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The Beach Party, LIC
 with resident DJs Probus, Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin and very special guests The Beach Party, LIC is back for its fourth year at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City. What initially started as a low-key, Saturday night hang at the sandy East River outpost has turned into one of the biggest parties New York has to offer. But while luminaries of dance music like Prins Thomas and Grandmaster Flash have performed alongside the beach’s residents Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin and DJ Probus (who, themselves, have all come a long way in the past four years), the party still maintains a casual spirit and remains a great vibe. Big or small, there’s nothing like sipping a beer, having a hamburger and checking out the amazing view of the skyline in between dancing to great music.

 

Our special guests are…

June 27 ////////// Claude VonStroke

July 4 ///////////// Robert Hood

July 11 /////////// Demon Days with Carl Craig and Gamall

July 18 /////////// Lopazz Live

July 25 /////////// Andres and Kai Alce

August 1 //////// Abe Duque

August 8 //////// Dublex Inc.

August 15 ////// Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love

August 22 ////// Soundstream Live

August 29 ////// Raoul K and Jerome Derradji

September 5 // Dennis Ferrer

 

ABOUT THE RESIDENTS Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin are the gents behind Mister Saturday Night, a big party with live music and DJs that happens at nice places to party in New York City. They also collaborate on Sunday Best, a summertime Sunday afternoon party on the Gowanus Canal. The umbrella for it all is New Release, an entity that writes weekly, editorial events listings for New York and produces music events around the city. DJ Probus is the head of Nublu Records, the downtown institution that has launched the careers of Forro in the Dark, Brazilian Girls and Kudu, among others. He regularly plays at the club, and he’s called The Beach Party his summertime Saturday home for the past four years.

 

ABOUT THE GUESTS

 

Claude VonStroke aka Barclay Crenshaw is the man behind San Francisco’s Dirtybird and Mothership labels. Pioneering a tech-house sound that is inimitable, he’s become one of the most in demand DJs on the planet, making this, his first appearance in New York in over a year—and his first ever in a venue large enough to fit more than a couple hundred people—a very special occurrence.

 

Robert Hood is a pioneer from Detroit, who’s often considered a founder of minimal techno. Along with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills, he started the legendary group Underground Resistance. He’s a real American hero of dance music, and there couldn’t be anyone more appropriate for our July 4th celebration.

 

Carl Craig and Gamall are the two DJs behind Demon Days. Carl is a legendary producer, the most influential from the second generation of Detroit techno. He runs the Planet E label and has remained fresh and cutting edge in every moment of his career. Gamall hails from the UK but has lived in New York for many years, founding the Rude Movements parties in the early 2000s.

 

Lopazz is a producer from Heidelberg, Germany whose records on Get Physical, !K7 and the now defunct but always on point Output were among the finest in the catalogues. His live performances incorporate vocals and analogue synths.

 

Andres and Kai Alce share roots and a musical sensibility. Kai, who was born in New York, moved to Detroit in his teens where he found inspiration from legendary radio personality Electrifying Mojo and the revolutionary Music Institute. Andres has worked with Moodymann and is also known as DJ Dez, Slum Village’s deck man. Andres recently released a twelve-inch on Kai’s NDATL label.

 

Abe Duque’s records are immediately identifiable to any crate digger, all-black vinyl with titles etched into the lacquer. The mysterious DJ left New York for a long time, but he’s now returned, and this is his first set in the city since.

 

Dublex Inc is a quartet of producers from Stuttgart, Germany. They’re all experts in sound and design, each taking part in running Pulver records over the past decade. Tonight’s set features two of the quartet. Expect it to be organic and deep.

 

Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love has held down a residency in New York for nearly ten years—and eternity in the instable world of clubs and DJs. There’s no question why. His energy is fantastic and his depth impressive. Bob can go for hours, spanning everything from salsa to house.

 

Soundstream has released very few records in his many active years, but his reputation has remained untouchable due to the high quality of each cut he puts out. He’s probably best known as one half of Smith and Hack, the duo that reworked Herbert’s Movin’ Like a Train last year. His live set, never before seen in the States, is rumored to be astounding.

 

Raoul K and Jerome Derradji are both strangers in a strange land. Raoul, who was born in Ivory Coast, relocated to Germany at the age of 16. Jerome, a Frenchman, now calls Chicago his home. Their outsider status is not the only thing that brings them together, though. They both head excellent underground labels,

 

Raoul K, the excellent Baobab Music, and Jerome, the always on point Still Music, Past Due and hard-to-find StillLove4Music. And they’re both excellent DJs. This night is going to be great.

 

Dennis Ferrer has a career that brings him respect from two different schools. The old house heads love him for his late 90s vocal tracks and his work with Kerri Chandler, and then there’s a new school that devotedly follows his moves on the Objektivity imprint, one that, in its short existence, has launched names like The Martinez Brothers and Karizma. Dennis’ set will be the perfect closer of the year—a little taste of the past present and future all rolled up into one.

 

From PS1: Walk south on Jackson from PS1 (Take a right with the museum to your back). Right on 51st Ave. Left at 2nd St. Look for signs for Water Taxi beach on your left.