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CHEAP NEW BEAT PARTY II

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A NIGHT OF NEW BEAT & ACID & HIP HOUSE

 

DJ Joshloise von Spärklepärty

 

We are re-throwing this party since the last one was rained out!

Also our beloved friend and co-host Vi is leaving these shores for an indefinite time. Come say farewell and dance with our dancing queen!

 

 

There was a brief period between 1987 and 1989 where Belgium, of all places, was pushing the envelope in electronic music. It preceded England's 'second summer of love' and was probably our equivalent of it, in that a whole generation's lives quite rapidly became based around taking ecstasy, dressing up, going clubbing and dancing to an odd, slowed down hypnotic mix of New Wave, Acid, EBM and everything else that sounded good. New Beat became a real craze that would attract thousands of ravers from all over Europe to Belgium's newly thriving club scene every weekend and inspired hundreds of releases that stormed the Belgian charts, regardless of it being completely ignored by the media and radio because it was not seen as "real" music. It was counterculture of the cheapest kind and due to its massive success, it quickly became very cheesy and novelty based, but there was an amazing side to New Beat that was dark and messed up and our mix is based on those releases, with a few hits thrown in for good measure.

 

 

Thursday, May 3rd

10pm -2am

At The STUD, 9th & Harrison

FREE

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