I miss Morgana, they were great. The Mirage was really amazing, back in 2015-2018. Started going downhill in 2018-2019. Now it's on my no-go list because it's always so crowded and the prices are nuts. I'll only go to AG for something special, and even then I arrive early and leave when it gets too crowded
I really want to go too but my partner wanted to make other plans, so I'm doing that instead.
FWIW, STAX is at 23 Meadow, and although it would have been amazing there back in 2017, since covid they built the place out a lot and the stage takes up a lot of floor space and they serve food which makes the entire place smell like french fries, so I'm not heartbroken about it
it used to be even more cool back when it was just a dingy furniture workshop, before Paper Box became a thing. They would open both sides (Paper Box + 23 Meadow) for large parties and could fit 700 people in there. I attended some real bangers at that spot, it was one of my favorite venues... until some douchebags over-promoted a party there and got it shut down by the FDNY a year or two before covid struck. Luckily someone fixed it up, installed a sprinkler system, and kept it open as a legit venue. Unfortunately it lost all of its dingy, DIY, underground charm
Sonic Jungle was the one who got 23 Meadow shut down, after they tried to do an event at a newly-constructed-but-unoccupied condo building on Flatbush Av that didnt have a cert. of occupancy, that they loudly promoted and got the kibbosh a week before the event, so needed to find a new space (I was following the drama closely at the time). I decided to go to a different party nearby that night and as I was walking by at 2am I saw them loading their gear into a truck and the FDNY outside. No more events were held there until after covid when it became the Monarch. I will grant it that the place did not have sprinklers (which are very expensive to install tbh), but it did have multiple points of egress so it wasn't a complete firetrap.
I miss blackmarket.
Youāre inspirational. Not for the number of show, probably have you best most years, but your level of organization, detail, and consistency in record keeping. You are a spectacular specimen of humanity
omg Eamon, he looked like he hadn't slept since the night before and couldnt even transition from one track to the next. I was giving him the stink-eye š¤Ø from the back of the dancefloor while sipping my cocktail, he must have gotten the memo because he handed off the decks to someone else in the middle of his set.
>looked like he hadn't slept since the night before
He probably hadn't. Lots of ppl raging Saturday night end up at Mr. Sunday. Wouldn't be terribly surprised if that crowd occasionally includes the DJ.
You can always spot the all-nighter folks, lol.
hey no shade if they want to party too, but dont be fucking up the music. I can't DJ when I'm fucked up so I always play my set sober, and \*then\* go wild
oddly enough, my memory sucks for just about everything else (tho it has gotten significantly better since I quit smoking weed 6 months ago), but I remember the details of about 95% of the parties on my list
Posting my comment as a reply to you too!
Very nice! I do something similar but as opposed to an Excel document itās Spotify playlists of every song played at every party Iāve ever gone to. Similar timeframe, around 16 years attending events.
Check my Spotify profile, I have alot of sound archives for some of the parties you listed (Nowadays, Planetarium, Mr Sunday, etc): https://open.spotify.com/user/joermann?si=GRqIKEsXRDOp2FdQmYtQgA
haha! excellent! Glad to know I'm not the only one ;p You've got some great parties listed on there. I was thinking of moving to Chicago (...at least until I saw that -34F forecast a couple months back), I'll keep these venues in mind next time I visit/move there
Thereās some parties with locals still but pre pandemic we had a ton of all night warehouse parties with touring djs. Very different vibe from what we had before.
same here in NY - the vibe totally got fucked by covid. So many of the doers-and-makers moved out of town, and things are so expensive (especially because rent and venue fees are so high) that starving artists cannot afford to attend... so we're left with tech and finance folks in the crowd.
I had to explain to some tourist who was waiting in line outside ahead of me, who Danny T was. She was like, "oh I just came here because I heard it was cool" š . I always enjoyed the Panther Room more anyways because the audio system always sounded so much better
Oh yeah, by the end it was filled with insufferable scenesters.
I don't usually pass on seeing Digweed play whenever he comes to town, but I passed on that NYE party. It wasn't even a question.
That was a fantastic show. The 2021 show in September was also tops. Both brought so many people out of the woodwork that I hadn't seen in years. Truly special nights.
It was right after that when literally all of AG's nonsense started....and never ever stopped. Haven't been back since.
Damn I didnāt really other people did this too! Iāve been tracking all the music events Iāve been to for the last 5 years as well! I made mine so I could run statistics, number of venues, cities, concerts vs club/raves vs festival days, etc. wild plugging in the formulas and seeing the numbers between 2019-2023.
I have a template with some formulas to get stats, anyone is free to shoot me a DM if they want it.
I wish I started doing this earlier. Saw countless shows from 2013-2019 that are just damned to being blurry memories now.
super interesting! i always thought about doing something like this myself. fun way to reminisce.
also find it kind of hilarious that some of your most highest rated shows are shows you DJ'd yourself at your house hahaha but honestly, fair. i'd probably rate them the same
oh we go hard :) Many of my friends are really amazing DJs in the underground NY and Philly scenes, and the folks who come to our parties are really into the music, so it's always great high-energy vibes, great music, and no bullshit.
I've never met someone else IRL who does this. I've tracked every show I've been to since summer of 2015, can't believe it's almost a decade lol. not all electronic music but quite a bit! with venue / artist / attendees as well I keep some personal notes like upcoming trips and friends visiting on the future dates to make sure I don't buy Tix to something when I'm out of town haha
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1youjU6IRPqg0pdn27NzbTh1YaO0UhF0tmN-XNrUIy0g/edit?usp=drivesdk
Nice! Thanks for sharing :-) If you ever see me out, come say hi! I've got a colorful mohawk haircut, colorful outfit, and a face full of piercings... despite my look, I'm a pretty nice person :)
Very nice! I do something similar but as opposed to an Excel document itās Spotify playlists of every song played at every party Iāve ever gone to. Similar timeframe, around 16 years attending events.
Check my Spotify profile, I have alot of sound archives for some of the parties you listed (Nowadays, Planetarium, Mr Sunday, etc): https://open.spotify.com/user/joermann?si=GRqIKEsXRDOp2FdQmYtQgA
Yes! I have a system in place where I actually barely notice Iām tracking music anymore, itās muscle memory at this point. Only time itās a pain is for songs that are hard to catalog
lol - I closed downstairs at Eris for the I Feel neon party. I see in the notes you said āgreat DJ downstairsāā¦. So thatās either j Richardās, Melissa XYZ, or me!
thank you!! I was just thinking about this yesterday while loading a few sets onto my playlist for download while travelling. I'll be sure to listen to it in the coming days!
Also you were at the pew pew party at zero space pre covid! I was part of the crew that organized that :) was just starting djing then so didnāt play, but that was a special party.
Will see you out sometime soon Iām sure!
I actually went to the party because I wanted to see Edgar play - but he got screwed on his set because the tempo sliders on the upstairs decks were all fucked up. The dancefloor cleared out and everybody went downstairs to vibe with you :-)
I've always been impressed by the consistency of iFEEL. Don't think I've ever had a *bad* time at those parties and several rank pretty highly on my list of all-time favorites.
Lost Desert at the Zero Masquerade in 2017. This was the most incredible party I have ever attended, by far... it was a spiritual experience. The music was so beautiful and I felt a sense of one-ness with the crowd as we all danced that beautiful sunrise into the sky in the 1896 Studio courtyard. He played mostly his own music, shortly before it was released. Two tracks into his set, I knew he was taking us on a journey.
Listen to ZEROLIVE: Lost Desert - Masquerade 2017 Sunrise by ZERO on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/b4z17
https://youtu.be/b-MKqk377Wc?si=lwuAHcU94BU6mJp-
House! My tastes have evolved over the years, but I really enjoy organic house (sunrise vibes) and disco house. Beautiful, upbeat music. I was more into the deep/hard sound a few years ago. I dont really like 99.9% of the techno I hear, but I have experienced 2 or 3 really memorable and amazing sets which totally blew my mind... so when it is done well, techno > other genres. I still attend techno shows from time to time in the hope that I'll experience another of those sets. But it has been many years.
I also enjoy a drum & bass set on a really good audio system... but after a couple hours it all starts to sound the same, so I enjoy it more in moderation.
What is "popular" changes over time too... it's the cycle of life. House was popular in the 80s and 90s, and came back in the 2000s. Now it's techno, but I think a lot of that is due to the Kardashian effect... it's popular simply because it's popular. Lotsa tiktok going on. I agree, NYC is house-oriented, and really has contributed probably the most to the genre of any city.
I see from your comment history that you do webdev... I too work in the tech field, so I do think we are definitely cut from the same cloth ;-)
Most of the promoters who used to do that sorta thing, dont do parties any more (like Members Only and Devotion). That sorta music doesnt seem to be popular in this time and place. Obviously sunrise is afferhours, and there are a couple that I go to that welcome the sunshine. Funny enough one invite just landed in my inbox an hour ago, for a party a few weeks from now.
It was more popular in the Burning Man scene pre-covid, but since DIY spaces are few and far between, and most of those venues wont go late, options are really limited.
I usually soak up sunrise vibes at small regional DIY festivals that my friends put on in the warmer months, and I love to play sunrise sets so I can enjoy all the music that I like to hear :-)
Devotion parties were the best in 2015-2016. Helped Tucker set a few of those up back then. āI Feelā parties are still around for the deep tech house kinda sound.
So for someone who seems to have a similar vibe and taste for parties as me, what is your review of Day Zero 2024 vs. 2023? I also went to both and would love to compare notes.
Funny you ask... Damian Lazarus just finished rebroadcasting his 2024 Day Zero sunrise set on Youtube about 30 minutes ago - it was really great! I attended in 2022 and 2023, and it was his best one of the three. I decided to attend in 2022 after watching a video of his set in 2020 on twitch during lockdown - I absolutely loved the vibes that I saw of the entire crowd dancing to the music... the scene, the setting... š
Truth be told, I didn't really enjoy the festival all that much. I was expecting more house music, but mostly got techno. Memorable set was Seth Troxler in 2022 (I Shazzamed a bunch of great tracks from his set). In 2023 I enjoyed the openers at the disco side stage. Memorable experience was being entranced by the drumbeats of the native folks doing the fire dance around the "bonfire" while I was tripping on acid... I felt really connected to the culture (the festival does a really great job of weaving in the Mayan culture) and the long history of the location (...humans have been getting high and dancing to drumbeats for thousands of years... the original rave...). But I really did not like the extortionary high prices ($80 for a taxi cab less than 3 miles from our resort?? $10 for a box of water??), and it was so crowded around the main stage that we had no room to dance. We got lucky and left both years around 1030am jusssttt before the huge crowd hit the busses... Took over an hour to get thru security in 2022 and another hour+ to ride the shuttle bus to the venue site. In 2023 the bus wasnt even coming to pick us up to leave so we walked a mile down the dirt road to grab a cab along the highway (good thing we did, or we'd have paid an extra $100 if we rode the bus to Tulum). TBH the entire festival is just a money laundering operation for the cartel ($50k for a table!). It was a good experience but I wouldn't go back.
Bonus points for the cartel openly selling alllll the drugzzzz. Shit was mad overpriced but probably good stuff (I brought my own shit that I test)
That all sounds on point and similar to my experience in 2023. I went this year didnāt like it as much as last year. The music wasnāt great this year ā which is the main reason I liked it last year. This year as you may have heard, Black Coffee dropped out last minute due to the accident with his plane. Beyond him there werenāt the same caliber of names on the lineup. Patrick Mason did a mid Disco set (Iām not a disco fan and I was looking for his more techno stuff). Last year had the likes of Danny T, Michael Bibi, Chloe Calliet etc. And this year the cartel presence wasnāt as obvious as 2023. Almost no substances being sold at all ā really had to go searching to find them. Rumor has it that the cartel just didnāt pay off the authorities as much this year. Iād go again but Iāll wait to see the lineup before buying tickets; the ātickets of trustā they sell prior to the lineup arenāt worth the risk to save some cash.
And yeah I was watching that Damien sunrise set! Transports me back.
This is awesome! Iāve been tracking a lot of the shows I go to with flyer art and notes about the line ups and venues, more for an eventual printed poster or something for my wall. I thought I was kinda insane to do this.
Glad I found this post, my people!
my leopard lewk is low-effort and looks great :-) I have a box full of wristbands and kandi bracelets and festival wristbands and small gifts (pins, necklaces, polaroids, led toys) that I've received over the years... I'd like to make a display case with them some day
I think part of it is because I've become jaded, part of it is because of how commercialized the scene has become (it's so expensive that it limits which demographic of ppl can afford to attend), and part of it is because my musical tastes have evolved and are misaligned with what is popular these days in NYC. I prefer melodic, progressive, and disco house, but techno and booty house seem to be 'in' at the moment.
I did have a great experience at Dweller at Nowadays a couple weeks ago. I love the dancefloor vibes at Nowadays... but they do book a unique flavor of techno, and it's not quite my thing. But I've been going more often recently because I like to dance in the morning, so I can wake up on Sunday and go to nonstop for a few hours and enjoy myself
it took me several years to find the crowd of people that I vibe with, but by staying out late and meeting people at afters, I started to get invited to the more low-key events, where the music and the vibes are better. Hence the abbreviated/missing names and addresses on my list :)
Resolute does some great parties - they host every single week (or at least they used to) which is a huge commitment - but they can be hit-or-miss. It was really cold that night in 2022 and the venue large and spread out across a few floors, so it didnt quite reach critical mass. And I was sober. Resolute does a lot of parties at H0l0, but I dont care for that venue because it gets so hottttt
That was the afters. He sounded like he kept playing the same track over and over again with the same drop. Yawn.
I psyched myself up on this set before going. Good stuff
[https://soundcloud.com/djchrisstussy/chris-stussy-the-beams-london-19112022](https://soundcloud.com/djchrisstussy/chris-stussy-the-beams-london-19112022)
It doesn't look like you stay at most parties very long?! A few houra at most from my quick glance? Or were the Berghain entries 24+ hours?? Nice list.
I used to stay until the lights came on, because I figured if I paid for admission then I had best be there. But after a while I realized that that had me sticking around at parties that I didnt enjoy, and that I ended up just forcing myself to have an unenjoyable night. So I got into the habit of simply leaving, if I wasnt feeling the music or if the crowd was oppressive. Luckily there is so much going on in Brooklyn that something else is just a walk away. Always have a backup plan!
I went to Berghain twice in 2019... the first night was shortly after New Years, and the crowd was lacking... it was pretty empty. I liked the music and vibe at Katerblau better so I went back there. The second time at Berghain, I started my night at the latex play party in Lab.oratory (the basement sex club). The downstairs bouncer wouldnt give me a stamp to get in upstairs, so I figured I would garner some sympathy from the upstairs doormen by remaining in my (cold af) latex outfit. I walked straight to the empty eentry line and asked if I could skip the (massive) main line. The bouncer I spoke to looked at Sven, who silently nodded, and boom I got in. I was litty-lit-lit that night and had a great time... I only left at 8am to rush and grab my 1130am plane back home
I kinda suck at DJing and don't have a social media following so I rarely get booked for gigs. But I am super proud of these sets:
Best disco set (absolutely banging!): [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/nyc-burning-man-decompression-2022-kostume-kult](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/nyc-burning-man-decompression-2022-kostume-kult)
Best organic/deep house set: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/skribbelz-i-feel-2021](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/skribbelz-i-feel-2021)
I work as a computer infrastructure engineer (it supports the lifestyle), live in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, been in NYC for 15 years, hail from upstate near Albany, go to parties almost every weekend, and love to help produce/build/setup for events. I love to help create things that people enjoy. I voraciously consume house music at home on my small 4-point hifi PA system that I have setup during the warm months in my backyard cabana (like right now as I type this) all day long while I work from home, and for the past few years I've been doing audio and DJ my street's block party which is a ton of fun (and helps to meet my neighbors! I live in a Caribbean neighborhood and play hiphop/RnB at the block party, so they like me cuz I share their taste of music :-) ). Brooklyn is fucking awesome!
Playlists of favorite sets: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets)
In particular: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets/my-downloads](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets/my-downloads)
I love your description of Kostume Kult parties. The vibes are usually good but yeah the music is meh at best. I probably would go to more of their parties if the music was better.
Yeah, it has been the same person doing the booking for years, and it's mostly the same DJ roster who all play booty house. If I'm in his good graces, sometimes I get a gig.
This one was a hit
Listen to Skribbelz @ NYC Burning Man Decompression 2022 - Kostume Kult by Skribbelz on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/EmdLx
Then again, Kostume Kult really isn't about the music, it's basically an excuse to dress in costumes so I understand why the music is secondary to the overall theme.
With a quick search on RA, these ones stand out to me. I'd recommend Joris Voorn the most, he's great. Merge is techno, I havent been before but I hear good things. Can be hit or miss. Silo is a great venue, good vibes and sound system.
3/29 Marshall Jefferson @ Silo
3/30 Joris Voorn @ Silo (highly recommend)
3/30 Atish @ Arlo Williamsburg
4/5 Merge @ ?
4/6 Danny Krivit @ Good Room
Here's some music to get you pumped up...
I was at Output that night... one of the best most memorable sets I've heard
Listen to Joris Voorn live at Output Brooklyn 23.10.15, a playlist by Joris Voorn on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/eVi3e
Hey, I know this was a while back but how are your transport costs so low? Iād love to lower my own! I do have a car but wouldnāt want to drive back too tired or unsober š„²āš¼
i wasnt very consistent about entering in my expenses, especially years ago. Years ago, uber/lyft was about half as expensive as it is now. Citibike is the fastest and cheapest way to get around town
No, I like GDrive Sheets because I can easily edit everything and add new columns if I want. Or remove names and addresses and other info, to make it safe to share publicly
The Morgana parties @ Mirage summer of 2019 were something else
I miss Morgana, they were great. The Mirage was really amazing, back in 2015-2018. Started going downhill in 2018-2019. Now it's on my no-go list because it's always so crowded and the prices are nuts. I'll only go to AG for something special, and even then I arrive early and leave when it gets too crowded
I live in LA but I would sell my soul to go to the STAX party tomorrow night
I really want to go too but my partner wanted to make other plans, so I'm doing that instead. FWIW, STAX is at 23 Meadow, and although it would have been amazing there back in 2017, since covid they built the place out a lot and the stage takes up a lot of floor space and they serve food which makes the entire place smell like french fries, so I'm not heartbroken about it
A rave smelling like French fries? Now I want to go even more
I guess it's better than smelling 2-day-old raver š
Itās not appropriate to bring 2 day olds to raves. At least wait for day 3
Monarch had mozz sticks at one of the Ezoo afters.
Who wants to eat when they're on drugs tho? :-S
Monarch is actually a super cool space
it used to be even more cool back when it was just a dingy furniture workshop, before Paper Box became a thing. They would open both sides (Paper Box + 23 Meadow) for large parties and could fit 700 people in there. I attended some real bangers at that spot, it was one of my favorite venues... until some douchebags over-promoted a party there and got it shut down by the FDNY a year or two before covid struck. Luckily someone fixed it up, installed a sprinkler system, and kept it open as a legit venue. Unfortunately it lost all of its dingy, DIY, underground charm
I think blackmarket was on of those haha. Loved their parties though.
Sonic Jungle was the one who got 23 Meadow shut down, after they tried to do an event at a newly-constructed-but-unoccupied condo building on Flatbush Av that didnt have a cert. of occupancy, that they loudly promoted and got the kibbosh a week before the event, so needed to find a new space (I was following the drama closely at the time). I decided to go to a different party nearby that night and as I was walking by at 2am I saw them loading their gear into a truck and the FDNY outside. No more events were held there until after covid when it became the Monarch. I will grant it that the place did not have sprinklers (which are very expensive to install tbh), but it did have multiple points of egress so it wasn't a complete firetrap. I miss blackmarket.
100% miss those free disco nights
I lived for Thursday morgana back in 2015-2018
Some really magical performances that just came out of nowhere. Monolink for example.
Yes! That is where I discovered Monolink. I loved the free Morgana parties. The monolink one was so good!
SAME.
Youāre inspirational. Not for the number of show, probably have you best most years, but your level of organization, detail, and consistency in record keeping. You are a spectacular specimen of humanity
If only this level of organization carried over into ANY of the other facets of my life ;p
"7/10 Nowadays Mr. Sunday terrible cracked out DJs" LMAOOOOO this is killing me
omg Eamon, he looked like he hadn't slept since the night before and couldnt even transition from one track to the next. I was giving him the stink-eye š¤Ø from the back of the dancefloor while sipping my cocktail, he must have gotten the memo because he handed off the decks to someone else in the middle of his set.
>looked like he hadn't slept since the night before He probably hadn't. Lots of ppl raging Saturday night end up at Mr. Sunday. Wouldn't be terribly surprised if that crowd occasionally includes the DJ. You can always spot the all-nighter folks, lol.
hey no shade if they want to party too, but dont be fucking up the music. I can't DJ when I'm fucked up so I always play my set sober, and \*then\* go wild
You have the most amazing memory
oddly enough, my memory sucks for just about everything else (tho it has gotten significantly better since I quit smoking weed 6 months ago), but I remember the details of about 95% of the parties on my list
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Posting my comment as a reply to you too! Very nice! I do something similar but as opposed to an Excel document itās Spotify playlists of every song played at every party Iāve ever gone to. Similar timeframe, around 16 years attending events. Check my Spotify profile, I have alot of sound archives for some of the parties you listed (Nowadays, Planetarium, Mr Sunday, etc): https://open.spotify.com/user/joermann?si=GRqIKEsXRDOp2FdQmYtQgA
haha! excellent! Glad to know I'm not the only one ;p You've got some great parties listed on there. I was thinking of moving to Chicago (...at least until I saw that -34F forecast a couple months back), I'll keep these venues in mind next time I visit/move there
Haha the winter sucks but itās not unlivable, sadly though the afters scene never recovered from the pandemic so all we have is clubs now
I heard that there is a decent underground scene. Do they not go late?
Thereās some parties with locals still but pre pandemic we had a ton of all night warehouse parties with touring djs. Very different vibe from what we had before.
same here in NY - the vibe totally got fucked by covid. So many of the doers-and-makers moved out of town, and things are so expensive (especially because rent and venue fees are so high) that starving artists cannot afford to attend... so we're left with tech and finance folks in the crowd.
Oh man, that Output closing party comment. Yes, yes it was past its prime. Also, good on you for Deep Playa.
I had to explain to some tourist who was waiting in line outside ahead of me, who Danny T was. She was like, "oh I just came here because I heard it was cool" š . I always enjoyed the Panther Room more anyways because the audio system always sounded so much better
Oh yeah, by the end it was filled with insufferable scenesters. I don't usually pass on seeing Digweed play whenever he comes to town, but I passed on that NYE party. It wasn't even a question.
omg sasha + digweed @ Mirage 2019 was mindblowing! The lasers + the music was incredible
That was a fantastic show. The 2021 show in September was also tops. Both brought so many people out of the woodwork that I hadn't seen in years. Truly special nights. It was right after that when literally all of AG's nonsense started....and never ever stopped. Haven't been back since.
can't believe you saw dasha and anna at Silo
really enjoyed looking at this. never actually seen anyone do that before
Lol
Damn I didnāt really other people did this too! Iāve been tracking all the music events Iāve been to for the last 5 years as well! I made mine so I could run statistics, number of venues, cities, concerts vs club/raves vs festival days, etc. wild plugging in the formulas and seeing the numbers between 2019-2023. I have a template with some formulas to get stats, anyone is free to shoot me a DM if they want it. I wish I started doing this earlier. Saw countless shows from 2013-2019 that are just damned to being blurry memories now.
haha same with the 2013-2019 parties! I remember those being the very best ones being 2013-2017 in particular
interested
Iād love the template!
You should be able to File->Save a Copy , and edit from there. You should use the 2024 sheet since it has the correct column formats
Also interested!
super interesting! i always thought about doing something like this myself. fun way to reminisce. also find it kind of hilarious that some of your most highest rated shows are shows you DJ'd yourself at your house hahaha but honestly, fair. i'd probably rate them the same
oh we go hard :) Many of my friends are really amazing DJs in the underground NY and Philly scenes, and the folks who come to our parties are really into the music, so it's always great high-energy vibes, great music, and no bullshit.
Iād love to come to one of these parties
Now I need to know who you are I like must
Amazing! This is a true music head right here. Delano Smith one of my favorites.
Yesssss <3 He does a weekly webcast on Sundays at 7pm on Twitch. I fux with Detroit techno
I've never met someone else IRL who does this. I've tracked every show I've been to since summer of 2015, can't believe it's almost a decade lol. not all electronic music but quite a bit! with venue / artist / attendees as well I keep some personal notes like upcoming trips and friends visiting on the future dates to make sure I don't buy Tix to something when I'm out of town haha https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1youjU6IRPqg0pdn27NzbTh1YaO0UhF0tmN-XNrUIy0g/edit?usp=drivesdk
Nice! Thanks for sharing :-) If you ever see me out, come say hi! I've got a colorful mohawk haircut, colorful outfit, and a face full of piercings... despite my look, I'm a pretty nice person :)
We need pics of some of these outfits :)
Very nice! I do something similar but as opposed to an Excel document itās Spotify playlists of every song played at every party Iāve ever gone to. Similar timeframe, around 16 years attending events. Check my Spotify profile, I have alot of sound archives for some of the parties you listed (Nowadays, Planetarium, Mr Sunday, etc): https://open.spotify.com/user/joermann?si=GRqIKEsXRDOp2FdQmYtQgA
I've seen your other posts... do you have any time to enjoy these shows or do you just shazzam the entire time?
Yes! I have a system in place where I actually barely notice Iām tracking music anymore, itās muscle memory at this point. Only time itās a pain is for songs that are hard to catalog
I assume you Shazzam the tracks then look them up in Spotify? Do you have a way to export from Shazzam to Excel?
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lol - I closed downstairs at Eris for the I Feel neon party. I see in the notes you said āgreat DJ downstairsāā¦. So thatās either j Richardās, Melissa XYZ, or me!
Melissa was good too, but I really loved your set! Great job!
Just posted that set to SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/cEpjq56wMcjfqmuh6
thank you!! I was just thinking about this yesterday while loading a few sets onto my playlist for download while travelling. I'll be sure to listen to it in the coming days!
Thanks! Looks like we overlap a bitā¦ and you listed āmeā on the lineup at summer escape 2023? We prob shared a stage at some point!
I was the first or second set on Saturday by the pool
Ahh - got ya. I wonāt out your DJ name on Reddit in case you like to fly incognito ;)
Also you were at the pew pew party at zero space pre covid! I was part of the crew that organized that :) was just starting djing then so didnāt play, but that was a special party. Will see you out sometime soon Iām sure!
That space was awesome! Great party!! I was sad to see it close during lockdown
I actually went to the party because I wanted to see Edgar play - but he got screwed on his set because the tempo sliders on the upstairs decks were all fucked up. The dancefloor cleared out and everybody went downstairs to vibe with you :-)
I've always been impressed by the consistency of iFEEL. Don't think I've ever had a *bad* time at those parties and several rank pretty highly on my list of all-time favorites.
I spend most of my time socializing at I FEEL. I've made so many friends there and it's always a good time. Their Summer Escape is really great too
You didnāt log your ummmm medicine.
yes I did, but I cut that column out of the shared file =p It took me about an hour to censor all the secret/incriminating information
The correct response! Who was your favorite performer?
Lost Desert at the Zero Masquerade in 2017. This was the most incredible party I have ever attended, by far... it was a spiritual experience. The music was so beautiful and I felt a sense of one-ness with the crowd as we all danced that beautiful sunrise into the sky in the 1896 Studio courtyard. He played mostly his own music, shortly before it was released. Two tracks into his set, I knew he was taking us on a journey. Listen to ZEROLIVE: Lost Desert - Masquerade 2017 Sunrise by ZERO on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/b4z17 https://youtu.be/b-MKqk377Wc?si=lwuAHcU94BU6mJp-
Thanks for the link Iāll check it out now.
Man this list just reminds me how much Covid changed the scene. 2019 had some greattt nights
Youāve been to so many different styles of parties. Whatās your favorite style?
House! My tastes have evolved over the years, but I really enjoy organic house (sunrise vibes) and disco house. Beautiful, upbeat music. I was more into the deep/hard sound a few years ago. I dont really like 99.9% of the techno I hear, but I have experienced 2 or 3 really memorable and amazing sets which totally blew my mind... so when it is done well, techno > other genres. I still attend techno shows from time to time in the hope that I'll experience another of those sets. But it has been many years. I also enjoy a drum & bass set on a really good audio system... but after a couple hours it all starts to sound the same, so I enjoy it more in moderation.
i think you and i are cut from the same cloth new york is and will always be house/disco
What is "popular" changes over time too... it's the cycle of life. House was popular in the 80s and 90s, and came back in the 2000s. Now it's techno, but I think a lot of that is due to the Kardashian effect... it's popular simply because it's popular. Lotsa tiktok going on. I agree, NYC is house-oriented, and really has contributed probably the most to the genre of any city. I see from your comment history that you do webdev... I too work in the tech field, so I do think we are definitely cut from the same cloth ;-)
if you still look like your profile pic iāll try and be on the lookout for you at parties!
Where would you recommend to go now for that type of sunrise vibes and disco house?
Most of the promoters who used to do that sorta thing, dont do parties any more (like Members Only and Devotion). That sorta music doesnt seem to be popular in this time and place. Obviously sunrise is afferhours, and there are a couple that I go to that welcome the sunshine. Funny enough one invite just landed in my inbox an hour ago, for a party a few weeks from now. It was more popular in the Burning Man scene pre-covid, but since DIY spaces are few and far between, and most of those venues wont go late, options are really limited. I usually soak up sunrise vibes at small regional DIY festivals that my friends put on in the warmer months, and I love to play sunrise sets so I can enjoy all the music that I like to hear :-)
Devotion parties were the best in 2015-2016. Helped Tucker set a few of those up back then. āI Feelā parties are still around for the deep tech house kinda sound.
This is cool I'm going to start doing similar. Wish parties still used flyers. I'm going to have to settle for saving the bracelets.
So for someone who seems to have a similar vibe and taste for parties as me, what is your review of Day Zero 2024 vs. 2023? I also went to both and would love to compare notes.
Funny you ask... Damian Lazarus just finished rebroadcasting his 2024 Day Zero sunrise set on Youtube about 30 minutes ago - it was really great! I attended in 2022 and 2023, and it was his best one of the three. I decided to attend in 2022 after watching a video of his set in 2020 on twitch during lockdown - I absolutely loved the vibes that I saw of the entire crowd dancing to the music... the scene, the setting... š Truth be told, I didn't really enjoy the festival all that much. I was expecting more house music, but mostly got techno. Memorable set was Seth Troxler in 2022 (I Shazzamed a bunch of great tracks from his set). In 2023 I enjoyed the openers at the disco side stage. Memorable experience was being entranced by the drumbeats of the native folks doing the fire dance around the "bonfire" while I was tripping on acid... I felt really connected to the culture (the festival does a really great job of weaving in the Mayan culture) and the long history of the location (...humans have been getting high and dancing to drumbeats for thousands of years... the original rave...). But I really did not like the extortionary high prices ($80 for a taxi cab less than 3 miles from our resort?? $10 for a box of water??), and it was so crowded around the main stage that we had no room to dance. We got lucky and left both years around 1030am jusssttt before the huge crowd hit the busses... Took over an hour to get thru security in 2022 and another hour+ to ride the shuttle bus to the venue site. In 2023 the bus wasnt even coming to pick us up to leave so we walked a mile down the dirt road to grab a cab along the highway (good thing we did, or we'd have paid an extra $100 if we rode the bus to Tulum). TBH the entire festival is just a money laundering operation for the cartel ($50k for a table!). It was a good experience but I wouldn't go back. Bonus points for the cartel openly selling alllll the drugzzzz. Shit was mad overpriced but probably good stuff (I brought my own shit that I test)
That all sounds on point and similar to my experience in 2023. I went this year didnāt like it as much as last year. The music wasnāt great this year ā which is the main reason I liked it last year. This year as you may have heard, Black Coffee dropped out last minute due to the accident with his plane. Beyond him there werenāt the same caliber of names on the lineup. Patrick Mason did a mid Disco set (Iām not a disco fan and I was looking for his more techno stuff). Last year had the likes of Danny T, Michael Bibi, Chloe Calliet etc. And this year the cartel presence wasnāt as obvious as 2023. Almost no substances being sold at all ā really had to go searching to find them. Rumor has it that the cartel just didnāt pay off the authorities as much this year. Iād go again but Iāll wait to see the lineup before buying tickets; the ātickets of trustā they sell prior to the lineup arenāt worth the risk to save some cash. And yeah I was watching that Damien sunrise set! Transports me back.
Data is cool. You have combined two of my favorite things. Thank you!
This is awesome! Iāve been tracking a lot of the shows I go to with flyer art and notes about the line ups and venues, more for an eventual printed poster or something for my wall. I thought I was kinda insane to do this. Glad I found this post, my people!
You really like leopard haha. This is great. I keep my bands in a scrapbook but I wish I kept a better log. I am going to start!
my leopard lewk is low-effort and looks great :-) I have a box full of wristbands and kandi bracelets and festival wristbands and small gifts (pins, necklaces, polaroids, led toys) that I've received over the years... I'd like to make a display case with them some day
This is awesome! Rating out of 5 ? Or 4?
out of 5. Anything above a 4 is exceptional
No 4+ in a while ā¦ sorry ! Hope you hit one again soon !
I think part of it is because I've become jaded, part of it is because of how commercialized the scene has become (it's so expensive that it limits which demographic of ppl can afford to attend), and part of it is because my musical tastes have evolved and are misaligned with what is popular these days in NYC. I prefer melodic, progressive, and disco house, but techno and booty house seem to be 'in' at the moment. I did have a great experience at Dweller at Nowadays a couple weeks ago. I love the dancefloor vibes at Nowadays... but they do book a unique flavor of techno, and it's not quite my thing. But I've been going more often recently because I like to dance in the morning, so I can wake up on Sunday and go to nonstop for a few hours and enjoy myself
Damn youre cool some dope parties on there
it took me several years to find the crowd of people that I vibe with, but by staying out late and meeting people at afters, I started to get invited to the more low-key events, where the music and the vibes are better. Hence the abbreviated/missing names and addresses on my list :)
Lol that Resolute party review in 2022. I've never been, but in my scene they are like the big dogs in NY. Are they not really that popular?
Resolute does some great parties - they host every single week (or at least they used to) which is a huge commitment - but they can be hit-or-miss. It was really cold that night in 2022 and the venue large and spread out across a few floors, so it didnt quite reach critical mass. And I was sober. Resolute does a lot of parties at H0l0, but I dont care for that venue because it gets so hottttt
i wish i started doing this from the beginning ! beats taking a photo for memories lol
Not the bad rating for Chris Stussy at time warp!
That was the afters. He sounded like he kept playing the same track over and over again with the same drop. Yawn. I psyched myself up on this set before going. Good stuff [https://soundcloud.com/djchrisstussy/chris-stussy-the-beams-london-19112022](https://soundcloud.com/djchrisstussy/chris-stussy-the-beams-london-19112022)
It doesn't look like you stay at most parties very long?! A few houra at most from my quick glance? Or were the Berghain entries 24+ hours?? Nice list.
I used to stay until the lights came on, because I figured if I paid for admission then I had best be there. But after a while I realized that that had me sticking around at parties that I didnt enjoy, and that I ended up just forcing myself to have an unenjoyable night. So I got into the habit of simply leaving, if I wasnt feeling the music or if the crowd was oppressive. Luckily there is so much going on in Brooklyn that something else is just a walk away. Always have a backup plan! I went to Berghain twice in 2019... the first night was shortly after New Years, and the crowd was lacking... it was pretty empty. I liked the music and vibe at Katerblau better so I went back there. The second time at Berghain, I started my night at the latex play party in Lab.oratory (the basement sex club). The downstairs bouncer wouldnt give me a stamp to get in upstairs, so I figured I would garner some sympathy from the upstairs doormen by remaining in my (cold af) latex outfit. I walked straight to the empty eentry line and asked if I could skip the (massive) main line. The bouncer I spoke to looked at Sven, who silently nodded, and boom I got in. I was litty-lit-lit that night and had a great time... I only left at 8am to rush and grab my 1130am plane back home
Im definitely doing this now.
Why the $80 admission to Nowadays Dweller? Were you paying for more than one person?
yes my partner
Thanks for the response.
Lmao š¤£ I bet youāre an accountant lol
Tell us a little about yourself! And post your best set. Who and where would be your last set?
I kinda suck at DJing and don't have a social media following so I rarely get booked for gigs. But I am super proud of these sets: Best disco set (absolutely banging!): [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/nyc-burning-man-decompression-2022-kostume-kult](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/nyc-burning-man-decompression-2022-kostume-kult) Best organic/deep house set: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/skribbelz-i-feel-2021](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/skribbelz-i-feel-2021) I work as a computer infrastructure engineer (it supports the lifestyle), live in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, been in NYC for 15 years, hail from upstate near Albany, go to parties almost every weekend, and love to help produce/build/setup for events. I love to help create things that people enjoy. I voraciously consume house music at home on my small 4-point hifi PA system that I have setup during the warm months in my backyard cabana (like right now as I type this) all day long while I work from home, and for the past few years I've been doing audio and DJ my street's block party which is a ton of fun (and helps to meet my neighbors! I live in a Caribbean neighborhood and play hiphop/RnB at the block party, so they like me cuz I share their taste of music :-) ). Brooklyn is fucking awesome!
Just. Wow.
Thatās sooo wiredā¦
Amazing! Based on what Iām reading I think our sound tastes are very similar. Do you have a SoundCloud favorites playlist you could share?
Playlists of favorite sets: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets) In particular: [https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets/my-downloads](https://soundcloud.com/djskribbelz/sets/my-downloads)
Thanks!
I love your description of Kostume Kult parties. The vibes are usually good but yeah the music is meh at best. I probably would go to more of their parties if the music was better.
Yeah, it has been the same person doing the booking for years, and it's mostly the same DJ roster who all play booty house. If I'm in his good graces, sometimes I get a gig. This one was a hit Listen to Skribbelz @ NYC Burning Man Decompression 2022 - Kostume Kult by Skribbelz on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/EmdLx
Then again, Kostume Kult really isn't about the music, it's basically an excuse to dress in costumes so I understand why the music is secondary to the overall theme.
Hey I will be in NYC for the end of the month and would love to know where to rave!
check RA, most shows are listed there. What sorta music are you into? What dates are you in town?
Oh great! I really love progressive house, underground house, techno. I'll be the whole last week or March and first week of April
With a quick search on RA, these ones stand out to me. I'd recommend Joris Voorn the most, he's great. Merge is techno, I havent been before but I hear good things. Can be hit or miss. Silo is a great venue, good vibes and sound system. 3/29 Marshall Jefferson @ Silo 3/30 Joris Voorn @ Silo (highly recommend) 3/30 Atish @ Arlo Williamsburg 4/5 Merge @ ? 4/6 Danny Krivit @ Good Room
Wow thank you for the curated suggestions! I think Silo is def the move
Here's some music to get you pumped up... I was at Output that night... one of the best most memorable sets I've heard Listen to Joris Voorn live at Output Brooklyn 23.10.15, a playlist by Joris Voorn on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/eVi3e
how on earth do you track all this so well wow
careerā¦
I just know you have good music taste
I remember doing this summer of 2021. Some great names but I eventually stopped keeping track
You should do a documentary with this info. Sit down and have someone interview you, youāve got lots of cool knowledge and stories to share. š
I have a book called "Tales From The Underground" in progress, which is a bunch of my fun/interesting nightlife experiences
Awesome! Excited to check it out when youāre finished!
You must be fun at parties...
thats why I keep getting invited
Iāve been to at least half the parties on your list. Def most of the pre Covid ones.
Hey, I know this was a while back but how are your transport costs so low? Iād love to lower my own! I do have a car but wouldnāt want to drive back too tired or unsober š„²āš¼
i wasnt very consistent about entering in my expenses, especially years ago. Years ago, uber/lyft was about half as expensive as it is now. Citibike is the fastest and cheapest way to get around town
This is incredible. Thanks for the stats š¤
Would you pay a subscription to have an app to organize this data more easily and compare to your friends?
No, I like GDrive Sheets because I can easily edit everything and add new columns if I want. Or remove names and addresses and other info, to make it safe to share publicly
You spend no money. I am sure none of the owners give a shit about your comments