Mon. January 24, 2005
By DJ Plez
“Let Freedom Ring” for the Birthday Boys
The MLK Holiday weekend turned out to be a fun one indeed with plenty of star power DJs gracing the city. I was able to groove the night away on Friday, January 14, at Hydrate as DJ Escape celebrated his birthday with his loyal Chicago fan base. You should have seen him working that DJ booth to death. He had both turntables spinning, was using the on–board FX capabilities of his players like an ADD child with new toys on Christmas, and even had the sampler machine plugged in and in use. The net result was a twistedly fun audio presentation that more than pleased those of us on the dance floor.
On Sunday night, January 16, the occupants of the DJ booth at Sound-Bar were a bit more straight forward in their presentation as Frankie Knuckles and David Morales turned the place out for Knuckles’ 50th birthday celebration. Despite the airlines "misplacement" of Morales’ records causing him to be just a bit late, he had the whole club groovin’ to a sexy beat by midnight. His set was spiced up with a few classics such as CeCe Peniston’s “Finally” and Alison Limerick’s “Where Love Lives” and of course included his own current chart-topping hit “How Would U You Feel.”
Forward Calendar
• Plez Award winner Hex Hector returns to Chicago (I hope isn’t expecting to get some sort of statue from me) this Friday, January 28, taking over the Hydrate DJ booth.
• Fast becoming a favorite here in Chicago, DJ DeMarko is at Crobar for GLEE Club on Sunday, January 30.
• Lil Louie Vega is at Sound-Bar for a record release party on Friday, February 4.
• Thursday, February 10, Smart Bar is hosting a Tsunami Relief Benefit party with Chicagoan and Grammy Award winner DJ/remixer/producer Maurice Joshua. DJ Heather, a rising global star that hails from Chicago will also be behind the decks along with several other local DJs for this very worthy cause.
Asian Circuit Cuisine
Folks have been traveling to Australia for years to get their “party-on” at the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney. Well, for those international jet-set party people another destination is soon to be added to your travelogue as the inaugural CircuitAsia takes place in Manila, Philippines from April 28 to May 2, 2005. Headlining DJs for the weekend are Brett Henrichsen (soon to be here for Fireball), Kimberly S, and Gomi. CircuitAsia is a major supporter of the Gift Foundation and supports the foundations program on AIDS. For more details go to www.circuitasia.com with its very sobering intro and entertaining info pages.
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