DJ @llen is back in the party mix this weekend with "Love Groove" at Eden featuring house music from DJ Nina and a promise of some old-skool house from the man known as "Taiwan's dance pioneer."
"It's free-entry but not very big, so the atmosphere is good," said @llen of the once-a-month night out. "We've had a good crowd, lots of models and foreigners. It's a more mature crowd.
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DJ Da and his hip hop vibes will be missing as he's off to see some installations in Kinmen at the Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art (recommended), so @llen will step up for some house sounds from the late 1980s and early 1990s. La Groove is the third Saturday of each month.
From free to no-entry unless you have an invitation or the gift of the gab: Room 18 is running an intriguing party tonight to celebrate the fashion skills of Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas, after their shop's doors open for the first time today in the Breeze Center, Taipei. The importer, ID-Mop, is one of the biggest names in the business and intends to make a splash. Expect more models and the money that chases them on the dance floor.
DJ Kulu was expected for the bash but a two-for-the-price-of-one DJ deal will see Ivan and Allan (no relation to @llen) from Hong Kong taking over on the Technics. Ivan "loves everything about jazz-funk" and according to his bio, performs with three decks, composes and does live jams with famous jazz musicians so it "sounds like a real band." Allan Ho has been DJing since 1995 and likes electro bossa, batacuda, deep tech and house.
If you can't make it tonight, tomorrow at Room 18 it's free-entry for you and your partner if you were born on the 18th of the month. Make a reservation for your birthday party and get a bottle of Vodka and a birthday cake for free. Still in Room 18, next Thursday an Indian from England, Mukul will play after 11pm. The "sound sculptor" and mixed-media artist has been brought over by the British Council for a series of events. Mixing music and noise, technology and musical cultures, his set could be a revelation.
Tonight at Luxy it's house and breaks with The Sundance Kid, Reason, Saucey, Trix and Edmund, with some special live VJ work from Dominik. On Wednesday there is an all-female lineup of DJs at Luxy for "Sugar," the regular ladies' night out. The DJs are Nancy Chang, Nina, Alicia Hush and Cookie. Coming up, will be Johnny Fiasco, a man they call a legend for throwing down Chicago underground warehouse parties in the 1980s.
Steve Mac is said to be (by his publicists) one of the UK's finest house producers and is a solo artist who likes to trot around the world given the chance. And why not? He's at Ministry of Sound tomorrow.
At X-Direction Lee Burridge is back again. He's obviously a popular figure on the gay house scene here and according to a local Web site thread he's also behind a project doing charity work overseas. As the thread concludes: "Love yourself. You have to love yourself to love others." The thread begins, "I can't sit down in my seat ... when I hear that dirty filthy beat!"
The Vinyl Word: For a change of pace, check out Aboriginal blues artist Alseep, tonight, from 10pm, at DV8.
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