In anticipation for next week’s annual Red Party, held at the recently opened club Amnesia (formerly Sol, formerly Ruby Falls), here is the recording of the set Junior Vasquez played at Pachita on Saturday January 16, 2010.
This is a classic, high energy Junior mix, blending seamlessly new stuff (his mix of Lady Gaga’s Bar Romance, Whitney Houston’s Million Dollar Bill), Twilo classics and fantastic old school throwbacks. The party, held in the intimate upstairs lounge of Pacha, drew a fabulous crowd of nightlife denizens, pumped-up party boys, and faithful junior heads.
It’s a tradition in New York on Thanksgiving night, that dessert is served by Junior Vasquez. This year, the maestro cooked us a scrumptious buffet of classic treats and we are honored to bring you some warmed-over pieces. The first serving is a fluffy, diva-licious soufflé of fruits of the forest including Suzanne Palmer, Vernessa Mitchell and Whitney Houston.
September in New York is always a peculiar time, when we come to term with the end of the summer season, tentatively grasping for a couple more days at the beach and possibly a last getaway weekend in Fire Island. But there’s no escaping the implacable march of time, and even the most die hard vacationers will soon have to give up, as the last beats of the final Tea Dance of the season fade into silence, and our summer paradise inexorably sink into a state of hibernation.
At the break of dawn, on a foggy Sunday morning on the beach of Fire Island, a light summer rain began to fall, washing away the remnants of the Pines Party festivities. Dazed from a long night of partying, many day trippers converged to the harbor to wait for the providential ferry to haul them back to solid ground.
Download a rare and exclusive 5 hour set of Junior Vasquez recorded in August 1997 live from Arena, the legendary afterhours party held at the Palladium nightclub in New York.
We thank Darren Kawa for sharing the full recording of Junior Vasquez classic set recorded at the club Guest House on September 30, 2008.