[Dynagroove] Paul Johnson @ Balance - Last Saturday -- Video, Audio, Photos, Review + Fall Lineup Announcement!

[Adam Auburn]

Wow, I don't know how this went from being about Paul Johnson to me, but 
thank you guys for the kind words.  Paul really did amaze me, though. The 
last time I saw him was 10 years ago at Starscape in Baltimore -- the 
biggest rave on the east coast, and he actually headlined it above all the 
other trance/techno acts, along with DC/Bmore icons Feelgood and Scott 
Henry. And believe me, house at that time never used to upstage trance and 
techno.  Up til then I had never seen him, only listened to his 6EX mixtape 
series, and I thought... how would he do on a main stage to over 5k people, 
when all they want to hear is trance?  Paul effortlessly went up and became 
the highlight of the evening. He schooled the youngsters as well as myself, 
and brought down the house.  After that he went on to play the DC area 
pretty frequently, til he stopped touring because of heatlh issues and 
physical limiations.

I would probably credit Paul (and maybe the late 90s version of Charles 
Feelgood) for showing me the way to rock a party -- energetic, creative, 
tactical, and aggressive mixing of a song selection that should include a 
healthy balance of  party vibes, proper underground goodies, and a dose of 
house history 101.

Fast fwd to last Saturday at Balance, after nearly 10 years of not touring, 
Paul motherfuckin JOHNSON was in our own backyard, doin the damn thing!! 
Let me tell you, he hasn't skipped a beat since back in the day.  Cool and 
collected, he managed to take us on a journey while absolutely beating the 
pants off of King King lol!  Dude was on FIRE!!  And the feeling was 
there...you could see it on everyone's face.  "That's really Paul Johnson in 
LA!!" It was a truly special evening, and Paul couldn't be a nicer guy.

When you say the word legend, it can mean many different things.  There are 
technically a lot of legends in our scene, and they're usually one of two 
things -- 1) legendary for the records that they made 2) legendary for their 
dj skills.  Paul is unique in that he is legendary for BOTH.  I have all the 
audio from the night recorded, thanks to Mikey, Gelly, and Dave for lending 
their recording device, going thru it to edit and upload to a server.

//////// Here's the archived video stream of PJ's whole set:
http://www.insoulwetrust.com/tv/archives/paul_johnson/index.html,

//////// Check out this really nice press review of the party here:
http://www.playtonicrecords.com/2010/08/legend-paul-johnson-w-adam-auburn-and-hawt-king-king

//////// Here's a few videos we picked up from various people:
Playing Get Get Down: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=457434226317
PJ's First Mix: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=431638751191

//////// Photos are coming soon courtesy of Snappinghouse.com

//////// We have some really exciting stuff coming up at Balance in the next 
few months...
9/11 MARQUES WYATT (Balance Gets Deep)
9/25 MARK FARINA (1st EVER Balance Saturday Performance!!)
10/9 QUENTIN HARRIS (1st EVER Balance Saturday Performance!!)
10/23 DJ HEATHER (Chi-Town Beatdown Time!)

//////// The Summer Grand Finale of AFTERNOON DELIGHT LA!
9/18 AFTERNOON DELIGHT SEASON FINALE
A Pool Party for the Heads @ The Custom Hotel, details tba soon!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zack Hill" <zack at vinyltribe.com>
To: "Ricardo Torres" <ricardo at ricardotorres.net>;
<dynagroove-bounces at dynagroove.com>; "MUSIC LOVER" <scrouch at hotmail.com>
Cc: <dynagroove at dynagroove.com>; "Adam Auburn" <adamauburn at sonicsoul.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] Paul Johnson @ Balance - Last Saturday!


> Agreed 100%!! The change has been so good for LA and I too have met so
> many new faces who enjoy good music, which has in turn revitalized some of
> the older heads that stopped going out as much.
>
> We're doing our $FiveDollahFunk$ party at King King this Saturday, which
> started as an underground event years back, and has been a pleasure to
> move it to King King where we can go til 4am in a great space with a very
> laid back staff and incredible sound. LA is so lucky to have such a warm
> home for house music!
>
> Adam, Sam, and Robb have busted their asses to re-energize King Kings
> Saturday house nights and we're stoked to be a part of it. Have you seen
> the upcoming djs? Kerri chandler, charles webster, mark farina..
>
> I look forward to meeting even more of you on Saturday!!
>
> Zack Hill
> VinylTribe / $5DollahFunk$
>
> Sent from my blackberry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ricardo Torres <ricardo at ricardotorres.net>
> Sender: dynagroove-bounces at dynagroove.com
> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:36:06
> To: MUSIC LOVER<scrouch at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <dynagroove at dynagroove.com>; Adam Auburn<adamauburn at sonicsoul.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] Paul Johnson @ Balance - Last Saturday!
>
> Absolutely. Adam is one of the hardest working promoters in town right
> now. I
> love the changes that I'm seeing in the LA House scene.   For example I
> love
> that I get to see the Vinyltribe and Hawt out of the underground and
> playing
> at places like King King and Afternoon Delight.  Change is good. You have
> a
> choice and you make it what you want. I choose to see this as a positive.
> We
> are all getting older and most of us don't want to deal with drama or
> bullshit
> anymore.  But the thing I love the most is that LA House Scene 2.0 doesn't
> exclude anyone.  This feeling where everyone is welcome is something I
> haven't
> felt from our local scene in a while.  I have met more great and awesome
> people in the last year that I have in the last 15 - and the only reason
> for
> that is because we were all playing in different sandboxes as now they are
> merging.
>
> Can't wait for the next Afternoon Delight and especially the first Balance
> performance of Mark Farina on the 25th of sept.  It's going to be Bananas
> and
> to get a chance to open for him with Zack.... well it doesn't get better
> than
> that.
>
> -Ricardo (West Coast Collective)
>
>
> On Aug 31, 2010, at 1:35 AM, MUSIC LOVER wrote:
>
>> Paul Johnson Blew Away - Balance & it was Ridiculously off the Party
>> Meter
> @
>> King King!
>> It had been a while since King King was that packed & the ones who made
>> it
>> out,wouldn't leave early during Paul Johnson's set!  For me I guess you
> could
>> say, Ienjoyed PJ's set VERY much.  I'd literally be listening to Trance &
>> Techno, if itweren't for Paul Johnson's House Music.  The Man is not only
>> a
>> Master of House,He's one of the Elite House DJ's in the World!  Me being
>> a
>> Chicago Native & beingexposed to the Chicago House sound, & then to see
>> him
> -
>> all these years later inLos Angeles - reminded me of all the FUN times I
>> had
> -
>> watching Paul JohnsonPerform - laying down Set after Set of Dope Track
>> Selection...
>> I always wondered why any of the other L.A. promoters didn't bring out
>> PaulJohnson to play for the L.A. House Community.  I'm glad Adam Auburn
>> did...
>> At first I didn't know what to expect from Adam.  I hadn't been to
>> Balance
>> foralmost a year.  When I finally did go out to party again, I was
>> dismayed
> to
>> findKemal had moved on & didn't see Sue @ the door - anymore.  Honestly,
>> I
>> didn'tmake it out to any Balance events - with the new Resident:  Adam
> Auburn
>> -because I really didn't know what to expect from him.  However, I've
>> seenAdam's sets - get better & better throughout the Summer - in Leaps &
>> Bounds!
>> You guys should check out Adam's set with Tortured Soul @ Balance.That's
>> probably up there with some of my favorite House Sets!
>> I know I'm not the only one on the Dynagroove List - who's beento the
>> Fantastic Afternoon Delight Parties this Summer.
>> I'd gone out to the July & August A:D Parties, & met some great House
>> Heads,made some new friends & have been looking forward to the next Pool
>> Party.
>> Now I'm wanting to go to the WET Pool Parties too - considering, I never
>> hadany interest Whatsoever - in the Daytime Parties - especially any Pool
>> Party.
>> The Afternoon Delight has got an Awesome Vibe - with Friendly Faces &
>> peoplewho love House Music!  Now, I knew - what Adam was bringing to L.A.
>> I was going through my mixed CD's I've collected over the years &
> foundseveral
>> live CD's of Paul Johnson's sets.  Here's one for the House Heads:
>> Paul Johnson - Live @ Riviera (Atlanta)  - Late 2001
>>
> http://www.mediafire.com/?oyhw6kzkhh1onhghttp://www.mediafire.com/?z3kf7955t7
>> f7du5http://www.mediafire.com/?abxppz82fzxdmmu
>> Download, Share & Enjoy!
>> - " For the Love of House "   Whoot Whoot!
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