{"id":4464,"date":"2021-11-25T05:28:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T05:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2022-06-28T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T23:01:12","slug":"louie-vega-20-11-21-party-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/louie-vega-20-11-21-party-i\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUIE VEGA 20.11.21 PARTY I"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

PARTY I<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

THE TOURISTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

0100<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLOUIE VEGA COME ON!\u201d Yells an overzealous Vega fan holding a vinyl record.<\/span>
\n\u201cLOUIE. I WANNA HEAR SOME OF THAT HAL-LE-LUJIAH!\u201d He sings.<\/span>
\n\u201cLOUIE PLAY THAT BLACK MUSIC.\u201d He continues. \u201cThen watch all these kids leave the room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

No one expects Oscar P & C Scott\u2019s \u201c<\/span>The Message<\/a><\/span>\u201d to jumpstart the musical journey. The Philly NYC Tribute Mix garners no overwhelming response from the mass of congregants. Instead, their low rumble. When piano keys burst vibrantly recalling Lil Louis\u2019 \u201cFable.\u201d Yes!!! The Director\u2019s Cut comes alive. Just when you think Vega will ride the wave and play the late Frankie Knuckles and Eric Kupper remix in full, nope, he swoops into Norman Harris\u2019 \u201cIn Search of Peace of Mind.\u201d Bummer. The music further descents into Sir Soundbender\u2019s \u201c<\/span>We Did It<\/a><\/span>\u201d (MS III Full Vokal ReTouch). Finally. The sound of faint cheers erupts when Chicago\u2019s \u201cStreet Player\u201d plays.\u00a0 The Souldynamic Brass Re-edit hits hard, all to be abandoned for THP Orchestra\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Two Hot For Love<\/a><\/span> (Pete Waterman 12\u201d Edit). The time comes for a bathroom break.<\/span><\/p>\n

Louie playing disco & boogie for forty-five minutes does not clear the floor. Damn. The people continue to be on their feet as though this is a standing room concert. Their eyes staring towards the elevated DJ platform. Where Louie Vega plays surrounded by three youngsters smiling, head nodding and one lady waving her arms in the air. As if Vega is being paid to personally entertain them. People, this is a night club, you are to participate. Dance. Scream. Clap your hands. Unlike, those on the floor, gathered in huddles holding conversations. Others holding phones in hand. One group of boys buying, Bitcoins? Rejoicing to their spoil, and not to the playing of the Tramps\u2019 \u201cDisco Inferno.\u201d These kids are not appreciating the experience. Instead, they are cultivating their own fuck-it show.<\/span><\/p>\n

And how did we get here?<\/span><\/p>\n

2330<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hours earlier, on a night when condensation blows from the mouth when speaking outdoors. At the front door of a <\/span>building<\/a><\/span> that houses a bookstore, patrons await to enter the warmth. \u201cWe only want to go to a bar,\u201d says a woman with blonde hair to her group of friends. They are turned away at the front entrance because the event is SOLD OUT.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Uh oh. \u201cSold out\u201d is great for the headlining DJ, but \u201csold out\u201d spells R-E-D F-L-A-G for true fans who come to experience the headlining DJ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to the gentriFUCKation of dance floors in Washington D.C. Alas, in urban cities everywhere. Gone are the purists, traded for the tourists. They wait for the beat to drop. Or they hold gun fingers into the air as if they give fucks. Or they head nod with closed eyes. And to recall, recently an online site asked, \u201c<\/span>Why Did House Dancing Leave the Club?<\/a><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEAR THE FLOOR<\/strong><\/span>
\n0145<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back on the second floor in the club room the music pivots. Deep house thumps thunders into the atmosphere. A dark number with spatial chords rips the room apart. A big vocal builds and climaxes mid-song.\u00a0 London Grammar’s “Hey Now” (Nooma’s Touch), AKA Manoo, is pure adrenaline at 123 beats per minute.\u00a0 Louie Vega playing Afro house can\u2019t clear the room.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019mon. If you know He brought the sunshine, you know what I\u2019m talking about.\u201d A women\u2019s voice declares. The Clark Sisters\u2019 \u201c<\/span>You Bought the Sunshine<\/a><\/span>\u201d (DJ Spen Edit) lights the room. Sadly, Louie Vega playing gospel music can\u2019t clear the dance floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside all the congestion, there are not many LV fans who are in the know. Perhaps the tall guy\u00a0<\/span>walking<\/span> by wearing a MAW shirt knows. The screaming guy holding vinyl surely knows. And of course, one dancer shouting and hollering on a platform knows the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dancing as Vega plays \u201c<\/span>Another Day In My Life<\/a><\/span>,\u201d his (LV Re-Touch) of Charles Johnson\u2019s \u201cNever Had A Love So Good,\u201d is a honor. After years of listening to the tune streaming on recorded mixes online, to dance live to the disco loop is rewarding. However, most of the crowd will never know.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next comes an excitement of vocals and soul; Louie Vega featuring his son Nico Vega\u2019s \u201c<\/span>How He Works<\/a><\/span>\u201d (Nico Funk Dub 2) equipped with that machine gun EFX, Rosal\u00eda featuring J. Balvin\u2019s \u201cCon Altura\u201d (Catz \u2018n Dogz Edit) is fun as Louie Vega & The Martinez Brothers featuring Marc E. Bassy\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Let It Go<\/a><\/span>\u201d is pure house funk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best of luck trying to find prime real estate to move about. Simply put, there is nowhere to safely dance. Not in front of the DJ booth. Forget about anywhere on the dance floor. View the left and right platforms that are packed tight with bodies of every shape and size. Congregants stand and dance on couches. Even the rear room is packed. Patrons standing in lines for libations. Others standing in line to piss in stalls behind a plank wall. What if there is an emergency? Such as the incident that closed \u201cThe World\u2019s Busiest Airport\u201d earlier that day. Also, as Omicron cometh, some individuals feel uncomfortable being poked and prodded by strangers passing by. Thus begins the nightmare.<\/span><\/p>\n

First. The crowd is rude AF. These kids have no respect for personal space or persons. They stand in the way. Doing nothing. Not even dancing. Or trying to dance. Kids. Put down your phones and stop recording. There is no excuse me(s). There is no pardon me(s). There are no apologies from the people squeezing their way through the throng. Instead, out comes their elbows. Their knocking people in the ribs. Their elbows bruising shoulders. Their body weight pushing people to the side. Why are these barbaric savages aggressively pushing their way towards the DJ stage? There is no room up there. People. This ain\u2019t no freaking mush pit. Oh, and these kids have options. They refuse to leave to go upstairs to the green room to hear the other headlining DJ play. An artist more suited to their paltry tastes. Instead, they stand staring at the stage. For hours. Why? They know not the artist playing. They know not the music playing. They can care less. They are posers. Posers who paid tier three tickets to attend the event. And posers do nothing to contribute to the culture. Instead, they suck the soul out of everything they colonize, look no further than outdoors on Florida Avenue. Where, a few hours later, these privilege kids will awaken in their plush flats, wasted, and induced in an all-Sunday hangover.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meantime, Vega\u2019s playlist harkens back to the glory days. When people actually danced. Before these kids were born. When Harry Romero\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Hot Music<\/a><\/span>,\u201d Adonis\u2019 \u201c<\/span>No Way Back<\/a><\/span>\u201d (Vocal), Marshall Jefferson\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Move Your Body<\/a><\/span> (House Music Anthem),\u201d and Those Guys featuring Eleanor Mills\u2019 \u201cTonite\u201d (Original Colored Girls Mix) that has the record vinyl holder guy giving hearty hugs, to a sample of Loleatta Holloway\u2019s \u201cLove Sensation\u201d-ruled the underground. There Louie rebounds. Dropping a solid thirty minutes of knock em\u2019 out heavy hitters. Sadly, that fails to clear the room.<\/span><\/p>\n

TBC<\/a><\/p>\n

wrds: aj dance<\/p>\n

grphc: aj art<\/p>\n

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