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The Sun/Son Savi

Felipe — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:08:05 +0000

Someone named Savi, more often than not, is female, of Indian ancestry, and Hindu. This Savi is not those things. Well… Now that I think about it, I guess that’s not fair of me to assume. This Savi appears male, although that could be insensitive of me and I don’t want assume anyone’s gender. This Savi self-describes with the use of male pronouns, so henceforth I will presume Savi is male, whether biologically that way or not shouldn’t matter as Savi identifies as male, so that is his gender (did I do that right? I’m trying to be better). Savi surely doesn’t “look” Indian, but then again, what does an Indian “look” like? It’d be racially insensitive of me to just say all Indian people look alike or prescribe to one stereotyped or generalized outward appearance. Is Savi Hindu? Beats me. That’s his business, just like his gender and his ancestry. So maybe he was born female, has Indian ancestry, and is a practicing Hindu, or maybe he’s a white guy from the Midwest, idk… Or maybe his parents heard that Savi meant “the Sun,” but since they heard it, thought it meant “the son,” and so gave an Indian Hindu girl’s name to their baby boy. I don’t know… I’m just saying. In these racially charged times, it’d be pretty messed up of me to go ahead and assume things about someone I didn’t know. In this new world, I guess one is just as likely as the other, right? What do you think?

(Oh ya, this is supposed to be about music.) This is his new track that came out a week ago. You can find him spinning in clubs in LA and Vegas for folks like Kanye and Johnny Depp.

Feli is Most Definitely Listening to this

Does 4 Door Theatre have enough Doors?

Felipe — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:00:18 +0000

Generally speaking, the maximum occupancy of a room or building is determined by the number of available exits, since each exit can only accommodate a certain number of people before a bottleneck occurs. And since I am technically the fire marshal of the 19th floor at my office building (woop woop floor 19 yo!) (and that isn’t a joke, I actually am the designated fire marshal in case of an emergency and have subordinates. It’s pretty cool. If there’s ever a microwave fire, for a few hot minutes (yay puns!), I will reign supreme), I thought it’d be neat to see how many fire codes 4 Door Theatre violate and/or what its max capacity is (and for that matter, Two Door Cinema Club’s). Basically, the International Building Code, or the IBC (that’s what us people in the biz call it – also not to be confused with Snoop Dogg’s LBC – “Long Beach Crew”), set standards for this sort of thing. So let’s assume that all four of 4 Door Theatre’s doors are continuous and unobstructed means of egress, and don’t exit through a kitchen or storage room. And that we’re dealing with doors 32 inches in width so we can jam in as many people in as possible (the minimum clear width requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act is 32″, but not if the doorway is deeper than 24″, then it’s 36″). Another factor to consider is whether this Theatre has stairs or no stairs (ie – ground level club or in the basement of some building). If there are no stairs, you need 0.2 inches of door width per person, versus 0.3 with stairs. So with four doors, of 32″ width each, on the ground floor (no stairs), this 4 Door Theatre could serve a maximum 640 people (426 if it was in the basement). So like, a good amount, but not enough to get rich from. At least it’s way more people than Two Door Cinema Club – especially since there’s seating involved at the cinema and that brings along a whole heap of other regulations regarding space and what not…

But Feli, why so many rules?! I thought music and art were supposed to be expressions of freedom and raw passion and why you tryna oppress me man!! While I would never wanna be a buzzkill, sometimes art can be dangerous (see: the Brown Note, basically anything by R. Kelly, and Danger Music – a form of noise music meant to harm either the listener or the performer – ya, actually a thing…). In 1991, an art installation in Japan killed a few people when the 500 pound umbrellas fell over during a gust of wind. There’s tons more bonehead art deaths like that. If you find yourself to be patron #641 at the 4 Door Theatre show, and denied access, it’s because of a fire in 1946 Atlanta. Much like the Titanic 34 years earlier, the Winecoff Hotel was deemed “fireproof.” Seriously!? Was that even possible back then? I ain’t no scientist, but unless the hotel was made of water, I’m not sure how it’d be fireproof… Well as you correctly presumed, The Winecoff burned and burned, trapping and killing 119 people because..? THEY DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH DOORS!

I could go on and on with flamin’ fire facts but I’ll spare you. 4 Door Theatre is ironically a 2 person band from Nashville who make happy pop music.

These are the sorts of things Feli Thinks about

Long Weekends for Winners

Felipe — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:30:51 +0000

It was Friday before a long weekend, and like most of you, I’m wasn’t actually working. My computer monitor might not even have be on, I wouldn’t know. People walk by your cube, you furiously hit ALT+TAB!! ALT+TAB!! (Where’s that fake excel sheet!? pick up the phone…) “…oh yes Frank. ya’know.., we’ve gotta maximize work time efficiencies and markets and synergizations… No no… totally.” So as we fake worked our way in to the weekend, we actually needed to get things organized so as to properly initiate vacay. Fun swim trunks? Good, good. Next: adequate driving/lounging/fiesta-ing music is required. But since it’s a Fake Work Friday (#FWF – btw I just invented that, feel free to use it) I needed the path of least resistance (re: “do as little work as possible”) for the weekend’s hot jams. Reaching back to previously featured artists seemed like my best bet. Getting me started was Midnight To Monaco, originally featured back in June. These duders have been releasing real fun(ky) tracks all summer. Next was Logic, originally featured back in October 2014 (ya… that’s 2 years ago), who has been blowing up the last year, and here is featured on Big Gigantic’s new track “All of Me.” Then we’ve got Get Inuit’s new track “Teriyaki,” whose fuzzy-pop is rather infectious. Closing out the official “Feli’s End of Summer Four Track Playlist” is a Country Swag prize from Brett Young and his mega-hit off his debut EP – “Sleep Without You.” Impossible not to smile during that one. And don’t try and be tough. Everyone secretly likes country. Just conform already.

So that’s what Feli Said. But since he’s lazy on #FWF, he didn’t get around to posting till today.

Go for Gold(room)

Felipe — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 21:48:32 +0000

Midweek blues got you jonesin’ for that poolside fiesta you went to on Sunday? The one with sweet jams, cool breezes, cold drinks and hard bodies? I feel you. Except I don’t have a pool. Soho House won’t return my emails. And the hotel pool across the street wants to charge me $320 to sit in a chair. No matter. My apartment’s A/C barely works, so I just leave the air off and sit in the tub with a cocktail, shades on, music playing from my cell phone (in a solo cup to pump up the jams obvi) and a handheld fan blowing recycled air on my neck. Our lives are basically the same. I just have the decency to lie about it on Instagram is all. My bathtub/pool party playlist includes Goldroom’s new jam, “Silhouette.” Goldroom, not to be confused with Goldhouse (seriously with the names guys!?), another DJ whom we have visited with, is a Boston-bred nu-disco and tropical house DJ. Mr. Room lists his musical influences as, “basically any famous and cool musician in the last 30 years.” No, that’s not his actual quote, but it might as well have been with the list he provided… smh

Since Gold and “home related stuff” is a thing, I guess my DJ name will be Goldenshower.

Feli Says go for group tub time

Nicky Romero gets help from the past to get FutureFunky

Felipe — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:30:56 +0000

After getting unduly rejected from the cast of True Blood (and Vampire Diaries, but to be clear, beating Ian Somerhalder for the role of Damon Salvatore was never realistic :-/), the Dutchman Nick Rotteveel transformed his hopes and dreams of being a TV vampire and became Nicky Romero, DJ/Producer/Hit Maker, and most importantly, was featured on the killer site FeliSaysListen back in 2014 (#shamelessplug). He in turn is also the founder and owner of Protocol Recordings, featuring EDM artists and helping DJs release tracks under Romero’s tutelage – he’s even got Taylor Swift’s newest plaything, Calvin Harris, on his label. Nicky also made his film debut in Zac Efron’s amazingly accurate portrayal of DJ life in LA, We Are Your Friends… For his newest single, here, Nicky Romero teamed up with 63 year-old Nile Rodgers, one of the leaders of the disco era, and made this sweet video.

“If someone shamelessly promotes themselves but there’s no one listening, is he still a douche?” – Copernicus

Bag Raiders stole my joke…

Felipe — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:53:28 +0000

Let’s say I had a buddy named Lorenz. We’d call him L, since he has a “Z” in his name and that’s silly. If you’d ever meet L, you may not learn that he loves to dance, but he does. This sexy German fellow would put on an air of seriousness, but where he’d feel most at home is standing on a couch at a disco-tech, head slightly lowered, one hand in the air, swaying to the euro electronica dance jams. Well, these dudes Bag Raiders love people like L. The Australian electronica duo have said that playing in America can “be a little strange sometimes” as we Yanks generally sit around “chin-stroking” waiting for the hits; while playing Europe is the polar opposite. Europe has people like L – “a little more knowledgeable when it comes to dance music” – so they can play a whole set of “deeper cuts.” The self professed orchestra/choir/band geeks have come a long way since getting together after meeting in Australian high school (whatever that entails): from playing “wherever they were invited” to their North America Tour starting next month: 3/12 @ Bowery Ballroom.

Feli is DEFINITELY Listening to this

Baby Baby will (not) Teach You How To Dance

Felipe — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:15:30 +0000

ATL funrockers and previously featured all-around awesome duders, Baby Baby, are at it again. They dropped a split EP this summer with this little gem on it, a follow-up to their solid full-length “Big Boy Baller Club” – a club, not unlike Soho House, that I am still waiting to gain admission to (why won’t Big Boy Baller Club respond to my emails? Where in ME do they not see BBBC? Does this mean I am neither a “Big Boy” nor a “Baller”? Or maybe they called my references and heard I don’t play well in “Clubs”? Or maybe I’m not “Club material”?). During an ubes successful first Warped Tour this summer, they got super weird, made buddies with Neck Deep (jelly!) and released this video – even though it has nothing to do with dancing, so idk… I don’t get it.

Feli Says come back and play nyc please…

Do Bad Things w/ Charley Marley (& Jamaicans)

Felipe — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 13:47:49 +0000

No relation to Bob, Charley Marley was recently signed to DCD2 Records (formerly Decaydance Records) – Pet Wentz of Fall Out Boy’s label. The London man has been working in the night club world since he was far too young to be there, and dropped this single, his first, a week ago – representing his time spent working at a Caribbean party joint in west London called the Globe (NOT to be confused with Shakespeare’s theater the Globe). Charley Marley is also not to be confused with his polar opposite Charley Marley, the American Civil War veteran who served in the US House representing Ohio and was also a member of every possible secret society back in the day. So to be clear, THIS Charley Marley is just a cool London kid who kinda fell in to Pete Wentz’s lap proving dreams do come true – not an Masonic Rastafarian Civil War vet who performed for Shakespeare.

Ya… Feli Listens to this

Sigala – Easy Love

Felipe — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 19:12:34 +0000

Some London bloke named Sigala (real name Bruce Fielder) made this song remixing Jackson 5’s “ABC” in to a real happy catchy tune. The currently solo artiste is releasing in the UK in September with the Ministry of Sound, which everyone knows is the best of all the ministries at Hogwarts, and kind of a big deal :-/. And since you obvi love all the Step Up movies… I mean, were you not entertained? Well then you’ll love this video. It’s REAL happy with lots of cool little LA kids having sweet dance battles (Great for a Friday). Eat your heart out Channing.

All part of the WhatWouldFeliSay summer #wwfs

Afrojack – SummerThing!

Felipe — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:00:52 +0000

(yes, that photo is amazing, in case you were wondering)

I thought most DJ’s got in to it to compensate for something, or because like, they couldn’t get in to clubs on their own, but Afrojack is 1) Dutch, and everyone knows clubs love Euros with deep V’s; 2) dated Paris Hilton, which helps with the whole club thing fo sho; and 3) is 6’10″… so he’s clearly not compensating. Nick Van de Wall has all sorts interesting tid bits about him that are #classic artist, like a daughter from a Dutch model named Vegas. This happy summer track features Mike Taylor, a Philly-man, a singer/songwriter born to a jazz musician father. So I guess we can thank him for the sweet vocals. Feel free to play this at your local pool party, bbq, tiki torched rooftop, or just alone dancing in your kitchen while making quinoa.

All about them summer jams #wwfs