First, how’s everyone enjoying the amazing DEMF coverage on RV? Good stuff, huh? Who does video better??

OK, so now back to Part Two of my Blog which speaks to project in my life that really opened a lot of doors, the release of Boogaloo. Brooklyn. 3.23pm.

Last we left off, I had just hosted an amazing party at the small lounge in Brooklyn (named Boogaloo for those who forgot) with Tyrant (Craig Richards + Lee Burridge) on a Wednesday night.

Shortly after that I began to discuss with the owner of the lounge, Chance that we should release a CD for the bar thats indicative of the vibe and nights we had there. Besides the Wednesday soirée that was a huge success, we had many a crazy night at this small lounge, often times going well past closing hours. I fondly remember around 4:30am, the bartenders would pull down the shades overlooking the street and we would keep the party going. The crowd would be a mixed back, some would say even a bit rogue-ish; but they were all there to have a good time. Often the parties would end in daylight with a few continuing on, and that’s how I came up with the concept of the music for the CD – a soundtrack for after-hours. The number 3:23pm was random in choice, left up to interpretation. We wanted to assign a time not normally connected to electronic music, but for those who understand and were at Boogaloo, they would simply smirk at the time, since it was known that some of the afterhours would go into the afternoon.

I spent nearly two years on the project from beginning to end, living off of peanuts, in between jobs barely scraping by, my girlfriend at the time hating me because of how consumed I was with this project, (I remember one studio sessions beginning around 9pm and going until 8am, leaving and seeing people go to work) and running into obstacle after obstacle on why this project should have never been completed. The only reason this ever went to market, I would say is perseverance. There’s no need to go into all of the (more…)