domaine. Welcome back
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WHO’S
THE FIIIERRRCESTSTSS OF THEM ALL? Would you like
to vote for your favorite DJ? Best male DJ? Best
Female DJ? Best Bar? Best promoter? Log on to
www.localsound.com between now and January
15th to let them know your nominations. From
that list you will be able to vote again for the
finalists between January 20th and February
15th. The Phoenix party strikes again on
January 18th at the Metro in the form of The Ice
Ball (the preview party for Fireball). DJ Earl
Pleasure hands us pleasure with his sounds
abound for this event. Phoenix then presents
TNT, a series of T dances with DJ Tom McBride @
Excalibur on January 19th. MUCHO happening on
the 19th as DJ
Jim Lewis
hits the mainfloor of GLAM! Sundays at Domaine.
Also on the 19th marked on my calender in big
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of 2 house music legends. Frankie
Knuckles and David Morales will be spinning together
at Transit on the 19th of January. Rumor is that the
whole Def Mix clan from New York is flying in for
this awesome event. If you are into ANY kind of
dance music at all, then this party is for you. It’s
going to be a who’s who of remixers and producers
under one roof!!! A must see. |
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Well that’s it until next time, Chi-cows!!!!!
Toodles!!!
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quick chat
w/dj pete crow |
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Where do you currently play? |
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I
currently play at the Manhole on
Tuesday nights and the third
Saturday of the month. My last
special event was
In Miami at Crobar for New
Years weekend. |
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How
long have you been a DJ? |
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Six years -- three of them in clubs. |
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What was your first gig ever? |
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My
first gig was a T-Dance at Crobar
for seven hours! |
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How
would you describe your style? |
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Oh
boy, I play a wide mixture of music
but love to play sexy tribal and
progressive house. |
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What is one of your favorite labels? |
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*69 and Sondos have been on a roll
lately. I like a lot of the smaller
labels, too. For remixers I like
Victor Calderone, Peter Rauhofer,
Ralphie, Danny Tenaglia, Murk,
Superchumbo, D. Ramirez, and Dr.
Kucho and Wally. |
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top 10 |
dj jim lewis -
02.03.03 |
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Pirates Of Tribal – Ill
be your beats – white label 12 |
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2 Oxygen – Am I on
your mind? – D Ramirez soul
searching dub |
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3 Eighty Ten –
Loco – Praha and Flatlines mixes |
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4 Chris Cox vs Happy
Clappers – I Believe –Chris
Cox Bootleg Mix |
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5 Manijama Featuring
Mukupa & Lil T – No No No –
K-Klass Mix |
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6 Missy Elliott –
Work It – white Label 12 Inch
Club Mix |
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7 Toni Braxton –
Hit The Freeway – Hex Hector
Club Vocal |
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Barry Harris – Head & Scream
– Barry Harris Mixes |
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Friburn And Urik – Dance
To The Rhythm – Tribalistic Mix |
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10 Victor Calderone
– The Drive – The Drive Mix |
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Angie Stone – I
Wish I Didn’t Miss You |
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“Oh My
God this song is hot!” (and last year, honey) |
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Jen
– New Year’s Eve patron |
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Oscar G & Ralph
Falcon – Dark Beat |
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“That
‘addicted to drums’ song rocks!!” |
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Rich
- Drinker @ Mangina |
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Vivian Green –
Emotional Rollercoaster |
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“Junior’s
mix – hot & heavy!” |
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Brent
– Circuit twink @ Crobar |
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Jill Scott – He
Loves Me (Lyzell in E Flat) |
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“The
house mixes are all that!” |
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Vanetta – co-worker |
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Sadly, kids………there isn’t much to report musically
this issue. For those not in the “know”, the period
between Christmas and just after New Year’s is when
all the record labels (domestic & import) shut down
and go on holiday. Most music stores won’t take
special orders during this period either. But being
the bitch that I am, I’ll give ya what I got!
Friburn & Urik make us “Dance To the Rhythm” on
Tommyboy Silver. Salad tossed by Peter Bailey.
Underworld gives us a “Dinosaur Adventure 3D” on V2
records with a slice up by Sharp. Antoine Clamaran
features Ritual on Congos Records. 3 tribal ditties
line Antoine’s E.P; Zumba E’, Easy, and Feel the
Drum. Rumbles of a new Harlequin/Angelo Kortez team
up, but I don’t have a release date yet. We’ve all
heard The Perpetuous Dreamer with “The Sounds of
Goodbye”. Just before the holiday, Nebula records
released Armin’s Tribal Feel mix to this song on
vinyl finally. It’s apparently been on the net for
quite some time. If ya didn’t know, it’s the
fiercest of all the mixes on this track and
ironically……it isn’t tribal at all. It’s high trance
and it’s living!! The pound boys give us disco/funk
verve with “Time Baby” on Color Records. It’s
available in parts I and II. Bjork says “All Is Full
of Love” on a white label release. If you like
trancey breaks, you’ll like this cut. Progressive
artist Andy Moor gives us “Athena” as part of his
CRAZY LADY E.P. The Placid Goddess remixes this song
to the heavens. X-press-2 releases “Supasong” on
Skint records. The remixes say it all : a 1am mix,
and a 6am mix. Main Element hits us with “Take Me
Down” on Silver records. New York’s Lemon8 do a
hairstyle on this that is way cute. Angie Stone hits
us with the long awaited “Bottles & Cans” on J
records with a re-did by Guido. Solange is “Feeling
You” on Columbia records with remixes by Calderone &
Quayle. Not yet available outside of New York is a
cute white label called “Swiss Diner”. Someone took
the old Suzanne Vega song “Tom’s Diner” and hyped it
up with some fierce progressive house sounds.
There’s no middle ground on this one. You will
either love it or hate it. Well, that’s it for now
children. Onto reviews. |
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Vivian Green – Emotional
Rollercoaster – Columbia Records |
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Pay your admission, strap yourself in Vivian green
is taking you on an emotional rollercoaster. This
new single from the songbird is a testimonial about
promises never kept loving her man and a
relationship that’s not healthy or good for her THE
GIRLS JUST HAD IT! But haven’t we all been their?
With mixes from Junior Vasquez making it even more
of a ride. My favorite mix being the earth anthem
you will hear why hes one of the masters.If you like
vocals with meaning and heart THIS ONE IS RIGHT ON
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Pirates Of Tribal – Ill Be
Your Beats – White Label 12 |
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Take 2 parts Celeda add 2 parts
Robert Owens pour in big room tribal drums mix well
and you have Ill Be Your Beats a white label 12 inch
that is nothing but bangin bumpin and jumpin music.
They take a sample of Celedas club smash hit (The
underground) the part that we are all familiar with
(Let me take you on a trip) The Robert Owens classic
from back in the day titled (Ill be your friend) and
flawlessly mix in drums FO YO ASS! Seriously I love
this. On the other hand when these white labels are
made the artists don’t get compensation or
recognition for the hard work that went into the
original and believe me sister Celeda is not happy
about it! Enough said about Piracy hmmmmmmmm I
wonder if that’s where they got their name? All in
all this is definitely a record that stands above
the rest if your fortunate to get a copy check out
the flipside theres yet another classic remake of
The Realm (hot like the sun) This truly is a journey
full of sound and beats! |
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