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Tracklist: https://bit.ly/sorrymix10_TL | @boxofbox
Discogs : http://bit.ly/sm10-boxofbox-dgs
SORRYMIX ARCHIVE:  http://bit.ly/SORRYMIX

A beloved East Village hot spot from early ‘87 to the bitter end of 1992, downtown video nightclub SorryClubTV closed its doors nearly thirty years ago on an unusually mild mid-December Sunday morning. Not the first New York club to incorporate video screens into the club experience (perpetual rival The Ritz made it there first), SorryClubTV boasted an impressive 33.3' screen and a projector which cost an undisclosed amount (“less than $200k, more than The Ritz’s”). This proved to be a burdensome and frankly confusing investment for the club whose regular crowd was clearly more interested in dancing than watching music videos on TV. Despite the routinely packed dance floor and legion of devoted dancers, SorryClubTV’s owners soon found themselves in over their heads, unable to see a return on investment anytime before the new millennium. So when presented with the opportunity at a way out, the owners didn't think before selling the club and the Third Ave building that housed it, leading to the club's rather abrupt end and subsequent conversion into a group of offices and studios for a local film production house specializing in industrial films and tri-state area tv commercials. 

The night before the club's final morning, longtime resident boxofbox took the decks one last time; delivering a six hour set that stretched well into the morning hours, going a full two hours past the city’s legal closing time, and playing record after record to deliver their final love letter to the sweat-packed floor of revelers that called the club home. Thought to be lost to time -- a new trove of DAT tapes containing the complete soundboard recording of that legendary night were recently unearthed from a box found deep within a storage closet in the long dilapidated and recently shuttered subway station record shop MTA TRAX which operated on the Northeast side of Times Square - 42nd St. station for the better part of the last forty odd years. boxofbox’s DATs contain a tracklist that is simply stacked with some of the greatest dance hits from the era, where radio-candied pop hits meshed with sultry rnb and the emergent sound of new jack swing, as well as some early signals of the rave era to come as it was taking shape.

Art by Kylie Ting
 
 
Notes from boxofbox --
"To uncover this mix now, gives us an opportunity to reflect on the mirror of 1992 to now; how sharing the spirit of music with each other catalyzes a sense of presence, urgency, and togetherness against our collective struggles. It is my wish that the joy I felt when playing and now listening back on these tracks is conveyed as something functional, palpable, and ecstatic for you, and that you can share this by dancing with others even if it is further away than being packed together in a sweaty club. For those of you that were there that night, and for those of us who are no longer with us, I hope this mix is a portal, but also a reminder that the world still requires our work; but for the moment, let's dance.
 
Lubs, 
:-J ohn

p.s.
oh and credit where credit is due folks: learn the name Martha Wash https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/martha-wash-the-most-famous-unknown-singer-of-the-90s-speaks-out-231182/ "

Tracklist

SORRYMIX10: boxofbox - Sorry 2 Go - Party Pack Vol. 1 – 4

https://www.nts.live/shows/ma3azef/episodes/ma3azef-28th-february-2022

Ma3azef w/ Siga 280222

opening set for pi'erre bourne at varsity theatre in minneapolis on 18082021. this is a demo recorded that morning. forget to press record during my set :/, but it's pretty similar. just rougher in some areas. enjoy

varsity theatre 1808021 (pi'erre set)

On Friday night, @simisea detfly took Hemlock Hole into his zone of deep bass and slippery club rhythms. 'Equal parts booty and brain',  Simisea displayed a beautifully wide range of club sounds, The DJ Gregory into  'MOTOMAMI' by ROSALÍA moment being a huge highlight.

Campout Mix Series: Simisea

Rinse FM Podcast

Ghost Phone - 20 February 2023

https://soundcloud.com/dj-swisha
https://soundcloud.com/acemo
https://soundcloud.com/kush_jones
https://soundcloud.com/moma_ready

DJ SWISHA, AceMo, Kush Jones and MoMa Ready B2B @ The Lot Radio 03-22-2023

TWO STEP VERIFICATION VOL. 16: DUBLAB W/ INTROSPEKT

Hard work can pay off. Just ask Elisa Bee. The Sardinian producer and DJ has been working diligently since 2007, exploring and then refining a style of techno that has that rare, hard-to-put-your-finger-on quality: a soulful reverence, paying homage to the old days and the originators without just copying them. She struck it (relatively) big with an EP on Unknown To The Unknown in 2019 and has since become a fixture on labels like Hardgroove, Symbiosis and Balkan Vinyl, imprints that specialize in a kind of meat-and-potatoes techno that underlines both the fundamentals and subtle innovation. She's also a resident at Milan's Tempio Del Futuro Perduto, which she talks about at length in the interview below.

Now, in 2023, Elisa Bee is part of a vanguard of younger techno producers who carry the flag for the '90s without resorting to pastiche or the bigger-is-better aesthetic of much of the rest of the contemporary European techno landscape. Her RA Podcast is as buttery smooth as it is propulsive, flying through tracks from like-minded artists like Austin Ato, Nocow and Black Girl/White Girl. Sleek, vintage and futuristic all at once.

@xelisabeex

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/881

RA podcast

RA.881 Elisa Bee

"Genre: Not Applicable" says one of Bogatá-born DJ and producer @bitterbabe's online bios, and she's not wrong. She mixes up and blends global club styles from Colombian guaracha to Venezuelan raptor house with high energy and rich percussion on labels like TraTraTrax and is a member of the ECO and Latitudes collectives. She is focussed on amplifying electronic artists and labels across Latin America while herself being on a near-constant tour of Europe's finest clubs. After a long time entrenched deep in the Miami scene, she recently made the move to Berlin. 

On this week's mix, Bitter Babe takes you on a wild ride through her unique rhythmic world. Everything she plays is defined by big drums, but how they fall and where they take you is always a thrill. You'll recognise hints of jungle, there are nods to techno and flashes of rave intensity but mostly these are contorted in between sounds that captivate mind and body with equal intensity.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 430 - Bitter Babe

A 90's centered mix of scrappy odds and ends for listening while traveling to, setting up, chilling after...

tracklist: https://bit.ly/3IEm1Av

boxofbox - mood uplifting eucalyptic tricks

Simisea live from the Big Room Boogie Showcase at Dripping 2023

@simisea @slinknyc

Simisea at Dripping 2023

Akanbi B2b Simisea live from the Big Room Boogie Showcase at Dripping 2023

@andrewakanbi @simisea

Akanbi B2b Simisea at Dripping 2023

Transmissions From Planet Groovy — Simsea [@simisea] (Recorded on 09/23/23)

Words from Simisea:

Groovy Groovy is one of the few nights where as a DJ, I know I’ll be held and supported by the dancers, organizers and community surrounding it no matter what journey I take them on. Tracing my journey of going to Groovy for many years, to collaborating with them on parties, to now playing the party for the first time this past September, I realized my Groovy arc has been fulfilled. Coming into this set off the back of a reinvigorating and inspiring time at Sustain-Release just the weekend prior, I had a lot of creative energy to exchange at Groovy. “Sexy party,” as Akanbi often says on the mic, is what I wanted to share, and I feel I accomplished that in what became one of my favorite sets I’ve played <3 Give it a listen and hope you enjoy! “Sexxyyyy paaartyyyy!”

Transmissions From Planet Groovy 005 — Simisea

DJ SWISHA All Night @ Nowadays 12/22/2023

Jameszoo emerged from the small town of Den Bosch in the southern Netherlands in the late 2000s. He has released three albums on Brainfeeder between 2016 & 2022. In 2023 he joined forces with Niels Broos and they released their debut album "Music" as ROLROLROL on Ilian Tape. Enjoy!

ITPS101 JAMESZOO

This recording is available to download here: https://boilerroom.tv/recording/karenn/

Karenn Boiler Room London Live Set

Simisea live from the Human Pitch showcase at Dripping 2024

@humanpitch
@simisea

Simisea at Dripping 2024

FULL ARCHIVE 2018-2020 MIX BY 454
ALL TRACKS MIXED AND RECORDED BY 454
ARTWORK BY TOMMY BOHN

1 - KAWASAKI
2 - ISO SNIPPET
3 - DROP SIX
4 - FUZZY (PROD BY. 454)
5 - EVISU
6 - CODENAME
7 - INDEPENDENT
8 - 4 SURE
9 - POGO
10 - NO PROMISES (PROD BY. 454)
11 - LIFE WE LIVE
12 - TRU BLU
13 - GENERATION Z
14 - SPACE AGE (PROD BY. 454)
15 - I MISS MY O.G
16 - YOU FINE
17 - BOSSALINI FT. PIG THE GEMINI
18 - HOW U DID ME FT. PIG THE GEMINI
19 - I'M WITH IT

454 - FAST TRAX

If you're sweating...you're doing it right.

Deep dive boogie sessions from the heart of Akanbi.

BIG ROOM BOOGIE w/ @slinknyc

Contact: andrew@groovygroovy.club

Website: www.groovygroovy.club

Upcoming

Dec 20 - GG + Strapt, San Francisco

Transmissions From Planet Groovy 005 — Simisea

GROOVY GROOVY