all words and photos by Dakota Fine
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The folks over at mnmlife have taken to hosting me at their parties as of late. I can safely say that if you are looking for DC’s best Techno/House/Minimal dance party, this is it. This particular type of music has never been my cup of tea (when I think of great dance music, I think of Cut///Copy), but I must say, exposure to this party really has me opening up my tastes.
On Friday night, those of us at The Muse Lounge witnessed the mnmlife crew welcome back tribal/techno luminary Josh Wink, of Philadelphia origins. It was honestly, pretty amazing. To see the way the crowd responded to this guy–as soon as he stepped into the control booth something else took over, and every time he pumped the bass or tweaked the knobs the entirety of the club surged with energy.
If you’re into this kind of music, I highly recommend this weekly party to you. Additionally, the strobe lights in the ceiling make for pretty awesome photographs, if it were up to me, I’d utilize them more often. See for yourself, join them next week for Steve Bug (man, these guys have great names).
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Jason loves techno.
June 2, 2009 at 2:22 pmwas so close to going
but just too beat by the end of the week
missed Wink’s sick Philly house again and regretting it
great venue
still teaching swing here every Wed for the next 5 weeks, classes 7-9, half price drink specials till 10, dancing till 11
http://www.gottaswing.com/page01a.htm#muse
drop-ins allowed, contrary to what the site says
we just pro-rate
Excellent photography! And like Lily said… Lindy Hop at Muse every Wednesday. Do it, do it!
June 2, 2009 at 2:35 pmi seriously, seriously, love multicolor strobes that rain down from the ceiling, seriously.
June 2, 2009 at 2:38 pmGlad to see techno getting some love.
Here are the tracks that made Josh Wink teh raveasaurus:
Higher State of Consciousness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9gWA491H4U
Are You There?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMllj4Ah_XE
Don’t Laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFfydjatQMU
Don’t Laugh still creeps the fuck out of me. Love that track.
June 2, 2009 at 3:29 pmprofound sounds vol. 2
June 2, 2009 at 4:05 pmomg! it’s that same creepy guy from the last time we were at muse…
June 2, 2009 at 4:16 pmDAMN DAKOTES these photos are ILLLLLLLL
June 2, 2009 at 4:31 pmnice shots dakota
June 2, 2009 at 6:04 pmGod that place looks so much better now.
Although I legit miss the grimy stage. There was a breakcore party that deep6 did where they had the entire Hive Records crew come down and the place was shaking so hard, no shit, bits of dust were falling into our drinks.
But I’m really shocked they’ve managed to turn the place into the Church Revival of DC Techno. Good for mnmlife and 88 and ELM.
June 2, 2009 at 6:23 pmAmazing pictures!!!
June 5, 2009 at 8:10 am
Wink is fucking amazing.
June 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm