I'm getting ready to head over to Europe for a couple weeks. I will be doing some gigs, seeing friends, and getting lots of inspiration hopefully.
The trip goes a little something like this: Amsterdam > Rotterdam > Vienna > Berlin > Paris
Photography by Rahav Segev.
I start things off playing with Meshell Ndegeocello on Monday November 26 at Paradiso in Amsterdam. This is one of the best venues for progressive music in the world, and I've had the privilege to play there a couple times for the Kindred Spirits music festival. It will be great to see all of the interesting people in Amsterdam-- definately one of my favorite cities for design. And If you haven't picked up Meshell's new record, it's amazing.
On Friday November 30, I'll be rocking with the Strange Fruit crew in Rotterdam along with my main man Has (Rawjak) from Singapore. I've been eager to check Rotterdam for a while, being the home of one of my favorite architects: Rem Koolhaas / OMA. I'm also excited about finally meet the guys from Strange Fruit, who took some inspiration from our NYC nights, apparently. They brought Taylor McFerrin out a couple months back, and he had lots of good things to say about it.
Then on to Vienna, to join with the Loud Minority guys for a party on Saturday December 1. The main man behind this collective/party is Claus Prechtl, who I've been speaking to for years through our mutual involvement with the music scene. We finally got to meet in person this summer at Boca in Italy (what a good time!) I can't wait to reconnect with all the Vienna crew.
From there, we're on to Berlin and Paris. Everyone is saying that Berlin is really the place to be right now for good art and cheap rent. I keep hearing many comparisons to NYC in the 70's/80's. It will be interesting to check, and I'm excited to see old friends like Mode2, Dirk Rumpff and my man Simon Schaefer who does a lot of projects for Recon/Nort.
Paris will be an overload I'm sure, so I'm quite happy not to DJ and just hang out. I haven't been there in almost 10 years, and since my interests have change (matured?) quite a bit, I think its one of the ultimate destinations for me at this point in my career. I have never visited the Colette shop, so that will be great!
If you are in any of these place, please reach out.
