Vibe is a difficult thing to perfect at parties. There are so many reasons why the vibe can be killed. These include atrocious sound, the wrong music at the wrong time, overpriced, watered-down drinks and police raids — to name a few.
DJs Nina and Uppity played back to back for two hours at the That Dirty House party Triangle night club last Saturday. The two house music heavyweights traded tracks and fed off the energy of each other, as well as the crowd’s.
There were enough people that knew each other and enough that were strangers. The dance floor was packed from the beginning to the end of their set. Moreover, the crowd was a pleasant mix of sexy people who wanted to be seen, as well as those that were there strictly for the music. In other words, the vibe was superb.
Photo courtesy of Bass Kitchen
A group of promoters who know how to set up house music vibes is Bass Kitchen. Tomorrow night, they are celebrating their five-year anniversary at Korner by bringing in two internationally-acclaimed DJs, Chida and Lee Douglas.
DJ Yoshi (also known as Yoshi Nori), is one of the important pieces that has made Bass Kitchen successful over the past five years. He thinks that Taiwan’s music scene has improved a lot during that time — evidenced by the fact that there are a variety of parties and club nights going on, both commercial and underground.
Yoshi says that it could be better though — the overall quality of events is lacking so promoters and clubs should pay more attention to details like acoustics and creativity.
Bass Kitchen's main goals are to play some refreshing dance music so that club-goers can share these experiences with their friends. Yoshi says he encourages people to do their own thing and push the envelope instead of simply following others and playing it safe.
For tomorrow’s festivities, Chida and Lee Douglas will headline the party because they have a video of Chida playing a Lee Douglas track at a Bass Kitchen party in 2012.
“Musically, their styles work ... They often play different tracks from same labels or artists, yet their mixing styles are distinctive. We thought those similarities and differences could make this night super special and basically have the full package of house, disco, techno and anything that’s dope,” he said.
■ Bass Kitchen 5th Anniversary (五週年派對) is tomorrow night from 11:30pm to 5am at Korner, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Admission is NT$700 at the door and includes a drink.
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