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Vault @ Element (L.E.S.): This Saturday: Elegantly Wasted: Valizar?, Astrid + Rucyl
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In Progress Presents //
Elegantly Wasted Saturdays With Velizar? @ Vault
January 19th, 2008
10PM- 4AM
Techno / Tech House / Dancehall
Astrid Suryanto Live Listening Session
Featuring 2 hour Live PA set with Rucyl Mills
Electronica / House / Techno
Velizar? 3 hr DJ Set
Vault @ Element
225 East Houston St
Entrance At Essex St
Walk downstairs on the Essex side to Enter
Directions: F and V Trains to 2 Ave
Birthday Inquiry and Tables reservation: 212.254.2200
RSVP for Reduced Admission ($5 till 1AM): [email protected]
$15 general admission at the door
Come out early to enjoy the delicious
"Elegantly Wasted" $5 Cocktail Special ALL NIGHT LONG,
and if that's not enough, stick around for a 1/2 price
Malibu Special between 2am-3am!
Concept //
Elegantly Wasted Saturdays @ Vault with Velizar is showcasing the roots and influences of innovative dance music while encouraging creative collaborations among musicians, Djs, visual artists and dancers. The party aims at introducing and promoting underground talents while maintaining the highest quality of music by some of the most creative new producers from across the electronic music world.
Artists //
Velizar? (In Progress Headliner)
One of the first Djs in Eastern Europe region to fight for the popularization of Electronic Dance Music in the mid 90’s in Bulgaria. Velizar aka Chocho took advantage of the lawless political climate at the time, and began his Dj career at the tender age of 15. By 17, he had developed a passion for Electronic Music and was a full time DJ, playing across the country. By 1999, He had established himself at the forefront of electronic dance music scene in Bulgaria in his multiple roles as Dj, club promoter and music curator. He held residencies at the legendary Country Club on the beach of Black Sea in Sozopol, as well as at the Yalta and Chervilo Clubs in Sofia. He played alongside such legends as Underworld, Leftfield, Sven Vath, and John Digweed, just to name a few.
Sonically bridging the gap between the East and the West, since 2003, Velizar has been actively involved in the New York City underground music scene with residencies at Midway, Click, Highline, Café Deville, Moomia, Galapagos Art Space, and has participated in various parties and events in Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico City, Berlin, London, and Barcelona.Currently, Velizar? is the headline DJ and music director for In Progress, and holds the residency for Elegantly Wasted Saturdays with Velizar? @ Vault in the Lower East Side.
Full of innovation, Velizar? delivers diverse and dynamic sound within the pulsating grooves of Electronica House Techno. Bored of self-imposed conceptual constraints, Velizar shows that he possesses a musical versatility - and, more importantly, that he has enough soul to musically communicate feelings to delightfully break into our consciousness.
Velizar In The Mix
Astrid Suryanto (Monthly Resident Artist)
John Digweed is just one of the many figures who have been entranced with Astrid contradictory style: fiercely strong yet beautifully delicate, vocals that are simultaneously raw yet polished, heart breaking lyrics set against ecstatically uplifting chords and beats, signing up several releases for his world-famous Bedrock Label. Satoshi Tomiie's SAW Recordings has also fallen for her charms (not surprisingly, given Tomiie's own penchant for sultry, sexy lyrics and seductive dirty music a la Love In Traffic). Recent releases include "Burn" with Nicole Moudaber as Prime 33 on Morrison Recordings, and "To The Top" with her new partner, DJ Yellow (Yellow Productions/Bob Sinclar), on Extrema Recordings' Deep Focus Imprint. These, alongside releases on Statra Recordings, have propelled her repeatedly into the BBC Radio1 Dance Charts, Billboard Dance Charts, Online Dance Charts and successful compilation series alongside leading electronic artists. Her future schedule includes a solo single 'In a Distant Bar' through Morrison Recordings (March 08), as well as a chain of releases through Deep focus, Project, and Ovum Recordings in support of DJ Yellow & Astrid Suryanto's first full length album, "Intermission", due out February 08.
Written by Sally Learmouth
Astrid On Proton Radio
Rucyl Mills (Featured Artist)
Rucyl Mills is a singer with the melodic sophistication of Nina Simone and theaggressive cleverness of Gil Scott-Heron. She has been songwriting and producingsince her debut into the music world as singer for hip hop group The Goats(Columbia/Rufhouse Records) in 1992. Her latest independently released EP, "Hot Mess", is electronic heavy, with dancehall influences, stretching refrains, and a loose improvised feel. A new kind of sound for an old kind of soul.
Rucyl at Myspace
For the most up to date info on Elegantly Wasted, please e-mail
[email protected]
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