As far as DJ Birthday parties go, it is usually an extravagant affair. DJ feels fabulous, it is his Birthday after all, all his friends are in attendance and fans try to dress festively for their favorite star. The set is thus very inspiring and atmosphere passes excitement into an out of this world sort of quality almost as soon as the Birthday boy takes to the decks. I haven't missed Junior's Birthday party in a long time, but as I got kidnapped into the wilderness (see previous post) this year, I am relying on a very trustworthy source to write this post.
Master Vasquez turned 60 this year, yes you heard me right... beautiful 60. Going very strong and looking better than when he was 40, master Vasquez appeared at the booth at 2 AM.
Crowd was very excited, his fans are most loyal fans of all and expectations were high.
The program consisted of all time favorite Junior classics, tracks so dear to fans hearts it prompted many to hyperventilate and squeal in ecstasy. I am not going to list all the tracks he played here, there is no point in that. He was true to himself, his style and his passion. He wanted to relive the moments he created himself in the past and present those again to his loyal fans. Superbly rich program, and Junior to the core. Ridiculously energetic buildups with orgasmic release only Vasquez can master, heart wrenching vocals with layers upon layers of beats.
With all that being said there was one little problem, something went wrong with the soundboard, the mixer or God knows which part of a complex sound system.
For a technical perfectionist Magus like Junior it was devastating, you could see the pain in his face, a pain of not being able to control his creations exactly the way he intended to. It has even prompted him to say something about moving back to his home state of PA and scrapping the whole DJ business (GASP! Noooooooooo, please NO).
Everyone stayed till closing and there was a thunderous applause after the cake was brought out and Happy Birthday song sang by his fans. He was deeply touched.
I can't wait for his return to Cielo Labor Day Sunday and certainly hope he wasn't serious about leaving us. Pacha owners don't really give a damn about anything but making money and the flub on sound system is a shame on them not the master. I have seen Junior tweak out the worst sound system to near perfection in 15 minutes flat many times. Pacha owners take note, you are despicable greedy bastards. But as we know karma is a Bitch and we shall see how long it will take before the club is closed again!
Monday, August 24, 2009
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