$10
Fri., May 28, 2010 / 11:00 PM
Audio / Video
Gallery
About This Event
Minimum Age:
21+Doors Open:
11:00 PMShow Time:
11:00 PMDescription:
Ladies: free before midnight, $10 after
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after
CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.
LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:
$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.
This is a general admission, standing event.
Men: $10 before 2:00am, $15 after
CAAL members receive reduced $10 admission all night; All students receive $5 admission with valid Student ID. Discount taken at the door.
LPR has a preferred parking rate at Washington Square Village Parking on Bleecker Street between Laguardia Place and Mercer Street. The rate is:
$10 for up to 4 hours
$21 for up to 6 hours
There is a one-time $10 additional fee for oversized vehicles.
Compact SUVs are not considered oversized.
Patrons will have to get their parking ticket validated at the club.
This is a general admission, standing event.
Artists
The Freedom Party
DJ Herbert Holler
I'm the illest promoter/DJ in NYC. I have been commanding the club scene since 2000, murdering dance floors at every NYC venue you can think of. I'm also known for "The Herbert Holler," a free email list of all the hottest music events in town, songs I'm feeling, and a short editorial about life in NYC. Every Friday I'm at the legendary "FREEDOM" party, www.thefreedompartynyc.com, an event I started 6.5 years ago because music sucked, parties were boring, and people stopped dancing. We play strictly classic dance hits from the '60s through today. I can spin anything and everything. Though hip-hop, r&b, old school and classics are my claim-to-fame, right now I'm really into deep soulful house, tech house and global soul, winning over house heads and converting new listeners alike. What sets me apart from other DJs is my connection to the crowd. I play for people, not with myself. I mean for myself. I don't play with myself. Seriously. I don't. I used to, when I was little, but, you know, that's what little kids do. They play with themselves! What? I don't do it anymore!! I DON'T!! Yeah, in the bathroom. Every guy does that in the bathroom. It's the bathroom! It's not in public. What? Whatever a**hole. SHUT UP AND DANCE!!!!!
DJ Cosi
Cosi gets down not just for the funk of it, but for the love of it. He spins music like no other DJ on the planet and that is why New York is proud to claim him as one of its own. He spins because nothing else is quite as satisfying. “I play a mix of 70 & 80s R&B classics, funk, 80’s pop, hip-hop, reggae, afro-beat and house music,” Cosi explains. “I have a knack for knowing what people want to hear from just reading the crowd. When I play it, they dance. That’s the best feeling.” The feeling continues, even into his 15th year of spinning, as one of the few DJs who has truly mastered his art. He seamlessly blends several, if not all, of these genres throughout the evening, flawlessly moving the minds and bodies of those in the audience, making him one of the most sought-after DJs in New York City. If you’ve been to one of the myriad parties where Cosi has played, you’d know this experience first hand. Quite simply, his talent touches your soul. Tastemakers at Nike, The Gap, Brooks Brothers, MOMA, Hugo Boss, Timberland, Vibe Magazine, Phat Farm, The Chris Rock Show, Pepsi, The Magic Johnson Foundation, Enyce, Yves Saint Laurent, The National Basketball Players’ Association, The Fader Magazine, the Hudson Hotel, the W Hotel and many others have experienced this first-hand. He has held weekly’s at nightclubs such as Nell’s, Cheetah, Justin’s, APT, Lotus, NV, Float, Metronome, Discotheque, Joe’s Pub, Martinez Gallery, Mission, BLVD, and Café Deville (just to mention a few). All have hired Cosi to set the mood and create the energy for the night. He has created the perfect vibe for parties in a number of cities throughout the U.S. (from New York to Las Vegas to Puerto Rico) and internationally (Mexico, Bahamas, Anguilla to name a few). Cosi has even spun for former President Bill Clinton in the Hamptons! Here’s your chance to dance your way out of your constrictions.
DJ Marc Smooth
featuring live art by Pesu
The tale of Yushi Naito is very much like the story of the miracle of Hip Hop. Through the bits and pieces of what was possible, of what nobody else could see, a style that captivated everyone who experienced it grew from both need and imagination.
For everyone who has ever heard KRS-ONE say "Hip Hop is something you live," they will understand the tattoo on Yushi's arm stating simply "Life is Art" For those of you who have been following him since his days as a graffiti artist in Sakuragi-cho, Yokohama city Japan, to his days as one of the top art battlers in New York City, the evolution from a graph writer to a professional artist is one of destiny.
The name PESU draws its origins from his childhood, when Yushi was in a car accident and spent much time in the hospital thinking he would go blind. Perhaps the threat of blindness from the real world allowed him to see the surreal styles that he would soon be bringing to walls and canvasses all over the world.
To give himself the superhero felling his art would soon reflect, he dubbed himself ESU, which loosely translated in Japanese is the letter "S". Superman was about to swoop into reality. While coloring the rigid landscape of Japanese art, ESU kept falling outside the lines, and decided to take the current of his paints overseas to California, where his perception of the universe shifted and his world of art expanded.
Once there he met a his future business partner, Yaz Higashiya, a fellow countryman who was following the same path of Russell Simons before him - To create a brand that artists could gather under and bring their new styles to the world. Together, the two of them formed Old-Soulz inc. as a professional business that sold ESU's paintings and started attracting other artists and creating a scene. Old-Soulz seeks to fuse the energy harnessed in nature and combine it with the creative spirit of the artist to bring about a peaceful environment to exist in.
With the business model now in place, ESU added a "P" to the front of his name as he was now making his living as a professional artist. Though the west coast brought some success, the Old-Soulz knew that there was only one place that held the combination of surreal art and Hip Hop Music: New York City.
Home of the Art Battle, where painters paint against each other in the style of an old breakdance battle, Pesu not only competed and won many of the competitions, but after each battle, he started to receive offers to buy the paintings he had just completed. As the art form started to gain recognition, he began opening for acts such Slick Rick, Aloe Blacc, Pete Rock, Camp Lo, Bobbito, DJ Spinna, Tony Touch, Rich Medina, CL Smooth and so on.
In 2006, PESU was elected as an artist for Evisu international, and participated in the Sun Dance Festival as an artist where he painted customized pieces for celebrities. In addition to being named one of the 12 best live paint battlers by MTV for their “Art Battles” shows, he painted at live showrooms and done custom paintings for Evisu such as Project NY, Dirty Dozen +1 and countless other events on the New York art world. In 2009, PESU was commissioned to do custom artwork for COACH during New York's Fashion's Night Out. Now a worldwide brand, PESU is showing in Galleries all over New York City and establishing himself as one of the top live painter in the world. His brush strokes engulf the eyes of everyone who cannot help but stop and immerse themselves in a new known seen by those who are looking for an alternative to modern reality. Pesu's hope is that this alternative can become the Norm.
For everyone who has ever heard KRS-ONE say "Hip Hop is something you live," they will understand the tattoo on Yushi's arm stating simply "Life is Art" For those of you who have been following him since his days as a graffiti artist in Sakuragi-cho, Yokohama city Japan, to his days as one of the top art battlers in New York City, the evolution from a graph writer to a professional artist is one of destiny.
The name PESU draws its origins from his childhood, when Yushi was in a car accident and spent much time in the hospital thinking he would go blind. Perhaps the threat of blindness from the real world allowed him to see the surreal styles that he would soon be bringing to walls and canvasses all over the world.
To give himself the superhero felling his art would soon reflect, he dubbed himself ESU, which loosely translated in Japanese is the letter "S". Superman was about to swoop into reality. While coloring the rigid landscape of Japanese art, ESU kept falling outside the lines, and decided to take the current of his paints overseas to California, where his perception of the universe shifted and his world of art expanded.
Once there he met a his future business partner, Yaz Higashiya, a fellow countryman who was following the same path of Russell Simons before him - To create a brand that artists could gather under and bring their new styles to the world. Together, the two of them formed Old-Soulz inc. as a professional business that sold ESU's paintings and started attracting other artists and creating a scene. Old-Soulz seeks to fuse the energy harnessed in nature and combine it with the creative spirit of the artist to bring about a peaceful environment to exist in.
With the business model now in place, ESU added a "P" to the front of his name as he was now making his living as a professional artist. Though the west coast brought some success, the Old-Soulz knew that there was only one place that held the combination of surreal art and Hip Hop Music: New York City.
Home of the Art Battle, where painters paint against each other in the style of an old breakdance battle, Pesu not only competed and won many of the competitions, but after each battle, he started to receive offers to buy the paintings he had just completed. As the art form started to gain recognition, he began opening for acts such Slick Rick, Aloe Blacc, Pete Rock, Camp Lo, Bobbito, DJ Spinna, Tony Touch, Rich Medina, CL Smooth and so on.
In 2006, PESU was elected as an artist for Evisu international, and participated in the Sun Dance Festival as an artist where he painted customized pieces for celebrities. In addition to being named one of the 12 best live paint battlers by MTV for their “Art Battles” shows, he painted at live showrooms and done custom paintings for Evisu such as Project NY, Dirty Dozen +1 and countless other events on the New York art world. In 2009, PESU was commissioned to do custom artwork for COACH during New York's Fashion's Night Out. Now a worldwide brand, PESU is showing in Galleries all over New York City and establishing himself as one of the top live painter in the world. His brush strokes engulf the eyes of everyone who cannot help but stop and immerse themselves in a new known seen by those who are looking for an alternative to modern reality. Pesu's hope is that this alternative can become the Norm.