Still sounds like Minneapolis, if you substitute "minimal techno" for "deep house". There are a few really good minimal DJs -- and a whole slew of mediocre ones trying to jump on the bandwagon.
- jobot ----- Original Message ----- From: Phonopsia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:11 pm Subject: Re: (313) washington dc? > There's actually a load of good local deep house DJs but the > touring artists > that come through are very un-chancey. Not many people you can't > see in > every other large urban area in the US. Some of my favorite locals > wereDarrow, Milo, Omar Faisson, Brian Stewart, Doug Smith (of 95 > North) and Sam > the Man Burns. Brett Dancer lives in Balto now I think, and was doing > Vicki's Sanctuary stuff this time last year, which Pope and Oji > from Balto > also used to do - on the more spiritual tip. Looks like that is > still the > case according to this: http://www.dcsanctuary.com/. If you're > looking for a > good, largely black crowd, this is the place to go. The best party > I saw in > DC was when Ron Trent played there. > > My favorite venue in DC is the Blue Room in Adam's Morgan: > http://www.blueroomdc.com/. The food's good and the beverage > selection is > top-notch. They have a very fun open turntables night there (still > on but > not sure what the music will be like these days - show up by 7 to > spin). The > amazing Sunday night 'Filler' party is now gone unfortunately and > it appears > Milo's 'Root' weekly is as well. :( Carl 'El Hombre Pintado' or Brian > Stewart still seem to be spinning some Saturdays, which should be > a nice > option for deep house, although the crowd at most places in DC on > Saturdayscan be a bit annoying. > > Conversely on Wednesdays, on the broken beat tip, try to check out > Juliusand John Johnston at the free Abstract Motion party on > Wednesday's at club 5 > (Upcoming Guests: Kyoto Jazz Massive, Bugz in the Attic, and Ian > Frost), or > wherever else they may be playing when you get there. More info on > theseguys here: http://www.groovedistrict.com. Good peepz and > tunes. Should avoid > most of the typical '5' crowd on a Wednesday. > > Thursdays you can usually find something good at Red or 18th > Street Lounge > in Dupont Circle, both around the corner from '5'. > > Most Friday's in DC are pretty bleak due to Buzz's overwhelming > dominationof the scene. As Lara said, the techno scene is > virtually non-existant > post-Filler and Metrotechno evacuation (not that it was very prevalent > then). All that said, it's a fun place in general. Tool around in > DupontCircle or Adams Morgan long enough and you'll find fun. More > info on venues > here: http://www.lemurgene.com/venues/ (oh and on that note the > Lemur Lounge > parties in Alexandria were fun - not sure if they're on still though). > > 313 topicality: Did Keith Worthy ever move out there? He'd be durn > good to > see too. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
