Aurelius says bring it on By Jules
Quartly STAFF REPORTER Friday,
Mar 12, 2004,Page 19
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It should be an entertaining weekend as busy
Miss Bliss touches down for a gig at Luxy, Taichung's original funk
party crew presents "Monkey Funker" and there's another free
Huazhong Bridge event.
They're all tomorrow, but to start things off there's a "party
for angels" in Taichung tonight at Rush that's promising free entry
for girls. For the guys, it will be NT$350 before 12:30pm and NT$500
thereafter. The organizers say they've enlisted five of the island's
best-looking and talented local DJs: Han'll be playing breakbeats
from 11pm, followed by breakbeats and house from Blueman. Satan will
kick in with house and techno after a set from Edmund and David S
will end the night on a high from 5am to 7am with a decadent mix of
disco and house.
At Bacchus in Taipei, DJ Em has "Rock the Jungle," a night of
drum `n' bass `n' breakbeats, that costs just NT$350 before 12pm,
for which you get the cream of the country's junglist playas,
including DJs Ty, Da, AB Koo, 55, Umbra and Chewie. Also tonight, at
Luxy, is the fabled UK club's Renaissance Asia Tour featuring DJ
Hernan Cattaneo.
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Who's got a big head? DJ Marcus
Aurelius is bringing DJ Miss Bliss to town. PHOTO:JULES QUARTLY, TAIPEI
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| DJ Miss Bliss is an
attractive Polish/Chinese New Yorker who has held residencies in
Atlanta and the Big Apple, in addition to playing in South America,
Europe and Asia. She's released records and writes for various
magazines about dance music, so she's a bit of an all-rounder who's
going places. Tomorrow, she's behind the wheels of steel at Luxy.
It's her first time in Taipei and she says she's going to "learn
about the history, soak up some culture and sample the local food."
At the same party, Cara Chan Wollinsky will be playing her funky,
electro-breakbeats, with hip hop from DJ Marcus Aurelius and drum
`n' bass from DJ Elements. The jet-setting Bliss can be accessed at
www.djmissbliss.com.
The Miss Bliss show is Tensegrity Productions' first gig and the
man with the musical plan is DJ Marcus Aurelius, who's aiming to
provide some alternative events in the near future, including
"Skatetown" in two weeks' time, a celebration of roller skating, hip
hop and photography.
"Yeah, we're tryin' to change the game, change the way things
work around here, and just make it a bit more exciting," Aurelius
says. "I've gone from MCing to DJing because I wanna show people
what good music is. ... Music's not just for the club, it's for
Sundays, in the rollerskating rink, anytime, anywhere. I just wanna
do things a bit different." Bring it on.
Back in Taichung, tomorrow, MalFunktion presents Monkey Funker,
with hip hop and funky breaks, for the opening night of Penthouse
183 (formerly known as Ibiza). Hand over NT$400 for grooves courtesy
of resident DJs 12-Step, Caddywampus, Keedo, Provisoir and special
guest The Sundance Kid, from 11pm until 5am.
Also tomorrow, "Funk da House" at Bacchus will be presenting DJ
Victor and @llen, along with Dark and Em. Again, it's just NT$350
before 12:30pm.
@llen's going to be a busy boy and will be teaming up with
Stingray and Lim Kiong (ªL±j) for another of their famed and free
Huazhong Bridge parties. The last one was a washout, with just 10
people braving the elements, so this will be a makeup event, with
bands Emily (·R»eÄR), KbN (³Í¤ñ³¾) trying it on again with Weather
Man (®ð¶H¤H), from 5pm to midnight.
Last weekend's big event saw DJs Saucey and SL entertaining
approximately two hockey teams' worth of Canadians and a back bench
worth of locals at Citrus' two-year anniversary bash at Eden. The
music was great but there was a gripe about the remodeled Eden,
which had just one bathroom with a folding airplane-style door. If
there's one thing worse than waiting an hour for a drink (Luxy on a
big night), it's waiting an hour to get rid of the drink (Eden, any
night).
Where to go: Bacchus is at B1, 12 Songshou Rd,
Taipei
(¥x¥_¥«ªQ¹Ø¸ô12¸¹B1),
in the Neo 19 building next to Warner Village.
Huazhong Bridge iis at the far end of Wanda Road
(¸U¤j¸ô),
in Wanhua. The party's in the riverside park, under the bridge.
Luxy is at 5F, 201 Zhongxiao E Road, Sec 4, Taipei
(¥x¥_¥«©¾¡±µªF¸ô¥|¬q201¸¹¤¼Ó),
(02) 2772 100.
Penthouse 183 is on the corner of Chaofu Rd and Shihcheng
N Rd, next to E-Power, in Taichung.
Rush is at 3F, 173, Hueijung Rd, Sec 1, Taichung
(¥x¤¤¥«´f¤¤¸ô¤@¬q173¸¹3¼Ó).
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