Last Night Zizek Urban Beats Club Last Night
posted by on July 23 at 14:01 PM
Thank goodness people showed up last night for Zizek Urban Beats Club - party music is no good without the party. For a Tuesday night, there were plenty of people out at Nectar last night for a good time.
I showed up a little after ten, and was one of the first dozen people in the room. I was immediately worried by the sparse crowd, joking about how long it’d take to break the twenty person barrier, but it filled up nicely. G-Love was on the decks, and for the first hour or so was playing what sounded like straight up cumbia, no “neo” about it. Over time he started building in some other elements, namely dancehall and electro, giving the cumbia a techier, more digital edge. That got the people dancing before a very excited Chancha via Circuito took to the decks - he danced before, during, and after his set.
A bit of a surprise for the night was Fauna’s live performance. The MC duo at first seemed like they were just going to be hypemen, but instead performed an animated set of around 8 songs, ranging from the expected cumbia to dubstep to more break-y chipcore. As fun as the DJs were, I felt like these two best epitomized the kitchen sink aspects of neo-cumbia. Should you ever find yourself in Buenos Aires, it’s a safe bet that Zizek’s weekly party is one to hit - if they can get people moving on a Seattle Tuesday, imagine what they do with home court advantage?
Now for some multimedia.
Some audio:
G-Love @ Zizek
Oro 11 @ Zizek
More here
Some video from last night:
More videos from last night after the jump.
fauna's opening dubstep joint was pretty epic, though confusing to what seemed like everyone in the room. the second half of their set was tremendously better than their first half, due in large part to their animated delivery. screaming on a motherfucker = the universal language. if you want to get your point across to people who don't speak your language, let your inner mash out posse talk for you.
good energy for a fremont tuesday night show. also a pleasure to see some latin americans (and non-brazilians even) repping themselves for the dance crowds---rather than just diplo. no dis on dip.
cosby, next time we're in the same room, come up and say hi. seriously, you speak far too much truth for me to not know you outside of the internet.
will do. i'm glad my spastic dancing is not visible in any of these videos.
cmon! FAUNA rules!
fauna its sooo powerfull, and that videos its nothing compare with what your gonna see..theyre music makes your body scream! its...wonderfull!
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