Get Get Down 01/20/09

Wednesday, January 20 2010

Tonight marks the first go-round in our new, monthly 'Viva La Vinyl' edition of Get Get Down at Berlin. 'Viva La Vinyl' is as you probably guessed, a night devoted entirely to the maintenance and celebration of vinyl culture. Though Zebo and I are both the kinds of DJ's and general minds to embrace what we perceive as positive industry changes (be them technological or otherwise, ie. the proliferation of Serato Scratch Live), we are also old enough to have experienced the rave and underground music cultures that now inform our respective DJ identities. We both have relatively deep crates and though I can't speak for him personally, I know that I certainly never gave up the digger mentality and hobby of collecting and pursuing records. I still buy wax on the regular and don't anticipate that changing ANY time soon.

With that in mind, I'm super excited to embark on the 'Viva La Vinyl' expedition and VERY MUCH look forward to taking Get Get Down back to the kinds of parties where the night was dictated by the depth and taste of the DJ's mind and selections... Where I'll be creatively challenged to make due with what I have in my crates alone... And of course, where no Lady Gaga request could conceivably be tendered (because the thought of someone spending actual money on a Lady Gaga 12" is the most preposterous thing I've ever heard of)...

... And what better guest to launch this thing with than Michael Serafini, now the owner of Gramaphone, the brick & mortar record shop that, above all other shops, had the single greatest influence over my identity as both a record collector and musical mind in general. This is gonna be a good one...

So, I hope to see you all there tonight!

The rest of the month's programming is as follows:

Jan 27th - Disco's Revenge' - A monthly GGD installment featuring all disco, all night long... Guest Dj Nate Manic

Until then, I'll see ya in clubland...

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