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Celebrate. Explore. Live. By now, most of our readers have stared at our last cover long enough to either see these hidden words, or have strained their eyes so much that their vision is permanently blurred. Within these themes are the topics that we will cover in each issue. They include music, dance, sex, vibrant living, and various city highlights. Basically everything you need to know to explore the planet and create healthy relationships along the way with others and yourself.
Many of these ideas have transformed themselves over the past ten years - most visibly through our dance events and festivals. Even though many of the DJs that play major events are familiar names year after year, you will find that their styles and approaches to spinning have morphed to fit a changing scene. Vinyl now shares the spotlight with CDs, but now both are being supported by digital input. Existing events have expanded to include cultural, educational, and artistic experiences that surround the main party. Performers continue to hone their skills, transforming static performances into multimedia sensory experiences.
Reinvention is the key to longevity. So what’s new, you ask? In this issue, we bring you two very familiar DJs who have evolved and are recreating their craft and nightlife as we know it. Victor Calderone and Peter Rauhofer are moving beyond their traditional sounds, and have the new gigs and CDs to prove it. They discuss their personal transformations in two must-read interviews with noiZe. Peter is embarking on a new adventure with a weekly club night in NYC called Work. With the Roxy now closed, we get the scoop on his feelings about how a club should really be run.
Evolution and reinvention often begins with loss. Many years ago, the Morning Party ceased abruptly and signaled the end of an era on Fire Island. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, both the island and its legendary dance energy find themselves reborn again. Check out our City Spotlight to find out how the Pines is emerging as a rebuilt wonderland with a new harbor and a wildly successful rebirth of the beach party with Ascension. Fire Island has the same magical energy as always, but in some amazing new forms. Rummaging through some old material, we happened upon an article from our founder Steve Kammon called "A Fire Island Ghost Story." Originally published in the Fall 1999 issue of Circuit Noize, it is presented in this issue of noiZe as a timeless complement to our Fire Island coverage.
Promoter Adam Gill and the folks at Embrace Productions are in their fifth year of heavily-themed event tours around the USA. This year, Arctic Babylon continues to feature the stunning work of the RKM boys. You’re familiar with RKM through their shows and decorations at many of the events we feature in this magazine, but this year they plan to go all out by creating a winter wonderland in the middle of spring and summer. No longer just Circuit performers, RKM has transformed into true "d�cor divas," so we are proud to once again have them as our cover story. Babylon, originally started by Adam as the "Queer As Folk Tour" with Showtime’s blessing in 2002, continues to combine fantastic production with A-list DJs, and brings it to more than a dozen cities over a few short months. We spoke to Adam about the evolution of the Babylon Tour in an exclusive noiZe interview.
In our last issue, our goal was to start a conversation about the continuing transformation of traditional Circuit events, with the inclusion of new and different types of events that should also be part of the discussion. DJs, promoters, and entertainers are fine-tuning their crafts to satisfy a more diverse and demanding audience. The next question is how have we, the audience, changed? Do we have new destinations? Party tactics? New costumes? Fewer costumes? More moderate drug intake? More alcohol and Red Bull? Still working out religiously, or maybe a more natural, leaner look?
As we continue this discussion of the ways in which we celebrate, explore, and live, look for a continuing process of transformation at noiZe in this and future issues. Because life is about change and how we adapt, and we plan to continue celebrating it.
