Adventures in Flight with Douglas Sherman, Justin Van Der Volgen, Holy Ghost! and Classixx is on Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at Good Room, Brooklyn. Lineup: Classixx.
DOUGLAS SHERMAN
Douglas Sherman, of The Loft and Joy, has created a vinyl music event series titled “Adventures In Flight” that serves in part as a conduit for the collective vibration of music to reach the listener’s ear and inspire the dancer’s heart, creating an atmosphere where every record stands on its own and the music plays us. Join us for his next launch as he sets the controls for the heart of the Sun at Good Room.
As a musical host, Douglas avoids playing from a set playlist in favor of constructing an aural tapestry that is emotional and transformative while always watching for the heart of the dancer to respond from the dance floor, to create a spontaneous and shared experience. He has gained a deep respect and appreciation for music and the importance of sound, to hear and experience records in the way that the artist intended.
JUSTIN VAN DER VOLGEN
Brooklyn resident Vandervolgen is one of those DJs and producers who seem synonymous with New York City, brandishing a stellar discography that holds credits for labels such as Golf Channel, DFA, Throne Of Blood, Eric Duncan’s Keep It Cheap and ESP Institute. There’s always something special about the end product of a Vandervolgen studio session, be it his Try To Find Me releases for Phil South’s perennially on point Golf Channel, his work as TBD alongside long time compadre Lee Douglas or the numerous remixes and edits that have appeared intermittently over the years – last year’s Soft Rocks effort topping many end of year charts.
No doubt informed by his tutelage in the iconic late-nineties disco punk acts Out Hud and !!!, there’s always been a rough and deadly feel to a production from Justin Vandervolgen; his brutally primal and propulsive 2010 Golf Channel production “Clapping Song” or the deranged thump of TBD’s DFA 12″ Oh My. It’s releases like these that ensure anyone who dismisses Vandervolgen as merely “another disco edit producer” should do so at their peril. There’s evidently a wide knowledge and understanding of dance music that shines through in his output, and translates to his DJ sets with unknown cross genre gems mixed in a seamless fashion.
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