Archive for June, 2008

Respect is Back! ÉTÉ D’AMOUR At Santos Party House Launches June 26th

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

The one and only Respect party is back in New York with its nightclubbing festival ÉTÉ D’AMOUR, the Paris-meets-Ibiza celebration of the summer! ÉTÉ D’AMOUR takes place every Thursday – from 26th of June to the 25th of September – in the club we all dream of: Santos Party House…with an incredible sound system, straight in the ears of Manhattan.

Doors open in the early evening for live shows & label parties and the dance goes on late with the Respect twist of the artists: legendary American DJs, new French sensations and the fresh sounds of Europe.

On top of these 14 Thursdays, ÉTÉ D’AMOUR goes outdoor with three exclusive events including a boat party. Do you wanna cruise?

UNITE & HAVE FUN NEW YORK!

ÉTÉ D’AMOUR NEW YORK ARTISTS CONFIRMED
The Juan Mclean (DFA) DJ Set
Busy P (Ed Banger)
DJ Mehdi (Ed Banger)
Michael Mayer (Kompakt)
Superpitcher (Kompakt)
The Martinez Brothers (Objektivity)
Devlin & XXXchange
Tittsworth
Alan Braxe (Roulé, Vulture)
The Glass (Plant Music) Live
Metro Area (Environ) DJ Set
James Curd (Greenskeepers) Drop The Lime
Stretch Armstrong
Kap10kurt (Plant Music) Live
33hz (Fluokids) Live


ÉTÉ D’AMOUR est arrivé! The Summer of Love has arrived!

After a 7-year absence, the transatlantic Parisian Respect party returns to New York City. A long overdue comeback to the NYC nightlife landscape, Respect unites with Le Jean De and first-class promoters Made Event for a sizzling summer series. They say timing is everything and now with the premiere of Santos Party House, all the pieces are in place for NYC’s own ÉTÉ D’AMOUR.

Back in 1996, the Respect trio Jérôme Viger-Kohler, Fred Agostini & David Blot met in Paris and hosted parties at the Queen with the best DJs from Paris touting the new, great French Tour Sound (Daft Punk, Dimitri, Motorbass). With Daft Punk kicking off the opening party, the Respect soirées lasted three years until it went on to conquer the world. From Paris, the Respect party went global; to Tokyo to Caracas, Kuala Lumpur to Sydney, Oslo to Miami, Cannes to Lisbon, with some famous residencies at Vega Copenhagen, Fuse Brussels and of course their legendary sessions at Twilo NYC, with partner in crime, Neil Aline. In 2002, Respect landed back in Paris on the Seine River for a series of boat parties that lasted four years. The music policy opened itself to all dance enthusiasts from Rock, Techno, Disco, Soul, Funk, Pop, Italo Disco, New Wave, P Funk and GoGo. Why not? Whatever, as long as it is fresh. Now the next chapter is to be written, with 14 weeks ahead to bring Respect back to New York City.

Santos Party House is a two-level, 8,000 sq. foot music venue, centrally located in downtown New York City, straddling Chinatown and Tribeca. Blurring the lines between music and art culture, the venue is designed to function as a concert hall, dance club, and lounge. The long-awaited space has been built from the ground up to make life as fun as possible and is now setting out to reclaim downtown’s nightlife.

ÉTÉ D’AMOUR THURSDAYS
With Resident DJs Alex from Tokyo & Neil Aline

June 26 The Juan Maclean (DFA)
“The future will come,” he says. Here it is.
$10 tickets while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com

July 3 TBA

July 10 James Curd from the Groundskeepers
$10 tickets while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com

July 17 Devlin & XXXChange
Welcome one spanker and one rocker, straight from Philly!
$10 tickets while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com

July 24 Metro Area (Environ) DJ set
Rocking theories of time and space
www.myspace.com/metroarea
$10 tickets while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com

July 31 TBA

August 7 Stage Room: “Plant Music Party” featuring Tittsworth (DJ set), The Glass (Live & DJ), Kap10kurt (Live), Stretch Armstrong (DJ set)
The Plant Music label gives it all!
Basement Room: The Martinez Brothers (Objektivity)
The new kids on the block.

August 14 TBA
August 21 TBA

August 28 Alan Braxe (Roulé, Vulture) DJ set & 33Hz (Fluokids) live
These Fluokids give Vertigo.
www.myspace.com/alanbraxe
www.myspace.com/33hz

September 4 TBA
September 11 TBA

September 18 ED BANGER NIGHT featuring BUSY P & DJ MEHDI
French lucky boys burn the Santos House!

September 25 Michael Mayer (Kompakt) & Superpitcher (Kompakt)
Supermayer will save the world. Again.

Santos Party House
100 Lafayette Street
New York City
www.santospartyhouse.com
SANTOS PARTY LINE 212.714.4646

www.made-event.com
www.myspace.com/etedamour
www.myspace.com/santospartyhouse
www.santospartyhouse.com
www.flavorpill.com *

*Flavorpill is a media partner of ÉTÉ D’AMOUR.

Made Event NYC Upcoming Events
June 13 ATB @ Pacha NYC
June 26-Sept 25 Été D’Amour @ Santos Party House
June 27 Fairmont (Live) & Three @ Cielo
July 4 Lee Burridge @ Cielo
July 5 Armin Van Buuren @ McCarren Pool
July 10 Loco Dice @ Cielo
July 25 Sébastian Léger @ Cielo
August 16 Paul van Dyk @ Pier 54
Aug 31-Sept 1 Sunday School For Degenerates : New York City

About Made Event
The Made Event team, headed by Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma, is committed to excellence in the programming, promotion, and production of electronic dance music events. They continually bring a world-renowned caliber of entertainment into a variety of distinctive and innovative venues, and seek to push the limit of expertise in their field. With over 20 years of combined experience, and over 300 successful events produced in New York City and at Winter Music Conference, Made Event is an industry leader. For more info, please go to www.made-event.com.

Made Event Presents Fairmont (live) + Three @ Cielo- June 27

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Made Event presents one of the leading techno upstarts breaking the mold at the eclectic Border Community label, Canadian artist Fairmont performing live at Cielo with Three on Friday, June 27th, 2008.

Jake Fairley’s Fairmont album ‘Coloured In Memory’ on James Holden’s influential Border Community imprint is a stunning showcase of the true depth and variety of his talents. The album unites Fairley’s trademark driving analogue machine-funk with woozy, warm interludes, intimate vocals and drugged-out highs, fused with a touch of the experimental. From the very beginning, Jake’s music has showed a focus on stretching minimal techno into pop. Making his name as a techno maverick, Fairley has produced almost 30 records in total, 100+ songs and 4 LPs. Spending much of his youth watching bands play live has pushed Jake to try and perform his music rather than merely present it. The once elusive Fairmont softer side had been transformed into a serious club concern, and the everlush melodies are now imbued with a new dancefloor sensibility with his live reputation growing as a sweaty, raw performer imbued with tripped out liquid melodies.

From his adopted home base of NYC, Three has been tirelessly holding the flag for underground electronic music in the US since his rise out of the sunny state of Florida in the early 90’s. Armed with a sound that borrows equally from vintage acid-house, techno and underground electronica, his uncompromising Hallucination Limited imprint is held in the highest regard and the catalog will be available digitally for the first time on Beatport. Aside from his natural ability on the decks, Three sets himself apart from the rest of the pack by presenting eclectic sounds with an open-minded attitude towards everything he does. From DJ sets to musical output, Three is a “DJ’s DJ” who has always leaned toward the cutting edge without losing touch with the roots of house and techno.

Fairmont ‘Coloured In Memory’ is out now on Border Community.
Hallucination Limited catalog is now available on Beatport.

Friday, June 27th 2008
Made Event presents

Fairmont (Live)
+ Three

Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
New York City
Doors at 10pm, 21+ Valid ID
$15 Advance Tickets while supplies last at www.ticketweb.com
Tickets also available at Rebel Rebel, 319 Bleecker St NYC 212.989.0770
Event Info 917.723.9381
www.made-event.com
www.myspace.com/jakefairley
www.myspace.com/djthree
www.myspace.com/hallucinationlimited
www.bordercommunity.com
www.cieloclub.com

Made Event NYC Upcoming Events
June 13 ATB @ Pacha NYC
June 26-Sept 25 Été D’Amour @ Santo’s Party House
June 27 Fairmont (Live) & Three @ Cielo
July 4 Lee Burridge @ Cielo
July 5 Armin Van Buuren @ McCarren Pool
July 10 Loco Dice @ Cielo
July 25 Sébastian Léger @ Cielo
August 16 Paul van Dyk @ Pier 54
Aug 31-Sept 1 Sunday School For Degenerates : New York City

About Made Event
The Made Event team, headed by Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma, is committed to excellence in the programming, promotion, and production of electronic dance music events. They continually bring a world-renowned caliber of entertainment into a variety of distinctive and innovative venues, and seek to push the limit of expertise in their field. With over 20 years of combined experience, and over 300 successful events produced in New York City and at Winter Music Conference, Made Event is an industry leader. For more info, please go to www.made-event.com.

Cielo : June 2008 News

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Summer edges ever closer in the city and Cielo continues to feel the heat with an all star line-up of international guests and local heroes to ring in the new season.

Things kick off on Tuesday 3rd with our Adult Section night hosting the talents of Metro Area’s Darshan Jesrani. Metro Area burst onto the scene almost a decade ago, the brainchild of veteran producers Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani, born out of the duo’s dichotomous love of both the old moods of R&B, disco and boogie and the more cutting-edge sound of innovative house and techno. Detroit-esque futurism, Chicago’s abstract tracks, and the warmth of New York and New Jersey’s deep house are all part of the MA experience. Meanwhile Citizen Kane is on hand to add their own styling to proceedings on a night that promises to start things off in style.

Another month and another birthday celebration at Dance Here Now – on the 5th it’s Tom Stephan’s turn to blow out the candles. The thirty-something DJ/producer is another Big Apple native that morphed into his now internationally known Superchumbo protagonist guise, creating and playing his trademark mind-enveloping sound collages of darker percussive elements, dark twisted drums and mesmerizing tension building house sets.

On the 6th Playtime presents Big Love featuring Seamus Haji. Haji is the man behind the creative output of the Brighton-based Big Love label, and a pop star in his own right having scored several UK hits including an update of ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’, and most recently working with hip-house don Doug Lazy. A master at weaving disco-inflected grooves that are fluffy enough for pop sensibilities, yet muscular enough to generate some much-needed street appeal, Haji’s sets similarly mix ‘n’ match the new with the old, and the underground with the crossover.

Now into its third month, don’t forget that Freedom on June 8th is the new and exclusive NYC monthly residency for Junior Vasquez.

Deep Space on the 9th finds Francois K on deck duty. Reams and reams could be said of the man who’s been filling dancefloors as a DJ, remixer and producer since the late-70s. But Philly hit-man King Britt neatly sums things up when he says: “He’s the only person to bring remixing full circle from late-70s to present and has revolutionized the way we listen to sound.” He’s joined on the night by a live set from Norway’s Bugge Wesseltoft. Since the early-90s Bugge (conveniently pronounced Boogie!) has made an impressive, truly post-modern transition from Nordic jazz to create a style he refers to as “future jazz” which sits equally well with fans of deep-house and techno, as well as traditional and experimental jazz purists. There’s a $12 cover charge on the night that runs from 10pm-3:30am.

LA-based house head Marques Wyatt’s summer monthly residency, Deep, commences on June 13th with what promises to another self-assured night of deep soulful grooves and uplifting gospel-etched house.

Cielo resident Nicolas Matar is sure to drop tracks from the new Cielo compilation ‘Cinco’ on Thursday 14th at Paradizo. ‘Cinco’ is a celebration of our fifth anniversary, to be released July 8th on Tommy Boy with each disc mixed by residents Nicolas Matar and Willie Graff respectively. UK’s Update Magazine just awarded it 5 Dancin’ Men and referred to it as “a sleek, sexy, soul-soothing collection featuring new music and remixes from the likes of Carl Craig, Ultra Nate, Arnold Jarvis, Swayzak, Kenny Bobien, K-Scope, Charles Webster, Nick Holder, Alix Alvarez, DJ Pippi, Justin Martin and Manoo & Francois A, and a dozens more beside across 2CDs. In a time where we’re increasingly being told to find new ways to let off stream from the riggers of city living, this comes as the ideal tonic.

Cielo ‘Cinco’ E-card (Preview Album Here)
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Harry “Choo Choo” Romero returns to Cielo on Thursday for 19th Dance Here Now. The former Subliminal man’s sets are legendary as HCCR drops a funk-infused blend of burbling electro-etched basslines, twisted tribalism, and darker progressiveness. The night runs from 10pm-4am and promises set to be a sell out, so to avoid disappointment $20 advance tickets are available from www.danceherenownyc.com.

Another guaranteed sellout on Friday 20th sees Basic New York welcome Jody Wisternoff and guests Sleepy and Boo. Jody made his name in Way Out West, one of the key progressive house acts for over a decade, with a handful of acclaimed albums to their name. After achieving commercial success and critical acclaim as a producer, remixer and DJ, 2006 saw him release his first single under his own name, which quickly topped the Beatport download listing winning new friends in the process. As a DJ he quick to say he “embraces the exciting fresh sounds, shunning the populist/lowest common denominator fodder”. Little wonder his musical passion has always kept him ahead of the game. With support dates alongside Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Terry Frances, Basic New York resident’s Sleepy and Boo’s credentials speak volumes. The attendance is a no-brainer! (The night runs 11pm-4am, with advance tickets $15 from www.wantickets.com or $20 on the door)

There’s more Deep Space on the 23rd with DJ Spinna headlining the night. Known to his mum as Vince Williams, the Brooklyn resident by his own account is “something of an anomaly in music. A humbling example of what it takes to truly succeed within the framework of multiple fields. A steadfast work ethic, an obsessively extensive vinyl library and the willingness to pursue the full extents of his roots (funk, soul and jazz), foundation (hip-hop) and future (electronic/dance music) with no restraints.” Musically he plays all of the above with a verve and passion few can match, let along better. (The night runs 10pm-3:30am with a $12 cover).

Dance Here Now chalks up its first year on Thursday 26th with an anniversary party featuring a trio of legends of New York house – Danny Krivit, Hex Hector, and Tedd Patterson. We could list their credentials that include Grammy Awards, acclaimed and innovative remixes and guaranteed places booked in House Music’s Hall of Fame – but come hear for yourself on the must attend night of the month (10pm-4am, $20 advance tickets from [url]www.danceherenownyc.com)[/url]. Incidentally Tedd Patterson is the monthly Vibal resident that is on the 7th this month.

Things round off on the 27th with the monthly Made Event featuring a live showcase from Jake Fairley under his Fairmont alter ego or his “soft side” as Canadian techno-meister likes to call it. His songs evoke heartache and lonely nights, making listeners smile or cry depending on how their day’s going. Fairmont’s midtempo live act is deep and danceable, yet friendly and personal and has to be witness first hand to be fully understood. (Advance tickets are $15 from [url]www.made-event.com)[/url].

CIELO – JUNE 2008 CALENDAR

ABOUT CIELO
Located at 18 Little West 12th Street, in the heart of New York City’s trendy Meat Packing District, is open nightly from 10:00pm-4:00am. Cielo is a beautifully designed 350-capacity club featuring a world-class, state-of-the-art digital Funktion One soundsystem. Since its opening in 2003, Cielo has become an internationally renowned dance music nightclub brand and has upheld its edict of world-class music, professional service and all-inclusive atmosphere.

Over the last 5 years, Cielo has continued to triumph and collect accolades including; Club World Awards 2008 winner for Best Club (Winner 2005 & 2006) and Best Party – Dance.Here.Now.; Top 50 Nightclubs in the World- DJ Magazine 2006 & 2007; Best Nightclub- Village Voice 2006; Best Deep House Club- New York Magazine 2006; Best Resident DJ Francois K- Club World Awards 2006 & 2005; Best Venue USA- URB Magazine 2005; Best Interior Design- Club World Awards 2004; Best Club- Dancestar Awards USA 2004. For more info, please go to www.cieloclub.com.