03.02
Well, after just a month of no activity over at Vanguard in Hollywood, Vanguard is “back”. What that means, no one really knows.
The big promoter, Giant, who used to have all the big events on Saturdays at Vanguard has clearly moved on to Avalon and plans on staying there, co-hosting with Spundae. That’s crackin as always (this Friday I will be attending Control Fridays yet again to witness the power and might of James Zabiela behind the decks!). Giant seems to be continuing down the line of house, leaning less and less toward trance acts on its lineup. In the near future there are few and far between in LA, however house addicts will certainly be getting their fix with the appearance of Sasha, Digweed, and Tiefschwarz all within the next few weeks.
Meanwhile at Vanguard, the future seems uncertain. I am still trying to figure out who the actual promoter is for this new Vanguard Saturdays, but the events keep somehow popping up on Facebook and inviting me so someone is doing their job out there. Good work. The lineups don’t have any particular reason or rhyme either – the past couple of weekends have been house but this Saturday we have Darude, who is still working on a comeback after a long disappearance, surely fueled by the royalties coming from Sandstorm.
So what’s in store for Vanguard in the near future? No one seems to know anything; we’ll let the new promoters develop a theme and a crowd and I’m sure something will evolve soon. Can’t let an awesome space like that go to waste.
Meanwhile, we’ll let Giant and LMD (the folks at Circus) pick up the slack and throw some great events. I already spoke of the lineups for Giant in the next few weeks; Circus has trance greats such as Kyau and Albert, Richard Durrand and Menno De Jong on the way. Very exciting.
Next step: get people to go with me.
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