Since 2010 it’s been raining house music in the New York underground scene thanks to Dan Wender and Blacky II. As co-creators and resident DJs of the ever evolving RINSED parties they mix of classic New York & Chicago style house and UK influenced club music that has set the scene for many debauchery filled evenings & hazy, smoke filled mornings. The boys are on warm up vibes for Jam City on…
North 6th Street is the center of the New York music universe. From the countless indie artists who have broken their careers at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, to the infamous Bunker at Public Assembly, to the cutting edge djs at the underground dance cave AKA The Cove, North 6th is the present and the future home of forward thinking music.
Besides the fact that MeanRed headquarters is located on N. 6th, the abundance of nightlife and its convenience to Manhattan made it the obvious choice for BEMF. We are occupying six of the best clubs with one of the best lineups in New York music festival history. Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Public Assembly, Cameo, The Cove, Zabloski's, and Brooklyn Bowl will be filled to the brim with the best up-and-coming, underground, and veteran electronic musicians that you won't get elsewhere.
And that is exactly why we're doing it on North 6th Street -- this isn't your average festival. This is integrated into the neighborhood of Williamsburg. There's re-entry and mobility, you can go get a pack of smokes if you run out, you can grab a bite at PARKED or any one of the dozens of restaurants in the area. We're bringing in bigger acts to clubs we all know (plus one bar that we've all "ended up at" late at night). Brooklyn is our city, and we're bringing you a homegrown DIY urban music fest, built with friends on a dancefloor. - Dan Wender
Dark Disco is a dance party being thrown at the dim sum restaurant 88 Palace, which also happens to be on the second floor of a mall in China town. The actual location was not disclosed until the week of the party so it was being labeled as secret dim sum location.
Entrance was $15 at the door with a $10 pre-sale. Coat check was $3 but you could really keep your stuff at one of the restaurant tables and it would probably be fine. Everyone was actually doing that. PBR was $4 and some mixed drinks were around $7-10.
*imagine this scene but 100% darker and a 100% more cluttered DJ table.
Here's what our "Tasters" thought. Click the Names to find out more about them.
Zero : This was a really hard review to write. I love 88 palace. I've been coming here since Flashing Lights and Dance Right were having their parties here. Any party at 88 Palace was mandatory for me because something about it was just perfect for me. Maybe it's the fact that they turned a dim sum restaurant into a small intimate club or the fact that it was in a weird non tourist spot in China town.
I was really excited to find out that another party was going to be held here. I've never been to a Dark Disco party before but I had high hopes. Sadly I just couldn't get into the music this night. Opening set by Nick Hook was awsome and helped get me pumped for some more but the mix from L-vis was just not doing it more me. One of the things I don't like is when there are verbal loops in mixes. Musical loops and beats sound fine but spoken word over and over again just irritates me. A lot of what he was spinning kept on building into what I thought was going to be a great musical explosion but it just kind of died down when it reached the escalation point. So I couldn't really stay on the dance floor any longer and ended up leaving around 3 am. It wasn't a terrible night but I guess I was really hoping to be on the dance floor until they kicked us out.
SWIRL: I loved the people coming to this party but like Zero, I just couldn't get into the music. What I loved seeing was a set of 1, 2, or 3 guys just dancing. Not trying to butt rape girls on the dance floor but actually just dancing. And what was really great was most people were facing forward like at a concert and just dancing along to the music while cheering on the DJ. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I guess our music tastes in this situation were really irrelevant because a lot of people around us were really into the music. I mean REALLY into it. There were times when there were lulls in the mixes and people were still dancing pretty hard core. So maybe it wasn't our cup of tea but it's good that other people could really get into it.
WHY WE WOULD COME BACK FOR SECONDS
It's 88 Palace. This is the kind of place I like to go to.
If they bring back the fog machines.
You could probably have sex under one of the dinner tables and no one would ever know.
WHY WE WOULD SEND IT BACK
It's just personal taste but I couldn't get into some of the music this time around.
