Sensei: Japanese word meaning born before. A teacher. Someone with great wisdom and experience to impart. Sometimes associated with the idea of “master.” Stacey Pullen’s mix for Balance 028 is now on soundcloud (Listen below) and the man himself is on a world tour, making a stop at the always epic Verboten on November 21 in NYC. […]
[Event Review] Mysteryland 2015: Once Upon A Weekend
I dreamed I went to a kingdom on a cloud. A lush green cloud covered in winking emerald grass, floating in a robin’s egg sky and sprinkled with faces as stunning in their beauty as they were becoming in demeanor. Where giant Trojan knights set the main stage, seeming to alternate betwixt an intimidating stare […]
[Event Preview] It’s My Mysteryland 2015 and I’ll Happy Cry If I Want To
The weekend approaches…I pull out my trusty festival pack. Marked with the dust of a thousand raves, it’s a time-earned film of PLUR that not even the most dedicated of washers and driers have managed to remove. Sometimes I marvel at how many far flung and fun filled weekends this piece of fabric has seen […]
Mysteryland USA Artist Spotlight: 24 Carat Claptone
What is it about a masked man? It worked for the Phantom of the Opera, Tuxedo Mask was like catnip for Sailor Moon, and Daft Punk and Deadmau5 are masquerade amalgams sent from heaven to bless us with their groovy feels. Performing on the Mysteryland Mainstage from 6:20-7:20 on Saturday, you can lay eyes and […]
Q-Dance: The Bloody Mary of Mysteryland
Go with me on this… If Mysteryland stages were brunch beverages, there are the lighter genres with their bellinnis and mimosas, and the more pop driven music drinking the special cocktail of the moment, but Q-Dance… Q-Dance is not fucking around. Q-Dance is the hair of the dog that bit you. Q-Dance is the color […]