Night of January 8th, Holy Ghost at Webster Hall. This awesome place, the first modern nightclub in USA, was built in 1886 by the architect Charles Rentz in the Renassaince Revival style. This venue has been the scenario for perfomances by artists like Emma Goldman, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Prince, Sting, Aerosmith, KISS, B.B. King, Guns N' Roses, Franz Ferdinand, Morrissey, The Faint, Sonic Youth, The Hives, Alicia Keys, Ladytron, among many others and since 2008 it's considered a New York landmark.
As usual, the long lines before 12 am, because of the $1 entry value, and, of course, the bouncers exhaustively searches in the girls' bags and clothes looking for any smuggled booze. After all the touching and searching was done, I was just ready to have an after sex cigarette!!!
The basement is called "The Studio" and here we found ourselves in the middle of the weekly event "Trash!" Party. Nu Rave, Electro and Rave sounds loudly filled the air, and so we danced, surrounded by drunk post-adolescents, while dancers on stage, wearing only underwear, made the experience more pleasant.
Finally we got to the second floor after rapidly passing through the Hip-Hop hall where Jay-z and Missie Elliot were being played. On the second level, Clasixx were delighting the audience with Retro Electro sounds, the atmosphere was cool and relaxed, and the music was equalized to perfection. We started to shoot video, to share some of the experience with you, but sadly one of the bouncers told us to turn off our camera after only a few minutes...
Then, the moment we were waiting for! The Holy Ghost descended upon all of us and enlightened our brains with Techno Electro Disco House Funk, with spiritual drums and sensitive vocals that melted us on the dance floor while our souls were in communion with the musical universe surrounding us. Now I see why critics say that Holy Ghost, the Brooklyn duo recording for the DFA label, is "redefining" the dance floor. Music of 4 decades mixed together to creat this experience of known but new melodies, elegant and refined, that don't let you stop dancing until the Dj's leave the stage for good, and we're left ready for another after sex cigarette..... (Ver video de Holy Ghost en Webster Hall en YouTube)
The evening, although very cold outside, was fun, filled with light and delightful sounds, and wrapped up with the music of Fever Ray, we said goodbye and headed home with a huge smile on our faces, which for just $1, was completely worthy!!
So remember fellas, listen to the Holy Ghost so you don't go to burn in the techno Hell flames, muaaahahahahaha........
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