{"id":3318,"date":"2015-04-12T14:31:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T14:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2019-04-28T21:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T21:33:32","slug":"master-tony-humphries-in-tampasia-part-ii-10-04-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/master-tony-humphries-in-tampasia-part-ii-10-04-15\/","title":{"rendered":"MASTER TONY HUMPHRIES IN TAMPASIA PART II 10.04.15"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tony<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tony Humphries<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Force<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

23:00 Galactic Time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If Jask be the JedThai Knight:<\/span> Tony Humphries<\/a> is the Master Jedi who sits on the twelve-member High Council of Classic\/Soulful House Music where his pedagogy serves two-fold; by day, ranking as guardianship of the High Council of First Knowledge where he preserves house music\u2019s origins and by night, educating Younglings of house music\u2019s origins.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That night, dressed in his signature black tee, Humphries turned a deaf ear to the classics and opted for a contemporary inaugural: House of Funk featuring Oliver Night\u2019s \u201cYou Got To<\/a>.\u201d Track number four from his latest Tony Recordings\u2019 \u201cMiami Uncuts 2015<\/a>\u201d tanked. Listening ears moved closer to speaking cabinets to interpret enhanced sound clarity. Therein the problem lied not in the club mix itself, but in the communication of wires and cords that snaked crisscross from gizmos to power strips cohabitating electrical outlets. As the first song, the second track limped along. Not until Lenny Fontana featuring D-Train\u2019s \u201cRaise Your Hands<\/a>,\u201d the sonics kicked into full throttle. Perspiring flesh that swayed from wall-to-wall failed to applause.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With the sound system intact, Tony flew across the motherboard on his space cruiser blasting Shea\u2019s \u201cWhere Did You Go<\/a>\u201d (Atjazz Floor Dub), Tracy Brathwaite\u2019s \u201cSmile<\/a>\u201d (Casamena Alex Mix), and Neal Conway featuring Dana Weaver\u2019s \u201cFading Away<\/a>\u201d (DJ Spinna Mix) that all played like a digital website\u2019s Top 20. Rather Tony\u2019s motive was to advertise his week\u2019s top 10 was a different download altogether. Either way, the house alumni danced, the house freshmen danced, one veteran NYC house dancer broke it down, \u201cMany of these people don\u2019t get it.\u201d Several fresh faces failed to grasp they gazed at someone who had never played in Tampasia, let alone someone who had been a Disc Jedi playing music longer than they had lived on Republic Earth.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thirty five years? Thirty-six? Perhaps<\/em>, thirty-seven? What is the definitive sum of Tony Humphries\u2019 professional registry as a DJ? From his initial invite to play at a then new radio station, New York\u2019s KISS FM, to becoming the program\u2019s MixMaster-by the way, no easy feat for an up and coming with a name to establish- to his formal tutelage from Master Larry Patterson, Tony gained notoriety at Jersey\u2019s famed Club Zanzibar during the decade of decadence. At the dusk of the century, Humphries was name checked from the streets of Newark to Manchester. His Jersey sound landed him a residency at London\u2019s Ministry of Sound where he pleased European palettes. He remixed the icons: Janet Jackson to Nina Simone, he received gold records, his pager beeped constantly. Exhausted and restless, he refused remix work until encouraged by the late Godfather Knuckles to dive back into the studio. Today you will find Tony\u2019s signature scribbled across the digital universe via Tony Records<\/a>\u2026.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And at the JedThai Knight Jask\u2019s birthday bash as Soulful Session featuring Lizzie Nightingale\u2019s \u201cMade For<\/a>,\u201d cooled sweat stains and chilled dancing feet like a gentle breeze on a humid summer\u2019s night.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The heat index cranked up on Crackazat\u2019s \u201dCandle Coast<\/a>.\u201d The House Music Excursion Crew\u2019s male dancer intertwined with a local starlit in a dancing duel, minus lightsabers. Over the head. Around the hips. Through the legs. Fall to the floor. A rollover onto the stomach. A forward jump on the balls of the heels. Standing erect. Perfect balance. A light applause.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to keep you from falling over,\u201d said a lady to a character who struggled to barely stand erect on the wooden floor. He was tha<\/em>t guy. The guy with droopy eyelids, an unforgiving slur, and disheveled dress, his aim to dry-hump and score. \u201cThat is what happens when you charge $10 all-you-can-drink from hours 8 to 10 pm,\u201d noted Lady Socialite.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTime for some fresh air,\u201d She suggested.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd a change of shirt,\u201d replied the house dancer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The two slipped through a back door onto a spacious outdoor patio dehisced with Havana shirts, stilettos and rompers. Hip-hop careened the crowd; left to right, front to back, in semi-circles: so too the libations, poured from several bartenders to waiting cleavages and V-necks. Bronzed beings slouched in line for the powder room. A tan collegiate offered advice, \u201cTo your rear,\u201d on how to exit the Cafe Courtyard<\/a>. \u201cWell, everyone<\/strong> seems nice enough.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Master Jedi does not always travel the path less followed strictly alone. At times his contemporaries even the playing field. As in the Kings of House which Tony is one-third member alongside David Morales, honored by playing The Face featuring Kym Myzelle\u2019s \u201cLovin<\/a>\u201d (Disko Mix) that caused arms to flail upward and \u201cYays\u201d to vesuviate from mouths, and Louie Vega who appeared the topic of Tony\u2019s thought. Convertion featuring Leroy Burgess\u2019 \u201cLet’s Do It Again<\/a>\u201d A Louie Vega Interpretation (Dance Ritual Mix) turned the disco out, 3 Winans Brothers featuring The Clark Sister\u2019s \u201cDance<\/a>\u201d (Louie\u2019s Dance Ritual Mix) caused the crowd to yell, \u201cEven in the bad times\/I wanna dance\u201d-and dance the crowd did-Louie Vega starring Duane Harden\u2019s \u201cNever Stop<\/a>\u201d (Instrumental) cooled the pulse of beating hearts, as Jet\u2019s \u201cUncle Sam<\/a>,\u201d on Vegas Records, brought the beat to a tribal simmer.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

02:00 Galactic Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEVERYBODY GET ON UP AND DANCE,\u201d a diva commanded. Her vocals pierced over percolating percussions and a tambourine that possessed the sweaty air. At that instance, veteran house heads\u2019 entered into trances. Their sweaty flesh thrown against the brick walls like rag dolls after child\u2019s play. And playing with the crowd was the trick up the Master\u2019s sleeve. Add Loleatta Holloway\u2019s vocal riffs singing over Hamilton Bohannon\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Start The Dance\u201d and Warning: The Dance Floor Was Now A Danger Zone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The commotion continued for another ten minutes. This was Tony Humphries at his best; when he traversed the music galaxy and aligned the stars of garage, house, disco, techno, gospel, vocals, and tracks into a dancing astronomy. His ability to \u201cWow\u201d hearts of the novice to the seasoned spoke of his royal Kingship. Whilst leaning against the ledge of the bar, a wide-eyed thirty-something surveyed the action. He had no words to speak for his T-shirt summarized the experience into two worthy adjectives, \u201cSerious Soul.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

words: aj dance<\/p>\n

illustration: aj art<\/p>\n

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