{"id":80,"date":"2012-09-03T19:39:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T19:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/?p=80"},"modified":"2022-06-12T17:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T17:17:35","slug":"house-in-the-park-8-02-09-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajdancelegacy.com\/~ajdance\/house-in-the-park-8-02-09-12\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSE IN THE PARK 8 02.09.12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HOUSE IN THE PARK 8<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Gone are the days when House In the Park was intimate, sitting at quaint public city parks where 500 people gathered.\u00a0 Today, House In the Park has become a behemoth must-attend event for house heads, non house heads and soon to be house heads from around the world.\u00a0 It groups with the likes of large music festivals, think Music Midtown, DEMF or Bonnaroo.\u00a0 The event has grown so large it could easily sit on a 700 acre farm somewhere in Georgia or on a meadow in the city\u2019s largest park overlooking a pavilion with a giant stage where the Fab 4 can DJ.\u00a0 Get ready!\u00a0 In the near future, if HITP continues its exponential expansion these ideas might consider further exploration but for now we\u2019ll settle for two pavilions at its latest incarnate,<\/span><\/strong> Grant Park<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

HITP\u2019s footprints have danced the city far and wide for the best green space with amenities.\u00a0 Eight years earlier, Candler Park with no electrical outlets played host.\u00a0 Thereafter, home for six years was Perkerson Park in the heart of the city\u2019s Southwest Capital View community.\u00a0 Amazingly, during that time span something happened that every event planner prays to experience.\u00a0 The phenomenon called growth plagued HITP at such an unprecedented rate that PP had to be abandoned for greater green space.\u00a0 So, off to the city\u2019s east side where the oldest and fourth largest park named after engineer Lemuel P. Grant seemed a more suitable fit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Home to the city\u2019s only zoo, civil war-esque Cyclorama, swimming, and recreation facilities the 131.5 acres is somewhat a tourist trap.\u00a0 Grant Park sits between Cherokee Avenue and Boulevard SE where Confederate Avenue begins or ends depending on one\u2019s view.\u00a0 Yes, this is the park where the guy jogs wearing a Confederate flag.\u00a0 However, on this day HITP\u2019s house music freedom flag waves for all to behold.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Already, the park is abuzz with various makings.\u00a0 Picture perfect blue skies while birds chirp songs of joy.\u00a0 The morning temperatures announce another noon day scorcher.\u00a0 Fresh air travels to and fro delivering lively scents of burning charcoal.\u00a0 Famous chicken sausages and green veggies sizzle on grills.\u00a0 In the not so far away distance, a soundtrack of classic house music and old-school hip hop emanate from a portable device in the smaller of the three pavilions transplanted between pavilion 1 and pavilion 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To the left, several vendors assemble a massive tent, and to the right muscle men carry folding chairs and folding tables.\u00a0 Jovial moms push little ones in high-tech strollers as little girls run by giggling.\u00a0 Boisterous voices thunder across the pathway to greet love ones with cherish bear hugs.\u00a0 The scene embodies one giant family reunion. This is love in the park.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The noonday\u2019s festivities kick off sharply with the internationally acclaimed DJ Kemit of Spread Love assuming musical duties.\u00a0 As the band Rufus plays backup, singer Chaka Kahn wastes no time taking lead on \u201cI Know You, I Live You\u201d that draws singing voices and dancing sneakers racing to pavilion 1.\u00a0 Next, DJ Kemit throws in a classic for all the old-school house heads with Ten City\u2019s<\/strong><\/span> \u201c<\/strong><\/span>Devotion<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 After another round of oldies but goodies and Afefe Iku\u2019s<\/strong><\/span> \u201cBody Drummin\u201d<\/a>, DJ Kemit logs off as music ambassador as the next musicologist logs on.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the DJ with the\u00a0dreads that proves new songs can be just as addictive as old songs.<\/span><\/strong> \u201cSo Addictive<\/a>\u201d (The Layabouts Addicted to House Vocal Mix) by Benedetto & Farina featuring vocals by Sandy Spady, laid back vibe ushers in a refreshing cool breeze that the dancers warmly welcome.\u00a0 DJ<\/span><\/strong> Salah Ananse\u2019s<\/a> ever eclectic persona takes the vibes deep back to 1997 with gospel legend BeBe Winans \u201cThank You\u201d (Masters At Work 12\u201d Mix) that brings Sunday morning church service and the crowd to the park\u2019s pavilion.\u00a0 Keeping things classic, Chic\u2019s \u201cDance, Dance, Dance\u201d storms P 1 which is packed with sweaty bodies.\u00a0 Once again, the tone cools down a bit with the disco-esque bouncy grooves from the UK\u2019s Layabouts featuring Seattle vocalist Portia Monique on the sing-along<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cDo Better<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 DJ Kemit AKA MC Kemit hops on the microphone and announces a Salah Ananse exclusive that pounds from the speakers.\u00a0 An afro beat comes to a thrilling climax as 1990\u2019s \u201chip hop on an R&B tip with a pop appeal\/feel to it\u201d pioneers, Bell Biv Devoe sing \u201cShe\u2019s Driving Me Outta My Mind\u201d on their platinum hit, \u201cPoision.\u201d\u00a0 What a surprise as Generation X sings along and jumps off into dance hysteria.\u00a0 The song that receives the \u201cMOST CRUNK\u201d award goes to one of the most recognized song\u2019s in the world, Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller.\u201d\u00a0 This ambitious undertaking remixed by South African sensation Black Motion (Mortarfied Bootleg) equipped with an afro house beat, brass horns and Vincent Price\u2019s famous cackle is without a trace of MJ\u2019s theatric chops.\u00a0 The remix builds to a climatic peek with Vincent\u2019s howl that raises the roof off the hinges as the afro beat slams on the heads of the crowd that sends bodies into frantic fits of rage.\u00a0 Fists pump the air as mouths drop agape and feet stomp the concrete.\u00a0 The Afrique Electrique founder known for his production\/remix skills sets the bar high with another handcrafted standard this time with Goyte\u2019s featuring Kimbra \u201cSomebody That I Used To Know\u201d (Salah Ananse Mix) one of the countless interpretations of the Top 40 smash<\/span> that now thumps with an afro house kick accompanying its lullaby inflection.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cDo You Have It<\/a>?\u201d The questioned begged by DJ Spen presents LeRoyal, Baltimore\u2019s up and coming urban\/pop sensation, remixed by Maurice Joshua, told the people to say \u201cYeah\u201d if you have the key to life, love.\u00a0 On the grunge front, Salah drops another goodie, his rework to Nirvana\u2019s, \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit\u201d (Salah Ananse Mix) that was last years HITP 7 anthem.\u00a0 A tribute to the late great Fela\u2019s afro beat rounds out one of the most diverse, eclectic and impressive sets of the day.\u00a0 Salah rocked that fresh face house music mixed with an alternative vibe of unpredictability that shows the crowd love and the crowd responds with more of the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow many of you were at the Paradise Garage?\u201d The master of ceremony shouts into the microphone and asks the crowd.\u00a0 The crowd roars like lions.\u00a0 To both pavilions, old-school heads rush in droves as DJ Kemit rewinds the hands of time to yesteryear.\u00a0 A fellow well known old-school head raises a crafty constructed Paradise Garage poster that travels the pavilion.\u00a0 Time rests somewhere between the years 1976-1987 as the group Chicago\u2019s \u201cStreet Player\u201d takes the dancers to the land of FM radio and disco roller rinks.\u00a0 The crowd can\u2019t get enough as DJ AKA MC Kemit announces a future surprise.\u00a0 Then it happens, a song plays that causes the people to respond like wild animals in summer heat.\u00a0 BT Express\u2019 \u201cPeace Pipe\u201d smokes and burns receding hairlines and salt and pepper follicles completely bald.\u00a0 After a well-rounded tribute of old school classics, DJ Kemit switches gears and brings the vibe back to the present.\u00a0 The Yoruba Recordings catalog Is on full-blast as Yoruba label mate Afefe Iku\u2019s Re-edit of the mega platinum selling rock band Radiohead\u2019s,\u201cEverything In Its Right Place\u201d takes the listeners on an ancestral journey of deep rhythms and tribalism.\u00a0 Yoruba Recordings label head Osunlade\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> \u201cEnvision<\/a>\u201d (Yoruba Soul Mix) tingles the air.\u00a0 By design, DJ Kemit segues into two songs from his recently released long player titled,<\/span><\/strong> \u201cEverlasting<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 The first single<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cTransform<\/a>\u201d shimmers with Osunlade singing lead vocals while<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cSpread Love<\/a>\u201d shines with Atlanta\u2019s Sepesenahki on vocals, the theme to DJ Kemit\u2019s acclaimed ectopic party with the same moniker.\u00a0 \u201cGo pick up the album at Moods Music or on the web at \u2026\u2026, \u201cannounces compere Kemit.\u00a0 The former Arrested Development DJ is in pleasure mode and is on the prowl to please every lady in attendance.\u00a0 The lovelies are serenaded with not one but THREE offerings; from DJ Zinhle featuring vocalist Busiswa Gqulu with<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cMy Name Is<\/a>,\u201d to Teddy Douglas presents Margaret Grace with<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cGod Created Woman<\/a>,\u201d to Verna \u00a0Francis, “Earth Is The Place” (Restless Soul Peaktime Mix) that has the ladies singing, “Cause I\u2019m a woman.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Expectedly, every woman arrives implacably dressed and ready to impress.\u00a0 Actually, HITP is a tour de fashion. \u00a0Every hair-do possibly imagined is sported by the ladies.\u00a0 Afros, braids, curls, extensions, faux hawks, locs, natural, and twisties bop and weave around the park.\u00a0 Every hair color is spotted on tops of heads from blonde, blue with purple roots, pink, red and brown.\u00a0 Hair hangs cropped, short, shoulder length and down the back that can rival any famous hair show.\u00a0 Vibrant outfits of every summer color electrify eyes.\u00a0 Every hue of bare skin provides orectic temptation.\u00a0 Accessories of sneakers, kneepads, belts, neckwear, ear wear, eyewear and church hats compliments bare skin against sweat- stained clothes.\u00a0 Actually, wearing one outfit is not sufficient.\u00a0 Yes, a second change of clothes is needed as several people change T-shirts, sundresses and shorts for the next DJ.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ramon Rawsoul<\/a> beams those pearly whites.\u00a0 A million dollar smile flashes in the sun\u2019s embrace.\u00a0 The HITP founder stands aplomb to lead the congregants to the Mother Land.\u00a0 The sojourners cross the Atlantic Ocean and arrive at Jo\u2019burg\u2019s townships on the continent called Africa where African rhythms are explored.\u00a0 From the likes of Manoo\u2019s,<\/span><\/strong>\u201cKodjo<\/a>\u201d the tribal banger to Zakes Batwini\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> \u201cWasting My Time<\/a>\u201d the sounds of South Africa\u2019s house music plays loud and proud.\u00a0 From there Ramon gives his parishioners a glimpse at his stomping grounds back in Chicago, Illinois with a classic Chi-town acid house music track.\u00a0 Then it\u2019s time to get serious with Jill Scott\u2019s vocal prayer \u201cHear My Call\u201d (Pablo Martinez Mix).\u00a0 Someone somewhere must have danced to the rain gods because in the midst of the tribal excursion raindrops descend upon the park.\u00a0 To tease the crowd, Ramon plays Kerri Chandler\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> \u201cRain<\/a>\u201d (Atjazz Mix)<\/span><\/strong> the soundtrack to the precipitation.\u00a0 The refreshing shower that lasts a mere ten minutes does nothing to divert the people\u2019s attention in the park.\u00a0 As the rain clouds roll away, sunny skies reappear and dance to Ceramic featuring Aisling Stephenson\u2019s<\/span> <\/strong>\u201cBroken Dreams<\/a>\u201d (Ian Friday \u2018Tea Party\u2019 Vocal).\u00a0 Unsung, Atlantic Starr shows up with \u201cSend For Me\u201d (Master Kev & Tony Loreto) that makes the hearts of old-school die.\u00a0 One observer notes, she has died and gone to heaven while one house head proclaims, this is paradise.\u00a0 How important it is to play new songs that young people can relate too.\u00a0\u00a0A team of young girls, holding hands, walks through P 1 and mouths Goyte\u2019s anthem \u201cSomebody That I Used To Know\u201d (Master Kev & Tony Loreto Mix).\u00a0 The song that plays for the second time at the event marks one of the many music standouts of the day.\u00a0 The anthem also wraps up Ramon\u2019s time on deck.\u00a0 Thanks for taking the pilgrimage to the lands of South Africa to explore the deep tribal sounds of house music.\u00a0 Musical exposure is a key concept at HITP.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kai Alce<\/a> is his name and music is his game.\u00a0 When the mixologist plays people show up in droves to experience the master at work.\u00a0 Always the final installment of the Fab 4, Kai wraps up the party with old-school meets on the horizon anthems.\u00a0 From classic disco, Brainstorm\u2019s \u201cLovin Is Really My Game\u201d to classic house, Kenny Bobien\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> \u201cFather<\/a>\u201d (Ricanstruction Mix) there was something played for all peoples.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, an event of this magnitude will have a few issues.\u00a0 It all started during DJ Salah Ananse\u2019s set.\u00a0 At various times and in various spots within P 1 dance circles formed for the elite of dancers to battle and show off fancy footwork, hand stands and pop and lock art forms.\u00a0 Honestly, when the pavilion is packed with bodies in motion, there\u2019s not much room in the pavilion for open mouthed bystanders to besiege cropped circles to watch b-boys and dancers prove crown.\u00a0 HITP needs all the dance space it can conjure.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

During DJ Kemit\u2019s illustrious set, there was the mishap fire incident when a fire extinguisher is needed within fifteen minutes or the park and party would have been shut down.\u00a0 Inside the pavilion, people took the matter into their own hands chanting \u201cThe roof\/The roof\/The roof is on fire\/We don\u2019t need no water\/ Let the \u2026..(well you know the rest).\u00a0 Yes, the people mentioned the undesirable right in front of families and small ones.\u00a0 \u201cPeople HITP is about family.\u00a0 Let\u2019s respect the kids,\u201d announced MC Kemit.\u00a0 At that time, someone had the brilliant idea to throw water into the air until MC Kemit laid down the law and had a come to Jesus meeting with the obnoxious.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

By the time Kai Alce assumed music duties, P 1 became so crowded that for the first time ever at HITP crowd control was needed.\u00a0 Outside of P 1 a HITP female volunteer stood with yellow caution rope in hand to let one to two people into P 1 at a time.\u00a0 In effort to find additional space P 1 was abandoned for P 2.\u00a0 However, both pavilions overflowed with people like cellulite trapped in spandex on a hot day.\u00a0 In P 2 the hysteria chants of ATL vs New York vs every other city represented at the park was nauseating.\u00a0 SECURITY.\u00a0 We need security in P 2 fast before the zoo animals get out of hand.\u00a0\u00a0Actually, the city’s zoo is at the other end of the park.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once again, HITP set out to exceed expectations and that it accomplished.\u00a0 From its latest stomping grounds to the music played the event was not only the summer\u2019s hot sauce on collards but the fatback to the event of the year.\u00a0 What a beautiful experience to behold and witness.\u00a0 Also, words to the wise, next year, please don\u2019t submit the DJs a request list.\u00a0 The Fab 4 need not be told how to do their job.\u00a0 These cats are the very best of the best.\u00a0 They know what music to play and how to play music.\u00a0 All four professionals played a diverse work of art that well-represented genres of music that ranged from house, classics, to soul. Please keep in mind, this is not the NYC Weekender, nor the Chicago Weekender, nor the Detroit Weekender, nor the San Francisco Weekender or the London Weekender.\u00a0 It\u2019s not even the Old-School Weekender or the New-School Weekender.\u00a0 This is the ATLANTA WEEKENDer and HITP is house music.\u00a0 So Atlanta standup.\u00a0 This is your time to shine.\u00a0 Be it the music that unites and not divides.\u00a0 House music conquers with LOVE!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

WEEKENDer Epilogue<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After dancing on the concrete and sweating outdoors for several hours, you find out there\u2019s an after party that you must attend.\u00a0 Off you go\u2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Words and Photography by AJ Dance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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