What happens in the Pink Palace stays in the Pink Palace, but on this night I walked away with some jamming footage. This was recorded last weekend, 9/20/08 at one of the Pink Palace’s afterhours events sometime beyond the 3am mark. There was a full blown electro salsa party going on upstairs but the downstairs studio was where the live action was happening. Much props to the musicians. Manolo, ex Manicato band member, was there representing on the bass. Check out Manicato’s music too, they founded the Pink Palace collective. We were all jamming in their studio after all: http://www.manicato.com/
If you can sit through 9 minutes of jamming you wont be disappointed. I wish you could hear the bassist better. His name is Manolo, ex Manicato band member, and he was killing it that night. My homie Jaime was rocking out with some small bongos on the side. The drummer was on point, the bongo player was ridiculously good, and whoever the guy was who picked up the taborine was also good. The lights go off at one point and the music gets a little crazier.
The contemporary Nu Disco sub-genre of dance music is revered by people who love its graceful tempo and have experienced its strange magical dancefloor powers. This magic returns to San Francisco on Saturday September 27th 2008 when the VHS crew and myself present Paul T along with Jeno and Leonard a non-club location.
Paul Takahashi, aka Paul T, is an underground culture trendsetter whose disco djing skills have earned him high degree accolades in the avant Nu Disco scenes. Paul T sees Disco through different lens. He drops drippy filtered psychedelic ’spaceship-landing’ Nu Discospheric selections mixed in an expert fashion with keen attention to vibe and programming. He was recently featured on Tim Sweeny’s highly acclaimed Bside radio broadcast, BeatsInSpace, out of New York. A friend of mine described this radio recording as “crucial.” Listen to it here.
Years ago Paul teamed up with the voodoo disco prince, Dj Harvey, to produce LA’s highly acclaimed Dj Harvey Sarcastic Disco events. Paul helped mature and foster a scene of serious disco music aficionados and veteran partiers who come out of the woodwork to celebrate the Disco warehouse spirit.
This will be Paul’s first show in San Francisco (he once played a wack fashion show here, so that does not count!).Paul has a reputation for being very selective about where he performs. This following clip from a gig in Mexico (Mexico has a rich history of loving disco music) displays Paul’s dj headnodding groove as he pounds a disco sample through the floor:
We made sure to secure a safe underground spot to make this event go off.Here is a very short video clip of Paul building a crescendo at a party in Mexico, we never really hear the drop but the energy is building:
Paul will be accompanied by Leonard of Tocadisco, an underground music guru (Leonard is very sought out for his limitless knowledge of rare vinyl recordings), and Jeno, our local Wicked veteran and headliner for the BackToBack parties.
In all, Paul T is the underground dj’s DJ.I am very excited to work with VHS to help bring Paul T to San Francisco. I personally look forward to repeating the Disco magic I experienced at a Dj Harvey show back in May. I cannot wait to feel the power of the beat through the mind of Paul T. 19 Heron St, $10 at the door, 10pm to 6am. See you there dance suckas!
