Welcome to what will be Humpday Hysteria (we're getting a late start this week), your comprehensive stop for recollections and tales of electro sex kittens and dynamic disco fiends, as well as all things great, small and fantastic in the dance and electronic music world. I write about pretty much the same thing, give or take a few riotous punk shows, some hipster mayhem here and there, hip hop and current musical events over at my socio-cultural/music experiment True Genius Requires Insanity (tgrionline.com), and for The Couch Sessions (thecouchsessions.com), and am certainly glad to be here. The trend here will be to focus on the phenomenal local DMV scene with a broad smattering of the national and international involved. As well, I'll tend to link everything thematically from item to item, just because it's a fun mental device, and also to show just how large the DMV impact is these days in the scene. There's a ton going on of note, so let's not dawdle with any more useless text.

It's July, so it's summer party season in our local dance music scene. And this year seems bigger and better than ever.

THE BLISSPOP SUMMER BLOWOUT IS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE 9:30 CLUB

Maybe one of the top three parties I attended last year was the Blisspop Christmas party, which featured enough mind blowing sonic occurrences to fill one column. After speaking with Will Eastman, I fully expect that memory to be eclipsed on Friday night. The lineup is frankly incredible, and features the local DC DJs with the greatest national impact (Nadastrom and Tittsworth), the forefather of this whole DC movement whose about to blow up big *again* (Will Eastman), and between Dmerit, Bobby Jae and Ken Lazee, you'll really get to see the depth and scope of the city's gargantuan talent load. Doors are at 9 PM, $10 TICKETS! And, definitely check BYT next week, for interviews, footage, pictures and a review of the ridiculously good time!

Rye Rye f/ MIA - Bang: THE VIDEO

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Histrionic Bmore club rapper, party starter and dance princess Rye Rye finally dropped the video for "Bang," the Blaqstarr produced instant anthem (that hyperkinetic staccato drum loop is a winner) that is tearing up the clubs worldwide, with even our own local triumvirate of Nouveau Riche DJs, Nacey, Starks and Gavin Holland getting in on the fun with their own remixes. MIA, Miss "Paper Planes," even gets in on the fun on this one, and the low-fi video, actually shot in Baltimore two months ago at the legendary Paradox, features the freaking, jumping, popping, locking and swaying that Bmore club pulls out of just about anyone exposed to the sound.

MY CREW BE UNRULY

Superpromoter Puja Patel has put together the most incredible lineup of party crushing DJs around for the second "My Crew be Unruly" affair at the aforementioned Paradox on Saturday, July 17th. Baltimore club legend K Swift spun her last set ever prior to her untimely and most unfortunate demise at the mega affair that many dance industry insiders called the best party night in the nation last year. Twenty eight DJs (with more being added almost daily will spin between three rooms, with Bmore legends like Scottie B, Rod Lee, Jonny Blaze and the Dew Doo Kidz, DC's own Nadastrom, Stereo Faith, the Nouveau Riche guys, Philly powerhouses DJ Sega, DJ Tameil, and the Crossfaded Bacon Crew of Emynd and Bo Bliz, and a cast of heavyweights, it's going to be likely once again the party by which to judge ALL other parties. 18 and over, BYOB, free beer, hot 4 AM breakfast, $15 special tickets available at http://www.going.com/mcbu. More forthcoming on this party in the next two weeks!

IS DC READY FOR THE HEAT?!?!?!

Stereo Faith is a longtime bastion of DC's club scene who gets underappreciated by many. Jonny Blaze is a legendary fixture of Bmore club music who has the same problem. Put their enormous talents together? Problem solved. Stereo Faith and Jonny Blaze (creator of the track for the hottest Bmore club dance the Ice Cream,) as dream tag team disc jockey combination "The Heat" are presently on a mini tour of the East coast, playing Brooklyn, Philly, Baltimore and every spot in between, but will come to rest on Saturday July 11th at the Feedback party at DC9, with headliner Dave Nada, two of the most criminally underrated selectors in DC, jacks of all trades Trevor Martin (get his latest Rock'n Bamaz 2....three year old hype girl, what?!?!) and Andrew Jaye, and performers the Hardy Boyz. Speaking of The Heat, expect an interview with the tandem, as well as a few exclusive samples of their technical wizardry to drop here before the end of the month.

CRAZY HOT HUMPDAY DOWNLOADS

In the wake of the demise of 14th Street's Red Lounge as a popular underground DJ venue, 9:30 Club's Backbar, replete with amazing soundsystem and alcoholic slushie machine (really, you haven't lived until you've had the coffee slushie) has taken the reigns for the better as being the new burgeoning hot venue, and with hours until 4 AM, is the ultimate rising late night spot in town. The just mentioned Andrew Jaye, a Pittsburgh native who is a part of the 12 Pound Sound monthly (with Spiggums and B. Gully), hosted fellow Steel City natives now based in Philadelphia RCMP (DJs Apt One and Relative Q), who released their eponymous EP two weeks ago. The disco flavored dance floor buster on there, Ibiza, PA (download HERE) is a synth laden uptempo winner with a pulsing breakbeat that recalls tinges of late era Giorgio Moroder. For more info on the duo and their EP, visit http://www.myspace.com/rcmp.

Washington, DC native now living in Baltimore, James Nasty is an old Bmore club soul stuck in brand new times. Nasty stays true to keeping the beats bass heavy, pounding, and based around the "Think" and "Sing Sing" breaks that jam on the one, and with a wicked sense of humor and eye towards populist appeal has started to come into his own. You'd be an absolute fool if you're throwing any sort of summer rager to not have two ridiculous James Nasty tracks in your collection, namely the absurd, funloving, must be heard to be believed, Jungle Brothers production trending "Put It in Her Pooper," and the real hetero male, fist pounding, chest thumping, Jock Jam, old school Bmore club fight anthem winner, "Eye of the Club," which makes Survivor sound like they made a really wussy record for Rocky Balboa, as the "Sing Sing" break, with the angry "WHUT!'s" all over the place take the track into some pretty wild territory. This record may or may not make you want to punch a personal trainer in the face when he postulates about how "partying keeping you from your fitness goals," not that the author would know ANYTHING at all about those activities.

And in final, Major Lazer. Heard Diplo and Switch stopped through the city a week or so ago, and did a helluva job over at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Do grab the album, and even if it's not your cup of tea, know that while the surf guitars meet heavy basslines, meets Santigold of "Hold the Line" pull you in, "Pon Di Floor" is the dance floor anthem for the rest of the year, and that "Baby (excellently remixed HERE and turned into a tribal themed breakdown by Arizona based Figure) ," featuring hilarious Jamaican rapper Prince Zimboo (think Rufus Thomas type comedic timing in a patois tinged flow) is proof that while Jay-Z killed autotune, a sample of an autotuned crying infant, will live forever.

And there, friends, is your weekly dose of Humpday Hysteria.