When it all goes wrong...
Every DJ has one.
A night when everything that can possibly go wrong does - and it does so in spectacular fashion. ClashMusic brings you DJ Disasters, featuring some of the most respected figures in the dance world reminiscing about those moments when it all went badly wrong. Next up: Gingy & Bordello.
There must be something in the water over in Toronto. A hub for Canada's bustling electronic scene, the city recently spawned the Turbo endorsed duo Gingy & Bordello.
Part of the label's ever broadening roster, Gingy & Bordello specialise in what has been termed 'new jack techno'. Rough 'n' ready productions, it's brutal simplicity is matched by a forward thinking attitude that re-ignites the genre's latest Futurism.
- - -
This story is not necessarily a DJ disaster - in fact, some may see it as both a DJ and sociological victory. A rite of passage of sorts…
It is the story of our first DJ gig together ever. Halloween 2008. We were throwing a makeshift rave at a local club called Se7en in our university town, a little bit out of the way from the usual student hangout strip. Halloween is always one of the biggest student nights out, so we invited all of our friends and everybody was very excited to check out this new spot. Anthony texted Brian around midnight asking how it was going and Brian responded saying the club was packed already (to our European readers, bear in mind that clubs close at 3am in Canada so midnight is a typical time to go to the club).
To the surprise of Anthony and his friends, Brian had manipulated the truth a bit... as they made their way to the club, there were only about 20-30 people there. Also, both Anthony and Brian had "conveniently" forgotten to tell their friends that the venue was a fledgling gay bar frequented by lesbians, gays, transexuals, drag queens and the whole shebang. Our more conservative straight friends were like fish out of water. Not ones to stick around and listen to complaints, we started DJing.
Gradually, uptight unease made way to debaucherous dancefloor catharsis. The club filled up. The bar regulars ended up jiving so well with the college kids that the dancefloor formed a catwalk for "Serenity", a drag queen from out of town, and cheered her on as she strutted along, lip-syncing the words to Big Fun by Inner City. The night continued and our friends Andrew Ross and Scott Seewhale of Nacho Lovers took over the decks. The place was a mess of fog, sweat and spilled vodka. Shirts were being torn off. At one point, 50 year old man dressed as King Arthur (who either had a terrible dentist or a suspiciously overblown case of meth mouth) bought one of our most timid friends 20 shots of expensive tequila and began to not-so-subtly lay on "the moves"... for the next 3 hours...
- - -
'Iron & Water' EP is out now on Turbo.
A night when everything that can possibly go wrong does - and it does so in spectacular fashion. ClashMusic brings you DJ Disasters, featuring some of the most respected figures in the dance world reminiscing about those moments when it all went badly wrong. Next up: Gingy & Bordello.
There must be something in the water over in Toronto. A hub for Canada's bustling electronic scene, the city recently spawned the Turbo endorsed duo Gingy & Bordello.
Part of the label's ever broadening roster, Gingy & Bordello specialise in what has been termed 'new jack techno'. Rough 'n' ready productions, it's brutal simplicity is matched by a forward thinking attitude that re-ignites the genre's latest Futurism.
- - -
This story is not necessarily a DJ disaster - in fact, some may see it as both a DJ and sociological victory. A rite of passage of sorts…
It is the story of our first DJ gig together ever. Halloween 2008. We were throwing a makeshift rave at a local club called Se7en in our university town, a little bit out of the way from the usual student hangout strip. Halloween is always one of the biggest student nights out, so we invited all of our friends and everybody was very excited to check out this new spot. Anthony texted Brian around midnight asking how it was going and Brian responded saying the club was packed already (to our European readers, bear in mind that clubs close at 3am in Canada so midnight is a typical time to go to the club).
To the surprise of Anthony and his friends, Brian had manipulated the truth a bit... as they made their way to the club, there were only about 20-30 people there. Also, both Anthony and Brian had "conveniently" forgotten to tell their friends that the venue was a fledgling gay bar frequented by lesbians, gays, transexuals, drag queens and the whole shebang. Our more conservative straight friends were like fish out of water. Not ones to stick around and listen to complaints, we started DJing.
Gradually, uptight unease made way to debaucherous dancefloor catharsis. The club filled up. The bar regulars ended up jiving so well with the college kids that the dancefloor formed a catwalk for "Serenity", a drag queen from out of town, and cheered her on as she strutted along, lip-syncing the words to Big Fun by Inner City. The night continued and our friends Andrew Ross and Scott Seewhale of Nacho Lovers took over the decks. The place was a mess of fog, sweat and spilled vodka. Shirts were being torn off. At one point, 50 year old man dressed as King Arthur (who either had a terrible dentist or a suspiciously overblown case of meth mouth) bought one of our most timid friends 20 shots of expensive tequila and began to not-so-subtly lay on "the moves"... for the next 3 hours...
- - -
'Iron & Water' EP is out now on Turbo.
