Brightest Young Things

And once again, here's your latest dose of THE Hysteria!

CANDY LAND, A NIGHT OF DANCE FLOOR CONFECTION @ LITTLE MISS WHISKEY'S

Meistro and Deep Sang, the Dirty Bombs crew, are easily the most respected of underground DJs in the city. Steve Starks and Nacey of the Nouveau Riche crew are easily the most respected of underground DJs in the city. In a dream lineup for the particulars involved, a throwdown involving the best of hip hop, electro, dubstep, funk, global and crunk anthems will occur. This is easily one of the must see lineups of 2009. The Atlas District's Little Miss Whiskey's following up the amazing Dave Nada vs. Orlando Villegas evening a month and a half ago with this winner is not so quietly starting an ascenscion towards being a premium venue for the growing DC EDM universe.

KLEVER AND KARTAL TAKE OVER 24!

Both Klever and Felix Cartal make returns to DC this Friday at Club 24, rapidly becoming the city's most important bass outpost. This crowd may be the most responsive to the soulful electro and hip hop of Klever, and wildly abraive noise and pound of Kartal. With a breaking and popping contest as well, this certainly looks like a fantastic evening for sure.

TAXLO RETURNS TO BMORE WITH PINK SKULL!

Playing in support of their new Endless Bummer album, Philly disco pop veterans Pink Skull join alongside Cullen Stalin and Simon Phoenix for an evening that, as always, will be truly exciting. Sonar has some big things coming as well with the free TaxLo Xmas Party and the Baltimore Bass Connection's Chopped and Scrooged Holiday party as well, the latter featuring a lineup that includes Dave Nada, The Death Set, Amanda Blank, DJ Blu Jemz and a ton of my other personal faves.

HOT CONTENT

We're heavy on the club music tip this week with some fantastic new releases. But before we get to that, I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Darude before his absolutely fantastic two hour set at Ibiza two weeks ago.

Check this footage from his March set at Ibiza!

James Nasty may be the most prolific club DJ in ALL of Baltimore right now. In his own words, he makes "music for girls to get freaky to, and for dudes to grind up on them." He's dropped three new tracks, and as an early Christmas gift, do enjoy.

That Birthday Track - James takes a sample of Fatman Scoop to all of the places DJ Class' "Dance Like a Freak" remix didn't. Classic club banger.

Let Me C What U Got - Remember the Splack Pack? A most ideal song for club music.

Somebody Gon Get Pregnant - Ninjasonik's DJ Teenwolf is an avowed fan of club music. "Pregnant," is as much a downtempo club banger than anything, so with a handclap sample from Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'," he takes this one deeper into the club than ever before.

DJ Sega, Philly's Mad Decent signed, self proclaimed "Club King," freaks "Carol of the Bells." You're welcome. He also freaked Taylor Swift's "You Belong to Me" in a way that only MTV could be okay with. It's exactly what you think it is, only better.

And in final, big props to DJ Booman for taking everyone's favorite scene from Full Metal Jacket, and making a classic club fight song out of it. Props as well to DJ Excel on this amazing video clip for it, too. Presenting, "Warface."

OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE THIS WEEK AND BEYOND

Thursday, December 10th

Italian minimal dancefloor champion Davide Squillace plays Ultrabar for 4 Play.

Royal Jelly, is at Napoleon with Manulita and Steve Starks. Most notable about Royal Jelly is that it's easily the only party in the city that features Ibiza (the Iberian dance paradise) club grooves in a small room atmosphere.

95 Live at Steve's Bar Room with Harry Hotter. When Harry spins this party, it's easily one of the party's top nights. Classic 90s hip hop.

Doc Rok and Cold Case continue to pick up steam with their Rock and Roll Hotel upstairs bar open format shindig Beat Market.

You're Only Young Once (YOYO) blends the finest elements of electro and hip hop with Ackshun Jackson, Reed Rothchild, Obeyah, Ra the MC and Malik Starx of the Roll Wit Us All Stars.

Kimozaki and Dave Russell spin the finest of deep house at Spot Lounge.

Friday, December 11th

A Beatport 2009 nominee for Best Electro House artist, Hatiras joins headliner, knob twiddling techno master Kill the Noise, and opener, the "Wonderful Wizard of Nouveau Riche" Gavin Holland for a very balanced and entertaining lineup at Muse.

DJs Cold Case and Obeyah are in the house for Buggin' Out at Velvet Lounge. Cold Case has been doing quite well in breaking out as a rising selector in the city.

Tom Lim and Phillip Goyette at Sticky Rice for Edit. Sticky Rice has been home to some fantastic sets as of late, including some excellent 80s funk, disco and hip hop from Andrew Jaye, to the stalwart work of Trevor Martin as well.

Micahvellian and Outputmessage, the phenomenal team known as Dmerit host their Flat Out monthly at Rock and Roll Hotel's upstairs bar. The duo may have top to bottom the best core of tracks released in the area all year.

Konkrete Jungle DC presents a night of jungle and drum n bass at the city's hotspot for these sounds, Jimmy Valentine's.

Saturday, December 12th

Paul van Dyk's Vandit Records is the label of choice for most any elite trance or techno selector in the world. From said label Filo and Peri and Giuseppe Ottovani play Fur.

Stereo Faith's Feedback party at DC9 closes out the year with the massive lineup of Philly's dance pop practitioners Robes alongside Steve Starks and Nacey. Do listen for Steve Starks' "Boriqua," one of the rising tracks in the area as of late.

Ibiza goes to Chicago for the jack beats of house pioneer Alex Peace, with local opener Lexus King.

RSVP to http://www.tinyurl.com/secretdc for info about Chris Burns' alter ego the balearic beatmaster Glenn Echo, Brian Coxx, the always solid Beautiful Swimmers and John Bowen's SECRET Dupont Circle late night function. Expect the funkiest disco and the deepest of house grooves.

DJ Impulse of Philly's awesome Skrach Makaniks crew is in town for Panache's Bangers party featuring "the best hip hop, r&b, house, dancehall, funk, indie, dance, and soul music."

DJ's Steve E P . Killa K . Krasty McNasty with the Eighties Mayhem Holiday Party at the Black Cat.

Busboys and Poets holding DJ events? It's true, it's true. Early evening sets start at the 5th and K location this week with downtempo, lounge, nu jazz, broken beats, soul, funk & rare groove from Eighteenth Street Lounge denizen Kevin Johnson.

Monday, December 14th

Skinny Friedman and Apt One of the incredible Philly by way of Pittsburgh DJ crew the Philadelphyinz spin at Cullen Stalin and Scottie B's NO RULE, aka the best weekly dance party on the East Coast. Apt One and Skinny Friedman spun phenomenally well in the realm of disco and funky house at the soon to be rescussitated 12 LB Sound party with Andrew Jaye at 9:30 Club Backbar in the spring, and their track "Ibiza, PA" as part of their RCMP collaboration is one of the unheralded winners of 2009.

Next week, more holiday info, and new(er) mixtapes from local stalwarts!

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