He sounded stellar, but the crowd seemed largely oblivious to the fact that a set was taking place at all. Some of its heavier hitters (Pender Street Steppers, Hashman Deejay) were booked for this event, and for a chance to see them I was more than willing to make quick amends with the security guards, entering with my head high and my stomach full.Īs I walked in to the PS1 courtyard, some delightfully dreamy, delayed-out dulcimer droplets dripped down on me, sounding almost like Laaraji… wait, it is Laaraji! Laaraji’s on this fuckin’ bill? Stacked!! Had no idea. Mood Hut, based in Vancouver on the Canadian Riviera, is to my mind one of the sickest groups of musicians doing it right now. Having neither the palate nor the budget for the horse meat dinners PS1 was recently in the news for, I set my sights on a Canadian delicacy of an altogether different sort - the Mood Hut crew. I looked all around the building for a way to sneak in, or at least sneak my sandwich in - impossible. This review almost didn’t happen, as I was nearly turned away at the door for trying to sneak in food - had I been kicked out, I would not have been the first TMT writer this summer to earn that distinction.
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I was especially psyched for this lineup, funkier than most of the techno fare: Andrés, Kyle Hall, Pender Street Steppers b2b Hashman Deejay, and Laaraji. Cook, Boys Noize, and more have been on the roster.
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This summer such acts as Moritz von Oswald, Veronica Vasicka, Derrick May, A.G.
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#PENDER STREET STEPPERS OPENIN UP SERIES#
MoMA PS1’s Warm Up series is a weekly, summer-long string of electronic music concerts taking place in the museum’s sunny courtyard area every Saturday afternoon.