There is a fine line between swagger and self-exaltation. The Vinyl Word’s first annual Pretentious Facebook Invite Award goes to SiOUSiOU’s Locked In Party #1 featuring Blackfoot Phoenix, which will be held in an undisclosed location this Saturday night. Phoenix is a trendsetter in his home of South London and was involved in popularizing the Boiler Room concept, where underground and big-room DJs play their tunes to their close friends in a small room. The sets are filmed and promoted to millions online.
According to their Facebook invite, the goal of the brand-new Locked In party series is to have DJs “play in intimate invite-only parties at unexpected locations across Taipei. The Locked In party is where creative and fun people exchange talents and personalities with the most exciting music. We avoid parties at overexposed venues packed with irrelevant people sitting around bitching.”
I like underground, think-outside-the-box events as much as the next bearded hipster wearing overalls using Snapchat, but these words stopped me in my tracks. To call anyone who goes out to popular clubs irrelevant is mean, if not highfalutin’.
Photo Courtesy of DJ Wei-wei
■ SiOUSiOUS Locked In Party #1 with Blackfoot Phoenix is tomorrow night from 9pm to 11:30pm at an undisclosed location. Send an email to siousiou@live.com before 5pm on Saturday to get on the limited guest list. Entrance is NT$400 and people can bring their own beverages.
Greater Taichung is full of female DJs. According to DJ Wei-wei, whose real name is Huang Wei-wei (黃瑋瑋), this is a great thing because she believes music has no boundaries. Wei-wei plays at the Love2Funk party at 18TC tonight. She has been deejaying for eight years, having played at most of Greater Taichung’s clubs, as well as Myst in Taipei.
Wei-wei has started two party series that include bands and DJs — Party Like a Rock Star and Bring Live Music Back to Taiwan — with the former having a Christmas event at the Mirage on Dec. 20. Wei-wei believes this is what separates her from all other female DJs.
“I have lots of experience and knowledge of music with different audiences and various cultural aspects of life,” Wei-wei said in an e-mail interview with the Taipei Times.
■ Love2Funk with DJ Wei Wei, Pyro, NeKBRACE and Marcus Aurelius is tonight from 10pm to 4am at 18TC, 38 Dachuan St, Greater Taichung (台中市大川街38號). Admission is NT$400 for ladies and NT$600 for men, which includes a drink.
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