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Groovanauts Party @ Remote Lounge
DJs:
Victor Dinaire
Dany Veltri
George Macys
+Special Guests: Second Sun
This set will be recorded for broadcast on XM Radio!
$3 beers 10pm-12am
Remote is located at 327 Bowery between 2nd and 3rd Streets on the border of two lower Manhattan neighborhoods: the East Village and Noho. It's a short strut, saunter, or stroll from SoHo, the Lower East Side, the West Village and the Flatiron District.
Nearby Subway stops:
- the 6 at Bleecker
- the F and V at Broadway-Lafayette or 2nd Avenue
- the B and D at Broadway-Lafayette
- the N and R to 8th Street or to Prince Street
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VICTOR DINAIRE:
Passion. When you consider the quest of up-and-coming DJ Victor Dinaire, it's the first word that comes to mind. "I was always into music as a kid, but didn't really get into dance music until the early 90's when I was throwing parties at the Limelight, Tunnel, and Palladium. It was great working for all three nightclubs because I got a taste of three different scenes: the gay scene, the rave scene, and the mainstream club scene." From there, Victor worked Wednesdays through Saturdays at the clubs and spent the remainder of the week either 'flyering' the city or organizing another event. But something inside was telling him to do more: "I loved the music and always wanted to be a DJ and producer but I was busy and extremely afraid to try, even though I always felt I could make an impact. While the crowd was dancing and having a great time, I always observed the people's reactions to the way DJ's worked them. My favorite DJ to observe was Junior Vasquez. It was from him that I learned to work a crowd by setting dramatic sequences with key records. For me, the best moments in a club were the late nights at the Tunnel while he was playing."
In 1996, Victor finally decided to take on more in the world of dance music. After just two months of practicing on his newly purchased Dj equipment, he landed his first gig at the Bank in 1997. The ride didn't stop there. Victor's interest in electronic music also landed him a promotion gig at Logic in 1999, where he now does promotion for artists such as: Gloria Gaynor, Giorgio Moroder, Danny Howells and La Bouche. But working as a Logic Artist is really where his reputation kicked off, enabling him to synthesize his DJing with his occupation. The next step in his journey led Victor mixing his first CD compilation that hit the top 5 position three consecutive weeks on the CMJ charts, Logic Trance Volume 4. Then came the successful series of trance classics, the latter of which nearly sold out: Timeless Trance: Morning Sessions and Midnight Sessions.
Steadily, this New York City native firmly set a foundation for his reputation in some of the biggest clubs in New York City and is now playing to masses across the States and internationally. From Vancouver to Vegas, Victor has performed with esteemed artists such as: Flava Flav, Junior Vasquez, Rabbit in The Moon, Talla 2XLC, Marco V, John 00 Fleming and Sandra Collins. "My musical taste? I love emotional music--something that can be felt. I love stuff that is upbeat, often with a message or a story. It doesn't necessarily mean trance, although that's probably my favorite genre. I love to give people a feeling like they have been to a million places when they hear me, or like a blockbuster movie, a set of many moods and feelings. On top tunes, I like to have multiple copies to change and extend the great moment." You can catch Victor spinning regularly on XM Radio in LA, as well as making frequent stops to perform in NYC, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Rhode Island, Texas and beyond.
SECOND SUN
Second Sun was formed in 2000 after Antoine & Adam met in the keyboard department of a Montreal music store. They have both been playing music since childhood, exploring various music styles ranging from Classical, Punk and everything in between.
Together, they stormed into the electronic dance music scene when "Empire", the first song they made together landed them a record deal with Paul Van Dyk's Vandit records, after the track was handed to the German Dj at one of his marathon sets at the legendary club Twilo in New York City. The first time the track gained attention was when Paul Van Dyk dropped it during his Essential Mix on Radio 1, which was broadcasted live from the Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem festival in the U.K. ?Empire? was then remixed by the international Dj for the single?s release (2001) and can be found on his first compilation "The Politics of Dancing" (Ministry of Sound). It can also be heard other compilations such as Cream?s "Future Trance Ibiza" (Virgin/EMI).
For their second single, the duo teamed up with Paul Van Dyk to co-produce "Crush", with Antoine on vocals. The track was first heard on PVD's groundbreaking "Reflections" LP (Mute/Positiva/Universal), which got to the #3 spot on the Billboard dance chart in the U.S. and got nominated for ?Best Electronic/Dance Album? at the 2005 Grammy Awards. With support from many of the world's biggest Djs, "Crush" went all the way up to the #1 spot on the U.K. Dance Charts. The song has been described by Mixmag as a "trance gem" and the Hyper remix (on the Positiva Records release) was hailed as one of the top 5 best trance and break anthems.
Now, after having blown the roof off many clubs, their third single ?The Spell? is out with remixes from Cass (from Cass & Slide) and German producer Deutschmann on the Vandit release and with a new North American record deal with System Recordings, the first release with them will be a new Second Sun mix of ?The Spell? along with their track ?Everything? on the B-side.
2005 looks like it will be a very important year for Second Sun as they have completed their first artist album, ?Inside Out?. On this album, people will see the full spectrum of the Second Sun sound. The album includes of course ?Crush? and ?The Spell? but also features their remix of the 1980 New Wave classic ?Pop Muzik? by M and even a duet with ?80s popstar Tiffany called ?He Said She Said?. Obviously, Antoine & Adam are not afraid to push boundaries ?we make the music that we want to make, regardless of what genre it is. The important thing to us is for people to dance and have fun? they say. Along with the album?s release, Antoine & Adam are also looking forward to going on tour with their new live show, so get ready to experience Second Sun in a club near you!
Dany Veltri and George Macys:
Dany Veltri and George Macys will always consider themselves fans of EDM above anything else. Before ever knowing what a DJ did, these native east coasters spent every possible moment at clubs soaking in as much music as they possible could. It was this passion for the music that inspired them to start DJ?ing. Theor style blends tribal, tech and progressive house with elements of trance and breaks. Not limited to genres, Dany and George hold themselves to only one rule ? if you love it, play it.
Having spun at 340, Alphabet Lounge, Happy Ending, Hook, Sullivan Room, Seho, and Voodoo Lounge in 2004, 2005 promises to be a busy year as Dany Veltri and George Macys start a new monthly residency at Remote Lounge NYC, where thet will be playing alongside the likes of Steve Gerrard, Ben Lost and DC?s EMC Crew.
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Remote Lounge:
Remote is a revolutionary new concept in nightlife entertainment. Located in downtown Manhattan, it is a technology-themed cocktail lounge and new media art space unlike anything else in the world. The lounge is outfitted with over 60 video cameras - covering every square foot of the space from multiple angles - and this live video is displayed on over 100 output devices, such as CRTs, LCDs, large format plasma screens and video projectors. Into this mix of live feeds are an everchanging roster of digital and analog video artworks, animation, special effects, web-based art and interactive multimedia created by both emerging and established new media artists.
Telepresence
Controlled Entropy Ventures (CEV), the developers of Remote, describe the lounge as a "telepresence" environment. The appeal inherent in this seemingly contradictory concept has been noted by a number of techno-sociologists working in fields like video-conferencing and Virtual Reality. At Remote, all of the cameras within the lounge are controllable by the bar patrons themselves, who can view the output of the different cameras at custom-designed Cocktail Consoles?. The Cocktail Consoles? also allow customers to then remotely pan and tilt any camera they are viewing using a joystick. Patrons therefore"spy" on other patrons and will be "spied" on in return. The cameras act as the "remote eyeballs," or the visual prosthetics, of the bar customers. This distortion of the usual way in which people interact, at the same time more (virtually) intimate and (physically) remote then typical bar encounters, is at the core of the fun to be had using the gadgets at Remote.
Rather than focus on the "Big Brother" association with the surveillance technology that has been co-opted and adapted to use in the lounge, CEV founders point out that their version of telepresence is used to very different ends then traditional surveillance implementations. First of all, access to the system is mutual, bilateral and consensual - nobody gets to violate anyone else's privacy in a manner that they would not be subject to themselves. Secondly, the environment is designed to encourage exploration, experimentation and human interaction rather than to control or protect people or property.
Design
The "telepresence" capability, along with the retro-future stylings of the Cocktail Consoles? themselves, evokes a 1960s vision of the future - part Jetsons, part 2001 A Space . Furthermore, TV screens over the bar and along the walls pick up random camera channels to create a richly textured funhouse mirror effect, where the physical arrangement of the lounge itself and the people in it are fractured and re-presented in a complex, constantly-changing, multilayered way.
DJs:
Victor Dinaire
Dany Veltri
George Macys
+Special Guests: Second Sun
This set will be recorded for broadcast on XM Radio!
$3 beers 10pm-12am
Remote is located at 327 Bowery between 2nd and 3rd Streets on the border of two lower Manhattan neighborhoods: the East Village and Noho. It's a short strut, saunter, or stroll from SoHo, the Lower East Side, the West Village and the Flatiron District.
Nearby Subway stops:
- the 6 at Bleecker
- the F and V at Broadway-Lafayette or 2nd Avenue
- the B and D at Broadway-Lafayette
- the N and R to 8th Street or to Prince Street
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VICTOR DINAIRE:
Passion. When you consider the quest of up-and-coming DJ Victor Dinaire, it's the first word that comes to mind. "I was always into music as a kid, but didn't really get into dance music until the early 90's when I was throwing parties at the Limelight, Tunnel, and Palladium. It was great working for all three nightclubs because I got a taste of three different scenes: the gay scene, the rave scene, and the mainstream club scene." From there, Victor worked Wednesdays through Saturdays at the clubs and spent the remainder of the week either 'flyering' the city or organizing another event. But something inside was telling him to do more: "I loved the music and always wanted to be a DJ and producer but I was busy and extremely afraid to try, even though I always felt I could make an impact. While the crowd was dancing and having a great time, I always observed the people's reactions to the way DJ's worked them. My favorite DJ to observe was Junior Vasquez. It was from him that I learned to work a crowd by setting dramatic sequences with key records. For me, the best moments in a club were the late nights at the Tunnel while he was playing."
In 1996, Victor finally decided to take on more in the world of dance music. After just two months of practicing on his newly purchased Dj equipment, he landed his first gig at the Bank in 1997. The ride didn't stop there. Victor's interest in electronic music also landed him a promotion gig at Logic in 1999, where he now does promotion for artists such as: Gloria Gaynor, Giorgio Moroder, Danny Howells and La Bouche. But working as a Logic Artist is really where his reputation kicked off, enabling him to synthesize his DJing with his occupation. The next step in his journey led Victor mixing his first CD compilation that hit the top 5 position three consecutive weeks on the CMJ charts, Logic Trance Volume 4. Then came the successful series of trance classics, the latter of which nearly sold out: Timeless Trance: Morning Sessions and Midnight Sessions.
Steadily, this New York City native firmly set a foundation for his reputation in some of the biggest clubs in New York City and is now playing to masses across the States and internationally. From Vancouver to Vegas, Victor has performed with esteemed artists such as: Flava Flav, Junior Vasquez, Rabbit in The Moon, Talla 2XLC, Marco V, John 00 Fleming and Sandra Collins. "My musical taste? I love emotional music--something that can be felt. I love stuff that is upbeat, often with a message or a story. It doesn't necessarily mean trance, although that's probably my favorite genre. I love to give people a feeling like they have been to a million places when they hear me, or like a blockbuster movie, a set of many moods and feelings. On top tunes, I like to have multiple copies to change and extend the great moment." You can catch Victor spinning regularly on XM Radio in LA, as well as making frequent stops to perform in NYC, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Rhode Island, Texas and beyond.
SECOND SUN
Second Sun was formed in 2000 after Antoine & Adam met in the keyboard department of a Montreal music store. They have both been playing music since childhood, exploring various music styles ranging from Classical, Punk and everything in between.
Together, they stormed into the electronic dance music scene when "Empire", the first song they made together landed them a record deal with Paul Van Dyk's Vandit records, after the track was handed to the German Dj at one of his marathon sets at the legendary club Twilo in New York City. The first time the track gained attention was when Paul Van Dyk dropped it during his Essential Mix on Radio 1, which was broadcasted live from the Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem festival in the U.K. ?Empire? was then remixed by the international Dj for the single?s release (2001) and can be found on his first compilation "The Politics of Dancing" (Ministry of Sound). It can also be heard other compilations such as Cream?s "Future Trance Ibiza" (Virgin/EMI).
For their second single, the duo teamed up with Paul Van Dyk to co-produce "Crush", with Antoine on vocals. The track was first heard on PVD's groundbreaking "Reflections" LP (Mute/Positiva/Universal), which got to the #3 spot on the Billboard dance chart in the U.S. and got nominated for ?Best Electronic/Dance Album? at the 2005 Grammy Awards. With support from many of the world's biggest Djs, "Crush" went all the way up to the #1 spot on the U.K. Dance Charts. The song has been described by Mixmag as a "trance gem" and the Hyper remix (on the Positiva Records release) was hailed as one of the top 5 best trance and break anthems.
Now, after having blown the roof off many clubs, their third single ?The Spell? is out with remixes from Cass (from Cass & Slide) and German producer Deutschmann on the Vandit release and with a new North American record deal with System Recordings, the first release with them will be a new Second Sun mix of ?The Spell? along with their track ?Everything? on the B-side.
2005 looks like it will be a very important year for Second Sun as they have completed their first artist album, ?Inside Out?. On this album, people will see the full spectrum of the Second Sun sound. The album includes of course ?Crush? and ?The Spell? but also features their remix of the 1980 New Wave classic ?Pop Muzik? by M and even a duet with ?80s popstar Tiffany called ?He Said She Said?. Obviously, Antoine & Adam are not afraid to push boundaries ?we make the music that we want to make, regardless of what genre it is. The important thing to us is for people to dance and have fun? they say. Along with the album?s release, Antoine & Adam are also looking forward to going on tour with their new live show, so get ready to experience Second Sun in a club near you!
Dany Veltri and George Macys:
Dany Veltri and George Macys will always consider themselves fans of EDM above anything else. Before ever knowing what a DJ did, these native east coasters spent every possible moment at clubs soaking in as much music as they possible could. It was this passion for the music that inspired them to start DJ?ing. Theor style blends tribal, tech and progressive house with elements of trance and breaks. Not limited to genres, Dany and George hold themselves to only one rule ? if you love it, play it.
Having spun at 340, Alphabet Lounge, Happy Ending, Hook, Sullivan Room, Seho, and Voodoo Lounge in 2004, 2005 promises to be a busy year as Dany Veltri and George Macys start a new monthly residency at Remote Lounge NYC, where thet will be playing alongside the likes of Steve Gerrard, Ben Lost and DC?s EMC Crew.
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Remote Lounge:
Remote is a revolutionary new concept in nightlife entertainment. Located in downtown Manhattan, it is a technology-themed cocktail lounge and new media art space unlike anything else in the world. The lounge is outfitted with over 60 video cameras - covering every square foot of the space from multiple angles - and this live video is displayed on over 100 output devices, such as CRTs, LCDs, large format plasma screens and video projectors. Into this mix of live feeds are an everchanging roster of digital and analog video artworks, animation, special effects, web-based art and interactive multimedia created by both emerging and established new media artists.
Telepresence
Controlled Entropy Ventures (CEV), the developers of Remote, describe the lounge as a "telepresence" environment. The appeal inherent in this seemingly contradictory concept has been noted by a number of techno-sociologists working in fields like video-conferencing and Virtual Reality. At Remote, all of the cameras within the lounge are controllable by the bar patrons themselves, who can view the output of the different cameras at custom-designed Cocktail Consoles?. The Cocktail Consoles? also allow customers to then remotely pan and tilt any camera they are viewing using a joystick. Patrons therefore"spy" on other patrons and will be "spied" on in return. The cameras act as the "remote eyeballs," or the visual prosthetics, of the bar customers. This distortion of the usual way in which people interact, at the same time more (virtually) intimate and (physically) remote then typical bar encounters, is at the core of the fun to be had using the gadgets at Remote.
Rather than focus on the "Big Brother" association with the surveillance technology that has been co-opted and adapted to use in the lounge, CEV founders point out that their version of telepresence is used to very different ends then traditional surveillance implementations. First of all, access to the system is mutual, bilateral and consensual - nobody gets to violate anyone else's privacy in a manner that they would not be subject to themselves. Secondly, the environment is designed to encourage exploration, experimentation and human interaction rather than to control or protect people or property.
Design
The "telepresence" capability, along with the retro-future stylings of the Cocktail Consoles? themselves, evokes a 1960s vision of the future - part Jetsons, part 2001 A Space . Furthermore, TV screens over the bar and along the walls pick up random camera channels to create a richly textured funhouse mirror effect, where the physical arrangement of the lounge itself and the people in it are fractured and re-presented in a complex, constantly-changing, multilayered way.
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