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The Cityfox Experience Goes On Despite Weather and Liquor Concerns During the Brooklyn Mirage Opening

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Photo by Amanda Kari McHugh

For underground house music in New York City and surroundings, today was lined up to be the joyous re-opening of the highly anticipated Brooklyn Mirage, welcomed with a Cityfox Experience lineup boasting Adriatique, Thugfucker, Atish, Frank & Tony, Henrik Schwarz, Matthias Meyer and Bilaliwood.

Clues that various logistics were not cooperating with the party began to surface earlier in the week. Bad weather forecast and the prospect of a rainy day at a mostly outdoor venue had began to dampen the mood. Yet, Cityfox communicated amply through their social network channels that the event was, “rain or shine,” and that, “if outside is untenable, we have an incredible indoor space called The Great Hall that can host.” They went further to specify that, “Indoor space is not crammed, is bigger than outdoors.”

This morning, hours before the event was scheduled to start, Cityfox took to Facebook with a post containing notes for the event. Suddenly the official verbiage changed slightly, the note specifically stating that “The event will be taking place outdoors: currently, there’s a tiny chance of drizzle (though forecasts are improving), and it will be a bit chilly.” They advised to dress warm and noted that to counter-act the bad weather, they had set up a coat check, “heat stations” around the outdoors dance floor and would be giving out free ponchos, hot coco, tea, with other food vendors on site. They did mention an indoor lounge in the adjoining Great Hall, yet set times posted on the note clearly pointed to an outdoor music stage with no music playing inside.

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NYC '90s

#TBT Series: What Was It Like to Rave in NYC in the Early ’90s?

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The world of electronic and dance music has changed and evolved tremendously over the last forty years. We have seen it all: from the disco days of the early 70s to today’s popularity of EDM, via the birth of house in Chicago and the golden era of techno in nearby Detroit. But what was it like to attend party in NYC during the ’90s?

There is no argument that in 2016, when this article was first written, we were witnessing electronic music live through somewhat of a “back-to-basics” movement highlighted by the growing resurgence in popularity of real house and techno. But how different were things back in the day, before dance and electronic music became a worldwide multi-billion dollar industry?

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Mysteryland USA 2015

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infopageMysteryland returns to Bethel Woods, NY on Memorial Day weekend 2015.  After last year’s inaugural event, Mysteryland returns to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, New York City; the legendary site of 1969’s Woodstock.  Active since 1993, Mysteryland is the longest running electronic music, culture, and arts festival in the world.  In the upcoming second installment, Mysteryland is expanding to provide people with an improved camping ground with increased capacity and camping options plus more musical programming.  Mysteryland aims to create a diverse community of creative minds in one of the most inspirational natural landscapes to discover, celebrate, and explore electronic music culture.  To do so, Mysteryland collaborates with local curators, artists, and performers who represent the heart and soul of New York City.  The first wave of music, culture and art curators will be released in the coming weeks.

Here is the after movie to Mysteryland 2014