Disco, House, Techno, Tech House, nu disco, traxx, minimal, Soul, Broken Beat, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Johannesburg, Tokyo -
"Respecting the influences of the past that were the template for the present which in turn influences the future"
Tonite it will be residents Mr Daishiki Jones and Woody Rosen spinning ALL NIGHT LONG throwing down simply the best deep house, nu disco, classic disco, tech house and much much more...
There is NO COVER + $3 wells & domestics + $5 Patron...
Remember DISCO'S REVENGE is one of the ONLY weekly events in Dallas dedicated to the soul and essence of House Music...
First a review in the DALLAS OBSERVER of Alvin Booth's aka MR DAISHIKI JONES stellar performance at last weeks EPIC Alexander Robotnick party....click
And now a brief Q & A in the DALLAS QUICK with the other half of DISCO'S REVENGE...WOODY ROSEN....click
5 questions for Woody Rosen
The DJ spins every Saturday for Disco's Revenge at the Viper Lounge in Deep Ellum. He'll also appear at the "Chill Sunday" event on Sunday afternoon at House of Blues.
Describe the music you play: I have always described what I play as deep soulful house music, which can really be a lot of things. It draws on everything from jazz to R&B to funk and disco, gospel, or even Afro-beat sort of stuff. It's what you would probably hear if you went to an underground party in NYC.
What's the one track you can always fall back on to steer your set in the right direction? Anything that is familiar to a lot of people. Usually, any of those old fun tracks from the '90s will work, but I try not to overdo that.
Tell us one of the strangest requests — song or otherwise — you’ve received from a listener: We had this one dude that would come into Minc sometimes. Once, he came up to me and my friend in the DJ booth and said he was going to bring in a guest DJ the next week. When I asked if he had a demo, his reply was, “That’s the problem with Iraq!” He looked at us like we were crazy, stared me directly in the eyes for about 10 seconds, then walked away.
What's a new (or new to you) track you plan on incorporating into your next playlist, and why? It's hard to pick out any one song in particular, but for the past year or so I have been working in a little more disco, along the lines of Italo disco or Paradise Garage tracks. It's a sound that I think a lot of the younger newcomers are into, and it's also fun and interesting for me to dig into those old songs and branch out in that direction a little.
Describe your fantasy DJ gig: My dream gig would be to have a weekly party at a place with a crowd that knows and understands the music, somewhere that isn't restricted by a 2 a.m. curfew, and has an amazing sound system.
Find out more at discosrevengedallas.blogspot.com.
And here is some additional video from MR. DAISHIKI JONES of DISCO'S REVENGE who closed the night's festivities with some nice tech house and disco edits...
and here is the review from the Dallas Observer...
Alexander Robotnick
Alexander Robotnick Brooklyn Jazz Café August 13, 2010
Fresco has been putting on parties in Dallas for years, bringing to town legends of electronic music such as Larry Heard, Ron Trent, Theo Parrish (the list goes on).
So, naturally, they had a hand in bringing through Maurizio Dami, aka Alexander Robotnick, for the first stop in his US tour. In this case, the night was put together through a collaboration between Fresco and Axel Promotions.
Robotnick needs no introduction to many, but in this city, he's not what one would consider a well-known figure.
When he released "Problemes D'Amour" in 1983, the record immediately became influential in both the disco and nascent house scenes of New York and Chicago, as well as the dancefloors of Europe. He's credited by some as helping to invent the genre known as electro, and, even in some ways, acid house, through his pioneering use of the Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer.
Robotnick's Friday the 13th DJ set was his first ever in Dallas--and the last-minute venue change to the Brooklyn Jazz Café ended up being the best part about the night.
Not taking place in the café area itself, but rather in the adjoining performance space just below, the event had all the darkness and warehouse-y feelings you could ask for. Also, it was big enough for the crowd--but not so big that the room felt empty.
The night was kicked off early by a set from Myles Francis, which was followed subsequently by Alvin Booth. Booth, a longtime staple of the Dallas house community and a regular performer at Fresco events, made sure to bring some classic records like Derrick May's "Strings of Life" (well, the Danny Krivit edit, at least), and played a clean and well-executed all-vinyl set. Booth's performance had underground dance music purists in mind, and he honored the past with his set, which ended up being rather ironic in light of Robotnick's performance that followed.
It's not that Robotnick didn't play old Italo hits like Charlie's "Spacerwoman" and Telex's "Moskow Diskow," and even some old Chicago acid like Mike Dunn; he did.
But, apart from some spurts of recognizable classics, his set consisted almost exclusively of pretty standard, unimaginative and unoriginal European dance music.
His all-Ableton laptop set began almost immediately with a rendition of "Problemes D'Amour," in which he sang live vocals and did his characteristic goofy dancing around that so charmed the audience. Afterward, however, something interesting began to happen. The unique and tasteful rhythms of his own track began to give way to sounds that were less tasteful and less unique.
For all the surprising minimal techno, tech house and even blog house sounds, though, Robotnick managed to keep changing up his style, never really keeping on the same tip for too long. The problem was that he kept going into different styles that didn't appeal to his fans. Those who came thinking he was going to dip heavily into the worlds of Italo disco, Italian electro a la Pigna and Nature records, disco classics and perhaps some classic house and techno, would leave disappointed with his selection.
But considering that he's been out of the electronic music game since the late '80s and picked it up again in 2003 and, really, is a 60-year-old man who has missed out on a lot of history, he still managed to do a fine job of working the crowd and being incredibly enthusiastic about his performance. He even played live keys and sang over some tracks from time to time, which is much more than one can say about most other laptop DJs.
In short, you have to give the guy credit. And, in the end, you can't really take anything away from him. Especially because, at the very end of the day, Robotnick finally allowed me--and the rest of the expectant crowd--to wet our whistles on some old-school Italo. And everyone seemed to enjoy that much.
Critic's Notebook Personal Bias: After interviewing him the day before, I expected Robotnick to play some of the music of the music we discussed in the interview (Marco Passarani, the west coast sound of The Hague). So I was let down when he played a set that would appeal to the electronic music-listening masses.
By The Way: That dude was 60, and dancing around like a maniac! I can't count how many times I heard people say they hope they're that badass at that age.
Random Note: The last, first and only time I've ever been at a venue that hosted jazz alongside electronic music was in Detroit--a place where one can expect such a thing. It was actually very refreshing to see this take place in Dallas
I know this last minute but we are hosting Minneapolis based dj/producer ALEXANDER EAST tonight down at good old DISCO'S REVENGE. In addition to producing and djing Alexander is an accomplished vocalist who provides the vocals on his own productions.
His remixes and orginal productions appear on well respected labels such as Underground Construction, Amenti, ProgCity Deep, Hudd Traxx, 3345 Music, Loveslap! Music and Raum Musik just to name a few.
Alexander has worked with heavyweights in the industry such as Chuck Love, Jimpster, Brett Johnson, JT Donaldson, Atnarko, Rick Preston, Swirl People and Olivier Desmet.
Joining DISCO'S REVENGE residents WOODY ROSEN and MR DAISHIKI JONES will be, DJ Israel Marcano from W.A.R.M.T.H. International will be coming down to the VIPER LOUNGE for an evening of deep house, nu disco, tech house plus much, much more...
You don't want to miss this event and best of all it is absolutely FREE...
Brooklyn Jazz Cafe 1701 South Lamar Street Dallas, TX
This is going to be epic as a true LEGEND in underground dance music makes a very rare appearance in the states and an even rarer appearance in Dallas.
Best known in the U.S. for his release "Problems d Amour", Alexander's aka Maurizio Dami track became a hit for a nascent House music scene in Chicago during the early '80's.
MR. DAISHIKI JONES of DISCO'S REVENGE and MYLES FRANCIS (Diamond Deep) will be performing in support of Alexander.
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