this should probably be in the music section
but since i have particular djs and a particular venue in mind, i thought i'd be better to post it here
just got back from the camouflage party, which was held at guernica (ex-save the robots) until recently
now the party is at the leopard lounge/sin sin -- 5th street and 2nd avenue -- every tuesday
i'll begin by saying that i've been living in nyc for a little over 4 years now (first two years being a reasonably good boy and studying, last two years back to my evil ways that lead me nowhere in life), and didn't seek out jungle/d'n'b here until going to the old skool rave several weeks back
(got decidedly burnt out on the whole dark aggressive testerone thing before leaving st louis, not that i was ever a d'n'b scenester, just that the stuff was popular there at the time)
then i went to the old skool rave in greenpoint, where i was seriously impressed by kech, but also thought dj camouflage (aka christian bruna) quite good -- but at the old skool rave, kech played a jungle set, whereas camouflage played breakbeat hardcore
anyway, camouflage is the resident at the party (i.e., it's his club night!), and he takes over at 3:00 and plays til 4:30 (yes, some refreshing defiance of the 4 am curfew, if only token defiance -- but hey, i'm all for token gestures)
camouflage and kech are both big names on the nyc jungle scene, so i'm not going to pretend that i'm trying to turn people on to obscure djs
but these two seriously know how to rock it, though only camouflage played tonight
(i think kech used to be part of a 5-dj camouflage roster, but now it's simply christian bruna)
i cannot for the life of me tell you what he played -- i can tell you only that he's got a great ear for the music, and he knows how to hold it down
(i've never actually collected post-92 jungle or d'n'b music -- any real knowledge of music i may have stops after 1992 -- and from that point onward, i can offer only a punter's or casual consumer's perspective )
very wicked, very psychedelic
good mix of sounds and beats -- kept it interesting
he doesn't do bland jazzy stuff, and he doesn't do dara-style testerone stuff
rather, he's on the psychedelic demon vibe
and this place had serious VIBE tonight -- yeah, i know people sometimes think "vibe" is a bad word, but whatever . . . . i always look for vibe
the room works with the music too -- dark, drapes drawn closed, low ceiling, good floor plan
fairly interesting mix of people, and people were smoking freely, etc
so i strongly suggest that people in nyc check out camouflage on tuesdays at 3:00 am
again, i cannot speak to the current state of d'n'b, and i have no idea what records or labels camouflage was playing -- but he was seriously good
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- five stars out of five stars
but since i have particular djs and a particular venue in mind, i thought i'd be better to post it here
just got back from the camouflage party, which was held at guernica (ex-save the robots) until recently
now the party is at the leopard lounge/sin sin -- 5th street and 2nd avenue -- every tuesday
i'll begin by saying that i've been living in nyc for a little over 4 years now (first two years being a reasonably good boy and studying, last two years back to my evil ways that lead me nowhere in life), and didn't seek out jungle/d'n'b here until going to the old skool rave several weeks back
(got decidedly burnt out on the whole dark aggressive testerone thing before leaving st louis, not that i was ever a d'n'b scenester, just that the stuff was popular there at the time)
then i went to the old skool rave in greenpoint, where i was seriously impressed by kech, but also thought dj camouflage (aka christian bruna) quite good -- but at the old skool rave, kech played a jungle set, whereas camouflage played breakbeat hardcore
anyway, camouflage is the resident at the party (i.e., it's his club night!), and he takes over at 3:00 and plays til 4:30 (yes, some refreshing defiance of the 4 am curfew, if only token defiance -- but hey, i'm all for token gestures)
camouflage and kech are both big names on the nyc jungle scene, so i'm not going to pretend that i'm trying to turn people on to obscure djs
but these two seriously know how to rock it, though only camouflage played tonight
(i think kech used to be part of a 5-dj camouflage roster, but now it's simply christian bruna)
i cannot for the life of me tell you what he played -- i can tell you only that he's got a great ear for the music, and he knows how to hold it down
(i've never actually collected post-92 jungle or d'n'b music -- any real knowledge of music i may have stops after 1992 -- and from that point onward, i can offer only a punter's or casual consumer's perspective )
very wicked, very psychedelic
good mix of sounds and beats -- kept it interesting
he doesn't do bland jazzy stuff, and he doesn't do dara-style testerone stuff
rather, he's on the psychedelic demon vibe
and this place had serious VIBE tonight -- yeah, i know people sometimes think "vibe" is a bad word, but whatever . . . . i always look for vibe
the room works with the music too -- dark, drapes drawn closed, low ceiling, good floor plan
fairly interesting mix of people, and people were smoking freely, etc
so i strongly suggest that people in nyc check out camouflage on tuesdays at 3:00 am
again, i cannot speak to the current state of d'n'b, and i have no idea what records or labels camouflage was playing -- but he was seriously good
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- five stars out of five stars
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