bassboy Posted December 11 Report Share Posted December 11 "One person who has suffered from these drastic changes in nightlife demographics is Junior Vasquez himself. In its final year, Sound Factory - ‘The House That Junior Built’ - was filled, not with people who loved him for his music, but with people who worshipped him as the world’s most celebrated DJ. He told me that the main reason he refused to come to Europe was because people would just stare at him in awe rather than share in the dance. However, this is exactly what happened in the Sound Factory. It became cool to be there. People came down because they thought they might see Madonna. In all respects, the dancefloor stopped moving."so true bout today when 20 cameras stare at dj's face, then rejoicing the dj plays music sober...no shitStare at him in awe instead of dance? I would be really shocked if this were true. I used to live in London and they still talk about when Junior finally went there and was at Ministry for a few weeks, charging double the average club entrance and people thought it was terrible and his residency was cancelled. I wasn't there so this is heresay but almost everyone I know that has seen JR. outside the US has said the crowd was not happy.I don't think they promote him right overseas tho, I think they try to market him as a Danny-style NYC mainstream DJ and not the gay diva thing so people have the wrong expectations going in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpdriveNYC Posted December 12 Report Share Posted December 12 This is an outstanding peace of writing, so well placed at a time of so much despair in the cities night life, may this serve as lesson to all you clubbers, DJ’s and drug users who might not have had a chance to be there for what ever reason, appreciate more your city and your local DJ’s.Ray Briones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starchild2010 Posted December 12 Report Share Posted December 12 mmmhhhh???? so where do the UK and Germany fit in the history then? I always thought they were the forfathers of all that.please educate the ignorant ones....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted December 12 Author Report Share Posted December 12 see the video links i posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afa8317 Posted December 13 Report Share Posted December 13 Every city and country has its own scene. The article never stated that dance music began in New York. The writer talks about the Dance music of NYC. I found it to be a great description of the scene in 90s. It takes me back to my SF or PG, Vinyl/Arc. All the Saturday and Sunday mornings spent dancing lost in the music. The blinding strobe, the hiss of the fog machine, the incredible bass. The space where I learned to love music. Where I first got chills from an amazing track. Now I feel like the author, talking about my found memories of a space lost in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkevinj Posted December 13 Report Share Posted December 13 i'm sure it must have been fun too go clubbing hardcore in the early 90's i'm sure different vibe and atmosphere. But not from back then and i love the scene now, for me the scene is all about the music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecua626 Posted December 13 Report Share Posted December 13 http://www.maestro-documentary.com/ heres some history.. im not sure if these are the same ones gabe posted up... but this is where house originated.. in chicago.. and it came from the disco.. many ppl used to dance in a place called the WHAREHOUSE... then later no when ppl were lookin for records they just shortened the name to "house"http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume2.ram http://www.music-101.com/images/pictures/pumpupthevolume3.ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted December 13 Author Report Share Posted December 13 lol those are the same links lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecua626 Posted December 13 Report Share Posted December 13 lol those are the same links lol.oops i sowwy.. i also have mad other shit to post.. but its a lot of reading and i have to do my research before finding it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj Posted December 14 Report Share Posted December 14 Two words... one club:Hacienda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthling Posted December 14 Report Share Posted December 14 SF was no dout the best but there was plenty of that old magic to be found at twilo on some sunday mornings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaf2k Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 by magic u mean piles of people OD'd on Pink Pikachu in back closets of Twilo?hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someclown Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 When is Factory re-opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscrew Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 last time i went to SF was for Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee (Unity Reunion) Aug 99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevatedflow Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 All this talk about club culture, and we leave out one very important name FRANKIE BONES.He is the one that brought the current party atmosphere and style to the United States, and he brought it from the UK, which had been having those sorts of parties for a while.I think todays scene is much more rooted in the Rave Culture, whose techno sounds were started in Detroit, the sound was brought to europe, and the culture was imported to america, more specifically Brooklyn in 1990.Frankie Bones is the F'n man. He will still play old skool industrial techno / tech-house sets in flushing meadows park for free.... Very few of todays DJs that have been around as long, who have done as much, and over just damn real like him will put on a free show just for the people. PROPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backupqueen Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I don't think they promote him right overseas tho, I think they try to market him as a Danny-style NYC mainstream DJ and not the gay diva thing so people have the wrong expectations going in...Junior's vibe do not travel well as a real 'jr experience' is as much about junior than it is about his crowd on those sunday morning. my humble opinion.And about clubbing origins, EVERY new york deejay who did get a party going; be it Jr@Factory, Morales@RedZone, Body&Soul, Shelter, DT@Vinyl... they ALL go back to The Paradise Garage and The Loft (they said it themselves over and over again). That is where the root of nyc club culture is to be found. (and that pre-dates house music or techno i believe). And btw, yes, techno was influenced by European music but it is a true art form born in Detroit. Everything will get an influence from somewhere, but you have to acknowlegde the birth of Techno and House as particular events and not just an evolution. edit: and those pioneers deserve all the recognition they can get! backupqueen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sf143125 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 When is Factory re-opening?WHO KNOWS? JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 When is Factory re-opening?its closed?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backupqueen Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 speaking of jr@sf, the deephousepage has two 1992 mixes online (-sideb's fierce -dindada vs. voices? bitch better work! 45min of classic junior vasquez)edit: junior's also having a party this monday (daytime) from 10am-10pm at what was the original sound factory space, i.e. spirit. should be fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaclubkid Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 WOW what a Thread!!!OMGVery nice!!Either you have an Amazing memoryor you keep a VERY detailed journal!-That's what this site is all about!MegaClubKid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afa8317 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 backupqueen Good looking out. I love this Junior set straight up front house. Nothing better than that wish I could have been on that dance floor. Maybe one day I will go and check him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 this is the junior i remember hering from my bro and cousin and the one i fell in love with. But now its a totally different thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backupqueen Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 this is the junior i remember hering from my bro and cousin and the one i fell in love with. But now its a totally different thing.Well you would think and hope that since 1992 he did evolve a little bit, that's more than 10 years ago! afa8317 and silverbull 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 evolve no doubt BACKUP but the last times ive heard him theres no trace of his older styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted December 10 Author Report Share Posted December 10 thought i would bump this thread up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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