The party season has officially begun. Last weekend’s Oasis Pool Party in Taipei and the Organik outdoor party in Tamsui (淡水) were madness.
This weekend, the biggest free outdoor music event in Taiwan — Ho-Hai-Yan Gongliao Rock Festival (新北市貢寮國際海洋音樂祭) at Fulong Beach — continues. If you go, check out Together, the only outdoor electronic dance music party there. The free event, which is hosted by the BPM crew and supported by many local DJs and their followers, is in its third year.
BPM’s @L says,“ We’re doing the party because we love beaches, and the atmosphere in Fulong during this time is just amazing. So it’s all about having a good time with good music and good friends. The party last year was rocking. Lots of people came, and our party even got featured on a few TV news channels. This year it will be even better because we got a spot right on the beach and the party will last for three days.”
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The DJ lineup includes @L, Fion, NDU, Barfly, Amber, Bug, Kjk Jaki, Tommy Wang, and many many more. The party, which is located on the beach in the food/drinks/market area opposite the main stage, runs today, tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 10:30pm.
Further south, Live From Kaohsiung is presenting a special deep house event titled I Have a Dream that will see Petstov and Bass Kitchen’s Yoshi and Mini Jay mixing Martin Luther King’s speech throughout their sets. “We feel that a lot of what MLK stood for and house music stood for, especially in the 1980s, was similar ... House music tries to unite people together rather than segregate,” promoter Joshua Robertson says. “Another reason for using MLK as inspiration is we’ve noticed how impressionable young people are. You give them something to listen to and they absorb it and like it. Unfortunately, in Kaohsiung what is usually offered music-wise is absolutely garbage, so what we aim to offer is not only good non-mainstream music, but also a party with a positive, conscious message.”
Live From Kaohsiung’s previous parties were off the hook, so expect a good time. The party, which starts tonight at 11pm, is at Baccara, 4F, 15 Jhonghua 3rd Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市中華三路15號4樓). Admission is NT$600 for boys and NT$300 for girls, which includes all you can drink beverages.
Tainan, home to lots of “crouching-tiger” DJ talent, has seen some serious underground party action lately. Studio193 delivered a quality night with Jungle Juice on Saturday, which featured scratch-master Scheme-O from the UK and beat scientist Mic from Holland.
Tomorrow, veteran turntablist Twohands will be joined by LEO37 at his monthly party Make Room. “It’s a night of the real hip-hop, funk, soul, reggae, dancehall reggae and 1980s pop, sometimes,” Twohand says.
The British DJ, who has been living in Tainan for nearly 10 years, says that it’s not easy to arrange parties there because of the smaller base of people who go out.
“However, the people who do go out and party go hard. I can play all kinds of music from Wu Tang to The Temptations to Billy Idol to Movado all in one night and the dance floor will be rocking,” he says.
Make Room is tomorrow from 11pm to 7am at Funkoo, 56 Heping St, Greater Tainan (台南市和平街56號). Admission is NT$150.
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