CASA DEL SOUL MASTERLIST : FRIDAY, MAY 14TH - SUNDAY, MAY 16TH

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VEGAS HOUSE MUSIC

ANOTHER HUUUGE WEEK IN VEGAS!
Happy Cinco De Mayo everybody! We ended last week off with a bang at Sunday's pool party at Bare (Mirage) as DJ Dealer and Lisa Millett gave all the nekkid punters some of that sunkissed, sexy, summertime house. This week is another scorcher of a week as far as house music goes with a lineup of great music throughout the whole week.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 7th | HALO VARGA'S GOING AWAY PARTY | DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM
10PM-3AM | NO COVER | RELAXED DRESS CODE
HALO VARGA & KEITH EVAN

Originally from Chicago then developing the West Coast house sound from San Diego with partner in crime Hipp-E as H-Foundation, Halo eventually made his way to Las Vegas for a fairly short stint in Sin City. Join us as we send him and his new family off on the next chapter as they move to SanFrancisco. Adios amigo!


THURSDAY, MAY 8th | SOUL KITCHEN ft. DJ DUANE | RED ROOM SALOON
11PM-? | NO COVER | NO DRESS CODE

Vegas's favorite house music weekly brings SanDiego's DJ Duane to whip up a tasty little meal of beats. Also on duty is resident DJ and Soul Kitchen creator, Edgar Reyes.

Next week at Soul Kitchen:
DJ Sensé Birthday Set with Edgar Reyes, tag team set all night long!


FRIDAY, MAY 9TH | CARLOS SANCHEZ RESIDENCY @ DOWNTOWN COCKTAIL ROOM
Carlos Sanchez keeps it deep and sexy every Friday night at one of my favorite spots downtown. You can always expect a mature crowd at one of the most consistent weeklys in Vegas.


SATURDAY, MAY 10th | DANNY BOY & DJ SENSÉ KILOWATT B-DAY EVENT | ARTISAN HOTEL
10PM-? | NO COVER | RELAXED DRESS CODE

Partners in crime Danny Boy (The Get Back, Kilowatt) and DJ Sensé (Casa Del Soul) not only work together, are both graphic designers, and DJ's...they also share the same birthday as well as having big round shaved heads and glasses. Astounding! Join us as we celebrate the passing of another year.

CRIME ON CANVAS KILOWATT Vol. 2 / EVENT RECAP & REVIEW

THIS AIN'T YOUR BASIC VEGAS MASH UP!
First of all I would like to thank everybody that made it out for this event and to all the people that put so much elbow grease and brain power to make this such a great (and unique!) event. I think the best feedback I heard for the night was DJ 88 saying "I doesn't feel like we are in Vegas" while working up a sweat on the dancefloor right in front of a bumpin' speaker stack. It's a curious thing, all of Vegas' grandiose hotels and casinos try and transport you to some exotic destination but they never "really" make you feel like you are not in Las Vegas.

The Crime On Canvas/Kilowatt v.02 definitely did create a different atmosphere than the Vegas nightlife scene is accustomed to. It felt more like warehouse party in major cultural hubs like NYC or Los Angeles. Sure, Vegas' nightlife is on the map, but it still has a long way to go as far as having events/parties that people keep tabs on from all over the world like NYC's "Body & Soul".

Upon entering the event, the party people were treated to a gallery show in the lobby of the Aruba Hotel featuring canvas prints of original paintings by guest DJ, Ge-ology. As the mingling carried into the main room of the Aruba, guests were immediately blown away by the 20ftx10ft ghetto blaster stage set/DJ booth. If that wasn't enough...customized, real-time video artistry by Greg Leeper of Opticus Video made the whole set jump to life as the moving images were projected from the back of the ghetto blaster where the speakers would be. Not only did the whole set-up bring the boom box to life, it really brought the whole room to life and gave the crowd something they could just bug out on.
The music started of perfectly with a very solid set by special late add to the roster, Theory (Check out the DJ mixes 4 Download on this blog!). Setting a nice tone for the night, the room began to fill up as The Martinez Bros. (Danny Boy & B-Boy Steve) stepped up to the decks for second set of the night rockin' that funky stuff.

Next up in the prime time slot was our guest DJ for the night, Ge-ology. Let me tell you...Brooklyn was most certainly in the house! Ge-ology picked up where the Martinez Bros. left off and proceeded to take us all on an unbelievably smooth musical journey that moved effortlessly from soul to hip-hop, to house and drum and bass then back again. This was not even close to your basic Vegas mash up as Ge-ology proceeded to push the musical boundaries with abstract sounds mixed with underground hits that you never knew were hits (Until you heard them jump out of the speaker stacks!).

Crowd-wise there was a great mix of downtown hipsters, clubbers and house heads alongside our favorite posse of gay party animals led by our fearless promotional firecracker, Rachel Wenman. There were even a couple of stray glamour-pusses that made their way away from the strip to shake a stiletto or two, sparkly dress and all.

Last but not least, I would like to apologize to all of those that came to hear me (DJ Sensé) close out the night with some bumpin' house beats. The crowd kind of faded out a little earlier than we expected as well as the fact that Ge-ology was right on the money for his entire set...we just had let him stay on til the end!

Be sure and check out all the pictures that are posted up on SpyOnVegas.com shot by the one and only Hew Burney!

Stay tuned to this space for the next episode, Kilowatt v.03 coming to a speaker stack near you!

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